List of United States Senators from Colorado

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The List of United States Senators from Colorado lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014; the class 3 senators will be re-elected in 2022.

2nd grade

Cory Gardner
Michael Bennet

Colorado has been a US state since August 1, 1876 and has had 18 class 2 senators to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Henry Moore Teller 1876-1882 republican May 23, 1830 - February 23, 1914
George Miles Chilcott 1882-1883 republican January 2, 1828 - March 6, 1891
Horace Austin Warner Tabor 1883 republican November 26, 1830 - April 10, 1899
Thomas Mead Bowen 1883-1889 republican October 26, 1835 - December 30, 1906
Edward Oliver Wolcott 1889-1901 republican March 26, 1848 - March 1, 1905
Thomas MacDonald Patterson 1901-1907 democrat November 4, 1839 - July 23, 1916
Simon Guggenheim 1907-1913 republican December 30, 1867 - November 2, 1941
John Franklin Shafroth 1913-1919 democrat June 9, 1854 - February 20, 1922
Lawrence Cowle Phipps 1919-1931 republican August 30, 1862 - March 1, 1958
Edward Prentiss Costigan 1931-1937 democrat July 1, 1874 - January 17, 1939
Edwin Carl Johnson 1937-1955 democrat January 1, 1884 - May 30, 1970
Gordon Llewellyn Allott 1955-1973 republican January 2, 1907 - January 17, 1989
Floyd Kirk Haskell 1973-1979 democrat February 7, 1916 - August 25, 1998
William Lester Armstrong 1979-1991 republican March 16, 1937 - July 5, 2016
George Hanks Brown 1991-1997 republican * February 12, 1940
Alan Wayne Allard 1997-2009 republican * December 2, 1943
Mark Emery Udall 2009-2015 democrat * July 18, 1950
Cory Scott Gardner since 2015 republican * August 22, 1974

Class 3

Colorado had 19 class 3 senators to date :

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Jerome Bunty Chaffee 1876-1879 republican April 17, 1825 - March 9, 1886
Nathaniel Peter Hill 1879-1885 republican February 18, 1832 - May 22, 1900
Henry Moore Teller 1885-1909 republican May 23, 1830 - February 23, 1914
Charles James Hughes Jr. 1909-1911 democrat February 16, 1853 - January 11, 1911
vacant
Charles Spalding Thomas 1913-1921 democrat December 6, 1849 - June 24, 1934
Samuel Danford Nicholson 1921-1923 republican February 22, 1859 - March 24, 1923
Alva Blanchard Adams 1923-1924 democrat October 29, 1875 - December 1, 1941
Rice William Means 1924-1927 republican November 16, 1877 - January 30, 1949
Charles Winfield Waterman 1927-1932 republican November 2, 1861 - August 27, 1932
Walter Walker 1932 democrat April 3, 1883 - October 8, 1956
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler 1932-1933 republican April 3, 1877 - July 31, 1933
Alva Blanchard Adams 1933-1941 democrat October 29, 1875 - December 1, 1941
Eugene Donald Millikin 1941-1957 republican February 12, 1891 - July 26, 1958
John Albert Carroll 1957-1963 democrat July 30, 1901 - August 31, 1983
Peter Hoyt Dominick 1963-1975 republican July 7, 1915 - March 18, 1981
Gary Warren Hart 1975-1987 democrat * November 28, 1936
Timothy E. Wirth 1987-1993 democrat * September 22, 1939
Ben Nighthorse Campbell 1993-2005 Democrat / Republican * April 13, 1933
Kenneth Lee Salazar 2005-2009 democrat * March 2, 1955
Michael Farrand Bennet since 2009 democrat * November 28, 1964

Remarks

  1. ↑ Ben Nighthorse Campbell was originally a Democrat, but switched to the Republican camp in 1995. He was the first senator of Indian descent.

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