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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.
The List of United States Senate elections has been split into the following two parts for convenience: List of United States Senate elections (1788–1913) List of United States Senate elections (1914–present) The following are lists of United States Senate elections by other criteria: List of United States Senate election results by region
Congress → 1789 1 1st 1789 2 1st 1789 3 1st 1790 1 2nd 1792 2 3rd 1794 3 4th 1796 1 5th 1798 2 6th 1800 3 7th 1802 1 8th 1804 2 9th 1806 3 10th 1808 1 11th 1810 2 12th 1812 3 13th 1814 1 14th 1816 2 15th 1818 3 16th 1820 1 17th 1822 2 18th 1824 3 19th 1826 1 20th Year → Class → Congress → 1828 2 21st 1830 3 22nd 1832 1 23rd 1834 2 24th ...
The Senate and the United States House of Representatives (which is the lower chamber of Congress) comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States. Together, the Senate and the House have the authority under Article One of the U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation.
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 118th United States Congress . Party affiliation
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.
Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010) 60 1955 James Lankford: Republican Oklahoma: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years) 61 1956 Tom Cotton: Republican Arkansas: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Arkansas 32nd in population (2010) 62 1957
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 November 2024. Bicameral legislature of the United States For the current Congress, see 118th United States Congress. For the building, see United States Capitol. This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being ...