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Senators Who Have Died in Office
There have been 302 senators who have died while in office.
Senator
State
Congress/Session
Date of Death
Grayson, William
VA
1/2
Mar 12, 1790
Sherman, Roger
CT
2/2
Jul 23,1793*
Clayton, Joshua
DE
5/2
Aug 11, 1798*
Tazewell, Henry
VA
5/3
Jan 24, 1799
Colhoun, John E.
SC
7/1
Oct 26, 1802*
Mason, Stevens T.
VA
7/2
May 10, 1803
Potter, Samuel J.
RI
8/1
Oct 14, 1804*
Jackson, James
GA
9/1
Mar 19, 1806
Baldwin, Abraham
GA
9/2
Mar 4, 1807
Tracy, Uriah
CT
9/2
Jul 19, 1807*
Malbone, Francis
RI
11/1
Jun 4, 1809
White, Samuel
DE
11/1
Nov 4, 1809*
Gilman, Nicholas
NH
13/2
May 2, 1814*
Brent, Richard
VA
13/3
Dec 30, 1814
Claiborne, William C.C.
LA
14/2
Nov 23, 1817*
Hanson, Alexander C.
MD
15/2
Apr 23, 1819*
Burrill, James, Jr.
RI
16/2
Dec 25, 1820
Trimble, William A.
OH
17/1
Dec 13, 1821
Pinkney, William
MD
17/1
Feb 25, 1822
Boardman, Elijah
CT
17/2
Aug 18, 1823*
Taylor, John
VA
18/1
Aug 21, 1824*
Ware, Nicholas
GA
18/1
Sep 7, 1824*
Chambers, Henry
AL
19/1
Jan 24, 1826
Gaillard, John
SC
19/1
Feb 26, 1826
Van Dyke, Nicholas
DE
19/1
May 21, 1826
McIlvaine, Joseph
NJ
19/1
Aug 19, 1826*
Reed, Thomas B.
MS
20/2
Nov 26, 1829*
Adams, Robert H.
MS
21/1
Jul 2, 1830*
McLean, John
IL
21/1
Oct 14, 1830*
Noble, James
IN
21/2
Feb 26, 1831
Johnston, Josiah S.
LA
22/2
May 19, 1833*
Buckner, Alexander
MO
22/2
Jun 6, 1833*
Smith, Nathan
CT
23/2
Dec 6, 1835*
Kane, Elias K.
IL
24/1
Dec 12, 1835
Goldsborough, R.H.
MD
24/2
Oct 5, 1836*
Kent, Joseph
MD
25/1
Nov 24, 1837*
Betts, Thaddeus
CT
26/1
Apr 7, 1840
Spence, John S.
MD
26/1
Oct 24, 1840*
Grundy, Felix
TN
26/2
Dec 19, 1840
Dixon, Nathan F.
RI
27/2
Jan 29, 1842
Southard, Samuel L.
NJ
27/2
Jun 26, 1842
McRoberts, Samuel
IL
27/3
Mar 27, 1843*
Linn, Lewis F.
MO
27/3
Oct 3, 1843*
Fulton, William S.
AR
28/1
Aug 15, 1844*
Bates, Isaac C.
MA
28/2
Mar 16, 1845*
Barrow, Alexander
LA
29/2
Dec 29, 1846
Pennybacker, Isaac S.
VA
29/2
Jan 12, 1847
Speight, Jesse
MS
29/2
May 1, 1847*
Huntington, Jabez W.
CT
29/2
Nov 1, 1847*
Fairfield, John
ME
30/1
Dec 24, 1847
Ashley, Chester
AR
30/1
Apr 29, 1848
Lewis, Dixon H.
AL
30/1
Oct 25, 1848*
Calhoun, John C.
SC
31/1
Mar 31, 1850
Elmore, Franklin H.
SC
31/1
May 29, 1850
Clay, Henry
KY
32/1
Jun 29, 1852
Whitcomb, James
IN
32/1
Oct 4, 1852*
Upham, William
VT
32/2
Jan 14, 1853
Atherton, Charles G.
NH
32/2
Nov 15, 1853*
Norris, Moses, Jr.
NH
33/2
Jan 11, 1855
Clayton, John M.
DE
34/2
Nov 9, 1856*
Butler, Andrew P.
