Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

1981-93 U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama

1994 Attorney General of Alabama

1996- Senator (four terms)

Serves on Armed Services, Budget, Env. & Pub Works, and Judiciary

Will be nominated for U.S. Attorney General

Served in Army Reserves

Has coauthored legislation on HIV/AIDS funding to rural states

Richard Shelby (R-AL)

1966-70 U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of Alabama

1969-71 Special Assistant AG of Alabama

1970-78 Alabama State Senator

1978-86 Representative, AL-7

1986- Senator (six terms)

Chairs Banking; serves on Appropriations and Rules

Originally a Democrat but switched parties one day after the Republican Revolution of 1994

 Interested in space - supports Space Launch System earmarks, dislikes current NASA policy

Dan Sullivan (R-AK)

1997-99 Clerk; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, AKSC

2002-06 Worked on NEC and NSC staffs

2006-09 Assistant Secretary of State

2010 Alaska Attorney General

2010-14 Alaska DNR Commissioner

2014- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, CST, Env. & Pub. Works, VA

Active Marine 1993-97, remains in Reserves

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

1998-2004 AK State Rep; named as Maj. Leader in 2003

2002- Senator (three full terms + one partial)

Chairs Energy & Nat. Resources, serves on Appropriations, HELP, and Indian Affairs

Was appointed by her father to the Senate (he vacated what is now her seat to become Governor)

Won in 2010 on a write-in ballot (second-ever) after losing the GOP nomination

Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

2000 Elected as Representative, AZ-1

2001-13 Representative, AZ-6

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on Energy & Nat. Resources, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, and Aging

Enjoys survival on small Pacific islands

Ask him about Namibia - he chairs on African Affairs and has done significant missionary work 

John McCain (R-AZ)

1958-81 Naval officer

1982-86 Representative, AZ-1

1986- Senator (six terms)

Chairs Armed Services, serves on HSGA, Indian Affairs, Intelligence

2008 GOP presidential nominee 

Went to Georgia (the country) with Graham and Klobuchar in Jan. 2017

Coauthored 2002 McCain-Feingold Act on campaign finance reform

Tom Cotton (R-AR)

2005-13 Army officer, active and reserves

2013-15 Representative, AR-4

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, Banking, Aging, Intelligence, and Joint Econ

Authored a letter to Iran alongside 46 other senators in 2016 over the nuclear deal

Currently the youngest senator at 39

He's a very tall man (6'5")

John Boozman (R-AR)

2002-2010 Representative, AR-3

2010- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Appropriations, ANF, CST, Env. & Pub. Works, VA

Former optometrist (ran a volunteer clinic as well) and Razorback football player

Involved especially in drug reform

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

1978-88 Mayor of San Francisco

1992- Senator (five terms)

Currently the oldest senator at 83

Ranking member on Judiciary, vice chair on Intelligence, serves on Appropriations and Rules

Authored 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban

Kamala Harris (D-CA)

2004-11 District Attorney of San Francisco

2011-16 California Attorney General

2017- Senator (true freshman)

Second black woman and first Indian American women to serve in the Senate

Won an unusual general election against Loretta Sanchez (who is also a Democrat)

Cory Gardner (R-CO) - HE'S A USSYP ALUMNI!

2005-11 CO State Representative

2011-15 Representative, CO-4

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on CST, ENR, Foreign Relations, Small Business

Voted against a repeal of DACA, pro-fracking, sponsored EITC reform

Chairs East Asia as well - talk North Korea to him

Will lead GOP re-election committee for 2018

Michael Bennet (D-CO)

2005-2009 Superintendent of Denver schools

2009- Senator (one full term + one partial)

Serves on Finance, ANF, and HELP

His brother, James, is the editorial page director for the New York Times

He worked in Justice at the same time that his father worked in State during the Clinton administration

Chris Murphy (D-CT)

