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Senators Who Have Died in Office
There have been 300 senators who have died while in office.
Senator
State
Congress/Session
Date of Death
William Grayson
VA
1/2
Mar 12, 1790
Roger Sherman
CT
2/2
Jul 23,1793*
Joshua Clayton
DE
5/2
Aug 11, 1798*
Henry Tazewell
VA
5/3
Jan 24, 1799
John E. Colhoun
SC
7/1
Oct 26, 1802*
Stevens T. Mason
VA
7/2
May 10, 1803
Samuel J. Potter
RI
8/1
Oct 14, 1804*
James Jackson
GA
9/1
Mar 19, 1806
Abraham Baldwin
GA
9/2
Mar 4, 1807
Uriah Tracy
CT
9/2
Jul 19, 1807*
Francis Malbone
RI
11/1
Jun 4, 1809
Samuel White
DE
11/1
Nov 4, 1809*
Nicholas Gilman
NH
13/2
May 2, 1814*
Richard Brent
VA
13/3
Dec 30, 1814
William C.C. Claiborne
LA
14/2
Nov 23, 1817*
Alexander C. Hanson
MD
15/2
Apr 23, 1819*
James Burrill, Jr.
RI
16/2
Dec 25, 1820
William A. Trimble
OH
17/1
Dec 13, 1821
William Pinkney
MD
17/1
Feb 25, 1822
Elijah Boardman
CT
17/2
Aug 18, 1823*
John Taylor
VA
18/1
Aug 21, 1824*
Nicholas Ware
GA
18/1
Sep 7, 1824*
Henry Chambers
AL
19/1
Jan 24, 1826
John Gaillard
SC
19/1
Feb 26, 1826
Nicholas Van Dyke
DE
19/1
May 21, 1826
Joseph McIlvaine
NJ
19/1
Aug 19, 1826*
Thomas B. Reed
MS
20/2
Nov 26, 1829*
Robert H. Adams
MS
21/1
Jul 2, 1830*
John McLean
IL
21/1
Oct 14, 1830*
James Noble
IN
21/2
Feb 26, 1831
Josiah S. Johnston
LA
22/2
May 19, 1833*
Alexander Buckner
MO
22/2
Jun 6, 1833*
Nathan Smith
CT
23/2
Dec 6, 1835*
Elias K. Kane
IL
24/1
Dec 12, 1835
R.H. Goldsborough
MD
24/2
Oct 5, 1836*
Joseph Kent
MD
25/1
Nov 24, 1837*
Thaddeus Betts
CT
26/1
Apr 7, 1840
John S. Spence
MD
26/1
Oct 24, 1840*
Felix Grundy
TN
26/2
Dec 19, 1840
Nathan F. Dixon
RI
27/2
Jan 29, 1842
Samuel L. Southard
NJ
27/2
Jun 26, 1842
Samuel McRoberts
IL
27/3
Mar 27, 1843*
Lewis F. Linn
MO
27/3
Oct 3, 1843*
William S. Fulton
AR
28/1
Aug 15, 1844*
Isaac C. Bates
MA
28/2
Mar 16, 1845*
Alexander Barrow
LA
29/2
Dec 29, 1846
Isaac S. Pennybacker
VA
29/2
Jan 12, 1847
Jesse Speight
MS
29/2
May 1, 1847*
Jabez W. Huntington
CT
29/2
Nov 1, 1847*
John Fairfield
ME
30/1
Dec 24, 1847
Chester Ashley
AR
30/1
Apr 29, 1848
Dixon H. Lewis
AL
30/1
Oct 25, 1848*
John C. Calhoun
SC
31/1
Mar 31, 1850
Franklin H. Elmore
SC
31/1
May 29, 1850
Henry Clay
KY
32/1
Jun 29, 1852
James Whitcomb
IN
32/1
Oct 4, 1852*
William Upham
VT
32/2
Jan 14, 1853
Charles G. Atherton
NH
32/2
Nov 15, 1853*
Moses Norris, Jr.
