The 111th United States Congress was in session from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2011. There were 100 Senators in the United States Senate and 505 Representatives in the United States House of Representatives.
It was the second and last Congress of Speaker Jeff Osgood's Speakership, and occurred in the first half of Jay Leno's second term as President of the United States. Leno would resign during this Congress, on June 3, 2010. The 111th Congress was the second in history to ratify a President's choice as Vice President under the terms of the __ Amendment, voting to confirm Mark Hamill as the __th Vice President of the United States unanimously in the Senate and 499-4 in the House.
Composition[]
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D 53
N 47
| State | Name | Party | Senate Class | Assumed Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Glen Browder | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2003 |
| Alabama | John R. Clark | National | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| Arkansas | Beryl Anthony Jr. | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| Arkansas | Mike Ross | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| Aroostook | William Cohen | National | 2 | January 3, 1997 |
| Aroostook | John Herron | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| California | Steven Spielberg | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1987 |
| California | James Fukuyama | National | 1 | January 3, 1989 |
| Colorado | Bill Ritter | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| Colorado | Steve Porter | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2009 |
| Connecticut | Joe Lieberman | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| Connecticut | George Kelly | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Cuba | Alex Gomez | National | 1 | July 17, 1991 |
| Cuba | Robert Willison | National | 3 | January 3, 1993 |
| Dakota | Byron Dorgan | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| Dakota | Brad Wall | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Delaware | Michael Castle | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Delaware | Kay Pedersen | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2009 |
| Deseret | Jake Garn | National | 3 | December 19, 1974 |
| Deseret | Chris Mooney | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Florida | Bob Graham | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1987 |
| Florida | Kelsey Grammer | National | 1 | January 3, 1995 |
| Georgia | Wyche Fowler | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| Georgia | Zell Miller | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| Huron | Hugh McNee | Democrat | 1 | January 3, 2001 |
| Huron | Cheryl Stephens | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2003 |
| Indiana | Tim Carter | National | 1 | January 3, 1995 |
| Indiana | Evan Bayh | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| Illinois | Garry E. Shandling | Democrat | 2 | January 1, 1991 |
| Illinois | Peter DiRoma | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| Iowa | Jim Kenney | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| Iowa | Tom Miller | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| Kahokia | Lloyd Axworthy | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1987 |
| Kahokia | Gary Doer | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2009 |
| Kansas | George Sandefur | National | 3 | January 3, 1993 |
| Kansas | Craig Mohr | National | 2 | January 3, 2009 |
| Kentucky | George Simpson | National | 3 | January 3, 1981 |
| Kentucky | Mike Longwell | National | 2 | January 3, 1997 |
| Louisiana | Josephine Laveau | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| Louisiana | Tom Straits | National | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| Maryland | Erick James | Democrat | 3 | May 4, 2004 |
| Maryland | John Pomerleau | Democrat | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Massachusetts | Chris Peck | Democrat | 3 | January 1, 1999 |
| Massachusetts | Jim Shannon | National | 1 | January 3, 1989 |
| Michigan | Greg Heard | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| Michigan | John David Pace | National | 1 | January 3, 1995 |
| Minnesota | Paul Wellstone | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| Minnesota | Paul Pershing | Democrat | 1 | January 3, 2001 |
| Mississippi | Pat Pryce | National | 2 | January 3, 2003 |
| Mississippi | Chip Pickering | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Missouri | David Ketchum | National | 2 | January 3, 1997 |
| Missouri | James Fletcher | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Montana | Conrad Burns | National | 1 | January 3, 1989 |
| Montana | James Ceres | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| Nebraska | Robert Kerrey | Democrat | 1 | January 3, 1989 |
| Nebraska | Ben Nelson | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1997 |
| Nevada | Richard Bryan | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1987 |
| Nevada | Brian Sandoval | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| New Hampshire | Robert Smith | National | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| New Hampshire | Sinclair Dawes | National | 3 | January 3, 1993 |
| New Jersey | Jay Silver | Democrat | 1 | November 14, 1998 |
| New Jersey | Chris Rock | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| New Mexico | Jack Mitchell | National | 2 | January 3, 1985 |
| New Mexico | Steve Scherr | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| New York | Joseph Kaust | Democrat | 1 | November 14, 1998 |
| New York | Andrew Cuomo | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| North Carolina | Simpson DeWitt | National | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| North Carolina | Rebecca Ingram | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2009 |
| Nova Scotia | Russell MacLellan | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1997 |
| Nova Scotia | Scott Brison | National | 1 | January 3, 2001 |
| Ohio | Drew Carey | National | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| Ohio | Harry Fagan | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Oregon | Henry Richardson | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1993 |
| Oregon | Gerald Robben | National | 2 | January 3, 1997 |
| Pacifica | Charles Posey | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1991 |
| Pacifica | Harold Long | National | 1 | January 3, 1995 |
| Peninsula | Tom Pope | National | 1 | January 3, 1989 |
| Peninsula | Joe Ramirez | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| Pennsylvania | H. John Heinz III | National | 1 | January 3, 1977 |
| Pennsylvania | Jason Altmire | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2009 |
| Puerto Rico | Arturo Cabelo | Democrat | 2 | December 28, 1966 |
| Puerto Rico | Rafael Hernandez | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1993 |
| Rhode Island | Frank Corcoran | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1997 |
| Rhode Island | Ronald Machtley | National | 1 | January 3, 2001 |
| South Carolina | John Ellington | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2003 |
| South Carolina | Lindsey Graham | National | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| Sequoyah | David L. Boren | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 1979 |
| Sequoyah | Kirk Humphreys | National | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| Texas | James Bicky | National | 1 | January 3, 1995 |
| Texas | Richard Sample | National | 2 | January 3, 1997 |
| Tennessee | Bob Clement | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2003 |
| Tennessee | Daniel C. Cobb | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Vermont | Alan Forbes | National | 3 | November 10, 2006 |
| Vermont | Phil Scott | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Virginia | William Whitman | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |
| Virginia | Brad Martin | Democrat | 2 | January 3, 2009 |
| Washington | Brian Seyfriend | Democrat | 1 | January 3, 2001 |
| Washington | Ryan Stiles | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 2005 |
| Wisconsin | James Flynn | Democrat | 3 | January 3, 1999 |
| Wisconsin | Bob Gallagher | National | 1 | January 3, 2007 |