United States Senate Minority Whip
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Traditionally the second ranking position in the minority party in the United States Senate. The office is currently held by Democratic Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois.
Minority Whips, 1915-present
- James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R-NY) 1915
- Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1915-1919
- Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) 1919-1929
- Morris Sheppard (D-TX) 1929-1933
- Felix Herbert (R-RI) 1933-1935
- none 1935-1944
- Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE) 1944-1947
- Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) 1947-1949
- Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) 1949-1953
- Earle C. Clements (D-KY) 1953-1955
- Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) 1955-1957
- Everett M. Dirksen (R-IL) 1957-1959
- Thomas H. Kuchel (R-CA) 1959-1969
- Hugh Scott (R-PA) 1969
- Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) 1969-1977
- Ted Stevens (R-AK) 1977-1981
- Alan Cranston (D-CA) 1981-1987
- Alan K. Simpson (R-WY) 1987-1995
- Wendell Ford (D-KY) 1995-1999
- Harry Reid (D-NV) 1999-2001
- Don Nickles (R-OK) 2001
- Harry Reid (D-NV) 2001
- Don Nickles (R-OK) 2001-2003
- Harry Reid (D-NV) 2003-2005
- Richard Durbin (D-IL) 2005-present