List of current United States Senators by age and generation
Below is a list of all the Senators serving in the 110th Congress, sorted by birth year (compiled from the individual Wikipedia pages.)
Using the generational BOUNDARIES as identified by authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, in their book Generations (ISBN 0-688-11912-3) (1992), the generational breakdown of the Senate for the 110th Congress is:
Generation |
Birth Years |
Count |
|---|---|---|
GI Generation |
1901 – 1924 |
5 |
Silent Generation |
1925 – 1942 |
37 |
Boomer Generation |
1943 – 1960 |
53 |
Generation X |
1961 – 1981 |
5 |
State |
Senator |
Party |
Birth Year |
Generation Noted for: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
West Virginia |
Robert Byrd |
D |
1917 |
GI |
Alaska |
Ted Stevens |
R |
1923 |
GI |
Hawaii |
Daniel Inouye |
D |
1924 |
GI |
Hawaii |
Daniel Akaka |
D |
1924 |
GI |
New Jersey |
Frank Lautenberg |
D |
1924 |
GI |
Virginia |
John Warner |
R |
1927 |
Silent |
Pennsylvania |
Arlen Specter |
R |
1930 |
Silent |
Kentucky |
Jim Bunning |
R |
1931 |
Silent |
Indiana |
Richard Lugar |
R |
1932 |
Silent |
Massachusetts |
Edward Kennedy |
D |
1932 |
Silent |
New Mexico |
Pete Domenici |
R |
1932 |
Silent |
California |
Dianne Feinstein |
D |
1933 |
Silent |
Iowa |
Chuck Grassley |
R |
1933 |
Silent |
Utah |
Robert Bennett |
R |
1933 |
Silent |
Alabama |
Richard Shelby |
R |
1934 |
Silent |
Michigan |
Carl Levin |
D |
1934 |
Silent |
Oklahoma |
James Inhofe |
R |
1934 |
Silent |
Utah |
Orrin Hatch |
R |
1934 |
Silent |
Wisconsin |
Herbert Kohl |
D |
1935 |
Silent |
Arizona |
John McCain |
R |
1936 |
Silent |
Kansas |
Pat Roberts |
R |
1936 |
Silent |
Maryland |
Barbara Mikulski |
D |
1936 |
Silent |
North Carolina |
Elizabeth Dole |
R |
1936 |
Silent |
Ohio |
George Voinovich |
R |
1936 |
Silent |
Mississippi |
Thad Cochran |
R |
1937 |
Silent |
West Virginia |
Jay Rockefeller |
D |
1937 |
Silent |
Iowa |
Tom Harkin |
D |
1939 |
Silent |
Missouri |
Kit Bond |
R |
1939 |
Silent |
Nevada |
Harry Reid |
D |
1939 |
Silent |
California |
Barbara Boxer |
D |
1940 |
Silent |
Tennessee |
Lamar Alexander |
R |
1940 |
Silent |
Vermont |
Patrick Leahy |
D |
1940 |
Silent |
Mississippi |
Trent Lott |
R |
1941 |
Silent |
Montana |
Max Baucus |
D |
1941 |
Silent |
Nebraska |
Ben Nelson |
D |
1941 |
Silent |
Vermont |
Bernard Sanders |
I |
1941 |
Silent |
Arizona |
Jon Kyl |
R |
1942 |
Silent |
Connecticut |
Joe Lieberman |
ID |
1942 |
Silent |
Delaware |
Joe Biden |
D |
1942 |
Silent |
Florida |
Bill Nelson |
D |
1942 |
Silent |
Kentucky |
Mitch McConnell |
R |
1942 |
Silent |
North Dakota |
Byron Dorgan |
D |
1942 |
Silent |
Colorado |
Wayne Allard |