1999-2003 CT State Representative

2003-2007 CT State Senator

2007-13 Representative, CT-5

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, HELP, Joint Econ

First ran for state office at 25

One of the first vocal opponents of Saudi intervention in Yemen

Took one of the 10 longest filibusters ever on gun control in June 2016

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)

1977-81 U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut

1984-87 CT State Representative

1987-91 CT State Senator

1991-2011 Connecticut Attorney General

2011- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, Judiciary, Aging, and HELP

Marine Corps Reserves from 1970-76

Former editor-chairman of the Harvard Crimson and editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal

Tom Carper (D-DE)

1977-83 Delaware State Treasurer

1983-93 Representative, DE at large

1993-2001 Delaware Governor

2001- Senator (three terms)

Deputy Whip

Ranking member on Homeland and EPW, serves on Finance

1968-73 Active duty Naval Flight Officer, Reserves for another 18 years

Chris Coons (D-DE)

2004-10 New Castle County Executive

2010- Senator (one full term + one partial)

 Serves on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary

Worked on Reagan's '80 campaign, but switched parties, became a DNC delegate in 1996

Studied abroad at the University of Nairobi - active member in African Affairs

Has been targeted over a joke article where he's described as a "bearded Marxist"

Bill Nelson (D-FL)

1973-79 FL State Representative

1979-91 Representative, FL-11

2001- Senator (three terms)

Ranking member on Aging, serves on Armed Services, Budget, CST, Finance

Fought in Vietnam

Second-ever congressman to go to space, in Jan '86 on Columbia

Marco Rubio (R-FL)

2000-08 FL State Representative, Majority Leader, and Speaker of the House

2010- Senator (two terms)

Serves on CST, Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and SBE

Prominent figure after running for GOP nomination

One of three Hispanic Americans in the Senate

David Perdue (R-GA)

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on ANF, Budget, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Aging

Formerly a prominent businessman, known as a turnaround specialist, esp. with Dollar General

First cousin of Sonny Perdue, former governor of Georgia

Stated reason for political career to reign in spending

Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

1976-90 GA State Representative, Minority Leader

1992-96 GA State Senator

1999-2005 Representative, GA-6

2005- Senator (three terms)

Chairs Ethics and VA, serves on Finance, HELP, and Foreign Relations

Served in GA Air Nat'l Guard from 1966-72

Realtor for 22 years

Mazie Kirono (D-HI)

1985-95 HI State Representative

1995-2002 Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

2007-13 Representative, HI-2

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, Judiciary, VA

First Asian-American woman, first to be born in Japan, first Buddhist to serve in the Senate

One of the biggest advocates for Pre-K

Brian Schatz (D-HI)

1998-2006 HI State Representative

2008-10 Chair of HI Democratic Party

2010-12 Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

2012- Senator (one full term + one partial)

Serves on Appropriations, CST, Ethics, Indian Affairs

Former CEO of Helping Hands Hawaii

Jim Risch (R-ID)

1974-88, 1995-2001 ID State Senator, Maj. Leader, PPT

2003-6, 07-09 Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

2006-07 Governor of Idaho

2009- Senator (two terms)

Serves on ENR, Foreign Relations, SBE, Ethics, Intelligence

First entered politics at 27 when he was elected as Ada County prosecuting attorney

Mike Crapo (R-ID)

1984-92 ID State Senator, PPT

1993-99 Representative, ID-2

1999- Senator (four terms)

Serves on Banking, Budget, EPW, Finance, Indian Affairs

Reelected in 2004 with 99% of the vote (ran unopposed)

First Mormon to represent Idaho in the Senate

Received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 2000

Dick Durbin (D-IL)

1982-96 Representative, IL-20

1996- Senator (four terms)

Minority Whip

Serves on Appropriations, Judiciary, and Rules

Harry Reid has described him as "the best debater in the Senate"

