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Party leaders of the United States Senate

Index Party leaders of the United States Senate

The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. [1]

83 relations: Alan Cranston, Alan Simpson (American politician), Alben W. Barkley, Bill Frist, Bob Dole, Charles Curtis, Charles L. McNary, Chuck Schumer, Current members of the United States Senate, Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, Democratic Party (United States), Dick Durbin, Don Nickles, Earle Clements, Ernest McFarland, Everett Dirksen, Felix Hebert, Floor leader, Francis J. Myers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George J. Mitchell, Harry Reid, Henry Cabot Lodge, Howard Baker, Hubert Humphrey, Hugh Scott, Independent politician, J. Hamilton Lewis, J. Lister Hill, James Eli Watson, James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr., Jim Talent, John Cornyn, John W. Kern, Jon Kyl, Joseph Taylor Robinson, Kenneth S. Wherry, Leverett Saltonstall, List of political parties in the United States, List of United States Congresses, List of United States Senators from Illinois, List of United States Senators from Kentucky, List of United States Senators from New York, List of United States Senators from Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mike Mansfield, Mitch McConnell, Morris Sheppard, Oscar Underwood, Party caucuses and conferences in the United States Congress, ..., Party divisions of United States Congresses, Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, Party leadership of the United States Senate, Peter G. Gerry, Political party, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Presiding Officer of the United States Senate, Republican Party (United States), Robert A. Taft, Robert Byrd, Robert P. Griffin, Russell B. Long, Scott W. Lucas, Sherman Minton, Simeon D. Fess, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Styles Bridges, Ted Kennedy, Ted Stevens, Thomas Kuchel, Tom Daschle, Trent Lott, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, United States Senate Republican Conference, Vice President of the United States, Wallace H. White Jr., Warren Austin, Wendell Ford, Wesley Livsey Jones, Whip (politics), William Knowland. Expand index (33 more) »

Alan Cranston

Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician, journalist and world federalist who served as a United States Senator from California, from 1969 to 1993.

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Alan Simpson (American politician)

Alan Kooi Simpson (born September 2, 1931) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party, who represented Wyoming in the United States Senate (1979–97).

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Alben W. Barkley

Alben William Barkley (November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th Vice President of the United States from 1949 to 1953.

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Bill Frist

William Harrison Frist Sr. (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, and politician.

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Bob Dole

Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is a retired American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in Congress from 1961 to 1996 and served as the Republican Leader of the United States Senate from 1985 until 1996.

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Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and politician, who served as the 31st Vice President of the United States from 1929 to 1933.

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Charles L. McNary

Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was a United States Republican politician from Oregon.

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Chuck Schumer

Charles Ellis Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is an American politician of the Democratic Party serving as the senior United States Senator from New York, a seat he was first elected to in 1998.

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Current members of the United States Senate

The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states.

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Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate

The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate (sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference) is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dick Durbin

Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Illinois since 1997.

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Don Nickles

Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 until 2005.

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Earle Clements

Earle Chester Clements (October 22, 1896 – March 12, 1985) was an American farmer and politician.

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Ernest McFarland

Ernest William "Mac" McFarland (October 9, 1894 – June 8, 1984) was an American politician, jurist and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill." He is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office in all three branches of Arizona government, two at the state level, one at the federal level.

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Everett Dirksen

Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician of the Republican Party.

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Felix Hebert

Felix Hebert (December 11, 1874December 14, 1969) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island.

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Floor leader

Floor Leaders, also known as a caucus leader, are leaders of their political parties in a body of a legislature.

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Francis J. Myers

Francis John Myers (December 18, 1901 – July 5, 1956) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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George J. Mitchell

George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American lawyer, businessman, author, and politician.

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Harry Reid

Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is a retired American politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017.

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Henry Cabot Lodge

Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts.

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Howard Baker

Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a Republican United States Senator from Tennessee, Senate Minority Leader, then Senate Majority Leader.

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Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969.

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Hugh Scott

Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American lawyer and politician.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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J. Hamilton Lewis

James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician.

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J. Lister Hill

Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician.

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James Eli Watson

James Eli Watson (November 2, 1864July 29, 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana.

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James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.

James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was a Republican politician from New York.

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Jim Talent

James Matthes Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician and former U.S. Senator from Missouri.

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John Cornyn

John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States Senator from Texas since 2002.

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John W. Kern

John Worth Kern (December 20, 1849 – August 17, 1917) was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana.

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Jon Kyl

Jon Llewellyn Kyl (born April 25, 1942) is an American attorney and politician.

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Joseph Taylor Robinson

Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas.

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Kenneth S. Wherry

Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892November 29, 1951) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician.

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Leverett Saltonstall

Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts.

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List of political parties in the United States

This is a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present.

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List of United States Congresses

This is a list of the United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions.

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List of United States Senators from Illinois

Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, and has been represented in the United States Senate by 47 senators.

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List of United States Senators from Kentucky

Below is a list of United States Senators from Kentucky.

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List of United States Senators from New York

Below is a list of U.S. Senators who have represented the State of New York in the United States Senate since 1789.

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List of United States Senators from Texas

Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845 and elects its U.S. Senators to Class 1 and Class 2.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

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Mike Mansfield

Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat.

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Mitch McConnell

Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr. (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician who has served as the senior United States Senator from Kentucky since 1985.

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Morris Sheppard

John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas.

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Oscar Underwood

Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924.

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Party caucuses and conferences in the United States Congress

Members of each major party in the United States Congress meet regularly in closed sessions known as party conferences (Republicans) or party caucuses (Democrats).

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Party divisions of United States Congresses

Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role in the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789.

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Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives

Party leaders and whips of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot.

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Party leadership of the United States Senate

The party leadership of the United States Senate refers to the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference to manage the affairs of each party in the See.

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Peter G. Gerry

Peter Goelet Gerry (September 18, 1879 – October 31, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and later, as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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President pro tempore of the United States Senate

The President pro tempore of the United States Senate (also president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate.

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Presiding Officer of the United States Senate

The Presiding Officer of the United States Senate is the person who presides over the United States Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices, and precedents.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Robert A. Taft

Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American conservative politician, lawyer, and scion of the Taft family.

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Robert Byrd

Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia from 1959 to 2010.

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Robert P. Griffin

Robert Paul Griffin (November 6, 1923 – April 16, 2015) was a Republican U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.

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Russell B. Long

Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987, and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee for fifteen years from 1966 to 1981.

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Scott W. Lucas

Scott Wike Lucas (February 19, 1892 – February 22, 1968) was an American attorney and politician.

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Sherman Minton

Sherman "Shay" Minton (October 20, 1890 – April 9, 1965) was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Simeon D. Fess

Simeon Davison Fess (December 11, 1861December 23, 1936) was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio.

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.

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Styles Bridges

Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire.

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Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009.

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Ted Stevens

Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska.

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Thomas Kuchel

Thomas Henry Kuchel (August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was a moderate Republican US Senator from California.

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Tom Daschle

Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is a retired American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005.

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Trent Lott

Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American politician and author.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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United States Senate Republican Conference

The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 51.

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Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.

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Wallace H. White Jr.

Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in United States Congress from 1916 until 1949.

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Warren Austin

Warren Robinson Austin (November 12, 1877 – December 25, 1962) was an American politician and diplomat who served as United States Senator from Vermont and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

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Wendell Ford

Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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Wesley Livsey Jones

Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician.

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Whip (politics)

A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature.

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William Knowland

William Fife Knowland (June 26, 1908 – February 23, 1974) was an American politician, newspaper publisher, and Republican Party leader.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate

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