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Virginia's United States Senators

CONGRESS	NAME OF SENATOR	TERM BEGAN	TERM ENDED	COMMENTS
Class 1
1st	William Grayson (ANTI-ADMIN)	Mar. 4, 1789	Mar. 12, 1790	Died
1st	John Walker (PRO-ADMIN)	Mar. 31, 1790	Nov. 9, 1790	Appointed
1st - 3rd	James Monroe (ANTI-ADMIN)	Nov. 9, 1790	May 27, 1794	Resigned
3rd - 7th	Stevens T. Mason (R)	Nov. 18, 1794	May 10, 1803	Died
8th	John Taylor (R)	Jun. 4, 1803	Dec. 7, 1803	Appointed
8th	Abraham B. Venable (R)	Dec. 7, 1803	Jun. 7, 1804	Resigned
8th	William B. Giles (R)	Aug. 11, 1804	Dec. 4, 1804	Appointed
8th - 10th	Andrew Moore (R)	Dec. 4, 1804	Mar. 3, 1809
11th - 13th	Richard Brent (R)	Mar. 4, 1809	Dec. 30, 1814	Died
13th - 19th	James Barbour (R, CRR)	Jan. 2, 1815	Mar. 27, 1825	Resigned
19th	John Randolph (J)	Dec. 9, 1825	Mar. 3, 1827
20th - 25th	John Tyler (J, AJ)	Mar. 4, 1827	Feb. 29, 1836	Resigned
24th - 25th	William C. Rives (J, D)	Mar. 4, 1836	Mar. 3, 1839
26th - 28th	William C. Rives (W)	Jan. 18, 1841¹	Mar. 3, 1845
29th	Isaac S. Pennybacker (D)	Dec. 3, 1845	Jan. 12, 1847	Died
29th - 37th	James M. Mason² (D)	Jan. 21, 1847	Mar. 28, 1861
37th	Waitman T. Willey (U)	Jul. 9, 1861	Mar. 3, 1863
38th	Lemuel J. Bowden (U)	Mar. 4, 1863	Jan. 2, 1864	Died
41st - 43rd	John F. Lewis³ (R)	Jan. 26, 1870	Mar. 3, 1875
44th - 46th	Robert E. Withers (D)	Mar. 4, 1875	Mar. 3, 1881
47th - 49th	William Mahone (RA, R)	Mar. 4, 1881	Mar. 3, 1887
50th - 61st	John W. Daniel (D)	Mar. 4, 1887	Jun. 29, 1910	Died
61st - 73rd	Claude A. Swanson⁴ (D)	Aug. 1, 1910	Mar. 3, 1933	Resigned
73rd - 89th	Harry Flood Byrd (D)	Mar. 4, 1933	Nov. 10, 1965	Appointed, then elected; resigned
89th - 97th	Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (D, I)	Nov. 12, 1965	Jan. 3, 1983	Appointed, then elected
98th - 100th	Paul S. Trible Jr. (R)	Jan. 3, 1983	Jan. 3, 1989
101st - 106th	Charles S. Robb (D)	Jan. 3, 1989	Jan. 3, 2001
107th - 109th	George Allen (R)	Jan. 3, 2001	Jan. 3, 2007
110th - 112th	James H. Webb (D)	Jan. 3, 2007	Jan. 3, 2013
113th -	Timothy (Tim) M. Kaine (D)	Jan. 3, 2013	Present
Class 2
1st - 2nd	Richard Henry Lee (ANTI-ADMIN)	Mar. 4, 1789	Oct. 8, 1792	Resigned
2nd - 3rd	John Taylor (ANTI-ADMIN)	Oct. 18, 1792	May 11, 1794	Resigned
3rd - 5th	Henry Tazewell (ANTI-ADMIN, R)	Nov. 18, 1794	Jan. 24, 1799	Died
6th - 8th	Wilson C. Nicholas (R)	Dec. 5, 1799	May 22, 1804	Resigned
8th	Andrew Moore⁵ (R)	Aug. 11, 1804	Dec. 4, 1804	Appointed
8th	William B. Giles (R)	Dec. 4, 1804	Mar. 3, 1815	Resigned
14th	Armistead T. Mason (R)	Jan. 3, 1816	Mar. 3, 1817
15th - 16th	John W. Eppes (R)	Mar. 4, 1817	Dec. 4, 1819	Resigned
16th - 17th	James Pleasants (R)	Dec. 10, 1819	Dec. 15, 1822	Resigned
17th - 18th	John Taylor (R, CRR)	Dec. 18, 1822	Aug. 20, 1824	Died
18th - 22nd	Littleton W. Tazewell (JR, J)	Dec. 7, 1824	Jul. 16, 1832	Resigned
22nd - 23rd	William C. Rives (J)	Dec. 10, 1832	Feb. 22, 1834	Resigned
23rd - 24th	Benjamin W. Leigh (AJ)	Feb. 26, 1834	Jul. 4, 1836	Resigned
24th - 25th	Richard E. Parker (J, D)	Dec. 12, 1836	Mar. 13, 1837	Resigned
25th - 26th	William H. Roane (D)	Mar. 14, 1837	Mar. 3, 1841
27th - 29th	William S. Archer (W)	Mar. 4, 1841	Mar. 3, 1847
30th - 37th	Robert M. T. Hunter⁶ (D)	Mar. 4, 1847	Mar. 28, 1861
37th - 38th	John S. Carlile⁷ (U)	Jul. 9, 1861	Mar. 3, 1865
41st	John W. Johnston⁸ (D)	Jan. 26, 1870	Mar. 3, 1871
42nd - 47th	John W. Johnston (D)	Mar. 15, 1871	Mar. 3, 1883
48th - 50th	Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA, R)	Mar. 4, 1883	Mar. 3, 1889
51st - 52nd	John S. Barbour Jr. (D)	Mar. 8, 1889	May 14, 1892	Died
52nd - 53rd	Eppa Hunton (D)	May 28, 1892	Mar. 3, 1895	Appointed, then elected
54th - 66th	Thomas S. Martin (D)	Mar. 4, 1895	Nov. 12, 1919	Died
66th - 79th	Carter Glass⁹ (D)	Feb. 2, 1920	May 28, 1949	Appointed, then elected; died
79th	Thomas G. Burch (D)	May 31, 1946	Nov. 5, 1946	Appointed
79th - 89th	Absalom W. Robertson (D)	Nov. 6, 1946	Dec. 30, 1966	Resigned
89th - 92nd	William B. Spong Jr.¹⁰ (D)	Dec. 31, 1966	Jan. 3, 1973
93rd - 95th	William L. Scott (R)	Jan. 3, 1973	Jan. 1, 1979	Resigned
96th - 110th	John W. Warner¹¹ (R)	Jan. 2, 1979	Jan. 3, 2009
111th -	Mark Warner (D)	Jan. 3, 2009	Present

