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Senators Who Have Died in Office


There have been 302 senators who have died while in office.

Name (State)Congress / SessionDate of Death
Grayson, William (VA)1/203/12/1790
Sherman, Roger (CT)2/207/23/1793*
Clayton, Joshua (DE)5/208/11/1798*
Tazewell, Henry (VA)5/301/24/1799
Colhoun, John E. (SC)7/110/26/1802*
Mason, Stevens T. (VA)7/205/10/1803
Potter, Samuel J. (RI)8/110/14/1804*
Jackson, James (GA)9/103/19/1806
Baldwin, Abraham (GA)9/203/04/1807
Tracy, Uriah (CT)9/207/19/1807*
Malbone, Francis (RI)11/106/04/1809
White, Samuel (DE)11/111/04/1809*
Gilman, Nicholas (NH)13/205/02/1814*
Brent, Richard (VA)13/312/30/1814
Claiborne, William C. C. (LA)14/211/23/1817*
Hanson, Alexander Contee (MD)15/204/23/1819*
Burrill, James , Jr. (RI)16/212/25/1820
Trimble, William A. (OH)17/112/13/1821
Pinkney, William (MD)17/102/25/1822
Boardman, Elijah (CT)17/208/18/1823*
Taylor, John (VA)18/108/21/1824*
Ware, Nicholas (GA)18/109/07/1824*
Chambers, Henry H. (AL)19/101/24/1826
Gaillard, John (SC)19/102/26/1826
Van Dyke, Nicholas (DE)19/105/21/1826
McIlvaine, Joseph (NJ)19/108/19/1826*
Reed, Thomas B. (MS)20/211/26/1829*
Adams, Robert H. (MS)21/107/02/1830*
McLean, John (IL)21/110/14/1830*
Noble, James (IN)21/202/26/1831
Johnston, Josiah S. (LA)22/205/19/1833*
Buckner, Alexander (MO)22/206/06/1833*
Smith, Nathan (CT)23/212/06/1835*
Kane, Elias K. (IL)24/112/12/1835
Goldsborough, Robert H. (MD)24/210/05/1836*
Kent, Joseph (MD)25/111/24/1837*
Betts, Thaddeus (CT)26/104/07/1840
Spence, John S. (MD)26/110/24/1840*
Grundy, Felix (TN)26/212/19/1840
Dixon, Nathan F. (RI)27/201/29/1842
Southard, Samuel L. (NJ)27/206/26/1842
McRoberts, Samuel (IL)27/303/27/1843*
Linn, Lewis F. (MO)27/310/03/1843*
Fulton, William S. (AR)28/108/15/1844*
Bates, Isaac C. (MA)28/203/16/1845*
Barrow, Alexander (LA)29/212/29/1846
Pennybacker, Isaac S. (VA)29/201/12/1847
Speight, Jesse (MS)29/205/01/1847*
Huntington, Jabez W. (CT)29/211/02/1847*
Fairfield, John (ME)30/112/24/1847
Ashley, Chester (AR)30/104/29/1848
Lewis, Dixon H. (AL)30/110/25/1848*
Calhoun, John C. (SC)31/103/31/1850
Elmore, Franklin H. (SC)31/105/29/1850
Clay, Henry (KY)32/106/29/1852
Whitcomb, James (IN)32/110/04/1852*
Upham, William (VT)32/201/14/1853
Atherton, Charles G. (NH)32/211/15/1853*
Norris, Moses , Jr. (NH)33/201/11/1855
Clayton, John M. (DE)34/211/09/1856*
Butler, Andrew P. (SC)34/305/25/1857*
Bell, James (NH)34/305/26/1857*
Rusk, Thomas J. (TX)34/307/29/1857*
Evans, Josiah J. (SC)35/105/06/1858
Henderson, James P. (TX)35/106/04/1858
Broderick, David C. (CA)35/209/16/1859*
Douglas, Stephen A. (IL)36/206/03/1861*
Bingham, Kinsley S. (MI)37/110/05/1861*
Baker, Edward D. (OR)37/110/21/1861*
Thomson, John R. (NJ)37/209/12/1862*
Pearce, James A. (MD)37/312/20/1862
Bowden, Lemuel J. (VA)38/101/02/1864
Hicks, Thomas H. (MD)38/202/14/1865
Collamer, Jacob (VT)38/211/09/1865*
