List of living former United States senators

This is a list of living former United States senators. There are currently 158 people listed. Hawaii, Kentucky, and Vermont are currently the only states without a living former senator. Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington and Wyoming each have just one living former senator. Colorado and Georgia have the most living former senators, with 8 each as of September 22, 2021.

Living former senators

State	Senator	Party	Date of birth	Term	Age (years/days)
Alabama	Donald Stewart	Democratic	February 8, 1940	1978–1981	81 years, 226 days
Alabama	Jeff Sessions	Republican	December 24, 1946	1997–2017	74 years, 272 days
Alabama	Luther Strange	Republican	March 1, 1953	2017–2018	68 years, 205 days
Alabama	Doug Jones	Democratic	May 4, 1954	2018–2021	67 years, 141 days
Alaska	Frank Murkowski	Republican	March 28, 1933	1981–2002	88 years, 178 days
Alaska	Mark Begich	Democratic	March 30, 1962	2009–2015	59 years, 176 days
Arizona	Dennis DeConcini	Democratic	May 8, 1937	1977–1995	84 years, 137 days
Arizona	Jon Kyl	Republican	April 25, 1942	1995–2013 2018	79 years, 150 days
Arizona	Jeff Flake	Republican	December 31, 1962	2013–2019	58 years, 265 days
Arizona	Martha McSally	Republican	March 22, 1966	2019–2020	55 years, 184 days
Arkansas	Kaneaster Hodges Jr.	Democratic	August 20, 1938	1977–1979	83 years, 33 days
Arkansas	David Pryor	Democratic	August 29, 1934	1979–1997	87 years, 24 days
Arkansas	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	August 11, 1949	1997–2003	72 years, 42 days
Arkansas	Blanche Lincoln	Democratic	September 30, 1960	1999–2011	60 years, 357 days
Arkansas	Mark Pryor	Democratic	January 10, 1963	2003–2015	58 years, 255 days
California	Pete Wilson	Republican	August 23, 1933	1983–1991	88 years, 30 days
California	John Seymour	Republican	December 3, 1937	1991–1992	83 years, 293 days
California	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	November 11, 1940	1993–2017	80 years, 315 days
California	Kamala Harris	Democratic	October 20, 1964	2017–2021	56 years, 337 days
Colorado	Gary Hart	Democratic	November 28, 1936	1975–1987	84 years, 298 days
Colorado	Tim Wirth	Democratic	September 22, 1939	1987–1993	82 years, 0 days
Colorado	Hank Brown	Republican	February 12, 1940	1991–1997	81 years, 222 days
Colorado	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Democratic, then Republican	April 13, 1933	1993–2005	88 years, 162 days
Colorado	Wayne Allard	Republican	December 2, 1943	1997–2009	77 years, 294 days
Colorado	Ken Salazar	Democratic	March 2, 1955	2005–2009	66 years, 204 days
Colorado	Mark Udall	Democratic	July 18, 1950	2009–2015	71 years, 66 days
Colorado	Cory Gardner	Republican	August 22, 1974	2015–2021	47 years, 31 days
Connecticut	Lowell Weicker	Republican	May 16, 1931	1971–1989	90 years, 129 days
Connecticut	Chris Dodd	Democratic	May 27, 1944	1981–2011	77 years, 118 days
Connecticut	Joe Lieberman	Democratic, then Independent Democrat	February 24, 1942	1989–2013	79 years, 210 days
Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic	November 20, 1942	1973–2009	78 years, 306 days
Delaware	Ted Kaufman	Democratic	March 15, 1939	2009–2010	82 years, 191 days
Florida	Bob Graham	Democratic	November 9, 1936	1987–2005	84 years, 317 days
Florida	Connie Mack III	Republican	October 29, 1940	1989–2001	80 years, 328 days
Florida	Bill Nelson	Democratic	September 29, 1942	2001–2019	78 years, 358 days