Introduced the DREAM Act with Sen. Hatch in 2001

Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

1992-2014 Army Reserves and Nat'l Guard Officer

2009-11 Assistant VA Secretary

2013-17 Representative, IL-8

2017- Senator (freshman)

The first female double amputee from the Iraq War

Second Asian-American woman in the Senate (along side Sen. Harris)

Joe Donnelly (D-IN)

1998-89 IN State Election Board

1997-2001 Member, Marian School Board

2007-13 Representative, IN-2

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on ANF, Armed Services, Banking, Aging

Conservative Democrat, somewhat similar record to Sen. Manchin

Cosponsored CHIP reauthorization in 2007

Todd Young (R-IN)

1995-2000 Marine Corps Officer

2011-17 Representative, IN-9

2017- Senator (freshman)

Traveled to former Soviet bloc countries in 2001

Ran successfully against a disjointed Democratic campaign for Senate

Lettered in varsity soccer at the Naval Academy

Joni Ernst (R-IA)

1993-2015 Army Reserves and Nat'l Guard Officer

2004-11 Montgomery County Auditor

2011-14 IA State Senator

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on ANF, Armed Services, HSGA, SBE

First woman to represent Iowa in either house of Congress

Hosted the first annual "Roast and Ride" in June 2015

Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

1959-74 IA State Representative

1975-81 Representative, IA-3

1981- Senator (seven terms)

Chairs Judiciary, serves on ANF, Finance, Budget, Joint Taxation

From Jan '81 to Dec '16, he has missed 36 of 12,233 roll call votes (0.3%) - from '93 to '16, 7,520 straight votes, which is the longest time to never miss a vote

Holds meetings in all 99 IA counties every year

Pat Roberts (R-KS)

1958-62 Marine Officer

1981-97 Representative, KS-1

1997- Senator (four terms)

Chairs ANF, serves on Finance, HELP, Ethics, Rules

Worked as a reporter in Arizona for five years after leaving the Marine Corps

Previously chaired Ethics and Intelligence (during Iraq War)

Jerry Moran (R-KS)

1997-2011 Representative, KS-1

2011- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Appropriations, Banking, CST, VA

Keeps the tradition of an annual town hall in all 105 Kansas counties

Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

1975 Assistant Attorney General

1977-84 Judge-Executive of Jefferson County

1985- Senator (seven terms)

Majority Leader

Serves on ANF, Appropriations, Rules, Intelligence

Husband of Elaine Chao, nominee for Secretary of Transportation

Longest-serving senator in Kentucky history

Rand Paul (R-KY)

2011- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Foreign Relations, HELP, HSGA, SBE

Long-time opthamologist before entering politics seriously

Son of Ron Paul, and his name is short for Randal, not inspired by Ayn Rand (it would make sense if it were)

Dropped out after Iowa in 2016 primaries - 5th out of 12

Bill Cassidy (R-LA)

2006-09 LA State Senator

2009-15 Representative, LA-6

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on Appropriations, ENR, HELP, VA, Joint Econ

Switched to GOP out of frustration with bureaucracy and public hospital inefficiency

Formerly a physician with specialities in the liver

Helped found Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic

John Neely Kennedy (R-LA)

1996-99 Secretary of the Department of Revenue in LA

2000-17 Treasurer of Louisiana

2017- Senator (freshman)

Was once a legal counselor for former governor Buddy Roemer

Won the last Senate race in the country against Foster Campbell on December 10th

Angus King (I-ME)

1995-2003 Governor of Maine

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, Budget, ENR, Rules, Intelligence

Caucuses with Democrats

Introduced the Maine Learning Technology Initiative as Governor, laptops for all middle-schoolers

Susan Collins (R-ME) - SHE'S A USSYP GRAD!

