List of United States senators from Florida

Current delegation

Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3. Florida's U.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 is currently represented by Republicans Marco Rubio (serving since 2011) and Rick Scott (serving since 2019). Duncan U. Fletcher was Florida's longest-serving senator (1909–1936). Florida is one of fifteen states alongside Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators[edit]

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						C	Class 3 Class 3 senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
1	David Levy Yulee	Democratic	Jul 1, 1845 – Mar 3, 1851	Elected in 1845. Lost re-election.	1	29th	1	Elected in 1845. Retired.	Jul 1, 1845 – Mar 3, 1849	Democratic	James Westcott	1
						30th	1	Elected in 1845. Retired.	Jul 1, 1845 – Mar 3, 1849	Democratic	James Westcott	1
						31st	2	Elected in 1848. Retired.	Mar 4, 1849 – Mar 3, 1855	Whig	Jackson Morton	2
2	Stephen Mallory	Democratic	Mar 4, 1851 – Jan 21, 1861^[1]	Elected in 1851.	2	32nd
						33rd
						34th	3	Elected in 1855. Withdrew.^[1]	Mar 4, 1855 – Jan 21, 1861^[1]	Democratic	David Levy Yulee	3
				Re-elected in 1857. Withdrew.^[1]	3	35th
				Re-elected in 1857. Withdrew.^[1]		36th
Vacant			Jan 21, 1861 – Jun 17, 1868	Civil War and Reconstruction.		36th		Civil War and Reconstruction.	Jan 21, 1861^[1] – Jun 25, 1868	Vacant
						37th	4
					4	38th
						39th
						40th	5
3	Adonijah Welch	Republican	Jun 17, 1868 – Mar 3, 1869	Elected to finish term. Retired.
3	Adonijah Welch	Republican	Jun 17, 1868 – Mar 3, 1869	Elected to finish term. Retired.				Elected to finish term. Retired.	Jun 25, 1868 – Mar 3, 1873	Republican	Thomas W. Osborn	4
4	Abijah Gilbert	Republican	Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 3, 1875	Elected in 1868 or 1869. Retired.	5	41st
						42nd
						43rd	6	Elected in 1872 or 1873. Retired.	Mar 4, 1873 – Mar 3, 1879	Republican	Simon B. Conover	5
5	Charles W. Jones	Democratic	Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 3, 1887	Elected in 1875.	6	44th
						45th
						46th	7	Elected in 1879.^[2]	Mar 4, 1879 – Mar 3, 1891	Democratic	Wilkinson Call	6
				Re-elected in 1881. Retired.	7	47th
						48th
						49th	8	Elected in 1885.^[3]
Vacant			Mar 4, 1887 – May 19, 1887		8	50th
6	Samuel Pasco	Democratic	May 19, 1887 – Apr 18, 1899	Elected late to finish term in 1887.		50th
						51st
						52nd	9	Legislature failed to elect.	Mar 4, 1891 – May 26, 1891	Vacant
						52nd		Elected late in 1891.^[4] Retired.	May 26, 1891 – Mar 3, 1897	Democratic	Wilkinson Call
				Appointed to begin next term as legislature had failed to elect. Elected in 1893 to finish term.^[5]	9	53rd
						54th
						55th	10	Legislature failed to elect.	Mar 4, 1897 – May 13, 1897	Vacant
						55th		Elected late in 1897.^[6]	May 14, 1897 – Dec 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			Apr 18, 1899 – Apr 20, 1899
7	James Taliaferro	Democratic	Apr 20, 1899 – Mar 3, 1911	Elected to finish term.^[5]
						57th
						58th	11	Appointed to begin the term as legislature had failed to elect. Elected in 1903 to finish term.^[5] Died.
				Appointed to begin the term as legislature had failed to elect.^[5] Re-elected in 1905 to finish term.^[5] Lost re-election.	11	59th
						60th
									Dec 23, 1907 – Dec 26, 1907	Vacant
								Appointed to finish term. Died.	Dec 26, 1907 – Mar 22, 1908	Democratic	William James Bryan	8
									Mar 22, 1908 – Mar 27, 1908	Vacant
								Appointed to finish term. Retired.	Mar 27, 1908 – Mar 3, 1909	Democratic	William Hall Milton	9
						61st	12	Appointed to begin the term.^[5] Elected in 1909 to finish the term.	Mar 4, 1909 – Jun 17, 1936	Democratic	Duncan U. Fletcher	10
8	Nathan P. Bryan	Democratic	Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 3, 1917	Appointed to begin the term.^[5] Elected in 1911 to finish the term.^[5] Lost renomination.	12	62nd
						63rd
						64th	13	Re-elected in 1914.
9	Park Trammell	Democratic	Mar 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
10	Scott Loftin	Democratic	May 26, 1936 – Nov 3, 1936	Appointed to continue Trammell's term. Successor elected.
									Jun 17, 1936 – Jul 1, 1936	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Fletcher's term. Retired when successor qualified.	Jul 1, 1936 – Nov 3, 1936	Democratic	William Luther Hill	11
11	Charles O. Andrews	Democratic	Nov 4, 1936 – Sep 18, 1946	Elected to finish Trammell's term.				Elected to finish Fletcher's term.	Nov 4, 1936 – Jan 3, 1951	Democratic	Claude Pepper	12
						75th		Elected to finish Fletcher's term.
						76th	17	Re-elected in 1938.
				Re-elected in 1940. Died.	17	77th
						78th
						79th	18	Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
Vacant			Sep 18, 1946 – Sep 25, 1946
12	Spessard Holland	Democratic	Sep 25, 1946 – Jan 3, 1971	Appointed to finish Andrews's term.^[5]
				Elected in 1946.	18	80th
						81st
						82nd	19	Elected in 1950.	Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 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.	Jan 3, 1969 – Dec 31, 1974	Republican	Edward Gurney	14
13	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	Jan 3, 1971 – Jan 3, 1989	Elected in 1970.	22	92nd
						93rd
						93rd		Appointed to finish Gurney's term, having been elected to the next term.	Jan 1, 1975 – Dec 31, 1980	Democratic	Richard Stone	15
						94th	23	Elected in 1974. Lost renomination and resigned early.
				Re-elected in 1976.	23	95th
						96th
						96th		Appointed to finish Stone's term, having been elected to the next term.	Jan 1, 1981 – Jan 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.	Jan 3, 1987 – Jan 3, 2005	Democratic	Bob Graham	17
14	Connie Mack III	Republican	Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 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	Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2019	Elected in 2000.	27	107th
						108th
						109th	28	Elected in 2004. Resigned.	Jan 3, 2005 – Sep 9, 2009	Republican	Mel Martínez	18
				Re-elected in 2006.	28	110th
						111th
						111th		Appointed to finish Martínez's term. Retired.	Sep 9, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011^[7]	Republican	George LeMieux	19
						112th	29	Elected in 2010.	Jan 3, 2011 – present	Republican	Marco Rubio	20
				Re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election.	29	113th
						114th
						115th	30	Re-elected in 2016.
Vacant			Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 8, 2019		30	116th
16	Rick Scott	Republican	Jan 8, 2019 – present	Elected in 2018. Delayed his inauguration to finish his term as Governor of Florida.		116th
						117th
						118th	31	Re-elected in 2022. Resigning to become United States Secretary of State.
				Re-elected in 2024.	31	119th		Incoming senator to be appointed to continue Rubio's term.	TBA	TBA	TBA	21
						120th		To be determined in the 2026 special election.
						121st	32	To be determined in the 2028 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former senators[edit]

