List of United States Senators from Florida
Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, and elects its U.S. Senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Florida's Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861, due to its secession from the Union. They were filled again in July 1868. The state's current Senators are Bill Nelson (D) and Marco Rubio (R).
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three U.S. Congress in the first elections of 1845, and then the seat was contested again every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has 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 were elected for two United States Congresses in the first elections of 1845, and then the seat was contested again every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 1998, 2004, 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 | # | |
1 | David Levy Yulee |
Democratic | July 1, 1845 – March 3, 1851 |
Elected in 1845. Lost re-election. |
1 | 29th | 1 | Elected in 1845. Retired. |
July 1, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
Democratic | James Westcott | 1 |
30th | ||||||||||||
31st | 2 | Elected in 1848. Retired. |
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855 |
Whig | Jackson Morton |
2 | ||||||
2 | Stephen Mallory |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – January 21, 1861[1] |
Elected in 1851. | 2 | 32nd | ||||||
33rd | ||||||||||||
34th | 3 | Elected in 1855. Withdrew.[1] |
March 4, 1855 – January 21, 1861[1] |
Democratic | David Levy Yulee |
3 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1857. Withdrew.[1] |
3 | 35th | ||||||||||
36th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | January 21, 1861 – June 17, 1868 |
Civil War and Reconstruction | Civil War and Reconstruction | January 21, 1861[1] – June 25, 1868 |
Vacant | |||||||
37th | 4 | |||||||||||
4 | 38th | |||||||||||
39th | ||||||||||||
40th | 5 | |||||||||||
3 | Adonijah Welch |
Republican | June 17, 1868 – March 3, 1869 |
Elected to finish term. Retired. | ||||||||
Elected to finish term. Retired. |
June 25, 1868 – March 3, 1873 |
Republican | Thomas W. Osborn |
4 | ||||||||
4 | Abijah Gilbert |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1868 or 1869. Retired. |
5 | 41st | ||||||
42nd | ||||||||||||
43rd | 6 | Elected in 1872 or 1873. Retired. |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 |
Republican | Simon B. Conover |
5 | ||||||
5 | Charles W. Jones |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1887 |
Elected in 1875. | 6 | 44th | ||||||
45th | ||||||||||||
46th | 7 | Elected January 21, 1879.[2] | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1891 |
Democratic | Wilkinson Call |
6 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1881. Retired. |
7 | 47th | ||||||||||
48th | ||||||||||||
49th | 8 | Elected January 20, 1885.[3] | ||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1887 – May 19, 1887 |
8 | 50th | |||||||||
6 | Samuel Pasco |
Democratic | May 19, 1887 – April 18, 1899 |
Elected late to finish term in 1887. | ||||||||
51st | ||||||||||||
52nd | 9 | Legislature failed to elect. | March 4, 1891 – May 26, 1891 | |||||||||
Elected late May 26, 1891.[4] Retired. |
May 26, 1891 – March 3, 1897 |
Democratic | Wilkinson Call | |||||||||
Appointed to begin next term as legislature had failed to elect. Elected April 20, 1893 to finish term.[5] |
9 | 53rd | ||||||||||
54th | ||||||||||||
55th | 10 | Legislature failed to elect. | March 4, 1897 – May 13, 1897 |
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Elected late May 14, 1897.[6] | May 14, 1897 – December 23, 1907 |
Democratic | Stephen Mallory II |
7 | ||||||||
Appointed to begin next term as legislature had failed to elect. Lost election to finish term. |
10 | 56th | ||||||||||
Vacant | April 18, 1899 – April 20, 1899 |
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7 | James Taliaferro |
Democratic | April 20, 1899 – March 3, 1911 |
Elected to finish Pasco's term.[5] | ||||||||
57th | ||||||||||||
58th | 11 | Appointed to begin the term as legislature had failed to elect. Elected April 22, 1903 to finish term.[5] Died. | ||||||||||
Appointed to begin the term as legislature had failed to elect.[5] Re-elected April 20, 1905 to finish term.[5] Lost re-election. |
11 | 59th | ||||||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
December 23, 1907 – December 26, 1907 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Mallory's term. Died. |
December 26, 1907 – March 22, 1908 |
Democratic | William James Bryan |
8 | ||||||||
March 22, 1908 – March 27, 1908 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Mallory's term. Retired. |
March 27, 1908 – March 3, 1909 |
Democratic | William Hall Milton |
9 | ||||||||
61st | 12 | Appointed to begin the term.[5] Elected April 20, 1909 to finish the term. |
March 4, 1909 – June 17, 1936 |
Democratic | Duncan U. Fletcher |
10 | ||||||
8 | Nathan P. Bryan |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
Appointed to begin the term.[5] Elected April 19, 1911 to finish the term.[5] Lost renomination. |
12 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | ||||||||||||
64th | 13 | Re-elected in 1914. | ||||||||||
9 | Park Trammell |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – May 8, 1936 |
Elected in 1916. | 13 | 65th | ||||||
66th | ||||||||||||
67th | 14 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. | 14 | 68th | ||||||||||
69th | ||||||||||||
70th | 15 | Re-elected in 1926. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 15 | 71st | ||||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||
73rd | 16 | Re-elected in 1932. Died. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Died. |
