Party Leaders of The United States Senate - List of Party Leaders

List of Party Leaders

The Democratic Party first selected a leader in 1920. The Republican Party first formally designated a leader in 1925.

Congress Dates Democratic Leader Majority Republican Leader
66th 1920–1921 Oscar Underwood (AL) R Maj → Henry Cabot Lodge (MA) (unofficial)
67th 1921–1923
68th 1923 – November 9, 1924 Joseph Taylor Robinson (AR)
1925 Charles Curtis (KS)
69th 1925–1927
70th 1927–1929
71st 1929–1931 James E. Watson (IN)
72nd 1931–1933
73rd 1933–1935 ← D Maj Charles L. McNary (OR)
74th 1935–1937
75th 1937 – July 14, 1937
July 22, 1937–1939 Alben W. Barkley (KY)
76th 1939
1940 Warren Austin (VT) (acting)
77th 1941–1943 Charles L. McNary (OR)
78th 1943–1945 Wallace H. White Jr. (ME) (acting)
79th 1945–1947 Wallace H. White Jr.
80th 1947–1949 R Maj →
81st 1949–1951 Scott W. Lucas (IL) ← D Maj Kenneth S. Wherry (NE)
82nd 1951–1952 Ernest McFarland (AZ)
1952–1953 Styles Bridges (NH)
83rd January 3, 1953 – July 31, 1953 Lyndon B. Johnson (TX) R Maj → Robert A. Taft (OH)
August 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 William F. Knowland (CA)
84th 1955–1957 ← D Maj
85th 1957–1959
86th 1959–1961 Everett M. Dirksen (IL)
87th 1961–1963 Mike Mansfield (MT)
88th 1963–1965
89th 1965–1967
90th 1967–1969
91st 1969 – September 7, 1969
September 24, 1969–1971 Hugh Scott (PA)
92nd 1971–1973
93rd 1973–1975
94th 1975–1977
95th 1977–1979 Robert Byrd (WV) Howard Baker (TN)
96th 1979–1981
97th 1981–1983 R Maj →
98th 1983–1985
99th 1985–1987 Bob Dole (KS)
100th 1987–1989 ← D Maj
101st 1989–1991 George Mitchell (ME)
102nd 1991–1993
103rd 1993–1995
104th January 3, 1995 – June 12, 1996 Tom Daschle (SD) R Maj →
June 12, 1996–1997 Trent Lott (MS)
105th 1997–1999
106th 1999–2001
107th January 3 – 20, 2001 ← D Maj
January 20 – June 6, 2001 R Maj →
June 6, 2001–2003 ← D Maj
108th 2003–2005 R Maj → Bill Frist (TN)
109th 2005–2007 Harry Reid (NV)
110th 2007–2009 ← D Maj Mitch McConnell (KY)
111th 2009–2011
112th 2011–Present
Congress Dates Democratic Leader Majority Republican Leader

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