The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 107th Congress
Senate Seats by State
  • 100 Seats in the current Senate
    • 50 Democrat
    • 49 Republican
    • 1 Independent

  • 100 Senate seats not up for election in 2001
    • 50 Democrat
    • 49 Republican
    • 1 Independent
  • 14 Candidates seeking Senate Seats
    • 9 Republican
    • 5 Democrat

This is a list of the current Senate seats and the incumbents occupying them. There are no seats up for election in the year 2001.

There has been one death and zero resignations in the 107th Senate:

  • Missouri Class 1: On 7 November 2000, the Missouri "Class 1" seat was won by deceased Democratic Governor Mel Carnahan who died in a plane crash on Monday 16 October 2000. On Tuesday 24 October 2000 acting Democratic Governor Roger Wilson announced that he would appoint the former Governor's widow, Jean Carnahan, to fill the vacant Senate Seat should the deceased Governor win the election.

One Senator switched parties during the 107th Senate:

  • Vermont Class 1: On Thursday 24 May 2001 Senator James Jeffords (Republican of Vermont) announced "I will leave the Republican Party and will become an Independent". Jeffords action, when it become official, shifts the political party breakdown in the Senate from 50 Republicans / 50 Democrats to 49 Republicans / 50 Democrats / 1 Independent.
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Alaska  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Ted Stevens
Appointed by Governor Walter J. Hickel (Republican) on 24 December 1968, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator E. L. Bartlett (Democrat): 11 December 1968; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1970; elected to first full term: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Frank H. Murkowski
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

22 October 2001: Senator Murkowski announced that he would run for governor of Alaska in 2002.


Alabama  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Jeff Sessions
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Richard Shelby
First elected as a Democrat: 1986; re-elected: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 9 November 1994; re-elected as a Republican: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Arkansas  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Tim Hutchinson
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Arizona  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Jon Kyl
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Republican  Senator John McCain
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

California  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Dianne Feinstein
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1992 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Pete Wilson (Republican): 7 January 1991- which John Seymour (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Pete Wilson (Republican) to fill, 10 January 1991];
Elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Barbara Boxer
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Colorado  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Wayne Allard
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
First elected as a Democrat: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 3 March 1995; re-elected as a Republican: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Connecticut  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Joe Lieberman
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Christopher J. Dodd
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Delaware  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Thomas R. Carper
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Florida  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Bill Nelson
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Bob Graham
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Georgia  6-year term

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Max Cleland
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Zell Miller
Appointed by Governor Roy E. Barnes (Democrat) on 27 July 2000, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Paul Coverdell (Republican): 24 July 2000; elected to serve the remainder of Senator Coverdell's term: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Hawaii  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Daniel K. Akaka
Appointed by Governor John Waihee (Democrat) 16 May 1990, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Spark M. Matsunaga (Democrat): 15 April 1990; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1990; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Daniel K. Inouye
First elected: 1962; re-elected: 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Iowa  6-year term

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Tom Harkin
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Charles Grassley
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Idaho  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Larry E. Craig
First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Mike Crapo
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Illinois  6-year term

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Richard J. Durbin
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Peter G. Fitzgerald
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Indiana  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Richard G. Lugar
First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Evan Bayh
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

2001 June 15: Senator Bayh states that he will not seek the White House in 2004.


Kansas  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Pat Roberts
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Sam Brownback
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert J. Dole: 11 June 1996- which Sheila Frahm (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Bill Graves (Republican) to fill, 11 June 1996]; elected to a full term: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Kentucky  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Mitch McConnell
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Jim Bunning
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Louisiana  6-year term

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Mary L. Landrieu
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator John B. Breaux
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Massachusetts  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Edward M. Kennedy
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1962 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator John F. Kennedy (Democrat): 22 December 1960- which Benjamin A. Smith II (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Foster Furcolo (Democrat) to fill, 27 December 1960]; elected to first full term: 1964; re-elected: 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Democrat  Senator John F. Kerry
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Maryland  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Paul Sarbanes
First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Maine  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Olympia J. Snowe
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Republican  Senator Susan M. Collins
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Michigan  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Debbie Stabenow
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Carl Levin
First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Minnesota  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Mark Dayton
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Paul D. Wellstone
First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Missouri  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Jean Carnahan
Jean Carahan was appointed by Democatic Governor Roger Wilson to fill the seat of her deceased husband, Governor Mel Carnahan, who was posthumously relected on 7 November 2000. She was sworn in on 3 January 2001.
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Mississippi  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Trent Lott
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Republican  Senator Thad Cochran
First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Montana  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Conrad Burns
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Max Baucus
First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

