111th Congress

Saturday, 23 June 2012

upload

go to the top
About WN
Contact
Feedback
Privacy Policy
© 2012 World News Inc., all Rights Reserved

Play next
List all Videos
Autoplay
Autorepeat
Shuffle
Replay

Unemployment News: 111th Congress-Senate Adjourned Till Next Year, Hello 112th-Goodbye Poor

...

published: 23 Dec 2010

author: TRK387

Rachel Maddow (1) 111th Congress put policy before politics

!!!!GET OUT THE VOTE!!!! www.BarackObama.com http www.BarackObama.com http www.BarackObama...

published: 02 Nov 2010

author: StartLoving3

Rachel Maddow (2) 111th Congress put policy before politics

!!!!GET OUT THE VOTE!!!! www.BarackObama.com http www.BarackObama.com http www.BarackObama...

published: 02 Nov 2010

author: StartLoving3

Opening Remarks for the 111th Congress

Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) delivers opening remarks before the 111th Congress. ...

published: 06 Jan 2009

author: JohnBoehner

Aderholt Swear-In Picture for 111th Congress

On January 6, 2009, Rep. Aderholt took pictures with the Speaker of The House to officiall...

published: 06 Jan 2009

author: RobertAderholt

Reaction to the Opening of the 111th Congress

Congressman Russ Carnahan shares his thoughts regarding the 111th Congress and the challen...

published: 15 Jan 2009

author: CongressmanCarnahan

Cohen Outlines Accomplishments of 111th Congress

Congressman Cohen summarizes the historic and productive 111th Congress which passed healt...

published: 22 Dec 2010

author: RepCohen

National: 111th Congress Opens - NYTimes.com/Video

John Harwood of The New York Times and CNBC describes the opening of the 111th Congress on...

published: 07 Jan 2009

author: TheNewYorkTimes

National: The 111th Congress Opens - NYTimes.com/video

Despite uncertainty over three high-profile Senate seats, Congress is hoping to move quick...

published: 06 Jan 2009

author: TheNewYorkTimes

The 111th Congress Begins

Speaker Pelosi and the Members of the 111th Congress were sworn in on the House floor toda...

published: 06 Jan 2009

author: NancyPelosi

The 111th Congress Passes S-CHIP

The 30-Something Working Group Discusses the Passage of S-CHIP. 2/4/09...

published: 04 Feb 2009

author: TimRyanVision

Raw Video: 111th Congress Convenes

The new Democratic-controlled Congress opened for business at the stroke of noon on Tuesda...

published: 06 Jan 2009

author: AssociatedPress

Top 11 Worst Spending Projects of the 111th Congress

Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois on the Top 11 Worst Spending Programs of the 111th Congr...

published: 10 Dec 2009

author: TenthDistrict

111th Congress Ceremonial Swearing-In of Congressman Ed Towns/Congressman Anthony Weiner

111th Congress Ceremonial Swearing-In for Congressman "Edolphus "Ed" Towns ...

published: 21 Jan 2009

author: CongressmanEdTowns

111Th Congress

...

published: 31 May 2009

author: mypoliscilab

Rush Holt Sworn in to 111th Congress

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) ceremoniously administers the oath of office to Rep. Rush Holt....

published: 07 Jan 2009

author: RushHolt

Senator Tom Carper's Video Blog on 111th Congress Priorities

Listen to Senator Carper give a preview of his priorities and other important issues facin...

published: 15 Jan 2010

author: SenatorCarper

Senator Harkin's swearing-in to the 111th Congress

The swearing-in of Senator Harkin by Vice President Dick Cheney for the 111th Congress. Th...

published: 13 Jan 2009

author: SenatorTomHarkin

Weekly Update: First Accomplishments of the 111th Congress

US Senator Jeff Bingaman highlights some of the first successes of the 111th Congress, inc...

published: 01 May 2009

author: SenJeffBingaman

Leadership of the 111th Congress: Campaign Committees

Leadership of the 111th Congress: Campaign Committees, Roll Call Newspaper, rollcall.com, ...

