List of living former United States Senators

This is a list of living former United States Senators. There are currently 163 people listed. Hawaii, Kentucky, and Vermont are currently the only states without a surviving former senator. Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Wyoming each have just one living former senator. Colorado and Minnesota have the most living former senators, with 7 as of October 8, 2018.

Living former senators

State	Senator	Party	Date of birth	Term	Age (years/days)
Alabama	Donald Stewart	Democratic	February 8, 1940	1978–1981	79 years, 189 days
Alabama	Jeff Sessions	Republican	December 24, 1946	1997–2017	72 years, 235 days
Alabama	Luther Strange	Republican	March 1, 1953	2017–2018	66 years, 168 days
Alaska	Mike Gravel	Democratic	May 13, 1930	1969–1981	89 years, 95 days
Alaska	Frank Murkowski	Republican	March 28, 1933	1981–2002	86 years, 141 days
Alaska	Mark Begich	Democratic	March 30, 1962	2009–2015	57 years, 139 days
Arizona	Dennis DeConcini	Democratic	May 8, 1937	1977–1995	82 years, 100 days
Arizona	Jon Kyl	Republican	April 25, 1942	1995–2013 2018	77 years, 113 days
Arizona	Jeff Flake	Republican	December 31, 1962	2013–2019	56 years, 228 days
Arkansas	Kaneaster Hodges Jr.	Democratic	August 30, 1938	1977–1979	80 years, 351 days
Arkansas	David Pryor	Democratic	August 29, 1934	1979–1997	84 years, 352 days
Arkansas	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	August 11, 1949	1997–2003	70 years, 5 days
Arkansas	Blanche Lincoln	Democratic	September 30, 1960	1999–2011	58 years, 320 days
Arkansas	Mark Pryor	Democratic	January 10, 1963	2003–2015	56 years, 218 days
California	Pete Wilson	Republican	August 23, 1933	1983–1991	85 years, 358 days
California	John Seymour	Republican	December 3, 1937	1991–1992	81 years, 256 days
California	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	November 11, 1940	1993–2017	78 years, 278 days
Colorado	Gary Hart	Democratic	November 28, 1936	1975–1987	82 years, 261 days
Colorado	Tim Wirth	Democratic	September 22, 1939	1987–1993	79 years, 328 days
Colorado	Hank Brown	Republican	February 12, 1940	1991–1997	79 years, 185 days
Colorado	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Democratic, then Republican	April 13, 1933	1993–2005	86 years, 125 days
Colorado	Wayne Allard	Republican	December 2, 1943	1997–2009	75 years, 257 days
Colorado	Ken Salazar	Democratic	March 2, 1955	2005–2009	64 years, 167 days
Colorado	Mark Udall	Democratic	July 18, 1950	2009–2015	69 years, 29 days
Connecticut	Lowell Weicker	Republican	May 16, 1931	1971–1989	88 years, 92 days
Connecticut	Chris Dodd	Democratic	May 27, 1944	1981–2011	75 years, 81 days
Connecticut	Joe Lieberman	Democratic, then Independent Democrat	February 24, 1942	1989–2013	77 years, 173 days
Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic	November 20, 1942	1973–2009	76 years, 269 days
Delaware	Ted Kaufman	Democratic	March 15, 1939	2009–2010	80 years, 154 days
Florida	Bob Graham	Democratic	November 9, 1936	1987–2005	82 years, 280 days
Florida	Connie Mack III	Republican	October 29, 1940	1989–2001	78 years, 291 days
Florida	Bill Nelson	Democratic	September 29, 1942	2001–2019	76 years, 321 days
Florida	Mel Martinez	Republican	October 23, 1946	2005–2009	72 years, 297 days
Florida	George LeMieux	Republican	May 21, 1969	2009–2011	50 years, 87 days
Georgia	David H. Gambrell	Democratic	December 20, 1929	1971–1972	89 years, 239 days
Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democratic	September 8, 1938	1972–1997	80 years, 342 days
Georgia	Mack Mattingly	Republican	January 7, 1931	1981–1987	88 years, 221 days
