List of United States Senators from Michigan

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List of United States Senators from Michigan

Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current Senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin.

1 Class 1
2 Class 2
3 See also

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Tenure	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Lucius Lyon	Democratic	January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839	U.S. House of Representatives	25	1	Elected in 1837 Retired
1	Lucius Lyon	Democratic	January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839	U.S. House of Representatives	26	1	Elected in 1837 Retired
			March 4, 1839 – January 20, 1840		26	2
2	Augustus S. Porter	Whig	January 20, 1840 – March 4, 1845	Mayor of Detroit	26		Elected late in 1840 Retired
					27
					28
3	Lewis Cass	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848	Ohio House of Representatives, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of War, Governor of the Michigan Territory, U.S. Minister to France	29	3	Elected in 1845 Resigned to run for President
3	Lewis Cass	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848		30		Elected in 1845 Resigned to run for President
			May 29, 1848 – June 8, 1848
4	Thomas Fitzgerald	Democratic	June 8, 1848 – March 4, 1849	Indiana House of Representatives, Michigan House of Representatives			Appointed to continue Cass's term
5	Lewis Cass	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1857	Ohio House of Representatives, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of War, Governor of the Michigan Territory, U.S. Minister to France	31		Elected to finish his own term
					32	4	Re-elected in 1851
					33
					34
6	Zachariah Chandler	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1875	Mayor of Detroit, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Chairman of the Republican National Committee	35	5	Elected in 1857
					36
					37
					38	6	Re-elected in 1863
					39
					40
					41	7	Re-elected in 1869 Lost re-election
					42
					43
7	Isaac P. Christiancy	Republican	March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879	Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, U.S. Minister to Peru	44	8	Elected in 1874 Resigned due to ill health
7	Isaac P. Christiancy	Republican	March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879		45		Elected in 1874 Resigned due to ill health
			February 10, 1879 – February 22, 1879
8	Zachariah Chandler	Republican	February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879	Mayor of Detroit, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Chairman of the Republican National Committee			Elected to finish Christiancy's term Died
8	Zachariah Chandler	Republican	February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879		46		Elected to finish Christiancy's term Died
			November 1, 1879 – November 17, 1879
9	Henry P. Baldwin	Republican	November 17, 1879 – March 4, 1881	Governor of Michigan			Appointed to continue Chandler's term Elected to finish Chandler's term Retired
10	Omar D. Conger	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887	Michigan Senate, U.S. House of Representatives	47	9	Elected in 1880 Lost renomination
					48
					49
11	Francis B. Stockbridge	Republican	March 4, 1887 – April 30, 1894	Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate	50	10	Elected in 1887
					51
					52
					53	11	Re-elected in 1893 Died
			April 30, 1894 – May 5, 1894
12	John Patton, Jr.	Republican	May 5, 1894 – January 14, 1895				Appointed to continue Stockbridge's term Lost election to finish term
			January 14, 1895 – January 24, 1895
13	Julius C. Burrows	Republican	January 24, 1895 – March 4, 1911	U.S. House of Representatives			Elected to finish Stockbridge's term
					54
					55
					56	11	Elected to full term in 1899
					57
					58
					59	12	Re-elected in 1905 Lost renomination
					60
					61
14	Charles E. Townsend	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	U.S. House of Representatives	62	13	Elected in 1910
					63
					64
					65	14	Re-elected in 1916 Lost re-election
					66
					67
15	Woodbridge N. Ferris	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 23, 1928	Governor of Michigan	68	15	Elected in 1922 Died
					69
					70
			March 23, 1928 – March 31, 1928
16	Arthur H. Vandenberg	Republican	March 31, 1928 – April 18, 1951	President pro tempore of the Senate			Appointed to continue Ferris's term Elected to finish Ferris's term
					71	16	Elected in 1928
					72
					73
					74	17	Re-elected in 1934
					75
					76
					77	18	Re-elected in 1940
					78
					79
					80	19	Re-elected in 1946 Died
					81
					82
			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	U.S. House of Representatives			Elected to finish Vandenberg's term
					83	20	Elected to full term in 1952 Lost re-election
					84
					85
19	Philip Hart	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 26, 1976	Lt. Governor of Michigan
					86	21	Elected in 1958
					87
					88
					89	21	Re-elected in 1964
					90
					91
					92	22	Re-elected in 1970 Died, having already planned to retire
					93
					94
			December 26, 1976 – December 30, 1976
20	Donald W. Riegle, Jr.	Democratic	December 30, 1976 – January 3, 1995	U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed early to finish Hart's term, having already been elected to the next term
					95	23	Elected to full term in 1976
					96
					97
					98	24	Re-elected in 1982
					99
					100
