The Senators page on Statistics & Lists is a great resource for information about current and former Senators. Statistics are available on a variety of topics, including biographical characteristics and Senate service records.

For information on the Senate, Congress, the legislative process and the federal government, the Virtual Reference Desk is a good place to begin.

This chart shows the relationships among Senate leaders and officers who manage the flow of legislative and administrative business in the Senate.  

Historical information provided by the Senate Historical Office.

Explore the Senate's Art with the Office of the Senate Curator.

Senators who became President

Party Division in the Senate

Read the eloquent orations of Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne and other Senators in this collection of classic Senate speeches.

Find out about congressional voting with this How to guide.

You can access legislative information, by bill number or key words, from the THOMAS Web site.  Information from the present back to the 93rd Congress (1973) is available on THOMAS.