16 | 74th | ||||||||||
Vacant | May 8, 1936 – May 26, 1936 |
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10 | Scott M. Loftin |
Democratic | May 26, 1936 – November 3, 1936 |
Appointed to continue Trammell's term. Successor elected. | ||||||||
June 17, 1936 – July 1, 1936 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Fletcher's term. Retired when successor qualified. |
July 1, 1936 – November 3, 1936 |
Democratic | William Luther Hill |
11 | ||||||||
11 | Charles O. Andrews |
Democratic | November 4, 1936 – September 18, 1946 |
Elected to finish Trammell's term. | Elected to finish Fletcher's term. | November 4, 1936 – January 3, 1951 |
Democratic | Claude Pepper |
12 | |||
75th | ||||||||||||
76th | 17 | Re-elected in 1938. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. Died. |
17 | 77th | ||||||||||
78th | ||||||||||||
79th | 18 | Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Vacant | September 18, 1946 – September 25, 1946 |
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12 | Spessard Holland |
Democratic | September 25, 1946 – January 3, 1971 |
Appointed to finish Andrews's term.[5] | ||||||||
Elected in 1946. | 18 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | ||||||||||||
82nd | 19 | Elected in 1950. | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1969 |
Democratic | George Smathers |
13 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 19 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||
85th | 20 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. | 20 | 86th | ||||||||||
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 21 | Re-elected in 1962. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. Retired. |
21 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 22 | Elected in 1968. Retired and resigned early. |
January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1974 |
Republican | Edward J. Gurney |
14 | ||||||
13 | Lawton Chiles |
Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989 |
Elected in 1970. | 22 | 92nd | ||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Gurney's term, having been elected to the next term. | January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1980 |
Democratic | Richard Stone |
15 | ||||||||
94th | 23 | Elected in 1974. Lost renomination and resigned early. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 23 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Stone's term, having been elected to the next term. | January 1, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
Republican | Paula Hawkins |
16 | ||||||||
97th | 24 | Elected in 1980. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. Retired. |
24 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 25 | Elected in 1986. | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005 |
Democratic | Bob Graham |
17 | ||||||
14 | Connie Mack III |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1988. | 25 | 101st | ||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 26 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. Retired. |
26 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 27 | Re-elected in 1998. Retired. | ||||||||||
15 | Bill Nelson |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – Present |
Elected in 2000. | 27 | 107th | ||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 28 | Elected in 2004. Resigned. |
January 3, 2005 – September 9, 2009 |
Republican | Mel Martínez |
18 | ||||||
Re-elected in 2006. | 28 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Martínez's term. Retired. |
September 9, 2009 – January 3, 2011[7] |
Republican | George LeMieux |
19 | ||||||||
112th | 29 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Republican | Marco Rubio |
20 | ||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 29 | 113th | ||||||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 30 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 30 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 31 | 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 Florida
As of October 2016, there are five living former U.S. Senators from Florida, one from Class 1 and four from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Paula Hawkins on Class 3 (1981–1987) on December 4, 2009. The most recent Class 1 senator to die was Lawton Chiles (1971–1989) on December 12, 1998.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Richard Stone | 1975–1980 | 3 | September 22, 1928 |
Bob Graham | 1987–2005 | 3 | November 9, 1936 |
Connie Mack III | 1989–2001 | 1 | October 29, 1940 |
Mel Martinez | 2005–2009 | 3 | October 23, 1946 |
George LeMieux | 2009–2011 | 3 | May 21, 1969 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Mallory and Yulee, along with several other senators, announced they were withdrawing from the Senate on January 21, 1861, due to their states' decisions to secede from the Union. Mallory's seat was declared vacant by the Senate on March 14, 1861, but Yulee's was already vacant because his term ended at noon on March 4, 1861.
- ↑ "THE FLORIDA SENATORSHIP". The New York Times. January 22, 1879. p. 1.
- ↑ "SELECTING NEW SENATORS". The New York Times. January 20, 1885. p. 1.
- ↑ "CALL DECLARED ELECTED". May 26, 1891. p. 1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Byrd, p. 93.
- ↑ "MALLORY ELECTED SENATOR". The New York Times. May 15, 1897. p. 12.
- ↑ "Senators of the United States 1789-present, A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). Senate Historical Office. April 17, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Taft, George S. (1885). "Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885". United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.