published: 11 Nov 2008

author: RollCallNewspaper

111th Congress Most Productive in Decades

Congress' approval rating is a dismal 17 percent, but there can be no denying that the...

published: 24 Dec 2010

author: CBS

Bordallo & Sablan Sworn Into the 111th Congress

Guam - In Washington DC today Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo took the Oath of Office to ...

published: 07 Jan 2009

author: pacificnewscenter

show more results remove add to playlist

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)	Total

Democratic	Independent	Republican	Vacant
End of previous congress	48	2	49	99	1

Begin	55	2	41	98	2
January 15, 2009	56	99	1
January 20, 2009	55	98	2
January 26, 2009	56	99	1
April 30, 2009	57	40
July 7, 2009	58	100	0
August 25, 2009	57	99	1
September 9, 2009	39	98	2
September 10, 2009	40	99	1
September 25, 2009	58	100	0
February 4, 2010	57	41
June 28, 2010	56	99	1
July 16, 2010	57	100	0
November 29, 2010	56	42
Final voting share	58%	42%

Beginning of the next Congress	51	2	47	100	0

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)	Total

Democratic	Republican	Vacant
End of previous congress	235	198	433	2

Begin	256	178	434	1
January 26, 2009	255	433	2
February 24, 2009	254	432	3
March 31, 2009	255	433	2
April 7, 2009	256	434	1
June 26, 2009	255	433	2
July 14, 2009	256	434	1
September 21, 2009	177	433	2
November 3, 2009	258	435	0
December 22, 2009	257	178
January 3, 2010	256	434	1
February 8, 2010	255	433	2
February 28, 2010	254	432	3
March 8, 2010	253	431	4
March 21, 2010	177	430	5
April 13, 2010	254	431	4
May 18, 2010	255	432	3
May 21, 2010	176	431	4
May 22, 2010	177	432	3
June 8, 2010	178	433	2
November 2, 2010	180	435	0
November 29, 2010	179	434	1
Final voting share	58.8%	41.2%
Non-voting members	6	0	6	0

Beginning of next Congress	193	242	435	0

State (class)	Former senator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's installation
Minnesota (2)	Disputed	Incumbent Norm Coleman (R) challenged the election of Al Franken (D). The results were disputed, and the seat remained vacant at the beginning of the Congress. Following recounts and litigation, Coleman conceded, and Franken was seated.	Al Franken (D)	July 7, 2009^[33]
Illinois (3)	Vacant	Barack Obama (D) resigned near the end of the previous Congress, after being elected President of the United States.^[34] His successor was appointed December 31, 2008, during the last Congress, but due to a credentials challenge, his credentials were not deemed "in order" until January 12, and he was not sworn in to fill his seat until 12 days after the initiation of this Congress.^[35] The appointed successor filled the seat until a special election was held November 2, 2010.	Roland Burris^[36] (D)	January 12, 2009^[35]
Delaware (2)	Joe Biden (D)	Resigned January 15, 2009, to assume the position of Vice President.^[37] The appointed successor held the seat until a special election was held November 2, 2010.	Ted Kaufman^[38] (D)	January 16, 2009^[39]
Colorado (3)	Ken Salazar (D)	Resigned January 20, 2009, to become Secretary of the Interior. The appointed successor held the seat for the remainder of the term that ends with this Congress.	Michael Bennet^[40] (D)	January 21, 2009^[41]
New York (1)	Hillary Clinton (D)	Resigned January 21, 2009, to become Secretary of State. The appointed successor held the seat until a special election was held November 2, 2010.	Kirsten Gillibrand^[42] (D)	January 26, 2009
Pennsylvania (3)	Arlen Specter (R)	Changed party affiliation April 30, 2009.^[25]	Arlen Specter (D)	April 30, 2009
Massachusetts (1)	Ted Kennedy (D)	Died August 25, 2009. The appointed successor held the seat until the elected successor took the seat.^[43]^[44]^[45]	Paul G. Kirk (D)	September 25, 2009
Florida (3)	Mel Martinez (R)	Resigned September 9, 2009, for personal reasons.^[46] The appointed successor held the seat for the remainder of the term that ends with this Congress.	George LeMieux (R)	September 10, 2009^[47]^[48]
Massachusetts (1)	Paul G. Kirk (D)	Appointed February 4, 2010. The appointment lasted only until his elected successor was seated.^[49] The winner of the special election held the seat for the remainder of the term that ends January 3, 2013.	Scott Brown (R)^[50]	February 4, 2010
West Virginia (1)	Robert Byrd (D)	Died June 28, 2010.^[51] The appointed successor held the seat until a special election was held November 2, 2010.^[52]	Carte Goodwin (D)^[26]	July 16, 2010^[53]
Delaware (2)	Ted Kaufman (D)	Appointed January 15, 2009. The appointment lasted only until the November 2, 2010 special election, in which he was not a candidate.^[54] The winner of the special election held the seat for the remainder of the term that ends January 3, 2015.	Chris Coons (D)	November 15, 2010^[55]^[56]
West Virginia (1)	Carte Goodwin (D)	Appointed November 15, 2010. The appointment lasted only until the November 2, 2010 special election, in which he was not a candidate. The winner of the special election held the seat for the remainder of the term that ends January 3, 2013.	Joe Manchin (D)	November 15, 2010^[55]^[56]
Illinois (3)	Roland Burris (D)	Appointed November 29, 2010. The appointment lasted only until the November 2, 2010 special election, in which he was not a candidate. The winner of the special election held the seat for the remainder of the term that ended with this Congress.	Mark Kirk (R)	November 29, 2010^[55]^[56]

