List of United States Senators from New Mexico
New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, and elects senators in Class 1 and Class 2. Its current Senators are Democrats Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich.
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 | ![]() Thomas B. Catron |
Republican | March 27, 1912 – March 4, 1917 |
Elected in 1912. Retired. |
1 | 62nd Congress | 1 | Elected in 1912. | March 27, 1912 – March 4, 1921 |
Republican | ![]() Albert B. Fall |
1 |
63rd Congress | 2 | Re-elected in 1913. | ||||||||||
64th Congress | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() Andrieus A. Jones |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – December 20, 1927 |
Elected in 1916. | 2 | 65th Congress | ||||||
66th Congress | 3 | Re-elected in 1918. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. | ||||||||||
67th Congress | March 4, 1921 – March 11, 1921 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
Appointed to continue Fall's term. Elected to September 20, 1921 finish Fall's term.[1] Lost re-election. |
March 11, 1921 – March 4, 1925 |
Republican | ![]() Holm O. Bursum |
2 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. Died. |
3 | 68th Congress | ||||||||||
69th Congress | 4 | Elected in 1924. | March 4, 1925 – June 24, 1933 |
Democratic | ![]() Sam G. Bratton |
3 | ||||||
70th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | December 20, 1927 – December 29, 1927 |
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3 | ![]() Bronson M. Cutting |
Republican | December 29, 1927 – December 6, 1928 |
Appointed to continue Jones's term. Retired when elected successor qualified. | ||||||||
4 | ![]() Octaviano Larrazolo |
Republican | December 7, 1928 – March 4, 1929 |
Elected in 1928 to finish Jones's term. Retired due to illness. | ||||||||
5 | ![]() Bronson M. Cutting |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – May 6, 1935 |
Elected in 1928. | 4 | 71st Congress | ||||||
72nd Congress | 5 | Re-elected in 1930. Resigned to become a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. | ||||||||||
73rd Congress | ||||||||||||
June 24, 1933 – October 10, 1933 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Bratton's term Elected November 6, 1934 to finish Bratton's term. |
October 10, 1933 – January 3, 1949 |
Democratic | ![]() Carl Hatch |
4 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Died. |
5 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | May 6, 1935 – May 11, 1935 |
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6 | ![]() Dennis Chavez |
Democratic | May 11, 1935 – November 18, 1962 |
Appointed to continue Cutting's term. Elected November 4, 1936 to finish Cutting's term. | ||||||||
75th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1936. | ||||||||||
76th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 6 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
78th Congress | 7 | Re-elected in 1942. Retired. | ||||||||||
79th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 7 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | 8 | Elected in 1948. | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 |
Democratic | ![]() Clinton P. Anderson |
5 | ||||||
82nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 8 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
84th Congress | 9 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. Died. |
9 | 86th Congress | ||||||||||
87th Congress | 10 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
Vacant | November 18, 1962 – November 30, 1962 | |||||||||||
7 | ![]() Edwin L. Mechem |
Republican | November 30, 1962 – November 3, 1964 |
Self-appointed to continue Chavez's term. Lost election to finish Chavez's term. | ||||||||
88th Congress | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() Joseph Montoya |
Democratic | November 4, 1964 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1964 to finish Chavez's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 10 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | 11 | Re-elected in 1966. Retired. | ||||||||||
91st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election. |
11 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | 12 | Elected in 1972. | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 |
Republican | ![]() Pete Domenici |
6 | ||||||
94th Congress | ||||||||||||
9 | ![]() Harrison Schmitt |
Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 |
Elected in 1976. Lost re-election. |
12 | 95th Congress | ||||||
96th Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
97th Congress | ||||||||||||
10 | ![]() Jeff Bingaman |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected in 1982. | 13 | 98th Congress | ||||||
99th Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. | 14 | 101st Congress | ||||||||||
102nd Congress | 15 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 15 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 16 | 107th Congress | ||||||||||
108th Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 2002. Retired. | ||||||||||
109th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Retired. |
17 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | 18 | Elected in 2008. | January 3, 2009 – Present |
Democratic | ![]() Tom Udall |
7 | ||||||
112th Congress | ||||||||||||
11 | ![]() Martin Heinrich |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Elected in 2012. | 18 | 113th Congress | ||||||
114th Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 2014. | ||||||||||
115th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 19 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | 20 | 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 New Mexico
As of October 2016, there are three former Senators who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was Edwin L. Mechem of Class 1 (1962-1964) on November 27, 2002. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was Clinton Presba Anderson (1949-1973) on November 11, 1975. The most recently serving Class 1 senator to die was Joseph Montoya (1964-1977) on June 8, 1978.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Pete Domenici | 1973–2009 | 2 | May 7, 1932 |
Harrison Schmitt | 1977–1983 | 1 | July 3, 1935 |
Jeff Bingaman | 1983–2013 | 1 | October 3, 1943 |
See also
References
- ↑ Byrd, p. 145
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.