Georgia	Wyche Fowler	Democratic	October 6, 1940	1987–1993	78 years, 314 days
Georgia	Max Cleland	Democratic	August 24, 1942	1997–2003	76 years, 357 days
Georgia	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	November 10, 1943	2003–2015	75 years, 279 days
Idaho	Steve Symms	Republican	April 23, 1938	1981–1993	81 years, 115 days
Idaho	Larry Craig	Republican	July 20, 1945	1991–2009	74 years, 27 days
Idaho	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	October 29, 1951	1993–1999	67 years, 291 days
Illinois	Adlai Stevenson III	Democratic	October 10, 1930	1970–1981	88 years, 310 days
Illinois	Carol Moseley Braun	Democratic	August 16, 1947	1993–1999	72 years, 0 days
Illinois	Peter Fitzgerald	Republican	October 20, 1960	1999–2005	58 years, 300 days
Illinois	Barack Obama	Democratic	August 4, 1961	2005–2008	58 years, 12 days
Illinois	Roland Burris	Democratic	August 3, 1937	2009–2010	82 years, 13 days
Illinois	Mark Kirk	Republican	September 15, 1959	2010–2017	59 years, 335 days
Indiana	Dan Quayle	Republican	February 4, 1947	1981–1989	72 years, 193 days
Indiana	Dan Coats	Republican	May 16, 1943	1989–1999 2011–2017	76 years, 92 days
Indiana	Evan Bayh	Democratic	December 26, 1955	1999–2011	63 years, 233 days
Indiana	Joe Donnelly	Democratic	September 29, 1955	2013–2019	63 years, 321 days
Iowa	Dick Clark	Democratic	September 14, 1928	1973–1979	90 years, 336 days
Iowa	Roger Jepsen	Republican	December 23, 1928	1979–1985	90 years, 236 days
Iowa	Tom Harkin	Democratic	November 19, 1939	1985–2015	79 years, 270 days
Kansas	Bob Dole	Republican	July 22, 1923	1969–1996	96 years, 25 days
Kansas	Nancy Kassebaum	Republican	July 29, 1932	1978–1997	87 years, 18 days
Kansas	Sheila Frahm	Republican	March 22, 1945	1996	74 years, 147 days
Kansas	Sam Brownback	Republican	September 12, 1956	1996–2011	62 years, 338 days
Louisiana	Bennett Johnston	Democratic	June 30, 1932	1972–1997	87 years, 47 days
Louisiana	John Breaux	Democratic	March 1, 1944	1987–2005	75 years, 168 days
Louisiana	Mary Landrieu	Democratic	November 23, 1955	1997–2015	63 years, 266 days
Louisiana	David Vitter	Republican	May 3, 1961	2005–2017	58 years, 105 days
Maine	William Cohen	Republican	August 28, 1940	1979–1997	78 years, 353 days
Maine	George J. Mitchell	Democratic	August 20, 1933	1980–1995	85 years, 361 days
Maine	Olympia Snowe	Republican	February 21, 1947	1995–2013	72 years, 176 days
Maryland	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	February 3, 1933	1977–2007	86 years, 194 days
Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	July 20, 1936	1987–2017	83 years, 27 days
Massachusetts	John Kerry	Democratic	December 11, 1943	1985–2013	75 years, 248 days
Massachusetts	Paul G. Kirk	Democratic	January 18, 1938	2009–2010	81 years, 210 days
Massachusetts	Scott Brown	Republican	September 12, 1959	2010–2013	59 years, 338 days
Massachusetts	Mo Cowan	Democratic	April 4, 1969	2013	50 years, 134 days
Michigan	Donald Riegle	Democratic	February 4, 1938	1976–1995	81 years, 193 days
Michigan	Spencer Abraham	Republican	June 12, 1952	1995–2001	67 years, 65 days
Michigan	Carl Levin	Democratic	June 28, 1934	1979–2015	85 years, 49 days
Minnesota	Walter Mondale	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 5, 1928	1964–1976	91 years, 223 days
Minnesota	David Durenberger	Republican	August 19, 1934	1978–1995	84 years, 362 days
Minnesota	Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	November 7, 1930	1978–1991	88 years, 282 days
Minnesota	Mark Dayton	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 26, 1947	2001–2007	72 years, 202 days
