List of United States senators from Washington

Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889, and elects its United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current senators are Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell.

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.						C	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Vacant			November 11, 1889 – November 20, 1889	Washington elected its first senators after it was admitted to the Union.	1	51st	1	Washington elected its first senators after it was admitted to the Union.	November 11, 1889 – November 20, 1889	Vacant
1	John B. Allen	Republican	November 20, 1889 – March 4, 1893	Elected in 1889. Legislature failed to re-elect.				Elected in 1889.	November 20, 1889 – March 4, 1897	Republican	Watson C. Squire	1
						52nd	2	Re-elected in 1891. Lost re-election.
Vacant			March 4, 1893 – February 19, 1895	The legislature failed to elect a senator for the term beginning March 4, 1893. The governor appointed John Allen to serve until March 20, 1893, but the Senate rejected his credentials.	2	53rd
2	John L. Wilson	Republican	February 19, 1895 – March 4, 1899	Elected February 1, 1895 to finish the vacant term, but took his seat late. Lost renomination.
						54th
						55th	3	Elected in 1897. Retired.	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903	Democratic	George Turner	2
3	Addison G. Foster	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905	Elected February 1, 1899. Retired.	3	56th
						57th
						58th	4	Elected in 1902. Lost renomination.	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1909	Republican	Levi Ankeny	3
4	Samuel H. Piles	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	Elected in 1904. Retired.	4	59th
						60th
						61st	5	Elected in 1908	March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1932	Republican	Wesley L. Jones	4
5	Miles Poindexter	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	Elected in 1910	5	62nd
						63rd
						64th	6	Re-elected in 1914
				Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.	6	65th
						66th
						67th	7	Re-elected in 1920
6	Clarence C. Dill	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1922	7	68th
						69th
						70th	8	Re-elected in 1926. Died, having already lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1928. Retired.	8	71st
						72nd
									November 19, 1932 – November 22, 1932	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Jones's term. Retired.	November 22, 1932 – March 4, 1933	Republican	Elijah S. Grammer	5
						73rd	9	Elected in 1932	March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1944	Democratic	Homer T. Bone	6
7	Lewis B. Schwellenbach	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – December 16, 1940	Elected in 1934. Resigned.	9	74th
						75th
						76th	10	Re-elected in 1938. Resigned.
Vacant			December 16, 1940 – December 19, 1940
8	Monrad C. Wallgren	Democratic	December 19, 1940 – January 9, 1945	Appointed to finish Schwellenbach's term, having already been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1940. Resigned.	10	77th
						78th
									November 13, 1944 – December 14, 1944	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Bone's term, having already been elected to the next term.	December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	Warren G. Magnuson	7
						79th	11	Elected in 1944
9	Hugh B. Mitchell	Democratic	January 10, 1945 – December 25, 1946	Appointed to finish Wallgren's term. Lost election to next term and resigned early.
10	Harry P. Cain	Republican	December 26, 1946 – January 3, 1953	Appointed to finish Mitchell's term, having already been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.	11	80th
						81st
						82nd	12	Re-elected in 1950
11	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – September 1, 1983	Elected in 1952	12	83rd
						84th
						85th	13	Re-elected in 1956
				Re-elected in 1958	13	86th
						87th
						88th	14	Re-elected in 1962
				Re-elected in 1964	14	89th
						90th
						91st	15	Re-elected in 1968
				Re-elected in 1970	15	92nd
						93rd
						94th	16	Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1976	16	95th
						96th
						97th	17	Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican	Slade Gorton	8
				Re-elected in 1982. Died.	17	98th
Vacant			September 1, 1983 – September 8, 1983
12	Daniel J. Evans	Republican	September 8, 1983 – January 3, 1989	Appointed to continue Jackson's term. Elected to finish Jackson's term. Retired.
						99th
						100th	18	Elected in 1986. Retired.	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	Brock Adams	9
13	Slade Gorton	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001	Elected in 1988	18	101st
						102nd
						103rd	19	Elected in 1992	January 3, 1993 – Present	Democratic	Patty Murray	10
				Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	19	104th
						105th
						106th	20	Re-elected in 1998
14	Maria Cantwell	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – Present	Elected in 2000	20	107th
						108th
						109th	21	Re-elected in 2004
				Re-elected in 2006	21	110th
						111th
						112th	22	Re-elected in 2010
				Re-elected in 2012	22	113th
						114th
						115th	23	Re-elected in 2016.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					23	116th
						117th
						118th	24	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	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 Washington

As of October 2016, there are two living former Senators, both from Class 1 (although Gorton had also served in Class 3). The most recent senator to die was Brock Adams of Class 3 (1987-1993) on September 10, 2004. The most recent Class 1 senator to die was Hugh Mitchell (1945-1946) on June 10, 1996. The most recently serving Class 1 senator to die was Henry M. Jackson (1953-1983), who died in office on September 1, 1983.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Daniel J. Evans	1983–1989	1	(1925-10-16) October 16, 1925
Slade Gorton	1981–1987 1989–2001	1 3	(1928-01-08) January 8, 1928

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Washington
• United States congressional delegations from Washington