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education of a senator
State Name Party Rel. Prior Exp. Education Year in Born Top College R Top Coll. D Top Coll. Ad. Degree R D
Alabama Richard Shelby Republican Presbyterian U.S. House, Alabama Senate Alabama (BA, JD) 1987 1934 0 0 1 1 0
Alabama Sessions, JeffJeff Sessions Republican Methodist Alabama Attorney General Huntingdon College, University of Alabama 1997 1946 0 0 1 1 0
Alaska Murkowski, LisaLisa Murkowski Republican Roman Catholic Alaska House of Representatives Georgetown, Willamette 2002 1957 0 0 1 1 0
Alaska Begich, MarkMark Begich Democratic Roman Catholic Mayor of Anchorage University of Alaska Anchorage (attended) 2009 1962 0 0 0 0
Arizona McCain, JohnJohn McCain Republican Baptist[1] U.S. House, military U.S. Naval Academy[2] 1987 1936 0 0 1 1 0
Arizona Kyl, JonJon Kyl Republican Presbyterian U.S. House Arizona (BA, JD) 1995 1942 0 0 1 1 0
Arkansas Lincoln, BlancheBlanche Lincoln Democratic Episcopalian U.S. House Randolph-Macon Women\'s College, Arkansas 1999 1960 0 0 1 0 1
Arkansas Pryor, MarkMark Pryor Democratic Southern Baptist Arkansas House of Representatives, Arkansas Attorney General Arkansas (BA, JD) 2003 1963 0 0 1 0 1
California Feinstein, DianneDianne Feinstein Democratic Jewish Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Stanford 1992 1933 1 0 1 0 0
California Boxer, BarbaraBarbara Boxer Democratic Jewish U.S. House, Marin County Board of Supervisors Brooklyn 1993 1940 0 0 0 0
Colorado Udall, MarkMark Udall Democratic Presbyterian U.S. House, Colorado House of Representatives Williams 2009 1950 0 0 0 0
Colorado Bennet, MichaelMichael Bennet Democratic Unknown[note 3] Denver Public Schools Superintendent Wesleyan, Yale Law 2009 1964 1 0 1 1 0 1
Connecticut Dodd, ChrisChris Dodd Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House Providence, Louisville 1981 1944 0 0 1 0 1
Connecticut Lieberman, JoeJoe Lieberman Independent Democratic Orthodox Judaism Connecticut Senate, Connecticut Attorney General Yale (BA, LLB) 1989 1942 1 0 0 1 0 0
Delaware Carper, TomTom Carper Democratic Presbyterian Governor, U.S. House, Delaware Treasurer United States Navy Captain Ohio State, Delaware 2001 1947 0 0 1 0 1
Delaware Kaufman, TedTed Kaufman Democratic Roman Catholic Chief of Staff of Senator Joe Biden Duke, Pennsylvania 2009 1939 1 0 1 1 0 1
Florida Nelson, BillBill Nelson Democratic Episcopalian U.S. House, State Treasurer Yale, Virginia 2001 1942 1 0 1 1 0 1
Florida LeMieux, GeorgeGeorge LeMieux Republican Roman Catholic Chief of Staff of Governor Charlie Crist Emory, Georgetown Law 2009 1969 0 0 1 1 0
Georgia Chambliss, SaxbySaxby Chambliss Republican Episcopalian U.S. House Georgia, Tennessee 2003 1943 0 0 1 1 0
Georgia Isakson, JohnnyJohnny Isakson Republican United Methodist Georgia House of Representatives, Georgia Senate, U.S. House Georgia 2005 1944 0 0 0 0
Hawaii Inouye, DanielDaniel Inouye Democratic Methodist U.S Army, U.S. House Hawaii, George Washington 1963 1924 0 0 1 0 1
Hawaii Akaka, DanielDaniel Akaka Democratic United Church of Christ high school principal, Director of the Hawaii Office of Economic Opportunity, human resources assistant Governor George Ariyoshi, Director of the Progressive Neighborhoods Program U.S. House Hawaii (BA, M.Ed.) 1991 1924 0 0 1 0 1
Idaho Crapo, MikeMike Crapo Republican LDS U.S. House, Idaho Senate Brigham Young, Harvard Law 1999 1951 1 1 0 1 1 0
Idaho Risch, JimJim Risch Republican Roman Catholic Governor of Idaho, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, Idaho Senate, Ada County Prosecuting Attorney Idaho 2009 1943 0 0 0 0
