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Control of the Congress from 1855 to 2025 Popular vote and house seats won by party. Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on 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.
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 115th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress on account of resignations, deaths, or expulsions.
Control of the Senate, Presidency, and House since 1855: any column where all three sections show the same color is a trifecta.. The term is primarily used in the United States, where the federal government level consists of the president and the Congress with its two chambers, the House and the Senate.
Senator State Date Congress Old party New party Notes Jim Jeffords: Vermont: June 6, 2001 107th: Republican: Independent Caucused with the Democrats. Gave Democrats temporary control of the senate.
September 21, 1981: Senate confirmed the first female United States Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor; April 21, 1982: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands addressed a joint meeting of Congress. November 2, 1982: United States general elections; Republicans retained Senate and Democrats increased control in House.
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 118th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.
Trump will have a Republican-controlled Senate and possibly a Republican-controlled House to help usher his picks through. Tracking who Trump has named to serve in his Cabinet, administration Skip ...
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. Senators have been directly elected by state-wide popular vote since the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913. A senate term is six years with no term limit. Every two years a third of the seats are up for election.