SC
34/3
May 25, 1857*
Bell, James
NH
34/3
May 26, 1857*
Rusk, Thomas J.
TX
34/3
Jul 29, 1857*
Evans, Josiah J.
SC
35/1
May 6, 1858
Henderson, James P.
TX
35/1
Jun 4, 1858
Broderick, David C.
CA
35/2
Sep 16, 1859*
Douglas, Stephen A.
IL
36/2
Jun 3, 1861*
Bingham, Kinsley S.
MI
37/1
Oct 5, 1861*
Baker, Edward D.
OR
37/1
Oct 21, 1861*
Thomson, John R.
NJ
37/2
Sep 12, 1862*
Pearce, James A.
MD
37/3
Dec 20, 1862
Bowden, Lemuel J.
VA
38/1
Jan 2, 1864
Hicks, Thomas H.
MD
38/2
Feb 14, 1865
Collamer, Jacob
VT
38/2
Nov 9, 1865*
Foot, Solomon
VT
39/1
Mar 28, 1866
Lane, James H.
KS
39/1
Jul 11, 1866
Wright, William
NJ
39/1
Nov 1, 1866*
Riddle, George R.
DE
40/1
Mar 29, 1867
Fessenden, William P.
ME
41/1
Sep 8, 1869*
Norton, Daniel S.
MN
41/2
Jul 13, 1870
Davis, Garrett
KY
42/2
Sep 22, 1872*
Sumner, Charles
MA
43/1
Mar 11, 1874
Buckingham, William A.
CT
43/2
Feb 5, 1875
Johnson, Andrew
TN
43/2
Jul 31, 1875*
Ferry, Orris S.
CT
43/2
Nov 21, 1875*
Caperton, Allen T.
WV
44/1
Jul 26, 1876*
Bogy, Lewis V.
MO
44/2
Sep 20, 1877*
Morton, Oliver P.
IN
45/1
Nov 1, 1877
Chandler, Zachariah
MI
46/1
Nov 1, 1879*
Houston, George S.
AL
46/2
Dec 31, 1879
Carpenter, Matthew H.
WI
46/3
Feb 24, 1881
Burnside, Ambrose E.
RI
46/3
Sep 13, 1881*
Hill, Benjamin H.
GA
47/1
Aug 16, 1882*
Anthony, Henry B.
RI
48/1
Sep 2, 1884*
Miller, John F.
CA
49/1
Mar 8, 1886
Pike, Austin F.
NH
49/1
Oct 8, 1886*
Logan, John A.
IL
49/2
Dec 26, 1886
Beck, James B.
KY
51/1
May 3, 1890
Wilson, Ephraim K.
MD
51/2
Feb 25, 1891
Hearst, George
CA
51/2
Feb 28, 1891
Plumb, Preston B.
KS
52/1
Dec 20, 1891
Barbour, John S.
VA
52/1
May 14, 1892
Gibson, Randall L.
LA
52/2
Dec 15, 1892
Kenna, John E.
WV
52/2
Jan 11, 1893
Stanford, Leland
CA
52/2
Jun 21, 1893*
Colquitt, Alfred H.
GA
53/2
Mar 26, 1894
Vance, Zebulon B.
NC
53/2
Apr 14, 1894
Stockbridge, Francis B.
MI
53/2
Apr 30, 1894
Earle, Joseph H.
SC
55/1
May 20, 1897
Harris, Isham G.
TN
55/1
Jul 8, 1897
George, James Z.
MS
55/1
Aug 14, 1897*
Walthall, Edward C.
MS
55/2
Apr 21, 1898
Morrill, Justin S.
VT
55/3
Dec 28, 1898
Hayward, Monroe L.
NE
56/1
Dec 5, 1899
Gear, John H.
IA
56/1
Jul 14, 1900*
Davis, Cushman K.
MN
56/1
Nov 27, 1900*
Kyle, James H.
SD
57/1
Jul 1, 1901*
Sewell, William J.
NJ
57/1
Dec 27, 1901
McMillan, James
MI
57/1
Aug 10, 1902*
Hanna, Marcus A.
OH
58/2
Feb 15, 1904
Quay, Matthew S.
PA
58/2
May 28, 1904*
Hoar, George F.
