Home ❯ Political Party Breakdown ❯ 114th Congress, 2015-2017
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 | 114th 2015-2017 | 44P | 53C | 3 | | 188P | 247C | |
114TH CONGRESS- in General
SENATE: 53 Republicans, 44 Democrats, 3 elected as Independents [2 caucusing with the Democrats, 1 caucusing with the Republicans];
HOUSE: 247 Republicans, 188 Democrats;
the 57th Administration of BARACK H. OBAMA did not have control of either the Senate or the House in the 114th Congress.
114th CONGRESS- United States SENATE
General Election of 4 November 2014 elected 33 Class 2 SENATE seats
[term: noon, 3 January 2015 to noon, 3 January 2021]
as follows:
- 21 incumbent Senators re-elected:
- 10 Democrats: Coons[DE]; Durbin[IL]; Markey[MA]; Franken[MN]; Shaheen[NH]; Booker[NJ]; Udall[NM]; Merkley[OR]; Reed[RI]; Warner[VA].
- 11 Republicans: Sessions[AL]; Risch[ID]; Roberts[KS]; McConnell[KY]; Collins[ME]; Cochran[MS]; Inhofe[OK]; Graham[SC]; Alexander[TN]; Cornyn[TX]; Enzi[WY].
- 12 freshman Senators elected:
- 1 Democrat: Gary Peters[MICHIGAN].
- 11 Republicans: Dan Sullivan[ALASKA]; Tom Cotton[ARKANSAS]; Cory Gardner[COLORADO]; David Perdue[GEORGIA]; Joni Ernst[IOWA]; Bill Cassidy[LOUISIANA]; Steve Daines[MONTANA]; Ben Sasse[NEBRASKA]; Thom Tillis[NORTH CAROLINA]; Mike Rounds[SOUTH DAKOTA]; Shelley Moore Capito[WEST VIRGINIA].
114th CONGRESS- HOUSE of Representatives
[term: noon, 3 January 2015 to noon, 3 January 2017]
| STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN |
188 Democrats |
247 Republicans |
|
| STATE |
Democrat |
Republican |
OTHER |
|
| ALABAMA |
1 |
6 |
|
| ALASKA |
-- |
1 |
|
| ARIZONA |
4 |
5 |
|
|
| ARKANSAS |
0 |
4 |
|
| CALIFORNIA |
39 |
14 |
|
|
| COLORADO |
3 |
4 |
|
| CONNECTICUT |
5 |
0 |
|
| DELAWARE |
1 |
-- |
|
| FLORIDA |
10 |
17 |
|
| GEORGIA |
4 |
10 |
|
|
| HAWAII |
2 |
0 |
|
| IDAHO |
0 |
2 |
|
| ILLINOIS |
10 |
8 |
|
| INDIANA |
2 |
7 |
|
| IOWA |
1 |
3 |
|
|
| KANSAS |
0 |
4 |
|
| KENTUCKY |
1 |
5 |
|
| LOUISIANA |
1 |
5 |
|
| MAINE |
1 |
1 |
|
| MARYLAND |
7 |
1 |
|
|
| MASSACHUSETTS |
9 |
0 |
|
| MICHIGAN |
5 |
9 |
|
| MINNESOTA |
5 |
3 |
|
| MISSISSIPPI |
1 |
3 |
|
| MISSOURI |
2 |
6 |
|
|
| MONTANA |
-- |
1 |
|
| NEBRASKA |
1 |
2 |
|
| NEVADA |
1 |
3 |
|
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
1 |
1 |
|
| NEW JERSEY |
6 |
6 |
|
|
| NEW MEXICO |
2 |
1 |
|
| NEW YORK |
18 |
9 |
|
| NORTH CAROLINA |
3 |
10 |
|
| NORTH DAKOTA |
-- |
1 |
|
| OHIO |
4 |
12 |
|
|
| OKLAHOMA |
0 |
5 |
|
| OREGON |
4 |
1 |
|
| PENNSYLVANIA |
5 |
13 |
|
| RHODE ISLAND |
2 |
0 |
|
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
1 |
6 |
|
|
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
-- |
1 |
|
| TENNESSEE |
2 |
7 |
|
| TEXAS |
11 |
25 |
|
| UTAH |
0 |
4 |
|
| VERMONT |
1 |
-- |
|
|
| VIRGINIA |
3 |
8 |
|
| WASHINGTON |
6 |
4 |
|
| WEST VIRGINIA |
0 |
3 |
|
| WISCONSIN |
3 |
5 |
|
| WYOMING |
-- |
1 |
|
| --------------------------- |
|
| Totals |
188 |
247 |
|
|
Modified .
