List of United States Senators from Michigan
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Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current Senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.
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. |
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Class 2 Class 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 | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
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Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | ![]() Lucius Lyon |
Jacksonian | January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839 |
Elected in 1837. Retired. |
1 | 24th Congress | 1 | Elected in 1837. Retired. |
January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
Jacksonian | ![]() John Norvell |
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Democratic | 25th Congress | Democratic | ||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1839 – January 20, 1840 |
2 | 26th Congress | |||||||||
2 | ![]() Augustus S. Porter |
Whig | January 20, 1840 – March 4, 1845 |
Elected late in 1840. Retired. |
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27th Congress | 2 | Elected in 1841. Retired. |
March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1847 |
Whig | ![]() William Woodbridge |
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28th Congress | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() Lewis Cass |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848 |
Elected in 1844 or 1845. Resigned to run for president. |
3 | 29th Congress | ||||||
30th Congress | 3 | Elected in 1847. Retired. |
March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853 |
Democratic | ![]() Alpheus Felch |
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Vacant | May 29, 1848 – June 8, 1848 |
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4 | 100px 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 to finish his own term. | 31st Congress | |||||||
Re-elected in 1850 or 1851. Unknown if retired or lost re-election. |
4 | 32nd Congress | ||||||||||
33rd Congress | 4 | Elected in 1853. Retired. |
March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859 |
Democratic | ![]() Charles E. Stuart |
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34th Congress | ||||||||||||
6 | 100px Zachariah Chandler |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1875 |
Elected in 1857. | 5 | 35th Congress | ||||||
36th Congress | 5 | Elected in 1858. Died. |
March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861 |
Republican | ![]() Kinsley S. Bingham |
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37th Congress | ||||||||||||
October 5, 1861 – January 17, 1862 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Bingham's term. | January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1871 |
Republican | ![]() Jacob M. Howard |
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Re-elected in 1863. | 6 | 38th Congress | ||||||||||
39th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1865. Unknown if retired or lost re-election. |
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40th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1869. Lost re-election. |
7 | 41st Congress | ||||||||||
42nd Congress | 7 | Elected in 1871. | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1883 |
Republican | ![]() Thomas W. Ferry |
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43rd Congress | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() Isaac P. Christiancy |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879 |
Elected in 1874. Resigned due to ill health. |
8 | 44th Congress | ||||||
45th Congress | 8 | Re-elected in 1877. Lost re-election. |
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Vacant | February 10, 1879 – February 22, 1879 |
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8 | 100px Zachariah Chandler |
Republican | February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879 |
Elected to finish Christiancy's term. Died. |
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46th Congress | ||||||||||||
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. |
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10 | ![]() Omar D. Conger |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887 |
Elected in 1880. Lost renomination. |
9 | 47th Congress | ||||||
48th Congress | 9 | Elected in 1883. Retired. |
March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889 |
Republican | ![]() Thomas W. Palmer |
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49th Congress | ||||||||||||
11 | ![]() Francis B. Stockbridge |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – April 30, 1894 |
Elected in 1887. | 10 | 50th Congress | ||||||
51st Congress | 10 | Elected in 1889. | March 4, 1889 – August 10, 1902 |
Republican | ![]() James McMillan |
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52nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1893. Died. |
11 | 53rd Congress | ||||||||||
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. |
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13 | 100px Julius C. Burrows |
Republican | January 24, 1895 – March 4, 1911 |
Elected to finish Stockbridge's term. | ||||||||
54th Congress | 11 | Re-elected in 1895. | ||||||||||
55th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. | 12 | 56th Congress | ||||||||||
57th Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1901. Died. |
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August 10, 1902 – September 27, 1902 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue McMillan's term. Elected December 7, 1902 to finish McMillan's term. Died. |
September 27, 1902 – January 24, 1907 |
Republican | ![]() Russell A. Alger |
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58th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905. Lost renomination. |
13 | 59th Congress | ||||||||||
January 24, 1907 – February 9, 1907 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Alger's term. | February 9, 1907 – March 4, 1919 |
Republican | 100px William A. Smith |
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60th Congress | 13 | Elected in 1907. | ||||||||||
61st Congress | ||||||||||||
14 | ![]() Charles E. Townsend |
Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923 |
Elected in 1910. | 14 | 62nd Congress | ||||||
63rd Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1913. Retired. |
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64th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
15 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
66th Congress | 15 | Elected in 1918. Resigned when convicted of election "irregularities". |
March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922 |
Republican | ![]() Truman H. Newberry |
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67th Congress | ||||||||||||
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 |
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15 | 100px Woodbridge N. Ferris |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 23, 1928 |
Elected in 1922. Died. |
16 | 68th Congress | ||||||
69th Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
70th Congress | ||||||||||||
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. |
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Elected in 1928. | 17 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 1930. Died. |
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73rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. | 18 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
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 Congress | 18 | Elected in 1936. Lost re-election. |
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76th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 19 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
78th Congress | 19 | Elected in 1942. | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955 |
Republican | ![]() Homer S. Ferguson |
15 | ||||||
79th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. Died. |
20 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1948. Lost re-election. |
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82nd Congress | ||||||||||||
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. |
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18 | ![]() Charles E. Potter |
Republican | November 5, 1952 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected to finish Vandenberg's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
21 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
84th Congress | 21 | Elected in 1954. | January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1966 |
Democratic | ![]() Patrick V. McNamara |
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85th Congress | ||||||||||||
19 | ![]() Philip Hart |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – December 26, 1976 |
Elected in 1958. | 22 | 86th Congress | ||||||
87th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 1960. Died. |
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88th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 23 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
April 30, 1966 – May 11, 1966 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish McNamara's term. | May 11, 1966 – January 3, 1979 |
Republican | ![]() Robert P. Griffin |
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90th Congress | 23 | Elected to full term in 1966 | ||||||||||
91st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Died, having already planned to retire. |
24 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election. |
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94th Congress | ||||||||||||
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 Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | 25 | Elected in 1978. | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015 |
Democratic | ![]() Carl Levin |
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97th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 26 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | 26 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. Retired. |
27 | 101st Congress | ||||||||||
102nd Congress | 27 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | ||||||||||||
21 | 100px Spencer Abraham |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1994. Lost re-election. |
28 | 104th Congress | ||||||
105th Congress | 28 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th Congress | ||||||||||||
22 | 100px Debbie Stabenow |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – Present |
Elected in 2000. | 29 | 107th Congress | ||||||
108th Congress | 29 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
109th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. | 30 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | 30 | Re-elected in 2008. Retired. |
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112th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 31 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
114th Congress | 31 | Elected in 2014. | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Democratic | ![]() Gary Peters |
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115th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 32 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | 32 | To be determined in the 2020 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
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Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Michigan
As of December 2015[update], there are three former U.S. Senators from Michigan who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2.
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 |