NH
33/2
Jan 11, 1855
John M. Clayton
DE
34/2
Nov 9, 1856*
Andrew P. Butler
SC
34/3
May 25, 1857*
James Bell
NH
34/3
May 26, 1857*
Thomas J. Rusk
TX
34/3
Jul 29, 1857*
Josiah J. Evans
SC
35/1
May 6, 1858
James P. Henderson
TX
35/1
Jun 4, 1858
David C. Broderick
CA
35/2
Sep 16, 1859*
Stephen A. Douglas
IL
36/2
Jun 3, 1861*
Kinsley S. Bingham
MI
37/1
Oct 5, 1861*
Edward D. Baker
OR
37/1
Oct 21, 1861*
John R. Thomson
NJ
37/2
Sep 12, 1862*
James A. Pearce
MD
37/3
Dec 20, 1862
Lemuel J. Bowden
VA
38/1
Jan 2, 1864
Thomas H. Hicks
MD
38/2
Feb 14, 1865
Jacob Collamer
VT
38/2
Nov 9, 1865*
Solomon Foot
VT
39/1
Mar 28, 1866
James H. Lane
KS
39/1
Jul 11, 1866
William Wright
NJ
39/1
Nov 1, 1866*
George R. Riddle
DE
40/1
Mar 29, 1867
William P. Fessenden
ME
41/1
Sep 8, 1869*
Daniel S. Norton
MN
41/2
Jul 13, 1870
Garrett Davis
KY
42/2
Sep 22, 1872*
Charles Sumner
MA
43/1
Mar 11, 1874
William A. Buckingham
CT
43/2
Feb 5, 1875
Andrew Johnson
TN
43/2
Jul 31, 1875*
Orris S. Ferry
CT
43/2
Nov 21, 1875*
Allen T. Caperton
WV
44/1
Jul 26, 1876*
Lewis V. Bogy
MO
44/2
Sep 20, 1877*
Oliver P. Morton
IN
45/1
Nov 1, 1877
Zachariah Chandler
MI
46/1
Nov 1, 1879*
George S. Houston
AL
46/2
Dec 31, 1879
Matthew H. Carpenter
WI
46/3
Feb 24, 1881
Ambrose E. Burnside
RI
46/3
Sep 13, 1881*
Benjamin H. Hill
GA
47/1
Aug 16, 1882*
Henry B. Anthony
RI
48/1
Sep 2, 1884*
John F. Miller
CA
49/1
Mar 8, 1886
Austin F. Pike
NH
49/1
Oct 8, 1886*
John A. Logan
IL
49/2
Dec 26, 1886
James B. Beck
KY
51/1
May 3, 1890
Ephraim K. Wilson
MD
51/2
Feb 25, 1891
George Hearst
CA
51/2
Feb 28, 1891
Preston B. Plumb
KS
52/1
Dec 20, 1891
John S. Barbour
VA
52/1
May 14, 1892
Randall L. Gibson
LA
52/2
Dec 15, 1892
John E. Kenna
WV
52/2
Jan 11, 1893
Leland Stanford
CA
52/2
Jun 21, 1893*
Alfred H. Colquitt
GA
53/2
Mar 26, 1894
Zebulon B. Vance
NC
53/2
Apr 14, 1894
Francis B. Stockbridge
MI
53/2
Apr 30, 1894
Joseph H. Earle
SC
55/1
May 20, 1897
Isham G. Harris
TN
55/1
Jul 8, 1897
James Z. George
MS
55/1
Aug 14, 1897*
Edward C. Walthall
MS
55/2
Apr 21, 1898
Justin S. Morrill
VT
55/3
Dec 28, 1898
Monroe L. Hayward
NE
56/1
Dec 5, 1899
John H. Gear
IA
56/1
Jul 14, 1900*
Cushman K. Davis
MN
56/1
Nov 27, 1900*
James H. Kyle
SD
57/1
Jul 1, 1901*
William J. Sewell
NJ
57/1
Dec 27, 1901
James McMillan
MI
57/1
Aug 10, 1902*
Marcus A. Hanna
OH
58/2
