List of living former United States Senators
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This is a list of former United States Senators, who as of 2009[update] are still alive:
| State | Senator | Party | Date of birth | Term | Age (Years/Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Maryon Pittman Allen | Democratic | November 30, 1925 | 1978 | 84 years, 1 day |
| Alabama | Donald W. Stewart | Democratic | February 8, 1940 | 1978 – 1981 | 69 years, 296 days |
| Alabama | Jeremiah Denton | Republican | July 15, 1924 | 1981 – 1987 | 85 years, 139 days |
| Alaska | Mike Gravel | Democratic | May 13, 1930 | 1969 – 1981 | 79 years, 202 days |
| Alaska | Frank Murkowski | Republican | March 28, 1933 | 1981 – 2002 | 76 years, 248 days |
| Alaska | Ted Stevens | Republican | November 18, 1923 | 1968 – 2009 | 86 years, 13 days |
| Arizona | Dennis DeConcini | Democratic | May 8, 1937 | 1977 – 1995 | 72 years, 207 days |
| Arkansas | Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. | Democratic | August 30, 1938 | 1977 – 1979 | 71 years, 93 days |
| Arkansas | David Pryor | Democratic | August 29, 1934 | 1979 – 1997 | 75 years, 94 days |
| Arkansas | Tim Hutchinson | Republican | August 11, 1949 | 1997 – 2003 | 60 years, 112 days |
| Arkansas | Dale Bumpers | Democratic | August 12, 1925 | 1975 – 1999 | 84 years, 111 days |
| California | John V. Tunney | Democratic | June 26, 1934 | 1971 – 1977 | 75 years, 158 days |
| California | Pete Wilson | Republican | August 23, 1933 | 1983 – 1991 | 76 years, 100 days |
| California | John F. Seymour | Republican | December 3, 1937 | 1991 – 1992 | 71 years, 363 days |
| Colorado | Wayne Allard | Republican | December 2, 1943 | 1997 – 2009 | 65 years, 364 days |
| Colorado | William L. Armstrong | Republican | March 16, 1937 | 1979 – 1991 | 72 years, 260 days |
| Colorado | Hank Brown | Republican | February 12, 1940 | 1991 – 1997 | 69 years, 292 days |
| Colorado | Gary Hart | Democratic | November 28, 1936 | 1975 – 1987 | 73 years, 3 days |
| Colorado | Tim Wirth | Democratic | September 22, 1939 | 1987 – 1993 | 70 years, 70 days |
| Colorado | Ben Nighthorse Campbell | Democratic, Republican | April 13, 1933 | 1993 – 2005 | 76 years, 232 days |
| Colorado | Ken Salazar | Democratic, | March 2, 1955 | 2005 – 2009 | 54 years, 274 days |
| Connecticut | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. | Republican | May 16, 1931 | 1971 – 1989 | 78 years, 199 days |
| Delaware | Joe Biden | Democratic | November 20, 1942 | 1973 – 2009 | 67 years, 11 days |
| Florida | Connie Mack III | Republican | October 29, 1940 | 1989 – 2001 | 69 years, 33 days |
| Florida | Richard Stone | Democratic | September 22, 1928 | 1975 – 1981 | 81 years, 70 days |
| Florida | Paula Hawkins | Republican | January 24, 1927 | 1981 – 1987 | 82 years, 311 days |
| Florida | Bob Graham | Democratic | November 9, 1936 | 1987 – 2005 | 73 years, 22 days |
| Georgia | David H. Gambrell | Democratic | December 20, 1929 | 1971 – 1972 | 79 years, 346 days |
| Georgia | Sam Nunn | Democratic | September 8, 1938 | 1972 – 1997 | 71 years, 84 days |
| Georgia | Max Cleland | Democratic | August 24, 1942 | 1997 – 2003 | 67 years, 99 days |
| Georgia | Mack Mattingly | Republican | January 7, 1931 | 1981 – 1987 | 78 years, 328 days |
| Georgia | Wyche Fowler | Democratic | October 6, 1940 | 1987 – 1993 | 69 years, 56 days |
| Georgia | Zell Miller | Democratic | February 24, 1932 | 2000 – 2005 | 77 years, 280 days |
| Idaho | Larry Craig | Republican | July 20, 1945 | 1991 – 2009 | 64 years, 134 days |
| Idaho | James A. McClure | Republican | December 27, 1924 | 1973 – 1991 | 84 years, 339 days |
| Idaho | Steve Symms | Republican | April 23, 1938 | 1981 – 1993 | 71 years, 222 days |
