List of United States Senators from Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821. Its current Senators are Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Roy Blunt.

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 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Thomas Hart Benton	Democratic- Republican	August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1851	Elected in 1821.	1	17th Congress	1	Elected in 1821.	August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1831	Democratic- Republican	David Barton	1
		Jacksonian Democratic- Republican				18th Congress				Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican
		Jacksonian				19th Congress	2	Re-elected in 1825. Lost re-election.		Anti- Jacksonian
				Re-elected in 1827.	2	20th Congress				Adams
						21st Congress				Anti- Jacksonian
						22nd Congress	3	Elected in 1830. Died.	March 4, 1831 – June 6, 1833	Jacksonian	Alexander Buckner	2
				Re-elected in 1833.	3	23rd Congress
									June 6, 1833 – October 25, 1833	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Buckner's term. Elected to finish Buckner's term.	October 25, 1833 – October 3, 1843	Jacksonian	Lewis F. Linn	3
						24th Congress
		Democratic				25th Congress	4	Re-elected in 1836.		Democratic
				Re-elected in 1839.	4	26th Congress
						27th Congress
						28th Congress	5	Re-elected in 1842. Died.
									October 3, 1843 – October 14, 1843	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Linn's term. Elected to finish Linn's term.	October 14, 1843 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	David Rice Atchison	4
				Re-elected in 1845. Lost re-election.	5	29th Congress
						30th Congress
						31st Congress	6	Re-elected in 1849. Lost re-election.
2	Henry S. Geyer	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1857	Elected in 1851. Retired.	6	32nd Congress
						33rd Congress
						34th Congress	7	Failure to elect.	March 4, 1855 – January 12, 1857	Vacant
								Elected late in 1857. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	January 12, 1857 – March 4, 1861	Democratic	James S. Green	5
3	Trusten Polk	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 10, 1862	Elected in 1857. Expelled for supporting the rebellion in the American Civil War.	7	35th Congress
						36th Congress
						37th Congress	8		March 4, 1861 – March 17, 1861	Vacant
								Elected late in 1861. Expelled for supporting the rebellion in the American Civil War.	March 17, 1861 – January 10, 1862	Democratic	Waldo P. Johnson	6
Vacant			January 10, 1862 – January 17, 1862						January 10, 1862 – January 17, 1862	Vacant
4	John B. Henderson	Unionist	January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1869	Appointed to finish Polk's term.				Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Successor qualified.	January 17, 1862 – November 13, 1863	Unionist	Robert Wilson	7
		Unconditional Unionist		Elected to full term in 1862. Retired.	8	38th Congress				Unconditional Unionist
								Elected to finish Johnson's term. Retired due to ill health.	November 13, 1863 – March 4, 1867	Unconditional Unionist	B. Gratz Brown	8
		Republican				39th Congress				Republican
						40th Congress	9	Elected in 1866 or 1867. Resigned to become Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Claims.	March 4, 1867 – December 19, 1870	Republican	Charles D. Drake	9
5	Carl Schurz	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875	Elected in 1868. Retired.	9	41st Congress
								Appointed to continue Drake's term. Retired when successor elected.	December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871	Republican	Daniel T. Jewett	10
								Elected to finish Drake's term. Lost re-election.	January 20, 1871 – March 4, 1873	Democratic	Francis Blair	11
						42nd Congress
						43rd Congress	10	Elected in 1872 or 1873. Died.	March 4, 1873 – September 20, 1877	Democratic	Lewis V. Bogy	12
6	Francis Cockrell	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1905	Elected in 1875.	10	44th Congress
						45th Congress
									September 20, 1877 – September 29, 1877	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Bogy's term. Retired.	September 29, 1877 – January 26, 1879	Democratic	David H. Armstrong	13
								Elected to finish Bogy's term. Retired.	January 27, 1879 – March 4, 1879	Democratic	James Shields	14
						46th Congress	11	Elected in 1879.	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1903	Democratic	George G. Vest	15
				Re-elected in 1881.	11	47th Congress
						48th Congress
						49th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1885.
				Re-elected in 1887.	12	50th Congress
						51st Congress
						52nd Congress	13	Re-elected in 1891.
				Re-elected in 1893.	13	53rd Congress
						54th Congress
						55th Congress	14	Re-elected in 1897. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1899. Retired.	14	56th Congress
						57th Congress
						58th Congress	15	Elected in 1902.	March 4, 1903 – April 14, 1918	Democratic	William J. Stone	16
Vacant			March 4, 1905 – March 18, 1905		15	59th Congress
7	100px William Warner	Republican	March 18, 1905 – March 4, 1911	Elected late in 1905. Retired.
						60th Congress
						61st Congress	16	Re-elected in 1908.
8	James A. Reed	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1929	Elected in 1910.	16	62nd Congress