Florida	Mel Martínez	Republican	October 23, 1946	2005–2009	74 years, 334 days
Florida	George LeMieux	Republican	May 21, 1969	2009–2011	52 years, 124 days
Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democratic	September 8, 1938	1972–1997	83 years, 14 days
Georgia	Mack Mattingly	Republican	January 7, 1931	1981–1987	90 years, 258 days
Georgia	Wyche Fowler	Democratic	October 6, 1940	1987–1993	80 years, 351 days
Georgia	Max Cleland	Democratic	August 24, 1942	1997–2003	79 years, 29 days
Georgia	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	November 10, 1943	2003–2015	77 years, 316 days
Georgia	Johnny Isakson	Republican	December 28, 1944	2005–2019	76 years, 268 days
Georgia	David Perdue	Republican	December 10, 1949	2015–2021	71 years, 286 days
Georgia	Kelly Loeffler	Republican	November 27, 1970	2020–2021	50 years, 299 days
Idaho	Steve Symms	Republican	April 23, 1938	1981–1993	83 years, 152 days
Idaho	Larry Craig	Republican	July 20, 1945	1991–2009	76 years, 64 days
Idaho	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	October 29, 1951	1993–1999	69 years, 328 days
Illinois	Carol Moseley Braun	Democratic	August 16, 1947	1993–1999	74 years, 37 days
Illinois	Peter Fitzgerald	Republican	October 20, 1960	1999–2005	60 years, 337 days
Illinois	Barack Obama	Democratic	August 4, 1961	2005–2008	60 years, 49 days
Illinois	Roland Burris	Democratic	August 3, 1937	2009–2010	84 years, 50 days
Illinois	Mark Kirk	Republican	September 15, 1959	2010–2017	62 years, 7 days
Indiana	Dan Quayle	Republican	February 4, 1947	1981–1989	74 years, 230 days
Indiana	Dan Coats	Republican	May 16, 1943	1989–1999 2011–2017	78 years, 129 days
Indiana	Evan Bayh	Democratic	December 26, 1955	1999–2011	65 years, 270 days
Indiana	Joe Donnelly	Democratic	September 29, 1955	2013–2019	65 years, 358 days
Iowa	Dick Clark	Democratic	September 14, 1928	1973–1979	93 years, 8 days
Iowa	Tom Harkin	Democratic	November 19, 1939	1985–2015	81 years, 307 days
Kansas	Bob Dole	Republican	July 22, 1923	1969–1996	98 years, 62 days
Kansas	Nancy Kassebaum	Republican	July 29, 1932	1978–1997	89 years, 55 days
Kansas	Sheila Frahm	Republican	March 22, 1945	1996	76 years, 184 days
Kansas	Sam Brownback	Republican	September 12, 1956	1996–2011	65 years, 10 days
Kansas	Pat Roberts	Republican	April 20, 1936	1997–2021	85 years, 155 days
Louisiana	Bennett Johnston	Democratic	June 10, 1932	1972–1997	89 years, 104 days
Louisiana	John Breaux	Democratic	March 1, 1944	1987–2005	77 years, 205 days
Louisiana	Mary Landrieu	Democratic	November 23, 1955	1997–2015	65 years, 303 days
Louisiana	David Vitter	Republican	May 3, 1961	2005–2017	60 years, 142 days
Maine	William Cohen	Republican	August 28, 1940	1979–1997	81 years, 25 days
Maine	George J. Mitchell	Democratic	August 20, 1933	1980–1995	88 years, 33 days
Maine	Olympia Snowe	Republican	February 21, 1947	1995–2013	74 years, 213 days
Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	July 20, 1936	1987–2017	85 years, 64 days
Massachusetts	John Kerry	Democratic	December 11, 1943	1985–2013	77 years, 285 days
Massachusetts	Paul G. Kirk	Democratic	January 18, 1938	2009–2010	83 years, 247 days
Massachusetts	Scott Brown	Republican	September 12, 1959	2010–2013	62 years, 10 days
Massachusetts	Mo Cowan	Democratic	April 4, 1969	2013	52 years, 171 days
Michigan	Donald Riegle	Democratic	February 4, 1938	1976–1995	83 years, 230 days