North Carolina  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Jesse Helms
First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator John Edwards
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

North Dakota  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Kent Conrad
First elected to the "Class 3" seat from the state: 1986; was not a candidate for re-election in the 3 November 1992 General Election; Elected to finish out the "Class 1" term in a Special Election: 4 December 1992 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Quentin N. Burdick (Democrat): 8 September 1992- which Jocelyn B. Burdick (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor George Sinner (Democrat) to fill, 12 September 1992]; elected to a full term: 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Byron L. Dorgan
First elected: 1992; was induced to take the oath of office: 5 December 1992 when the seat became vacant upon outgoing Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat) having taken the oath of office for the "Class 1" seat from the state; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Nebraska  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Ben Nelson
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Republican  Senator Chuck Hagel
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

New Hampshire  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Robert C. "Bob" Smith
First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Judd Gregg
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

New Jersey  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Jon Corzine
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Robert G. Torricelli
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

New Mexico  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Jeff Bingaman
First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Republican  Senator Pete V. Domenici
First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Nevada  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator John Ensign
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Harry Reid
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

New York  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Chuck Schumer
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Ohio  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Mike DeWine
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Republican  Senator George V. Voinovich
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Oklahoma  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator James M. Inhofe
First elected to fill out the term in a Special Election: 1994 [held to fill the impending vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator David L. Boren (Democrat): effective, 15 November 1994 but announced before the 1994 Oklahoma state/local Primary in August 1994, allowing for this Special Election to take place; elected to a full term: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Don Nickles
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Oregon  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator Gordon Smith
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Ron Wyden
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 30 January 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert Packwood (Republican): 1 October 1995 (Oregon state law does not permit the state's Governor to make temporary appointments to fill vacancies in the United States Senate)]; elected to a full term: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Pennsylvania  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Rick Santorum
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Arlen Specter
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Rhode Island  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Lincoln D. Chafee
Appointed by Governor Lincoln C. Almond (Republican) on 2 November 1999, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator John H. Chafee (Republican): 24 October 1999; elected to first full term 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Democrat  Senator John F. "Jack" Reed
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

South Carolina  6-year term

Class 2 Republican  Senator J. Strom Thurmond
First elected as an Independent candidate to this seat: 1954 (the only United States Senator ever elected solely by write-in vote: the write-in campaign was caused by Thurmond's failure to win endorsement by the state Democratic Party [Senator Burnet R. Maybank (Democrat) had died: 1 September 1954 but had been previously renominated for re-election to the seat in the 13 July 1954 primary; Thurmond's campaign was a protest against the Party hierarchy, and not the Party rank-and-file, replacing Maybank as the Democrat nominee]); resigned 4 April 1956 in order to contest for the Democrat nomination for the Senate in a Special Primary that Summer; elected as a Democrat to finish out the term in a Special Election held to fill vacancy caused by his own resignation: 1956; re-elected as a Democrat: 1960; changed Party affiliation to Republican: 16 September 1964; re-elected as a Republican: 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. February 2001: Congressman Thurmond, 98, has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2002.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1966 [held to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Olin D. Johnston (Democrat): 18 April 1965- which Donald S. Russell (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Robert E. McNair (Democrat) to fill, 22 April 1965 (Russell had resigned as Governor on 22 April 1965 allowing Lieutenant Governor McNair to succeed to the office of Governor, after which McNair appointed Russell to the Senate)]; elected to full term: 1968; re-elected: 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

South Dakota  6-year term

Class 2 Democrat  Senator Tim Johnson
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Tom Daschle
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Tennessee  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Bill Frist
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Republican  Senator Fred Thompson
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1994 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Albert A. Gore, Jr. (Democrat): 1 January 1993- which Harlan Mathews (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Ned R. McWherter (Democrat) to fill, 2 January 1993]; elected to a full term: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. 2001 September 24: Senator Thompson announces he will run for re-election in 2002.

