List of United States Senators from New York

This is a list of the United States Senators who have represented the State of New York. New York ratified the United States Constitution on July 26, 1788. The date of the beginning of the tenure is either the first day of the legislative term (Senators who were elected regularly before the term began), or the day when they took the seat (Senators who were elected in special elections to fill vacancies, or after the term began).

[edit] Class 1

Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election in 1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The last two U.S. senators have been women.

#	Senator	Took office	Left office	Party	Background	Term	Electoral history
1	Philip Schuyler	July 27, 1789	March 3, 1791	Federalist	State Senator	1	Elected in 1789 Lost re-election
2	Aaron Burr	March 4, 1791	March 3, 1797	Democratic-Republican	New York State Attorney General	2	Elected in 1791 Lost re-election
3	Philip Schuyler	March 4, 1797	January 3, 1798	Federalist	Ex-U.S. Senator (1789–1791)	3	Elected in 1797 Resigned due to ill health
Vacant		January 3, 1798	February 2, 1798				Vacant
4	John Sloss Hobart	February 2, 1798	April 16, 1798	Federalist	Justice of the New York Supreme Court		Elected in a special election to fill Schuyler's vacancy Resigned when appointed federal judge
Vacant		April 16, 1798	May 5, 1798				Vacant
5	William North	May 5, 1798	August 17, 1798	Federalist	State Assemblyman		Appointed to fill Hobart's vacancy Successor elected
Vacant		August 17, 1798	December 11, 1798				Vacant
6	James Watson	December 11, 1798	March 19, 1800	Federalist	State Senator		Elected in a special election to fill Hobart's vacancy Resigned when appointed Naval Officer of the Port of New York
Vacant		March 19, 1800	May 3, 1800				Vacant
7	Gouverneur Morris	May 3, 1800	March 3, 1803	Federalist	United States Ambassador to France		Elected in a special election to fill Watson's vacancy Lost re-election
8	Theodorus Bailey	March 4, 1803	January 16, 1804	Democratic-Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	4	Elected in 1803 Resigned
Vacant		January 16, 1804	February 25, 1804				Vacant
9	John Armstrong, Jr.	February 25, 1804	June 30, 1804	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Senator (Class 3)		Elected in a special election to fill Bailey's vacancy Resigned to become Minister to France
Vacant		June 30, 1804	November 23, 1804				Vacant
10	Samuel L. Mitchill	November 23, 1804	March 3, 1809	Democratic-Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives		Elected in a special election to fill Armstrong's vacancy Lost re-election
11	Obadiah German	March 4, 1809	March 3, 1815	Democratic-Republican	State Assemblyman	5	Elected in 1809
12	Nathan Sanford	March 4, 1815	March 3, 1821	Democratic-Republican	State Senator	6	Elected in 1815 Lost re-election
13	Martin Van Buren	March 4, 1821	December 20, 1828	Democratic-Republican/Bucktails	New York State Attorney General	7	Elected in 1821
						8	Re-elected in 1827 Resigned, elected Governor
Vacant		December 20, 1828	January 29, 1829				Vacant
14	Charles E. Dudley	January 29, 1829	March 3, 1833	Democratic	Mayor of Albany		Elected in a special election to fill Van Buren's vacancy
15	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge	March 4, 1833	March 3, 1839	Democratic	State Senator	9	Elected in 1833
	Vacant	March 4, 1839	January 27, 1840			10	Vacant
	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge	January 27, 1840	June 17, 1844	Whig	U.S. Senator (1833–1839)		Elected late Resigned when appointed Governor of Wisconsin Territory
Vacant		June 17, 1844	November 30, 1844				Vacant
16	Daniel S. Dickinson	November 30, 1844	March 3, 1851	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of New York		Appointed to fill Tallmadge's vacancy
						11	Elected in 1845 Lost re-election
