List of United States Senators from Michigan

Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current Senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.

List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
1	Lucius Lyon	Jacksonian	January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839	Elected in 1837. Retired.	1	24th Congress	1	Elected in 1837. Retired.	January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1841	Jacksonian	John Norvell	1
1	Lucius Lyon	Democratic	January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839	Elected in 1837. Retired.	1	25th Congress				Democratic
Vacant			March 4, 1839 – January 20, 1840		2	26th Congress
2	Augustus S. Porter	Whig	January 20, 1840 – March 4, 1845	Elected late in 1840. Retired.		26th Congress
		27th Congress				2	Elected in 1841. Retired.	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1847	Whig	William Woodbridge	2
		28th Congress
3	Lewis Cass	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848	Elected in 1844 or 1845. Resigned to run for president.	3				29th Congress
3	Lewis Cass	30th Congress	March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848	Elected in 1844 or 1845. Resigned to run for president.		3	Elected in 1847. Retired.	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853	Democratic	Alpheus Felch	3
Vacant			May 29, 1848 – June 8, 1848
4	Thomas Fitzgerald		Democratic	June 8, 1848 – March 3, 1849					Appointed to continue Cass's term.

5	Lewis Cass	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1857	Elected in 1849 to finish his own term.	31st Congress
		Re-elected in 1850 or 1851. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.		4	32nd Congress
					33rd Congress	4	Elected in 1853. Retired.	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859	Democratic	Charles E. Stuart	4
					34th Congress
6	Zachariah Chandler	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1875	Elected in 1857.	5				35th Congress
		36th Congress				5	Elected in 1858. Died.	March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861	Republican	Kinsley S. Bingham	5
		37th Congress					Elected in 1858. Died.	March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861		Kinsley S. Bingham	5
								October 5, 1861 – January 17, 1862	Vacant
							Elected in 1862 to finish Bingham's term.	January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1871	Republican	Jacob M. Howard	6
		Re-elected in 1863.		6	38th Congress		Elected in 1862 to finish Bingham's term.
					39th Congress	6	Re-elected in 1865. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.
					40th Congress
		Re-elected in 1869. Lost re-election.		7	41st Congress
					42nd Congress	7	Elected in 1871.	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1883	Republican	Thomas W. Ferry	7
					43rd Congress
7	Isaac P. Christiancy	Republican	March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879	Elected in 1874. Resigned due to ill health.	8				44th Congress
7	Isaac P. Christiancy	45th Congress	March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879	Elected in 1874. Resigned due to ill health.		8	Re-elected in 1877. Lost re-election.
Vacant			February 10, 1879 – February 22, 1879
8	Zachariah Chandler		Republican	February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879					Elected in 1879 to finish Christiancy's term. Died.
8	Zachariah Chandler		46th Congress	February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879					Elected in 1879 to finish Christiancy's term. Died.
Vacant				November 1, 1879 – November 17, 1879
9	Henry P. Baldwin	Republican		November 17, 1879 – March 4, 1881					Appointed to continue Chandler's term. Elected January 19, 1881 to finish Chandler's term. Retired.
10	Omar D. Conger	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887	Elected in 1881. Lost renomination.	9				47th Congress
		48th Congress				9	Election year unknown. Retired.	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889	Republican	Thomas W. Palmer	8
		49th Congress
11	Francis B. Stockbridge	Republican	March 4, 1887 – April 30, 1894	Elected in 1887.	10				50th Congress
		51st Congress				10	Elected in 1889.	March 4, 1889 – August 10, 1902	Republican	James McMillan	9
		52nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1893. Died.		11	53rd Congress
Vacant			April 30, 1894 – May 5, 1894
12	John Patton, Jr.	Republican	May 5, 1894 – January 24, 1895						Appointed to continue Stockbridge's term. Lost election to finish term.
13	Julius C. Burrows	Republican	January 24, 1895 – March 4, 1911						Elected in 1895 to finish Stockbridge's term.
		54th Congress			11	Re-elected in 1895.
		55th Congress
		Re-elected in 1899.		12			56th Congress
					57th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1901. Died.
								August 10, 1902 – September 27, 1902	Vacant
							Appointed to continue McMillan's term. Elected January 20, 1903 to finish McMillan's term.^[1] Died.	September 27, 1902 – January 24, 1907	Republican	Russell A. Alger	10
					58th Congress
		Re-elected in 1905. Lost renomination.		13	59th Congress
								January 24, 1907 – February 9, 1907	Vacant
							Elected in 1907 to finish Alger's term.	February 9, 1907 – March 4, 1919	Republican	William A. Smith	11
					60th Congress	13	Elected in 1907.
					61st Congress
