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CRS Report for Congress
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Colleges and Universities Attended by
Senators of the 109th Congress
Updated September 13, 2005
Mildred L. Amer
Specialist in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress
Colleges and Universities Attended by
Senators of the 108th Congress
Summary
This report identifies the colleges and universities attended by Senators serving
in the 109th Congress. Where available in published sources, the degrees earned are
also listed. This report will be updated as needed.
Contents
Colleges and Universities Attended by
Senators of the 109th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Colleges and Universities Attended by
Senators of the 109th Congress
The information presented in this report is drawn from the biographical section
of the Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress, 2003-2004; CQ Guide to the
New Congress, November 4, 2004; various other editions of Congressional
Quarterly Weekly Reports; Congressional Quarterly Weekly Reports;
[http://oncongress.cq.com/members]; and the Biographical Directory of the
American Congress, 1774-1996. The names of institutions and degree designations
are as reported in the sources. Instances in which no degree is noted reflect the
information, or lack thereof, contained in the sources used to compile this report.
Honorary degrees are not listed.
Senator
Degree and Institution
Alabama
Jeff Sessions
B.A., Huntingdon College
J.D., University of Alabama
Richard C. Shelby
A.B., LL.B., University of Alabama
Alaska
Ted Stevens
B.A., University of California, Los
Angeles
LL.B., Harvard University
Lisa Murkowski
B.A., Georgetown University
J.D., Willamette University
Arizona
John McCain
B.S., U.S. Naval Academy
National War College
John Kyl
B.A., LL.B., University of Arizona
Arkansas
Blanche Lincoln
B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Mark Pryor
B.A., J.D., University of Arkansas
California
Barbara Boxer
B.A., Brooklyn College
Dianne Feinstein
B.A., Stanford University
CRS-2
Senator
Degree and Institution
Colorado
Wayne Allard
D.V.M., Colorado State University
Ken Salazar
B.A., Colorado College
Connecticut
Joseph I. Lieberman
B.A., LL.B., Yale University
Christopher J. Dodd
B.A., Providence College
J.D., University of Louisville
Delaware
Thomas Carper
B.A., Ohio State University
M.B.A., University of Delaware
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
A.B., University of Delaware
J.D., Syracuse University
Florida
Bill Nelson
B.A., Yale University
J.D., University of Virginia
Mel Martinez
A.A., Orlando Junior College
B.A., Florida State University
Georgia
Saxby Chambliss
Louisiana Tech University
B.B.A., University of Georgia
J.D., University of Tennessee
Johnny Isakson
B.B.A., University of Georgia
Hawaii
Daniel K. Inouye
A.B., University of Hawaii
J.D., George Washington University
Daniel K. Akaka
B.Ed., M.Ed., University of Hawaii
Idaho
Larry E. Craig
B.A., University of Idaho
George Washington University
Michael Crapo
B.A., BrighamYoung University
J.D., Harvard University
CRS-3
Senator
Degree and Institution
Illinois
Barack Obama
Occidental College
B.A., Columbia University
J.D., Harvard University
Richard J. Durbin
B.S.F.S., J.D., Georgetown University
Indiana
Richard G. Lugar
B.A., Denison University
B.A., M.A., Oxford University (England)
Evan Bayh
B.S., Indiana University
J.D., University of Virginia
Iowa
Charles E. Grassley
B.A., M.A., University of Northern Iowa
Tom Harkin
B.S., Iowa State University
LL.B., J.D., Catholic University
Kansas
Sam Brownback
B.S., Kansas State University
J.D., University of Kansas
Pat Roberts
B.S., Kansas State University
Kentucky
Jim Bunning
B.S., Xavier University
Mitch McConnell
B.A., University of Louisville
J.D., University of Kentucky
Louisiana
David Vitter
A.B., Harvard University
B.A., Oxford University
J.D., Tulane University
Mary L. Landrieu
B.A., Louisiana State University
Maine
Susan Collins
B.A., St. Lawrence University
Olympia J. Snowe
B.A., University of Maine
CRS-4
Senator
Degree and Institution
Maryland
Barbara A. Mikulski
B.A., Mount Saint Agnes College
M.S.W., University of Maryland
Paul S. Sarbanes
A.B., Princeton University
B.A., Oxford University (England)
LL.B., Harvard University
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
A.B., Harvard College
International Law School, The Hague
(The Netherlands)
LL.B., University of Virginia
John Kerry
B.A., Yale University
J.D., Boston College
Michigan
Debbie Stabenow
B.A., M.S.W., Michigan State University
Carl Levin
B.A., Swarthmore College
LL.B., Harvard University
Minnesota
Mark Dayton
B.A., Yale University
Norm Coleman
B.A.,Hofstra University