As of November 2024, there are four living former U.S. senators from Florida. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Bob Graham (served 1987–2005) on April 16, 2024.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Connie Mack III	1989–2001	(1940-10-29) October 29, 1940 (age 84)
Bill Nelson	2001–2019	(1942-09-29) September 29, 1942 (age 82)
Mel Martínez	2005–2009	(1946-10-23) October 23, 1946 (age 78)
George LeMieux	2009–2011	(1969-05-21) May 21, 1969 (age 55)

Superlatives[edit]

Longest service[edit]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
Duncan U. Fletcher	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	27 years, 105 days (9,967 days)
Spessard Holland	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	24 years, 100 days (8,866 days)
Park Trammell	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	19 years, 65 days (7,005 days)
George Smathers	January 3, 1951Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	January 3, 1969Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	18 years, 0 days (6,575 days)
Lawton Chiles	January 3, 1971Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	January 3, 1989Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	18 years, 0 days (6,575 days)
Bob Graham	January 3, 1987Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	January 3, 2005Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	18 years, 0 days (6,575 days)

Shortest service[edit]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
William James Bryan	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	2 months, 3 weeks and 4 days (87 days)
William Luther Hill	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	4 months and 2 days (125 days)
Scott Loftin	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	5 months, 1 week and 1 day (161 days)
Adonijah Welch	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	8 months and 2 weeks (259 days)
William Hall Milton	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	11 months and 4 days (341 days)

Youngest at beginning of service[edit]

Senator	Date of birth	First served	Age
William James Bryan	October 10, 1876	December 26, 1907	31 years, 2 months and 16 days
Simon B. Conover	September 23, 1840	March 4, 1873	32 years, 5 months and 9 days
David Levy Yulee	June 12, 1810	July 1, 1845	35 years and 19 days
Thomas W. Osborn	March 9, 1833	June 25, 1868	35 years, 3 months and 16 days
Claude Pepper	September 8, 1900	November 4, 1936	36 years, 1 month and 27 days

Oldest at end of service[edit]

Senator	Date of birth	Last served	Age
Spessard Holland	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	78 years, 5 months and 24 days
Duncan U. Fletcher	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	77 years, 5 months and 11 days
Bill Nelson	September 29, 1942Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	January 3, 2019Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	76 years, 3 months and 5 days
Rick Scott	December 1, 1952	Present	71 years, 11 months and 21 days
Charles O. Andrews	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	69 years, 6 months and 11 days

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 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.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 ^5.8 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.

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[withdrawal-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 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.

[2] "THE FLORIDA SENATORSHIP". The New York Times. January 22, 1879. p. 1.

[3] "SELECTING NEW SENATORS". The New York Times. January 20, 1885. p. 1.

[4] "CALL DECLARED ELECTED". May 26, 1891. p. 1.

[FOOTNOTEByrd93-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 ^5.8 Byrd, p. 93.

[6] "MALLORY ELECTED SENATOR". The New York Times. May 15, 1897. p. 12.

[chronolist-7] "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.

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