Generational Breakdown of the U.S. Senate
Analysis of the 119th U.S. Congress categorized by generational cohorts: Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z.
Senate Composition by Generation
Silent Generation
Born 1928–1945 (6 Senators)
Baby Boomers
Born 1946–1964 (61 Senators)
Ed Markey
Democrat - MA (Born 1946)
Richard Blumenthal
Democrat - CT (Born 1946)
Peter Welch
Democrat - VT (Born 1947)
Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat - NH (Born 1947)
Mazie Hirono
Democrat - HI (Born 1947)
Ron Wyden
Democrat - OR (Born 1949)
Jack Reed
Democrat - RI (Born 1949)
Elizabeth Warren
Democrat - MA (Born 1949)
Chuck Schumer
Democrat - NY (Born 1950)
John Boozman
Republican - AR (Born 1950)
Patty Murray
Democrat - WA (Born 1950)
Deb Fischer
Republican - NE (Born 1951)
Jim Justice
Republican - WV (Born 1951)
John Kennedy
Republican - LA (Born 1951)
Roger Wicker
Republican - MS (Born 1951)
Mike Crapo
Republican - ID (Born 1951)
Marsha Blackburn
Republican - TN (Born 1952)
Rick Scott
Republican - FL (Born 1952)
John Cornyn
Republican - TX (Born 1952)
John Hickenlooper
Democrat - CO (Born 1952)
John Barrasso
Republican - WY (Born 1952)
Susan Collins
Republican - ME (Born 1952)
Shelley Capito
Republican - WV (Born 1953)
Tommy Tuberville
Republican - AL (Born 1954)
Jerry Moran
Republican - KS (Born 1954)
Mark Warner
Democrat - VA (Born 1954)
Mike Rounds
Republican - SD (Born 1954)
Cynthia Lummis
Republican - WY (Born 1954)
Ron Johnson
Republican - WI (Born 1955)
Lindsey Graham
Republican - SC (Born 1955)
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat - RI (Born 1955)
Jeff Merkley
Democrat - OR (Born 1956)
Jacky Rosen
Democrat - NV (Born 1957)
John Hoeven
Republican - ND (Born 1957)
Bill Cassidy
Republican - LA (Born 1957)
Lisa Murkowski
Republican - AK (Born 1957)
Tim Kaine
Democrat - VA (Born 1958)
Gary Peters
Democrat - MI (Born 1958)
Tina Smith
Democrat - MN (Born 1958)
Maria Cantwell
Democrat - WA (Born 1958)
Maggie Hassan
Democrat - NH (Born 1958)
Chris Van Hollen
Democrat - MD (Born 1959)
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican - MS (Born 1959)
Bill Hagerty
Republican - TN (Born 1959)
Thom Tillis
Republican - NC (Born 1960)
Amy Klobuchar
Democrat - MN (Born 1960)
Adam Schiff
Democrat - CA (Born 1960)
Roger Marshall
Republican - KS (Born 1960)
John Curtis
Republican - UT (Born 1960)
Kevin Cramer
Republican - ND (Born 1961)
John Thune
Republican - SD (Born 1961)
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democrat - DE (Born 1962)
Steve Daines
Republican - MT (Born 1962)
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat - WI (Born 1962)
Chris Coons
Democrat - DE (Born 1963)
Rand Paul
Republican - KY (Born 1963)
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democrat - NV (Born 1964)
Pete Ricketts
Republican - NE (Born 1964)
Dan Sullivan
Republican - AK (Born 1964)
Michael Bennet
Democrat - CO (Born 1964)
Mark Kelly
Democrat - AZ (Born 1964)
Generation X
Born 1965–1980 (29 Senators)
Tim Scott
Republican - SC (Born 1965)
David McCormick
Republican - PA (Born 1965)
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democrat - NY (Born 1966)
Jon Husted
Republican - OH (Born 1967)
Bernie Moreno
Republican - OH (Born 1967)
Tammy Duckworth
Democrat - IL (Born 1968)
James Lankford
Republican - OK (Born 1968)
John Fetterman
Democrat - PA (Born 1969)
Raphael Warnock
Democrat - GA (Born 1969)
Cory Booker
Democrat - NJ (Born 1969)
Ted Cruz
Republican - TX (Born 1970)
Joni Ernst
Republican - IA (Born 1970)
Ted Budd
Republican - NC (Born 1971)
Mike Lee
Republican - UT (Born 1971)
Angela Alsobrooks
Democrat - MD (Born 1971)
Martin Heinrich
Democrat - NM (Born 1971)
Brian Schatz
Democrat - HI (Born 1972)
Todd Young
Republican - IN (Born 1972)
Ben Luján
Democrat - NM (Born 1972)
Alex Padilla
Democrat - CA (Born 1973)
Chris Murphy
Democrat - CT (Born 1973)
Ashley Moody
Republican - FL (Born 1975)
Eric Schmitt
Republican - MO (Born 1975)
Elissa Slotkin
Democrat - MI (Born 1976)
Markwayne Mullin
Republican - OK (Born 1977)
Tom Cotton
Republican - AR (Born 1977)
Josh Hawley
Republican - MO (Born 1979)
Ruben Gallego
Democrat - AZ (Born 1979)
Jim Banks
Republican - IN (Born 1979)
Millennials
Born 1981–1996 (4 Senators)
