List of living former United States senators

This is a list of living former United States senators. There are currently 147 people listed. Hawaii and Kentucky are currently the only states without a living former senator. Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming each have just one living former senator. Colorado has the most living former senators, with 8 as of May 6, 2024.

Living former senators[edit]

State	Senator	Party	Date of birth	Term	Age (years/days)
Alabama	Donald Stewart	Democratic	February 8, 1940	1978–1981	84 years, 88 days
Alabama	Richard Shelby	Democratic, then Republican	May 6, 1934	1987–1994 1994–2023	90 years, 0 days
Alabama	Jeff Sessions	Republican	December 24, 1946	1997–2017	77 years, 134 days
Alabama	Luther Strange	Republican	March 1, 1953	2017–2018	71 years, 66 days
Alabama	Doug Jones	Democratic	May 4, 1954	2018–2021	70 years, 2 days
Alaska	Frank Murkowski	Republican	March 28, 1933	1981–2002	91 years, 39 days
Alaska	Mark Begich	Democratic	March 30, 1962	2009–2015	62 years, 37 days
Arizona	Dennis DeConcini	Democratic	May 8, 1937	1977–1995	86 years, 364 days
Arizona	Jon Kyl	Republican	April 25, 1942	1995–2013 2018	82 years, 11 days
Arizona	Jeff Flake	Republican	December 31, 1962	2013–2019	61 years, 127 days
Arizona	Martha McSally	Republican	March 22, 1966	2019–2020	58 years, 45 days
Arkansas	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	August 11, 1949	1997–2003	74 years, 269 days
Arkansas	Blanche Lincoln	Democratic	September 30, 1960	1999–2011	63 years, 219 days
Arkansas	Mark Pryor	Democratic	January 10, 1963	2003–2015	61 years, 117 days
California	Pete Wilson	Republican	August 23, 1933	1983–1991	90 years, 257 days
California	John Seymour	Republican	December 3, 1937	1991–1992	86 years, 155 days
California	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	November 11, 1940	1993–2017	83 years, 177 days
California	Kamala Harris	Democratic	October 20, 1964	2017–2021	59 years, 199 days
Colorado	Gary Hart	Democratic	November 28, 1936	1975–1987	87 years, 160 days
Colorado	Tim Wirth	Democratic	September 22, 1939	1987–1993	84 years, 227 days
Colorado	Hank Brown	Republican	February 12, 1940	1991–1997	84 years, 84 days
Colorado	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Democratic, then Republican	April 13, 1933	1993–2005	91 years, 23 days
Colorado	Wayne Allard	Republican	December 2, 1943	1997–2009	80 years, 156 days
Colorado	Ken Salazar	Democratic	March 2, 1955	2005–2009	69 years, 65 days
Colorado	Mark Udall	Democratic	July 18, 1950	2009–2015	73 years, 293 days
Colorado	Cory Gardner	Republican	August 22, 1974	2015–2021	49 years, 258 days
Connecticut	Chris Dodd	Democratic	May 27, 1944	1981–2011	79 years, 345 days
Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic	November 20, 1942	1973–2009	81 years, 168 days
Delaware	Ted Kaufman	Democratic	March 15, 1939	2009–2010	85 years, 52 days
Florida	Connie Mack III	Republican	October 29, 1940	1989–2001	83 years, 190 days
Florida	Bill Nelson	Democratic	September 29, 1942	2001–2019	81 years, 220 days
Florida	Mel Martínez	Republican	October 23, 1946	2005–2009	77 years, 196 days
Florida	George LeMieux	Republican	May 21, 1969	2009–2011	54 years, 351 days
Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democratic	September 8, 1938	1972–1997	85 years, 241 days
Georgia	Mack Mattingly	Republican	January 7, 1931	1981–1987	93 years, 120 days
Georgia	Wyche Fowler	Democratic	October 6, 1940	1987–1993	83 years, 213 days
Georgia	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	November 10, 1943	2003–2015	80 years, 178 days
Georgia	David Perdue	Republican	December 10, 1949	2015–2021	74 years, 148 days
Georgia	Kelly Loeffler	Republican	November 27, 1970	2020–2021	53 years, 161 days
Hawaii	No former senators are living	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Idaho	Steve Symms	Republican	April 23, 1938	1981–1993	86 years, 13 days
Idaho	Larry Craig	Republican	July 20, 1945	1991–2009	78 years, 291 days
Idaho	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	October 29, 1951	1993–1999	72 years, 190 days
Illinois	Carol Moseley Braun	Democratic	August 16, 1947	1993–1999	76 years, 264 days
Illinois	Peter Fitzgerald	Republican	October 20, 1960	1999–2005	63 years, 199 days
Illinois	Barack Obama	Democratic	August 4, 1961	2005–2008	62 years, 276 days