						63rd Congress
						64th Congress	17	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
				Re-elected in 1916.	17	65th Congress
									April 14, 1918 – April 30, 1918	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Stone's term. Lost election to finish Stone's term.	April 30, 1918 – November 5, 1918	Democratic	100px Xenophon P. Wilfley	17
								Elected to finish Stone's term.	November 6, 1918 – May 16, 1925	Republican	Selden P. Spencer	18
						66th Congress
						67th Congress	18	Re-elected in 1920. Died.
				Re-elected in 1922. Retired.	18	68th Congress
						69th Congress
									May 16, 1925 – May 25, 1925	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Spencer's term. Lost election to finish Spencer's term.	May 25, 1925 – December 5, 1926	Republican	George H. Williams	19
								Elected to finish Spencer's term.	December 6, 1926 – February 3, 1933	Democratic	Harry B. Hawes	20
						70th Congress	19	Re-elected in 1926. Retired, then resigned early.
9	Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1928. Lost re-election.	19	71st Congress
						72nd Congress
								Appointed to finish Hawes's term, having already been elected to the next term.	February 3, 1933 – January 3, 1945	Democratic	Joel B. Clark	21
						73rd Congress	20	Elected to full term in 1932.
10	Harry S. Truman	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1945	Elected in 1934.	20	74th Congress
						75th Congress
						76th Congress	21	Re-elected in 1938. Lost renomination.
				Re-elected in 1940. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.	21	77th Congress
						78th Congress
						79th Congress	22	Elected in 1944. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	Republican	Forrest C. Donnell	22
11	Frank P. Briggs	Democratic	January 18, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Appointed to finish Truman's term. Lost election to full term.
12	James P. Kem	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.	22	80th Congress
						81st Congress
						82nd Congress	23	Elected in 1950.	January 3, 1951 – September 13, 1960	Democratic	Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.	23
13	Stuart Symington	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – December 27, 1976	Elected in 1952.	23	83rd Congress
						84th Congress
						85th Congress	24	Re-elected in 1956. Died.
				Elected in 1958.	24	86th Congress
									September 13, 1960 – September 23, 1960	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Henning's term. Elected to finish Henning's term.	September 23, 1960 – December 27, 1968	Democratic	Edward V. Long	24
						87th Congress
						88th Congress	25	Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination, and resigned early.
				Elected in 1964.	25	89th Congress
						90th Congress
								Appointed to finish Long's term, having been elected to next term.	December 28, 1968 – January 3, 1987	Democratic	Thomas Eagleton	25
						91st Congress	26	Elected in 1968.
				Elected in 1970. Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.	26	92nd Congress
						93rd Congress
						94th Congress	27	Re-elected in 1974.
14	John Danforth	Republican	December 27, 1976 – January 3, 1995	Appointed early to finish Symington's term, having already been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1976.	27	95th Congress
						96th Congress
						97th Congress	28	Re-elected in 1980. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1982. Retired.	28	98th Congress
						99th Congress
						100th Congress	29	Elected in 1986.	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2011	Republican	Kit Bond	26
				Re-elected in 1988. Retired.	29	101st Congress
						102nd Congress
						103rd Congress	30	Re-elected in 1992.
15	John Ashcroft	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	30	104th Congress
						105th Congress
						106th Congress	31	Re-elected in 1998.
16	Jean Carnahan	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – November 25, 2002	Appointed to begin Senator-elect Mel Carnahan's term. Lost election to finish Senator-elect Carnahan's term.	31	107th Congress
17	Jim Talent	Republican	November 25, 2002 – January 3, 2007	Elected to finish Senator-elect Mel Carnahan's term. Lost re-election.
						108th Congress
						109th Congress	32	Re-elected in 2004. Retired.
18	Claire McCaskill	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	Elected in 2006.	32	110th Congress
						111th Congress
						112th Congress	33	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	Roy Blunt	27
				Re-elected in 2012.	33	113th Congress
						114th Congress
						115th Congress	34	To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					34	116th Congress
						117th Congress
#	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 3

Living former U.S. Senators

As of April 2015, there are five living former U.S. Senators from Missouri, four from Class 1 and one from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
John Danforth	1976–1995	1	(1936-09-05) September 5, 1936
Kit Bond	1987–2011	2	(1939-03-06) March 6, 1939
John Ashcroft	1995–2001	1	(1942-05-09) May 9, 1942
Jean Carnahan	2001–2002	1	(1933-12-20) December 20, 1933
Jim Talent	2002–2007	1	(1956-10-18) October 18, 1956

See also

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