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List of United States senators from Michigan
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Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin. Carl Levin was Michigan's longest-serving senator (1979–2015). Four Michigan senators have risen to the position of President pro tempore, and one (Thomas W. Ferry) served as President of the Senate from November 22, 1875 to March 3, 1877 (as acting Vice President of the United States).
List of senators
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 1 Lucius Lyon | | Jacksonian Mar 3, 1839 | Mar 3, 1841 | | Jacksonian John Norvell ! rowspan=4 | 1
|- style="height:2em" | | Democratic |
|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1839 – Jan 20, 1840 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 2 Augustus Porter Mar 3, 1845
|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1847 William Woodbridge ! rowspan=3 | 2
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 3 Lewis Cass May 29, 1848 |
|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1853 Alpheus Felch ! rowspan=5 | 3
|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | May 29, 1848 – Jun 8, 1848 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 4 Thomas Fitzgerald | | Democratic | nowrap | Jun 8, 1848 – Mar 3, 1849 | Appointed to continue Cass's term.
|- style="height:2em" |- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 5 Lewis Cass Mar 3, 1857 | Elected in 1849 to finish his own term. |
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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1859 Charles E. Stuart ! rowspan=3 | 4
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 6 Zachariah Chandler Mar 3, 1875 |
|- style="height:2em" | Oct 5, 1861 Kinsley S. Bingham ! rowspan=2 | 5
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Jan 17, 1862
|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1871 Jacob M. Howard ! rowspan=5 | 6
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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1883 Thomas W. Ferry ! rowspan=10 | 7
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 7 Isaac P. Christiancy Feb 10, 1879 |
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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Feb 10, 1879 – Feb 22, 1879 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 8 Zachariah Chandler Nov 1, 1879
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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Nov 1, 1879 – Nov 17, 1879 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 9 Henry P. Baldwin | | Republican | nowrap | Nov 17, 1879 – Mar 3, 1881 | Appointed to continue Christiancy's term.Elected in 1881 to finish Christiancy's term.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 10 Omar D. Conger Mar 3, 1887 |
|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1889 Thomas W. Palmer ! rowspan=3 | 8
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 11 Francis B. Stockbridge Apr 30, 1894 |
|- style="height:2em" | Aug 10, 1902 James McMillan ! rowspan=10 | 9
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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1893.Died.
|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Apr 30, 1894 – May 5, 1894 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 12 John Patton Jr. | | Republican | nowrap | May 5, 1894 – Jan 24, 1895 | Appointed to continue Stockbridge's term.Lost election to finish term.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 | 13 Julius C. Burrows Mar 3, 1911
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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1901.Died.
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Sep 27, 1902
|- style="height:2em" Jan 24, 1907 Russell A. Alger ! rowspan=3 | 10
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| nowrap | Jan 24, 1907 –
Feb 9, 1907
|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1907 to finish McMillan's term, having already been elected to the next term. Mar 3, 1919 William A. Smith ! rowspan=7 | 11
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 14 Charles E. Townsend Mar 3, 1923 |
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|- style="height:2em" | Nov 18, 1922 Truman H. Newberry ! rowspan=2 | 12
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| nowrap | Nov 18, 1922 –
Nov 29, 1922
|- style="height:2em" Oct 22, 1936 James Couzens ! rowspan=10 | 13
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 15 Woodbridge N. Ferris Mar 23, 1928 |
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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 23, 1928 – Mar 31, 1928 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 | 16 Arthur Vandenberg Apr 18, 1951 | Appointed to continue Ferris's term.Elected in 1928 to finish Ferris's term.
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| nowrap | Oct 22, 1936 –
Nov 19, 1936
|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Couzens's term, having already been elected to the next term. Jan 3, 1943 Prentiss M. Brown ! rowspan=4 | 14
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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1955 Homer Ferguson ! rowspan=9 | 15
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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Apr 18, 1951 – Apr 23, 1951 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 17 Blair Moody | | Democratic | nowrap | Apr 23, 1951 – Nov 4, 1952 | Appointed to continue Vandenberg's term.Lost election to finish term.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 18 Charles E. Potter Jan 3, 1959 | Elected in 1952 to finish Vandenberg's term.
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|- style="height:2em" | Apr 30, 1966 Patrick V. McNamara ! rowspan=6 | 16
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 19 Philip Hart Dec 26, 1976 |
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| nowrap | Apr 30, 1966 –
May 11, 1966
|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish McNamara's term. Jan 3, 1979 Robert P. Griffin ! rowspan=9 | 17
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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Dec 26, 1976 – Dec 30, 1976 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 20 Donald Riegle Jan 3, 1995 | Appointed early to finish Hart's term, having already been elected to the next term.
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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 2015 Carl Levin ! rowspan=18 | 18
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 21 Spencer Abraham Jan 3, 2001 |
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 22 Debbie Stabenow Jan 3, 2025 |
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|- style="height:2em" | present Gary Peters ! rowspan=6 | 19
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 23 Elissa Slotkin present |
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|- style="height:2em" | 34 | 122nd
References
References
- Feerick, John. (1965-01-01). "From Failing Hands: the Story of Presidential Succession". Books.
- (Jan 21, 1903). "United States senators elected". [[The New York Times]].
- (1908). "The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908". [[The Tribune Association]].
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