1. Vacancy in this class from Mar. 4, 1839, to Jan. 17, 1841.

2. Withdrew from the Senate on March 28, 1861. Officially expelled from the Senate on July 11, 1861. Seat vacant from March 28 through July 9, 1861.

3. Because of the Civil War, there was a vacancy in this class from Jan. 2, 1864, to January 25, 1870. Upon Virginia's readmission to representation in the Union, Lewis was elected by the state legislature to fill the vacancy for the term beginning March 4, 1869. He was seated on January 27, 1870.

4. Appointed to fill remainder of John W. Daniel's term. Re-appointed on February 28, 1911 to fill the new term to which John W. Daniel had been elected to prior to his death. Elected to fill the remainder of John W. Daniel's term on January 23, 1912. Resigned to become secretary of the navy under President Franklin Roosevelt.

5. Elected on December 4, 1804, while holding the office of Senator-designate to the Class 2 seat, to fill the Class 1 vacancy caused by the resignation of Abraham B. Venable.

6. Withdrew from the Senate on March 28, 1861. Officially expelled on July 11, 1861. Seat vacant from March 28 to July 8, 1861.

7. Because of Civil War, vacancy from March 4, 1865, to January 25, 1870.

8. Elected by legislature upon Virginia's readmission to representation in the Union to fill vacancy in term begun on March 4, 1865. Seated January 28, 1870.

9. Appointed on Nov. 18, 1919. Seated Feb. 2, 1920. Secretary of the treasury during the interim. Vacancy from Nov. 12, 1919, to Feb. 1, 1920.

10. Elected to full term beginning January 3, 1967; subsequently appointed by governor to fill vacancy in term ending Jan. 3, 1967.

11. Elected to full term beginning January 3, 1979; subsequently appointed by governor to fill vacancy in term ending Jan. 3, 1979.