MA
58/2
Sep 30, 1904*
Bate, William B.
TN
58/3
Mar 9, 1905*
Platt, Orville H.
CT
58/3
Apr 21, 1905*
Mitchell, John H.
OR
59/1
Dec 8, 1905
Gorman, Arthur P.
MD
59/1
Jun 4, 1906
Alger, Russell A.
MI
59/2
Jan 24, 1907
Morgan, John T.
AL
59/2
Jun 11, 1907*
Pettus, Edmund W.
AL
59/2
Jul 27, 1907*
Mallory, Stephen R.
FL
60/1
Dec 23, 1907
Latimer, Asbury C.
SC
60/1
Feb 20, 1908
Proctor, Redfield
VT
60/1
Mar 4, 1908
Whyte, William P.
MD
60/1
Mar 17, 1908
Bryan, William J.
FL
60/1
Mar 22, 1908
Allison, William B.
IA
60/1
Aug 4, 1908*
Johnson, Martin N.
ND
61/1
Oct 21, 1909*
McLaurin, Anselm J.
MS
61/2
Dec 22, 1909
McEnery, Samuel D.
LA
61/2
Jun 28, 1910*
Daniel, John W.
VA
61/2
Jun 29, 1910*
Dolliver, Jonathan P.
IA
61/2
Oct 15, 1910*
Clay, Alexander S.
GA
61/2
Nov 13, 1910*
Elkins, Stephen B.
WV
61/3
Jan 4, 1911
Hughes, Charles J., Jr.
CO
61/3
Jan 11, 1911
Frye, William P.
ME
62/1
Aug 8, 1911
Taylor, Robert L.
TN
62/2
Mar 31, 1912
Nixon, George S.
NV
62/2
Jun 5, 1912
Heyburn, Weldon B.
ID
62/2
Oct 17, 1912*
Rayner, Isidor
MD
62/2
Nov 25, 1912*
Davis, Jeff
AR
62/3
Jan 3, 1913
Johnston, Joseph F.
AL
63/1
Aug 8, 1913
Bacon, Augustus O.
GA
63/2
Feb 14, 1914
Bradley, William O.
KY
63/2
May 23, 1914
Shively, Benjamin F.
IN
64/1
Mar 14, 1916
Burleigh, Edwin C.
ME
64/1
Jun 16, 1916
Clarke, James P.
AR
64/1
Oct 1, 1916*
Lane, Harry
OR
65/1
May 23, 1917
Husting, Paul O.
WI
65/1
Oct 21, 1917*
Newlands, Francis G.
NV
65/2
Dec 24, 1917
Brady, James H.
ID
65/2
Jan 13, 1918
Hughes, William
NJ
65/2
Jan 30, 1918
Broussard, Robert F.
LA
65/2
Apr 12, 1918
Stone, William J.
MO
65/2
Apr 14, 1918
Tillman, Benjamin R.
SC
65/2
Jul 3, 1918
Gallinger, Jacob H.
NH
65/2
Aug 17, 1918
James, Ollie M.
KY
65/2
Aug 28, 1918
Martin, Thomas S.
VA
66/1
Nov 12, 1919
Bankhead, John H.
AL
66/2
Mar 1, 1920
Knox, Philander C.
PA
67/1
Oct 12, 1921
Penrose, Boies
PA
67/2
Dec 31, 1921
Crow, William E.
PA
67/2
Aug 2, 1922
Watson, Thomas E.
GA
67/2
Sep 26, 1922*
Nicholson, Samuel D.
CO
67/4
Mar 24, 1923*
Nelson, Knute
MN
67/4
Apr 28, 1923*
Dillingham, William P.
VT
67/4
Jul 12, 1923*
Colt, LeBaron B.
RI
68/1
Aug 18, 1924*
Brandegee, Frank B.
CT
68/1
Oct 14, 1924*
Lodge, Henry C.
MA
68/1
Nov 8, 1924*
McCormick, J. Medill
IL
68/2
Feb 25, 1925
Spencer, Selden P.
MO
68/2
May 16, 1925*
La Follette, Robert M.
WI
68/2
Jun 18, 1925*
Ladd, Edwin F.
ND
68/2
Jun 22, 1925*
Ralston, Samuel M.
