Home ❯ Political Party Breakdown ❯ 111th Congress, 2009-2011
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 |
| | Democrat | Republican | other | vacancies | Democrat | Republican | other |
| Obama | Democrat | 111th 2009-2011 | 57CP | 41 | 2 | | 257CP | 178 | |
111TH CONGRESS- in General
SENATE: 57 Democrats, 41 Republicans, 2 elected as Independents [both caucusing with the Democrats];
HOUSE: 257 Democrats, 178 Republicans;
the 56th Administration of BARACK H. OBAMA had control of both the Senate and the House in the 111th Congress.
111th CONGRESS- United States SENATE
General Election of 4 November 2008 elected 33 Class 2 SENATE seats
[term: noon, 3 January 2009 to noon, 3 January 2015]
as follows:
- 23 incumbent Senators re-elected:
- 12 Democrats: Pryor[AR]; Biden[DE]; Durbin[IL]; Harkin[IA]; Landrieu[LA]; Kerry[MA]; Levin[MI]; Baucus[MT]; Lautenberg[NJ]; Reed[RI]; Johnson[SD]; Rockefeller[WV].
- 11 Republicans: Sessions[AL]; Chambliss[GA]; Roberts[KS]; McConnell[KY]; Collins[ME]; Cochran[MS]; Inhofe[OK]; Graham[SC]; Alexander[TN]; Cornyn[TX]; Enzi[WY].
- 10 freshman Senators elected:
- 8 Democrats: Mark Begich[ALASKA]; Mark Udall[COLORADO]; Al Franken[MINNESOTA]; Jeanne Shaheen[NEW HAMPSHIRE]; Tom Udall[NEW MEXICO]; Kay Hagan[NORTH CAROLINA]; Jeff Merkley[OREGON]; Mark Warner[VIRGINIA].
- 2 Republicans: Jim Risch[IDAHO]; Mike Johanns[NEBRASKA].
107TH CONGRESS- HOUSE of Representatives
[term: noon, 3 January 2009 to noon, 3 January 2011]
| STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN |
257 Democrats |
178 Republicans |
|
| STATE |
Democrat |
Republican |
OTHER |
|
| ALABAMA |
3 |
4 |
|
| ALASKA |
-- |
1 |
|
| ARIZONA |
5 |
3 |
|
|
| ARKANSAS |
3 |
1 |
|
| CALIFORNIA |
34 |
19 |
|
|
| COLORADO |
5 |
2 |
|
| CONNECTICUT |
5 |
0 |
|
| DELAWARE |
-- |
1 |
|
| FLORIDA |
10 |
15 |
|
| GEORGIA |
6 |
7 |
|
|
| HAWAII |
2 |
0 |
|
| IDAHO |
1 |
1 |
|
| ILLINOIS |
12 |
7 |
|
| INDIANA |
5 |
4 |
|
| IOWA |
3 |
2 |
|
|
| KANSAS |
1 |
3 |
|
| KENTUCKY |
2 |
4 |
|
| LOUISIANA |
1 |
6 |
|
| MAINE |
2 |
0 |
|
| MARYLAND |
7 |
1 |
|
|
| MASSACHUSETTS |
10 |
0 |
|
| MICHIGAN |
8 |
7 |
|
| MINNESOTA |
5 |
3 |
|
| MISSISSIPPI |
3 |
1 |
|
| MISSOURI |
4 |
5 |
|
|
| MONTANA |
-- |
1 |
|
| NEBRASKA |
0 |
3 |
|
| NEVADA |
2 |
1 |
|
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
2 |
0 |
|
| NEW JERSEY |
8 |
5 |
|
|
| NEW MEXICO |
3 |
0 |
|
| NEW YORK |
26 |
3 |
|
| NORTH CAROLINA |
8 |
5 |
|
| NORTH DAKOTA |
1 |
0 |
|
| OHIO |
10 |
8 |
|
|
| OKLAHOMA |
1 |
4 |
|
| OREGON |
4 |
1 |
|
| PENNSYLVANIA |
12 |
7 |
|
| RHODE ISLAND |
2 |
0 |
|
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
2 |
4 |
|
|
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
1 |
-- |
|
| TENNESSEE |
5 |
4 |
|
| TEXAS |
12 |
20 |
|
| UTAH |
1 |
2 |
|
| VERMONT |
1 |
-- |
|
|
| VIRGINIA |
6 |
5 |
|
| WASHINGTON |
6 |
3 |
|
| WEST VIRGINIA |
2 |
1 |
|
| WISCONSIN |
5 |
3 |
|
| WYOMING |
-- |
1 |
|
| --------------------------- |
|
| Totals |
257 |
178 |
|
|
Modified .
