List of United States senators from Utah

Last updated January 02, 2021

Current delegation

Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, and elects U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current Senators are Republicans Mike Lee and Mitt Romney.

List of senators

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates 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	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			January 4, 1896 – January 22, 1896	Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood.	1	54th	1	Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood.	January 4, 1896 – January 22, 1896	Vacant
1	Frank J. Cannon	Republican	January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1899	Elected in 1896.		54th	1	Elected in 1896. Retired.	January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1897	Republican	Arthur Brown	1
1	Frank J. Cannon	Silver Republican	January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1899	Elected in 1896.		55th	2	Elected in 1897. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Democratic	Joseph L. Rawlins	2
Vacant			March 4, 1899 – January 23, 1901	Legislature failed to elect. Cannon and Alfred W. McCune were the frontrunners.^[1]	2	56th
2	Thomas Kearns	Republican	January 23, 1901 – March 3, 1905	Elected late in 1901. Retired.		56th
						57th
						58th	3	Elected in 1903.	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1933	Republican	Reed Smoot	3
3	George Sutherland	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1917	Elected January 18, 1905.^[2]	3	59th
						60th
						61st	4	Re-elected January 19, 1909.
				Re-elected January 17, 1911. Lost re-election.	4	62nd
						63rd
						64th	5	Re-elected in 1914.
4	William H. King	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941	Elected in 1916.	5	65th
						66th
						67th	6	Re-elected in 1920.
				Re-elected in 1922.	6	68th
						69th
						70th	7	Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1928.	7	71st
						72nd
						73rd	8	Elected in 1932.	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Elbert D. Thomas	4
				Re-elected in 1934. Lost renomination.	8	74th
						75th
						76th	9	Re-elected in 1938.
5	Abe Murdock	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947	Elected in 1940. Lost re-election.	9	77th
						78th
						79th	10	Re-elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
6	Arthur V. Watkins	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	Elected in 1946.	10	80th
						81st
						82nd	11	Elected in 1950.	January 3, 1951 – December 20, 1974	Republican	Wallace F. Bennett	5
				Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	11	83rd
						84th
						85th	12	Re-elected in 1956.
7	Frank E. Moss	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977	Elected in 1958.	12	86th
						87th
						88th	13	Re-elected in 1962.
				Re-elected in 1964.	13	89th
						90th
						91st	14	Re-elected in 1968. Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
				Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election.	14	92nd
						93rd
						93rd		Appointed to finish Bennett's term, having already been elected to the next term	December 21, 1974 – January 3, 1993	Republican	Jake Garn	6
						94th	15	Elected in 1974.
8	Orrin Hatch	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2019	Elected in 1976.	15	95th
						96th
						97th	16	Re-elected in 1980.
				Re-elected in 1982.	16	98th
						99th
						100th	17	Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1988.	17	101st
						102nd
						103rd	18	Elected in 1992.	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	Republican	Bob Bennett	7
				Re-elected in 1994.	18	104th
						105th
						106th	19	Re-elected in 1998.
				Re-elected in 2000.	19	107th
						108th
						109th	20	Re-elected in 2004. Lost renomination.
				Re-elected in 2006.	20	110th
						111th
						112th	21	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	Mike Lee	8
				Re-elected in 2012. Retired.	21	113th
						114th
						115th	22	Re-elected in 2016.
9	Mitt Romney	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	Elected in 2018.	22	116th
						117th
						118th	23	To be determined in the 2022 election.
To be determined in the 2024 election.					23	119th	23	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former U.S. senators from Utah

As of January 2021^[update], there are two living former U.S. senators from Utah. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Bob Bennett (served 1993–2011) on May 4, 2016.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Jake Garn	1974–1993	(1932-10-12) October 12, 1932 (age 88)
Orrin Hatch	1977–2019	(1934-03-22) March 22, 1934 (age 86)

References

↑ "Utah Fails to Elect Senator". Boston Evening Transcript . March 10, 1899. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
↑ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906. New York: The Press Publishing Co. New York World. 1905. p. 108.

v t e United States senators from Utah
Class 1	Cannon Kearns Sutherland King Murdock Watkins Moss Hatch Romney
Class 3	Brown Rawlins Smoot Thomas W. Bennett Garn R. Bennett Lee

v t e Utah's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	Mike Lee (R) Mitt Romney (R)
Representatives (ordered by district)	Rob Bishop (R) Chris Stewart (R) John Curtis (R) Ben McAdams (D)

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List of United States senators from Utah

Contents

List of senators

Living former U.S. senators from Utah

References

See also