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's installation
Illinois 5th	Vacant	Rahm Emanuel (D) resigned near the end of the previous Congress after being named White House Chief of Staff. A special election was held April 7, 2009	Michael Quigley (D)	April 7, 2009
New York 20th	Kirsten Gillibrand (D)	Resigned January 26, 2009, when appointed to the Senate, replacing Hillary Clinton who became Secretary of State. A special election was held March 31, 2009.	Scott Murphy (D)	March 31, 2009
Northern Mariana Islands At-large	Gregorio Sablan (I)	Changed party affiliation February 23, 2009.^[30] Previously an Independent who caucused with Democrats in House	Gregorio Sablan (D)	February 23, 2009
California 32nd	Hilda Solis (D)	Resigned February 24, 2009, to become Secretary of Labor. A special election was held July 14, 2009.	Judy Chu (D)	July 14, 2009
California 10th	Ellen Tauscher (D)	Resigned June 26, 2009, to become Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. A special election was held November 3, 2009.	John Garamendi (D)^[57]	November 3, 2009^[58]
New York 23rd	John M. McHugh (R)	Resigned September 21, 2009, to become Secretary of the Army.^[59] A special election was held November 3, 2009.	Bill Owens (D)^[60]	November 3, 2009
Alabama 5th	Parker Griffith (D)	Changed party affiliation December 22, 2009.^[61]	Parker Griffith (R)	December 22, 2009
Florida 19th	Robert Wexler (D)	Resigned January 3, 2010, to become president of the Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation.^[62] A special election was held April 13, 2010.	Ted Deutch (D)	April 13, 2010
Pennsylvania 12th	John Murtha (D)	Died February 8, 2010. A special election was held May 18, 2010.	Mark Critz (D)	May 18, 2010
Hawaii 1st	Neil Abercrombie (D)	Resigned February 28, 2010,^[63] to focus on run for Governor of Hawaii. A special election was held May 22, 2010.	Charles Djou (R)	May 22, 2010
New York 29th	Eric Massa (D)	Resigned March 8, 2010,^[64] due to a recurrence of his cancer, as well as an ethics investigation. A special election was held contemporaneously with the November 2, 2010 general election.	Tom Reed (R)	November 2, 2010^[56]^[65]
Georgia 9th	Nathan Deal (R)	Resigned March 21, 2010, to focus on run for Governor of Georgia. A special election runoff was held June 8, 2010.	Tom Graves (R)	June 8, 2010
Indiana 3rd	Mark Souder (R)	Resigned May 21, 2010, after an affair with a staff member was revealed.^[66] A special election was held contemporaneously with the November 2, 2010 general election.^[67]	Marlin Stutzman (R)	November 2, 2010^[56]
Illinois 10th	Mark Kirk (R)	Resigned November 29, 2010, after being elected to the United States Senate in a special election	Vacant until the next Congress