IN
68/2
Oct 14, 1925*
Cummins, Albert B.
IA
69/1
Jul 30, 1926*
Fernald, Bert M.
ME
69/1
Aug 23, 1926*
McKinley, William B.
IL
69/2
Dec 7, 1926*
Jones, Andrieus A.
NM
70/1
Dec 20, 1927
Ferris, Woodbridge N.
MI
70/1
Mar 23, 1928
Willis, Frank B.
OH
70/1
Mar 30, 1928
Gooding, Frank R.
ID
70/1
Jun 24, 1928*
Tyson, Lawrence D.
TN
71/1
Aug 24, 1929*
Burton, Theodore E.
OH
71/1
Oct 28, 1929
Warren, Francis E.
WY
71/1
Nov 24, 1929*
Overman, Lee S.
NC
71/3
Dec 12, 1930
Greene, Frank L.
VT
71/3
Dec 17, 1930*
Morrow, Dwight W.
NJ
71/3
Oct 5, 1931*
Caraway, Thaddeus H.
AR
71/3
Nov 6, 1931*
Harris, William J.
GA
72/1
Apr 18, 1932
Waterman, Charles W.
CO
72/1
Aug 27, 1932*
Jones, Wesley L.
WA
72/1
Nov 19, 1932*
Walsh, Thomas J.
MT
72/2
Mar 2, 1933
Howell, Robert B.
NE
73/1
Mar 11, 1933
Dale, Porter H.
VT
73/1
Oct 6, 1933*
Kendrick, John B.
WY
73/1
Nov 3, 1933*
Cutting, Bronson M.
NM
74/1
May 6, 1935
Long, Huey P.
LA
74/1
Sep 10, 1935*
Schall, Thomas D.
MN
74/1
Dec 22, 1935*
Trammell, Park
FL
74/2
May 8, 1936
Fletcher, Duncan U.
FL
74/2
Jun 17, 1936
Richard L. Murphy
IA
74/2
Jul 16, 1936*
Couzens, James
MI
74/2
Oct 22, 1936*
Norbeck, Peter
SD
74/2
Dec 20, 1936*
Bachman, Nathan L.
TN
75/1
Apr 23, 1937
Robinson, Joseph T.
AR
75/1
Jul 14, 1937
Copelad, Royal S.
NY
75/3
Jun 17, 1938*
Lewis, J. Hamilton
IL
76/1
Apr 9, 1939
Logan, Marvel M.
KY
76/2
Oct 3, 1939
Borah, William E.
ID
76/3
Jan 19, 1940
Gibson, Ernest W.
VT
76/3
Jun 20, 1940
Lundenn, Ernest
MN
76/3
Aug 31, 1940
Pittman, Key
NV
76/3
Nov 10, 1940
Sheppard, Morris
TX
77/1
Apr 9, 1941
Harrison, Pat
MS
77/1
Jun 22, 1941
Houston, Andrew J.
TX
77/1
Jun 26, 1941
Lumpkin, Alva M.
SC
77/1
Aug 1, 1941
Adams, Alva B.
CO
77/1
Dec 1, 1941
Barbour, W. Warren
NJ
78/1
Nov 22, 1943
Van Nuys, Frederick
IN
78/2
Jan 25, 1944
McNary, Charles L.
OR
78/2
Feb 25, 1944
Smith, Ellison D.
SC
78/2
Nov 17, 1944
Maloney, Francis
CT
79/1
Jan 16, 1945
Moses, John
ND
79/1
Mar 3, 1945
Scrugham, James G.
NV
79/1
Jun 23, 1945
Johnson, Hiram W.
CA
79/1
Aug 6, 1945
Thomas, John
ID
79/1
Nov 10, 1945
Glass, Carter
VA
79/2
May 28, 1946
Bankhead, John H., II
AL
79/2
Jun 12, 1946
Andrews, Charles O.
FL
79/2
Sep 18, 1946*
Bailey, Josiah W.
NC
79/2
Dec 15, 1946*
Bilbo, Theodore G.
MS
80/1
Aug 21, 1947
Overton, John H.
LA
80/2
May 14, 1948
Bushfield, Harlan J.
SD
80/2
Sep 27, 1948
Broughton, J. Melville
NC
81/1
Mar 6, 1949
Miller, Bert H.
