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Facts & Milestones

Senate Service & Accomplishments

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• Appointed Senators

• Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees (pdf)

• Longest Serving Senators

• New Senators (2001-Present)

• Senate Freshmen since Direct Election (1914)

• Senate Salaries since 1789

• Senators (1789 to Present)

• Senators who have Cast more than 10,000 Votes

• Senators who have Delivered Washington's Farewell Address

Political Parties

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• Senators Representing Third or Minor Parties

• Senators who Changed Parties during Senate Service (since 1890)

Diversity in the Senate

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• Ethnic Diversity in the Senate

• Foreign-born Senators

• Women Senators

Government Service Outside the Senate

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• Senators who Became President

• Senators who Served as Ambassadors

• Senators who Served on the Supreme Court

Military & Professional Service

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• Marines in the Senate

• Physicians in the Senate

• Senators who Served in WWII

Awards, Honors, and Medals

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• Senators who Won the Nobel Peace Prize

• Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps

• Senators who have Participated in the Olympic Games

• Senators who Received the Congressional Gold Medal

• Senators who Received the Congressional Medal of Honor

• Senators who Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Other

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• Books Written by Sitting Senators

• Senators who have Served Simultaneously with Siblings (Senate or House)