Feb 15, 1904
Matthew S. Quay
PA
58/2
May 28, 1904*
George F. Hoar
MA
58/2
Sep 30, 1904*
William B. Bate
TN
58/3
Mar 9, 1905*
Orville H. Platt
CT
58/3
Apr 21, 1905*
John H. Mitchell
OR
59/1
Dec 8, 1905
Arthur P. Gorman
MD
59/1
Jun 4, 1906
Russell A. Alger
MI
59/2
Jan 24, 1907
John T. Morgan
AL
59/2
Jun 11, 1907*
Edmund W. Pettus
AL
59/2
Jul 27, 1907*
Stephen R. Mallory
FL
60/1
Dec 23, 1907
Asbury C. Latimer
SC
60/1
Feb 20, 1908
Redfield Proctor
VT
60/1
Mar 4, 1908
William P. Whyte
MD
60/1
Mar 17, 1908
William J. Bryan
FL
60/1
Mar 22, 1908
William B. Allison
IA
60/1
Aug 4, 1908*
Martin N. Johnson
ND
61/1
Oct 21, 1909*
Anselm J. McLaurin
MS
61/2
Dec 22, 1909
Samuel D. McEnery
LA
61/2
Jun 28, 1910*
John W. Daniel
VA
61/2
Jun 29, 1910*
Jonathan P. Dolliver
IA
61/2
Oct 15, 1910*
Alexander S. Clay
GA
61/2
Nov 13, 1910*
Stephen B. Elkins
WV
61/3
Jan 4, 1911
Charles J. Hughes, Jr.
CO
61/3
Jan 11, 1911
William P. Frye
ME
62/1
Aug 8, 1911
Robert L. Taylor
TN
62/2
Mar 31, 1912
George S. Nixon
NV
62/2
Jun 5, 1912
Weldon B. Heyburn
ID
62/2
Oct 17, 1912*
Isidor Rayner
MD
62/2
Nov 25, 1912*
Jeff Davis
AR
62/3
Jan 3, 1913
Joseph F. Johnston
AL
63/1
Aug 8, 1913
Augustus O. Bacon
GA
63/2
Feb 14, 1914
William O. Bradley
KY
63/2
May 23, 1914
Benjamin F. Shively
IN
64/1
Mar 14, 1916
Edwin C. Burleigh
ME
64/1
Jun 16, 1916
James P. Clarke
AR
64/1
Oct 1, 1916*
Harry Lane
OR
65/1
May 23, 1917
Paul O. Husting
WI
65/1
Oct 21, 1917*
Francis G. Newlands
NV
65/2
Dec 24, 1917
James H. Brady
ID
65/2
Jan 13, 1918
William Hughes
NJ
65/2
Jan 30, 1918
Robert F. Broussard
LA
65/2
Apr 12, 1918
William J. Stone
MO
65/2
Apr 14, 1918
Benjamin R. Tillman
SC
65/2
Jul 3, 1918
Jacob H. Gallinger
NH
65/2
Aug 17, 1918
Ollie M. James
KY
65/2
Aug 28, 1918
Thomas S. Martin
VA
66/1
Nov 12, 1919
John H. Bankhead
AL
66/2
Mar 1, 1920
Philander C. Knox
PA
67/1
Oct 12, 1921
Boies Penrose
PA
67/2
Dec 31, 1921
William E. Crow
PA
67/2
Aug 2, 1922
Thomas E. Watson
GA
67/2
Sep 26, 1922*
Samuel D. Nicholson
CO
67/4
Mar 24, 1923*
Knute Nelson
MN
67/4
Apr 28, 1923*
William P. Dillingham
VT
67/4
Jul 12, 1923*
LeBaron B. Colt
RI
68/1
Aug 18, 1924*
Frank B. Brandegee
CT
68/1
Oct 14, 1924*
Henry C. Lodge
MA
68/1
Nov 8, 1924*
J. Medill McCormick
IL
68/2
Feb 25, 1925
Selden P. Spencer
MO
68/2
May 16, 1925*
Robert M. La Follette
WI
68/2
