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List of United States senators from Virginia

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Virginia has sent senators to the U.S. Senate since 1789. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861, due to its secession from the Union, but senators representing its western counties continued to sit until March 1865. Virginia's Senate seats were again filled from January 1870. Virginia's current senators are Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Harry F. Byrd was Virginia's longest-serving senator (1933–1965). Both incumbent senators previously served as governor of Virginia between 2002 and 2010.

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" ! 1 William Grayson | | Anti- Admin. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 12, 1790 | Elected in 1788.Died. Oct 8, 1792 Admin.](anti-administration-party) Richard H. Lee ! rowspan=5 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 12, 1790 – Mar 31, 1790 | |- style="height:2em" ! 2 John Walker | | Pro- Admin. | nowrap | Mar 31, 1790 – Nov 9, 1790 | Appointed to continue Grayson's term.Retired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 3 James Monroe Admin.](anti-administration-party) May 27, 1794 | Elected to finish Grayson's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Oct 8, 1792 – Oct 18, 1792

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Lee's term. May 11, 1794 Admin.](anti-administration-party) John Taylor ! rowspan=3 | 2

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|- style="height:2em" Nov 18, 1794

|- style="height:2em" Dec 29, 1794

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 4 Admin.](anti-administration-party) May 10, 1803

|- style="height:2em" Jan 24, 1799 | | Anti- Admin. Henry Tazewell ! rowspan=3 | 3

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|- style="height:2em" May 22, 1804 Republican](democratic-republican-party) Wilson C. Nicholas ! rowspan=6 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1803.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | May 10, 1803 – Jun 4, 1803 | |- style="height:2em" ! 5 John Taylor | | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | Jun 4, 1803 – Dec 7, 1803 | Appointed to continue Mason's term.Retired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 6 Abraham B. Venable Republican](democratic-republican-party) Jun 7, 1804

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jun 7, 1804 – Aug 11, 1804 | |- style="height:2em" ! 7 William B. Giles | | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | Aug 11, 1804 – Dec 3, 1804 | Appointed to continue Mason's term.Resigned when elected to finish Tazewell's class 2 term. | Appointed to continue Tazewell's term.Resigned when elected to finish Stevens T. Mason's class 1 term. | nowrap | Aug 11, 1804 – Dec 3, 1804 | | Democratic- Republican Andrew Moore ! 5

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 8 Andrew Moore Republican](democratic-republican-party) Mar 3, 1809 | Elected to finish Tazewell's term. Mar 3, 1815 Republican](democratic-republican-party) William B. Giles ! rowspan=8 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 9 Richard Brent Republican](democratic-republican-party) Dec 30, 1814 |

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Dec 30, 1814 – Jan 2, 1815 | |- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=14 | 10 James Barbour Republican](democratic-republican-party) Mar 7, 1825 | Elected to finish Brent's term, having already been elected to the next term.

|- style="height:2em" | John Eppes (DR) was elected in 1815, but declined to serve. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1815 – Jan 3, 1816

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Giles's term.Lost re-election. | nowrap | Jan 3, 1816 – Mar 3, 1817 | | Democratic- Republican Armistead T. Mason ! 7 |- style="height:2em" | Dec 4, 1819 Republican](democratic-republican-party) John Eppes ! rowspan=2 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" Dec 15, 1822 Republican](democratic-republican-party) James Pleasants ! rowspan=2 | 9

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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Dec 15, 1822 – Dec 18, 1822

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Eppes's term. Aug 21, 1824 Republican](democratic-republican-party) John Taylor ! rowspan=2 | 10

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1823.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Aug 21, 1824 – Dec 7, 1824

|- style="height:2em" Jul 16, 1832 | | Democratic– Republican Littleton Tazewell ! rowspan=7 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 7, 1825 – Dec 26, 1825 | |- style="height:2em" ! 11 John Randolph | | Jacksonian | nowrap | Dec 26, 1825 – Mar 3, 1827 | Appointed to finish Barbour's term.Lost election to next term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 12 John Tyler Feb 29, 1836 |

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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jul 16, 1832 – Dec 10, 1832

|- style="height:2em" Feb 22, 1834 William C. Rives ! rowspan=2 | 12

|- style="height:2em" Republican](national-republican-party)

|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Feb 22, 1834 – Feb 26, 1834

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Tazewell's term. Jul 4, 1836 Republican](national-republican-party) Benjamin W. Leigh ! rowspan=4 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Feb 29, 1836 – Mar 3, 1836 | |- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 13 William C. Rives Mar 3, 1839

|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jul 4, 1836 – Dec 12, 1836

|- style="height:2em" Mar 13, 1837 | | Jacksonian Richard E. Parker ! rowspan=2 | 14

|- style="height:2em" | | Democratic

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1841 William H. Roane ! rowspan=3 | 15

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 3, 1839 – Jan 18, 1841 | Legislature failed to elect.