1992 Deputy State Treasurer of Maine

1993 First woman nominated for Governor of Maine

1997- Senator (four terms)

Serves on Appropriations, HELP, Intelligence, Aging

Hasn't missed a vote since taking office

 Interviewed Sen. Margaret Chase Smith for two hours during USSYP in 1971. She now holds Smith's seat

Ben Cardin (D-MD)

1967-87 MD State Delegate (Speaker of the House 1979-87, youngest-ever)

1987-2007 Representative, MD-3

2007- Senator (two terms)

Ranking member on Foreign Relations, serves on Finance, EPW, SBE, CSCE

Was the VP of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from 2006-14

Delivered a 19-0 vote for a bill on the Iran deal in the Comm. on Foreign Relations, two weeks after becoming ranking member

Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

1991-95 MD State Delegate

1995-2003 MD State Senator

2003-17 Representative, MD-8

2017- Senator (freshman)

Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Born in Karachi, Pakistan: his father is a former Asst. Secretary of State and his mother has worked in the CIA and State Dept. 

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

2008-10 Chair of Congressional Oversight Panel

2010-11 Special Advisor to the CFPB

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, Banking, HELP, Aging

Previously one of the most cited authors in the world of bankruptcy law

Instrumental in the creation of the CFPB

Ed Markey (D-MA)

1968-73 US Army Reserves

1973-1976 MA State Representative

1977-2013 Representative, MA-5

2013- Senator (one full term + one partial)

Serves on CST, EPW, Foreign Relations, SBE

Longest-tenured House member ever elected to the Senate

Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

1975-78 Ingham County Board of Commissioners

1979-90 MI State Representative

1991-94 MI State Senator

1997-2001 Representative, MI-8

2001- Senator (three terms)

Chair of Senate Democratic Policy Committee

Ranking member on ANF, serves on Budget, ENR, Finance

Made a cameo as the Governor of New Jersey in Batman v. Superman

Gary Peters (D-MI)

1993-2005 Navy Reserves

1995-2002 MI State Senator

2003-07 Commissioner of the Michigan Lottery

2009-13 Representative, MI-9

Serves on CST, HSGA, SBE, Joint Econ

Worked for 22 years as a financial advisor

Member of the Sons of the American Revolution

Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

1999-2007 County Attorney of Hennepin County

2007- Senator (two terms)

Chairman of Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee

Ranking member on Joint Econ, serves on ANF, CST, Judiciary, and Rules

Former associate editor of the UChicago Law Review

Petitioned the USDA to keep frozen pizzas in school lunches in 2010. Pizza became considered as a vegetable

Took a trip to Central Asia with Senators McCain and Graham in Jan. 2016

Al Franken (D-MN)

2009- Senator (two terms)

Serves on ENR, HELP, Indian Affairs, and Judiciary

1975-80, 85-90 Writer and performer on SNL

Toured Iraq several times with the USO

Created The Al Franken Show on talk radio

His 2008 election was absurdly close: he won by a finally approved margin of 312 votes

Roger Wicker (R-MS)

1988-95 MS State Senator

1995-2007 Representative, MS-1

2007- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Armed Services, Budget, CST, EPW, Rules, CSCE

1976-2003 Air Force Officer, Reserves, Judge Advocate

The only senator to vote against a 2015 amendment declaring that climate change exists

Previously on the Board of Advisors for the Global Panel Foundation, a NGO for crisis ares

Thad Cochran (R-MS)

1973-78 Representative, MS-4

1978- Senator (seven terms)

Chairs Appropriations, serves on ANF and Rules

Served in the Navy from 1959-61

Awarded with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

Third-most senior member of the Senate

Claire McCaskill (D-MO)

1983-88 MO State Representative

1993-98 Prosecutor of Jackson County

1999-2007 Auditor of Missouri

2007- Senator (two terms)

Ranking member on Homeland and Aging, serves on Armed Services and CST

First woman elected to the Senate from Missouri

Roy Blunt (R-MO)

1985-93 Missouri Secretary of State

1997-2011 Representive, MO-7

2011- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Appropriations, CST, Rules, and Intelligence

Former president of Southwest Baptist University, his alma mater, from 1993-96

Jon Tester (D-MT)