Minnesota	Dean Barkley	Independence	August 31, 1950	2002–2003	68 years, 350 days
Minnesota	Norm Coleman	Republican	August 17, 1949	2003–2009	69 years, 364 days
Minnesota	Al Franken	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	May 21, 1951	2009–2018	68 years, 87 days
Mississippi	Trent Lott	Republican	October 9, 1941	1989–2007	77 years, 311 days
Missouri	John Danforth	Republican	September 5, 1936	1976–1995	82 years, 345 days
Missouri	Kit Bond	Republican	March 6, 1939	1987–2011	80 years, 163 days
Missouri	John Ashcroft	Republican	May 9, 1942	1995–2001	77 years, 99 days
Missouri	Jean Carnahan	Democratic	December 20, 1933	2001–2002	85 years, 239 days
Missouri	Jim Talent	Republican	October 18, 1956	2002–2007	62 years, 302 days
Missouri	Claire McCaskill	Democratic	July 24, 1953	2007–2019	66 years, 23 days
Montana	Max Baucus	Democratic	December 11, 1941	1978–2014	77 years, 248 days
Montana	John Walsh	Democratic	November 3, 1960	2014–2015	58 years, 286 days
Nebraska	David Karnes	Republican	December 12, 1948	1987–1988	70 years, 247 days
Nebraska	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	August 27, 1943	1989–2001	75 years, 354 days
Nebraska	Chuck Hagel	Republican	October 4, 1946	1997–2009	72 years, 316 days
Nebraska	Ben Nelson	Democratic	May 17, 1941	2001–2013	78 years, 91 days
Nebraska	Mike Johanns	Republican	June 18, 1950	2009–2015	69 years, 59 days
Nevada	Harry Reid	Democratic	December 2, 1939	1987–2017	79 years, 257 days
Nevada	Richard Bryan	Democratic	July 16, 1937	1989–2001	82 years, 31 days
Nevada	John Ensign	Republican	March 25, 1958	2001–2011	61 years, 144 days
Nevada	Dean Heller	Republican	May 10, 1960	2011–2019	59 years, 98 days
New Hampshire	Gordon J. Humphrey	Republican	October 9, 1940	1979–1990	78 years, 311 days
New Hampshire	Bob Smith	Republican	March 30, 1941	1990–2003	78 years, 139 days
New Hampshire	Judd Gregg	Republican	February 14, 1947	1993–2011	72 years, 183 days
New Hampshire	John E. Sununu	Republican	September 10, 1964	2003–2009	54 years, 340 days
New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte	Republican	June 27, 1968	2011–2017	51 years, 50 days
New Jersey	Bill Bradley	Democratic	July 28, 1943	1979–1997	76 years, 19 days
New Jersey	Nicholas F. Brady	Republican	April 11, 1930	1982	89 years, 127 days
New Jersey	Robert Torricelli	Democratic	August 27, 1951	1997–2003	67 years, 354 days
New Jersey	Jon Corzine	Democratic	January 1, 1947	2001–2006	72 years, 227 days
New Jersey	Jeffrey Chiesa	Republican	June 22, 1965	2013	54 years, 55 days
New Mexico	Harrison Schmitt	Republican	July 3, 1935	1977–1983	84 years, 44 days
New Mexico	Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	October 3, 1943	1983–2013	75 years, 317 days
New York	James L. Buckley	Conservative, then Republican	March 9, 1923	1971–1977	96 years, 160 days
New York	Al D'Amato	Republican	August 1, 1937	1981–1999	82 years, 15 days
New York	Hillary Clinton	Democratic	October 26, 1947	2001–2009	71 years, 294 days
North Carolina	Jim Broyhill	Republican	August 19, 1927	1986	91 years, 362 days
North Carolina	Lauch Faircloth	Republican	January 14, 1928	1993–1999	91 years, 214 days
North Carolina	John Edwards	Democratic	June 10, 1953	1999–2005	66 years, 67 days
North Carolina	Elizabeth Dole	Republican	July 29, 1936	2003–2009	83 years, 18 days
North Carolina	Kay Hagan	Democratic	May 26, 1953	2009–2015	66 years, 82 days
North Dakota	Mark Andrews	Republican	May 19, 1926	1981–1987	93 years, 89 days
North Dakota	Kent Conrad	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	March 11, 1948	1987–2013	71 years, 158 days
