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

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.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
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
		Democratic				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.
						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
						30th Congress	3	Elected in 1847. Retired.	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853	Democratic	Alpheus Felch	3
Vacant			May 29, 1848 – June 8, 1848
4	100px 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 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	100px 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
									October 5, 1861 – January 17, 1862	Vacant
								Elected to finish Bingham's term.	January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1871	Republican	Jacob M. Howard	6
				Re-elected in 1863.	6	38th Congress
						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
						45th Congress	8	Re-elected in 1877. Lost re-election.
Vacant			February 10, 1879 – February 22, 1879
8	100px Zachariah Chandler	Republican	February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879	Elected to finish Christiancy's term. Died.
						46th Congress
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 1880. Lost renomination.	9	47th Congress
						48th Congress	9	Elected in 1883. 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	100px Julius C. Burrows	Republican	January 24, 1895 – March 4, 1911	Elected 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 December 7, 1902 to finish McMillan's term. 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 to finish Alger's term.	February 9, 1907 – March 4, 1919	Republican	100px 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
									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	100px 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 to finish Vandenberg's term.
				Re-elected 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	100px 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	100px 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
						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 December 2015, there are three former U.S. Senators from Michigan who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2.

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

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Michigan
• List of United States Representatives from Michigan