Facts & Milestones

Senate Service & Accomplishments

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• Appointed Senators

• Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees (PDF)

• Longest-Serving Senators

• New Senators (2001 to Present)

• Senate Freshmen since Direct Election (1914)

• Senate Salaries (1789 to Present)

• Senators (1789 to Present)

• Senators Who have Cast more than 10,000 Votes

• Senators Who have Delivered Washington's Farewell Address

Political Parties & Leadership

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• Democratic Conference Chairpersons

• Democratic Conference Secretaries

• Democratic Party Whips

• Democratic Policy Committee Chairpersons

• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairpersons

• Majority & Minority Leaders

• Longest-Serving Party Leaders

• Party Division

• National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairpersons

• Republican Conference Chairpersons

• Republican Conference Secretaries

• Republican Party Whips

• Republican Policy Committee Chairpersons

• Senators Representing Third or Minor Parties

• Senators who Changed Parties during Senate Service (since 1890)

Diversity in the Senate

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• African American Senators

• American Indian Senators

• Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian Senators

• Foreign-born Senators

• Hispanic American Senators

• Women Senators

Other Government Service

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• Senators Who Became President

• Senators Who Served as Ambassadors

• Senators Who Served as Cabinet Members

• Senators Who Served on the Supreme Court

• Senators Who Served as Vice President

Military & Professional Service

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• Marines in the Senate

• Physicians in the Senate

• Senators Who Served in WWII

Awards, Honors, and Medals

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• Senators who Won the Nobel Peace Prize

• Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps

• Senators who have Participated in the Olympic Games

• Senators who Received the Congressional Gold Medal

• Senators who Received the Medal of Honor

• Senators who Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Other

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• Books Written by Sitting Senators

• Senators who have Served Simultaneously with Siblings (Senate or House)