List of United States senators from Michigan

Current delegation

Debbie Stabenow (D)

Gary Peters (D)

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[]

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
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.						C	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.
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
1	Lucius Lyon	Democratic	January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839		1	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.		26th
						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
3	Lewis Cass	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848	Elected in 1844 or 1845. Resigned to run for president.		30th	3	Elected in 1847. Retired.	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853	Democratic	Alpheus Felch	3
Vacant			May 29, 1848 – June 8, 1848
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		Elected in 1858. Died.	March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861	Republican	Kinsley S. Bingham	5
									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		Elected in 1862 to finish Bingham's term.
						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
7	Isaac P. Christiancy	Republican	March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879	Elected in 1874. Resigned due to ill health.		45th	8	Re-elected in 1877. Lost re-election.
Vacant			February 10, 1879 – February 22, 1879
8	Zachariah Chandler	Republican	February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879	Elected in 1879 to finish Christiancy's term. Died.
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
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
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		Elected in 1918. Resigned.	March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922	Republican	Truman Handy Newberry	12
									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
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
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
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
To be determined in the 2024 election.					33	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)
Donald Riegle	1976–1995	(1938-02-04) February 4, 1938 (age 83)
Spencer Abraham	1995–2001	(1952-06-12) June 12, 1952 (age 69)

Superlatives[]

Longest service[]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
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)
Zachariah Chandler	February 22, 1879	November 1, 1879	Combined total: 18 years, 251 days (6,822 days)
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
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
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
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

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.

[1] Feerick, John; Freund, Paul (January 1, 1965). "From Failing Hands: the Story of Presidential Succession". Books.

[NYTall-2] "United States senators elected". The New York Times. January 21, 1903. p. 3.

[Tribune-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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