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Lucius Lyon , , Jacksonian , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 26, 1837 –
Mar 3, 1839 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1835 but not seated until 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio.Retired. , rowspan=2 , 1 , , rowspan=4 , 1 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1835 but not seated until 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio.Retired. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jan 26, 1837 –
Mar 3, 1841 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Jan 20, 1840 , , rowspan=4 , 2 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Mar 3, 1845 , rowspan=3 , Elected late in 1840.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1841.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1841 –
Mar 3, 1847 , rowspan=3 , Whig , rowspan=3 align=right ,
William Woodbridge ! rowspan=3 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 3 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Lewis Cass , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1845 –
May 29, 1848 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1844 or 1845.Resigned to run for president. , rowspan=5 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 3 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1847.Retired. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1847 –
Mar 3, 1853 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Jun 8, 1848 , , - style="height:2em" ! 4 , align=left ,
Thomas Fitzgerald , , Democratic , nowrap , Jun 8, 1848 –
Mar 3, 1849 , Appointed to continue Cass's term. , - style="height:2em" , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 5 , rowspan=4 align=left nowrap ,
Lewis Cass , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1849 –
Mar 3, 1857 , Elected in 1849 to finish his own term. , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1850 or 1851.Retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1853.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1853 –
Mar 3, 1859 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Charles E. Stuart ! rowspan=3 , 4 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 6 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Zachariah Chandler , rowspan=11 ,
Mar 3, 1875 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1857. , rowspan=5 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 5 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1858.Died. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1859 –
Oct 5, 1861 , rowspan=2 ,
Kinsley S. Bingham ! rowspan=2 , 5 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 5, 1861 –
Jan 17, 1862 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1862 to finish Bingham's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 17, 1862 –
Mar 3, 1871 , rowspan=5 ,
Jacob M. Howard ! rowspan=5 , 6 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1863. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1865.Retired or lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1869.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 7 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1871. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 –
Mar 3, 1883 , rowspan=10 ,
Thomas W. Ferry ! rowspan=10 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 7 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Isaac P. Christiancy , rowspan=2 ,
Feb 10, 1879 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1874.Resigned due to ill health. , rowspan=7 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 8 , rowspan=7 , Re-elected in 1877.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Feb 10, 1879 –
Feb 22, 1879 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 8 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Zachariah Chandler , rowspan=2 ,
Nov 1, 1879 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1879 to finish Christiancy's term.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 1, 1879 –
Nov 17, 1879 , , - style="height:2em" ! 9 , align=left ,
Henry P. Baldwin , ,
Mar 3, 1881 , Appointed to continue Chandler's term. Elected in 1881 to finish Chandler's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 10 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Mar 3, 1887 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1881.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Election year unknown.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1883 –
Mar 3, 1889 , rowspan=3 ,
Thomas W. Palmer ! rowspan=3 , 8 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 11 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Francis B. Stockbridge , rowspan=4 ,
Apr 30, 1894 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1887. , rowspan=3 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 10 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1889. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Mar 4, 1889 –
Aug 10, 1902 , rowspan=10 ,
May 5, 1894 , , - style="height:2em" ! 12 , align=left ,
John Patton Jr. , ,
Jan 24, 1895 , Appointed to continue Stockbridge's term.Lost election to finish term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 13 , rowspan=13 align=left ,
Julius C. Burrows , rowspan=13 ,
Mar 3, 1911 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1895 to finish Stockbridge's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1895. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1899. , rowspan=5 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 12 , Re-elected in 1901.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Aug 10, 1902 –
Sep 27, 1902 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue McMillan's term. Elected in 1903 to finish McMillan's term.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Sep 27, 1902 –
Jan 24, 1907 , rowspan=3 ,
Russell A. Alger ! rowspan=3 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1905.Lost renomination. , rowspan=5 , 13 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jan 24, 1907 –
Feb 9, 1907 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected in 1907 to finish Alger's term, having already been elected to the next term. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Feb 9, 1907 –
Mar 3, 1919 , rowspan=7 ,
William A. Smith ! rowspan=7 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1907. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 14 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
Charles E. Townsend , rowspan=8 ,
Mar 3, 1923 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1911. , rowspan=3 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1913.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1916.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 15 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1918.Resigned. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1919 –
Nov 18, 1922 , rowspan=2 ,
Truman H. Newberry ! rowspan=2 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 18, 1922 –
Nov 29, 1922 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Newberry's term. Elected in 1924 to finish Newberry's term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Nov 29, 1922 –
Oct 22, 1936 , rowspan=10 ,
James J. Couzens ! rowspan=10 , 13 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Woodbridge N. Ferris , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1923 –
