List of United States Senators from Florida

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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

Rick Scott (2013)
Marco Rubio

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
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
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

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