This is the full list of United States senators following the November 1996 elections.
There are 100 senators in total. Each state has two senators.
Senators chosen at the elections took their seats in January. Senators serve six-year terms, with one-third facing the electorate every two years.
| Alphabetical List of Members of the United States Senate 1997 105th Congress Republican=55, Democrat=45 |
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| Name | State | Party | First Elected | Election Due |
| Abraham, Spence | Michigan | Republican | ||
| Akaka, Daniel K. | Hawaii | Democrat | ||
| Allard, Wayne | Colorado | Republican | ||
| Ashcroft, John | Missouri | Republican | ||
| Baucus, Max | Montana | Democrat | ||
| Bennett, Robert | Utah | Republican | ||
| Biden Jr., Joseph R. | Delaware | Democrat | ||
| Bingaman, Jeff | New Mexico | Democrat | ||
| Bond, Christopher S. | Missouri | Republican | ||
| Boxer, Barbara | California | Democrat | ||
| Breaux, John B. | Louisiana | Democrat | ||
| Brownback, Sam | Kansas | Republican | ||
| Bryan, Richard H. | Nevada | Democrat | ||
| Bumpers, Dale | Arkansas | Democrats | ||
| Burns, Conrad R. | Montana | Republican | ||
| Byrd, Robert C. | West Virginia | Democrat | ||
| Campbell, Ben N. | Colorado | Republican | ||
| Chafee, John H. | Rhode Island | Republican | ||
| Cleland, Max | Georgia | Democrat | ||
| Coats, Daniel | Indiana | Republican | ||
| Cochran, Thad | Mississippi | Republican | ||
| Collins, Susan | Maine | Republican | ||
| Conrad, Kent | North Dakota | Democrat | ||
| Coverdell, Paul | Georgia | Republican | ||
| Craig, Larry E. | Idaho | Republican | ||
| D’Amato, Alfonse M. | New York | Republican | ||
| Daschle, Thomas A. | South Dakota | Democrat | ||
| DeWine, Mike | Ohio | Republican | ||
| Dodd, Christopher J. | Connecticut | Democrat | ||
| Domenici, Pete V. | New Mexico | Republican | ||
| Dorgan, Byron L. | North Dakota | Democrat | ||
| Durbin, Richard | Illinois | Democrat | ||
| Enzi, Mike | Wyoming | Republican | ||
| Faircloth, Lauch | North Carolina | Republican | ||
| Feingold, Russell | Wisconsin | Democrat | ||
| Feinstein, Dianne | California | Democrat | ||
| Ford, Wendell H. | Kentucky | Democrat | ||
| Frist, Bill | Tennessee | Republican | ||
| Glenn, John | Ohio | Democrat | ||
| Gorton, Slade | Washington | Republican | ||
| Graham, Robert | Florida | Democrat | ||
| Gramm, Phil | Texas | Republican | ||
| Grams, Rod | Minnesota | Republican | ||
| Grassley, Charles E. | Iowa | Republican | ||
| Gregg, Judd | New Hampshire | Republican | ||
| Hagel, Charles | Nebraska | Republican | ||
| Harkin, Thomas | Iowa | Democrat | ||
| Hatch, Orrin G. | Utah | Republican | ||
| Helms, Jesse | North Carolina | Republican | ||
| Hollings, Ernest F. | South Carolina | Democrat | ||
| Hutchinson, Tim | Arkansas | Republican | ||
| Hutchison, Kay Bailey | Texas | Republican | ||
| Inhofe, Jim | Oklahoma | Republican | ||
| Inouye, Jim | Hawaii | Democrat | ||
| Jeffords, James M. | Vermont | Republican | ||
| Johnson, Tim | South Dakota | Democrat | ||
| Kempthorne, Dirk | Idaho | Republican | ||
| Kennedy, Edward M. | Massachusetts | Democrat | ||
| Kerrey, Joseph R. (Bob) | Nebraska | Democrat | ||
| Kerry, John | Massachusetts | Democrat | ||
| Kohl, Herbert H. | Wisconsin | Democrat | ||
| Kyl, Jon | Arizona | Republican | ||
| Landrieu, Mary | Louisiana | Democrat | ||
| Lautenberg, Frank R. | New Jersey | Democrat | ||
| Leahy, Patrick J. | Vermont | Democrat | ||
| Levin, Carl | Michigan | Democrat | ||
| Lieberman, Joseph I. | Connecticut | Democrat | ||
| Lott, Trent | Mississippi | Republican | ||
| Lugar, Richard G. | Indiana | Republican | ||
| Mack, Connie | Florida | Republican | ||
| McCain, John | Arizona | Republican | ||
| McConnell, Mitch | Kentucky | Republican | ||
| Mikulski, Barbara A. | Maryland | Democrat | ||
| Moseley-Braun, Carol | Illinois | Democrat | ||
| Moynihan, Daniel P. | New York | Democrat | ||
| Murkowski, Frank H. | Alaska | Republican | ||
| Murray, Patty | Washington | Democrat | ||
| Nickles, Donald | Oklahoma | Republican | ||
| Reed, Jack | Rhode Island | Democrat | ||
| Reid, Harry | Nevada | Democrat | ||
| Robb, Charles S. | Virginia | Democrat | ||
| Roberts, Pat | Kansas | Republican | ||
| Rockefeller, John D. | West Virginia | Democrat | ||
| Roth Jr., William V. | Delaware | Republican | ||
| Santorum, Rick | Pennsylvania | Republican | ||
| Sarbanes, Paul S. | Maryland | Democrat | ||
| Sessions, Jeff | Alabama | Republican | ||
| Shelby, Richard C. | Alabama | Republican | ||
| Smith, Gordon | Oregon | Republican | ||
| Smith, Robert C. | New Hampshire | Republican | ||
| Snowe, Olympia J. | Maine | Republican | ||
| Specter, Arlen | Pennsylvania | Republican | ||
| Stevens, Ted | Alaska | Republican | ||
| Thomas, Craig | Wyoming | Republican | ||
| Thompson, Fred | Tennessee | Republican | ||
| Thurmond, Strom | South Carolina | Republican | ||
| Torricelli, Robert | New Jersey | Democrat | ||
| Warner, John W. | Virginia | Republican | ||
| Wellstone, Paul | Minnesota | Democrat | ||
| Wyden, Ron | Oregon | Democrat | ||
