List of United States Senators from Missouri

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List of United States Senators from Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821. Its current Senators are Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Roy Blunt.

1 Class 1
2 Class 3
3 Notes
4 See also

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas Hart Benton	Democratic-Republican	August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1851		17	1	Elected in 1821
		Jacksonian Democratic			18
		Jacksonian Democratic			19
		Jacksonian			20	2	Re-elected in 1827
					21
					22
					23	3	Re-elected in 1833
					24
					25
					26	4	Re-elected in 1839
					27
					28
					29	5	Re-elected in 1845 Lost re-election
					30
					31
2	Henry S. Geyer	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1857	Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives	32	6	Elected in 1851 Retired
					33
					34
3	Trusten Polk	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 10, 1862	Governor of Missouri	35	7	Elected in 1857 Expelled
					36
					37
			January 10, 1862 – January 17, 1862
4	John B. Henderson	Unconditional Unionist	January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1869	Missouri House of Representatives			Appointed to finish Polk's term
					38	8	Elected to full term in 1863 Retired
					39
					40
5	Carl Schurz	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875	U.S. Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Minister to Spain	41	9	Elected in 1869 Retired
					42
					43
6	Francis Cockrell	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1905	Interstate Commerce Commission	44	10	Elected in 1875
					45
					46
					47	11	Re-elected in 1881
					48
					49
					50	12	Re-elected in 1887
					51
					52
					53	13	Re-elected in 1893
					54
					55
					56	14	Re-elected in 1899 Retired
					57
					58
			March 4, 1905 – March 18, 1905		59	15
7	William Warner	Republican	March 18, 1905 – March 4, 1911	Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Missouri	59		Elected late in 1905 Retired
					60
					61
8	James A. Reed	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1929	Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri	62	16	Elected in 1910
					63
					64
					65	17	Re-elected in 1916
					66
					67
					68	18	Re-elected in 1922 Retired
					69
					70
9	Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Missouri Appellate Judicial Commission	71	19	Elected in 1928 Lost re-election
					72
					73
10	Harry S. Truman	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1945	U.S. Vice President, U.S. President	74	20	Elected in 1934
					75
					76
					77	21	Re-elected in 1940 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
					78
					79
11	Frank P. Briggs	Democratic	January 18, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Mayor of Macon, Missouri, Missouri Senate	79		Appointed to finish Truman's term Lost election to full term
12	James P. Kem	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953		80	22	Elected in 1946 Lost re-election
					81
					82
13	Stuart Symington	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – December 27, 1976	U.S. Secretary of the Air Force	83	23	Elected in 1952
					84
					85
					86	24	Elected in 1958
					87
					88
					89	25	Elected in 1964
					90
					91
					92	26	Elected in 1970 Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
					93
					94
14	John Danforth	Republican	December 27, 1976 – January 3, 1995	Missouri Attorney General, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations	94		Appointed early to finish Symington's term, having already been elected to the next term
					95	27	Elected in 1976
					96
					97
					98	28	Re-elected in 1982 Retired
					99
					100
					101	29	Re-elected in 1988 Retired
					102
					103
15	John Ashcroft	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	Missouri Attorney General, Governor of Missouri, U.S. Attorney General	104	30	Elected in 1994 Lost re-election
					105
					106
16	Jean Carnahan	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – November 25, 2002	First Lady of Missouri	107	31	Appointed to continue Senator-elect Mel Carnahan's term Lost election to full term
17	Jim Talent	Republican	November 25, 2002 – January 3, 2007	Missouri House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives	107		Elected to finish Carnahan's term Lost re-election
					108
					109
18	Claire McCaskill	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	Missouri House of Representatives, State Auditor of Missouri	110	32	Elected in 2006
					111
					112
#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	David Barton	Democratic- Republican	August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1831	Speaker of the Missouri Territorial House of Representatives	17	1	Elected in 1821
		Adams Republican			18	1	Elected in 1821
		Adams			19	2	Re-elected in 1825 Lost re-election
		Adams			20
		Anti-Jacksonian			21
2	Alexander Buckner	Democratic	March 4, 1831 – June 6, 1833	Missouri Senate	22	3	Elected in 1831 Died
2	Alexander Buckner	Democratic	March 4, 1831 – June 6, 1833	Missouri Senate	23		Elected in 1831 Died
			June 6, 1833 – October 25, 1833
3	Lewis F. Linn	Democratic	October 25, 1833 – October 3, 1843	Missouri Senate, French Land Claims Commission in Missouri			Appointed to continue Buckner's term Elected to finish Buckner's term
					24
					25	4	Elected to full term in 1836
					26
					27
					28	5	Re-elected in 1842 Died
			October 3, 1843 – October 14, 1843
4	David Rice Atchison	Democratic	October 14, 1843 – March 4, 1855	Missouri House of Representatives, Platte County Circuit Court, Senate President pro tempore			Appointed to continue Linn's term Elected to finish Linn's term
					29
					30
					31	6	Elected to full term in 1848 Lost re-election
					32
					33
			March 4, 1855 – January 12, 1857		34	7
