List of United States Senators from Florida

Last updated August 19, 2019

Current delegation

Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845 and elects its U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Florida's U.S. Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861, due to its secession from the Union. They were filled again in July 1868. The state is currently represented by Republicans Marco Rubio (serving since 2011) and Rick Scott (serving since 2019).

Florida is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.

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List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three U.S. Congress in the first elections of 1845, and then the seat was contested again every three congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two United States Congresses in the first elections of 1845, and then the seat was contested again every three congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
1	David Levy Yulee	Democratic	July 1, 1845 – March 3, 1851	Elected in 1845. Lost re-election.	1	29th	1	Elected in 1845. Retired.	July 1, 1845 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	James Westcott	1
						30th	1	Elected in 1845. Retired.	July 1, 1845 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	James Westcott	1
						31st	2	Elected in 1848. Retired.	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	Whig	Jackson Morton	2
2	Stephen Mallory	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 21, 1861^[1]	Elected in 1851.	2	32nd
						33rd
						34th	3	Elected in 1855. Withdrew.^[1]	March 4, 1855 – January 21, 1861^[1]	Democratic	David Levy Yulee	3
				Re-elected in 1857. Withdrew.^[1]	3	35th
				Re-elected in 1857. Withdrew.^[1]		36th
Vacant			January 21, 1861 – June 17, 1868	Civil War and Reconstruction.		36th		Civil War and Reconstruction.	January 21, 1861^[1] – June 25, 1868	Vacant
						37th	4
					4	38th
						39th
						40th	5
3	Adonijah Welch	Republican	June 17, 1868 – March 3, 1869	Elected to finish term. Retired.
3	Adonijah Welch	Republican	June 17, 1868 – March 3, 1869	Elected to finish term. Retired.				Elected to finish term. Retired.	June 25, 1868 – March 3, 1873	Republican	Thomas W. Osborn	4
4	Abijah Gilbert	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Elected in 1868 or 1869. Retired.	5	41st
						42nd
						43rd	6	Elected in 1872 or 1873. Retired.	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	Republican	Simon B. Conover	5
5	Charles W. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1887	Elected in 1875.	6	44th
						45th
						46th	7	Elected January 21, 1879.^[2]	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1891	Democratic	Wilkinson Call	6
				Re-elected in 1881. Retired.	7	47th
						48th
						49th	8	Elected January 20, 1885.^[3]
Vacant			March 4, 1887 – May 19, 1887		8	50th
6	Samuel Pasco	Democratic	May 19, 1887 – April 18, 1899	Elected late to finish term in 1887.		50th
						51st
						52nd	9	Legislature failed to elect.	March 4, 1891 – May 26, 1891
						52nd		Elected late May 26, 1891.^[4] Retired.	May 26, 1891 – March 3, 1897	Democratic	Wilkinson Call
				Appointed to begin next term as legislature had failed to elect. Elected April 20, 1893 to finish term.^[5]	9	53rd
						54th
						55th	10	Legislature failed to elect.	March 4, 1897 – May 13, 1897
						55th		Elected late May 14, 1897.^[6]	May 14, 1897 – December 23, 1907	Democratic	Stephen Mallory II	7
				Appointed to begin next term as legislature had failed to elect. Lost election to finish term.	10	56th
Vacant			April 18, 1899 – April 20, 1899
7	James Taliaferro	Democratic	April 20, 1899 – March 3, 1911	Elected to finish Pasco's term.^[5]
						57th
						58th	11	Appointed to begin the term as legislature had failed to elect. Elected April 22, 1903 to finish term.^[5] Died.
				Appointed to begin the term as legislature had failed to elect.^[5] Re-elected April 20, 1905 to finish term.^[5] Lost re-election.	11	59th
						60th
									December 23, 1907 – December 26, 1907	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Mallory's term. Died.	December 26, 1907 – March 22, 1908	Democratic	William James Bryan	8
									March 22, 1908 – March 27, 1908	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Mallory's term. Retired.	March 27, 1908 – March 3, 1909	Democratic	William Hall Milton	9
						61st	12	Appointed to begin the term.^[5] Elected April 20, 1909 to finish the term.	March 4, 1909 – June 17, 1936	Democratic	Duncan U. Fletcher	10
8	Nathan P. Bryan	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	Appointed to begin the term.^[5] Elected April 19, 1911 to finish the term.^[5] Lost renomination.	12	62nd
						63rd
						64th	13	Re-elected in 1914.
9	Park Trammell	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – May 8, 1936	Elected in 1916.	13	65th
						66th
						67th	14	Re-elected in 1920.
				Re-elected in 1922.	14	68th
						69th
						70th	15	Re-elected in 1926.
				Re-elected in 1928.	15	71st
						72nd
						73rd	16	Re-elected in 1932. Died.
				Re-elected in 1934. Died.	16	74th
Vacant			May 8, 1936 – May 26, 1936
10	Scott M. Loftin	Democratic	May 26, 1936 – November 3, 1936	Appointed to continue Trammell's term. Successor elected.
									June 17, 1936 – July 1, 1936	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Fletcher's term. Retired when successor qualified.	July 1, 1936 – November 3, 1936	Democratic	William Luther Hill	11
11	Charles O. Andrews	Democratic	November 4, 1936 – September 18, 1946	Elected to finish Trammell's term.				Elected to finish Fletcher's term.	November 4, 1936 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Claude Pepper	12
						75th		Elected to finish Fletcher's term.
						76th	17	Re-elected in 1938.
				Re-elected in 1940. Died.	17	77th
						78th
						79th	18	Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
Vacant			September 18, 1946 – September 25, 1946
12	Spessard Holland	Democratic	September 25, 1946 – January 3, 1971	Appointed to finish Andrews's term.^[5]
				Elected in 1946.	18	80th
						81st
						82nd	19	Elected in 1950.	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	George Smathers	13
				Re-elected in 1952.	19	83rd
						84th
						85th	20	Re-elected in 1956.
				Re-elected in 1958.	20	86th
						87th
						88th	21	Re-elected in 1962. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1964. Retired.	21	89th
						90th
						91st	22	Elected in 1968. Retired and resigned early.	January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1974	Republican	Edward J. Gurney	14
13	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989	Elected in 1970.	22	92nd
						93rd
						93rd		Appointed to finish Gurney's term, having been elected to the next term.	January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1980	Democratic	Richard Stone	15
						94th	23	Elected in 1974. Lost renomination and resigned early.
				Re-elected in 1976.	23	95th
						96th
						96th		Appointed to finish Stone's term, having been elected to the next term.	January 1, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican	Paula Hawkins	16
						97th	24	Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1982. Retired.	24	98th
						99th
						100th	25	Elected in 1986.	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005	Democratic	Bob Graham	17
14	Connie Mack III	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001	Elected in 1988.	25	101st
						102nd
						103rd	26	Re-elected in 1992.
				Re-elected in 1994. Retired.	26	104th
						105th
						106th	27	Re-elected in 1998. Retired.
15	Bill Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2019	Elected in 2000.	27	107th
						108th
						109th	28	Elected in 2004. Resigned.	January 3, 2005 – September 9, 2009	Republican	Mel Martínez	18
				Re-elected in 2006.	28	110th
						111th
						111th		Appointed to finish Martínez's term. Retired.	September 9, 2009 – January 3, 2011^[7]	Republican	George LeMieux	19
						112th	29	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	Marco Rubio	20
				Re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election.	29	113th
						114th
						115th	30	Re-elected in 2016.
Vacant			January 3, 2019 – January 8, 2019		30	116th
16	Rick Scott	Republican	January 8, 2019 – Present	Elected in 2018, but delayed his inauguration to finish his term as Governor of Florida.		116th
						117th
						118th	31	To be determined in the 2022 election.
To be determined in the 2024 election.					31	119th	31	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former U.S. senators from Florida

