Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters. 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). [1]
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 |
Lucius Lyon |
Jacksonian | Jan 26, 1837 – Mar 3, 1839 |
Elected in 1835 but not seated until 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio.Retired. | 1 | 24th | 1 | Elected in 1835 but not seated until 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio.Retired. | Jan 26, 1837 – Mar 3, 1841 |
Jacksonian |
John Norvell |
1 |
Democratic | 25th | Democratic | ||||||||||
Vacant | Mar 4, 1839 – Jan 20, 1840 |
2 | 26th | |||||||||
2 |
Augustus Porter |
Whig | Jan 20, 1840 – Mar 3, 1845 |
Elected late in 1840.Retired. | ||||||||
27th | 2 | Elected in 1841.Retired. | Mar 4, 1841 – Mar 3, 1847 |
Whig |
William Woodbridge |
2 | ||||||
28th | ||||||||||||
3 |
Lewis Cass |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848 |
Elected in 1844 or 1845.Resigned to run for president. | 3 | 29th | ||||||
30th | 3 | Elected in 1847.Retired. | Mar 4, 1847 – Mar 3, 1853 |
Democratic |
Alpheus Felch |
3 | ||||||
Vacant | May 29, 1848 – Jun 8, 1848 |
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4 |
Thomas Fitzgerald |
Democratic | Jun 8, 1848 – Mar 3, 1849 |
Appointed to continue Cass's term. | ||||||||
5 |
Lewis Cass |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1849 – Mar 3, 1857 |
Elected in 1849 to finish his own term. | 31st | |||||||
Re-elected in 1850 or 1851.Retired or lost re-election. | 4 | 32nd | ||||||||||
33rd | 4 | Elected in 1853.Retired. | Mar 4, 1853 – Mar 3, 1859 |
Democratic |
Charles E. Stuart |
4 | ||||||
34th | ||||||||||||
6 |
Zachariah Chandler |
Republican | Mar 4, 1857 – Mar 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1857. | 5 | 35th | ||||||
36th | 5 | Elected in 1858.Died. | Mar 4, 1859 – Oct 5, 1861 |
Republican |
Kinsley S. Bingham |
5 | ||||||
37th | ||||||||||||
Oct 5, 1861 – Jan 17, 1862 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1862 to finish Bingham's term. | Jan 17, 1862 – Mar 3, 1871 |
Republican |
Jacob M. Howard |
6 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1863. | 6 | 38th | ||||||||||
39th | 6 | Re-elected in 1865.Retired or lost re-election. | ||||||||||
40th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1869.Lost re-election. | 7 | 41st | ||||||||||
42nd | 7 | Elected in 1871. | Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 3, 1883 |
Republican |
Thomas W. Ferry |
7 | ||||||
43rd | ||||||||||||
7 |
Isaac P. Christiancy |
Republican | Mar 4, 1875 – Feb 10, 1879 |
Elected in 1874.Resigned due to ill health. | 8 | 44th | ||||||
45th | 8 | Re-elected in 1877.Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Vacant | Feb 10, 1879 – Feb 22, 1879 |
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8 |
Zachariah Chandler |
Republican | Feb 22, 1879 – Nov 1, 1879 |
Elected in 1879 to finish Christiancy's term.Died. | ||||||||
46th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Nov 1, 1879 – Nov 17, 1879 |
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9 |
Henry P. Baldwin |
Republican | Nov 17, 1879 – Mar 3, 1881 |
Appointed to continue Christiancy's term. Elected in 1881 to finish Christiancy's term.Retired. | ||||||||
10 |
Omar D. Conger |
Republican | Mar 4, 1881 – Mar 3, 1887 |
Elected in 1881.Lost renomination. | 9 | 47th | ||||||
48th | 9 | Election year unknown.Retired. | Mar 4, 1883 – Mar 3, 1889 |
Republican |
Thomas W. Palmer |
8 | ||||||
49th | ||||||||||||
11 |
Francis B. Stockbridge |
Republican | Mar 4, 1887 – Apr 30, 1894 |
Elected in 1887. | 10 | 50th | ||||||
51st | 10 | Elected in 1889. | Mar 4, 1889 – Aug 10, 1902 |
Republican |
James McMillan |
9 | ||||||
52nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1893.Died. | 11 | 53rd | ||||||||||
Vacant | Apr 30, 1894 – May 5, 1894 |
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12 |
John Patton Jr. |
Republican | May 5, 1894 – Jan 24, 1895 |
Appointed to continue Stockbridge's term.Lost election to finish term. | ||||||||
13 |
Julius C. Burrows |
Republican | Jan 24, 1895 – Mar 3, 1911 |
Elected in 1895 to finish Stockbridge's term. | ||||||||
54th | 11 | Re-elected in 1895. | ||||||||||
55th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. | 12 | 56th | ||||||||||
57th | 12 | Re-elected in 1901.Died. | ||||||||||
Aug 10, 1902 – Sep 27, 1902 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue McMillan's term. Elected in 1903 to finish McMillan's term. [2]Died. | Sep 27, 1902 – Jan 24, 1907 |
Republican |
Russell A. Alger |
10 | ||||||||
58th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905.Lost renomination. | 13 | 59th | ||||||||||
Jan 24, 1907 – Feb 9, 1907 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1907 to finish McMillan's term, having already been elected to the next term. [3] | Feb 9, 1907 – Mar 3, 1919 |
Republican |
William A. Smith |
11 | ||||||||
60th | 13 | Elected in 1907. [3] | ||||||||||
61st | ||||||||||||
14 |
Charles E. Townsend |
Republican | Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 3, 1923 |
