List of United States senators from Utah
Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896. It elects senators to Class 1 and Class 3. In early January 2019, its senators were Republicans Mike Lee and Mitt Romney.
List of senators
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Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently 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 | # | |
Vacant | January 4, 1896 – January 22, 1896 |
Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood. | 1 | 54th Congress | 1 | Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood. | January 4, 1896 – January 22, 1896 |
Vacant | ||||
1 | Frank J. Cannon |
Republican |
January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1899 |
Elected in 1896. | Elected in 1896. Retired. |
January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1897 |
Republican | Arthur Brown |
1 | |||
Silver Republican |
55th Congress | 2 | Elected in 1897. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
Democratic | Joseph L. Rawlins |
2 | |||||
Vacant | March 4, 1899 – January 23, 1901 |
Legislature failed to elect. Cannon and Alfred W. McCune were the frontrunners.[1] | 2 | 56th Congress | ||||||||
2 | Thomas Kearns |
Republican | January 23, 1901 – March 3, 1905 |
Elected late in 1901. Retired. | ||||||||
57th Congress | ||||||||||||
58th Congress | 3 | Elected in 1903. | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1933 |
Republican | Reed Smoot |
3 | ||||||
3 | George Sutherland |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1917 |
Elected in 1905. | 3 | 59th Congress | ||||||
60th Congress | ||||||||||||
61st Congress | 4 | Re-elected in 1909. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1911. Lost re-election. |
4 | 62nd Congress | ||||||||||
63rd Congress | ||||||||||||
64th Congress | 5 | Re-elected in 1914. | ||||||||||
4 | William H. King |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1916. | 5 | 65th Congress | ||||||
66th Congress | ||||||||||||
67th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. | 6 | 68th Congress | ||||||||||
69th Congress | ||||||||||||
70th Congress | 7 | Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 7 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | ||||||||||||
73rd Congress | 8 | Elected in 1932. | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951 |
Democratic | Elbert D. Thomas |
4 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Lost renomination. |
8 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
75th Congress | ||||||||||||
76th Congress | 9 | Re-elected in 1938. | ||||||||||
5 | Abe Murdock |
Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected in 1940. Lost re-election. |
9 | 77th Congress | ||||||
78th Congress | ||||||||||||
79th Congress | 10 | Re-elected in 1944. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
6 | Arthur V. Watkins |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1946. | 10 | 80th Congress | ||||||
81st Congress | ||||||||||||
82nd Congress | 11 | Elected in 1950. | January 3, 1951 – December 20, 1974 |
Republican | Wallace F. Bennett |
5 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
11 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
84th Congress | ||||||||||||
85th Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
7 | Frank E. Moss |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1958. | 12 | 86th Congress | ||||||
87th Congress | ||||||||||||
88th Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 13 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | ||||||||||||
91st Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1968. Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election. |
14 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Appointed to finish Bennett's term, having already been elected to the next term | December 21, 1974 – January 3, 1993 |
Republican | Jake Garn |
6 | ||||||||
94th Congress | 15 | Elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
8 | Orrin Hatch |
Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2019 |
Elected in 1976. | 15 | 95th Congress | ||||||
96th Congress | ||||||||||||
97th Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 16 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | ||||||||||||
100th Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 1986. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. | 17 | 101st Congress | ||||||||||
102nd Congress | ||||||||||||
103rd Congress | 18 | Elected in 1992. | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
Republican | Bob Bennett |
7 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 18 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | ||||||||||||
106th Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 19 | 107th Congress | ||||||||||
108th Congress | ||||||||||||
109th Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 2004. Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. | 20 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | ||||||||||||
112th Congress | 21 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Republican | Mike Lee |
8 | ||||||
Re-elected in 2012. Retired. |
21 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
114th Congress | ||||||||||||
115th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
9 | Mitt Romney |
Republican | January 3, 2019 – Present |
Elected in 2018. | 22 | 116th Congress | ||||||
117th Congress | ||||||||||||
118th Congress | 23 | To be determined in the 2022 election.
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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 | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. senators from Utah
changeAs of January 2019[update], there were two living former U.S. senators from Utah. The most recent senator to die was Bob Bennett of Class 3 (1993-2011) on May 4, 2016. The most recent Class 1 senator to die was Frank Moss (1959-1977) on January 29, 2003.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Jake Garn | 1974–1993 | 3 | October 12, 1932 |
Orrin Hatch | 1977–2019 | 1 | March 22, 1934 |
References
change- ↑ "Utah Fails to Elect Senator". Boston Evening Transcript. March 10, 1899. Retrieved April 30, 2010.