List of United States Senators from Oregon

Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. Its current Senators are Democrats Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.

Prior to 1906, Senators were elected by the Oregon Legislative Assembly. In 1904, Oregon voters passed a ballot measure that required Senators to be selected by a popular vote and then endorsed by the Legislature. Beginning in 1914, Senators were directly elected by popular vote on the basis of the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle wherein the first cycle had a term of office ending in 1793, and whose seats in recent years were/are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Delazon Smith	Democratic	February 14, 1859 – March 3, 1859	35th	1	Elected in 1859. Lost re-election.
Vacant			March 3, 1859 – October 1, 1860	36th	2	Legislature failed to elect
2	Edward D. Baker	Republican	October 1, 1860 – October 21, 1861	36th		Elected late in 1860. Died.
2	Edward D. Baker	37th	October 1, 1860 – October 21, 1861			Elected late in 1860. Died.
Vacant			October 21, 1861 – February 27, 1862
3	Benjamin Stark		Democratic	February 27, 1862 – December 1, 1862		Appointed to continue Baker's term. Retired when successor elected.
4	Benjamin F. Harding		Democratic	December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1865		Elected to finish Baker's term. Retired.
4	Benjamin F. Harding		38th	December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1865		Elected to finish Baker's term. Retired.
5	George H. Williams	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th	3	Elected in 1865. Lost re-election.
		40th
		41st
6	James K. Kelly	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	42nd	4	Elected in 1871. Retired.
		43rd
		44th
7	La Fayette Grover	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th	5	Elected in 1877. Retired.
		46th
		47th
8	Joseph N. Dolph	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895	48th	6	Elected in 1883.
		49th
		50th
		51st		7	Re-elected in 1889. Lost re-election.
		52nd
		53rd
9	George W. McBride	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	54th	8	Elected in 1895. Lost renomination.
		55th
		56th
10	John H. Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1901 – December 8, 1905	57th	9	Elected in 1900. Died.
		58th
		59th
Vacant			December 8, 1905 – December 21, 1905
11	John M. Gearin		Democratic	December 21, 1905 – January 23, 1907		Appointed to continue Mitchell's term. Retired when successor elected.
Vacant			January 23, 1907 – January 30, 1907
12	Frederick W. Mulkey		Republican	January 30, 1907 – March 3, 1907		Elected to finish Mitchell's term.^[4] Retired.
13	Jonathan Bourne, Jr.		Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	60th	10	Elected in 1906.^[4] Lost renomination.
			61st
		62nd
14	Harry Lane	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – May 23, 1917	63rd	11	Elected in 1912.^[4] Died.
		64th
		65th
Vacant			May 23, 1917 – May 29, 1917
15	Charles L. McNary		Republican	May 29, 1917 – November 5, 1918		Appointed to continue Lane's term. Elected to the next term, but not to finish the current term.
16	Frederick W. Mulkey		Republican	November 6, 1918 – December 17, 1918		Elected to finish Lane's term. Resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
17	Charles L. McNary		Republican	December 18, 1918 – February 25, 1944		Appointed to finish Mulkey's term, having already been elected to the next term.
			66th		12	Elected in 1918.
		67th
		68th
		69th	13		Re-elected in 1924.
		70th
		71st
		72nd	14		Re-elected in 1930.
		73rd
		74th
		75th	15		Re-elected in 1936.
		76th
		77th
		78th	16		Re-elected in 1942. Died.
Vacant				February 25, 1944 – March 13, 1944
18	Guy Cordon			Republican	March 13, 1944 – January 3, 1955	Appointed to continue McNary's term. Elected to finish McNary's term.
				79th
		80th
		81st	17	Re-elected in 1948. Lost re-election.
		82nd
		83rd
19	Richard L. Neuberger	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – March 9, 1960	84th	18	Elected in 1954. Died.
		85th
		86th
Vacant			March 9, 1960 – March 23, 1960
20	Hall S. Lusk		Democratic	March 23, 1960 – November 9, 1960		Appointed to continue Neuberger's term. Retired when successor elected.
21	Maurine Brown Neuberger		Democratic	November 9, 1960 – January 3, 1967		Elected to finish her husband's term.
			87th		19	Re-elected in 1960. Retired.
		88th
		89th
22	Mark Hatfield	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1997	90th	20	Elected in 1966.
		91st
		92nd
		93rd		21	Re-elected in 1972.
		94th
		95th
		96th		22	Re-elected in 1978.
		97th
		98th
		99th		23	Re-elected in 1984.
		100th
		101st
		102nd		24	Re-elected in 1990. Retired.
		103rd
		104th
23	Gordon Smith	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	105th	25	Elected in 1996.
		106th
		107th
		108th		26	Re-elected in 2002. Lost re-election 2008.
		109th
		110th