| Idaho | Dirk Kempthorne | Republican | October 29, 1951 | 1993 – 1999 | 58 years, 33 days |
| Illinois | Charles H. Percy | Republican | September 27, 1919 | 1967 – 1985 | 90 years, 65 days |
| Illinois | Adlai Stevenson III | Democratic | October 10, 1930 | 1970 – 1981 | 79 years, 52 days |
| Illinois | Alan J. Dixon | Democratic | July 7, 1927 | 1981 – 1993 | 82 years, 147 days |
| Illinois | Carol Moseley-Braun | Democratic | August 16, 1947 | 1993 – 1999 | 62 years, 107 days |
| Illinois | Peter G. Fitzgerald | Republican | October 20, 1960 | 1999 – 2005 | 49 years, 42 days |
| Illinois | Barack Obama | Democratic | August 4, 1961 | 2005 – 2008 | 48 years, 119 days |
| Indiana | Birch Bayh | Democratic | January 22, 1928 | 1963 – 1981 | 81 years, 313 days |
| Indiana | Dan Quayle | Republican | February 4, 1947 | 1981 – 1989 | 62 years, 300 days |
| Indiana | Dan Coats | Republican | May 16, 1943 | 1989 – 1999 | 66 years, 199 days |
| Iowa | Dick Clark | Democratic | September 14, 1928 | 1973 – 1979 | 81 years, 78 days |
| Iowa | Roger Jepsen | Republican | December 23, 1928 | 1979 – 1985 | 80 years, 343 days |
| Iowa | John Culver | Democratic | August 8, 1932 | 1975 – 1981 | 77 years, 115 days |
| Kansas | Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Republican | July 29, 1932 | 1978 – 1997 | 77 years, 125 days |
| Kansas | Bob Dole | Republican | July 22, 1923 | 1969 – 1996 | 86 years, 132 days |
| Kansas | Sheila Frahm | Republican | March 22, 1945 | 1996 | 64 years, 254 days |
| Kentucky | Walter Huddleston | Democratic | April 15, 1926 | 1973 – 1985 | 83 years, 230 days |
| Kentucky | Marlow Cook | Republican | July 27, 1926 | 1968 – 1974 | 83 years, 127 days |
| Kentucky | Wendell H. Ford | Democratic | September 8, 1924 | 1974 – 1999 | 85 years, 84 days |
| Louisiana | Elaine Edwards | Democratic | March 8, 1929 | 1972 | 80 years, 268 days |
| Louisiana | Bennett Johnston Jr. | Democratic | June 30, 1932 | 1972 – 1997 | 77 years, 154 days |
| Louisiana | John Breaux | Democratic | March 1, 1944 | 1987 – 2005 | 65 years, 275 days |
| Maine | George J. Mitchell | Democratic | August 20, 1933 | 1980 – 1995 | 76 years, 103 days |
| Maine | William Hathaway | Democratic | February 21, 1924 | 1973 – 1979 | 85 years, 283 days |
| Maine | William Cohen | Republican | August 28, 1940 | 1979 – 1997 | 69 years, 95 days |
| Maryland | Joseph Tydings | Democratic | May 4, 1928 | 1965 – 1971 | 81 years, 211 days |
| Maryland | Paul Sarbanes | Democratic | February 3, 1933 | 1977 – 2007 | 76 years, 301 days |
| Maryland | Charles Mathias, Jr. | Republican | July 24, 1922 | 1969 – 1987 | 87 years, 130 days |
| Massachusetts | Edward Brooke | Republican | October 26, 1919 | 1967 – 1979 | 90 years, 36 days |
| Michigan | Donald W. Riegle, Jr. | Democratic | February 4, 1938 | 1976 – 1995 | 71 years, 300 days |
| Michigan | Spencer Abraham | Republican | June 12, 1952 | 1995 – 2001 | 57 years, 172 days |
| Michigan | Robert P. Griffin | Republican | November 6, 1923 | 1966 – 1979 | 86 years, 25 days |
| Minnesota | Norm Coleman | Republican | August 17, 1949 | 2003 – 2009 | 60 years, 106 days |
| Minnesota | David Durenberger | Republican | August 19, 1934 | 1978 – 1995 | 75 years, 104 days |
| Minnesota | Rod Grams | Republican | February 4, 1948 | 1995 – 2001 | 61 years, 300 days |
| Minnesota | Mark Dayton | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | January 26, 1947 | 2001 – 2007 | 62 years, 309 days |
| Minnesota | Walter Mondale | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | January 5, 1928 | 1964 – 1977 | 81 years, 330 days |
| Minnesota | Wendell Anderson | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | February 1, 1933 | 1977 – 1978 | 76 years, 303 days |