Michigan	Spencer Abraham	Republican	June 12, 1952	1995–2001	69 years, 102 days
Minnesota	David Durenberger	Independent-Republican	August 19, 1934	1978–1995	87 years, 34 days
Minnesota	Rudy Boschwitz	Independent-Republican	November 7, 1930	1978–1991	90 years, 319 days
Minnesota	Mark Dayton	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 26, 1947	2001–2007	74 years, 239 days
Minnesota	Dean Barkley	Independence	August 31, 1950	2002–2003	71 years, 22 days
Minnesota	Norm Coleman	Republican	August 17, 1949	2003–2009	72 years, 36 days
Minnesota	Al Franken	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	May 21, 1951	2009–2018	70 years, 124 days
Mississippi	Trent Lott	Republican	October 9, 1941	1989–2007	79 years, 348 days
Missouri	John Danforth	Republican	September 5, 1936	1976–1995	85 years, 17 days
Missouri	Kit Bond	Republican	March 6, 1939	1987–2011	82 years, 200 days
Missouri	John Ashcroft	Republican	May 9, 1942	1995–2001	79 years, 136 days
Missouri	Jean Carnahan	Democratic	December 20, 1933	2001–2002	87 years, 276 days
Missouri	Jim Talent	Republican	October 18, 1956	2002–2007	64 years, 339 days
Missouri	Claire McCaskill	Democratic	July 24, 1953	2007–2019	68 years, 60 days
Montana	Max Baucus	Democratic	December 11, 1941	1978–2014	79 years, 285 days
Montana	John Walsh	Democratic	November 3, 1960	2014–2015	60 years, 323 days
Nebraska	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	August 27, 1943	1989–2001	78 years, 26 days
Nebraska	Chuck Hagel	Republican	October 4, 1946	1997–2009	74 years, 353 days
Nebraska	Ben Nelson	Democratic	May 17, 1941	2001–2013	80 years, 128 days
Nebraska	Mike Johanns	Republican	June 18, 1950	2009–2015	71 years, 96 days
Nevada	Harry Reid	Democratic	December 2, 1939	1987–2017	81 years, 294 days
Nevada	Richard Bryan	Democratic	July 16, 1937	1989–2001	84 years, 68 days
Nevada	John Ensign	Republican	March 25, 1958	2001–2011	63 years, 181 days
Nevada	Dean Heller	Republican	May 10, 1960	2011–2019	61 years, 135 days
New Hampshire	Gordon J. Humphrey	Republican	October 9, 1940	1979–1990	80 years, 348 days
New Hampshire	Bob Smith	Republican	March 30, 1941	1990–2003	80 years, 176 days
New Hampshire	Judd Gregg	Republican	February 14, 1947	1993–2011	74 years, 220 days
New Hampshire	John E. Sununu	Republican	September 10, 1964	2003–2009	57 years, 12 days
New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte	Republican	June 27, 1968	2011–2017	53 years, 87 days
New Jersey	Bill Bradley	Democratic	July 28, 1943	1979–1997	78 years, 56 days
New Jersey	Nicholas F. Brady	Republican	April 11, 1930	1982	91 years, 164 days
New Jersey	Robert Torricelli	Democratic	August 27, 1951	1997–2003	70 years, 26 days
New Jersey	Jon Corzine	Democratic	January 1, 1947	2001–2006	74 years, 264 days
New Jersey	Jeffrey Chiesa	Republican	June 22, 1965	2013	56 years, 92 days
New Mexico	Harrison Schmitt	Republican	July 3, 1935	1977–1983	86 years, 81 days
New Mexico	Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	October 3, 1943	1983–2013	77 years, 354 days
New Mexico	Tom Udall	Democratic	May 18, 1948	2009–2021	73 years, 127 days
New York	James L. Buckley	Conservative, then Republican	March 9, 1923	1971–1977	98 years, 197 days
New York	Al D'Amato	Republican	August 1, 1937	1981–1999	84 years, 52 days
New York	Hillary Clinton	Democratic	October 26, 1947	2001–2009	73 years, 331 days
North Carolina	Jim Broyhill	Republican	August 19, 1927	1986	94 years, 34 days
