The Green Papers
The Green Papers
Political Party Breakdown of the
110th Congress of the United States, 2007-2009

Boldface (with superscript C) numbers indicate the majority Party in each house. Red (with superscript P) numbers (boldface or not) indicate the Party of the President in any event.

President Party Congress United States Senate House of Representatives
 DemocratRepublicanothervacanciesDemocratRepublicanother
Bush, G.W.Republican110th 2007-20094949P2 233C202P 

110TH CONGRESS- in General

SENATE: 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 2 elected as Independents [both caucusing with the Democrats];
HOUSE: 233 Democrats, 202 Republicans;
the 55th Administration of GEORGE W. BUSH did not have control of either the Senate or the House in the 110th Congress.

110th CONGRESS- United States SENATE

General Election of 7 November 2006 elected 33 Class 1 SENATE seats
[term: noon, 3 January 2007 to noon, 3 January 2013]
as follows:

  • 22 incumbent Senators re-elected:
    • 13 Democrats: Feinstein[CA]; Carper[DE]; Nelson[FL]; Akaka[HI]; Kennedy[MA]; Stabenow[MI]; Nelson[NE]; Bingaman[NM]; Clinton[NY]; Conrad[ND]; Cantwell[WA]; Byrd[WV]; Kohl[WI].
    • 8 Republicans: Kyl[AZ]; Lugar[IN]; Snowe[ME]; Lott[MS]; Ensign[NV]; Hutchison[TX]; Hatch[UT]; Thomas[WY].
    • 1 Independent: Lieberman[CT] (formerly a Democrat)
  • 11 freshman Senators elected:
    • 9 Democrats: Benjamin Cardin[MARYLAND]; Amy Klobuchar[MINNESOTA]; Claire McCaskill[MISSOURI]; Jon Tester[MONTANA]; Bob Menendez[NEW JERSEY]; Sherrod Brown[OHIO]; Robert "Bob" Casey, Jr.[PENNSYLVANIA]; Sheldon Whitehouse[RHODE ISLAND]; Jim Webb[VIRGINIA].
    • 1 Republican: Bob Corker[TENNESSEE].
    • 1 Independent: Bernie Sanders[VERMONT]

107TH CONGRESS- HOUSE of Representatives

STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN 212 Democrats 222 Republicans 1 OTHER
STATE Democrat Republican OTHER

ALABAMA 2 5
ALASKA -- 1
ARIZONA 1 5
ARKANSAS 3 1
CALIFORNIA 32 20

COLORADO 2 4
CONNECTICUT 3 3
DELAWARE -- 1
FLORIDA 8 15
GEORGIA 3 8

HAWAII 2 --
IDAHO -- 2
ILLINOIS 10 10
INDIANA 4 6
IOWA 1 4

KANSAS 1 3
KENTUCKY 1 5
LOUISIANA 2 5
MAINE 2 --
MARYLAND 4 4

MASSACHUSETTS 10 --
MICHIGAN 9 7
MINNESOTA 5 3
MISSISSIPPI 3 2
MISSOURI 4 5

MONTANA -- 1
NEBRASKA -- 3
NEVADA 1 1
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- 2
NEW JERSEY 7 6

NEW MEXICO 1 2
NEW YORK 19 12
NORTH CAROLINA 5 7
NORTH DAKOTA 1 --
OHIO 8 11

OKLAHOMA 1 5
OREGON 4 1
PENNSYLVANIA 10 11
RHODE ISLAND 2 --
SOUTH CAROLINA 2 4

SOUTH DAKOTA -- 1
TENNESSEE 4 5
TEXAS 17 13
UTAH 1 2
VERMONT -- -- 1 Independent

VIRGINIA 4 7
WASHINGTON 6 3
WEST VIRGINIA 2 1
WISCONSIN 5 4
WYOMING -- 1
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Totals 212 222 1 Independent

Modified .