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List of living former United States senators

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This is a list of living former United States senators. There are currently 143 people listed. Hawaii, Kentucky, and Washington are currently the only states without a living former senator. Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming each have just one living former senator. Colorado has the most living former senators, with 8 as of November 2, 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, 268 days
Alabama Richard Shelby Democratic,
then Republican
May 6, 1934 1987–1994
1994–2023
90 years, 180 days
Alabama Jeff Sessions Republican December 24, 1946 1997–2017 77 years, 314 days
Alabama Luther Strange Republican March 1, 1953 2017–2018 71 years, 246 days
Alabama Doug Jones Democratic May 4, 1954 2018–2021 70 years, 182 days
Alaska Frank Murkowski Republican March 28, 1933 1981–2002 91 years, 219 days
Alaska Mark Begich Democratic March 30, 1962 2009–2015 62 years, 217 days
Arizona Dennis DeConcini Democratic May 8, 1937 1977–1995 87 years, 178 days
Arizona Jon Kyl Republican April 25, 1942 1995–2013
2018
82 years, 191 days
Arizona Jeff Flake Republican December 31, 1962 2013–2019 61 years, 307 days
Arizona Martha McSally Republican March 22, 1966 2019–2020 58 years, 225 days
Arkansas Tim Hutchinson Republican August 11, 1949 1997–2003 75 years, 83 days
Arkansas Blanche Lincoln Democratic September 30, 1960 1999–2011 64 years, 33 days
Arkansas Mark Pryor Democratic January 10, 1963 2003–2015 61 years, 297 days
California Pete Wilson Republican August 23, 1933 1983–1991 91 years, 71 days
California John Seymour Republican December 3, 1937 1991–1992 86 years, 335 days
California Barbara Boxer Democratic November 11, 1940 1993–2017 83 years, 357 days
California Kamala Harris Democratic October 20, 1964 2017–2021 60 years, 13 days
Colorado Gary Hart Democratic November 28, 1936 1975–1987 87 years, 340 days
Colorado Tim Wirth Democratic September 22, 1939 1987–1993 85 years, 41 days
Colorado Hank Brown Republican February 12, 1940 1991–1997 84 years, 264 days
Colorado Ben Nighthorse Campbell Democratic,
then Republican
April 13, 1933 1993–1995
1995–2005
91 years, 203 days
Colorado Wayne Allard Republican December 2, 1943 1997–2009 80 years, 336 days
Colorado Ken Salazar Democratic March 2, 1955 2005–2009 69 years, 245 days
Colorado Mark Udall Democratic July 18, 1950 2009–2015 74 years, 107 days
Colorado Cory Gardner Republican August 22, 1974 2015–2021 50 years, 72 days
Connecticut Chris Dodd Democratic May 27, 1944 1981–2011 80 years, 159 days
Delaware Joe Biden Democratic November 20, 1942 1973–2009 81 years, 348 days
Delaware Ted Kaufman Democratic March 15, 1939 2009–2010 85 years, 232 days
Florida Connie Mack III Republican October 29, 1940 1989–2001 84 years, 4 days
Florida Bill Nelson Democratic September 29, 1942 2001–2019 82 years, 34 days
Florida Mel Martínez Republican October 23, 1946 2005–2009 78 years, 10 days
Florida George LeMieux Republican May 21, 1969 2009–2011 55 years, 165 days
Georgia Sam Nunn Democratic September 8, 1938 1972–1997 86 years, 55 days
Georgia Mack Mattingly Republican January 7, 1931 1981–1987 93 years, 300 days
Georgia Wyche Fowler Democratic October 6, 1940 1987–1993 84 years, 27 days
Georgia Saxby Chambliss Republican November 10, 1943 2003–2015 80 years, 358 days
Georgia David Perdue Republican December 10, 1949 2015–2021 74 years, 328 days
Georgia Kelly Loeffler Republican November 27, 1970 2020–2021 53 years, 341 days
Idaho Larry Craig Republican July 20, 1945 1991–2009 79 years, 105 days
Idaho Dirk Kempthorne Republican October 29, 1951 1993–1999 73 years, 4 days
Illinois Carol Moseley Braun Democratic August 16, 1947 1993–1999 77 years, 78 days
Illinois Peter Fitzgerald Republican October 20, 1960 1999–2005 64 years, 13 days
Illinois Barack Obama Democratic August 4, 1961 2005–2008 63 years, 90 days