Illinois	Roland Burris	Democratic	August 3, 1937	2009–2010	86 years, 277 days
Illinois	Mark Kirk	Republican	September 15, 1959	2010–2017	64 years, 234 days
Indiana	Dan Quayle	Republican	February 4, 1947	1981–1989	77 years, 92 days
Indiana	Dan Coats	Republican	May 16, 1943	1989–1999 2011–2017	80 years, 356 days
Indiana	Evan Bayh	Democratic	December 26, 1955	1999–2011	68 years, 132 days
Indiana	Joe Donnelly	Democratic	September 29, 1955	2013–2019	68 years, 220 days
Iowa	Tom Harkin	Democratic	November 19, 1939	1985–2015	84 years, 169 days
Kansas	Nancy Kassebaum	Republican	July 29, 1932	1978–1997	91 years, 282 days
Kansas	Sheila Frahm	Republican	March 22, 1945	1996	79 years, 45 days
Kansas	Sam Brownback	Republican	September 12, 1956	1996–2011	67 years, 237 days
Kansas	Pat Roberts	Republican	April 20, 1936	1997–2021	88 years, 16 days
Kentucky	No former senators are living	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Louisiana	J. Bennett Johnston	Democratic	June 10, 1932	1972–1997	91 years, 331 days
Louisiana	John Breaux	Democratic	March 1, 1944	1987–2005	80 years, 66 days
Louisiana	Mary Landrieu	Democratic	November 23, 1955	1997–2015	68 years, 165 days
Louisiana	David Vitter	Republican	May 3, 1961	2005–2017	63 years, 3 days
Maine	William Cohen	Republican	August 28, 1940	1979–1997	83 years, 252 days
Maine	George J. Mitchell	Democratic	August 20, 1933	1980–1995	90 years, 260 days
Maine	Olympia Snowe	Republican	February 21, 1947	1995–2013	77 years, 75 days
Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	July 20, 1936	1987–2017	87 years, 291 days
Massachusetts	John Kerry	Democratic	December 11, 1943	1985–2013	80 years, 147 days
Massachusetts	Paul G. Kirk	Democratic	January 18, 1938	2009–2010	86 years, 109 days
Massachusetts	Scott Brown	Republican	September 12, 1959	2010–2013	64 years, 237 days
Massachusetts	Mo Cowan	Democratic	April 4, 1969	2013	55 years, 32 days
Michigan	Donald Riegle	Democratic	February 4, 1938	1976–1995	86 years, 92 days
Michigan	Spencer Abraham	Republican	June 12, 1952	1995–2001	71 years, 329 days
Minnesota	Rudy Boschwitz	Independent-Republican	November 7, 1930	1978–1991	93 years, 181 days
Minnesota	Mark Dayton	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 26, 1947	2001–2007	77 years, 101 days
Minnesota	Dean Barkley	Independence	August 31, 1950	2002–2003	73 years, 249 days
Minnesota	Norm Coleman	Republican	August 17, 1949	2003–2009	74 years, 263 days
Minnesota	Al Franken	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	May 21, 1951	2009–2018	72 years, 351 days
Mississippi	Trent Lott	Republican	October 9, 1941	1989–2007	82 years, 210 days
Missouri	John Danforth	Republican	September 5, 1936	1976–1995	87 years, 244 days
Missouri	Kit Bond	Republican	March 6, 1939	1987–2011	85 years, 61 days
Missouri	John Ashcroft	Republican	May 9, 1942	1995–2001	81 years, 363 days
Missouri	Jim Talent	Republican	October 18, 1956	2002–2007	67 years, 201 days
Missouri	Claire McCaskill	Democratic	July 24, 1953	2007–2019	70 years, 287 days
Missouri	Roy Blunt	Republican	January 10, 1950	2011–2023	74 years, 117 days
Montana	Max Baucus	Democratic	December 11, 1941	1978–2014	82 years, 147 days
Montana	John Walsh	Democratic	November 3, 1960	2014–2015	63 years, 185 days
Nebraska	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	August 27, 1943	1989–2001	80 years, 253 days
Nebraska	Chuck Hagel	Republican	October 4, 1946	1997–2009	77 years, 215 days
Nebraska	Ben Nelson	Democratic	May 17, 1941	2001–2013	82 years, 355 days
Nebraska	Mike Johanns	Republican	June 18, 1950	2009–2015	73 years, 323 days
Nebraska	Ben Sasse	Republican	February 22, 1972	2015–2023	52 years, 74 days
Nevada	Richard Bryan	Democratic	July 16, 1937	1989–2001	86 years, 295 days
Nevada	John Ensign	Republican	March 25, 1958	2001–2011	66 years, 42 days
Nevada	Dean Heller	Republican	May 10, 1960	2011–2019	63 years, 362 days
New Hampshire	Gordon J. Humphrey	Republican	October 9, 1940	1979–1990	83 years, 210 days
New Hampshire	Bob Smith	Republican	March 30, 1941	1990–2003	83 years, 37 days
New Hampshire	Judd Gregg	Republican	February 14, 1947	1993–2011	77 years, 82 days
New Hampshire	John E. Sununu	Republican	September 10, 1964	2003–2009	59 years, 239 days