Illinois Durbin, DickDick Durbin Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House Georgetown (BS, JD) 1997 1944 0 0 1 0 1
Illinois Burris, RolandRoland Burris Democratic Baptist Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Comptroller Howard University School of Law, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (JD, BA) 2009 1937 0 0 1 0 1
Indiana Lugar, RichardRichard Lugar Republican United Methodist Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners, Mayor of Indianapolis Denison, Oxford 1977 1932 1 1 0 1 1 0
Indiana Bayh, EvanEvan Bayh Democratic Episcopalian Governor, Indiana Secretary of State Indiana University, Virginia 1999 1955 0 0 1 0 1
Iowa Grassley, ChuckChuck Grassley Republican Baptist U.S. House, Iowa House of Representatives Northern Iowa (BA, MA) 1981 1933 0 0 1 1 0
Iowa Harkin, TomTom Harkin Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House Iowa State, Catholic 1985 1939 0 0 1 0 1
Kansas Brownback, SamSam Brownback Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House Kansas State, Kansas 1996 1956 0 0 0 0
Kansas Roberts, PatPat Roberts Republican Methodist U.S. House Kansas State 1997 1936 0 0 0 0
Kentucky McConnell, MitchMitch McConnell Republican Baptist Jefferson County Executive Louisville, Kentucky 1985 1942 0 0 0 0
Kentucky Bunning, JimJim Bunning Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House, Kentucky State Senate, Fort Thomas City Council, Major League Baseball player Xavier 1999 1931 0 0 0 0
Louisiana Landrieu, MaryMary Landrieu Democratic Roman Catholic Louisiana Treasurer Louisiana State 1997 1955 0 0 0 0
Louisiana Vitter, DavidDavid Vitter Republican Roman Catholic Louisiana House of Representatives, U.S. House Harvard, Oxford, Tulane 2005 1961 1 1 0 1 1 0
Maine Snowe, OlympiaOlympia Snowe Republican Greek Orthodox U.S. House, Maine Senate, Maine House of Representatives, First Lady of Maine Maine 1995 1947 0 0 0 0
Maine Collins, SusanSusan Collins Republican Roman Catholic Commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation St. Lawrence 1997 1952 0 0 0 0
Maryland Mikulski, BarbaraBarbara Mikulski Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House, Baltimore City Council Mount Saint Agnes, Maryland 1987 1936 0 0 1 0 1
Maryland Cardin, BenBen Cardin Democratic Jewish U.S. House, Maryland House of Delegates Pittsburgh, Maryland 2007 1943 0 0 1 0 1
Massachusetts Kerry, JohnJohn Kerry Democratic Roman Catholic Lieutenant Governor Yale, Boston College 1985 1943 1 0 1 1 0 1
Massachusetts Brown, ScottScott Brown Republican Christian Reformed Church in North America property assessor of Wrentham, Massachusetts, Wrentham Board of Selectman, Massachusetts Senate, National Guard Tufts University, Boston College Law School 2010 1959 0 0 1 1 0
Michigan Levin, CarlCarl Levin Democratic Jewish Detroit City Council Swarthmore, Harvard 1979 1934 1 0 1 1 0 1
Michigan Stabenow, DebbieDebbie Stabenow Democratic United Methodist U.S. House, Michigan Senate, Michigan House of Representatives, Ingham County Board of Commissioners Michigan State (BA, MSW) 2001 1950 0 0 1 0 1
Minnesota Klobuchar, AmyAmy Klobuchar Democratic-Farmer-Labor Congregationalist Hennepin County Attorney Yale, Chicago 2007 1960 1 0 0 0 0
Minnesota Franken, AlAl Franken Democratic-Farmer-Labor Jewish Comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, and radio host Harvard 2009 1951 1 0 0 0 0
Mississippi Cochran, ThadThad Cochran Republican Baptist U.S. House Mississippi (BA, JD) 1979 1937 0 0 1 1 0
Mississippi Wicker, RogerRoger Wicker Republican Southern Baptist Mississippi State Senate, U.S. House Mississippi (BA, JD) 2007 1951 0 0 1 1 0
