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How to Contact Your U.S. Senator

By: David Silverberg and Dennis Hastert and Tom Daschel and

Updated: 03-26-2016

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If you need to contact your Senator or a Senate staffer, use the following information, which provides a variety of options, including phone, e-mail, address, and location of Senate offices:

The Senate Web site: www.Senate.gov
Senate e-mail addresses consist of the person’s first name and last name, separated by a dot, followed by @[last name of senator].Senate.gov

Congressional database

thomas.loc.gov/

Capitol switchboard (House and Senate)

202-224-3121

Mailing address

Sen. __________
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20515

Senate offices have conventional room numbers; the first digit of the room number is the floor number.

The Capitol (S)
Russell (SR) 1st St. and Constitution Ave. NE (East Corner)
Dirksen (SD) 1st St. and Constitution Ave. NE (West corner)
Hart (SH) 2nd and C Streets NE

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David Silverberg is Managing Editor and a columnist at The Hill, a weekly newspaper that covers Congress.

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