Vacant		March 4, 1851	December 1, 1851			12	Vacant
17	Hamilton Fish	December 1, 1851	March 3, 1857	Whig	Governor of New York		Elected late Retired
				Republican
18	Preston King	March 4, 1857	March 3, 1863	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	13	Elected in 1857 Retired
19	Edwin D. Morgan	March 4, 1863	March 3, 1869	Republican	Governor of New York	14	Elected in 1863 Lost re-nomination
20	Reuben Fenton	March 4, 1869	March 3, 1875	Republican	Governor of New York	15	Elected in 1869
21	Francis Kernan	March 4, 1875	March 3, 1881	Democratic	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	16	Elected in 1875 Lost re-election
22	Thomas C. Platt	March 4, 1881	May 16, 1881	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	17	Elected in 1881 Resigned because of a disagreement with the President over federal appointments in New York
Vacant		May 16, 1881	October 11, 1881				Vacant
23	Warner Miller	October 11, 1881	March 3, 1887	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives		Elected in a special election to fill Platt's vacancy Lost re-election
24	Frank Hiscock	March 4, 1887	March 3, 1893	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	18	Elected in 1887 Lost re-election
25	Edward Murphy, Jr.	March 4, 1893	March 3, 1899	Democratic	Mayor of Troy	19	Elected in 1893 Lost re-election
26	Chauncey Depew	March 4, 1899	March 3, 1911	Republican	Chairman of New York Central Railroad	20	Elected in 1899
						21	Re-elected in 1905 Lost re-election
Vacant		March 3, 1911	April 4, 1911			22	Vacant
27	James A. O'Gorman	April 4, 1911	March 3, 1917	Democratic	Justice of the Supreme Court of New York (Last U.S. Senator elected by any state legislature)		Elected late Retired
28	William M. Calder	March 4, 1917	March 3, 1923	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	23	Elected in 1916 Lost re-election
29	Royal S. Copeland	March 4, 1923	June 17, 1938	Democratic	President of the New York City Board of Health	24	Elected in 1922
						25	Re-elected in 1928
						26	Re-elected in 1934 Died
Vacant		June 17, 1938	December 3, 1938				Vacant
30	James M. Mead	December 3, 1938	January 3, 1947	Democratic	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives		Elected in a special election to fill Copeland's vacancy
						27	Re-elected in 1940 Retired to run for Governor of New York in 1946
31	Irving M. Ives	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1959	Republican	State Assemblyman	28	Elected in 1946
						29	Re-elected in 1952 Retired
32	Kenneth Keating	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1965	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	30	Elected in 1958 Lost re-election
33	Robert F. Kennedy	January 3, 1965	June 6, 1968	Democratic	Attorney General of the United States	31	Elected in 1964 Died
Vacant		June 6, 1968	September 10, 1968				Vacant
34	Charles Goodell	September 10, 1968	January 3, 1971	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives		Appointed to fill Kennedy's vacancy Lost Election
35	James L. Buckley	January 3, 1971	January 3, 1977	Conservative	Businessman; As of June 2010, the last U.S. Senator elected only on a third-party ticket	32	Elected in 1970 Lost re-election
36	Daniel Patrick Moynihan	January 3, 1977	January 3, 2001	Democratic	United States Ambassador to the United Nations	33	Elected in 1976
						34	Re-elected in 1982
						35	Re-elected in 1988
						36	Re-elected in 1994 Retired
37	Hillary Rodham Clinton	January 3, 2001	January 21, 2009	Democratic	First Lady of the United States	37	Elected in 2000
						38	Re-elected in 2006 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
Vacant		January 21, 2009	January 25, 2009				Vacant
38	Kirsten Gillibrand	January 25, 2009	Incumbent	Democratic	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives		Appointed to fill Clinton's vacancy
#	Senator	Took office	Left office	Party	Background	Term	Electoral history

