US Senators of the 113th Congress: Part 2 Quiz

Answer: True

Sen. Daniel Inouye died in December 2012, after the election of Mazie Hirono. However, Hirono could not take her seat until January 2013. Schatz was appointed to fill Inouye's seat and is ranked higher up in seniority than Hirono.

Answer: Linda Lingle

Lingle defeated Hirono by a margin of 51%-47% to become governor. Hirono later defeated Lingle by 63%-37% to become senator.

Answer: Drunk driving

Those who practice the Mormon religion are supposed to abstain from drinking alcoholic beverages. Crapo, who once said he never drank, was arrested for DUI on December 23, 2012. The next month he was sentenced to pay a $250 fine and his license was suspended for one year.

Answer: False

2008 was not a good year for Republicans as Democrats dominated congressional and senatorial races across the country and even in traditionally Republican areas. Idaho, however, was too Republican for Democrats to win and Risch was elected by winning 58% of the vote. Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska also won his first Senate election in 2008. All other Republican senators elected that year were already in office.

Answer: Senate Majority Whip

The Senate Majority Whip is essentially the assistant Majority Leader. The Whip is often responsible for counting votes prior to the actual vote and tries to sway his or her party's undecided voters. Durbin became the Democratic Whip in 2005.

Answer: He climbed 37 floors of the Willis Tower

Kirk climbed part of the Willis Tower as part of the "SkyRise Chicago" Challenge. Upon his return to the Senate in 2103, Kirk received a standing ovation and applause as he walked up the Capitol steps, assisted by Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Joe Manchin. About halfway up, Sen. Kay Hagan ran over and kissed him.

Answer: Germany

Coats was appointed to the Senate in 1989 to replace Dan Quayle who had been elected Vice President. Coats retired in 1999 and two years later, President George W. Bush appointed him Ambassador to Germany, a position he held until 2005. Coats ran for and won his old Senate seat in 2010 after Sen. Evan Bayh retired.

Answer: Dick Lugar

Polling indicated Lugar would have led Donnelly but Donnelly and Murdoch were statistically tied. When Murdoch defeated Lugar in the Republican primary, he started pulling away only to see that lead evaporate when he said that babies conceived from rape were "a gift from God." Donnelly took the lead and eventually won with 50.04% of the vote.

Answer: William Proxmire

William Proxmire of Wisconsin had 10,252 consecutive votes before he retired. Grassley missed a vote was in 1993 when he was viewing flood damage with President Clinton and his first vote after that started this chain.

Answer: True

Harkin took office in 1985 and has served with Chuck Grassley ever since, never becoming Iowa's senior senator. He ranked 6th overall in seniority. This is in stark contrast to Sen. Elizabeth Warren who is the Senate's most junior senior senator and was just 95th overall in the 113th Congress.

Answer: Intelligence

Pat Roberts was chair of the Intelligence Committee in the Senate when the scholarship program was created. The program was temporary at first, but it became permanent in 2009.

Answer: No

Moran represented the extremely Republican Kansas 1st District in the House of Representative never winning less than 70% of the vote, even in years good for Democrats. He was elected to the Senate in 2010 with 70% of the vote.

Answer: Labor Department

Chao was the only Cabinet member to serve in the same position for the entire Bush presidency.

McConnell is known for his witty campaign slogans. When he first ran against incumbent Sen. Walter Huddleston, his slogan was "Switch to Mitch." He later used the slogan "Don't get Beshear'ed" while being challenged by future Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear.

Answer: Ophthalmologist

Paul founded the National Board of Ophthalmology. It was later dissolved, brought back and dissolved again. Paul's Senate run was his first go for public office.

Answer: Hurricane Katrina relief funds going to her personal account

The Senate race in 1996 was extremely close in the runoff with Landrieu winning just over 5,000 votes. There were allegations that Landrieu and the Democratic Party of New Orleans had bused illegal voters to cast votes, or multiple votes, for Landrieu. However, an investigation showed potential witness tampering on the Republican side and witnesses were telling different and wildly outrageous stories and Landrieu was declared the winner.

In 2014, Landrieu faced new allegations that she did live in Louisiana because she owns a home in Washington D.C. Landrieu stated that she does own a home in D.C. but also one in Louisiana where her parents live and she is registered to vote at that address. Also in 2014, it came to light that Landrieu may have broken federal law when she charged taxpayers for flights she made as part of her reelection campaign. Landrieu's team did a self-investigation and determined that the air charter company had accidentally charged her flights to her office and not to her campaign. She agreed to reimburse the taxpayers.

Landrieu never faced allegations about stealing Hurricane Katrina relief money and was seen as a champion in securing the money for her state.

Answer: Prostitution

Vitter's phone number was discovered on a list of records kept by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, a.k.a. The D.C. Madam who was convicted of running a prostitution ring. Vitter admitted to "sinning" and later apologized. There were calls for him to resign his seat, but he did not.

Answer: False

Collins and former Sen. Olympia Snowe (also a Maine Republican) entered a motion for the Senate to vote separately on the conviction and the penalty, believing that Clinton had violated the law by perjuring himself but it was not a "high crime or misdemeanor" that warranted his removal from office, according to the Constitution.

When their motion failed, Collins and Snowe voted to acquit.

Answer: Democratic Party

King stated that he left Democratic party became "an institution has become too much the party that is looking for something from government." Nonetheless, as a U.S. Senator, he caucuses with the Democrats.

Answer: Margaret Chase Smith

Smith represented Maine in the Senate from 1949-1973 when she was defeated for reelection. Mikulski officially became the longest serving female senator on January 5th 2011.

Answer: The Third District

Although congressional districts are constantly being moved around, Maryland's third has been centered in and around Baltimore since the 1870s. Cardin served the district from 1987-2007.