Rachel Maddow
Maddow hosting KPTK's "Changing the Media, Changing America" event in Seattle
Born	Rachel Anne Maddow (1973-04-01) April 1, 1973 (age 39) Castro Valley, California, U.S.
Education	B.A., Stanford University D.Phil, University of Oxford
Occupation	News anchor Political commentator Television host
Notable credit(s)	The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) The Rachel Maddow Show (Air America Radio)
Website
www.rachelmaddow.com

Persondata
Name	Maddow, Rachel
Alternative names
Short description	Political commentator
Date of birth	1973-04-01
Place of birth	Castro Valley, California, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

Anthony Weiner

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 9th district
In office January 3, 1999 – June 21, 2011 (resigned) ^[1]^[2]
Preceded by	Charles Schumer
Succeeded by	Bob Turner
Member of the New York City Council for the 48th District
In office 1992–1998
Preceded by	New District
Succeeded by	Michael C. Nelson
Personal details
Born	Anthony David Weiner (1964-09-04) September 4, 1964 (age 47) Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Huma Abedin (m. 2010–present)^[3]
Residence	Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, New York^[4]
Alma mater	SUNY, Plattsburgh (1985)
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Judaism^[5]
Ethnicity	Ashkenazi Jewish^[5]

Political offices
Preceded by New district	New York City Council, 48th District 1992–1998	Succeeded by Michael Chaim Nelson
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles Schumer	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 9th congressional district 1999–2011	Succeeded by Bob Turner

Persondata
Name	Weiner, Anthony D.
Alternative names
Short description	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
Date of birth	1964-09-04
Place of birth	New York, New York, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

Rush Holt, Jr.

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 12th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1999
Preceded by	Mike Pappas
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-15) October 15, 1948 (age 63) Weston, West Virginia
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Margaret Lancefield
Children	Michael, Dejan, and Rachel
Residence	Hopewell Township, NJ
Alma mater	Carleton College (B.A.) New York University (M.A./Ph.D.)
Profession	Physicist Professor
Committees	Committee on Education and Labor, Committee on Natural Resources, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Select Intelligence Oversight Panel
Religion	Quaker
Signature
Website	Representative Rush Holt

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Mike Pappas	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 12th congressional district 1999–present	Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by Charlie Gonzalez D-Texas	*United States Representatives by seniority* 152nd	Succeeded by John Larson D-Connecticut

Persondata
Name	Holt, Rush D., Jr.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1948-10-15
Place of birth	Weston, West Virginia
Date of death
Place of death

10:04

111Th Congress

mypoliscilab

1:21

Rush Holt Sworn in to 111th Congress

RushHolt

3:24

Senator Tom Carper's Video Blog on 111th Congress Priorities

SenatorCarper

2:28

Senator Harkin's swearing-in to the 111th Congress

SenatorTomHarkin

2:49

Weekly Update: First Accomplishments of the 111th Congress

SenJeffBingaman

3:19

Leadership of the 111th Congress: Campaign Committees

RollCallNewspaper

add to playlist

clear

The World News (WN) Network, has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to user privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for wn.com, as well as e-mail newsletters.

1. Personal Information Collection and Use

We do not collect personally identifiable information about you, except when you provide it to us. For example, if you submit an inquiry to us or sign up for our newsletter, you may be asked to provide certain information such as your contact details (name, e-mail address, mailing address, etc.).

