List of United States Senators from Michigan

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The List of United States Senators from Michigan 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 elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.

class 1

Debbie Stabenow
Gary Peters

Michigan has been a US state since January 26, 1837 and to date has had the following 20 class 1 senators in Congress , two of which, Lewis Cass and Zachariah Chandler, each served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Lucius Lyon 1837-1839 democrat February 26, 1800–24. September 1851
Augustus Seymour Porter 1840-1845 Whig January 18, 1798-18. September 1872
Lewis Cass 1845-1848 democrat October 9, 1782–17. June 1866
Thomas Fitzgerald 1848-1849 democrat April 10, 1796-25. March 1855
Lewis Cass 1849-1857 democrat October 9, 1782–17. June 1866
Zachariah Chandler 1857-1875 republican December 10, 1813–1. November 1879
Isaac Peckham Christiancy 1875-1879 republican March 12, 1812-8. September 1890
Zachariah Chandler 1879 republican December 10, 1813–1. November 1879
Henry Porter Baldwin 1879-1881 republican February 22, 1814-31. December 1892
Omar Dwight Conger 1881-1887 republican April 1, 1818-11. July 1898
Francis Brown Stockbridge 1887-1894 republican April 9, 1826-30. April 1894
John Patton Jr. 1894-1895 republican October 30, 1850-24. May 1907
Julius Caesar Burrows 1895-1911 republican January 9, 1837-16. November 1915
Charles Elroy Townsend 1911-1923 republican August 15, 1856-3. August 1924
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris 1923-1928 democrat January 6, 1853-13. March 1928
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg 1928-1951 republican March 22, 1884-18. April 1951
Arthur Edson Blair Moody 1951-1952 democrat February 13, 1902-20. July 1954
Charles Edward Potter 1952-1959 republican October 30, 1916-23. November 1979
Philip Aloysius Hart 1959-1976 democrat December 10, 1912-26. December 1976
Donald Wayne Riegle 1976-1995 democrat * February 4, 1938
Edward Spencer Abraham 1995-2001 republican * June 12, 1952
Deborah Ann Stabenow since 2001 democrat * April 29, 1950

2nd grade

Michigan has 19 class 2 senators to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
John Norvell 1837-1841 democrat December 21, 1789-24. April 1850
William Woodbridge 1841-1847 Whig August 20, 1780-20. October 1861
Alpheus Felch 1847-1853 democrat September 28, 1804-13. June 1896
Charles Edward Stuart 1853-1859 democrat November 25, 1810-19. May 1887
Kinsley Scott Bingham 1859-1861 republican December 16, 1808-5. October 1861
Jacob Merritt Howard 1862-1871 republican July 10, 1805–2. April 1871
Thomas White Ferry 1871-1883 republican June 10, 1827-13. October 1896
Thomas Witherell Palmer 1883-1889 republican January 25, 1830–1. June 1913
James McMillan 1889-1902 republican May 12, 1838-10. August 1902
Russell Alexander Alger 1902-1907 republican February 27, 1836-24. January 1907
William Alden Smith 1907-1919 republican May 12, 1859-11. October 1932
Truman Handy Newberry 1919-1922 republican November 5, 1864-3. October 1945
James J. Couzens 1922-1936 republican August 26, 1872-22. October 1936
Prentiss Marsh Brown 1936-1943 democrat June 18, 1889–19. December 1973
Homer Samuel Ferguson 1943-1955 republican February 25, 1889-17. December 1982
Patrick Vincent McNamara 1955-1966 democrat October 4, 1894-30. April 1966
Robert Paul Griffin 1966-1979 republican November 6, 1923-17. April 2015
Carl Milton Levin 1979-2015 democrat * June 28, 1934
Gary C. Peters since 2015 democrat * December 1, 1958

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