List of United States senators from Utah
Appearance
Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee.
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 3Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | ![]() Frank J. Cannon |
Republican |
January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1899 |
Elected in 1896. | 1 | 54th | 1 | Elected in 1896. Retired. |
January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1897 |
Republican | ![]() Arthur Brown |
1 |
Silver Republican |
55th | 2 | Elected in 1897. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
Democratic | ![]() Joseph L. Rawlins |
2 | |||||
Vacant | March 4, 1899 – January 23, 1901 |
Legislature was unable to agree on an appointee; Cannon and Alfred W. McCune were the frontrunners.[1] |
2 | 56th | ||||||||
2 | ![]() Thomas Kearns |
Republican | January 23, 1901 – March 3, 1905 |
Elected late in 1901. Retired. | ||||||||
57th | ||||||||||||
58th | 3 | Elected in 1903. | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1933 |
Republican | ![]() Reed Smoot |
3 | ||||||
3 | ![]() George Sutherland |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1917 |
Elected in 1905. | 3 | 59th | ||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
61st | 4 | Re-elected in 1909. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1911. Lost re-election. |
4 | 62nd | ||||||||||
63rd | ||||||||||||
64th | 5 | Re-elected in 1914. | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() William H. King |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1916. | 5 | 65th | ||||||
66th | ||||||||||||
67th | 6 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. | 6 | 68th | ||||||||||
69th | ||||||||||||
70th | 7 | Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 7 | 71st | ||||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||
73rd | 8 | Elected in 1932. | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951 |
Democratic | ![]() Elbert D. Thomas |
4 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Lost renomination. |
8 | 74th | ||||||||||
75th | ||||||||||||
76th | 9 | Re-elected in 1938. | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() Abe Murdock |
Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected in 1940. Lost re-election. |
9 | 77th | ||||||
78th | ||||||||||||
79th | 10 | Re-elected in 1944. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
6 | ![]() Arthur V. Watkins |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1946. | 10 | 80th | ||||||
81st | ||||||||||||
82nd | 11 | Elected in 1950. | January 3, 1951 – December 20, 1974 |
Republican | ![]() Wallace F. Bennett |
5 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
11 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||
85th | 12 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
7 | ![]() Frank E. Moss |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1958. | 12 | 86th | ||||||
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 13 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 13 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 14 | Re-elected in 1968. Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election. |
14 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Bennett's term, having already been elected to the next term | December 21, 1974 – January 3, 1993 |
Republican | ![]() Jake Garn |
6 | ||||||||
94th | 15 | Elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
8 | File:Orrin Hatch, Official Photograph.jpg Orrin Hatch |
Republican | January 3, 1977 – Present |
Elected in 1976. | 15 | 95th | ||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 16 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 16 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 17 | Re-elected in 1986. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. | 17 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 18 | Elected in 1992. | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
Republican | ![]() Bob Bennett |
7 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 18 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 19 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 19 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 20 | Re-elected in 2004. Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. | 20 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 21 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Republican | ![]() Mike Lee |
8 | ||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 21 | 113th | ||||||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 22 | To be determined in the 2016 election. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 22 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Utah
As of May 2016[update], there is one living former Senator from Class 3.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Jake Garn | 1974–1993 | 3 | October 12, 1932 |
References
- ^ "Utah Fails to Elect Senator". Boston Evening Transcript. March 10, 1899. Retrieved April 30, 2010.