Senate Democratic Whip

Senate Democratic Whip
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The Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate (commonly called Senate Majority and Minority Whips) are the second-ranking members of their parties in the United States Senate.

The main function of the Majority and Minority Whips is to gather votes on major issues. Because he or she is the second ranking member of the Senate, if there is no floor leader present, the whip may become acting floor leader.

Before 1969, the official titles were Majority Whip and Minority Whip.

The current Assistant Majority Leader is Democrat Richard Durbin of Illinois.

The current Assistant Minority Leader is Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona.

List of assistant leaders

(Names in Bold indicate Majority)

Congress(es)	Dates	Democratic Whip	State	Republican Whip	State
63rd	1913-1915	J. Hamilton Lewis	Illinois	None.	None.
64th	1915			James Wadsworth, Jr.	New York
64th-65th	1915-1919			Charles Curtis	Kansas
66th-68th	1919-1924	Peter Gerry	Rhode Island	Charles Curtis	Kansas
68th-70th	1924-1929	Peter Gerry	Rhode Island	Wesley Jones	Washington
71st-72nd	1929-1933	Morris Sheppard	Texas	Simeon Fess	Ohio
73rd	1933-1935	J. Hamilton Lewis	Illinois	Felix Hebert	Rhode Island
74th-75th	1935-1939	J. Hamilton Lewis	Illinois	None¹
76th	1939-1941	Sherman Minton	Indiana
77th-78th	1941-1944	Lister Hill	Alabama
78th-79th	1944-1947	Lister Hill	Alabama	Kenneth Wherry	Nebraska
80th	1947-1949	Scott Lucas	Illinois	Kenneth Wherry	Nebraska
81st	1949-1951	Francis Myers	Pennsylvania	Leverett Saltonstall	Massachusetts
82nd	1951-1953	Lyndon Johnson	Texas	Leverett Saltonstall	Massachusetts
83rd	1953-1955	Earle Clements	Kentucky	Leverett Saltonstall	Massachusetts
84th	1955-1957	Earle Clements	Kentucky	Leverett Saltonstall	Massachusetts
85th	1957-1959	Michael Mansfield	Montana	Everett Dirksen	Illinois
86th	1959-1961	Michael Mansfield	Montana	Thomas Kuchel	California
87th-88th	1961-1965	Hubert Humphrey	Minnesota
89th-90th	1965-1969	Russell Long	Louisiana
91st	1969	Russell Long	Louisiana	Hugh Scott	Pennsylvania
91st	1969-1971	Ted Kennedy	Massachusetts	Robert Griffin	Michigan
92nd-94th	1971-1977	Robert Byrd	West Virginia	Robert Griffin	Michigan
95th-96th	1977-1981	Alan Cranston	California	Ted Stevens	Alaska
97th-98th	1981-1985	Alan Cranston	California	Ted Stevens	Alaska
99th	1985-1987	Alan Cranston	California	Alan Simpson	Wyoming
100th-101st	1987-1991	Alan Cranston	California	Alan Simpson	Wyoming
102nd-103rd	1991-1995	Wendell Ford	Kentucky	Alan Simpson	Wyoming
104th	1995-1996	Wendell Ford	Kentucky	Trent Lott	Mississippi
104th-105th	1996-1999	Wendell Ford	Kentucky	Don Nickles	Oklahoma
106th	1999-2001	Harry Reid	Nevada	Don Nickles	Oklahoma
107th	January 3, 2001– January 20, 2001	Harry Reid	Nevada	Don Nickles	Oklahoma
	January 20, 2001– June 6, 2001	Harry Reid	Nevada	Don Nickles	Oklahoma
	June 6, 2001– January 3, 2003	Harry Reid	Nevada	Don Nickles	Oklahoma
108th	2003-2005	Harry Reid	Nevada	Mitch McConnell	Kentucky
109th	2005-2007	Richard Durbin	Illinois	Mitch McConnell	Kentucky
110th	January 4, 2007- December 18, 2007	Richard Durbin	Illinois	Trent Lott	Mississippi
110th	December 19, 2007- present	Richard Durbin	Illinois	Jon Kyl	Arizona

Notes

^ No Republican whips were appointed from 1935 to 1944 since only 17 Republicans were in the Senate following the landslide reelection of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936. Accordingly, the minutes of the Republican Conference for the period state: "On motion of Senator Hastings, duly seconded and carried, it was agreed that no Assistant Leader or Whip be elected but that the chairman be authorized to appoint Senators from time to time to assist him in taking charge of the interests of the minority." A note attached to the conference minutes added: "The chairman of the conference, Senator McNary, apparently appointed Senator Austin of Vermont as assistant leader in 1943 and 1944, until the conference adopted Rules of Organization." Source: Party Whips, via Senate.gov

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