The Representatives and Senators elect the leadership for each organization.

Senators elected in the May 2010 elections.

He has served his county and state as a State Representative, elected three times beginning in 1987 and a State Senator (1991-1996).

Senators elect a President of the Senate, who serves as the presiding officer of the chamber.

That same year, his fellow Democratic Senators unanimously elected him their leader.

Ex-Senators and Senators elect, except as provided in paragraph 2.

Thus, he became the least senior Senator ever elected to this position, and one of the least senior party leaders in the history of the Senate.

In so doing, Casey became the first Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania elected to a second term in 50 years.

At the beginning of each two-year session, all Senators elect a new President pro tempore.

Rice became a politician also, elected several years later by the state legislature as a United States Senator (1858-1863).