R |
1943 |
Boomer |
Georgia |
Saxby Chambliss |
R |
1943 |
Boomer |
Maryland |
Ben Cardin |
D |
1943 |
Boomer |
Massachusetts |
John Kerry |
D |
1943 |
Boomer |
New Mexico |
Jeff Bingaman |
D |
1943 |
Boomer |
Texas |
Kay Bailey Hutchison |
R |
1943 |
Boomer |
Connecticut |
Christopher Dodd |
D |
1944 |
Boomer |
Georgia |
Johnny Isakson |
R |
1944 |
Boomer |
Illinois |
Richard Durbin |
D |
1944 |
Boomer |
Wyoming |
Michael Enzi |
R |
1944 |
Boomer |
Idaho |
Larry Craig |
R |
1945 |
Boomer |
Alabama |
Jeff Sessions |
R |
1946 |
Boomer |
Florida |
Mel Martinez |
R |
1946 |
Boomer |
Nebraska |
Chuck Hagel |
R |
1946 |
Boomer |
South Dakota |
Tim Johnson |
D |
1946 |
Boomer |
Virginia |
Jim Webb |
D |
1946 |
Boomer |
Delaware |
Tom Carper |
D |
1947 |
Boomer |
Maine |
Olympia Snowe |
R |
1947 |
Boomer |
New Hampshire |
Judd Gregg |
R |
1947 |
Boomer |
New York |
Hillary Clinton |
D |
1947 |
Boomer |
North Dakota |
Kent Conrad |
D |
1948 |
Boomer |
Oklahoma |
Tom Coburn |
R |
1948 |
Boomer |
Minnesota |
Norm Coleman |
R |
1949 |
Boomer |
Oregon |
Ron Wyden |
D |
1949 |
Boomer |
Rhode Island |
Jack Reed |
D |
1949 |
Boomer |
Michigan |
Debbie Stabenow |
D |
1950 |
Boomer |
New York |
Charles Schumer |
D |
1950 |
Boomer |
Washington |
Patty Murray |
D |
1950 |
Boomer |
Idaho |
Mike Crapo |
R |
1951 |
Boomer |
South Carolina |
Jim DeMint |
R |
1951 |
Boomer |
Maine |
Susan Collins |
R |
1952 |
Boomer |
Ohio |
Sherrod Brown |
D |
1952 |
Boomer |
Oregon |
Gordon Smith |
R |
1952 |
Boomer |
Tennessee |
Bob Corker |
R |
1952 |
Boomer |
Texas |
John Cornyn |
R |
1952 |
Boomer |
Wyoming |
John Barrasso |
R |
1952 |
Boomer |
Missouri |
Claire McCaskill |
D |
1953 |
Boomer |
Wisconsin |
Russ Feingold |
D |
1953 |
Boomer |
New Jersey |
Bob Menendez |
D |
1954 |
Boomer |
Colorado |
Ken Salazar |
D |
1955 |
Boomer |
Indiana |
Evan Bayh |
D |
1955 |
Boomer |
Louisiana |
Mary Landrieu |
D |
1955 |
Boomer |
North Carolina |
Richard Burr |
R |
1955 |
Boomer |
Rhode Island |
Sheldon Whitehouse |
D |
1955 |
Boomer |
South Carolina |
Lindsey Graham |
R |
1955 |
Boomer |
Kansas |
Sam Brownback |
R |
1956 |
Boomer |
Montana |
Jon Tester |
D |
1956 |
Boomer |
Alaska |
Lisa Murkowski |
R |
1957 |
Boomer |
Nevada |
John Ensign |
R |
1958 |
Boomer |
Washington |
Maria Cantwell |
D |
1958 |
Boomer |
Arkansas |
Blanche Lincoln |
D |
1960 |
Boomer |
Minnesota |
Amy Klobuchar |
D |
1960 |
Boomer |
Pennsylvania |
Bob Casey, Jr. |
D |
1960 |
Boomer |
Illinois |
Barack Obama |
D |
1961 |
Gen X |
Louisiana |
David Vitter |
R |
1961 |
Gen X |
South Dakota |
John Thune |
R |
1961 |
Gen X |
Arkansas |
Mark Pryor |
D |
1963 |
Gen X |
New Hampshire |
John E. Sununu |
R |
1964 |
Gen X |