List of United States senators from Michigan
Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters. Carl Levin was Michigan's longest-serving senator (1979–2015). Four Michigan Senators have risen to the position of President Pro Tempore, and one (Thomas W. Ferry) served as President of the Senate from November 22, 1875 to March 4, 1877 (as acting Vice President of the United States).[1]
List of senators[]
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026. | ||||||||||
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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 1835 but not seated until January 26, 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio. Retired. |
1 | 24th | 1 | Elected in 1835 but not seated until January 26, 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio. 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.[2] 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 February 5, 1907 to finish Alger's term, having already been elected to the next term.[3] | February 9, 1907 – March 4, 1919 |
Republican | ![]() William A. Smith |
11 | ||||||||
60th | 13 | Elected January 15, 1907.[3] | ||||||||||
61st | ||||||||||||
14 | ![]() Charles E. Townsend |
Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923 |
Elected January 17, 1911. | 14 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | 14 | Re-elected January 14, 1913. Retired. | ||||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
15 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | 15 | Elected in 1918. Resigned. |
March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922 |
Republican | ![]() Truman Handy 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 Riegle |
Democratic | December 30, 1976 – January 3, 1995 |
Appointed early to finish Hart's term, having already been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected 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 | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 32 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 32 | Re-elected in 2020. | ||||||||||
118th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 33 | 119th | ||||||||||
120th | 33 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former senators[]
As of August 2021, there are two living former U.S. senators from Michigan. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Carl Levin (served 1979-2015) on July 29, 2021.
Senator | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Donald Riegle | 1976–1995 | February 4, 1938 |
Spencer Abraham | 1995–2001 | June 12, 1952 |
Superlatives[]
Longest service[]
Senator | First served | Last served | Length of service |
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Carl Levin | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 2015 | 36 years, 0 days (13,149 days) |
Arthur Vandenberg | March 31, 1928 | April 18, 1951 | 23 years, 18 days (8,418 days) |
Debbie Stabenow | January 3, 2001 | Present | 20 years, 237 days (7,542 days) |
Zachariah Chandler | March 4, 1857 | March 3, 1875 | Combined total: 18 years, 251 days (6,822 days) |
February 22, 1879 | November 1, 1879 | ||
Donald Riegle | December 30, 1976 | January 3, 1995 | 18 years, 4 days (6,578 days) |
Shortest service[]
Senator | First served | Last served | Length of service |
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John Patton Jr. | May 5, 1894 | January 14, 1895 | 8 months, 1 week and 2 days (254 days) |
Thomas Fitzgerald | June 8, 1848 | March 3, 1849 | 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (268 days) |
Henry P. Baldwin | November 17, 1879 | March 3, 1881 | 1 year, 3 months and 2 weeks (472 days) |
Blair Moody | April 23, 1951 | November 4, 1952 | 1 year, 6 months, 1 week and 5 days (561 days) |
Lucius Lyon | January 26, 1837 | March 3, 1839 | 2 years, 1 month and 5 days (766 days) |
Youngest at beginning of service[]
Senator | Date of birth | First served | Age |
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Charles E. Potter | October 30, 1916 | November 5, 1952 | 36 years and 6 days |
Lucius Lyon | February 26, 1800 | January 26, 1837 | 36 years and 11 months |
Donald Riegle | February 4, 1938 | December 30, 1976 | 38 years, 10 months and 26 days |
Augustus Seymour Porter | January 18, 1798 | January 20, 1840 | 42 years and 2 days |
Charles E. Stuart | November 25, 1810 | March 4, 1853 | 42 years, 3 months and 7 days |
Oldest at end of service[]
Senator | Date of birth | Last served | Age |
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Carl Levin | June 28, 1934 | January 3, 2015 | 80 years, 6 months and 6 days |
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris | January 6, 1853 | March 23, 1928 | 75 years, 2 months and 17 days |
Lewis Cass | October 9, 1782 | March 3, 1857 | 74 years, 4 months and 22 days |
Julius C. Burrows | January 9, 1837 | March 3, 1911 | 74 years, 1 month and 22 days |
Patrick V. McNamara | October 4, 1894 | April 30, 1966 | 71 years, 6 months and 26 days |
See also[]
- United States congressional delegations from Michigan
- List of United States representatives from Michigan
References[]
- ^ Feerick, John; Freund, Paul (January 1, 1965). "From Failing Hands: the Story of Presidential Succession". Books.
- ^ "United States senators elected". The New York Times. January 21, 1903. p. 3.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 259.
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