About the Party Secretaries
Both major political parties in the Senate—Democratic and Republican—elect a party secretary. The Senate established the position of party secretary in 1929. Party secretaries aid senators in many ways, including serving as principal staff members at party conferences. Spending most of their time in the Senate Chamber, party secretaries assist leadership in scheduling floor activities, advise senators on the progress of a bill, and oversee staff in the cloakrooms, which are spaces adjacent to the Senate Chamber where members gather to discuss Chamber business in private.
- Democratic Party Secretaries
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Name Years of Service Edwin A. Halsey 1929–1933 Leslie L. Biffle 1933–1945 Felton M. Johnston 1945–1955 Robert G. Baker 1955–1963 Francis R. Valeo 1963–1966 J. Stanley Kimmitt 1966–1977 James H. Duffy 1977–1979 Walter J. Stewart 1979–1981 Terence E. Sauvain 1981–1983 Patrick J. Griffin 1983–1985 David Pratt 1985–1987 C. Abbott Saffold 1987–1995 Martin P. Paone 1995–2008 Lula Johnson Davis 2008–2010 Gary Myrick 2011–present - Republican Party Secretaries
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Name Years of Service Carl A. Loeffler 1929–1947 J. Mark Trice 1947–1953 William T. Reed 1953–1955 J. Mark Trice 1955–1973 William Hildenbrand 1974–1981 Howard O. Greene, Jr. 1981–1995 Elizabeth Letchworth 1995–2001 David J. Schiappa 2001–2013 Laura Dove 2013–2020 Robert Duncan 2020–present
