Home ❯ Political Party Breakdown ❯ 112th Congress, 2011-2013
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 | 112th 2011-2013 | 51CP | 46 | 3 | | 193P | 242C | |
112ND CONGRESS- in General
SENATE: 51 Democrats, 46 Republicans, 3 elected as Independents [2 caucusing with the Democrats, 1 caucusing with the Republicans];
HOUSE: 242 Republicans, 193 Democrats;
the 56th Administration of BARACK H. OBAMA had control of the Senate, but the Administration did not have control of the House, in the 112nd Congress.
112nd CONGRESS- United States SENATE
General Election of 2 November 2010 elected 34 Class 3 SENATE seats
[term: noon, 3 January 2011 to noon, 3 January 2017]
as follows:
- 20 incumbent Senators re-elected:
- 9 Democrats: Boxer[CA]; Bennet[CO]; Inouye[HI]; Mikulski [MD]; Reid[NV]; Schumer[NY]; Wyden[OR]; Leahy[VT]; Murray[WA].
- 10 Republicans: Shelby [AL]; McCain[AZ]; Isakson[GA]; Crapo[ID]; Grassley[IA]; Vitter[LA]; Burr[NC]; Coburn[OK]; DeMint[SC]; Thune[SD].
- 1 Independent: Murkowski[AK] (incumbent Republican while running for re-election)
- 14 freshman Senators elected:
- 1 Democrat: Richard Blumenthal[CONNECTICUT].
- 13 Republicans: John Boozman [ARKANSAS]; Marco Rubio [FLORIDA]; Mark Kirk [ILLINOIS]; Dan Coats [INDIANA: previously serving U.S. Senator returning]; Jerry Moran [KANSAS]; Rand Paul [KENTUCKY]; Roy Blunt [MISSOURI]; Kelly Ayotte [NEW HAMPSHIRE]; John Hoeven [NORTH DAKOTA]; Rob Portman [OHIO]; Pat Toomey [PENNSYLVANIA]; Mike Lee [UTAH]; Ron Johnson[WISCONSIN].
107TH CONGRESS- HOUSE of Representatives
[term: noon, 3 January 2011 to noon, 3 January 2013]
| STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN |
193 Democrats |
242 Republicans |
|
| STATE |
Democrat |
Republican |
OTHER |
|
| ALABAMA |
1 |
6 |
|
| ALASKA |
-- |
1 |
|
| ARIZONA |
3 |
5 |
|
|
| ARKANSAS |
1 |
3 |
|
| CALIFORNIA |
34 |
19 |
|
|
| COLORADO |
3 |
4 |
|
| CONNECTICUT |
5 |
0 |
|
| DELAWARE |
1 |
-- |
|
| FLORIDA |
6 |
19 |
|
| GEORGIA |
5 |
8 |
|
|
| HAWAII |
2 |
0 |
|
| IDAHO |
0 |
2 |
|
| ILLINOIS |
8 |
11 |
|
| INDIANA |
3 |
6 |
|
| IOWA |
3 |
2 |
|
|
| KANSAS |
0 |
4 |
|
| KENTUCKY |
2 |
4 |
|
| LOUISIANA |
1 |
6 |
|
| MAINE |
2 |
0 |
|
| MARYLAND |
6 |
2 |
|
|
| MASSACHUSETTS |
10 |
0 |
|
| MICHIGAN |
6 |
9 |
|
| MINNESOTA |
4 |
4 |
|
| MISSISSIPPI |
1 |
3 |
|
| MISSOURI |
3 |
6 |
|
|
| MONTANA |
-- |
1 |
|
| NEBRASKA |
0 |
3 |
|
| NEVADA |
1 |
2 |
|
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
0 |
2 |
|
| NEW JERSEY |
7 |
6 |
|
|
| NEW MEXICO |
2 |
1 |
|
| NEW YORK |
22 |
7 |
|
| NORTH CAROLINA |
7 |
6 |
|
| NORTH DAKOTA |
-- |
1 |
|
| OHIO |
5 |
13 |
|
|
| OKLAHOMA |
1 |
4 |
|
| OREGON |
4 |
1 |
|
| PENNSYLVANIA |
7 |
12 |
|
| RHODE ISLAND |
2 |
0 |
|
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
1 |
5 |
|
|
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
-- |
1 |
|
| TENNESSEE |
2 |
7 |
|
| TEXAS |
9 |
23 |
|
| UTAH |
1 |
2 |
|
| VERMONT |
1 |
-- |
|
|
| VIRGINIA |
3 |
8 |
|
| WASHINGTON |
4 |
5 |
|
| WEST VIRGINIA |
1 |
2 |
|
| WISCONSIN |
3 |
5 |
|
| WYOMING |
-- |
1 |
|
| --------------------------- |
|
| Totals |
193 |
242 |
|
|
Modified .
