List of United States Senators from Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821. Its current Senators are Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Roy Blunt.

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas Hart Benton	Democratic- Republican	August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1851	17	1	Elected in 1821
		Jacksonian Democratic		18
		Jacksonian Democratic		19
		Jacksonian		20	2	Re-elected in 1827
				21
				22
				23	3	Re-elected in 1833
				24
				25
				26	4	Re-elected in 1839
				27
				28
				29	5	Re-elected in 1845 Lost re-election
				30
				31
2	Henry S. Geyer	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1857	32	6	Elected in 1851 Retired
				33
				34
3	Trusten Polk	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 10, 1862	35	7	Elected in 1857 Expelled
				36
				37
Vacant			January 10, 1862 – January 17, 1862
4	John B. Henderson	Unconditional Unionist	January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1869			Appointed to finish Polk's term
				38	8	Elected to full term in 1863 Retired
				39
				40
5	Carl Schurz	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875	41	9	Elected in 1869 Retired
				42
				43
6	Francis Cockrell	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1905	44	10	Elected in 1875
				45
				46
				47	11	Re-elected in 1881
				48
				49
				50	12	Re-elected in 1887
				51
				52
				53	13	Re-elected in 1893
				54
				55
				56	14	Re-elected in 1899 Retired
				57
				58
Vacant			March 4, 1905 – March 18, 1905	59	15
7	William Warner	Republican	March 18, 1905 – March 4, 1911	59		Elected late in 1905 Retired
				60
				61
8	James A. Reed	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1929	62	16	Elected in 1910
				63
				64
				65	17	Re-elected in 1916
				66
				67
				68	18	Re-elected in 1922 Retired
				69
				70
9	Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	71	19	Elected in 1928 Lost re-election
				72
				73
10	Harry S. Truman	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1945	74	20	Elected in 1934
				75
				76
				77	21	Re-elected in 1940 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
				78
				79
11	Frank P. Briggs	Democratic	January 18, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79		Appointed to finish Truman's term Lost election to full term
12	James P. Kem	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	80	22	Elected in 1946 Lost re-election
				81
				82
13	Stuart Symington	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – December 27, 1976	83	23	Elected in 1952
				84
				85
				86	24	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	25	Elected in 1964
				90
				91
				92	26	Elected in 1970 Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
				93
				94
14	John Danforth	Republican	December 27, 1976 – January 3, 1995	94		Appointed early to finish Symington's term, having already been elected to the next term
				95	27	Elected in 1976
				96
				97
				98	28	Re-elected in 1982 Retired
				99
				100
				101	29	Re-elected in 1988 Retired
				102
				103
15	John Ashcroft	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	104	30	Elected in 1994 Lost re-election
				105
				106
16	Jean Carnahan	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – November 25, 2002	107	31	Appointed to begin Senator-elect Mel Carnahan's term Lost election to finish Senator-elect Carnahan's term
17	Jim Talent	Republican	November 25, 2002 – January 3, 2007	107 (Continued)		Elected to finish Senator-elect Carnahan's term Lost re-election
				108
				109
18	Claire McCaskill	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	110	32	Elected in 2006
				111
				112
				113	33	Re-elected in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	David Barton	Democratic- Republican	August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1831	17	1	Elected in 1821
		Adams Republican		18	1	Elected in 1821
		Adams		19	2	Re-elected in 1825 Lost re-election
		Adams		20
		Anti- Jacksonian		21
2	Alexander Buckner	Democratic	March 4, 1831 – June 6, 1833	22	3	Elected in 1831 Died
2	Alexander Buckner	Democratic	March 4, 1831 – June 6, 1833	23		Elected in 1831 Died
Vacant			June 6, 1833 – October 25, 1833
3	Lewis F. Linn	Democratic	October 25, 1833 – October 3, 1843			Appointed to continue Buckner's term Elected to finish Buckner's term
				24
				25	4	Elected to full term in 1836
				26
				27
				28	5	Re-elected in 1842 Died
Vacant			October 3, 1843 – October 14, 1843
4	David Rice Atchison	Democratic	October 14, 1843 – March 4, 1855			Appointed to continue Linn's term Elected to finish Linn's term
				29
				30
				31	6	Elected to full term in 1848 Lost re-election
				32
				33
Vacant			March 4, 1855 – January 12, 1857	34	7