|- style="height:2em" William C. Rives Mar 3, 1845

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1847 William S. Archer ! rowspan=6 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1845 – Dec 3, 1845 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 14 Isaac S. Pennybacker | | Democratic | nowrap | Dec 3, 1845 – Jan 12, 1847 | Elected to finish the vacant term.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jan 12, 1847 – Jan 21, 1847 | |- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 15 James M. Mason Jul 11, 1861

|- style="height:2em" | Jul 11, 1861 Robert M. T. Hunter ! rowspan=8 | 17

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jul 11, 1861 – Jul 13, 1861 | | | nowrap | Jul 11, 1861 – Jul 13, 1861

|- style="height:2em" ! 16 Waitman T. Willey | | Union | nowrap | Jul 13, 1861 – Mar 3, 1863 | Elected to finish Mason's term.Retired. Mar 3, 1865 John S. Carlile ! rowspan=3 | 18

|- style="height:2em" ! 17 Lemuel J. Bowden | | Union | nowrap | Mar 4, 1863 – Jan 2, 1864 | Elected in 1863.Died.

|- style="height:2em" Jan 26, 1870

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 18 John F. Lewis Mar 3, 1875 | Elected to finish the vacant term. | nowrap | Jan 26, 1870 – Mar 3, 1871 | | Democratic John W. Johnston ! rowspan=8 | 19

|- style="height:2em" | | Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 15, 1871

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1883 John W. Johnston

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 19 Robert E. Withers Mar 3, 1881 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 20 William Mahone Mar 3, 1887 |

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1889 Harrison H. Riddleberger ! rowspan=3 | 20

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=14 | 21 John W. Daniel Jun 29, 1910 |

|- style="height:2em" | May 14, 1892 John S. Barbour Jr. ! rowspan=2 | 21

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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | May 14, 1892 – May 28, 1892

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1895 Eppa Hunton ! rowspan=2 | 22

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|- style="height:2em" | Nov 12, 1919 Thomas S. Martin ! rowspan=15 | 23

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jun 29, 1910 – Aug 1, 1910 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=14 | 22 Claude A. Swanson Mar 3, 1933 | Appointed to finish Daniel's last term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1918.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Nov 12, 1919 – Feb 2, 1920

|- style="height:2em" May 28, 1946 Carter Glass ! rowspan=14 | 24

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=20 | 23 Harry F. Byrd Nov 10, 1965 | Appointed to continue Swanson's term.Elected in 1933 to finish Swanson's term. |

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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | May 28, 1946 – May 31, 1946

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Glass's term.Retired. | nowrap | May 31, 1946 – Nov 5, 1946 | | Democratic Thomas G. Burch ! 25

|- style="height:2em" Dec 30, 1966 A. Willis Robertson ! rowspan=13 | 26

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1964.Resigned for health reasons.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Nov 10, 1965 – Nov 12, 1965 | |- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 24 Harry F. Byrd Jr. Jan 3, 1983

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Robertson's term, having been elected to the next term. Jan 3, 1973 William Spong ! rowspan=4 | 27

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 1, 1979 William Scott ! rowspan=3 | 28

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Scott's term, having been elected to the next term. Jan 3, 2009 John Warner ! rowspan=16 | 29

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 25 Paul Trible Jan 3, 1989 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 26 Chuck Robb Jan 3, 2001 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 27 George Allen Jan 3, 2007 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 28 Jim Webb Jan 3, 2013 |

|- style="height:2em" | present Mark Warner ! rowspan=9 | 30

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 29 Tim Kaine present |

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References

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References

  1. On Aug 11, 1804, the governor of Virginia appointed William Giles to the class 1 vacancy and Andrew Moore to the class 2 vacancy. Before either had taken the oath of office, the legislature elected Giles to fill the class 2 vacancy and Moore to the class 1 vacancy, thus reversing who would take which seat.
  2. "Virginia 1809 U.S. Senate". [[Tufts University]].
  3. ''Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, (1774–2005)'', "[http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/bioguide-front/37.pdf Official Annotated Membership Roster by State with Vacancy and Special Election Information for the 37th Congress] {{Webarchive. link. (Jun 10, 2011 ".)
  4. [[James M. Mason]] and [[Robert M. T. Hunter]] "withdrew" from the Senate on Mar 28, 1861, with other senators sympathetic to the [[Confederate States of America. Confederacy]]. They were both expelled by a resolution of Jul 11, 1861.
  5. ''Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, (1774–2005)'', "[http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/bioguide-front/38.pdf Official Annotated Membership Roster by State with Vacancy and Special Election Information for the 38th Congress] {{Webarchive. link. (Jun 10, 2011 ".)
  6. "Musical Chairs (1861–1869)". United States Senate.
  7. (Dec 20, 1893). ""TWO VIRGINIA SENATORS ELECTED"". [[The New York Times]].
  8. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2011/02/09/VI2011020903764.html Sen. Jim Webb announces retirement plans] Washington Post. Feb 9, 2011.
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