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List of United States senators from Missouri

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Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821. Its current U.S. senators are Republicans Josh Hawley (class 1, serving since 2019) and Eric Schmitt (class 3, serving since 2023). Francis Cockrell was Missouri's longest-serving senator (1875–1905). Missouri is one of fifteen states alongside California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=19 | 1 Thomas Hart Benton Republican](democratic-republican-party) Mar 3, 1851 | Mar 3, 1831 Republican](democratic-republican-party) David Barton ! rowspan=5 | 1

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|- style="height:2em" | Jun 6, 1833 ! rowspan=2 | 2

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|- style="height:2em" Oct 3, 1843 Lewis F. Linn ! rowspan=6 | 3

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1842.Died.

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| nowrap | Oct 3, 1843 – Oct 14, 1843

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1855 David Rice Atchison ! rowspan=6 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 2 Henry S. Geyer Mar 3, 1857 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Failure to elect. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1855 – Jan 12, 1857

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1861 James S. Green ! rowspan=3 | 5

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 3 Trusten Polk Jan 10, 1862 |

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| nowrap | Mar 4, 1861 – Mar 17, 1861

|- style="height:2em" | Elected late in 1861.Expelled for supporting the Confederacy in the American Civil War. | nowrap | Mar 17, 1861 – Jan 10, 1862 | | Democratic Waldo Johnson ! 6

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jan 10, 1862 – Jan 17, 1862 |
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 4 John B. Henderson Mar 3, 1869 | Appointed to continue Polk's term. Nov 13, 1863 Robert Wilson ! rowspan=3 | 7

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Polk's term.

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|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1867 | | Radical Union B. Gratz Brown ! rowspan=2 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" | Dec 19, 1870 Charles D. Drake ! rowspan=2 | 9

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 5 Carl Schurz | | Republican Mar 3, 1875

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Drake's term.Retired when successor elected. | nowrap | Dec 19, 1870 – Jan 20, 1871 | | Republican Daniel T. Jewett ! 10

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1873 Francis P. Blair ! rowspan=2 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" | Sep 20, 1877 Lewis V. Bogy ! rowspan=3 | 12

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=18 | 6 Francis Cockrell Mar 3, 1905 |

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| nowrap | Sep 20, 1877 – Sep 29, 1877

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Bogy's term.Retired. | nowrap | Sep 29, 1877 – Jan 26, 1879 | | Democratic David H. Armstrong ! 13

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Bogy's term.Retired. | nowrap | Jan 27, 1879 – Mar 3, 1879 | | Democratic James Shields ! 14

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1903 George G. Vest ! rowspan=12 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" Lost re-election. |

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|- style="height:2em" | Apr 14, 1918 William J. Stone ! rowspan=9 | 16

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1905 – Mar 18, 1905 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 7 William Warner Mar 3, 1911

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 | 8 James A. Reed Mar 3, 1929 |

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| nowrap | Apr 14, 1918 – Apr 30, 1918

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Stone's term.Lost renomination to finish Stone's term. | nowrap | Apr 30, 1918 – Nov 5, 1918 | | Democratic Xenophon P. Wilfley ! 17

|- style="height:2em" May 16, 1925 Selden P. Spencer ! rowspan=5 | 18

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| nowrap | May 16, 1925 – May 25, 1925

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Spencer's term.Lost elections to finish Spencer's term and to the next term. | nowrap | May 25, 1925 – Dec 5, 1926 | | Republican George H. Williams ! 19

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Spencer's term. Feb 3, 1933 Harry B. Hawes ! rowspan=4 | 20

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 9 Roscoe C. Patterson Jan 3, 1935 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Hawes's term, having already been elected to the next term. Jan 3, 1945 Joel B. Clark ! rowspan=7 | 21

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 10 Harry S. Truman Jan 17, 1945 |

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|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1951 Forrest C. Donnell ! rowspan=4 | 22

|- style="height:2em" ! 11 Frank P. Briggs | | Democratic | nowrap | Jan 18, 1945 – Jan 3, 1947 | Appointed to finish Truman's term.Lost election to full term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 12 James P. Kem Jan 3, 1953 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Sep 13, 1960 Thomas Hennings ! rowspan=5 | 23

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 | 13 Stuart Symington Dec 27, 1976 |

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| nowrap | Sep 13, 1960 – Sep 23, 1960

|- style="height:2em" Dec 27, 1968 Edward V. Long ! rowspan=5 | 24

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Long's term, having been elected to next term. Jan 3, 1987 Thomas Eagleton ! rowspan=11 | 25

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 14 John Danforth Jan 3, 1995 | Appointed to finish Symington's term, having already been elected to the next term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 2011 Kit Bond ! rowspan=13 | 26

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 15 John Ashcroft Jan 3, 2001 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! 16 Jean Carnahan | | Democratic | nowrap | Jan 3, 2001 – Nov 23, 2002 | Appointed to begin the term of her husband, Mel Carnahan (D), who was posthumously elected in 2000.Lost election to finish her husband's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 17 Jim Talent Jan 3, 2007

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 18 Claire McCaskill Jan 3, 2019 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 2023 Roy Blunt ! rowspan=6 | 27

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 19 Josh Hawley present |

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|- style="height:2em" | present Eric Schmitt ! rowspan=3 | 28

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References

References

  1. (January 17, 1863). "From Missouri". New York Daily Tribune.
  2. (1963). "Turbulent Partnership: Missouri and the Union, 1861–1865". University of Missouri Press.
  3. (1971). "A History of Missouri, Volume 3: 1860 to 1875". University of Missouri Press.
  4. (1971). "A History of Missouri, Volume 3: 1860 to 1875". University of Missouri Press.
  5. (Jan 20, 1887). "SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.". [[The New York Times]].
  6. (Jan 18, 1893). "WILLL STIL REPRESENT MISSOURI. FRANCIS M. COCKRELL ELECTED ON THE FIRST BALLOT.". [[The New York Times]].
  7. (Jan 18, 1899). "Cockrell Re-elected in Missouri". [[The New York Times]].
  8. (1905). "The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906". The Press Publishing Co. [[New York World]].
  9. (1910). "The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1910". [[The Tribune Association]].
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