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Senators Representing Third or Minor Parties
Senator
Party
Years
Hayne
Robert Y. Hayne
(SC)
Nullifier
1831_1832
18311832
Miller
Stephen D. Miller
(SC)
Nullifier
1831_1833
18311833
Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
(SC)
Nullifier
1832_1837
18321837
Preston
William C. Preston
(SC)
Nullifier
1833_1837
18331837
Francis
John B. Francis
(RI)
Law and Order
1844_1845
18441845
Cilley
Joseph Cilley
(NH)
Liberty
1846_1847
18461847
Hale
John P. Hale
(NH)
Independent Democrat
1847_1849
18471849
Hale
John P. Hale
(NH)
Free Soil
1849_1853
18491853
Chase
Salmon P. Chase
(OH)
Free Soil
1849_1855
18491855
Sumner
Charles Sumner
(MA)
Free Soil
1851_1855
18511855
Brainerd
Lawrence Brainerd
(VT)
Free Soil
1854_1855
18541855
Gillette
Francis Gillette
(CT)
Free Soil
1854_1855_1
18541855
Houston
Samuel Houston
(TX)
American (Know-Nothing)
1855_1859
18551859
Bell
John Bell
(TN)
American (Know-Nothing)
1857_1859
18571859
Thompson
John B. Thompson
(KY)
American (Know-Nothing)
1857_1859_1
18571859
Crittenden
John J. Crittenden
(KY)
American (Know-Nothing)
1857_1861
18571861
Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy
(MD)
American (Know-Nothing)
1857_1861
18571861
Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy
(MD)
Unionist
1861_1863
18611863
Willey
Waitman T. Willey
(WV)
Unionist
1861_1863_1
18611863
Carlile
John S. Carlile
(VA)
Unionist
1861_1865
18611865
Davis
Garrett Davis
(KY)
Unionist
1861_1865_1
18611865
Henderson
John B. Henderson
(MO)
Unionist
1862_1863
18621863
Hicks
Thomas H. Hicks
(MD)
Unionist
1862_1863_1
18621863
Wilson
Robert Wilson
(MO)
Unionist
1862_1863_2
18621863
Wright
Joseph Albert Wright
(IN)
Unionist
1862_1863_3
18621863
Bowden
Lemuel J. Bowden
(VA)
Unionist
1863_1864
18631864
Brown
B. Gratz Brown
(MO)
Unconditional Unionist
1863_1865
18631865
Henderson
John B. Henderson
(MO)
Unconditional Unionist
1863_1865_1
18631865
Hicks
Thomas H. Hicks
(MD)
Unconditional Unionist
1863_1865_2
18631865
Johnson
Reverdy Johnson
(MD)
Unionist
1863_1865_3
18631865
Willey
Waitman T. Willey
(WV)
Unconditional Unionist
1863_1865_4
18631865
Van Winkle
Peter G. Van Winkle
(WV)
Unconditional Unionist
1863_1867
18631867
Creswell
John A. J. Creswell
(MD)
Unconditional Unionist
1865_1867_1
18651867
Fowler
Joseph S. Fowler
(TN)
Unconditional Unionist
1865_1867_2
18651867
Patterson
David T. Patterson
(TN)
Unionist
1865_1867_3
18651867
Schurz
Carl Schurz
(MO)
Liberal Republican
1871_1875
18711875
Sumner
Charles Sumner
(MA)
Liberal Republican
1873_1874
18731874
Fenton
Reuben Eaton Fenton
(NY)
Liberal Republican
1873_1875
18731875
Ferry
Orris S. Ferry
(CT)
Liberal Republican
1873_1875_1
18731875
Hamilton
Morgan C. Hamilton
(TX)
Liberal Republican
1873_1875_2
18731875
Sprague
William Sprague
(RI)
Liberal Republican
1873_1875_3
18731875
Tipton
Thomas W. Tipton
(NE)
Liberal Republican
1873_1875_4
18731875
Booth
Newton Booth
(CA)
Independent Republican
1875_1877
18751877
Davis
David Davis
(IL)
Independent
1877_1883
18771883
Mahone
William Mahone
(VA)
Readjuster
1881_1885
18811885
Riddleberger
Harrison H. Riddleberger
(VA)
Readjuster
1883_1885
18831885
Peffer
William A. Peffer
(KS)
Populist
1891_1897
18911897
Kyle
James H. Kyle
(SD)
Populist
1891_1901
18911901
Allen
William Vincent Allen
(NE)
Populist
1893_1901
18931901
Stewart
William M. Stewart
(NV)
Silver
1893_1901_1
18931901
Butler
Marion Butler
(NC)
Populist
1895
18951901
Jones
John P. Jones
(NV)
Silver
1895_1901_1
18951901
Cannon
Frank J. Cannon
(UT)
Silver Republican
1896_1899
18961899
Mantle
Lee Mantle
(MT)
Silver Republican
1896_1899_1
18961899
Pettigrew
Richard F. Pettigrew
(SD)
Silver Republican
1896_1901
18961901
Teller
Henry M. Teller
(CO)
Silver Republican
1896_1901_1
18961901
Heitfeld
Henry Heitfeld
(ID)
Populist
1897_1901
18971901
Turner
George Turner
(WA)
Silver Republican
1897_1901_1
18971901
Harris
William A. Harris
(KS)
Populist
1897_1903
18971903
Poindexter
Miles Poindexter
(WA)
Progressive
1913_1915
19131915
Johnson
Magnus Johnson
(MN)
FarmerLabor
1923_1925
19231925
Shipstead
Henrik Shipstead
(MN)
FarmerLabor
1923_1941
19231941
Benson
Elmer A. Benson
(MN)
FarmerLabor
1935_1936
19351936
La Follette
Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
(WI)
Progressive
1935_1947
19351947
Lundeen
Ernest Lundeen
(MN)
FarmerLabor
1937_1940
19371940
Norris
George W. Norris
(NE)
Independent
1937_1943
19371943
Morse
Wayne L. Morse
(OR)
Independent
1953_1955
19531955
Thurmond
Strom Thurmond
(SC)
Independent Democrat
1954_1956
19541956
Buckley
James L. Buckley
(NY)
Conservative
1971_1977
19711977
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
(VA)
Independent
1971_1983
19711983
Smith
Robert C. Smith
(NH)
Independent
1999_1999
1999
1
Jeffords
James M. Jeffords
(VT)
Independent
2001_2007
20012007
2
Barkley
Dean Barkley
(MN)
Independent
2002_2003
20022003
Lieberman
Joseph I. Lieberman
(CT)
Independent Democrat
2007_2013
20072013
3
Sanders
Bernard Sanders
(VT)
Independent
2007_2007
2007present
King
Angus S. King, Jr.
(ME)
Independent
2013_2013
2013present
Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema
(AZ)
Independent
2023_2023
20232025
Manchin
Joe Manchin III
(WV)
Independent
2024_2024
20242025
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