Leslie C. Arends Republican Conference Chairman: Clifford R. Hope Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr. Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Richard M. Simpson Minority (Democratic) leadership Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn Minority Whip: John W. McCormack Democratic Caucus Chairman: Wilbur Mills Democratic Caucus Secretary: Edna F. Kelly Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan Caucuses House Democratic Caucus Senate Democratic Caucus Members Senate Senators are popularly elected statewide every six years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Within each state, senators are listed in order of seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1954; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1956; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1958. Alabama 2. John Sparkman (D) 3. J. Lister Hill (D) Arizona 1. Barry Goldwater (R) 3. Carl Hayden (D) Arkansas 2. John L. McClellan (D) 3. J. William Fulbright (D) California 1. William Knowland (R) 3. Thomas Kuchel (R) Colorado 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D) 3. Eugene Millikin (R) Connecticut 1. William A. Purtell (R) 3. Prescott Bush (R) Delaware 1. John J. Williams (R) 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D) Florida 1. Spessard Holland (D) 3. George Smathers (D) Georgia 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D) 3. Walter F. George (D) Idaho 2. Henry Dworshak (R) 3. Herman Welker (R) Illinois 2. Paul Douglas (D) 3. Everett Dirksen (R) Indiana 1. William E. Jenner (R) 3. Homer E. Capehart (R) Iowa 2. Guy Gillette (D) 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) Kansas 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) 3. Frank Carlson (R) Kentucky 2. John Sherman Cooper (R) 3. Earle Clements (D) Louisiana 2. Allen J. Ellender (D) 3. Russell B. Long (D) Maine 1. Frederick G. Payne (R) 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R) Maryland 1. James Glenn Beall (R) 3. John Marshall Butler (R) Massachusetts 1. John F. Kennedy (D) 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R) Michigan 1. Charles E. Potter (R) 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R) Minnesota 1. Edward John Thye (R) 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL) Mississippi 1. John C. Stennis (D) 2. James Eastland (D) Missouri 1. Stuart Symington (D) 3. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D) Montana 1. Mike Mansfield (D) 2. James E. Murray (D) Nebraska 1. Hugh A.