North Carolina	Lauch Faircloth	Republican	January 14, 1928	1993–1999	93 years, 251 days
North Carolina	John Edwards	Democratic	June 10, 1953	1999–2005	68 years, 104 days
North Carolina	Elizabeth Dole	Republican	July 29, 1936	2003–2009	85 years, 55 days
North Dakota	Kent Conrad	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	March 12, 1948	1987–2013	73 years, 195 days
North Dakota	Byron Dorgan	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	May 14, 1942	1992–2011	79 years, 131 days
North Dakota	Heidi Heitkamp	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	October 30, 1955	2013–2019	65 years, 327 days
Ohio	Mike DeWine	Republican	January 5, 1947	1995–2007	74 years, 260 days
Oklahoma	Fred R. Harris	Democratic	November 13, 1930	1964–1973	90 years, 313 days
Oklahoma	David Boren	Democratic	April 21, 1941	1979–1994	80 years, 154 days
Oklahoma	Don Nickles	Republican	December 6, 1948	1981–2005	72 years, 290 days
Oregon	Bob Packwood	Republican	September 11, 1932	1969–1995	89 years, 11 days
Oregon	Gordon H. Smith	Republican	May 25, 1952	1997–2009	69 years, 120 days
Pennsylvania	Rick Santorum	Republican	May 10, 1958	1995–2007	63 years, 135 days
Rhode Island	Lincoln Chafee	Republican	March 26, 1953	1999–2007	68 years, 180 days
South Carolina	Jim DeMint	Republican	September 2, 1951	2005–2013	70 years, 20 days
South Dakota	James Abourezk	Democratic	February 24, 1931	1973–1979	90 years, 210 days
South Dakota	Larry Pressler	Republican	March 29, 1942	1979–1997	79 years, 177 days
South Dakota	Tom Daschle	Democratic	December 9, 1947	1987–2005	73 years, 287 days
South Dakota	Tim Johnson	Democratic	December 28, 1946	1997–2015	74 years, 268 days
Tennessee	Jim Sasser	Democratic	September 30, 1936	1977–1995	84 years, 357 days
Tennessee	Al Gore	Democratic	March 31, 1948	1985–1993	73 years, 175 days
Tennessee	Bill Frist	Republican	February 22, 1952	1995–2007	69 years, 212 days
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander	Republican	July 3, 1940	2003–2021	81 years, 81 days
Tennessee	Bob Corker	Republican	August 24, 1952	2007–2019	69 years, 29 days
Texas	Phil Gramm	Republican	July 8, 1942	1985–2002	79 years, 76 days
Texas	Bob Krueger	Democratic	September 19, 1935	1993	86 years, 3 days
Texas	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	July 22, 1943	1993–2013	78 years, 62 days
Utah	Jake Garn	Republican	October 12, 1932	1974–1993	88 years, 345 days
Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican	March 22, 1934	1977–2019	87 years, 184 days
Virginia	Paul Trible	Republican	December 29, 1946	1983–1989	74 years, 267 days
Virginia	Chuck Robb	Democratic	June 26, 1939	1989–2001	82 years, 88 days
Virginia	George Allen	Republican	March 8, 1952	2001–2007	69 years, 198 days
Virginia	Jim Webb	Democratic	February 9, 1946	2007–2013	75 years, 225 days
Washington	Daniel J. Evans	Republican	October 16, 1925	1983–1989	95 years, 341 days
West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	June 18, 1937	1985–2015	84 years, 96 days
West Virginia	Carte Goodwin	Democratic	February 27, 1974	2010	47 years, 207 days
Wisconsin	Bob Kasten	Republican	June 19, 1942	1981–1993	79 years, 95 days
Wisconsin	Herb Kohl	Democratic	February 7, 1935	1989–2013	86 years, 227 days
Wisconsin	Russ Feingold	Democratic	March 2, 1953	1993–2011	68 years, 204 days
Wyoming	Alan Simpson	Republican	September 2, 1931	1979–1997	90 years, 20 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