Elected in 1911. | 14 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | 14 | Re-elected in 1913.Retired. | ||||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916.Lost re-election. | 15 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | 15 | Elected in 1918.Resigned. | Mar 4, 1919 – Nov 18, 1922 |
Republican |
Truman H. Newberry |
12 | ||||||
67th | ||||||||||||
Nov 18, 1922 – Nov 29, 1922 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Newberry's term. Elected in 1924 to finish Newberry's term. | Nov 29, 1922 – Oct 22, 1936 |
Republican |
James Couzens |
13 | ||||||||
15 |
Woodbridge N. Ferris |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1923 – Mar 23, 1928 |
Elected in 1922.Died. | 16 | 68th | ||||||
69th | 16 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
70th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Mar 23, 1928 – Mar 31, 1928 |
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16 |
Arthur Vandenberg |
Republican | Mar 31, 1928 – Apr 18, 1951 |
Appointed to continue Ferris's term. Elected in 1928 to finish Ferris's term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1928. | 17 | 71st | ||||||||||
72nd | 17 | Re-elected in 1930.Died. | ||||||||||
73rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. | 18 | 74th | ||||||||||
Oct 22, 1936 – Nov 19, 1936 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Couzens's term, having already been elected to the next term. | Nov 19, 1936 – Jan 3, 1943 |
Democratic |
Prentiss M. Brown |
14 | ||||||||
75th | 18 | Elected in 1936.Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 19 | 77th | ||||||||||
78th | 19 | Elected in 1942. | Jan 3, 1943 – Jan 3, 1955 |
Republican |
Homer Ferguson |
15 | ||||||
79th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946.Died. | 20 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | 20 | Re-elected in 1948.Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
82nd | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Apr 18, 1951 – Apr 23, 1951 |
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17 |
Blair Moody |
Democratic | Apr 23, 1951 – Nov 4, 1952 |
Appointed to continue Vandenberg's term.Lost election to finish term. | ||||||||
18 |
Charles E. Potter |
Republican | Nov 5, 1952 – Jan 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1952 to finish Vandenberg's term. | ||||||||
Elected to full term in 1952.Lost re-election. | 21 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | 21 | Elected in 1954. | Jan 3, 1955 – Apr 30, 1966 |
Democratic |
Patrick V. McNamara |
16 | ||||||
85th | ||||||||||||
19 |
Philip Hart |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1959 – Dec 26, 1976 |
Elected in 1958. | 22 | 86th | ||||||
87th | 22 | Re-elected in 1960.Died. | ||||||||||
88th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 23 | 89th | ||||||||||
Apr 30, 1966 – May 11, 1966 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish McNamara's term. | May 11, 1966 – Jan 3, 1979 |
Republican |
Robert P. Griffin |
17 | ||||||||
90th | 23 | Elected to full term in 1966 | ||||||||||
91st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970.Announced retirement, then died before the end of the term. | 24 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | 24 | Re-elected in 1972.Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
94th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Dec 26, 1976 – Dec 30, 1976 |
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20 |
Donald Riegle |
Democratic | Dec 30, 1976 – Jan 3, 1995 |
Appointed early to finish Hart's term, having already been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1976 | 25 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | 25 | Elected in 1978. | Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 3, 2015 |
Democratic |
Carl Levin |
18 | ||||||
97th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 26 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | 26 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988.Retired. | 27 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | 27 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd | ||||||||||||
21 |
Spencer Abraham |
Republican | Jan 3, 1995 – Jan 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1994.Lost re-election. | 28 | 104th | ||||||
105th | 28 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th | ||||||||||||
22 |
Debbie Stabenow |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2001 – present |
Elected in 2000. | 29 | 107th | ||||||
108th | 29 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
109th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. | 30 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | 30 | Re-elected in 2008.Retired. | ||||||||||
112th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 31 | 113th | ||||||||||
114th | 31 | Elected in 2014. | Jan 3, 2015 – present |
Democratic |
Gary Peters |
19 | ||||||
115th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018.
Retiring at the end of term. |
32 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 32 | Re-elected in 2020. | ||||||||||
118th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 33 | 119th | ||||||||||
120th | 33 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
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