Featured Biographies

Nearly 2000 individuals have served in the United States Senate since it first convened in 1789. This collection of featured biographies explores the varied experiences and accomplishments of some of those U.S. senators.

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John Quincy Adams

Image of John Quincy Adams

Senator George Aiken

Nelson Aldrich by Paul Peter Kiehart

William Boyd Allison

William Allison by Wilbur Aaron Reaser

Henry B. Anthony

Edward W. Brooke, U.S. senator from Massachusetts, 1967–1979.

David Rice Atchison

David Rice Atchison (D-MO)

Edward Dickinson Baker

Photo of Edward Dickinson Baker

Howard Henry Baker, Jr.

Howard Baker, Jr. by Herbert Elmer Abrams

James A. Bayard

Image of James A. Bayard

Thomas Hart Benton

Photo of Thomas Hart Benton

Photo of Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut

Senator Hugo Black

James G. Blaine

Gallery of Possible Presidential Candidates. / No. 3.— Hon. James G. Blaine, United States Senator from Maine.

Image of William Blount

Photo of Senator William Borah

Stephen Row Bradley

Image of Stephen R. Bradley

Joseph L. Bristow

Joseph L. Bristow

brooke

Blanche K. Bruce

Blanche Kelso Bruce by Simmie Lee Knox

Robert C. Byrd by Michael Shane Neal

John C. Calhoun

Image of John C. Calhoun

Hattie Wyatt Caraway

Hattie Caraway

Image of Clifford Case

George E. Chamberlain

George E. Chamberlain (D-OR)

Photo of Senator Dennis Chavez

Photograph of Senator Frank Church of Idaho

Image of Daniel Clark

Joel Bennett Clark

Image of Joel Bennett Clark

Henry Clay by Allyn Cox

Earle C. Clements

Earle C. Clements (D-KY)

Roscoe Conkling

Photo of Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York

John Sherman Cooper

Cooper, John

Edward P. Costigan

Edward P. Costigan (D-CO)

Cotton, Norris

William Crawford

Image of William Crawford

Charles Curtis

Jefferson Davis

Image of Senator Jefferson Davis

Thomas A. Daschle

Thomas A. Daschle by Aaron Shikler

Chauncey M. Depew

Photo of Depew

Everett McKinley Dirksen

Everett McKinley Dirksen by Richard Hood Harryman

Bob Dole by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Stephen A. Douglas

[Stephen A. Douglas]

James Eastland by Herbert Elmer Abrams

Photo of Allen J. Ellender

Oliver Ellsworth

Image of Oliver Ellsworth

Photo: Clair Engle

Samuel Ervin

Rebecca Latimer Felton

Rebecca Felton

William P. Fessenden

Image of Senator William Pitt Fessenden of Maine

Ralph E. Flanders

Ralph Flanders

Photo of Hiram Fong

William H. Frist

William H. Frist

J. William Fulbright

fulbright

John Nance Garner

John Nance Garner by Howard Chandler Christy

Walter F. George

Photo of Walter F. George

William B. Giles

William B. Giles

Photo of Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa

Photo of Senator Carter Glass

John Glenn

Barry M. Goldwater

Senator Barry Goldwater

Albert A. Gore, Jr.

Albert A. Gore Jr.

Arthur Pue Gorman

Image of Arthur Gorman

Theodore Francis Green

Senator Theodore Francis Green

Senator James Grimes

Marcus A. Hanna

Photo of Marcus Hanna

Senator Philip Hart (D-MI)

Mark O. Hatfield

Mark O. Hatfield (R-OR)

Photo of Carl Hayden

Bourke Hickenlooper

Bourke Hickenlooper

Gilbert Hitchcock

Photo of Senator Gilbert Hitchcock of Nebraska

George Hoar

Hubert Humphrey

Photo of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota

Daniel K. Inouye

Image: Daniel K. Inouye

Izard

Image: Senator Jacob Javits

Hiram Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Johnson

Andrieus A. Jones

Andrieus A. Jones (D-NM)

Nancy L. Kassebaum

Nancy L. Kassebaum (R-KS)

Kenneth B. Keating

Image of Kenneth Keating

Senator Carey Estes Kefauver in a Committee Hearing

Edward M. Kennedy (Ted)

Image: Edward M. Kennedy (Ted)

John F. Kennedy

John Kennedy

Image of Rufus King

William Knowland

Photo of Senator William Knowland of California

Thomas H. Kuchel

Thomas H. Kuchel

Robert La Follette

Robert M. La Follette by Robert Chester La Follette

Octaviano Larrazolo

larrazolo

Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

Image: Senator Huey Long

Trent Lott by Steven Polson

Photo of Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois

William Maclay

William P. Mangum

Willie P. Mangum by James Reid Lambdin

Mike Mansfield by Aaron Shikler

James Murray Mason

Photo of Senator James Mason of Virginia

Joseph R. McCarthy

Photo of Senator Joseph McCarthy

Kenneth Douglas McKellar

Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee

Photo of Charles McNary, Life Magazine

Barbara Mikulski

Barbara Mikulski

George Mitchell

Photo of Senator George Mitchell of Maine

Justin Morrill by Jonathan Eastman Johnson

Photo of Senator Wayne Morse

Carol Moseley Braun

Carol Moseley Braun, 1993-1999

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Image of Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Photo: Karl Mundt

Senator George Norris of Nebraska

Lee Slater Overman

Lee Slater Overman by Unknown

Photo of Senator Robert Owen of Oklahoma

Timothy Pickering

Image of Timothy Pickering

Orville H. Platt

Photo of Senator Orville Platt of Connecticut

Samuel C. Pomeroy

Samuel Pomeroy

William Proxmire

Senator William Proxmire

Studio photograph of Senator Hiram Revels.

Joseph T. Robinson

Joseph T. Robinson by Nicholas Richard Brewer

Richard Russell

Senator Richard Russell of Georgia

Aaron Augustus Sargent

Petition for Universal Suffrage, 1865

Hugh Scott

Morris Sheppard

Morris Sheppard by Boris Bernhard Gordon

Photo of John Sherman of Ohio

James Shields

Margaret Chase Smith

Reed Owen Smoot

Reed Owen Smoot

Image of John J. Sparkman

John C. Spooner

Photo of Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin

William Sprague

Image of Senator William Sprague of Rhode Island

William Morris Stewart

Senator William Morris Stewart.

Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts

Robert A. Taft by Rudolf Anton Bernatschke

Henry M. Teller

Teller, Henry

Strom Thurmond

Image of Tracy Uriah

Photo of Senator Harry Truman of Missouri, later U.S. President

Millard E. Tydings

Tydings

Oscar Underwood

Photo of Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama

Arthur Vandenberg

Photo of Senator Arthur Vandenberg

Senator Benjamin F. Wade

Photo of Senator Robert Wagner of New York

Thomas J. Walsh

Photo of Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana

Francis E. Warren

Francis E. Warren (R-WY)

Daniel Webster by Adrian S. Lamb

Kenneth S. Wherry

Kenneth S. Wherry by Roma Christine Harlan

Image: Senator Henry Wilson