Missouri Bond, KitKit Bond Republican Presbyterian Governor, State Auditor Princeton, Virginia 1987 1939 1 1 0 1 1 0
Missouri McCaskill, ClaireClaire McCaskill Democratic Roman Catholic State Auditor, Missouri House of Representatives, Jackson County Prosecutor University of Missouri (BS, JD) 2007 1953 0 0 1 0 1
Montana Baucus, MaxMax Baucus Democratic United Church of Christ U.S. House Stanford (BS, LLB) 1979 1941 1 0 1 1 0 1
Montana Tester, JonJon Tester Democratic Church of God Montana Senate President Great Falls 2007 1956 0 0 0 0
Nebraska Nelson, BenBen Nelson Democratic Methodist Governor University of Nebraska (BA, MA, JD) 2001 1941 0 0 1 0 1
Nebraska Johanns, MikeMike Johanns Republican Roman Catholic Governor, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mayor of Lincoln Lancaster County Board St. Mary's University, Creighton University 2009 1950 0 0 1 1 0
Nevada Reid, HarryHarry Reid Democratic LDS U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Nevada Assembly Southern Utah, Utah State, George Washington 1987 1939 0 0 1 0 1
Nevada Ensign, JohnJohn Ensign Republican International Church of the Foursquare Gospel U.S. House UNLV, Oregon State, Colorado 2001 1958 0 0 1 1 0
New Hampshire Gregg, JuddJudd Gregg Republican Congregationalist Governor, U.S. House Columbia, Boston University 1993 1947 1 1 0 1 1 0
New Hampshire Shaheen, JeanneJeanne Shaheen Democratic Non-denominational Christian Governor, New Hampshire Senate Shippensburg University, University of Mississippi 2009 1947 0 0 1 0 1
New Jersey Lautenberg, FrankFrank Lautenberg Democratic Jewish U.S. Senate, Class 1 Columbia 2003 1924 1 0 1 0 0
New Jersey Menendez, BobBob Menendez Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House, New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, Mayor of Union City Saint Peter's College, Rutgers 2006 1954 0 0 1 0 1
New Mexico Bingaman, JeffJeff Bingaman Democratic Methodist New Mexico Attorney General Harvard, Stanford 1983 1943 1 0 1 1 0 1
New Mexico Udall, TomTom Udall Democratic LDS U.S. House, New Mexico Attorney General Prescott College, Cambridge University (J.D.), University of New Mexico School of Law 2009 1948 1 0 1 1 0 1
New York Schumer, ChuckChuck Schumer Democratic Jewish U.S. House, New York State Assembly Harvard (BA, JD) 1999 1950 1 0 1 1 0 1
New York Gillibrand, KirstenKirsten Gillibrand Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House Dartmouth, UCLA 2009 1966 1 0 1 1 0 1
North Carolina Burr, RichardRichard Burr Republican Methodist U.S. House Wake Forest 2005 1955 0 0 0 0
North Carolina Hagan, KayKay Hagan Democratic Presbyterian North Carolina Senate Florida State University, Wake Forest University 2009 1953 0 0 1 0 1
North Dakota Conrad, KentKent Conrad Democratic-NPL Unitarian Universalist North Dakota State Tax Commissioner Stanford, George Washington 1987 1948 1 0 0 1 0 0
North Dakota Dorgan, ByronByron Dorgan Democratic-NPL Lutheran U.S. House North Dakota, Denver 1993 1942 0 0 1 0 0
Ohio Voinovich, GeorgeGeorge Voinovich Republican Roman Catholic Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of Cleveland Ohio, Ohio State 1999 1936 0 0 1 1 0
Ohio Brown, SherrodSherrod Brown Democratic Lutheran U.S. House, Ohio Secretary of State Yale, Ohio State 2007 1952 1 0 1 1 0 1
Oklahoma Inhofe, JimJim Inhofe Republican Presbyterian U.S. House, Oklahoma Senate, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Mayor of Tulsa Tulsa 1995 1934 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma Coburn, TomTom Coburn Republican Baptist U.S. House, Physician Oklahoma State, Oklahoma 2005 1948 0 0 1 1 0