New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte	Republican	June 27, 1968	2011–2017	55 years, 314 days
New Jersey	Bill Bradley	Democratic	July 28, 1943	1979–1997	80 years, 283 days
New Jersey	Nicholas F. Brady	Republican	April 11, 1930	1982	94 years, 25 days
New Jersey	Robert Torricelli	Democratic	August 27, 1951	1997–2003	72 years, 253 days
New Jersey	Jon Corzine	Democratic	January 1, 1947	2001–2006	77 years, 126 days
New Jersey	Jeffrey Chiesa	Republican	June 22, 1965	2013	58 years, 319 days
New Mexico	Harrison Schmitt	Republican	July 3, 1935	1977–1983	88 years, 308 days
New Mexico	Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	October 3, 1943	1983–2013	80 years, 216 days
New Mexico	Tom Udall	Democratic	May 18, 1948	2009–2021	75 years, 354 days
New York	Al D'Amato	Republican	August 1, 1937	1981–1999	86 years, 279 days
New York	Hillary Clinton	Democratic	October 26, 1947	2001–2009	76 years, 193 days
North Carolina	John Edwards	Democratic	June 10, 1953	1999–2005	70 years, 331 days
North Carolina	Elizabeth Dole	Republican	July 29, 1936	2003–2009	87 years, 282 days
North Carolina	Richard Burr	Republican	November 30, 1955	2005–2023	68 years, 158 days
North Dakota	Kent Conrad	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	March 12, 1948	1987–1992 1992–2013	76 years, 55 days
North Dakota	Byron Dorgan	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	May 14, 1942	1992–2011	81 years, 358 days
North Dakota	Heidi Heitkamp	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	October 30, 1955	2013–2019	68 years, 189 days
Ohio	Mike DeWine	Republican	January 5, 1947	1995–2007	77 years, 122 days
Ohio	Rob Portman	Republican	December 19, 1955	2011–2023	68 years, 139 days
Oklahoma	Fred R. Harris	Democratic	November 13, 1930	1964–1973	93 years, 175 days
Oklahoma	David Boren	Democratic	April 21, 1941	1979–1994	83 years, 15 days
Oklahoma	Don Nickles	Republican	December 6, 1948	1981–2005	75 years, 152 days
Oklahoma	Jim Inhofe	Republican	November 17, 1934	1994–2023	89 years, 171 days
Oregon	Bob Packwood	Republican	September 11, 1932	1969–1995	91 years, 238 days
Oregon	Gordon H. Smith	Republican	May 25, 1952	1997–2009	71 years, 347 days
Pennsylvania	Rick Santorum	Republican	May 10, 1958	1995–2007	65 years, 362 days
Pennsylvania	Pat Toomey	Republican	November 17, 1961	2011–2023	62 years, 171 days
Rhode Island	Lincoln Chafee	Republican	March 26, 1953	1999–2007	71 years, 41 days
South Carolina	Jim DeMint	Republican	September 2, 1951	2005–2013	72 years, 247 days
South Dakota	Larry Pressler	Republican	March 29, 1942	1979–1997	82 years, 38 days
South Dakota	Tom Daschle	Democratic	December 9, 1947	1987–2005	76 years, 149 days
South Dakota	Tim Johnson	Democratic	December 28, 1946	1997–2015	77 years, 130 days
Tennessee	Jim Sasser	Democratic	September 30, 1936	1977–1995	87 years, 219 days
Tennessee	Al Gore	Democratic	March 31, 1948	1985–1993	76 years, 36 days
Tennessee	Bill Frist	Republican	February 22, 1952	1995–2007	72 years, 74 days
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander	Republican	July 3, 1940	2003–2021	83 years, 308 days
Tennessee	Bob Corker	Republican	August 24, 1952	2007–2019	71 years, 256 days
Texas	Phil Gramm	Republican	July 8, 1942	1985–2002	81 years, 303 days
Texas	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	July 22, 1943	1993–2013	80 years, 289 days
Utah	Jake Garn	Republican	October 12, 1932	1974–1993	91 years, 207 days
Vermont	Patrick Leahy	Democratic	March 31, 1940	1975–2023	84 years, 36 days
Virginia	Paul Trible	Republican	December 29, 1946	1983–1989	77 years, 129 days
Virginia	Chuck Robb	Democratic	June 26, 1939	1989–2001	84 years, 315 days
Virginia	George Allen	Republican	March 8, 1952	2001–2007	72 years, 59 days
Virginia	Jim Webb	Democratic	February 9, 1946	2007–2013	78 years, 87 days
Washington	Daniel J. Evans	Republican	October 16, 1925	1983–1989	98 years, 203 days
West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	June 18, 1937	1985–2015	86 years, 323 days
West Virginia	Carte Goodwin	Democratic	February 27, 1974	2010	50 years, 69 days
Wisconsin	Bob Kasten	Republican	June 19, 1942	1981–1993	81 years, 322 days
Wisconsin	Russ Feingold	Democratic	March 2, 1953	1993–2011	71 years, 65 days
Wyoming	Alan Simpson	Republican	September 2, 1931	1979–1997	92 years, 247 days

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