ID
81/1
Oct 8, 1949
Reed, Clyde M.
KS
81/1
Nov 8, 1949*
Chapman, Virgil M.
KY
82/1
Mar 8, 1951
Vandenberg, Arthur H.
MI
82/1
Apr 18, 1951
Wherry, Kenneth S.
NE
82/1
Nov 29, 1951*
McMahon, Brien
CT
82/2
Jul 28, 1952*
Smith, Willis
NC
83/1
Jun 26, 1953
Tobey, Charles W.
NH
83/1
Jul 24, 1953
Taft, Robert A.
OH
83/1
Jul 31, 1953
Griswold, Dwight
NE
83/2
Apr 12, 1954
Hoey, Clyde R.
NC
83/2
May 12, 1954
Hunt, Lester C.
WY
83/2
Jun 19, 1954
Butler, Hugh
NE
83/2
Jul 1, 1954
Maybank, Burnet R.
SC
83/2
Sep 1, 1954
McCarran, Pat
NV
83/2
Sep 28, 1954
Kilgore, Harley M.
SC
84/2
Feb 28, 1956
Barkley, Alben W.
KY
84/2
Apr 30, 1956
McCarthy, Joseph R.
WI
85/1
May 2, 1957
Neely, Matthew M.
WV
85/2
Jan 18, 1958
Scott, W. Kerr
NC
85/2
Apr 16, 1958
Langer, William
ND
86/1
Nov 8, 1959*
Neuberger, Richard L.
OR
86/2
Mar 9, 1960
Hennings, Thomas C., Jr.
MO
86/2
Sep 13, 1960*
Bridges, Henry Styles
NH
87/1
Nov 26, 1961*
Schoeppel, Andrew F.
KS
87/2
Jan 21, 1962
Case, Francis
SD
87/2
Jun 22, 1962
Dworshak, Henry
ID
87/2
Jun 22, 1962
Chavez, Dennis
NM
87/2
Nov 18, 1962*
Kerr, Robert S.
OK
87/2
Jan 1, 1963*
Kefauver, Estes
TB
88/1
Aug 10, 1963
Engle, Clair
CA
88/2
Jul 30, 1964
Johnston, Olin D.
SC
89/1
Apr 18, 1965
McNamara, Patrick V.
MI
89/2
Apr 30, 1966
Kennedy, Robert F.
NY
90/2
Jun 6, 1968
Bartlett, E.L.
AK
90/2
Dec 11, 1968*
Dirksen, Everett M.
IL
91/1
Sep 7, 1969
Russell, Richard B.
GA
92/1
Jan 21, 1971
Prouty, Winston L.
VT
92/1
Sep 10, 1971
Ellender, Allen J.
LA
92/2
Jul 27, 1972
Hart, Philip A.
MI
94/2
Dec 26, 1976
McClellan, John L.
AR
95/1
Nov 28, 1977
Metcalf, Lee W.
MT
95/2
Jan 12, 1978
Humphrey, Hubert H.
MN
95/2
Jan 13, 1978
Allen, James B.
AL
95/2
Jun 1, 1978
Jackson, Henry M.
WA
98/1
Sep 1, 1983
East, John P.
NC
99/2
Jun 29, 1986
Zorinsky, Edward
NE
100/1
Mar 6, 1987
Matsunaga, Spark
HI
101/2
Apr 15, 1990
Heinz, John
PA
102/1
Apr 4, 1991
Burdick, Quentin N.
ND
102/2
Sep 8, 1992
Chafee, John H.
RI
106/1
Oct 24, 1999
Coverdell, Paul D.
GA
106/2
Jul 18, 2000
Wellstone, Paul D.
MN
107/2
Oct 25, 2002
Thomas, Craig L.
WY
110/1
Jun 4, 2007
Kennedy, Edward
MA
111/1
Aug 25, 2009
Byrd, Robert C.
WV
111/2
Jun 28, 2010
Inouye, Daniel K.
HI
112/2
Dec 17, 2012
Lautenberg, Frank R.
NJ
113/1
Jun 3, 2013
McCain, John
AZ
115/2
Aug 25, 2018
Feinstein, Dianne
CA
118/1
Sep 28, 2023
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