List of United States Senators from Massachusetts

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The List of United States Senators from Massachusetts lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate 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; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.

class 1

Elizabeth Warren
Ed Markey

Massachusetts has been a US state since February 26, 1788 and to date has 27 class 1 senators , one of whom, Daniel Webster, served two non-consecutive terms. Massachusetts did not send senators until 1789.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Tristram Dalton 1789-1791 federalist May 28, 1738-30. May 1817
George Cabot 1791-1796 federalist December 3, 1752-18. April 1823
Benjamin Goodhue 1796-1800 federalist September 20, 1748-28. July 1814
Jonathan Mason 1800-1803 federalist September 12, 1756–1. November 1831
John Quincy Adams 1803-1808 federalist July 11, 1767-23. February 1848
James Lloyd 1808-1813 federalist December 1769–5. April 1831
Christopher Gore 1813-1816 federalist September 21, 1758–1. March 1827
Eli Porter Ashmun 1816-1818 federalist June 24, 1770-10. May 1819
Prentiss Mellen 1818-1820 federalist October 11, 1764-31. December 1840
Elijah Hunt Mills 1820-1827 federalist December 1, 1776-5. May 1829
Daniel Webster 1827-1841 Whig January 18, 1782-24. October 1852
Rufus Choate 1841-1845 Whig October 1, 1799-13. July 1859
Daniel Webster 1845-1850 Whig January 18, 1782-25. October 1852
Robert Charles Winthrop 1850-1851 Whig May 12, 1809-16. November 1894
Robert Rantoul 1851 democrat August 13, 1805-7. August 1852
Charles Sumner 1851-1874 Free Soil Republicans from 1857 January 6, 1811–11. March 1874
William Barrett Washburn 1874-1875 republican January 31, 1820–5. October 1887
Henry Laurens Dawes 1875-1893 republican October 30, 1816-5. February 1903
Henry Cabot Lodge 1893-1924 republican May 12, 1850-9. November 1924
William Morgan Butler 1924-1926 republican January 29, 1861-29. March 1937
David Ignatius Walsh 1926-1947 democrat November 11, 1872-11. June 1947
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 1947-1953 republican July 5, 1902-27. February 1985
John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1953-1960 democrat May 29, 1917-22. November 1963
Benjamin Atwood Smith 1960–1962 democrat March 16, 1916–6. September 1991
Edward Moore Kennedy 1962-2009 democrat February 22, 1932-25. August 2009
Paul Grattan Kirk 2009-2010 democrat * January 18, 1938
Scott Philip Brown 2010-2013 republican * September 12, 1959
Elizabeth Warren since 2013 democrat * June 22, 1949

2nd grade

Massachusetts has 29 class 2 senators to date , one of whom, John Davis, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Caleb Strong 1789-1796 federalist January 9, 1745–7. November 1819
Theodore Sedgwick 1796-1799 federalist May 9, 1746-24. January 1813
Samuel Dexter 1799-1800 federalist May 14, 1761-4. May 1816
Dwight Foster 1800-1803 federalist December 7, 1757-29. April 1823
Timothy Pickering 1803-1811 federalist July 17, 1745-29. January 1829
Joseph Bradley Varnum 1811-1817 Democratic Republican January 29, 1751-21. September 1821
Harrison Gray Otis 1817-1822 federalist October 8, 1765-28. October 1848
James Lloyd 1822-1826 National Republicans December 1769–5. April 1831
Nathaniel Silsbee 1826-1835 National Republicans January 14, 1773-14. July 1850
John Davis 1835-1841 Whig January 13, 1787-19. April 1854
Isaac Chapman Bates 1841-1845 Whig January 23, 1779–16. March 1845
John Davis 1845-1853 Whig January 13, 1787-19. April 1854
Edward Everett 1853-1854 Whig April 11, 1794-15. January 1865
Julius Rockwell 1854-1855 Whig April 26, 1805-19. May 1888
Henry Wilson 1 1855-1873 Free Soil Party February 16, 1812-22. November 1875
George Sewall Boutwell 1873-1877 republican January 28, 1818-27. February 1905
George Frisbie Hoar 1877-1904 republican August 29, 1826-30. September 1904
Winthrop Murray Crane 1904-1913 republican April 23, 1853–2. October 1920
John Wingate Weeks 1913-1919 republican April 11, 1860-12. July 1926
David Ignatius Walsh 1919-1925 democrat November 11, 1872-11. June 1947
Frederick Huntington Gillett 1925-1931 republican October 16, 1851–31. July 1935
Marcus Allen Coolidge 1931-1937 democrat October 6, 1865-23. January 1947
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 1937-1944 republican July 5, 1902-27. February 1985
Charles Sinclair Weeks 1944 republican June 15, 1893-7. February 1972
Leverett Saltonstall 1945-1967 republican September 1, 1892-17. June 1979
Edward William Brooke 1967-1979 republican October 26, 1919–3. January 2015
Paul Efthemios Tsongas 1979-1985 democrat February 14, 1941-18. January 1997
John Forbes Kerry 1985-2013 democrat * December 11, 1943
William Maurice Cowan 2013 democrat * April 4, 1969
Edward John Markey since 2013 democrat * July 11, 1946

1 Wilson served in the Senate for the Free Soil Party in 1855, the Know-Nothing Party from 1855 to 1857, and the Republican Party from 1857 to 1873.

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