Illinois Roland Burris Democratic August 3, 1937 2009–2010 87 years, 91 days
Illinois Mark Kirk Republican September 15, 1959 2010–2017 65 years, 48 days
Indiana Dan Quayle Republican February 4, 1947 1981–1989 77 years, 272 days
Indiana Dan Coats Republican May 16, 1943 1989–1999
2011–2017
81 years, 170 days
Indiana Evan Bayh Democratic December 26, 1955 1999–2011 68 years, 312 days
Indiana Joe Donnelly Democratic September 29, 1955 2013–2019 69 years, 34 days
Iowa Tom Harkin Democratic November 19, 1939 1985–2015 84 years, 349 days
Kansas Nancy Kassebaum Republican July 29, 1932 1978–1997 92 years, 96 days
Kansas Sheila Frahm Republican March 22, 1945 1996 79 years, 225 days
Kansas Sam Brownback Republican September 12, 1956 1996–2011 68 years, 51 days
Kansas Pat Roberts Republican April 20, 1936 1997–2021 88 years, 196 days
Louisiana J. Bennett Johnston Democratic June 10, 1932 1972–1997 92 years, 145 days
Louisiana John Breaux Democratic March 1, 1944 1987–2005 80 years, 246 days
Louisiana Mary Landrieu Democratic November 23, 1955 1997–2015 68 years, 345 days
Louisiana David Vitter Republican May 3, 1961 2005–2017 63 years, 183 days
Maine William Cohen Republican August 28, 1940 1979–1997 84 years, 66 days
Maine George J. Mitchell Democratic August 20, 1933 1980–1995 91 years, 74 days
Maine Olympia Snowe Republican February 21, 1947 1995–2013 77 years, 255 days
Maryland Barbara Mikulski Democratic July 20, 1936 1987–2017 88 years, 105 days
Massachusetts John Kerry Democratic December 11, 1943 1985–2013 80 years, 327 days
Massachusetts Paul G. Kirk Democratic January 18, 1938 2009–2010 86 years, 289 days
Massachusetts Scott Brown Republican September 12, 1959 2010–2013 65 years, 51 days
Massachusetts Mo Cowan Democratic April 4, 1969 2013 55 years, 212 days
Michigan Donald Riegle Democratic February 4, 1938 1976–1995 86 years, 272 days
Michigan Spencer Abraham Republican June 12, 1952 1995–2001 72 years, 143 days
Minnesota Rudy Boschwitz Independent-Republican November 7, 1930 1978–1991 93 years, 361 days
Minnesota Mark Dayton Democratic-Farmer-Labor January 26, 1947 2001–2007 77 years, 281 days
Minnesota Dean Barkley Independence August 31, 1950 2002–2003 74 years, 63 days
Minnesota Norm Coleman Republican August 17, 1949 2003–2009 75 years, 77 days
Minnesota Al Franken Democratic-Farmer-Labor May 21, 1951 2009–2018 73 years, 165 days
Mississippi Trent Lott Republican October 9, 1941 1989–2007 83 years, 24 days
Missouri John Danforth Republican September 5, 1936 1976–1995 88 years, 58 days
Missouri Kit Bond Republican March 6, 1939 1987–2011 85 years, 241 days
Missouri John Ashcroft Republican May 9, 1942 1995–2001 82 years, 177 days
Missouri Jim Talent Republican October 18, 1956 2002–2007 68 years, 15 days
Missouri Claire McCaskill Democratic July 24, 1953 2007–2019 71 years, 101 days
Missouri Roy Blunt Republican January 10, 1950 2011–2023 74 years, 297 days
Montana Max Baucus Democratic December 11, 1941 1978–2014 82 years, 327 days
Montana John Walsh Democratic November 3, 1960 2014–2015 63 years, 365 days
Nebraska Bob Kerrey Democratic August 27, 1943 1989–2001 81 years, 67 days
Nebraska Chuck Hagel Republican October 4, 1946 1997–2009 78 years, 29 days
Nebraska Ben Nelson Democratic May 17, 1941 2001–2013 83 years, 169 days
Nebraska Mike Johanns Republican June 18, 1950 2009–2015 74 years, 137 days
Nebraska Ben Sasse Republican February 22, 1972 2015–2023 52 years, 254 days
Nevada Richard Bryan Democratic July 16, 1937 1989–2001 87 years, 109 days
Nevada John Ensign Republican March 25, 1958 2001–2011 66 years, 222 days
Nevada Dean Heller Republican May 10, 1960 2011–2019 64 years, 176 days
New Hampshire Gordon J. Humphrey Republican October 9, 1940 1979–1990 84 years, 24 days
New Hampshire Bob Smith Republican March 30, 1941 1990–2003 83 years, 217 days
New Hampshire Judd Gregg Republican February 14, 1947 1993–2011 77 years, 262 days
New Hampshire John E. Sununu Republican September 10, 1964 2003–2009 60 years, 53 days
