List of United States Senators from Michigan
Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current Senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
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Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | ![]() Lucius Lyon |
Jacksonian | January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839 |
Elected in 1837. Retired. |
1 | 24th Congress | 1 | Elected in 1837. Retired. |
January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
Jacksonian | ![]() John Norvell |
1 |
Democratic | 25th Congress | Democratic | ||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1839 – January 20, 1840 |
2 | 26th Congress | |||||||||
2 | ![]() Augustus S. Porter |
Whig | January 20, 1840 – March 4, 1845 |
Elected late in 1840. Retired. | ||||||||
27th Congress | 2 | Elected in 1841. Retired. |
March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1847 |
Whig | ![]() William Woodbridge |
2 | ||||||
28th Congress | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() Lewis Cass |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848 |
Elected in 1844 or 1845. Resigned to run for president. |
3 | 29th Congress | ||||||
30th Congress | 3 | Elected in 1847. Retired. |
March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853 |
Democratic | ![]() Alpheus Felch |
3 | ||||||
Vacant | May 29, 1848 – June 8, 1848 |
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4 | ![]() Thomas Fitzgerald |
Democratic | June 8, 1848 – March 3, 1849 |
Appointed to continue Cass's term. | ||||||||
5 | ![]() Lewis Cass |
Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1857 |
Elected in 1849 to finish his own term. | 31st Congress | |||||||
Re-elected in 1850 or 1851. Unknown if retired or lost re-election. |
4 | 32nd Congress | ||||||||||
33rd Congress | 4 | Elected in 1853. Retired. |
March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859 |
Democratic | ![]() Charles E. Stuart |
4 | ||||||
34th Congress | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() Zachariah Chandler |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1875 |
Elected in 1857. | 5 | 35th Congress | ||||||
36th Congress | 5 | Elected in 1858. Died. |
March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861 |
Republican | ![]() Kinsley S. Bingham |
5 | ||||||
37th Congress | ||||||||||||
October 5, 1861 – January 17, 1862 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1862 to finish Bingham's term. | January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1871 |
Republican | ![]() Jacob M. Howard |
6 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1863. | 6 | 38th Congress | ||||||||||
39th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1865. Unknown if retired or lost re-election. | ||||||||||
40th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1869. Lost re-election. |
7 | 41st Congress | ||||||||||
42nd Congress | 7 | Elected in 1871. | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1883 |
Republican | ![]() Thomas W. Ferry |
7 | ||||||
43rd Congress | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() Isaac P. Christiancy |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879 |
Elected in 1874. Resigned due to ill health. |
8 | 44th Congress | ||||||
45th Congress | 8 | Re-elected in 1877. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Vacant | February 10, 1879 – February 22, 1879 |
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8 | ![]() Zachariah Chandler |
Republican | February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879 |
Elected in 1879 to finish Christiancy's term. Died. | ||||||||
46th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | November 1, 1879 – November 17, 1879 |
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9 | Henry P. Baldwin |
Republican | November 17, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
Appointed to continue Chandler's term. Elected January 19, 1881 to finish Chandler's term. Retired. | ||||||||
10 | ![]() Omar D. Conger |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887 |
Elected in 1881. Lost renomination. |
9 | 47th Congress | ||||||
48th Congress | 9 | Election year unknown. Retired. |
March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889 |
Republican | ![]() Thomas W. Palmer |
8 | ||||||
49th Congress | ||||||||||||
11 | ![]() Francis B. Stockbridge |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – April 30, 1894 |
Elected in 1887. | 10 | 50th Congress | ||||||
51st Congress | 10 | Elected in 1889. | March 4, 1889 – August 10, 1902 |
Republican | ![]() James McMillan |
9 | ||||||
52nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1893. Died. |
11 | 53rd Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | April 30, 1894 – May 5, 1894 |
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12 | ![]() John Patton, Jr. |
Republican | May 5, 1894 – January 24, 1895 |
Appointed to continue Stockbridge's term. Lost election to finish term. | ||||||||
13 | ![]() Julius C. Burrows |
Republican | January 24, 1895 – March 4, 1911 |
Elected in 1895 to finish Stockbridge's term. | ||||||||
54th Congress | 11 | Re-elected in 1895. | ||||||||||
55th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. | 12 | 56th Congress | ||||||||||
57th Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1901. Died. | ||||||||||
August 10, 1902 – September 27, 1902 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue McMillan's term. Elected January 20, 1903 to finish McMillan's term.[1] Died. |
September 27, 1902 – January 24, 1907 |
Republican | ![]() Russell A. Alger |
10 | ||||||||
58th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905. Lost renomination. |
13 | 59th Congress | ||||||||||
January 24, 1907 – February 9, 1907 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1907 to finish Alger's term. | February 9, 1907 – March 4, 1919 |
Republican | ![]() William A. Smith |
11 | ||||||||
60th Congress | 13 | Elected in 1907. | ||||||||||
61st Congress | ||||||||||||
14 | ![]() Charles E. Townsend |
Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923 |
Elected in 1910. | 14 | 62nd Congress | ||||||
63rd Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1913. Retired. | ||||||||||
64th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