Foot, Solomon (VT)39/103/28/1866
Lane, James H. (KS)39/107/11/1866
Wright, William (NJ)39/111/01/1866*
Riddle, George R. (DE)40/103/29/1867
Fessenden, William P. (ME)41/109/08/1869*
Norton, Daniel S. (MN)41/207/13/1870
Davis, Garrett (KY)42/209/22/1872*
Sumner, Charles (MA)43/103/11/1874
Buckingham, William A. (CT)43/202/05/1875
Johnson, Andrew (TN)43/207/31/1875*
Ferry, Orris S. (CT)43/211/21/1875*
Caperton, Allen T. (WV)44/107/26/1876*
Bogy, Lewis V. (MO)44/209/20/1877*
Morton, Oliver H. P. T. (IN)45/111/01/1877
Chandler, Zachariah (MI)46/111/01/1879*
Houston, George S. (AL)46/212/31/1879
Carpenter, Matthew H. (WI)46/302/24/1881
Burnside, Ambrose E. (RI)46/309/13/1881*
Hill, Benjamin H. (GA)47/108/16/1882*
Anthony, Henry B. (RI)48/109/02/1884*
Miller, John F. (CA)49/103/08/1886
Pike, Austin F. (NH)49/110/08/1886*
Logan, John A. (IL)49/212/26/1886
Beck, James B. (KY)51/105/03/1890
Wilson, Ephraim K. (MD)51/202/24/1891
Hearst, George (CA)51/202/28/1891
Plumb, Preston B. (KS)52/112/20/1891
Barbour, John S., Jr. (VA)52/105/14/1892
Gibson, Randell L. (LA)52/212/15/1892
Kenna, John E. (WV)52/201/11/1893
Stanford, Leland (CA)52/206/21/1893*
Colquitt, Alfred H. (GA)53/203/26/1894
Vance, Zebulon B. (NC)53/204/14/1894
Stockbridge, Francis B. (MI)53/204/30/1894
Earle, Joseph H. (SC)55/105/20/1897
Harris, Isham G. (TN)55/107/08/1897
George, James Z. (MS)55/108/14/1897*
Walthall, Edward C. (MS)55/204/21/1898
Morrill, Justin S. (VT)55/312/28/1898
Hayward, Monroe L. (NE)56/112/05/1899
Gear, John H. (IA)56/107/14/1900*
Davis, Cushman K. (MN)56/111/27/1900*
Kyle, James H. (SD)57/107/01/1901*
Sewell, William J. (NJ)57/112/27/1901
McMillan, James (MI)57/108/10/1902*
Hanna, Mark (OH)58/202/15/1904
Quay, Matthew S. (PA)58/205/28/1904*
Hoar, George F. (MA)58/209/30/1904*
Bate, William B. (TN)58/303/09/1905*
Platt, Orville H. (CT)58/304/21/1905*
Mitchell, John H. (OR)59/112/08/1905
Gorman, Arthur P. (MD)59/106/04/1906
Alger, Russell A. (MI)59/201/24/1907
Morgan, John T. (AL)59/206/11/1907*
Pettus, Edmund W. (AL)59/207/27/1907*
Mallory, Stephen R. (FL)60/112/23/1907
Latimer, Asbury C. (SC)60/102/20/1908
Proctor, Redfield (VT)60/103/04/1908
Whyte, William P. (MD)60/103/17/1908
Bryan, William J. (FL)60/103/22/1908
Allison, William Boyd (IA)60/108/04/1908*
Johnson, Martin N. (ND)61/110/21/1909*
McLaurin, Anselm J. (MS)61/212/22/1909
McEnery, Samuel D. (LA)61/206/28/1910*
Daniel, John W. (VA)61/206/29/1910*
Dolliver, Jonathan P. (IA)61/210/15/1910*
Clay, Alexander S. (GA)61/211/13/1910*
Elkins, Stephen B. (WV)61/301/04/1911
Hughes, Charles J., Jr. (CO)61/301/11/1911
Frye, William P. (ME)62/108/08/1911
Taylor, Robert L. (TN)62/203/31/1912
Nixon, George S. (NV)62/206/05/1912
Heyburn, Weldon B. (ID)62/210/17/1912*
Rayner, Isidor (MD)62/211/25/1912*
Davis, Jeff (AR)62/301/03/1913
Johnston, Joseph F. (AL)63/108/08/1913
Bacon, Augustus O. (GA)63/202/14/1914
Bradley, William O. (KY)63/205/23/1914