Jun 18, 1925*
Edwin F. Ladd
ND
68/2
Jun 22, 1925*
Samuel M. Ralston
IN
68/2
Oct 14, 1925*
Albert B. Cummins
IA
69/1
Jul 30, 1926*
Bert M. Fernald
ME
69/1
Aug 23, 1926*
William B. McKinley
IL
69/2
Dec 7, 1926*
Andrieus A. Jones
NM
70/1
Dec 20, 1927
Woodbridge N. Ferris
MI
70/1
Mar 23, 1928
Frank B. Willis
OH
70/1
Mar 30, 1928
Frank R. Gooding
ID
70/1
Jun 24, 1928*
Lawrence D. Tyson
TN
71/1
Aug 24, 1929*
Theodore E. Burton
OH
71/1
Oct 28, 1929
Francis E. Warren
WY
71/1
Nov 24, 1929*
Lee S. Overman
NC
71/3
Dec 12, 1930
Frank L. Greene
VT
71/3
Dec 17, 1930*
Dwight W. Morrow
NJ
71/3
Oct 5, 1931*
Thaddeus H. Caraway
AR
71/3
Nov 6, 1931*
William J. Harris
GA
72/1
Apr 18, 1932
Charles W. Waterman
CO
72/1
Aug 27, 1932*
Wesley L. Jones
WA
72/1
Nov 19, 1932*
Thomas J. Walsh
MT
72/2
Mar 2, 1933
Robert B. Howell
NE
73/1
Mar 11, 1933
Porter H. Dale
VT
73/1
Oct 6, 1933*
John B. Kendrick
WY
73/1
Nov 3, 1933*
Bronson M. Cutting
NM
74/1
May 6, 1935
Huey P. Long
LA
74/1
Sep 10, 1935*
Thomas D. Schall
MN
74/1
Dec 22, 1935*
Park Trammell
FL
74/2
May 8, 1936
Duncan U. Fletcher
FL
74/2
Jun 17, 1936
Richard L. Murphy
IA
74/2
Jul 16, 1936*
James Couzens
MI
74/2
Oct 22, 1936*
Peter Norbeck
SD
74/2
Dec 20, 1936*
Nathan L. Bachman
TN
75/1
Apr 23, 1937
Joseph T. Robinson
AR
75/1
Jul 14, 1937
Royal S. Copelad
NY
75/3
Jun 17, 1938*
J. Hamilton Lewis
IL
76/1
Apr 9, 1939
Marvel M. Logan
KY
76/2
Oct 3, 1939
William E. Borah
ID
76/3
Jan 19, 1940
Ernest W. Gibson
VT
76/3
Jun 20, 1940
Ernest Lundenn
MN
76/3
Aug 31, 1940
Key Pittman
NV
76/3
Nov 10, 1940
Morris Sheppard
TX
77/1
Apr 9, 1941
Pat Harrison
MS
77/1
Jun 22, 1941
Andrew J. Houston
TX
77/1
Jun 26, 1941
Alva M. Lumpkin
SC
77/1
Aug 1, 1941
Alva B. Adams
CO
77/1
Dec 1, 1941
W. Warren Barbour
NJ
78/1
Nov 22, 1943
Frederick Van Nuys
IN
78/2
Jan 25, 1944
Charles L. McNary
OR
78/2
Feb 25, 1944
Ellison D. Smith
SC
78/2
Nov 17, 1944
Francis Maloney
CT
79/1
Jan 16, 1945
John Moses
ND
79/1
Mar 3, 1945
James G. Scrugham
NV
79/1
Jun 23, 1945
Hiram W. Johnson
CA
79/1
Aug 6, 1945
John Thomas
ID
79/1
Nov 10, 1945
Carter Glass
VA
79/2
May 28, 1946
John H. Bankhead II
AL
79/2
Jun 12, 1946
Charles O. Andrews
FL
79/2
Sep 18, 1946*
Josiah W. Bailey
NC
79/2
Dec 15, 1946*
Theodore G. Bilbo
MS
80/1
Aug 21, 1947
John H. Overton
LA
80/2
May 14, 1948
Harlan J. Bushfield
SD
80/2
