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Like members of the House of Representatives, Senators use the prefix "[[The Honorable]]" before their names.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hickey |first=Robert |title=Use of the Honorable for U.S. Elected Officials |url=https://www.formsofaddress.info/honorable/#325 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |website=formsofaddress.info |date=May 18, 2020 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124061923/https://www.formsofaddress.info/honorable/#325 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mewborn |first=Mary K. |title=Too Many Honorables? |url=https://washingtonlife.com/backissues/archives/99nov/honorables.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101131703/http://www.washingtonlife.com/backissues/archives/99nov/honorables.htm |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |website=Washington Life}}</ref> Senators are usually identified in the media and other sources by party and state; for example, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] majority leader [[Chuck Schumer]], who represents New York, may be identified as "D–New York" or (D-NY). And sometimes they are identified as to whether they are the junior or senior senator in their state (''[[#Seniority|see above]]''). Unless in the context of elections, they are rarely identified by which one of the [[Classes of United States senators|three classes of senators]] they are in.