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The Republican conference of the United States Senate chooses a conference chairperson. The office was created in the mid-19th century with the founding of the Republican party. The office of "party floor leader" was not created until 1925, and for twenty years, the Senate's Republican conference chairman was also the floor leader.

In recent years, the conference chair has come to be regarded as the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, behind the floor leader and whip. According to Congressional Quarterly, "The conference chairman manages the private meetings to elect floor leaders, handles distribution of committee assignments and helps set legislative priorities. The modern version drives the conference’s message, with broadcast studios for television and radio." ^[1]

List of Republican Conference Chairmen and Chairwomen in the United States Senate

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Dates	Name	State	Notes
-1862	John P. Hale	New Hampshire
1862-1884	Henry B. Anthony	Rhode Island
1884-1885	John Sherman	Ohio
1885-1891	George Edmunds	Vermont
1891-1897	John Sherman	Ohio
1897-1908	William B. Allison	Iowa
1908-1911	Eugene Hale	Maine
1911-1913	Shelby Cullom	Illinois
1913-1918	Jacob H. Gallinger	New Hampshire
1918-1924	Henry Cabot Lodge I	Massachusetts
1924-1929	Charles Curtis	Kansas	Also Republican floor leader from 1925
1929-1933	James E. Watson	Indiana	Also Republican floor leader
1933-1944	Charles L. McNary	Oregon	Also Republican floor leader
1945-1946	Arthur H. Vandenberg	Michigan
1947-1956	Eugene D. Millikin	Colorado
1957-1966	Leverett Saltonstall	Massachusetts
1967-1972	Margaret Chase Smith	Maine
1973-1974	Norris Cotton	New Hampshire
1975-1978	Carl T. Curtis	Nebraska
1979-1980	Bob Packwood	Oregon
1981-1984	James A. McClure	Idaho
1985-1990	John Chafee	Rhode Island
1991-1996	Thad Cochran	Mississippi
1997-2001	Connie Mack III	Florida
2001-2007	Rick Santorum	Pennsylvania
2007	Jon L. Kyl	Arizona
2007-2011	Lamar Alexander	Tennessee
2012-	John Thune	South Dakota

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Party caucuses and conferences in the United States Congress
Senate Republican Conference	Senate	Senate Democratic Caucus
Conference Chair	Chairperson	Caucus Chair
Conference Vice-Chair/Secretary	Secretary	Caucus Secretary
Policy Committee Chair	Policy Committee	Policy Committee Chair
House Republican Conference	House of Representatives	House Democratic Caucus
Conference Chair	Presiding Officer	Caucus Chair
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Policy Committee Chair	Policy Committee	Policy Committee Co-Chair

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