[edit] Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election in 1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Took office	Left office	Party	Background	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Rufus King	July 25, 1789	May 23, 1796	Federalist	State Assemblyman	1	1	Elected in 1789
						2
						3
						4	2	Re-elected in 1795 Resigned; appointed Minister to Great Britain
Vacant		May 23, 1796	December 8, 1796					Vacant
2	John Laurance	December 8, 1796	August 1800	Federalist	Judge of the U.S. District Court for NY			Elected in a special election to fill King's vacancy Resigned
						5
						6
Vacant		August 1800	January 8, 1801					Vacant
3	John Armstrong, Jr.	January 8, 1801	February 5, 1802	Democratic-Republican	Delegate to the Continental Congress			Elected in a special election to fill Laurance's vacancy
						7	3	Re-elected in 1801 Resigned
Vacant		February 5, 1802	February 23, 1802					Vacant
4	DeWitt Clinton	February 23, 1802	November 4, 1803	Democratic-Republican	State Senator			Elected in a special election to fill Armstrong's vacancy Resigned; unhappy with living conditions in Washington, DC
						8
Vacant		November 4, 1803	December 8, 1803					Vacant
5	John Armstrong, Jr.	December 8, 1803	February 23, 1804	Democratic-Republican	Ex-U.S. Senator (1801–1802)			Appointed Resigned; Elected to the Class 1 seat
6	John Smith	February 23, 1804	March 3, 1813	Democratic-Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives			Elected in a special election to fill Armstrong's vacancy
						9
						10	4	Re-elected in 1807
						11
						12
7	Rufus King	March 4, 1813	March 3, 1819	Federalist	Ex-U.S. Senator (1789–1796), Federalist candidate for President (1816)	13	5	Elected in 1813 Legislature failed to elect
						14
						15
	Vacant	March 4, 1819	January 25, 1820			16	6	Vacant
	Rufus King	January 25, 1820	March 3, 1825	National Republican				Re-elected late Retired due to advanced age
						17
						18
Vacant		March 4, 1825	January 31, 1826	See U.S. Senate election in NY 1825-26		19	7	Vacant
8	Nathan Sanford	January 31, 1826	March 3, 1831	Democratic-Republican	Chancellor of New York, Ex-U.S. Senator (1815–1821)			Elected late Retired
						20
						21
9	William L. Marcy	March 4, 1831	January 1, 1833	Democratic	Justice of the Supreme Court of New York	22	8	Elected in 1831 Resigned; elected Governor
Vacant		January 1, 1833	January 14, 1833					Vacant
10	Silas Wright, Jr.	January 14, 1833	November 26, 1844	Democratic	New York State Comptroller			Elected in a special election to fill Marcy's vacancy
						23
						24
						25	9	Re-elected in 1837
						26
						27
						28	10	Re-elected in 1843 Resigned; elected Governor
Vacant		November 26, 1844	November 30, 1844					Vacant
11	Henry A. Foster	November 30, 1844	January 27, 1845	Democratic	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed Successor elected
12	John Adams Dix	January 27, 1845	March 3, 1849	Democratic	Secretary of State of New York			Elected in a special election to fill Wright's vacancy Lost re-election
						29
						30
13	William H. Seward	March 4, 1849	March 3, 1861	Whig	Governor of New York	31	11	Elected in 1849
						32
						33
				Republican		34	12	Re-elected as a Republican in 1855
						35
						36
14	Ira Harris	March 4, 1861	March 3, 1867	Republican	Justice of the Supreme Court of New York	37	13	Elected in 1861 Lost re-nomination
						38
						39
15	Roscoe Conkling	March 4, 1867	May 16, 1881	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	40	14	Elected in 1867
						41
						42
						43	15	Re-elected in 1873
						44
						45
						46	16	Re-elected in 1879 Resigned to protest President's appointment of an opponent
						47
Vacant		May 16, 1881	October 11, 1881					Vacant
16	Elbridge G. Lapham	October 11, 1881	March 3, 1885	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives			Elected in a special election to fill Conkling's vacancy Retired
						48
17	William M. Evarts	March 4, 1885	March 3, 1891	Republican	United States Secretary of State	49	17	Elected in 1885 Lost re-election
						50
						51
Vacant		March 4, 1891	January 7, 1892			52	18	Vacant
18	David B. Hill	January 7, 1892	March 3, 1897	Democratic	Governor of New York			Elected in 1891 but took his seat only after term as Governor ended Lost re-election
						53
						54
19	Thomas C. Platt	March 4, 1897	March 3, 1909	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	55	19	Elected in 1897
						56
						57
						58	20	Re-elected in 1903 Retired
						59
						60
20	Elihu Root	March 4, 1909	March 3, 1915	Republican	United States Secretary of State	61	21	Elected in 1909 Retired
						62
						63
21	James W. Wadsworth, Jr.	March 4, 1915	March 3, 1927	Republican	Speaker of the New York State Assembly	64	22	Elected in 1914
						65
						66
						67	23	Re-elected in 1920 Lost re-election
						68
						69
22	Robert F. Wagner	March 4, 1927	June 28, 1949	Democratic	Justice of the Supreme Court of New York	70	24	Elected in 1926
						71
						72
						73	25	Re-elected in 1932
						74
						75
						76	26	Re-elected in 1938
						77
						78
						79	27	Re-elected in 1944 Resigned due to ill health
						80
						81
Vacant		June 28, 1949	July 7, 1949					Vacant
23	John Foster Dulles	July 7, 1949	January 3, 1950	Republican	Attorney			Appointed to fill Wagner's vacancy Lost special election
24	Herbert H. Lehman	January 3, 1950	January 3, 1957	Democratic	Governor of New York			Elected in a special election to fill Wagner's vacancy
						82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Retired
						83
						84
Vacant		January 3, 1957	January 9, 1957			85	29	Vacant
25	Jacob K. Javits	January 9, 1957	January 3, 1981	Republican	New York State Attorney General			Elected in 1956, but took seat late to prevent the Governor from appointing a rival to be his successor as NY Attorney General
						86
						87
						88	30	Re-elected in 1962
						89
						90
						91	31	Re-elected in 1968
						92
						93
						94	32	Re-elected in 1974 Lost re-election
						95
						96
26	Al D'Amato	January 3, 1981	January 3, 1999	Republican	Town of Hempstead Presiding Supervisor	97	33	Elected in 1980
						98
						99
						100	34	Re-elected in 1986
						101
						102
						103	35	Re-elected in 1992 Lost re-election
						104
						105
27	Chuck Schumer	January 3, 1999	Incumbent	Democratic	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	106	36	Elected in 1998
						107
						108
						109	37	Re-elected in 2004
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#	Senator	Took office	Left office	Party	Background	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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