North Dakota	Jocelyn Burdick	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	February 6, 1922	1992	97 years, 191 days
North Dakota	Byron Dorgan	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	May 14, 1942	1992–2011	77 years, 94 days
North Dakota	Heidi Heitkamp	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	October 30, 1955	2013–2019	63 years, 290 days
Ohio	Mike DeWine	Republican	January 5, 1947	1995–2007	72 years, 223 days
Oklahoma	Fred R. Harris	Democratic	November 13, 1930	1964–1973	88 years, 276 days
Oklahoma	David Boren	Democratic	April 21, 1941	1979–1994	78 years, 117 days
Oklahoma	Don Nickles	Republican	December 6, 1948	1981–2005	70 years, 253 days
Oklahoma	Tom Coburn	Republican	March 14, 1948	2005–2015	71 years, 155 days
Oregon	Bob Packwood	Republican	September 11, 1932	1969–1995	86 years, 339 days
Oregon	Gordon H. Smith	Republican	May 25, 1952	1997–2009	67 years, 83 days
Pennsylvania	Rick Santorum	Republican	May 10, 1958	1995–2007	61 years, 98 days
Rhode Island	Lincoln Chafee	Republican	March 26, 1953	1999–2007	66 years, 143 days
South Carolina	Jim DeMint	Republican	September 2, 1951	2005–2013	67 years, 348 days
South Dakota	James Abourezk	Democratic	February 24, 1931	1973–1979	88 years, 173 days
South Dakota	Larry Pressler	Republican	March 29, 1942	1979–1997	77 years, 140 days
South Dakota	Tom Daschle	Democratic	December 9, 1947	1987–2005	71 years, 250 days
South Dakota	Tim Johnson	Democratic	December 28, 1946	1997–2015	72 years, 231 days
Tennessee	Bill Brock	Republican	November 23, 1930	1971–1977	88 years, 266 days
Tennessee	Jim Sasser	Democratic	September 30, 1936	1977–1995	82 years, 320 days
Tennessee	Al Gore	Democratic	March 31, 1948	1985–1993	71 years, 138 days
Tennessee	Bill Frist	Republican	February 22, 1952	1995–2007	67 years, 175 days
Tennessee	Bob Corker	Republican	August 24, 1952	2007–2019	66 years, 357 days
Texas	Phil Gramm	Republican	July 8, 1942	1985–2002	77 years, 39 days
Texas	Bob Krueger	Democratic	September 19, 1935	1993	83 years, 331 days
Texas	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	July 22, 1943	1993–2013	76 years, 25 days
Utah	Jake Garn	Republican	October 12, 1932	1974–1993	86 years, 308 days
Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican	March 22, 1934	1977–2019	85 years, 147 days
Virginia	John Warner	Republican	February 18, 1927	1979–2009	92 years, 179 days
Virginia	Paul Trible	Republican	December 29, 1946	1983–1989	72 years, 230 days
Virginia	Chuck Robb	Democratic	June 26, 1939	1989–2001	80 years, 51 days
Virginia	George Allen	Republican	March 8, 1952	2001–2007	67 years, 161 days
Virginia	Jim Webb	Democratic	February 9, 1946	2007–2013	73 years, 188 days
Washington	Slade Gorton	Republican	January 8, 1928	1981–1987 1989–2001	91 years, 220 days
Washington	Daniel J. Evans	Republican	October 16, 1925	1983–1989	93 years, 304 days
West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	June 18, 1937	1985–2015	82 years, 59 days
West Virginia	Carte Goodwin	Democratic	February 27, 1974	2010	45 years, 170 days
Wisconsin	Bob Kasten	Republican	June 19, 1942	1981–1993	77 years, 58 days
Wisconsin	Herb Kohl	Democratic	February 7, 1935	1989–2013	84 years, 190 days
Wisconsin	Russ Feingold	Democratic	March 2, 1953	1993–2011	66 years, 167 days
Wyoming	Alan Simpson	Republican	September 2, 1931	1979–1997	87 years, 348 days

See also

• List of former United States Senators
• Classes of United States Senators
• Seniority in the United States Senate
• List of living former members of the United States House of Representatives
• List of living former United States governors