24	Jeff Merkley	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – Present	111th	27	Elected in 2008.
		112th
		113th
		114th		28	Re-elected in 2014.
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle wherein the first cycle had a term of office ending in 1795, and whose seats in recent years were/are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Joseph Lane	Democratic	February 14, 1859 – March 3, 1861	35th	1	Elected in 1859. Retired.
1	Joseph Lane	36th	February 14, 1859 – March 3, 1861		1	Elected in 1859. Retired.
2	James W. Nesmith	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1867	37th	2	Elected in 1861. Lost re-election.
		38th
		39th
3	Henry W. Corbett	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th	3	Elected in 1867. Retired.
		41st
		42nd
4	John H. Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd	4	Elected in 1873. Lost re-election.
		44th
		45th
5	James H. Slater	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885	46th	5	Elected in 1879. Retired.
		47th
		48th
Vacant			March 3, 1885 – December 17, 1885	49th	6
6	John H. Mitchell	Republican	December 17, 1885 – March 3, 1897	49th		Elected late in 1885.
		50th
		51st
		52nd		7	Re-elected in 1891. Lost re-election.
		53rd
		54th
Vacant			March 3, 1897 – October 7, 1898	55th	8
7	Joseph Simon	Republican	October 7, 1898 – March 3, 1903	55th		Elected late in 1898. Retired.
		56th
		57th
8	Charles W. Fulton	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909	58th	9	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
		59th
		60th
9	George E. Chamberlain	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1921	61st	10	Elected in 1908.^[4]
		62nd
		63rd
		64th		11	Re-elected in 1914. Lost re-election, 1920.
		65th
		66th
10	Robert N. Stanfield	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927	67th	12	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
		68th
		69th
11	Frederick Steiwer	Republican	March 4, 1927 – January 31, 1938	70th	13	Elected in 1926.
		71st
		72nd
		73rd		14	Re-elected in 1932. Resigned.
		74th
		75th
Vacant			January 31, 1938 – February 11, 1938
12	Alfred E. Reames		Democratic		February 11, 1938 – November 9, 1938	Appointed to continue Steiwer's term. Retired when successor elected.
13	Alexander G. Barry		Republican		November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939	Elected to finish Steiwer's term. Retired.
14	Rufus C. Holman		Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	76th	15	Elected in 1938. Lost renomination.
		77th
		78th
15	Wayne Morse	Republican (until 1952).^[5]	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1969	79th	16	Elected in 1944.
		80th
		81st
		82nd		17	Re-elected in 1950.
		82nd				Independent (1952–1955)^[5]
		83rd
		Democratic (from 1955)^[5]				84th
		85th		18	Re-elected in 1956.
		86th
		87th
		88th		19	Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
		89th
		90th
16	Bob Packwood	Republican	January 3, 1969 – October 1, 1995	91st	20	Elected in 1968.
		92nd
		93rd
		94th		21	Re-elected in 1974.
		95th
		96th
		97th		22	Re-elected in 1980.
		98th
		99th
		100th		23	Re-elected in 1986.
		101st
		102nd
		103rd		24	Re-elected in 1992. Resigned.
		104th			Re-elected in 1992. Resigned.
Vacant			October 1, 1995 – February 6, 1996
17	Ron Wyden		Democratic		February 6, 1996 – Present	Elected to finish Packwood's term.
			105th			Elected to finish Packwood's term.
		106th	25	Re-elected in 1998.
		107th
		108th
		109th	26	Re-elected in 2004.
		110th
		111th
		112th	27	Re-elected in 2010.
		113th
		114th
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Living former U.S. Senators from Oregon

As of April 2015, there are two former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Oregon that are currently living, one from Class 2 and one from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office (Congressional years as a congressmen/women/senators while in office)	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Bob Packwood	1969 - 1995	3	(1932-09-11) September 11, 1932
Gordon H. Smith	1997 - 2009	2	(1952-05-25) May 25, 1952

References

↑ "Initiative, Referendum and Recall Introduction". Oregon Blue Book. Salem, Oregon: Oregon Secretary of State. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "U.S. Senators from Oregon". Oregon Blue Book. Salem, Oregon: Oregon Secretary of State. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ Carey, Charles Henry (1922). History of Oregon. Chicago, Illinois: Pioneer Publishing. pp. 837–838.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Selected by popular vote, elected by Legislature
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wayne Morse was elected as a Republican in 1944 and reelected as a Republican in 1950. He changed to Independent in 1952 and to Democrat in 1955. He was reelected as a Democrat in 1956 and 1962.

External links

"U. S. Senators from Oregon". Oregon State Archives. Retrieved May 25, 2011.