1999-2007 MT State Senator, President 2005-07

2007- Senator (two terms)

Chairs Indian Affairs, serves on Appropriations, Banking, HSGA, VA

Worked for two years as a music teacher, then returned to his family farm

Steve Daines (R-MT)

2013-15 Representative, MT-AL

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on Appropriations, CST, ENR and Indian Affairs

In his senior year, he was one of the youngest RNC delegates (cast his first vote for Reagan)

Enjoys backpacking, hunting, skiing, and fishing. Has climbed Granite Peak and Grand Teton

Deb Fischer (R-NE)

2005-13 NE State Legislator

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, CST, EPW, and SBE

Operates the Sunny Slope Ranch with her family

Ben Sasse (R-NE)

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on ANF, Banking, HSGA, Joint Econ, Aging

President of Midland University from 2009-15

Has taken various posts in the Departments of Justice and HHS as well as professorships at UT Austin

Dean Heller (R-NV)

1991-95 NV Assembly Member

1995-2007 Secretary of State of Nevada

2007-11 Representative, NV-2

2011- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Banking, CST, Finance, VA, and Aging

Founding board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada

Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)

2007-15 Attorney General of Nevada

2017- Senator (freshman)

Serves on Banking, Energy, Rules, CST, Indian Affairs, Aging

First Latina to serve in the Senate

Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

1992-96 NH State Senator

1997-2003 Governor of New Hampshire

2009- Senator (two terms)

Ranking member on SBE, serves on Appropriations, Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and SCE

Director of the Harvard Institute for Politics from 2005-08

First female senator and first female govenor in NH history; first woman to be elected both senator and governor

Maggie Hassan (D-NH)

2005-10 NH State Senator, Maj. Leader 08-10

2013-17 Governor of New Hampshire

2017- Senator (freshman)

Serves on HELP and HSGA

Appointed by Sen. Shaheen in 1999 to an advisory committee

Played a major role in legalizing gay marriage in NH

Her husband has been the principal of Philips Exeter Academy

Bob Menendez (D-NJ)

1986-92 Mayor of Union City, NJ

1988-91 NJ Assembly Member

1991-93 NJ State Senator

1993-2006 Representative, NJ-13

2006- Senator (one partial + two full terms)

Serves on Banking, Finance, and Foreign Relations (former chair)

Elected to the Union City School Board at the age of 20

Cory Booker (D-NJ)

2006-13 Mayor of Newark, NJ

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on CST, EPW, HSGA, and SBE

Became a vegetarian in 1992 and a vegan in 2014

Made all-Pac-10 academic team, played tight end at Stanford

Focused largely on issues of urban policy: housing, drugs, and crime

First black senator from New Jersey

Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

2003-07 Alberquerque City Council Member

2009-13 Representative, NM-1

2013- Senator (one term)

Ranking member on Joint Econ, serves on Armed Services, ENR, and Intelligence

Directed Cottonwood Gulch Foundation, which educates young people on conservation, from 1996-2001

Has done survival exercises with Sen. Flake in the Marshall Islands

Served in AmeriCorps in Alberquerque

Tom Udall (D-NM)

1991-99 Attorney General of New Mexico

1999-2009 Representative, NM-3

2009- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Appropriations, EPW, Foreign Relations, Indian Affairs, Rules, SCE

Second cousin of Sen. Lee, son of former Interior Secretary Stewart Lee Udall

Has also been an Asst. U.S. Attorney and Chief Counsel to the NM Dept. of Health and Env.