5	James S. Green	Democratic	January 12, 1857 – March 4, 1861	U.S. House of Representatives	34		Elected late in 1857
					35
					36
			March 4, 1861 – March 17, 1861		37	8
6	Waldo P. Johnson	Democratic	March 17, 1861 – January 10, 1862	Missouri House of Representatives			Elected late in 1861 Expelled for disloyalty to the government
			January 10, 1862 – January 17, 1862
7	Robert Wilson	Republican	January 17, 1862 – November 13, 1863	Missouri House of Representatives, Missouri Senate			Appointed to continue Johnson's term Successor qualified
7	Robert Wilson	Republican	January 17, 1862 – November 13, 1863	Missouri House of Representatives, Missouri Senate	38		Appointed to continue Johnson's term Successor qualified
8	B. Gratz Brown	Unconditional Unionist	November 13, 1863 – March 4, 1867	Governor of Missouri	38		Elected to finish Johnson's term Retired due to ill health
8	B. Gratz Brown	Unconditional Unionist	November 13, 1863 – March 4, 1867	Governor of Missouri	39		Elected to finish Johnson's term Retired due to ill health
9	Charles D. Drake	Republican	March 4, 1867 – December 19, 1870	Missouri House of Representatives	40	9	Elected in 1867 Resigned to accept a judicial position
9	Charles D. Drake	Republican	March 4, 1867 – December 19, 1870	Missouri House of Representatives	41		Elected in 1867 Resigned to accept a judicial position
10	Daniel T. Jewett	Republican	December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871	Missouri House of Representatives			Appointed to continue Drake's term Retired when successor elected
11	Francis Blair	Democratic	January 20, 1871 – March 4, 1873				Elected to finish Drake's term Lost election to full term
11	Francis Blair	Democratic	January 20, 1871 – March 4, 1873		42		Elected to finish Drake's term Lost election to full term
12	Lewis V. Bogy	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – September 20, 1877		43	10	Elected in 1872 Died
					44
					45
			September 20, 1877 – September 29, 1877
13	David H. Armstrong	Democratic	September 29, 1877 – January 26, 1879				Appointed to continue Bogy's term Retired
14	James Shields	Democratic	January 27, 1879 – March 4, 1879	Previously a senator from Illinois and from Minnesota			Elected to finish Bogy's term Retired
15	George G. Vest	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1903		46	11	Elected in 1879
					47
					48
					49	12	Re-elected in 1885
					50
					51
					52	13	Re-elected in 1891
					53
					54
					55	14	Re-elected in 1897 Retired
					56
					57
16	William J. Stone	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – April 14, 1918	Governor of Missouri	58	15	Elected in 1902
					59
					60
					61	16	Re-elected in 1908
					62
					63
					64	17	Re-elected in 1914 Died
					65		Re-elected in 1914 Died
			April 14, 1918 – April 30, 1918
17	Xenophon P. Wilfley	Democratic	April 30, 1918 – November 5, 1918				Appointed to continue Stone's term Lost election to finish Stone's term
18	Selden P. Spencer	Republican	November 6, 1918 – May 16, 1925				Elected to finish Stone's term
					66		Elected to finish Stone's term
					67	18	Elected to full term in 1920 Died
					68
					69
			May 16, 1925 – May 25, 1925
19	George H. Williams	Republican	May 25, 1925 – December 5, 1926				Appointed to continue Spencer's term Lost election to finish Spencer's term
20	Harry B. Hawes	Democratic	December 6, 1926 – February 3, 1933				Elected to finish Spencer's term
					70	19	Elected to full term in 1926 Retired, then resigned early
					71
					72
21	Joel B. Clark	Democratic	February 3, 1933 – January 3, 1945	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals	72		Appointed to finish Hawes's term, having already been elected to the next term
					73	20	Elected to full term in 1932
					74
					75
					76	21	Re-elected in 1938 Lost renomination
					77
					78
22	Forrest C. Donnell	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	Governor of Missouri	79	22	Elected in 1944 Lost re-election
					80
					81
23	Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – September 13, 1960		82	23	Elected in 1950
					83
					84
					85	24	Re-elected in 1956 Died
					86		Re-elected in 1956 Died
			September 13, 1960 – September 23, 1960
24	Edward V. Long	Democratic	September 23, 1960 – December 27, 1968	Lieutenant Governor of Missouri			Appointed to finish Henning's term
					87		Appointed to finish Henning's term
					88	25	Elected to full term in 1962 Lost renomination, and resigned early.
					89
					90
25	Thomas Eagleton	Democratic	December 28, 1968 – January 3, 1987	Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, Missouri Attorney General	90		Appointed to finish Long's term, having been elected to next term.
					91	26	Elected in 1968
					92
					93
					94	27	Re-elected in 1974
					95
					96
					97	28	Re-elected in 1980 Retired
					97
					99
26	Kit Bond	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2011	Governor of Missouri	100	29	Elected in 1986
					101
					102
					103	30	Re-elected in 1992
					104
					105
					106	31	Re-elected in 1998
					107
					108
					109	32	Re-elected in 2004 Retired
					110
					111
27	Roy Blunt	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	U.S. House of Representatives, House Minority Whip, House Majority Whip, House Majority Leader	112	33	Elected in 2010
#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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United States Senators from Missouri

Class 1	Benton • Geyer • Polk • Henderson • Schurz • Cockrell • Warner • Reed • Patterson • Truman • Briggs • Kem • Symington • Danforth • Ashcroft • Carnahan • Talent • McCaskill

Class 3	Barton • Buckner • Linn • Atchison • Green • Johnson • Wilson • Brown • Drake • Jewett • Blair • Bogy • Armstrong • Shields • Vest • Stone • Wilfley • Spencer • Williams • Hawes • Clark • Donnell • Hennings • Long • Eagleton • Bond • Blunt

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