List of United States Senators from Washington
Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889, and elects its United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current senators are Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell.
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, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | November 11, 1889 – November 20, 1889 |
Washington elected its first senators after it was admitted to the Union. | 1 | 51st Congress | 1 | Washington elected its first senators after it was admitted to the Union. | November 11, 1889 – November 20, 1889 |
Vacant | ||||
1 | John B. Allen |
Republican | November 20, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |
Elected in 1889. Legislature failed to re-elect. |
Elected in 1889. | November 20, 1889 – March 4, 1897 |
Republican | Watson C. Squire |
1 | |||
52nd Congress | 2 | Re-elected in 1891. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1893 – February 19, 1895 |
The legislature failed to elect a senator for the term beginning March 4, 1893. The governor appointed John Allen to serve until March 20, 1893, but the Senate rejected his credentials. | 2 | 53rd Congress | ||||||||
2 | John L. Wilson |
Republican | February 19, 1895 – March 4, 1899 |
Elected February 1, 1895 to finish the vacant term, but took his seat late. Lost renomination. | ||||||||
54th Congress | ||||||||||||
55th Congress | 3 | Elected in 1897. Retired. |
March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903 |
Democratic | George Turner |
2 | ||||||
3 | Addison G. Foster |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905 |
Elected February 1, 1899.[1] Retired. |
3 | 56th Congress | ||||||
57th Congress | ||||||||||||
58th Congress | 4 | Elected in 1902. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1909 |
Republican | Levi Ankeny |
3 | ||||||
4 | Samuel H. Piles |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911 |
Elected in 1904. Retired. |
4 | 59th Congress | ||||||
60th Congress | ||||||||||||
61st Congress | 5 | Elected in 1908 | March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1932 |
Republican | Wesley L. Jones |
4 | ||||||
5 | Miles Poindexter |
Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923 |
Elected in 1910 | 5 | 62nd Congress | ||||||
63rd Congress | ||||||||||||
64th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1914 | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
6 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
66th Congress | ||||||||||||
67th Congress | 7 | Re-elected in 1920 | ||||||||||
6 | Clarence C. Dill |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 |
Elected in 1922 | 7 | 68th Congress | ||||||
69th Congress | ||||||||||||
70th Congress | 8 | Re-elected in 1926. Died, having already lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. Retired. |
8 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | ||||||||||||
November 19, 1932 – November 22, 1932 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Jones's term. Retired. |
November 22, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Republican | Elijah S. Grammer |
5 | ||||||||
73rd Congress | 9 | Elected in 1932 | March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1944 |
Democratic | Homer T. Bone |
6 | ||||||
7 | Lewis B. Schwellenbach |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – December 16, 1940 |
Elected in 1934. Resigned. |
9 | 74th Congress | ||||||
75th Congress | ||||||||||||
76th Congress | 10 | Re-elected in 1938. Resigned. | ||||||||||
Vacant | December 16, 1940 – December 19, 1940 |
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8 | Monrad C. Wallgren |
Democratic | December 19, 1940 – January 9, 1945 |
Appointed to finish Schwellenbach's term, having already been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1940. Resigned. |
10 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
78th Congress | ||||||||||||
November 13, 1944 – December 14, 1944 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Bone's term, having already been elected to the next term. | December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981 |
Democratic | Warren G. Magnuson |
7 | ||||||||
79th Congress | 11 | Elected in 1944 | ||||||||||
9 | Hugh B. Mitchell |
Democratic | January 10, 1945 – December 25, 1946 |
Appointed to finish Wallgren's term. Lost election to next term and resigned early. | ||||||||
10 | Harry P. Cain |
Republican | December 26, 1946 – January 3, 1953 |
Appointed to finish Mitchell's term, having already been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1946. Lost re-election. |
11 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | ||||||||||||
82nd Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1950 | ||||||||||
11 | Henry M. Jackson |
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – September 1, 1983 |
Elected in 1952 | 12 | 83rd Congress | ||||||
84th Congress | ||||||||||||
85th Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1956 | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958 | 13 | 86th Congress | ||||||||||
87th Congress | ||||||||||||
88th Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1962 | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964 | 14 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | ||||||||||||
91st Congress | 15 | Re-elected in 1968 | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970 | 15 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | ||||||||||||
94th Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976 | 16 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | ||||||||||||
97th Congress | 17 | Elected in 1980. Lost re-election. |
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
Republican | Slade Gorton |
8 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1982. Died. |
17 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | September 1, 1983 – September 8, 1983 |
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12 | Daniel J. Evans |
Republican | September 8, 1983 – January 3, 1989 |
Appointed to continue Jackson's term. Elected to finish Jackson's term. Retired. | ||||||||
99th Congress | ||||||||||||
100th Congress | 18 | Elected in 1986. Retired. |
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
Democratic | Brock Adams |
9 | ||||||
13 | Slade Gorton |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1988 | 18 | 101st Congress | ||||||
102nd Congress | ||||||||||||
103rd Congress | 19 | Elected in 1992 | January 3, 1993 – Present |
Democratic | Patty Murray |
10 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election. |
19 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | ||||||||||||
106th Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1998 | ||||||||||
14 | Maria Cantwell |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – Present |
Elected in 2000 | 20 | 107th Congress | ||||||
108th Congress | ||||||||||||
109th Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 2004 | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006 | 21 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | ||||||||||||
112th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 2010 | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012 | 22 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
114th Congress | ||||||||||||
115th Congress | 23 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 23 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | ||||||||||||
118th Congress | 24 | To be determined in the 2022 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 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Washington
As of October 2016, there are two living former Senators, both from Class 1 (although Gorton had also served in Class 3). The most recent senator to die was Brock Adams of Class 3 (1987-1993) on September 10, 2004. The most recent Class 1 senator to die was Hugh Mitchell (1945-1946) on June 10, 1996. The most recently serving Class 1 senator to die was Henry M. Jackson (1953-1983), who died in office on September 1, 1983.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Daniel J. Evans | 1983–1989 | 1 | October 16, 1925 |
Slade Gorton | 1981–1987 1989–2001 |
1 3 |
January 8, 1928 |
See also
- List of United States Representatives from Washington
- United States congressional delegations from Washington
References
- ↑ "AN ELECTION IN WASHINGTON". The New York Times. February 2, 1899. p. 2.