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
2007-09 Representative, NY-20

2009- Senator (one partial + one full term)

Serves on ANF, Armed Services, EPW, and Aging

Somewhat mixed record: in the Blue Dog coalition during her time in the House, now seen as more progressive

Involved in Women's Leadership Forum, has led it

Close with Hillary Clinton, appointed to her seat 

Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

1975-80 NY Assembly Member

1981-93 Representative, NY-16,10,9

1999- Senator (four terms)

Minority Leader - most powerful Democrat in the federal government

Ranking member on Rules, vice chair on Joint Library, serves on Banking, Finance, Judiciary, Joint Printing

Bob Dole once said that "the most dangerous place in Washington is between Schumer and a TV camera"

Second cousin once removed to comedian Amy Schumer

Competed on his school's It's Academic team

Thom Tillis (R-NC)

2006-14 NC Assemly Member

2015- Senator

Serves on ANF, Armed Services, Judiciary, VA, and Aging

Spent 23 years in business, tech management

Speaker of the NC House, 2013-14

Richard Burr (R-NC)

1995-2005 Representative, NC-5

2005- Senator (three terms)

Drives a majestic 1973 Volkswagen Thing

A 12th cousin of Aaron Burr

Worked for 17 years for a distributor of lawn equipment

Supported "Bioshield Two", S.B. 1873, which allows for rapid development of drugs and vaccines

A master of the sockless shoe game

Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)

1986-92 Tax Commissioner of North Dakota

1992-2000 Attorney General of North Dakota

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on ANF, Banking, HSGA, Indian Affairs, and SBE

Former attorney for the EPA

Served as the director of the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, which converts coal into natural gas

John Hoeven (R-ND)

1993-2000 President of the Bank of North Dakota

2000-10 Governor of North Dakota

2011- Senator (two terms)

Serves on ANF, Appropriations, ENR, and Indian Affairs

In Dec. 2009, he was the most popular governor in the nation, with a massive 87% approval rating

From 2001-08, the ND real GDP improved 49.5%

Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

1975-82 OH State Representative

1983-91 Secretary of State of Ohio

1993-2007 Representative, OH-13

2007- Senator (two terms)

Ranking member on Banking, serves on ANF, Finance, VA, and Ethics

Campaigned with President Jeb Bartlet (Martin Sheen) in May 2012

His wife is a former reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner for the Cleveland Plain Dealer

Rob Portman (R-OH)

1993-2005 Representative, OH-2

2005-06 U.S. Trade Representative

2006-07 Director of the Office of Management and Budget

2011- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Budget, Finance, ENR, and HSGA

Founded the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati

In 2013, became the first incumbent state-wide/national Republican to support same-sex marriage in nine years

Jim Inhofe (R-OK)

1978-84 Mayor of Tulsa, OK

1987-94 Representative, OK-1

1994- Senator (four terms)

Chair of Env. and Pub. Works, serves on Armed Services

Brought a snowball onto the Senate floor to mock climate change

Served in the Army from 1956-58

First recipient of the USAF Character and Leadership Award

James Lankford (R-OK)

2011-15 Representative, OK-5

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on Appropriations, HSGA, Indian Affairs, and Intelligence

Student ministries and evangelism specialist for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma from 1996-2009

Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

1999-2009 OR State Representative, Speaker 07-09

2009- Senator (two terms)

Chief Deputy Minority Whip

Serves on Appropriations, Banking, Budget, and EPW

Presidential Management Fellow in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, also worked in the CBO

Executive Director of Portland Habitat for Humanity, 1991-94, former President of the World Affairs Council of Oregon

Ron Wyden (D-OR)

1981-96 Representative, OR-3

1996- Senator (five terms)

Ranking member on Finance and Joint Taxation, serves on Budget, ENR, Intelligence

Attended UCSB on a basketball scholarship

Former director of Oregon Legal Services for the Elderly

The first and most vocal opponent of the Protect IP Act

Bob Casey (D-PA)

1997-2005 State Auditor of Pennsylvania

2005-07 Treasurer of Pennsylvania

2007- Senator (two terms)

Ranking member on Aging, serves on ANF, Finance, HELP, and Joint Econ

His father was the 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania

Former member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps

First Democratic senator to win a full term, and first to be reelected, in PA since 1962

