The 100-member U.S. Senate consists of two members from each state. U.S. Senators are elected to
serve six-year terms (U.S. Constitution, Art. 1, sec. 3).

From 1789 to 1913, U.S. Senators from Maryland were chosen by the General Assembly. Since 1913,
they have been elected by the voters of Maryland (U.S. Constitution, Amendment 17).

BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, U.S. Senator from Maryland. Democrat.
Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1977-87. Member, Energy and
Commerce Committee, 1977-87; Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee,
1977-87. Executive committee, Congresswomen's Caucus. Member of U.S.
Senate since 1987. Member, Appropriations Committee (chair, subcommittee
on Veterans Affairs, Dept. of Housing & Urban Development & Independent
Agencies); Ethics Committee; Labor and Human Resources Committee (chair,
subcommittee on aging). Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 20, 1936. Mount
Saint Agnes College, B.A., 1958; University of Maryland School of Social Work,
M.S.W, 1965. Author, lecturer, teacher; social worker. Honorary degrees from Hood
College, Goucher College, and Pratt Institute, New York. Member, Baltimore City
Council, 1971-76. Former adjunct professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola College.
Chair, Democratic Party Commission on Delegate Selection and Party Structure,
1973. Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, 1974. Consultant,
National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. Delegate, International Women's Year
Conference, 1980; member, National Organization for Women and National
Women's Political Caucus. District offices: World Trade Center, Suite 253,
Baltimore 21202-3041, tel. (410) 962-4510; 3 Church Circle, Annapolis 21401,
tel. (410) 263-1805; 9658 Baltimore Ave., Suite 103, College Park 20740, tel.
(301) 345-5517; 82 W. Washington St., Suite 402, Hagerstown 21740-4804,
tel. (301) 797-2826; 213-219 W. Main St., Salisbury 21801, tel. (410)
546-7711. Washington office: 709 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC
20510—3502; tel. (202) 224-4654.

PAUL S. SARBANES, U.S. Senator from Maryland. Democrat. Member, U.S.
House of Representatives, 1971-77. Member, Judiciary Committee, Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Committee; Select Committee on House Reorganization.
Member of U.S. Senate since 1977. Member, Foreign Relations Committee
(chair, subcommittee on international economic policy, trade, oceans &
environment); Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee (chair,
subcommittee on housing & urban affairs). Vice-Chairman, Joint Economic
Committee. Born in Salisbury, Maryland, February 3, 1933. Wicomico County Sr.
High School; Princeton University, A.B., magna cum laude. Phi Beta Kappa, 1954;
Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford University, first class B.A., honours in School
of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, 1957; Harvard University School of Law, LL.B.,
cum laude, 1960. Law clerk to Judge Morris A. Soper, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit, 1960-61. Attorney; in private practice, 1961-62, 1965-70. Member,
Maryland State Bar Association. Legislative draftsman, Department of Legislative
Reference, 1961 session of Maryland General Assembly. Administrative assistant to
Walter W. Heller, chairman of Council of Economic Advisers, 1962-63. Executive
director, Charter Revision Commission of Baltimore City, 1963-64. Member;
Maryland House of Delegates, 1966-70; Judiciary Committee; Ways and Means
Committee; vice-chairman, Baltimore City Delegation, 1968. Married to Christine
Dunbar Sarbanes; three children. District offices: 1518 Federal Office Bldg., 31
Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore 21201, tel. (410) 962-4436; 1110 Bonifant St., Suite
450, Silver Spring 20910, tel. (301) 589-0797. Eastern Shore: tel. (410)
860-2131. Western Maryland: tel. (301) 722-5369. Washington office: 309
Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20510; tel. (202) 224-4524.