14	Charles E. Townsend	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	Elected in 1910.	14				62nd Congress
		63rd Congress				14	Re-elected in 1913. Retired.
		64th Congress
		Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.		15	65th Congress
					66th Congress	15	Elected in 1918. Resigned when convicted of election "irregularities".	March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922	Republican	Truman H. Newberry	12
					67th Congress			March 4, 1919 – November 18, 1922		Truman H. Newberry	12
								November 18, 1922 – November 29, 1922	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Newberry's term. Elected November 4, 1924 to finish Newberry's term.	November 29, 1922 – October 22, 1936	Republican	James J. Couzens	13
15	Woodbridge N. Ferris	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 23, 1928	Elected in 1922. Died.	16				68th Congress
		69th Congress				16	Re-elected in 1924.
		70th Congress
Vacant			March 23, 1928 – March 31, 1928
16	Arthur H. Vandenberg		Republican	March 31, 1928 – April 18, 1951					Appointed to continue Ferris's term. Elected November 6, 1928 to finish Ferris's term.
			Elected in 1928.		17				71st Congress
		72nd Congress				17	Re-elected in 1930. Died.
		73rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1934.	18		74th Congress
								October 22, 1936 – November 19, 1936	Vacant
							Appointed to finish Couzens's term, having already been elected to the next term.	November 19, 1936 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	Prentiss M. Brown	14
					75th Congress	18	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
					76th Congress
		Re-elected in 1940.	19		77th Congress
					78th Congress	19	Elected in 1942.	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955	Republican	Homer S. Ferguson	15
					79th Congress
		Re-elected in 1946. Died.	20		80th Congress
					81st Congress	20	Re-elected in 1948. Lost re-election.
					82nd Congress
Vacant				April 18, 1951 – April 23, 1951
17	Blair Moody	Democratic		April 23, 1951 – November 4, 1952					Appointed to continue Vandenberg's term. Lost election to finish term.
18	Charles E. Potter	Republican		November 5, 1952 – January 3, 1959					Elected in 1952 to finish Vandenberg's term.
		Elected to full term in 1952. Lost re-election.	21		83rd Congress
					84th Congress	21	Elected in 1954.	January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1966	Democratic	Patrick V. McNamara	16
					85th Congress
19	Philip Hart	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 26, 1976	Elected in 1958.	22				86th Congress
		87th Congress				22	Re-elected in 1960. Died.
		88th Congress
		Re-elected in 1964.		23	89th Congress
								April 30, 1966 – May 11, 1966	Vacant
							Appointed to finish McNamara's term.	May 11, 1966 – January 3, 1979	Republican	Robert P. Griffin	17
					90th Congress	23	Elected to full term in 1966
					91st Congress
		Re-elected in 1970. Died, having already planned to retire.		24	92nd Congress
					93rd Congress	24	Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election.
					94th Congress
Vacant			December 26, 1976 – December 30, 1976
20	Donald W. Riegle, Jr.	Democratic	December 30, 1976 – January 3, 1995						Appointed early to finish Hart's term, having already been elected to the next term.
		Elected to full term in 1976		25	95th Congress
					96th Congress	25	Elected in 1978.	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015	Democratic	Carl Levin	18
					97th Congress
		Re-elected in 1982.		26	98th Congress
					99th Congress	26	Re-elected in 1984.
					100th Congress
		Re-elected in 1988. Retired.		27	101st Congress
					102nd Congress	27	Re-elected in 1990.
					103rd Congress
21	Spencer Abraham	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	28				104th Congress
		105th Congress				28	Re-elected in 1996.
		106th Congress
22	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – Present	Elected in 2000.	29				107th Congress
		108th Congress				29	Re-elected in 2002.
		109th Congress
		Re-elected in 2006.		30	110th Congress
					111th Congress	30	Re-elected in 2008. Retired.
					112th Congress
		Re-elected in 2012.		31	113th Congress
					114th Congress	31	Elected in 2014.	January 3, 2015 – Present	Democratic	Gary Peters	19
					115th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					32				116th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					32	117th Congress	32	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from Michigan

As of October 2016, there are three former U.S. Senators from Michigan who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was Robert P. Griffin of Class 2 (1966-1979) on April 17, 2015. The most recent Class 1 senator to die was Charles E. Potter (1952-1959) on November 23, 1979. The most recently serving Class 1 senator to die was Philip Hart (1959-1976), who died in office on December 26, 1976.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Donald W. Riegle, Jr.	1976–1995	1	(1938-02-04) February 4, 1938
Carl Levin	1979–2015	2	(1934-06-28) June 28, 1934
Spencer Abraham	1995–2001	1	(1952-06-12) June 12, 1952

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List of United States Senators from Michigan

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Living former U.S. Senators from Michigan

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