Pat Toomey (R-PA)

1999-2005 Representative, PA-15

2011- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Banking, Budget, Finance, and Joint Econ

Has introduced background check legislation alongside Sen. Manchin

Is an Eagle Scout

Former investment banker

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

1993-98 US Attorney for Rhode Island

1999-2003 Attorney General of Rhode Island

2007- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Budget, EPW, Judiciary, Aging, and SCE

His father was a career diplomat in Southeast Asia

In all positions he has held, has overseen climate change and environmental protection efforts

Jack Reed (D-RI)

1971-91 Army officer, active and reserves

1984-90 RI State Senator 

1991-97 Representative, RI-2

1997- Senator (four terms)

Ranking member on Armed Services, serves on Appropriations and Banking

Briefly a professor in social sciences at West Point

Focused on education, healthcare, and housing policy

Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

1982-2015 Air Force officer, Air Nat'l Guard officer, reserves

1993-2003 Representative, SC-2,3

2003- Senator (three terms)

Serves on Appropriations, Armed Services, Budget, and Judiciary

Moderate Republican, reaches across the aisle often (climate change, immigration)

Took a trip to Central Asia with Senators McCain and Klobuchar in Jan. 2016

Tim Scott (R-SC)

1995-2009 Charleston County Councilman

2009-11 SC State Representative

2011-13 Representative, SC-13

2013- Senator (one full term + one partial)

Serves on CST, ENR, HELP, SBE, and Aging

Owns an insurance company

One of three African-Americans in the Senate

Mike Rounds (R-SD)

1991-2001 SD State Senator

2003-2011 Governor of South Dakota

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, Banking, EPW, and VA

His brother is a SD State Representative

John Thune (R-SD)

1997-2003 Representative, SD-AL

2005- Senator (three terms)

Chair of CST, serves on ANF, Budget, and Finance

Chair of the Republican Conference Committee

The fastest man in Congress since 2009 (Runner's World)

Bob Corker (R-TN)

1995-96 Commissioner of Finance and Administration, TN

2001-05 Mayor of Chattanooga, TN

2007- Senator (two terms)

Chairs Foreign Relations, serves on Banking and Aging

Formerly in construction and real estate

In the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga "Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame"

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

1979-87 Governor of Tennessee

1991-93 Secretary of Education

2003- Senator (three terms)

Chairs HELP, serves on Appropriations, Inaugural Ceremonies, Library, and Printing

Former President of the University of Tennessee

Unsuccessful runs for president in 1996 and 2000

Ted Cruz (R-TX)

1999-2003 Policy Director at FTC, Advisor to Bush 43, Associate Deputy AG

2003-2008 Solicitor General of Texas

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on Armed Services, CST, Judiciary, Rules, and Aging

A very, very talented collegiate parliamentary debater

29% of Floridians believe him to be the Zodiac Killer

John Cornyn (R-TX)

1991-97 Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court

1999-2002 Attorney General of Texas

2002- Senator (three terms)

Assistant Majority Leader

Serves on Budget, Finance, and Judiciary

Chairs the Subcommittee on the Constitution, ask him about legal philosophies

Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

1977- Senator (seven terms)

President Pro Tempore

Chairs Finance, serves on Judiciary, HELP, Aging, Joint Tax

In his first-ever run for public office, Sen. Hatch criticized the incumbent for his incumbency, saying, "What do you call a senator who's served in office for 18 years? You call him home." Hatch has served for 40.

