List of United States Senators from Idaho

Last updated August 19, 2019

Current delegation

Below is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Idaho. The state was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, and its U.S. Senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3. Idaho's current Senators are Republicans Mike Crapo and Jim Risch.

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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 2 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three U.S. Congresses in the first elections of 1890, and then the seat was contested every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one United States Congress in the first elections of 1890, and then the seat was contested every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
Vacant			July 3, 1890 – December 18, 1890	After joining the Union, Idaho didn't elect its Senators for six months.	1	51st	1	After joining the Union, Idaho didn't elect its Senators for six months.	July 3, 1890 – December 18, 1890	Vacant
1	George Shoup	Republican	December 18, 1890 – March 3, 1901	Elected in 1890.		51st	1	Elected in 1890. Retired.	December 18, 1890 – March 3, 1891	Republican	William McConnell	1
						52nd	2	Elected in 1890. Lost re-election as a Silver Republican.	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897	Republican	Fred Dubois	2
						53rd
				Re-elected in 1895. Lost re-election.	2	54th
						55th	3	Elected in 1897. Retired.	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Populist	Henry Heitfeld	3
						56th
2	Fred Dubois	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	Elected January 16, 1901 as a Silver Republican, but changed party to Democratic. Lost re-election.	3	57th
						58th	4	Elected January 13, 1903	March 4, 1903 – October 17, 1912	Republican	Weldon Heyburn	4
						59th
3	William Borah	Republican	March 4, 1907 – January 19, 1940	Elected January 15, 1907	4	60th
						61st	5	Re-elected January 12, 1909.^[1] Died.
						62nd		Re-elected January 12, 1909.^[1] Died.
									October 17, 1912 – November 18, 1912	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Heyburn's term. Lost election to finish Heyburn's term.	November 18, 1912 – February 6, 1913	Democratic	Kirtland Perky	5
								Elected January 26, 1913 to finish Heyburn's term.	February 6, 1913 – January 13, 1918	Republican	James Brady	6
				Re-elected January 14, 1913.	5	63rd		Elected January 26, 1913 to finish Heyburn's term.
						64th	6	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
						65th		Re-elected in 1914. Died.
									January 13, 1918 – January 22, 1918	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Brady's term. Elected November 5, 1918 to finish Brady's term. Resigned to become a Federal Trade Commissioner, having lost election to a full term.	January 22, 1918 – January 14, 1921	Democratic	John Nugent	7
				Re-elected in 1918	6	66th			January 22, 1918 – January 14, 1921	Democratic	John Nugent	7
						66th		Appointed to finish Nugent's term, having been elected to the next term.	January 15, 1921 – June 24, 1928	Republican	Frank Gooding	8
						67th	7	Elected to full term in 1920.
						68th
				Re-elected in 1924.	7	69th
						70th	8	Re-elected in 1926. Died.
									June 24, 1928 – June 30, 1928	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Gooding's term. Elected November 6, 1928 to finish Gooding's term. Lost re-election.	June 30, 1928 – March 3, 1933	Republican	John W. Thomas	9
						71st
				Re-elected in 1930.	8	72nd
						73rd	9	Elected in 1932. Lost renomination.	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	James Pope	10
						74th
				Re-elected in 1936. Died.	9	75th
				Re-elected in 1936. Died.		76th	10	Elected in 1938. Lost renomination.	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	Democratic	D. Worth Clark	11
Vacant			January 19, 1940 – January 27, 1940
4	John W. Thomas	Republican	January 27, 1940 – November 10, 1945	Appointed to continue Borah's term. Elected November 5, 1940 to finish Borah's term.
						77th
				Re-elected in 1942. Died.	10	78th
				Re-elected in 1942. Died.		79th	11	Elected in 1944. Lost renomination.	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Glen H. Taylor	12
Vacant			November 10, 1945 – November 17, 1945
5	Charles C. Gossett	Democratic	November 17, 1945 – November 5, 1946	Appointed to continue Thomas's term. Lost nomination to finish Thomas's term.
6	Henry Dworshak	Republican	November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1949	Elected to finish Thomas's term. Lost re-election.
6	Henry Dworshak	Republican	November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1949	Elected to finish Thomas's term. Lost re-election.		80th
7	Bert H. Miller	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – October 8, 1949	Elected in 1948. Died.	11	81st
Vacant			October 8, 1949 – October 14, 1949
8	Henry Dworshak	Republican	October 14, 1949 – July 23, 1962	Appointed to continue Miller's term. Elected to November 7, 1950 to finish Miller's term.^[2]
						82nd	12	Elected in 1950. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1957	Republican	Herman Welker	13
						83rd
				Re-elected in 1954	12	84th
						85th	13	Elected in 1956.	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	Frank Church	14
						86th
				Re-elected in 1960. Died.	13	87th
Vacant			July 23, 1962 – August 6, 1962
9	Len Jordan	Republican	August 6, 1962 – January 3, 1973	Appointed to continue Dworshak's term. Elected November 6, 1962 to finish Dworshak's term.
						88th	14	Re-elected in 1962.
						89th
				Re-elected in 1966. Retired.	14	90th
						91st	15	Re-elected in 1968.
						92nd
10	Jim McClure	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1991	Elected in 1972.	15	93rd
						94th	16	Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
						95th
				Re-elected in 1978.	16	96th
						97th	17	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993	Republican	Steve Symms	15
						98th
				Re-elected in 1984. Retired.	17	99th
						100th	18	Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
						101st
11	Larry Craig	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	Elected in 1990.	18	102nd
						103rd	19	Elected in 1992. Retired to run for Idaho Governor.	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	Republican	Dirk Kempthorne	16
						104th
				Re-elected in 1996.	19	105th
						106th	20	Elected in 1998.	January 3, 1999 – Present	Republican	Mike Crapo	17
						107th
				Re-elected in 2002. Retired.	20	108th
						109th	21	Re-elected in 2004.
						110th
12	Jim Risch	Republican	January 3, 2009 – Present	Elected in 2008.	21	111th
						112th	22	Re-elected in 2010.
						113th
				Re-elected in 2014.	22	114th
						115th	39	Re-elected in 2016.
						116th
To be determined in the 2020 election.					23	117th
To be determined in the 2020 election.					23	118th	24	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 2							Class 3

Living former senators

As of January 2019^[update], there are three living former senators. The most recent senator to die was Jim McClure (served 1973–1991) on February 26, 2011, who is also the most recently serving Senator to die.

James A. McClure American attorney, Idaho State Senator and U.S. Senator for the State of Idaho

James Albertus McClure was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Idaho, most notably serving as a Republican in the U.S. Senate for three terms.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Steve Symms	1981–1993	(1938-04-23) April 23, 1938 (age 81)
Larry Craig	1991–2009	(1945-07-20) July 20, 1945 (age 74)
Dirk Kempthorne	1993–1999	(1951-10-29) October 29, 1951 (age 67)

Notes

↑ Tribune Almanac (1910), p. 271.
↑ Byrd, p. 99.

References

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.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1910. New York: The Tribune Association. 1910. pp. 271–272 – via Hathi Trust Digital Library.

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[FOOTNOTETribune_Almanac_(1910)271-1] Tribune Almanac (1910), p. 271.

[FOOTNOTEByrd99-2] Byrd, p. 99.

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List of United States Senators from Idaho

Contents

List of Senators

Living former senators

See also

Notes

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