Brooklyn Law School
J.D., University of Iowa
Mississippi
Trent Lott
B.P.A., J.D., University of Mississippi
Thad Cochran
B.A., J.D., University of Mississippi
Trinity College, University of Dublin
(Ireland)
Missouri
Christopher S. (Kit) Bond
A.B., Princeton University
LL.B., University of Virginia
James M. Talent
B.A., Washington University
J.D., University of Chicago
Montana
Conrad Burns
University of Missouri
Max Baucus
B.A., LL.B., Stanford University
CRS-5
Senator
Degree and Institution
Nebraska
Ben Nelson
B.A., M.A., J.D., University of Nebraska
Chuck Hagel
B.A., University of Nebraska at Omaha
Nevada
Harry Reid
Southern Utah State College
B.A., Utah State University
J.D., George Washington University
John Ensign
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
B.S., Oregon State University
D.V.M., Colorado State University
New Hampshire
Judd Gregg
A.B., Columbia University
J.D., LL.M., Boston University
John E. Sununu
B.S., M.S., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
M.B.A., Harvard University
New Jersey
Frank R. Lautenberg
B.S., Columbia University
John Corzine
B.A., University of Illinois
M.B.A., University of Chicago
New Mexico
Pete V. Domenici
B.S., University of New Mexico
LL.D., University of Denver
Jeff Bingaman
B.A., Harvard University
J.D., Stanford University
New York
Hillary Rodham Clinton
B.A., Wellesley College
J.D., Yale University
Charles Schumer
B.A., J.D., Harvard University
North Carolina
Elizabeth H. Dole
B.A., Duke University
M.A., J.D., Harvard University
Richard Burr
B.A., Wake Forest University
CRS-6
Senator
Degree and Institution
North Dakota
Byron L. Dorgan
B.S., University of North Dakota
M.B.A., University of Denver
Kent Conrad
B.A., Stanford University
M.B.A., George Washington University
Ohio
George Voinovich
B.A., Ohio University
J.D., Ohio State University
Michael DeWine
B.S., Miami (Ohio) University
J.D., Ohio Northern University
Oklahoma
James M. Inhofe
B.A., University of Tulsa
Tom Coburn
B.S., Oklahoma State University
M.D., University of Oklahoma
Oregon
Gordon Smith
B.A., Brigham Young University
J.D., Southwestern University
Ron Wyden
A.B., Stanford University
J.D., University of Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rick Santorum
B.A., Pennsylvania State University
M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh
J.D., Dickinson School of Law
Arlen Specter
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
LL.B., Yale University
Rhode Island
Jack Reed
B.S., U.S. Military Academy
M.P.P., Harvard University
J.D., Harvard Law School
Lincoln Chafee
B.A., Brown University
South Carolina
Lindsey Graham
B.A., J.D., University of South Carolina
Jim DeMint
B.S., University of Tennessee
M.B.A., Clemson University
CRS-7
Senator
Degree and Institution
South Dakota
Tim Johnson
Michigan State University
B.A., M.A., J.D., University of
South Dakota
John Thune
B.S., Biola University
M.B.A., University of South Dakota
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
B.A., Vanderbilt University
J.D., New York University
Bill Frist
B.A., Princeton University
M.D., Harvard University
Texas
Kay Bailey Hutchison
B.A., J.D., University of Texas
John Cornyn
B.A., Trinity University
J.D., St. Mary’s University
LL.M., University of Virginia
Utah
Robert F. Bennett
B.A., University of Utah
Orrin G. Hatch
B.S., Brigham Young University
LL.B., University of Pittsburgh
Vermont
James M. Jeffords
B.S.I.A., Yale University
LL.B., Harvard University
Patrick J. Leahy
B.A., St. Michael’s College
J.D., Georgetown University
Virginia
John W. Warner
B.S., Washington and Lee University
LL.B., University of Virginia
George Allen
B.A., J.D., University of Virginia
Washington
Patty Murray
B.A., Washington State University
Maria Cantwell
B.A., Miami (Ohio) University
CRS-8
Senator
Degree and Institution
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Beckley College
Concord College
Morris Harvey College
George Washington University
B.A., Marshall University
J.D., American University
John D. Rockfeller IV
A.B., Harvard University
Wisconsin
Herbert Kohl
B.A., University of Wisconsin
M.B.A., Harvard University
Russell D. Feingold
B.A., University of Wisconsin
B.A., Oxford University (England)
J.D., Harvard University
Wyoming
Craig Thomas
B.A., University of Wyoming
Mike Enzi
B.S., George Washington University
M.B.A., University of Denver
Sources: CQ Guide to the New Congress, vol. 40, Nov. 4, 2004, pp. 22-26; Biographical Directory
of the American Congress, 1774-1996 (Alexandria, VA: CQ Staff Directories, Inc., 1996); U.S.
Congress, Joint Committee on Printing, Official Congressional Directory, 108th Congress
(Washington: GPO, 2003); [http://www.cq.com/report.do?report=mff-state-delegations]; and
Congressional Quarterly Weekly Reports.