Mar 23, 1928 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1922.Died. , rowspan=5 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 16 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1924. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 23, 1928 –
Mar 31, 1928 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 , 16 , rowspan=15 align=left ,
Apr 18, 1951 , Appointed to continue Ferris's term. Elected in 1928 to finish Ferris's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1928. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1930.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1934. , rowspan=5 , 18 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 22, 1936 –
Nov 19, 1936 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish Couzens's term, having already been elected to the next term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Nov 19, 1936 –
Jan 3, 1943 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Prentiss M. Brown ! rowspan=4 , 14 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1936.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1940. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1942. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1943 –
Jan 3, 1955 , rowspan=9 ,
Homer S. Ferguson ! rowspan=9 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1946.Died. , rowspan=6 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 20 , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1948.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 18, 1951 –
Apr 23, 1951 , , - style="height:2em" ! 17 , align=left ,
Blair Moody , , Democratic , nowrap , Apr 23, 1951 –
Nov 4, 1952 , Appointed to continue Vandenberg's term.Lost election to finish term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 18 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Charles E. Potter , rowspan=4 ,
Jan 3, 1959 , Elected in 1952 to finish Vandenberg's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1952.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 21 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1954. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1955 –
Apr 30, 1966 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Patrick V. McNamara ! rowspan=6 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 19 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Dec 26, 1976 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1958. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1964. , rowspan=5 , 23 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Apr 30, 1966 –
May 11, 1966 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish McNamara's term. , rowspan=9 nowrap , May 11, 1966 –
Jan 3, 1979 , rowspan=9 ,
Robert P. Griffin ! rowspan=9 , 17 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1966 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1970.Died, having already planned to retire. , rowspan=5 , 24 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 24 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1972.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 26, 1976 –
Dec 30, 1976 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 20 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
Donald Riegle , rowspan=10 , Democratic , rowspan=10 nowrap , Dec 30, 1976 –
Jan 3, 1995 , Appointed early to finish Hart's term, having already been elected to the next term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1976 , rowspan=3 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1978. , rowspan=18 nowrap , Jan 3, 1979 –
Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=18 , Democratic , rowspan=18 align=right ,
Carl Levin ! rowspan=18 , 18 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1984. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1988.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Jan 3, 2001 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1994.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1996. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 , 22 , rowspan=12 align=left ,
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2000. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2002. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2006. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2008.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2012. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2014. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2015 –
Present , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Michigan
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was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow
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and Gary Peters
Gary Charles Peters Sr. (born December 1, 1958) is an American lawyer, politician, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Michigan since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representa ...
. 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 3, 1877 (as acting Vice President of the United States
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).
List of senators
, - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 align=left ,Lucius Lyon , , Jacksonian , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 26, 1837 –
Mar 3, 1839 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1835 but not seated until 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio.Retired. , rowspan=2 , 1 , , rowspan=4 , 1 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1835 but not seated until 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio.Retired. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jan 26, 1837 –
Mar 3, 1841 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=4 align=right ,
John Norvell
John Norvell (December 21, 1789April 24, 1850) was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan.
History
Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools.
He is t ...
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, rowspan=3 , Democratic
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Mar 4, 1839 –Jan 20, 1840 , , rowspan=4 , 2 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Augustus Porter
Augustus S. Porter (January 18, 1769 – June 10, 1849) was an American businessman, judge, farmer, and politician who served as an Assemblyman for the state of New York.
Early life
Augustus Porter was born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conne ...
, rowspan=3 , Whig
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 20, 1840 –Mar 3, 1845 , rowspan=3 , Elected late in 1840.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1841.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1841 –
Mar 3, 1847 , rowspan=3 , Whig , rowspan=3 align=right ,
William Woodbridge ! rowspan=3 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 3 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Lewis Cass , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1845 –
May 29, 1848 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1844 or 1845.Resigned to run for president. , rowspan=5 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 3 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1847.Retired. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1847 –
Mar 3, 1853 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Alpheus Felch
Alpheus Felch (September 28, 1804June 13, 1896) was the fifth governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from Michigan.
