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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.
StateSenatorPartyBorn(1954-09-18) September 18, 1954 (age 69)(1982-02-02) February 2, 1982 (age 42)(1957-05-22) May 22, 1957 (age 67)(1964-11-13) November 13, 1964 (age 59)The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The United States Senate and the lower chamber of Congress, the United States House of Representatives, 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 ...
The U.S. Senate, together with the U.S. House of Representatives, makes up the U.S. Congress. The Senate holds certain unique powers and obligations. Its makeup is different too: two senators represent each state, and senators serve staggered six-year terms.
The Senate is made up of 100 members; two members are elected from each of the 50 U.S. states, and each senator serves a six-year term. Ten members have had careers in the Senate that have lasted 40 years or more. Of these, seven have carried their tenure into the 21st century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Senators. Members of the Senate are called senators. Each of the 50 states is given two Senate seats.
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2 days ago · United States Senate, one of the two houses of the legislature (Congress) of the United States, established in 1789 under the Constitution. The six-year terms of about one-third of the Senate membership expire every two years, earning the chamber the nickname ‘the house that never dies.’