As of January 2019^[update], there are five living former U.S. senators from Florida, two from Class 1 and three from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Richard Stone (served 1975–1980) on July 28, 2019. The most recently serving senator to die was Lawton Chiles (served 1971–1989) on December 12, 1998.

Richard Stone (politician) politician, lawyer, diplomat and banker from United States of America

Richard Bernard Stone was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980 and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark.

Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He served as a United States Senator from 1971 to 1989 and as the 41st Governor of Florida from 1991 to 1998.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Bob Graham	1987–2005	3	(1936-11-09) November 9, 1936 (age 82)
Connie Mack III	1989–2001	1	(1940-10-29) October 29, 1940 (age 78)
Bill Nelson	2001–2019	1	(1942-09-29) September 29, 1942 (age 76)
Mel Martinez	2005–2009	3	(1946-10-23) October 23, 1946 (age 72)
George LeMieux	2009–2011	3	(1969-05-21) May 21, 1969 (age 50)

References

1 2 3 4 5 Mallory and Yulee, along with several other senators, announced they were withdrawing from the Senate on January 21, 1861, due to their states' decisions to secede from the Union. Mallory's seat was declared vacant by the Senate on March 14, 1861, but Yulee's was already vacant because his term ended at noon on March 4, 1861.
↑ "THE FLORIDA SENATORSHIP". The New York Times. January 22, 1879. p. 1.
↑ "SELECTING NEW SENATORS". The New York Times. January 20, 1885. p. 1.
↑ "CALL DECLARED ELECTED". May 26, 1891. p. 1.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Byrd, p. 93.
↑ "MALLORY ELECTED SENATOR". The New York Times. May 15, 1897. p. 12.
↑ "Senators of the United States 1789-present, A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). Senate Historical Office. April 17, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office.
Taft, George S. (1885). "Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885". United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959. He is the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history. In addition, he was, at the time of his death, the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress, a record later surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Byrd was the last remaining member of the U.S. Senate to have served during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, and the last remaining member of Congress to have served during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Byrd is also the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the state legislature and both chambers of Congress.

The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections was a committee of the United States Senate.

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[withdrawal-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Mallory and Yulee, along with several other senators, announced they were withdrawing from the Senate on January 21, 1861, due to their states' decisions to secede from the Union. Mallory's seat was declared vacant by the Senate on March 14, 1861, but Yulee's was already vacant because his term ended at noon on March 4, 1861.

[2] "THE FLORIDA SENATORSHIP". The New York Times. January 22, 1879. p. 1.

[3] "SELECTING NEW SENATORS". The New York Times. January 20, 1885. p. 1.

[4] "CALL DECLARED ELECTED". May 26, 1891. p. 1.

[FOOTNOTEByrd93-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Byrd, p. 93.

[6] "MALLORY ELECTED SENATOR". The New York Times. May 15, 1897. p. 12.

[chronolist-7] "Senators of the United States 1789-present, A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). Senate Historical Office. April 17, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

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