When you submit your personally identifiable information through wn.com, you are giving your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you would prefer that we not collect any personally identifiable information from you, please do not provide us with any such information. We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties without your consent, except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

Except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we will use the information you provide us only for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or in connection with the service for which you provided such information. We may forward your contact information and inquiry to our affiliates and other divisions of our company that we feel can best address your inquiry or provide you with the requested service. We may also use the information you provide in aggregate form for internal business purposes, such as generating statistics and developing marketing plans. We may share or transfer such non-personally identifiable information with or to our affiliates, licensees, agents and partners.

We may retain other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Such third parties may be provided with access to personally identifiable information needed to perform their functions, but may not use such information for any other purpose.

In addition, we may disclose any information, including personally identifiable information, we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal proceeding or governmental request.

2. E-mail addresses

We do not want you to receive unwanted e-mail from us. We try to make it easy to opt-out of any service you have asked to receive. If you sign-up to our e-mail newsletters we do not sell, exchange or give your e-mail address to a third party.

E-mail addresses are collected via the wn.com web site. Users have to physically opt-in to receive the wn.com newsletter and a verification e-mail is sent. wn.com is clearly and conspicuously named at the point of

collection.

If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by e-mailing us at michaelw(at)wn.com

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during registration and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure, however. Therefore, though we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If we decide to change our e-mail practices, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we think appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

If we make material changes to our e-mail practices, we will notify you here, by e-mail, and by means of a notice on our home page.

3. Third Party Advertisers

The advertising banners and other forms of advertising appearing on this Web site are sometimes delivered to you, on our behalf, by a third party. In the course of serving advertisements to this site, the third party may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. For more information on cookies, you can visit www.cookiecentral.com.

4. Business Transfers

As we continue to develop our business, we might sell certain aspects of our entities or assets. In such transactions, user information, including personally identifiable information, generally is one of the transferred business assets, and by submitting your personal information on Wn.com you agree that your data may be transferred to such parties in these circumstances.

Tom Carper

United States Senator from Delaware
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2001 Serving with Chris Coons
Preceded by	William V. Roth, Jr.
71st Governor of Delaware
In office January 19, 1993 – January 3, 2001
Lieutenant	Ruth Ann Minner
Preceded by	Dale E. Wolf
Succeeded by	Ruth Ann Minner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's At-large district
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by	Thomas B. Evans, Jr.
Succeeded by	Michael N. Castle
Treasurer of Delaware
In office January 18, 1977 – January 3, 1983
Preceded by	Mary D. Jornlin
Succeeded by	Janet C. Rzewnicki
Personal details
Born	Thomas Richard Carper (1947-01-23) January 23, 1947 (age 65) Beckley, West Virginia
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Diane Beverly Isaacs (div) Martha Ann Stacy
Residence	Wilmington, Delaware
Alma mater	Ohio State University (B.A.) University of Delaware (M.B.A.)
Profession	Economist
Religion	Presbyterian
Website	www.carper.senate.gov
Military service
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1968-1991
Rank	Captain
Unit	Naval Flight Officer/Reserves
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Delaware General Assembly (sessions while Governor)
Year	Assembly	Senate Majority	President pro tempore	House Majority	Speaker
1993–1994	137th	Democratic	Richard S. Cordrey	Republican	Terry R. Spence
1995–1996	138th	Democratic	Richard S. Cordrey	Republican	Terry R. Spence
1997–1998	139th	Democratic	Thomas B. Sharp	Republican	Terry R. Spence
1999–2000	140th	Democratic	Thomas B. Sharp	Republican	Terry R. Spence

Public Offices
Office	Type	Location	Began office	Ended office	notes
State Treasurer	Executive	Dover	January 18, 1977	January 16, 1979
State Treasurer	Executive	Dover	January 16, 1979	January 20, 1981
State Treasurer	Executive	Dover	January 20, 1981	January 3, 1983	resigned
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1985
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1985	January 3, 1987
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1987	January 3, 1989
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1989	January 3, 1991
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1991	January 3, 1993
Governor	Executive	Dover	January 19, 1993	January 21, 1997
Governor	Executive	Dover	January 21, 1997	January 3, 2001	resigned
U.S. Senator	Legislative	Washington	January 3, 2001	January 3, 2007
U.S. Senator	Legislative	Washington	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2013