Shively, Benjamin F. (IN)64/103/14/1916
Burleigh, Edwin Chick (ME)64/106/16/1916
Clarke, James P. (AR)64/110/01/1916*
Lane, Harry (OR)65/105/23/1917
Husting, Paul O. (WI)65/110/21/1917*
Newlands, Francis G. (NV)65/212/24/1917
Brady, James H. (ID)65/201/13/1918
Hughes, William (NJ)65/201/30/1918
Broussard, Robert F. (LA)65/204/12/1918
Stone, William J. (MO)65/204/14/1918
Tillman, Benjamin R. (SC)65/207/03/1918
Gallinger, Jacob H. (NH)65/208/17/1918
James, Ollie M. (KY)65/208/28/1918
Martin, Thomas S. (VA)66/111/12/1919
Bankhead, John H. (AL)66/203/01/1920
Knox, Philander C. (PA)67/110/12/1921
Penrose, Boies (PA)67/212/31/1921
Crow, William E. (PA)67/208/02/1922
Watson, Thomas E. (GA)67/209/26/1922*
Nicholson, Samuel D. (CO)67/403/24/1923*
Nelson, Knute (MN)67/404/28/1923*
Dillingham, William P. (VT)67/407/12/1923*
Colt, LeBaron B. (RI)68/108/18/1924*
Brandegee, Frank Bosworth (CT)68/110/14/1924
Lodge, Henry C. (MA)68/111/09/1924*
McCormick, Joseph M. (IL)68/202/25/1925
Spencer, Selden P. (MO)68/205/16/1925*
La Follette, Robert M. (WI)68/206/18/1925*
Ladd, Edwin F. (ND)68/206/22/1925*
Ralston, Samuel M. (IN)68/210/14/1925*
Cummins, Albert B. (IA)69/107/30/1926*
Fernald, Bert M. (ME)69/108/23/1926*
McKinley, William B. (IL)69/212/07/1926*
Jones, Andrieus A. (NM)70/112/20/1927
Ferris, Woodbridge N. (MI)70/103/23/1928
Willis, Frank B. (OH)70/103/30/1928
Gooding, Frank R. (ID)70/106/24/1928*
Tyson, Lawrence D. (TN)71/108/24/1929*
Burton, Theodore E. (OH)71/110/28/1929
Warren, Francis E. (WY)71/111/24/1929*
Overman, Lee S. (NC)71/312/12/1930
Greene, Frank L. (VT)71/312/17/1930*
Morrow, Dwight W. (NJ)71/310/05/1931*
Caraway, Thaddeus H. (AR)71/311/06/1931*
Harris, William J. (GA)72/104/18/1932
Waterman, Charles W. (CO)72/108/27/1932*
Jones, Wesley L. (WA)72/111/19/1932*
Walsh, Thomas J. (MT)72/203/02/1933
Howell, Robert B. (NE)73/103/11/1933
Dale, Porter H. (VT)73/110/06/1933*
Kendrick, John B. (WY)73/111/03/1933*
Cutting, Bronson M. (NM)74/105/06/1935
Long, Henry P. (LA)74/109/10/1935*
Schall, Thomas D. (MN)74/112/22/1935*
Trammell, Park (FL)74/205/08/1936
Fletcher, Duncan U. (FL)74/206/17/1936
Murphy, Richard L. (IA)74/207/16/1936*
Couzens, James (MI)74/210/22/1936*
Norbeck, Peter (SD)74/212/20/1936*
Bachman, Nathan L. (TN)75/104/23/1937
Robinson, Joseph T. (AR)75/107/14/1937
Copeland, Royal S. (NY)75/306/17/1938*
Lewis, James H. (IL)76/104/09/1939
Logan, Marvel M. (KY)76/210/03/1939
Borah, William E. (ID)76/301/19/1940
Gibson, Ernest W. (VT)76/306/20/1940
Lundeen, Ernest (MN)76/308/31/1940
Pittman, Key (NV)76/311/10/1940
Sheppard, Morris (TX)77/104/09/1941
Harrison, Pat (MS)77/106/22/1941
Houston, Andrew J. (TX)77/106/26/1941
Lumpkin, Alva M. (SC)77/108/01/1941
Adams, Alva B. (CO)77/112/01/1941
Barbour, William W. (NJ)78/111/22/1943
Van Nuys, Frederick (IN)78/201/25/1944
McNary, Charles L. (OR)78/202/25/1944
Smith, Ellison D. (SC)78/211/17/1944
Maloney, Francis T. (CT)79/101/16/1945
