List of United States Senators from New York
The List of United States Senators from New York lists all the people who ever for this state of the Senate of the United States belonged 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 and will take place regularly again in 2024. The class 3 senators were re-elected in November 2016.
Senator class 1
New York has been a US state since July 26, 1788 and to date has had 36 class 1 senators in Congress , one of which, Philip Schuyler, served two non-contiguous terms.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Philip John Schuyler | 1789-1791 | federalist | November 20, 1733-18. November 1804 |
Aaron Burr | 1791-1797 | Democratic Republican | February 6, 1756-14. September 1836 |
Philip John Schuyler | 1797-1798 | federalist | November 20, 1733-18. November 1804 |
John Sloss Hobart | 1798 | federalist | May 6, 1738–4. February 1805 |
William North | 1798 | federalist | 1755-3. January 1836 |
James Watson | 1798-1800 | federalist | April 6, 1750-15. May 1806 |
Governor Morris | 1800-1803 | federalist | January 31, 1752–6. November 1816 |
Theodorus Bailey | 1803-1804 | Democratic Republican | October 12, 1758–6. September 1828 |
John Armstrong Jr. | 1804 | Democratic Republican | November 25, 1758–1. April 1843 |
Samuel Latham Mitchill | 1804-1809 | Democratic Republican | August 20, 1764-7. September 1831 |
Obadiah German | 1809-1815 | Democratic Republican | April 22, 1766-24. September 1842 |
Nathan Sanford | 1815-1821 | Democratic Republican | November 5, 1777-17. October 1838 |
Martin Van Buren | 1821-1828 | Democratic Republican | December 5, 1782-24. July 1862 |
Charles Edward Dudley | 1829-1833 | democrat | May 23, 1780-23. January 1841 |
Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge | 1833-1844 | Whig | February 8, 1795–2. November 1864 |
Daniel Stevens Dickinson | 1844-1851 | democrat | September 11, 1800-12. April 1866 |
Hamilton Fish | 1851-1857 | Whig | August 3, 1808-7. September 1893 |
Preston King | 1857-1863 | republican | October 14, 1806-12. November 1865 |
Edwin Dennison Morgan | 1863-1869 | republican | February 8, 1811-14. February 1883 |
Reuben Eaton Fenton | 1869-1875 | republican | July 4, 1819-25. August 1885 |
Francis Kernan | 1875-1881 | democrat | January 14, 1816–7. September 1892 |
Thomas Collier Platt | 1881 | republican | July 15, 1833–6. March 1910 |
Warner Miller | 1881-1887 | republican | August 12, 1838-21. March 1918 |
Frank Hiscock | 1887-1893 | republican | September 6, 1834-18. June 1914 |
Edward Murphy Jr. | 1893-1899 | democrat | December 15, 1836–3. August 1911 |
Chauncey Mitchell Depew | 1899-1911 | republican | April 23, 1834-5. April 1928 |
James Aloysius O'Gorman | 1911-1917 | democrat | May 5, 1860-17. May 1943 |
William Musgrave Calder | 1917-1923 | republican | March 3, 1869–3. March 1945 |
Royal Samuel Copeland | 1923-1938 | democrat | November 7, 1868-17. June 1938 |
James Michael Mead | 1938-1947 | democrat | December 27, 1885–15. March 1964 |
Irving McNeil Ives | 1947-1959 | republican | January 24, 1896-24. February 1962 |
Kenneth Barnard Keating | 1959-1965 | republican | May 18, 1900–5. May 1975 |
Robert Francis Kennedy | 1965-1968 | democrat | November 20, 1925–6. June 1968 |
Charles Ellsworth Goodell | 1968-1971 | republican | March 16, 1926-21. January 1987 |
James Lane Buckley | 1971-1977 | Conservative party | * March 9, 1923 |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan | 1977-2001 | democrat | March 16, 1927-26. March 2003 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton | 2001-2009 | democrat | * October 26, 1947 |
Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Gillibrand | since 2009 | democrat | * December 9, 1966 |
Senator class 3
To date, New York has 26 “class 3” senators, two of which, Rufus King and John Armstrong, served two non-consecutive terms.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Rufus King | 1789-1796 | federalist | March 24, 1755-29. April 1827 |
John Laurance | 1796-1800 | federalist | 1750-11. November 1810 |
John Armstrong Jr. | 1800-1802 | Democratic Republican | November 25, 1758–1. April 1843 |
DeWitt Clinton | 1802-1803 | Democratic Republican | March 2, 1769–11. February 1828 |
John Armstrong Jr. | 1803-1804 | Democratic Republican | November 25, 1758–1. April 1843 |
John Smith | 1804-1813 | Democratic Republican | February 12, 1752-12. August 1816 |
Rufus King | 1813-1825 | federalist | March 24, 1755-29. April 1827 |
Nathan Sanford | 1826-1831 | National Republicans | November 5, 1777-17. October 1838 |
William Learned Marcy | 1831-1833 | democrat | December 12, 1786-4. July 1857 |
Silas Wright | 1833-1844 | democrat | May 24, 1795-27. August 1847 |
Henry Allen Foster | 1844-1845 | democrat | May 7, 1800-11. May 1889 |
John Adams Dix | 1845-1849 | democrat | July 24, 1798-21. April 1879 |
William Henry Seward 1 | 1849-1861 | Whig / Republican | May 16, 1801-10. October 1872 |
Ira Harris | 1861-1867 | republican | May 31, 1802–2. December 1875 |
Roscoe Conkling | 1867-1881 | republican | October 30, 1829-18. April 1888 |
Elbridge Gerry Lapham | 1881-1885 | republican | October 18, 1814–8. January 1890 |
William Maxwell Evarts | 1885-1891 | republican | February 6, 1818-28. February 1901 |
David Bennett Hill | 1892-1897 | democrat | August 29, 1843-20. October 1910 |
Thomas Collier Platt | 1897-1909 | republican | July 15, 1833–6. March 1910 |
Elihu Root | 1909-1915 | republican | February 15, 1845-7. February 1937 |
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. | 1915-1927 | republican | August 12, 1877-21. June 1952 |
Robert Ferdinand Wagner | 1927-1949 | democrat | June 8, 1877–4. May 1953 |
John Foster Dulles | 1949 | republican | February 25, 1888-24. May 1959 |
Herbert Henry Lehman | 1949-1957 | democrat | March 28, 1878-5. December 1963 |
Jacob Koppel Javits | 1957-1981 | republican | May 18, 1904-7. March 1986 |
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato | 1981-1999 | republican | * August 1, 1937 |
Charles Ellis Schumer | since 1999 | democrat | * November 23, 1950 |
1 Seward served in the Senate for the Republican Party from 1855.