Has sponsored a balanced budget amendment 17 times

Mike Lee (R-UT)

2011- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Armed Services, ENR, Judiciary, and Joint Econ

Son of Rex Lee, the Solicitor General under Reagan

His brother is a justice on the Utah Supreme Court

Clerked for Alito, previously a private sector lawyer

Recipient of the National ESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

1981-89 Mayor of Burlington, VT

1991-2007 Representative, VT-AL

2007- Senator (two terms)

Ranking member on Budget, serves on EPW, ENR, HELP, and VA (former chair)

Recorded an album with folk singer called We Shall Overcome

His older brother Larry was a Green Party county councillor

He took 23 Democratic primaries and caucuses in the 2016 election

Pat Leahy (D-VT)

1975- Senator (seven terms)

President Pro Tempore Emeritus

Ranking member on Appropriations and Judiciary, serves on ANF and Rules

Big Grateful Dead fan, likes comic books, has been in six Batman-themed movies/TV episodes

Given the EPIC's Champion of Freedom award in 2004 for support of Internet privacy

Tim Kaine (D-VA)

1994-98 Richmond City Councilman

1998-2001 Mayor of Richmond, VA

2001-2005 Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

2006-10 Governor of Virginia

2009-2011 DNC Chair

2013- Senator (two terms)

Serves on Armed Services, Budget, Foreign Relations, and Aging

Gave the first-ever Senate speech entirely in Spanish

Has played the harmonica for over twenty years

Was Hillary Clinton's vice-presidential nominee

Mark Warner (D-VA)

2001-2005 Governor of Virginia

2009- Senator (two terms)

Co-founded Capital Cellular Communications, was a venture capital investor

Serves on Banking, Budget, Finance, Rules, Intelligence, and Joint Econ

Has a 15-acre farm for growing wine grapes

Coached Harvard's first intramural women's basketball team

Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

1987-93 WA State Representative

1993-95 Representative, WA-1

2001- Senator (three terms)

Ranking member on ENR, serves on CST, Finance, Indian Affairs, and SBE

The second woman to become a senator from Washington

Former chair of Indian Affairs and SBE

Patty Murray (D-WA)

1989-93 WA State Senator

1993- Senator (five terms)

Assistant Minority Leader

Ranking member on HELP, serves on Appropriations, VA, and Budget

Former school district board member

First woman to serve as senator from Washington

Once told by a state representative that she could not make a difference because she was just a "mom in tennis shoes", which is an excellent reason to make a difference

Joe Manchin (D-WV)

1982-84 WV State Delegate

1986-96 WV State Senator

2001-05 Secretary of State of West Virginia

2005-10 Governor of West Virginia

2010- Senator (one full + one partial term)

Serves on Armed Services, ENR, CST, and VA

His daughter is notably the CEO of Mylan

Very bipartisan, esp. on gun control and abortion

Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

1996-2000 WV State Senator

2001-15 Representative, WV-2

2015- Senator (one term)

Serves on Appropriations, ENR, EPW, Rules, Library

Has been a distance runner for over thirty years

Sponsored 113 pieces of legislation, most prolific senator of her class

First woman elected to the Senate from West Virginia

Daughter of former WV governor Arch Moore

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

1993-99 Member of the WI State Assembly

1999-2013 Representative, WI-2

2013- Senator (one term)

Serves on Budget, HELP, HSGA, and Aging

First woman to be elected to the Senate from Wisconsin, and first openly gay senator ever

Ron Johnson (R-WI)

2011- Senator (two terms)

Chairs HSGA, serves on Budget, CST, and Foreign Relations

Former CEO of a polyester and plastics manufacturer 

Won a very bitter reelection against former Sen. Russ Feingold in 2016

John Barrasso (R-WY)

2003-07 WY State Senator

2007- Senator (two terms)

Chairs Indian Affairs, serves on ENR, EPW, and Foreign Relations

Former orthopedic surgeon, known as "Wyoming's Doctor"

Has been a rodeo physician and has won many awards statewide for his service, both public and medical

Mike Enzi (R-WY)

1975-82 Mayor of Gillette, WY

1987-91 WY State Representative

1991-97 WY State Senator

1997- Senator (four terms)

Chairs Budget, serves on Finance, HELP, and SBE

Member of the bipartisan Gang of Six for healthcare reform

Served in the Air National Guard from 1967-73