Moses, John (ND)79/103/03/1945
Scrugham, James G. (NV)79/106/23/1945
Johnson, Hiram W. (CA)79/108/06/1945
Thomas, John (ID)79/111/10/1945
Glass, Carter (VA)79/205/28/1946
Bankhead, John H., II (AL)79/206/12/1946
Andrews, Charles O. (FL)79/209/18/1946*
Bailey, Josiah W. (NC)79/212/15/1946*
Bilbo, Theodore G. (MS)80/108/21/1947
Overton, John H. (LA)80/205/14/1948
Bushfield, Harlan J. (SD)80/209/27/1948
Broughton, Joseph M. (NC)81/103/06/1949
Miller, Bert H. (ID)81/110/08/1949
Reed, Clyde M. (KS)81/111/08/1949*
Chapman, Virgil M. (KY)82/103/08/1951
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (MI)82/104/18/1951
Wherry, Kenneth S. (NE)82/111/29/1951*
McMahon, Brien (CT)82/207/28/1952*
Smith, Willis (NC)83/106/26/1953
Tobey, Charles W. (NH)83/107/24/1953
Taft, Robert A. (OH)83/107/31/1953
Griswold, Dwight P. (NE)83/204/12/1954
Hoey, Clyde R. (NC)83/205/12/1954
Hunt, Lester C. (WY)83/206/19/1954
Butler, Hugh A. (NE)83/207/01/1954
Maybank, Burnet R. (SC)83/209/01/1954
McCarran, Pat (NV)83/209/28/1954
Kilgore, Harley M. (WV)84/202/28/1956
Barkley, Alben W. (KY)84/204/30/1956
McCarthy, Joseph R. (WI)85/105/02/1957
Neely, Matthew M. (WV)85/201/18/1958
Scott, William K. (NC)85/204/16/1958
Langer, William (ND)86/111/08/1959*
Neuberger, Richard L. (OR)86/203/09/1960
Hennings, Thomas C., Jr. (MO)86/209/13/1960*
Bridges, H. Styles (NH)87/111/26/1961*
Schoeppel, Andrew F. (KS)87/201/21/1962
Case, Francis H. (SD)87/206/22/1962
Dworshak, Henry C. (ID)87/207/23/1962
Chavez, Dennis (NM)87/211/18/1962*
Kerr, Robert S. (OK)87/201/01/1963*
Kefauver, Carey Estes (TN)88/108/10/1963
Engle, Clair (CA)88/207/30/1964
Johnston, Olin D. T. (SC)89/104/18/1965
McNamara, Patrick V. (MI)89/204/30/1966
Kennedy, Robert F. (NY)90/206/06/1968
Bartlett, Bob (AK)90/212/11/1968*
Dirksen, Everett M. (IL)91/109/07/1969
Russell, Richard B., Jr. (GA)92/101/21/1971
Prouty, Winston L. (VT)92/109/10/1971
Ellender, Allen J. (LA)92/207/27/1972
Hart, Philip A. (MI)94/212/26/1976
McClellan, John L. (AR)95/111/28/1977
Metcalf, Lee W. (MT)95/201/12/1978
Humphrey, Hubert H., Jr. (MN)95/201/13/1978
Allen, James B. (AL)95/206/01/1978
Jackson, Scoop (WA)98/109/01/1983
East, John P. (NC)99/206/29/1986
Zorinsky, Edward (NE)100/103/06/1987
Matsunaga, Spark M. (HI)101/204/15/1990
Heinz, H. John, III (PA)102/104/04/1991
Burdick, Quentin N. (ND)102/209/08/1992
Chafee, John H. (RI)106/110/24/1999
Coverdell, Paul (GA)106/207/18/2000
Wellstone, Paul D. (MN)107/210/25/2002
Thomas, Craig L. (WY)110/106/04/2007
Kennedy, Edward M. (MA)111/108/25/2009
Byrd, Robert C. (WV)111/206/28/2010
Inouye, Daniel K. (HI)112/212/17/2012
Lautenberg, Frank R. (NJ)113/106/03/2013
McCain, John S., III (AZ)115/208/25/2018
Feinstein, Dianne (CA)118/109/29/2023

*The date of death followed the sine die adjournment of the Congress.

Sources: U.S., Congress, Senate, A Necrology of United States Senators (Washington, D.C., 1975); Senate Historical Office.