					101	25	Re-elected in 1988 Retired
					102
					103
21	Spencer Abraham	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	U.S. Secretary of Energy	104	26	Elected in 1994 Lost re-election
					105
					106
22	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – Present	Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, U.S. House of Representatives	107	26	Elected in 2000
					108
					109
					110	27	Re-elected in 2006
					111
					112
#	Senator	Party	Tenure	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Tenure	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	John Norvell	Democratic	January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1841	Postmaster of Detroit, Michigan Senate, Michigan House of Representatives, U.S. District Attorney in Michigan	24	1	Elected in 1837 Retired
					25
					26
2	William Woodbridge	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1847	Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio Senate, Secretary of Michigan Territory, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, Governor of Michigan	27	2	Elected in 1841 Retired
					28
					29
3	Alpheus Felch	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853	Michigan State House of Representatives, Michigan Bank Commissioner, Michigan Auditor General, Michigan Supreme Court, Governor of Michigan	30	3	Elected in 1847 Retired
					31
					32
4	Charles E. Stuart	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859	U.S. House of Representatives	33	4	Elected in 1853 Retired
					34
					35
5	Kinsley S. Bingham	Republican	March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861	Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor of Michigan	36	5	Elected in 1853 Died
5	Kinsley S. Bingham	Republican	March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861		37		Elected in 1853 Died
			October 5, 1861 – January 17, 1862
6	Jacob M. Howard	Republican	January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1871	Michigan Attorney General, U.S. House of Representatives			Elected to finish Bingham's term
					38		Elected to finish Bingham's term
					39	6	Elected to full term in 1865
					40
					41
7	Thomas W. Ferry	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1883	Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate President pro tempore	42	6	Elected in 1871
					43
					44
					45	6	Re-elected in 1877 Lost re-election
					46
					47
8	Thomas W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889	Michigan State Senate, U.S. Minister to Spain	48	7	Elected in 1883 Retired
					49
					50
9	James McMillan	Republican	March 4, 1889 – August 10, 1902		51	8	Elected in 1889
					52
					53
					54	9	Re-elected in 1895
					55
					56
					57	10	Re-elected in 1901 Died
			August 10, 1902 – September 27, 1902
10	Russell A. Alger	Republican	September 27, 1902 – January 24, 1907	U.S. Secretary of War, Governor of Michigan			Appointed to continue McMillan's term Elected to finish McMillan's term Died
					58
					59
			January 24, 1907 – February 9, 1907
11	William A. Smith	Republican	February 9, 1907 – March 4, 1919	Michigan Senate, U.S. House of Representatives			Elected to finish Alger's term
					60	11	Elected in 1907
					61
					62
					63	12	Re-elected in 1913 Retired
					64
					65
12	Truman H. Newberry	Republican	March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922	U.S. Secretary of the Navy	66	13	Elected in 1918 Resigned when convicted of election "irregularities"
12	Truman H. Newberry	Republican	March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922	U.S. Secretary of the Navy	67
			November 18, 1922 – November 29, 1922
13	James J. Couzens	Republican	November 29, 1922 – October 22, 1936	Mayor of Detroit			Appointed to continue Newberry's term Elected to finish Newberry's term
					68
					69	14	Elected to full term in 1924
					70
					71
					72	15	Re-elected in 1930 Died
					73
					74
			October 22, 1936 – November 19, 1936
14	Prentiss M. Brown	Democratic	November 19, 1936 – January 3, 1943	U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed to finish Couzens's term, having already been elected to the next term
					75	16	Elected in 1936 Lost re-election
					76
					77
15	Homer S. Ferguson	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955	U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines	78	17	Elected in 1942
					79
					80
					81	18	Re-elected in 1948 Lost re-election
					82
					83
16	Patrick V. McNamara	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1966	Detroit City Council, Detroit Board of Education	84	19	Elected in 1954
					85
					86
					87	20	Re-elected in 1960 Died
					88
					89
			April 30, 1966 – May 11, 1966
17	Robert P. Griffin	Republican	May 11, 1966 – January 3, 1979	U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan Supreme Court, U.S. Senate Minority Whip, U.S. Court of Appeals			Appointed to finish McNamara's term
					90	21	Elected to full term in 1966
					91
					92
					93	22	Re-elected in 1972 Lost re-election
					94
					95
18	Carl Levin	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – Present		96	23	Elected in 1978
					97
					98
					99	24	Re-elected in 1984
					100
					101
					102	25	Re-elected in 1990
					103
					104
					105	26	Re-elected in 1996
					106
					107
					108	27	Re-elected in 2002
					109
					110
					111	28	Re-elected in 2008
					112
					113
#	Senator	Party	Tenure	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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