List of United States Senators from Florida
The list of United States Senators from Florida lists everyone who has ever served in the Senate for that state , sorted by Senate class . One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 3 senators were last elected in November 2016.
class 1
Florida has been a US state since March 3, 1845, and has had 16 class 1 senators to date . During the Civil War , Florida did not have a senator.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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David Levy Yulee | 1845-1851 | democrat | June 12, 1810 - October 10, 1886 |
Stephen Russell Mallory | 1851-1861 | democrat | 1812/13 - November 9, 1873 |
vacant | |||
Adonijah Strong Welch | 1868-1869 | republican | April 12, 1821 - March 14, 1889 |
Abijah Gilbert | 1869-1875 | republican | June 18, 1806 - November 23, 1881 |
Charles William Jones | 1875-1887 | democrat | December 24, 1834 - October 11, 1897 |
Samuel Pasco | 1887-1899 | democrat | June 28, 1834 - March 13, 1917 |
James Piper Taliaferro | 1899-1911 | democrat | September 30, 1847 - October 6, 1934 |
Nathan Philemon Bryan | 1911-1917 | democrat | April 23, 1872 - August 8, 1935 |
Park Trammell | 1917-1936 | democrat | April 9, 1876 - May 8, 1936 |
Scott Marion Loftin | 1936 | democrat | September 14, 1878 - September 22, 1953 |
Charles Oscar Andrews | 1936-1946 | democrat | March 7, 1877 - September 18, 1946 |
Spessard Lindsey Holland | 1946-1971 | democrat | July 10, 1892 - November 6, 1971 |
Lawton Mainor of Chile | 1971-1989 | democrat | April 3, 1930 - December 12, 1998 |
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy | 1989-2001 | republican | * October 29, 1940 |
Clarence William Nelson | 2001-2019 | democrat | * September 29, 1942 |
Richard Lynn Scott | since 2019 | republican | * December 1, 1952 |
Class 3
Florida had 20 class 3 senators to date .
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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James Diament Westcott | 1845-1849 | democrat | May 10, 1802 - January 19, 1880 |
Jackson Morton | 1849-1855 | Whig | August 10, 1794 - November 20, 1874 |
David Levy Yulee | 1855-1861 | democrat | June 12, 1810 - October 10, 1886 |
vacant | |||
Thomas Ward Osborn | 1868-1873 | republican | March 9, 1833 - December 18, 1898 |
Simon Barclay Conover | 1873-1879 | republican | September 23, 1840 - April 19, 1908 |
Wilkinson Call | 1879-1897 | democrat | January 9, 1834 - August 24, 1910 |
Stephen Russell Mallory Jr. | 1897-1907 | democrat | January 9, 1834 - December 23, 1907 |
William James Bryan | 1907-1908 | democrat | October 10, 1876 - March 22, 1908 |
William Hall Milton | 1908-1909 | democrat | March 2, 1864 - January 4, 1942 |
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher | 1909-1936 | democrat | January 6, 1859 - June 17, 1936 |
William Luther Hill | 1936 | democrat | October 17, 1873 - January 5, 1951 |
Claude Denson Pepper | 1936-1951 | democrat | September 8, 1900 - May 30, 1989 |
George Armistead Smathers | 1951-1969 | democrat | November 14, 1913 - January 20, 2007 |
Edward John Gurney | 1969-1974 | republican | January 12, 1914 - May 14, 1996 |
Richard Bernard Stone | 1975-1980 | democrat | September 22, 1928 - July 28, 2019 |
Paula Fickes Hawkins | 1981-1987 | republican | January 24, 1927 - December 3, 2009 |
Daniel Robert Graham | 1987-2005 | democrat | * November 9, 1936 |
Melquiades Rafael Martinez | 2005-2009 | republican | * October 23, 1946 |
George Stephen LeMieux | 2009-2011 | republican | * May 21, 1969 |
Marco Antonio Rubio | since 2011 | republican | * May 28, 1971 |