Early life
Felch was born in Limerick (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts). He was left an orphan at the age of th ...
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , May 29, 1848 –Jun 8, 1848 , , - style="height:2em" ! 4 , align=left ,
Thomas Fitzgerald , , Democratic , nowrap , Jun 8, 1848 –
Mar 3, 1849 , Appointed to continue Cass's term. , - style="height:2em" , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 5 , rowspan=4 align=left nowrap ,
Lewis Cass , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1849 –
Mar 3, 1857 , Elected in 1849 to finish his own term. , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1850 or 1851.Retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1853.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1853 –
Mar 3, 1859 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Charles E. Stuart ! rowspan=3 , 4 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 6 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Zachariah Chandler , rowspan=11 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1857 –Mar 3, 1875 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1857. , rowspan=5 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 5 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1858.Died. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1859 –
Oct 5, 1861 , rowspan=2 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=2 align=right , Kinsley S. Bingham ! rowspan=2 , 5 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 5, 1861 –
Jan 17, 1862 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1862 to finish Bingham's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 17, 1862 –
Mar 3, 1871 , rowspan=5 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=5 align=right , Jacob M. Howard ! rowspan=5 , 6 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1863. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1865.Retired or lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1869.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 7 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1871. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 –
Mar 3, 1883 , rowspan=10 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=10 align=right , Thomas W. Ferry ! rowspan=10 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 7 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Isaac P. Christiancy , rowspan=2 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1875 –Feb 10, 1879 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1874.Resigned due to ill health. , rowspan=7 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 8 , rowspan=7 , Re-elected in 1877.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Feb 10, 1879 –
Feb 22, 1879 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 8 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Zachariah Chandler , rowspan=2 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Feb 22, 1879 –Nov 1, 1879 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1879 to finish Christiancy's term.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 1, 1879 –
Nov 17, 1879 , , - style="height:2em" ! 9 , align=left ,
Henry P. Baldwin , ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, nowrap , Nov 17, 1879 –Mar 3, 1881 , Appointed to continue Chandler's term. Elected in 1881 to finish Chandler's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 10 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Omar D. Conger
Omar Dwight Conger (April 1, 1818July 11, 1898) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Conger was born in Cooperstown, New York, and moved with his father, the Rev. E. Conger, to Huron County, Ohio, in 1824. H ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1881 –Mar 3, 1887 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1881.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Election year unknown.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1883 –
Mar 3, 1889 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 align=right , Thomas W. Palmer ! rowspan=3 , 8 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 11 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Francis B. Stockbridge , rowspan=4 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1887 –Apr 30, 1894 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1887. , rowspan=3 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 10 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1889. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Mar 4, 1889 –
Aug 10, 1902 , rowspan=10 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=10 align=right , James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to:
Sportspeople
* James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland
* James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St ...
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Apr 30, 1894 –May 5, 1894 , , - style="height:2em" ! 12 , align=left ,
John Patton Jr. , ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, nowrap , May 5, 1894 –Jan 24, 1895 , Appointed to continue Stockbridge's term.Lost election to finish term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 13 , rowspan=13 align=left ,
Julius C. Burrows , rowspan=13 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=13 nowrap , Jan 24, 1895 –Mar 3, 1911 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1895 to finish Stockbridge's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1895. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1899. , rowspan=5 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 12 , Re-elected in 1901.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Aug 10, 1902 –
Sep 27, 1902 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue McMillan's term. Elected in 1903 to finish McMillan's term.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Sep 27, 1902 –
Jan 24, 1907 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 align=right , Russell A. Alger ! rowspan=3 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1905.Lost renomination. , rowspan=5 , 13 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jan 24, 1907 –
Feb 9, 1907 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected in 1907 to finish Alger's term, having already been elected to the next term. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Feb 9, 1907 –
Mar 3, 1919 , rowspan=7 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=7 align=right , William A. Smith ! rowspan=7 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1907. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 14 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
Charles E. Townsend , rowspan=8 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1911 –Mar 3, 1923 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1911. , rowspan=3 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1913.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1916.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 15 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1918.Resigned. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1919 –
Nov 18, 1922 , rowspan=2 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=2 align=right , Truman H. Newberry ! rowspan=2 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 18, 1922 –
Nov 29, 1922 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Newberry's term. Elected in 1924 to finish Newberry's term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Nov 29, 1922 –
Oct 22, 1936 , rowspan=10 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=10 align=right , James J. Couzens ! rowspan=10 , 13 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Woodbridge N. Ferris , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1923 –
Mar 23, 1928 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1922.Died. , rowspan=5 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 16 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1924. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 23, 1928 –
Mar 31, 1928 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 , 16 , rowspan=15 align=left ,
Arthur Vandenberg
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Natio ...