5	James S. Green	Democratic	January 12, 1857 – March 4, 1861	34		Elected late in 1857
				35
				36
Vacant			March 4, 1861 – March 17, 1861	37	8
6	Waldo P. Johnson	Democratic	March 17, 1861 – January 10, 1862			Elected late in 1861 Expelled for disloyalty to the government
Vacant			January 10, 1862 – January 17, 1862
7	Robert Wilson	Republican	January 17, 1862 – November 13, 1863			Appointed to continue Johnson's term Successor qualified
7	Robert Wilson	Republican	January 17, 1862 – November 13, 1863	38		Appointed to continue Johnson's term Successor qualified
8	B. Gratz Brown	Unconditional Unionist	November 13, 1863 – March 4, 1867	38		Elected to finish Johnson's term Retired due to ill health
8	B. Gratz Brown	Unconditional Unionist	November 13, 1863 – March 4, 1867	39		Elected to finish Johnson's term Retired due to ill health
9	Charles D. Drake	Republican	March 4, 1867 – December 19, 1870	40	9	Elected in 1867 Resigned to accept a judicial position
9	Charles D. Drake	Republican	March 4, 1867 – December 19, 1870	41		Elected in 1867 Resigned to accept a judicial position
10	Daniel T. Jewett	Republican	December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871			Appointed to continue Drake's term Retired when successor elected
11	Francis Blair	Democratic	January 20, 1871 – March 4, 1873			Elected to finish Drake's term Lost election to full term
11	Francis Blair	Democratic	January 20, 1871 – March 4, 1873	42		Elected to finish Drake's term Lost election to full term
12	Lewis V. Bogy	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – September 20, 1877	43	10	Elected in 1872 Died
				44
				45
Vacant			September 20, 1877 – September 29, 1877
13	David H. Armstrong	Democratic	September 29, 1877 – January 26, 1879			Appointed to continue Bogy's term Retired
14	James Shields	Democratic	January 27, 1879 – March 4, 1879			Elected to finish Bogy's term Retired
15	George G. Vest	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1903	46	11	Elected in 1879
				47
				48
				49	12	Re-elected in 1885
				50
				51
				52	13	Re-elected in 1891
				53
				54
				55	14	Re-elected in 1897 Retired
				56
				57
16	William J. Stone	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – April 14, 1918	58	15	Elected in 1902
				59
				60
				61	16	Re-elected in 1908
				62
				63
				64	17	Re-elected in 1914 Died
				65		Re-elected in 1914 Died
Vacant			April 14, 1918 – April 30, 1918
17	Xenophon P. Wilfley	Democratic	April 30, 1918 – November 5, 1918			Appointed to continue Stone's term Lost election to finish Stone's term
18	Selden P. Spencer	Republican	November 6, 1918 – May 16, 1925			Elected to finish Stone's term
				66		Elected to finish Stone's term
				67	18	Elected to full term in 1920 Died
				68
				69
Vacant			May 16, 1925 – May 25, 1925
19	George H. Williams	Republican	May 25, 1925 – December 5, 1926			Appointed to continue Spencer's term Lost election to finish Spencer's term
20	Harry B. Hawes	Democratic	December 6, 1926 – February 3, 1933			Elected to finish Spencer's term
				70	19	Elected to full term in 1926 Retired, then resigned early
				71
				72
21	Joel B. Clark	Democratic	February 3, 1933 – January 3, 1945	72		Appointed to finish Hawes's term, having already been elected to the next term
				73	20	Elected to full term in 1932
				74
				75
				76	21	Re-elected in 1938 Lost renomination
				77
				78
22	Forrest C. Donnell	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	79	22	Elected in 1944 Lost re-election
				80
				81
23	Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – September 13, 1960	82	23	Elected in 1950
				83
				84
				85	24	Re-elected in 1956 Died
				86		Re-elected in 1956 Died
Vacant			September 13, 1960 – September 23, 1960
24	Edward V. Long	Democratic	September 23, 1960 – December 27, 1968			Appointed to finish Henning's term
				87		Appointed to finish Henning's term
				88	25	Elected to full term in 1962 Lost renomination, and resigned early.
				89
				90
25	Thomas Eagleton	Democratic	December 28, 1968 – January 3, 1987	90		Appointed to finish Long's term, having been elected to next term.
				91	26	Elected in 1968
				92
				93
				94	27	Re-elected in 1974
				95
				96
				97	28	Re-elected in 1980 Retired
				97
				99
26	Kit Bond	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2011	100	29	Elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	30	Re-elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	31	Re-elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	32	Re-elected in 2004 Retired
				110
				111
27	Roy Blunt	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	112	33	Elected in 2010
				113
				114
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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