| Minnesota | Rudy Boschwitz | Republican | November 7, 1930 | 1978 – 1991 | 79 years, 24 days |
| Minnesota | Dean Barkley | Independence | August 31, 1950 | 2002 – 2003 | 59 years, 92 days |
| Mississippi | Trent Lott | Republican | October 9, 1941 | 1989 – 2007 | 68 years, 53 days |
| Missouri | John C. Danforth | Republican | September 5, 1936 | 1976 – 1995 | 73 years, 87 days |
| Missouri | John Ashcroft | Republican | May 9, 1942 | 1995 – 2001 | 67 years, 206 days |
| Missouri | Jean Carnahan | Democratic | December 30, 1933 | 2001 – 2002 | 75 years, 336 days |
| Missouri | Jim Talent | Republican | October 18, 1956 | 2002 – 2007 | 53 years, 44 days |
| Montana | John Melcher | Democratic | September 6, 1924 | 1977 – 1989 | 85 years, 86 days |
| Montana | Conrad Burns | Republican | January 25, 1935 | 1989 – 2007 | 74 years, 310 days |
| Nebraska | Chuck Hagel | Republican | October 4, 1946 | 1997 – 2009 | 63 years, 56 days |
| Nebraska | David K. Karnes | Republican | December 12, 1948 | 1987 – 1989 | 60 years, 354 days |
| Nebraska | Bob Kerrey | Democratic | August 27, 1943 | 1989 – 2001 | 66 years, 96 days |
| Nevada | Richard Bryan | Democratic | July 16, 1937 | 1981 – 2001 | 72 years, 138 days |
| Nevada | Paul Laxalt | Republican | August 2, 1922 | 1974 – 1987 | 87 years, 121 days |
| New Hampshire | Gordon J. Humphrey | Republican | October 9, 1940 | 1979 – 1990 | 69 years, 53 days |
| New Hampshire | John A. Durkin | Democratic | March 29, 1936 | 1975 – 1981 | 73 years, 247 days |
| New Hampshire | Warren Rudman | Republican | May 18, 1930 | 1981 – 1993 | 79 years, 197 days |
| New Hampshire | Robert C. Smith | Republican | March 30, 1941 | 1990 – 2003 | 68 years, 246 days |
| New Hampshire | John E. Sununu | Republican | September 6, 1964 | 2003 – 2009 | 45 years, 86 days |
| New Jersey | Nicholas F. Brady | Republican | April 11, 1930 | 1982 | 79 years, 234 days |
| New Jersey | Jon Corzine | Democratic | January 1, 1947 | 2001 – 2006 | 62 years, 334 days |
| New Jersey | Bill Bradley | Democratic | July 28, 1943 | 1979 – 1997 | 66 years, 126 days |
| New Jersey | Robert Torricelli | Democratic | August 27, 1951 | 1997 – 2003 | 58 years, 96 days |
| New Mexico | Pete Domenici | Republican | May 7, 1932 | 1973 – 2009 | 77 years, 208 days |
| New Mexico | Harrison Schmitt | Republican | July 3, 1935 | 1977 – 1983 | 74 years, 151 days |
| New York | James L. Buckley | Conservative | March 9, 1923 | 1971 – 1977 | 86 years, 267 days |
| New York | Al D'Amato | Republican | August 1, 1937 | 1981 – 1999 | 72 years, 122 days |
| New York | Hillary Clinton | Democratic | October 26, 1947 | 2001 – 2009 | 62 years, 36 days |
| North Carolina | Robert B. Morgan | Democratic | October 5, 1925 | 1975 – 1981 | 84 years, 57 days |
| North Carolina | Jim Broyhill | Republican | August 19, 1927 | 1986 | 82 years, 104 days |
| North Carolina | Elizabeth Dole | Republican | July 29, 1936 | 2003 – 2009 | 73 years, 125 days |
| North Carolina | Lauch Faircloth | Republican | January 14, 1928 | 1993 – 1999 | 81 years, 321 days |
| North Carolina | John Edwards | Democratic | June 10, 1953 | 1999 – 2005 | 56 years, 174 days |
| North Dakota | Jocelyn Burdick | Democratic | February 6, 1922 | 1992 | 87 years, 298 days |
| North Dakota | Mark Andrews | Republican | May 19, 1926 | 1981 – 1987 | 83 years, 196 days |
| Ohio | Mike DeWine | Republican | January 5, 1947 | 1995 – 2007 | 62 years, 330 days |
| Ohio | William B. Saxbe | Republican | June 24, 1916 | 1969 – 1974 | 93 years, 160 days |
| Ohio | John Glenn | Democratic | July 18, 1921 | 1974 – 1999 | 88 years, 136 days |
| Oklahoma | Fred R. Harris | Democratic | November 13, 1930 | 1964 – 1973 | 79 years, 18 days |
