List of United States Senators from Missouri

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The List of United States Senators from Missouri 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 3 senators were last elected in November 2016.

class 1

Josh Hawley
Roy Blunt

Missouri has been a US state since August 10, 1821 and has had 19 class 1 senators in Congress to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Thomas Hart Benton 1821-1851 Democratic Republican March 14, 1782-10. April 1858
Henry Sheffie Geyer 1851-1857 Whig December 9, 1790-5. March 1859
Trusten Polk 1857-1862 democrat May 29, 1811-16. April 1876
John Brooks Henderson 1862-1869 unionist November 16, 1826-12. April 1913
Carl Schurz 1869-1875 republican March 2, 1829-14. May 1906
Francis Marion Cockrell 1875-1905 democrat October 1, 1834-13. December 1915
William Warner 1905-1911 republican June 11, 1840-4. October 1916
James Alexander Reed 1911-1929 democrat November 9, 1861-9. September 1944
Roscoe Conkling Patterson 1929-1935 republican September 15, 1876-22. October 1954
Harry S. Truman 1935-1945 democrat May 8, 1884-26. December 1972
Frank Parks Briggs 1945-1947 democrat February 25, 1894-23. September 1992
James Preston Kem 1947-1953 republican April 2, 1890-24. February 1965
William Stuart Symington 1953-1976 democrat June 26, 1901-14. December 1988
John Claggett Danforth 1976-1995 republican * September 5, 1936
John David Ashcroft 1995-2001 republican * May 9, 1942
Jean Carpenter Carnahan 2001-2002 democrat * December 20, 1933
James Matthes talent 2002-2007 republican * October 18, 1956
Claire Conner McCaskill 2007-2019 democrat * July 24, 1953
Joshua David Hawley since 2019 republican * December 31, 1979

Class 3

Missouri has 27 Class 3 senators to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
David Barton 1821-1831 Democratic Republican December 14, 1783-28. September 1837
Alexander Buckner 1831-1833 democrat 1785-6. June 1833
Lewis Fields Linn 1833-1843 democrat November 5, 1795-3. October 1843
David Rice Atchison 1843-1855 democrat August 11, 1807-26. January 1886
vacant
James Stephen Green 1857-1861 democrat February 28, 1817-19. January 1870
Waldo Porter Johnson 1861-1862 democrat September 16, 1817-14. August 1885
Robert Wilson 1862-1863 unionist November 1803-10. May 1870
Benjamin Gratz Brown 1863-1867 unionist May 28, 1826-13. December 1885
Charles Daniel Drake 1867-1870 republican April 11, 1811–1. April 1892
Daniel Tarbox Jewett 1870-1871 republican September 14, 1807-7. October 1906
Francis Blair 1871-1873 democrat February 19, 1821–9. July 1875
Lewis Vital Bogy 1873-1877 democrat April 9, 1813-20. September 1877
David Hartley Armstrong 1877-1879 democrat October 21, 1812-18. March 1893
James Shields 1879 democrat May 10, 1810–1. June 1879
George Graham Vest 1879-1903 democrat December 6, 1830-9. August 1904
William Joel Stone 1903-1918 democrat May 7, 1848-14. April 1918
Xenophon Pierce Wilfley 1918 democrat March 18, 1871–4. May 1931
Selden Palmer Spencer 1918-1925 republican September 16, 1862-16. May 1925
George Howard Williams 1925-1926 republican December 1, 1871-25. November 1963
Harry Bartow Hawes 1926-1933 democrat November 15, 1869-31. July 1947
Joel Bennett Clark 1933-1945 democrat January 8, 1890-13. July 1954
Forrest C. Donnell 1945–1951 republican August 20, 1884–3. March 1980
Thomas Carey Hennings 1951-1960 democrat June 25, 1903-13. September 1960
Edward Vaughn Long 1960-1968 democrat July 18, 1908–6. November 1972
Thomas Francis Eagleton 1968-1987 democrat September 4, 1929-4. March 2007
Christopher Samuel Bond 1987-2011 republican * March 6, 1939
Roy D. Blunt since 2011 republican * January 10, 1950

Remarks

  1. ↑ Benton belonged to the Democratic Party from 1833.
  2. ↑ Henderson belonged to the Republican Party from 1865.
  3. ↑ Brown belonged to the Republican Party from 1865.

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