15 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
66th Congress | 15 | Elected in 1918. Resigned when convicted of election "irregularities". |
March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922 |
Republican | ![]() Truman H. Newberry |
12 | ||||||
67th Congress | ||||||||||||
November 18, 1922 – November 29, 1922 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Newberry's term. Elected November 4, 1924 to finish Newberry's term. |
November 29, 1922 – October 22, 1936 |
Republican | ![]() James J. Couzens |
13 | ||||||||
15 | ![]() Woodbridge N. Ferris |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 23, 1928 |
Elected in 1922. Died. |
16 | 68th Congress | ||||||
69th Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
70th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | March 23, 1928 – March 31, 1928 |
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16 | ![]() Arthur H. Vandenberg |
Republican | March 31, 1928 – April 18, 1951 |
Appointed to continue Ferris's term. Elected November 6, 1928 to finish Ferris's term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1928. | 17 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 1930. Died. | ||||||||||
73rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. | 18 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
October 22, 1936 – November 19, 1936 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Couzens's term, having already been elected to the next term. | November 19, 1936 – January 3, 1943 |
Democratic | ![]() Prentiss M. Brown |
14 | ||||||||
75th Congress | 18 | Elected in 1936. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
76th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 19 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
78th Congress | 19 | Elected in 1942. | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955 |
Republican | ![]() Homer S. Ferguson |
15 | ||||||
79th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. Died. |
20 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1948. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
82nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | April 18, 1951 – April 23, 1951 |
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17 | ![]() Blair Moody |
Democratic | April 23, 1951 – November 4, 1952 |
Appointed to continue Vandenberg's term. Lost election to finish term. | ||||||||
18 | ![]() Charles E. Potter |
Republican | November 5, 1952 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1952 to finish Vandenberg's term. | ||||||||
Elected to full term in 1952. Lost re-election. |
21 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
84th Congress | 21 | Elected in 1954. | January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1966 |
Democratic | ![]() Patrick V. McNamara |
16 | ||||||
85th Congress | ||||||||||||
19 | ![]() Philip Hart |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – December 26, 1976 |
Elected in 1958. | 22 | 86th Congress | ||||||
87th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 1960. Died. | ||||||||||
88th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 23 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
April 30, 1966 – May 11, 1966 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish McNamara's term. | May 11, 1966 – January 3, 1979 |
Republican | ![]() Robert P. Griffin |
17 | ||||||||
90th Congress | 23 | Elected to full term in 1966 | ||||||||||
91st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Died, having already planned to retire. |
24 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
94th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | December 26, 1976 – December 30, 1976 |
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20 | ![]() Donald W. Riegle, Jr. |
Democratic | December 30, 1976 – January 3, 1995 |
Appointed early to finish Hart's term, having already been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected to full term in 1976 | 25 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | 25 | Elected in 1978. | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015 |
Democratic | ![]() Carl Levin |
18 | ||||||
97th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 26 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | 26 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. Retired. |
27 | 101st Congress | ||||||||||
102nd Congress | 27 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | ||||||||||||
21 | ![]() Spencer Abraham |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1994. Lost re-election. |
28 | 104th Congress | ||||||
105th Congress | 28 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th Congress | ||||||||||||
22 | ![]() Debbie Stabenow |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – Present |
Elected in 2000. | 29 | 107th Congress | ||||||
108th Congress | 29 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
109th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. | 30 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | 30 | Re-elected in 2008. Retired. | ||||||||||
112th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 31 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
114th Congress | 31 | Elected in 2014. | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Democratic | ![]() Gary Peters |
19 | ||||||
115th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 32 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | 32 | To be determined in the 2020 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Michigan
As of October 2016, there are three former U.S. Senators from Michigan who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was Robert P. Griffin of Class 2 (1966-1979) on April 17, 2015. The most recent Class 1 senator to die was Charles E. Potter (1952-1959) on November 23, 1979. The most recently serving Class 1 senator to die was Philip Hart (1959-1976), who died in office on December 26, 1976.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Donald W. Riegle, Jr. | 1976–1995 | 1 | February 4, 1938 |
Carl Levin | 1979–2015 | 2 | June 28, 1934 |
Spencer Abraham | 1995–2001 | 1 | June 12, 1952 |
See also
- United States congressional delegations from Michigan
- List of United States Representatives from Michigan
- ↑ "United States Senators elected". The New York Times. January 21, 1903. p. 3.