Sep 27, 1948
J. Melville Broughton
NC
81/1
Mar 6, 1949
Bert H. Miller
ID
81/1
Oct 8, 1949
Clyde M. Reed
KS
81/1
Nov 8, 1949*
Virgil M. Chapman
KY
82/1
Mar 8, 1951
Arthur H. Vandenberg
MI
82/1
Apr 18, 1951
Kenneth S. Wherry
NE
82/1
Nov 29, 1951*
Brien McMahon
CT
82/2
Jul 28, 1952*
Willis Smith
NC
83/1
Jun 26, 1953
Charles W. Tobey
NH
83/1
Jul 24, 1953
Robert A. Taft
OH
83/1
Jul 31, 1953
Dwight Griswold
NE
83/2
Apr 12, 1954
Clyde R. Hoey
NC
83/2
May 12, 1954
Lester C. Hunt
WY
83/2
Jun 19, 1954
Hugh Butler
NE
83/2
Jul 1, 1954
Burnet R. Maybank
SC
83/2
Sep 1, 1954
Pat McCarran
NV
83/2
Sep 28, 1954
Harley M. Kilgore
SC
84/2
Feb 28, 1956
Alben W. Barkley
KY
84/2
Apr 30, 1956
Joseph R. McCarthy
WI
85/1
May 2, 1957
Matthew M. Neely
WV
85/2
Jan 18, 1958
W. Kerr Scott
NC
85/2
Apr 16, 1958
William Langer
ND
86/1
Nov 8, 1959*
Richard L. Neuberger
OR
86/2
Mar 9, 1960
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.
MO
86/2
Sep 13, 1960*
Henry Styles Bridges
NH
87/1
Nov 26, 1961*
Andrew F. Schoeppel
KS
87/2
Jan 21, 1962
Francis Case
SD
87/2
Jun 22, 1962
Henry Dworshak
ID
87/2
Jun 22, 1962
Dennis Chavez
NM
87/2
Nov 18, 1962*
Robert S. Kerr
OK
87/2
Jan 1, 1963*
Estes Kefauver
TB
88/1
Aug 10, 1963
Clair Engle
CA
88/2
Jul 30, 1964
Olin D. Johnston
SC
89/1
Apr 18, 1965
Patrick V. McNamara
MI
89/2
Apr 30, 1966
Robert F. Kennedy
NY
90/2
Jun 6, 1968
E.L. Bartlett
AK
90/2
Dec 11, 1968*
Everett M. Dirksen
IL
91/1
Sep 7, 1969
Richard B. Russell
GA
92/1
Jan 21, 1971
Winston L. Prouty
VT
92/1
Sep 10, 1971
Allen J. Ellender
LA
92/2
Jul 27, 1972
Philip A. Hart
MI
94/2
Dec 26, 1976
John L. McClellan
AR
95/1
Nov 28, 1977
Lee W. Metcalf
MT
95/2
Jan 12, 1978
Hubert H. Humphrey
MN
95/2
Jan 13, 1978
James B. Allen
AL
95/2
Jun 1, 1978
Henry M. Jackson
WA
98/1
Sep 1, 1983
John P. East
NC
99/2
Jun 29, 1986
Edward Zorinsky
NE
100/1
Mar 6, 1987
Spark Matsunaga
HI
101/2
Apr 15, 1990
John Heinz
PA
102/1
Apr 4, 1991
Quentin N. Burdick
ND
102/2
Sep 8, 1992
John H. Chafee
RI
106/1
Oct 24, 1999
Paul D. Coverdell
GA
106/2
Jul 18, 2000
Paul D. Wellstone
MN
107/2
Oct 25, 2002
Craig L. Thomas
WY
110/1
Jun 4, 2007
Edward Kennedy
MA
111/1
Aug 25, 2009
Robert C. Byrd
WV
111/2
Jun 28, 2010
Daniel K. Inouye
HI
112/2
Dec 17, 2012
Frank R. Lautenberg
NJ
113/1
Jun 3, 2013
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