Most votes in Senate history
Through vote 67, February 25, 2021
Senator State Dates of Senate Service Votes Cast
- Robert Byrd WV 1959-2010 18,689
- Patrick Leahy VT 1975-present 16,553
- Strom Thurmond SC 1955-2002 16,348
- Daniel Inouye HI 1963-2012 16,300
- Ted Kennedy MA 1963-2009 15,236
- Ted Stevens AK 1969-2008 15,033
- Orrin Hatch UT 1977-2018 14,554
- Ernest Hollings SC 1967-2004 14,193
- Pete Domenici NM 1973-2008 13,666
- Chuck Grassley* IA 1981-present 13,580
- Claiborne Pell RI 1961-1996 13,214
- Thad Cochran MS 1979-2018 13,173
- Richard Lugar IN 1977-2013 13,067
- Joseph Biden DE 1973-2009 12,810
- Carl Levin MI 1979-2015 12,630
- William Roth DE 1971-2000 12,461
- Max Baucus MT 1978-2014 12,176
- William Proxmire** WI 1957-1988 12,134
- Quentin Burdick ND 1960-1992 11,925
- Mitch McConnell KY 1985-present 11,908
- Jesse Helms NC 1973-2002 11,753
- John Stennis MS 1947-1988 11,676
- Robert Dole KS 1969-1996 11,486
- Mark Hatfield OR 1967-1996 11,245
- Paul Sarbanes MD 1977-2006 11,221
- Richard Shelby AL 1987-present 11,043
- Bob Packwood OR 1969-1995 10,850
- Russell Long LA 1949-1986 10,806
- John Warner VA 1979-2008 10,727
- Sam Nunn GA 1973-1996 10,294
- Arlen Specter PA 1981-2010 10,282
- Henry Jackson WA 1953-1983 10,063
*Grassley did not miss a vote between July 1993 and November 2020.
**Proxmire cast 10,252 consecutive votes between April 20,1966 and October 18, 1988
Next current Senators:
- Patty Murray WA 1993 9,047
- Dianne Feinstein CA 1992 9,041
- Jim Inhofe OK 1994 8,167
- Ron Wyden OR 1996 7,817
- Susan Collins*** ME 1997 7,609
- Jack Reed RI 1997 7,576
- Dick Durbin IL 1997 7,531
- Chuck Schumer NY 1999 6,951
***Collins has not missed a vote as a Senator.
Sources:
Senators with more than 10,000 votes