United States Congressional service
Dates	Congress	Chamber	Majority	President	Committees	Class/District
1983–1984	98th	U.S. House	Democratic	Ronald W. Reagan	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
1985–1986	99th	U.S. House	Democratic	Ronald W. Reagan	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
1987–1988	100th	U.S. House	Democratic	Ronald W. Reagan	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
1989–1990	101st	U.S. House	Democratic	George H. W. Bush	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
1991–1992	102nd	U.S. House	Democratic	George H. W. Bush	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
2001–2002	107th	U.S. Senate	Democratic	George W. Bush	Banking, Environment, Homeland Security, Aging	class 1
2003–2004	108th	U.S. Senate	Republican	George W. Bush	Banking, Environment, Homeland Security, Aging	class 1
2005–2006	109th	U.S. Senate	Republican	George W. Bush	Banking, Environment, Homeland Security, Aging	class 1
2007–2009	110th	U.S. Senate	Democratic	George W. Bush	Banking, Commerce, Environment, Homeland Security, Aging	class 1
2009–2011	111th	U.S. Senate	Democratic	Barack Obama	Environment, Finance, Homeland Security	class 1

Election results
Year	Office	Election	Subject	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%
1976	State Treasurer	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	118,159	56%	T. Theodore Jones	Republican	92,472	43%
1978	State Treasurer	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	91,809	59%	Rita Justice	Republican	63,011	40%
1980	State Treasurer	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	125,204	59%	Lynn Jankus	Republican	83,446	40%
1982	U.S. Representative	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	98,533	52%	Thomas B. Evans, Jr.	Republican	87,153	46%
1984	U.S. Representative	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	142,070	58%	Elise R.W. du Pont	Republican	100,650	41%
1986	U.S. Representative	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	106,351	66%	Thomas S. Neuberger	Republican	53,767	33%
1988	U.S. Representative	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	158,338	68%	James P. Krapf	Republican	76,179	32%
1990	U.S. Representative	Primary	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	24,557	90%	Daniel D. Rappa	Democratic	2,676	10%
1990	U.S. Representative	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	116,274	66%	Ralph O. Williams	Republican	58,037	33%
1992	Governor	Primary	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	36,600	89%	Daniel D. Rappa	Democratic	4,434	11%
1992	Governor	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	179,268	66%	B. Gary Scott	Republican	90,747	34%
1996	Governor	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	188,300	70%	Janet C. Rzewnicki	Republican	82,654	30%
2000	U.S. Senator	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	181,566	56%	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	142,891	44%
2006	U.S. Senator	General	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	170,567	70%	Jan C. Ting	Republican	69,734	29%


Senate President (until January 20, 2009) Dick Cheney (R)		Senate President (from January 20, 2009) Joe Biden (D)


Senate President pro tempore (until June 28, 2010) Robert Byrd (D)		Senate President pro tempore (from June 28, 2010) Daniel Inouye (D)

	Government of the United States portal
	Biography portal
	New York City portal

United States Senate
Preceded by William V. Roth, Jr.	United States Senator (Class 1) from Delaware January 3, 2001 – present Served alongside: Joe Biden, Ted Kaufman, Chris Coons	Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by Bill Nelson D-Florida	*United States Senators by seniority* 41st	Succeeded by Debbie Stabenow D-Michigan

Persondata
Name	Carper, Thomas R.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	January 23, 1947
Place of birth	Beckley, West Virginia
Date of death
Place of death

Make changes yourself !

Contents

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Alaska

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Hawaii

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Montana

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Nevada

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

[edit] New Mexico

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Texas

[edit] Utah

[edit] Vermont

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Washington

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Wyoming

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Alaska

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Hawaii

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Montana

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Nevada