List of United States senators from Michigan
Appearance
Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current Senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.
List of Senators
Class 1Class 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. | C | Class 2Class 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 | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Lucius Lyon |
Jacksonian | January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839 |
Elected in 1837. Retired. |
1 | 24th | 1 | Elected in 1837. Retired. |
January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
Jacksonian | John Norvell |
1 |
Democratic | 25th | Democratic | ||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1839 – January 20, 1840 |
2 | 26th | |||||||||
2 | Augustus S. Porter |
Whig | January 20, 1840 – March 4, 1845 |
Elected late in 1840. Retired. | ||||||||
27th | 2 | Elected in 1841. Retired. |
March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1847 |
Whig | William Woodbridge |
2 | ||||||
28th | ||||||||||||
3 | Lewis Cass |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848 |
Elected in 1844 or 1845. Resigned to run for president. |
3 | 29th | ||||||
30th | 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 | |||||||
Re-elected in 1850 or 1851. Unknown if retired or lost re-election. |
4 | 32nd | ||||||||||
33rd | 4 | Elected in 1853. Retired. |
March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859 |
Democratic | Charles E. Stuart |
4 | ||||||
34th | ||||||||||||
6 | Zachariah Chandler |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1875 |
Elected in 1857. | 5 | 35th | ||||||
36th | 5 | Elected in 1858. Died. |
March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861 |
Republican | Kinsley S. Bingham |
5 | ||||||
37th | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
39th | 6 | Re-elected in 1865. Unknown if retired or lost re-election. | ||||||||||
40th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1869. Lost re-election. |
7 | 41st | ||||||||||
42nd | 7 | Elected in 1871. | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1883 |
Republican | Thomas W. Ferry |
7 | ||||||
43rd | ||||||||||||
7 | Isaac P. Christiancy |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879 |
Elected in 1874. Resigned due to ill health. |
8 | 44th | ||||||
45th | 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 | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||
48th | 9 | Election year unknown. Retired. |
March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889 |
Republican | Thomas W. Palmer |
8 | ||||||
49th | ||||||||||||
11 | Francis B. Stockbridge |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – April 30, 1894 |
Elected in 1887. | 10 | 50th | ||||||
51st | 10 | Elected in 1889. | March 4, 1889 – August 10, 1902 |
Republican | James McMillan |
9 | ||||||
52nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1893. Died. |
11 | 53rd | ||||||||||
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 | 11 | Re-elected in 1895. | ||||||||||
55th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. | 12 | 56th | ||||||||||
57th | 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 | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905. Lost renomination. |
13 | 59th | ||||||||||
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 | 13 | Elected in 1907. | ||||||||||
61st | ||||||||||||
14 | Charles E. Townsend |
Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923 |
Elected in 1910. | 14 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | 14 | Re-elected in 1913. Retired. | ||||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
15 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | 15 | Elected in 1918. Resigned when convicted of election "irregularities". |
March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922 |
Republican | Truman H. Newberry |
12 | ||||||
67th | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||
69th | 16 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
70th | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
72nd | 17 | Re-elected in 1930. Died. | ||||||||||
73rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. | 18 | 74th | ||||||||||
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 | 18 | Elected in 1936. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 19 | 77th | ||||||||||
78th | 19 | Elected in 1942. | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955 |
Republican | Homer S. Ferguson |
15 | ||||||
79th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. Died. |
20 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | 20 | Re-elected in 1948. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
82nd | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
84th | 21 | Elected in 1954. | January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1966 |
Democratic | Patrick V. McNamara |
16 | ||||||
85th | ||||||||||||
19 | Philip Hart |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – December 26, 1976 |
Elected in 1958. | 22 | 86th | ||||||
87th | 22 | Re-elected in 1960. Died. | ||||||||||
88th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 23 | 89th | ||||||||||
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 | 23 | Elected to full term in 1966 | ||||||||||
91st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Died, having already planned to retire. |
24 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | 24 | Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
94th | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
96th | 25 | Elected in 1978. | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015 |
Democratic | Carl Levin |
18 | ||||||
97th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 26 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | 26 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. Retired. |
27 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | 27 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd | ||||||||||||
21 | Spencer Abraham |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1994. Lost re-election. |
28 | 104th | ||||||
105th | 28 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th | ||||||||||||
22 | Debbie Stabenow |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – Present |
Elected in 2000. | 29 | 107th | ||||||
108th | 29 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
109th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. | 30 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | 30 | Re-elected in 2008. Retired. | ||||||||||
112th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 31 | 113th | ||||||||||
114th | 31 | Elected in 2014. | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Democratic | Gary Peters |
19 | ||||||
115th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 32 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 32 | To be determined in the 2020 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Michigan
As of October 2016[update], 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.