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Politics 4 min read Beginner Updated

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On this page
  1. Find your senators and representative
  2. What the table shows
  3. Narrow, sort and filter
  4. Members who have left
  5. Common questions

The Members pages list everyone who serves in Congress: the 100 senators and the members of the House of Representatives. You can narrow the list by chamber, state and party, sort it, filter it by typing, and open anyone's page for their record.

#Find your senators and representative

  1. Open Members in the row of Politics sections.

  2. Choose Senators or Representatives to see one chamber, or leave it on Both chambers.

  3. Open the state menu, which starts as Every state, and choose yours. The list reloads with only that state's members.

    The senators directory: pills for chamber and party, a state menu, a filter box and a table of senators with party, state, the year their seat is up, the year they started serving and contact links

    The senators directory. The pills and the menu narrow the list; the table below can be sorted and filtered.

    1. 1Both chambers, senators or representatives
    2. 2Filter by party
    3. 3Filter by state
    4. 4Type to filter by name or state
    5. 5Select a heading to sort
    6. 6Star: follow this member

  4. Select a name to open the member's page.

Every state has two senators. Representatives are listed by district: a district appears as the state's two-letter abbreviation and a number, such as TX-7. A state with one seat in the House is listed as at large, written AK-AL.

Politics does not turn a street address into a district. If you are not sure which district you live in, ask the House of Representatives' own website, which has a lookup by ZIP code or address, then find the district number here.

#What the table shows

Column What it tells you
Member The member's photo and name, with their party mark, their office and any leadership post, such as Senate Majority Leader. A star beside the name follows them.
Party The party the member belongs to.
State (senators) or District (House) For senators, the state and whether the member is that state's senior or junior senator. For the House, the district.
Chamber Senate or House. This column appears when you look at both chambers together.
Seat up On the senators page only: the year the seat is next on the ballot.
Serving since The year the member first took a seat in Congress, in either chamber.
Contact The member's office phone number and a link to their website.

The House list also includes the delegates from the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories and the resident commissioner from Puerto Rico. Their pages call them Delegate and Resident Commissioner.

#Narrow, sort and filter

  • Chamber and party. The pills at the top switch between Both chambers, Senators and Representatives, and between All parties, Republicans, Democrats and Independents. They work together with the state menu.
  • Filter by name. On a page with JavaScript, a box above the table, Filter by name, state or district, hides the rows that do not match as you type and counts the rows left.
  • Sort. Select a column heading to sort by it. Select it again to reverse the order, and a third time to return to the original order.

The list starts in the order of the states' two-letter postal abbreviations, so Alaska (AK) comes before Alabama (AL). Use the state menu when you want one state.

#Members who have left

Only members in office appear in the lists. Someone who served in the current Congress and has since left still has a page, marked Former member, with the votes they cast while serving. You can reach it from a vote they took part in or from a search.

#Common questions

How do I find my representative?

Choose Representatives and your state, then look for your district number. Politics does not look up a district from an address. The House of Representatives' own website does.

Why does Alaska come before Alabama?

The list is in the order of the states' two-letter postal abbreviations, and AK comes before AL. Sorting by the State heading follows the same abbreviations. To see one state, use the state menu.

What does Seat up mean?

It is the year the senator's seat is next on the ballot. A Senate term ends in January after a November election, so a term ending in January 2029 shows 2028.

What is "senior" and "junior" next to a state?

Each state has two senators. The label tells them apart: the senior senator is the one who has served longer in the Senate.

Why is a member I am looking for not in the list?

The directory shows members in office. A member who has left office does not appear in it, but their page still exists. Search for their full name to reach it.

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