| Oklahoma | David L. Boren | Democratic | April 21, 1941 | 1979 – 1994 | 68 years, 224 days |
| Oklahoma | Don Nickles | Republican | December 6, 1948 | 1981 – 2005 | 60 years, 360 days |
| Oregon | Mark Hatfield | Republican | July 12, 1922 | 1967 – 1997 | 87 years, 142 days |
| Oregon | Bob Packwood | Republican | September 11, 1932 | 1969 – 1995 | 77 years, 81 days |
| Oregon | Gordon Smith | Republican | May 25, 1952 | 1997 – 2009 | 57 years, 190 days |
| Pennsylvania | Harris Wofford | Democratic | April 9, 1926 | 1991 – 1995 | 83 years, 236 days |
| Pennsylvania | Rick Santorum | Republican | May 10, 1958 | 1995 – 2007 | 51 years, 205 days |
| Pennsylvania | Richard S. Schweiker | Republican | June 1, 1926 | 1965 – 1981 | 83 years, 183 days |
| Rhode Island | Lincoln Chafee | Republican | March 26, 1953 | 1999 – 2007 | 56 years, 250 days |
| South Carolina | Ernest Hollings | Democratic | January 1, 1922 | 1966 – 2005 | 87 years, 334 days |
| South Dakota | James Abourezk | Democratic | February 24, 1931 | 1973 – 1979 | 78 years, 280 days |
| South Dakota | Larry Pressler | Republican | March 29, 1942 | 1979 – 1997 | 67 years, 247 days |
| South Dakota | George McGovern | Democratic | July 19, 1922 | 1963 – 1981 | 87 years, 135 days |
| South Dakota | James Abdnor | Republican | February 13, 1923 | 1981 – 1987 | 86 years, 291 days |
| South Dakota | Tom Daschle | Democratic | December 9, 1947 | 1987 – 2005 | 61 years, 357 days |
| Tennessee | Bill Brock | Republican | November 23, 1930 | 1971 – 1977 | 79 years, 8 days |
| Tennessee | Jim Sasser | Democratic | September 30, 1936 | 1977 – 1995 | 73 years, 62 days |
| Tennessee | Bill Frist | Republican | February 22, 1952 | 1995 – 2007 | 57 years, 282 days |
| Tennessee | Howard Baker | Republican | November 15, 1925 | 1967 – 1985 | 84 years, 16 days |
| Tennessee | Al Gore | Democratic | March 31, 1948 | 1985 – 1993 | 61 years, 245 days |
| Tennessee | Harlan Mathews | Democratic | January 17, 1927 | 1993 – 1994 | 82 years, 318 days |
| Tennessee | Fred Thompson | Republican | August 19, 1942 | 1994 – 2003 | 67 years, 104 days |
| Texas | Bob Krueger | Democratic | September 19, 1935 | 1993 | 74 years, 73 days |
| Texas | Phil Gramm | Republican | July 8, 1942 | 1985 – 2003 | 67 years, 146 days |
| Utah | Jake Garn | Republican | October 12, 1932 | 1974 – 1993 | 77 years, 50 days |
| Vermont | Jim Jeffords | Republican, Independent | May 11, 1934 | 1989 – 2007 | 75 years, 204 days |
| Virginia | George Felix Allen | Republican | March 8, 1952 | 2001 – 2007 | 57 years, 268 days |
| Virginia | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | Democratic, Independent | December 20, 1914 | 1965 – 1983 | 94 years, 346 days |
| Virginia | Paul S. Trible, Jr. | Republican | December 29, 1946 | 1983 – 1989 | 62 years, 337 days |
| Virginia | Chuck Robb | Democratic | June 26, 1939 | 1989 – 2001 | 70 years, 158 days |
| Virginia | John Warner | Republican | February 18, 1927 | 1979 – 2009 | 82 years, 286 days |
| Washington | Daniel J. Evans | Republican | October 16, 1925 | 1983 – 1989 | 84 years, 46 days |
| Washington | Slade Gorton | Republican | January 8, 1928 | 1981 – 1987, 1989 – 2001 |
81 years, 327 days |
| Wisconsin | Bob Kasten | Republican | June 19, 1942 | 1981 – 1993 | 67 years, 165 days |
| Wyoming | Malcolm Wallop | Republican | February 27, 1933 | 1977 – 1995 | 76 years, 277 days |
| Wyoming | Alan K. Simpson | Republican | September 2, 1931 | 1979 – 1997 | 78 years, 90 days |
[edit] See also
- List of current United States Senators by age
- List of former United States Senators
- Classes of United States Senators
- List of current United States Senators by seniority