Texas  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1 May 1993- and necessary subsequent Runoff: 5 June 1993 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat): 20 January 1993- which Robert Krueger had been appointed by Governor Ann W. Richards (Democrat) to fill, 21 January 1993]; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Republican  Senator Phil Gramm
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Utah  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Orrin G. Hatch
First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Republican  Senator Robert F. Bennett
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Virginia  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator George F. Allen
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Republican  Senator John W. Warner
First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Vermont  6-year term

Class 1 Independent  Senator Jim Jeffords
First elected (as a Republican): 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000. Switched to Independent 24 May 2001.
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Patrick Leahy
First elected: 1974; re-elected: 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Washington  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Maria Cantwell
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Patty Murray
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

Wisconsin  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Herbert H. Kohl
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 3 Democrat  Senator Russ Feingold
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

West Virginia  6-year term

Class 1 Democrat  Senator Robert C. Byrd
First elected: 1958; re-elected: 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Democrat  Senator John D. Rockefeller, 4th
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Wyoming  6-year term

Class 1 Republican  Senator Craig Thomas
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2 Republican  Senator Michael B. Enzi
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Notes

Senate Class

Class 1 seats begin their new terms at noon on 3 January 2001... next regular election for these seats is in 2006.
Class 2 seats end their current terms at noon on 3 January 2003... next regular election for these seats is 2002.
Class 3 seats end their current terms at noon on 3 January 2005... next regular election for these seats is 2004.

For more information review UNITED STATES SENATE: Electoral "Classes"


Article I, Section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States reads as follows:

"Immediately after [the Senate of the United States] shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year..."

Pursuant to this Constitutional provision, a three-Senator Committee was appointed by the Senate on 11 May 1789 to come up with a plan to carry out the requirements of that provision; this Committee reported to the Senate on 14 May 1789 a plan to divide the then 20 Senators (there were 10 of the 13 original States represented in the Senate at the time- each having 2 Senators: North Carolina and Rhode Island had yet to ratify the U.S. Constitution, while New York had so ratified but had failed to elect Senators as of that date) into the requisite three electoral Classes: under this plan, three groups of Senators (set up in such a way so as no State had its two Senators in the same group) were to be listed and the first Senator on each list (a list which was set up geographically north-to-south in the manner in which the Electoral Vote for President was counted before Congress at that time, so that two of the first Senators on these lists were from New Hampshire and the third was the first Senator in alphabetical order from Massachusetts) was to each blindly draw a piece of paper numbered either "1", "2" or "3" out of a box in the possession of the Secretary of the Senate. This plan being agreeable to the Senate and so approved, the drawing of lots in this manner was carried out the following day (15 May 1789)- such lot drawing ultimately determining that, to start with, Classes 1 and 2 were to have 7 Senators each and Class 3 was to have only 6 Senators.

When New York finally seated its two Senators during the ensuing Summer, there was another lot drawing (actually a double-lot drawing) on 28 July 1789 to determine the Classes for these seats: since one of the seats had to be Class 3 to make it equal in number to that of the other two Classes so far, the two New York Senators each blindly drew between two pieces of paper, one marked "3", the other which was blank- after this, there was a second lot drawing in which the New York Senator who had drawn the blank paper blindly drew again between two pieces of paper marked "1" and "2": he drew "1" so that New York would henceforth have Senators of electoral Classes 1 and 3.

When North Carolina seated its two Senators after ratifying the Constitution on 21 November 1789, there was yet another lot drawing (on 29 January 1790) in which North Carolina's two Senators each blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "2" and "3" (since there were now 12 States and, thus, 24 Senators: 24 being equally divisible by 3, there would now have to be 8 Senators in each of the three Classes to fulfill the Constitutional provision that, as nearly as was practicable, one third of the Senate be elected every second year).

After Rhode Island- the last of the 13 original States- finally ratified the Constitution on 29 May 1790 and subsequently seated its two Senators that Summer, there was yet one more lot drawing in the First Congress (on 25 June 1790) in which Rhode Island's two Senators blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "1", "2" and "3": one Senator drew "2", the other drew "1"- thereby determining electoral Classes 1 and 2 as those for the Senators from this State. When Vermont was admitted to the Union as the 14th state on 4 March 1791, there was again a double lot drawing as there had been for New York. From that day until this, whenever a new State has been admitted to the Union, these types of lot drawings (the type determined by the necessity of keeping the number of Senators in each electoral Class as close to one third as possible at the time of said lot drawing) between the new State's first Senators is held before the Senate to determine in just which of the three electoral Classes that State's Senate seats will be placed from then on.