List of United States Senators from Washington

Last updated August 19, 2019

Current delegation

Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889, and elects its United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current U.S. Senators are Democrats Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell.

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first U.S. president, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. The state, which is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, by Oregon to the south, by Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north, was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C..

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City. Most of the country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.

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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 has recently been contested in 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 has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
Vacant			November 11, 1889 – November 20, 1889	Washington elected its first senators after it was admitted to the Union.	1	51st	1	Washington elected its first senators after it was admitted to the Union.	November 11, 1889 – November 20, 1889	Vacant
1	John B. Allen	Republican	November 20, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Elected in 1889. Legislature failed to re-elect.		51st	1	Elected in 1889.	November 20, 1889 – March 3, 1897	Republican	Watson C. Squire	1
1	John B. Allen	Republican	November 20, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Elected in 1889. Legislature failed to re-elect.		52nd	2	Re-elected in 1891. Lost re-election.
Vacant			March 4, 1893 – February 19, 1895	The legislature failed to elect a senator for the term beginning March 4, 1893. The governor appointed John Allen to serve until March 20, 1893, but the Senate rejected his credentials.	2	53rd
2	John L. Wilson	Republican	February 19, 1895 – March 3, 1899	Elected February 1, 1895 to finish the vacant term, but took his seat late. Lost renomination.		53rd
						54th
						55th	3	Elected January 29, 1897.^[1] Lost re-election.^[2]	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Democratic	George Turner	2
3	Addison G. Foster	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1905	Elected February 1, 1899.^[3] Retired.	3	56th
						57th
						58th	4	Elected January 29, 1903.^[2] Lost renomination.	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909	Republican	Levi Ankeny	3
4	Samuel H. Piles	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	Elected January 27, 1905.^[4] Retired.	4	59th
						60th
						61st	5	Elected January 19, 1909.	March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1932	Republican	Wesley L. Jones	4
5	Miles Poindexter	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923	Elected in 1910	5	62nd
		Progressive				63rd
		Republican				64th	6	Re-elected in 1914
				Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.	6	65th
						66th
						67th	7	Re-elected in 1920
6	Clarence C. Dill	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1922	7	68th
						69th
						70th	8	Re-elected in 1926. Died, having already lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1928. Retired.	8	71st
						72nd
									November 19, 1932 – November 22, 1932	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Jones's term. Retired.	November 22, 1932 – March 3, 1933	Republican	Elijah S. Grammer	5
						73rd	9	Elected in 1932	March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1944	Democratic	Homer Bone	6
7	Lewis B. Schwellenbach	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – December 16, 1940	Elected in 1934. Resigned.	9	74th
						75th
						76th	10	Re-elected in 1938. Resigned to become Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Vacant			December 16, 1940 – December 19, 1940
8	Monrad C. Wallgren	Democratic	December 19, 1940 – January 9, 1945	Appointed to finish Schwellenbach's term, having already been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1940. Resigned.	10	77th
						78th
									November 13, 1944 – December 14, 1944	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Bone's term, having already been elected to the next term.	December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	Warren Magnuson	7
						79th	11	Elected in 1944
9	Hugh B. Mitchell	Democratic	January 10, 1945 – December 25, 1946	Appointed to finish Wallgren's term. Lost election to next term and resigned early.
10	Harry P. Cain	Republican	December 26, 1946 – January 3, 1953	Appointed to finish Mitchell's term, having already been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.	11	80th
						81st
						82nd	12	Re-elected in 1950
11	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – September 1, 1983	Elected in 1952	12	83rd
						84th
						85th	13	Re-elected in 1956
				Re-elected in 1958	13	86th
						87th
						88th	14	Re-elected in 1962
				Re-elected in 1964	14	89th
						90th
						91st	15	Re-elected in 1968
				Re-elected in 1970	15	92nd
						93rd
						94th	16	Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1976	16	95th
						96th
						97th	17	Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican	Slade Gorton	8
				Re-elected in 1982. Died.	17	98th
Vacant			September 1, 1983 – September 8, 1983
12	Daniel J. Evans	Republican	September 8, 1983 – January 3, 1989	Appointed to continue Jackson's term. Elected to finish Jackson's term. Retired.
						99th
						100th	18	Elected in 1986. Retired.	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	Brock Adams	9
13	Slade Gorton	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001	Elected in 1988	18	101st
						102nd
						103rd	19	Elected in 1992	January 3, 1993 – Present	Democratic	Patty Murray	10
				Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	19	104th
						105th
						106th	20	Re-elected in 1998
14	Maria Cantwell	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – Present	Elected in 2000	20	107th
						108th
						109th	21	Re-elected in 2004
				Re-elected in 2006	21	110th
						111th
						112th	22	Re-elected in 2010
				Re-elected in 2012	22	113th
						114th
						115th	23	Re-elected in 2016.
				Re-elected in 2018.	23	116th
						117th
						118th	24	To be determined in the 2022 election.
To be determined in the 2024 election.					24	119th	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 1							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Washington

As of January 2019^[update], there are two living former Senators, both from Class 1 (although Gorton had also served in Class 3). The most recent senator to die was Brock Adams (served 1987–1993) on September 10, 2004, who is also the most recently serving Senator to die.

Brockman "Brock" Adams was an American politician and member of Congress. Adams was a Democrat from Washington and served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Transportation before retiring in January 1993.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Daniel J. Evans	1983–1989	1	(1925-10-16) October 16, 1925 (age 93)
Slade Gorton	1981–1987 1989–2001	3 1	(1928-01-08) January 8, 1928 (age 91)

References

↑ "TURNER ELECTED SENATOR". The New York Times . January 30, 1897. p. 1.
1 2 "Ankeny Elected in Washington". The New York Times . January 30, 1903. p. 1.
↑ "AN ELECTION IN WASHINGTON". The New York Times. February 2, 1899. p. 2.
↑ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906. New York: The Press Publishing Co. New York World. 1905. p. 108.

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[NYT1897-1] "TURNER ELECTED SENATOR". The New York Times . January 30, 1897. p. 1.

[NYT1903-2] 1 2 "Ankeny Elected in Washington". The New York Times . January 30, 1903. p. 1.

[3] "AN ELECTION IN WASHINGTON". The New York Times. February 2, 1899. p. 2.

[WorldAlmanac-4] The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906. New York: The Press Publishing Co. New York World. 1905. p. 108.

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List of Senators

Living former U.S. Senators from Washington

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