, rowspan=15 , Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=15 nowrap , Mar 31, 1928 –Apr 18, 1951 , Appointed to continue Ferris's term. Elected in 1928 to finish Ferris's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1928. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1930.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1934. , rowspan=5 , 18 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 22, 1936 –
Nov 19, 1936 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish Couzens's term, having already been elected to the next term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Nov 19, 1936 –
Jan 3, 1943 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Prentiss M. Brown ! rowspan=4 , 14 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1936.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1940. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1942. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1943 –
Jan 3, 1955 , rowspan=9 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=9 align=right , Homer S. Ferguson ! rowspan=9 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1946.Died. , rowspan=6 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 20 , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1948.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 18, 1951 –
Apr 23, 1951 , , - style="height:2em" ! 17 , align=left ,
Blair Moody , , Democratic , nowrap , Apr 23, 1951 –
Nov 4, 1952 , Appointed to continue Vandenberg's term.Lost election to finish term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 18 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Charles E. Potter , rowspan=4 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=4 nowrap , Nov 5, 1952 –Jan 3, 1959 , Elected in 1952 to finish Vandenberg's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1952.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 21 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1954. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1955 –
Apr 30, 1966 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Patrick V. McNamara ! rowspan=6 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 19 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Philip Hart
Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as ...
, rowspan=11 , Democratic
, rowspan=11 nowrap , Jan 3, 1959 –Dec 26, 1976 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1958. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1964. , rowspan=5 , 23 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Apr 30, 1966 –
May 11, 1966 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish McNamara's term. , rowspan=9 nowrap , May 11, 1966 –
Jan 3, 1979 , rowspan=9 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=9 align=right , Robert P. Griffin ! rowspan=9 , 17 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1966 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1970.Died, having already planned to retire. , rowspan=5 , 24 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 24 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1972.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 26, 1976 –
Dec 30, 1976 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 20 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
Donald Riegle , rowspan=10 , Democratic , rowspan=10 nowrap , Dec 30, 1976 –
Jan 3, 1995 , Appointed early to finish Hart's term, having already been elected to the next term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1976 , rowspan=3 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1978. , rowspan=18 nowrap , Jan 3, 1979 –
Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=18 , Democratic , rowspan=18 align=right ,
Carl Levin ! rowspan=18 , 18 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1984. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1988.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Spencer Abraham
Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952) is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the tenth United States Secretary of Energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Abraham pr ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1995 –Jan 3, 2001 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1994.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1996. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 , 22 , rowspan=12 align=left ,
Debbie Stabenow
Deborah Ann Stabenow ( ; née Greer, born April 29, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan, a seat she has held since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she became the state's first female ...
, rowspan=12 , Democratic
, rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 2001 –Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2000. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2002. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2006. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2008.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2012. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2014. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2015 –
Present , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Gary Peters
Gary Charles Peters Sr. (born December 1, 1958) is an American lawyer, politician, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Michigan since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representa ...
! rowspan=6 , 19
, - style="height:2em"
,
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2018.
, rowspan=3 , 32
,
, - style="height:2em"
,
, rowspan=3 , 32
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2020.
, - style="height:2em"
,
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election.
, rowspan=2 , 33
,
, - style="height:2em"
,
, 33
, colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 election.
Living former senators
, 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.Superlatives
Longest service
Shortest service
Youngest at beginning of service
Oldest at end of service
See also
* United States congressional delegations from Michigan * List of United States representatives from Michigan * Elections in MichiganReferences
{{U.S. congressional delegations United States SenatorsMichigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...