Oregon Wyden, RonRon Wyden Democratic Jewish U.S. House Stanford, Oregon 1996 1949 1 0 1 1 0 1
Oregon Merkley, JeffJeff Merkley Democratic Lutheran Oregon House Speaker Stanford (B.A.), Princeton (M.P.P.) 2009 1956 1 0 1 1 0 1
Pennsylvania Specter, ArlenArlen Specter Democratic Jewish Philadelphia District Attorney Pennsylvania, Yale 1981 1930 1 0 1 1 0 1
Pennsylvania Casey, Jr., BobBob Casey, Jr. Democratic Roman Catholic Pennsylvania Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General Holy Cross, Catholic 2007 1960 0 0 1 0 1
Rhode Island Reed, JackJack Reed Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House, Rhode Island Senate United States Military Academy, Harvard 1997 1949 1 0 1 1 0 1
Rhode Island Whitehouse, SheldonSheldon Whitehouse Democratic Episcopalian Rhode Island Attorney General Yale, Virginia 2007 1955 1 0 1 1 0 1
South Carolina Graham, LindseyLindsey Graham Republican Southern Baptist U.S. House South Carolina (BA, JD) 2003 1955 0 0 1 1 0
South Carolina DeMint, JimJim DeMint Republican Presbyterian U.S. House Tennessee, Clemson University 2005 1951 0 0 1 1 0
South Dakota Johnson, TimTim Johnson Democratic Lutheran U.S. House South Dakota (BA, MPA, JD) 1997 1946 0 0 1 0 1
South Dakota Thune, JohnJohn Thune Republican Evangelical Christian U.S. House Biola, South Dakota 2005 1961 0 0 0 0
Tennessee Alexander, LamarLamar Alexander Republican Presbyterian Governor, U.S. Secretary of Education Vanderbilt, New York University 2003 1940 0 0 1 1 0
Tennessee Corker, BobBob Corker Republican Presbyterian Mayor of Chattanooga Tennessee 2007 1952 0 0 0 0
Texas Hutchison, Kay BaileyKay Bailey Hutchison Republican Episcopalian Texas State Treasurer Texas (BA, JD) 1993 1943 0 0 1 1 0
Texas Cornyn, JohnJohn Cornyn Republican Church of Christ Texas Attorney General Trinity University, St. Mary's University, Virginia 2003 1952 0 0 1 1 0
Utah Hatch, OrrinOrrin Hatch Republican LDS Attorney Brigham Young, Pittsburgh 1977 1934 0 0 1 1 0
Utah Bennett, Robert FosterRobert Foster Bennett Republican LDS Businessman Utah 1993 1933 0 0 0 0
Vermont Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy Democratic Roman Catholic Chittenden County State's Attorney St. Michael's College, Georgetown 1975 1940 0 0 1 0 1
Vermont Sanders, BernieBernie Sanders Independent Jewish U.S. House, Mayor of Burlington Brooklyn College, Chicago 2007 1941 0 0 1 0 0
Virginia Webb, JimJim Webb Democratic Non-denominational Christian U.S. Secretary of the Navy U.S. Naval Academy, USC, Georgetown University 2007 1946 0 0 1 0 1
Virginia Warner, MarkMark Warner Democratic Presbyterian Governor George Washington, Harvard 2009 1954 1 0 1 1 0 1
Washington Murray, PattyPatty Murray Democratic Roman Catholic Washington Senate Washington State 1993 1950 0 0 0 0
Washington Cantwell, MariaMaria Cantwell Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House, Washington House of Representatives Miami University 2001 1958 0 0 0 0
West Virginia Vacant 0 0 0 0
West Virginia Rockefeller, JayJay Rockefeller Democratic Presbyterian Governor Harvard 1985 1937 1 0 1 0 0
Wisconsin Kohl, HerbHerb Kohl Democratic Jewish Businessman, Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard 1989 1935 1 0 1 1 0 1
Wisconsin Feingold, RussRuss Feingold Democratic Jewish Wisconsin Senate Wisconsin–Madison, Oxford, Harvard 1993 1953 1 0 1 1 0 1
Wyoming Enzi, MikeMike Enzi Republican Presbyterian Wyoming Senate, Wyoming House of Representatives, Mayor of Gillette George Washington, Denver 1997 1944 0 0 1 1 0
Wyoming Barrasso, JohnJohn Barrasso Republican Presbyterian Wyoming Senate Georgetown (BS, MD) 2007 1952 0 0 1 1 0
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