New Hampshire Kelly Ayotte Republican June 27, 1968 2011–2017 56 years, 128 days
New Jersey Bill Bradley Democratic July 28, 1943 1979–1997 81 years, 97 days
New Jersey Nicholas F. Brady Republican April 11, 1930 1982 94 years, 205 days
New Jersey Robert Torricelli Democratic August 27, 1951 1997–2003 73 years, 67 days
New Jersey Jon Corzine Democratic January 1, 1947 2001–2006 77 years, 306 days
New Jersey Bob Menendez Democratic January 1, 1954 2006–2024 70 years, 306 days
New Jersey Jeffrey Chiesa Republican June 22, 1965 2013 59 years, 133 days
New Mexico Harrison Schmitt Republican July 3, 1935 1977–1983 89 years, 122 days
New Mexico Jeff Bingaman Democratic October 3, 1943 1983–2013 81 years, 30 days
New Mexico Tom Udall Democratic May 18, 1948 2009–2021 76 years, 168 days
New York Al D'Amato Republican August 1, 1937 1981–1999 87 years, 93 days
New York Hillary Clinton Democratic October 26, 1947 2001–2009 77 years, 7 days
North Carolina John Edwards Democratic June 10, 1953 1999–2005 71 years, 145 days
North Carolina Elizabeth Dole Republican July 29, 1936 2003–2009 88 years, 96 days
North Carolina Richard Burr Republican November 30, 1955 2005–2023 68 years, 338 days
North Dakota Kent Conrad Democratic-Nonpartisan League March 12, 1948 1987–1992
1992–2013
76 years, 235 days
North Dakota Byron Dorgan Democratic-Nonpartisan League May 14, 1942 1992–2011 82 years, 172 days
North Dakota Heidi Heitkamp Democratic-Nonpartisan League October 30, 1955 2013–2019 69 years, 3 days
Ohio Mike DeWine Republican January 5, 1947 1995–2007 77 years, 302 days
Ohio Rob Portman Republican December 19, 1955 2011–2023 68 years, 319 days
Oklahoma Fred R. Harris Democratic November 13, 1930 1964–1973 93 years, 355 days
Oklahoma David Boren Democratic April 21, 1941 1979–1994 83 years, 195 days
Oklahoma Don Nickles Republican December 6, 1948 1981–2005 75 years, 332 days
Oregon Bob Packwood Republican September 11, 1932 1969–1995 92 years, 52 days
Oregon Gordon H. Smith Republican May 25, 1952 1997–2009 72 years, 161 days
Pennsylvania Rick Santorum Republican May 10, 1958 1995–2007 66 years, 176 days
Pennsylvania Pat Toomey Republican November 17, 1961 2011–2023 62 years, 351 days
Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee Republican March 26, 1953 1999–2007 71 years, 221 days
South Carolina Jim DeMint Republican September 2, 1951 2005–2013 73 years, 61 days
South Dakota Larry Pressler Republican March 29, 1942 1979–1997 82 years, 218 days
South Dakota Tom Daschle Democratic December 9, 1947 1987–2005 76 years, 329 days
Tennessee Al Gore Democratic March 31, 1948 1985–1993 76 years, 216 days
Tennessee Bill Frist Republican February 22, 1952 1995–2007 72 years, 254 days
Tennessee Lamar Alexander Republican July 3, 1940 2003–2021 84 years, 122 days
Tennessee Bob Corker Republican August 24, 1952 2007–2019 72 years, 70 days
Texas Phil Gramm Republican July 8, 1942 1985–2002 82 years, 117 days
Texas Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican July 22, 1943 1993–2013 81 years, 103 days
Utah Jake Garn Republican October 12, 1932 1974–1993 92 years, 21 days
Vermont Patrick Leahy Democratic March 31, 1940 1975–2023 84 years, 216 days
Virginia Paul Trible Republican December 29, 1946 1983–1989 77 years, 309 days
Virginia Chuck Robb Democratic June 26, 1939 1989–2001 85 years, 129 days
Virginia George Allen Republican March 8, 1952 2001–2007 72 years, 239 days
Virginia Jim Webb Democratic February 9, 1946 2007–2013 78 years, 267 days
West Virginia Jay Rockefeller Democratic June 18, 1937 1985–2015 87 years, 137 days
West Virginia Carte Goodwin Democratic February 27, 1974 2010 50 years, 249 days
Wisconsin Bob Kasten Republican June 19, 1942 1981–1993 82 years, 136 days
Wisconsin Russ Feingold Democratic March 2, 1953 1993–2011 71 years, 245 days
Wyoming Alan Simpson Republican September 2, 1931 1979–1997 93 years, 61 days

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