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	35	1	Elected in 1859 Lost re-election
Vacant			March 3, 1859 – October 1, 1860	36	2	Legislature failed to elect
2	Edward D. Baker	Republican	October 1, 1860 – October 21, 1861	36 (Continued)		Elected late in 1860 Died
				37
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	37 (Continued)		Elected to finish Baker's term Retired
				38
5	George H. Williams	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39	3	Elected in 1865 Lost re-election
				40
				41
6	James K. Kelly	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	42	4	Elected in 1871 Retired
				43
				44
7	La Fayette Grover	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45	5	Elected in 1877 Retired
				46
				47
8	Joseph N. Dolph	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895	48	6	Elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	7	Re-elected in 1889 Lost re-election
				52
				53
9	George W. McBride	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	54	8	Elected in 1895 Lost renomination
				55
				56
10	John H. Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1901 – December 8, 1905	57	9	Elected in 1900 Died
				58
				59
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	60	10	Elected in 1906[4] Lost renomination
				61
				62
14	Harry Lane	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – May 23, 1917	63	11	Elected in 1912[4] Died
				64
				65
Vacant			May 23, 1917 – May 29, 1917
15	Charles L. McNary	Republican	May 29, 1917 – November 5, 1918			Appointed to continue Lane's term Retired when successor elected
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
				66	12	Elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	13	Re-elected in 1924
				70
				71
				72	14	Re-elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	15	Re-elected in 1936
				76
				77
				78	16	Re-elected in 1942 Died
Vacant			February 25, 1944 – March 13, 1944
18	Guy Cordon	Republican	March 13, 1944 – January 3, 1955	78 (Continued)		Appointed to continue McNary's term Elected to finish McNary's term
				79
				80
				81	17	Re-elected in 1948 Lost re-election
				82
				83
19	Richard L. Neuberger	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – March 9, 1960	84	18	Elected in 1954 Died
				85
				86
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
				87	19	Re-elected in 1960 Retired
				88
				89
22	Mark Hatfield	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1997	90	20	Elected in 1966
				91
				92
				93	21	Re-elected in 1972
				94
				95
				96	22	Re-elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	23	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	24	Re-elected in 1990 Retired
				103
				104
23	Gordon Smith	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	105	25	Elected in 1996
				106
				107
				108	26	Re-elected in 2002 Lost re-election 2008
				109
				110
24	Jeff Merkley	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – Present	111	27	Elected in 2008
				112
				113
				114	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	35	1	Elected in 1859 Retired
				36
2	James W. Nesmith	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1867	37	2	Elected in 1861 Lost re-election
				38
				39
3	Henry W. Corbett	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40	3	Elected in 1867 Retired
				41
				42
4	John H. Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43	4	Elected in 1873 Lost re-election
				44
				45
5	James H. Slater	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885	46	5	Elected in 1879 Retired
				47
				48
Vacant			March 3, 1885 – December 17, 1885	49	6
6	John H. Mitchell	Republican	December 17, 1885 – March 3, 1897	49 (Continued)		Elected late in 1885
				50
				51
				52	7	Re-elected in 1891 Lost re-election
				53
				54
Vacant			March 3, 1897 – October 7, 1898	55	8
7	Joseph Simon	Republican	October 7, 1898 – March 3, 1903	55 (Continued)		Elected late in 1898 Retired
				56
				57
8	Charles W. Fulton	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909	58	9	Elected in 1902 Lost re-election
				59
				60
9	George E. Chamberlain	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1921	61	10	Elected in 1908[4]
				62
				63
				64	11	Re-elected in 1914 Lost re-election, 1920
				65
				66
10	Robert N. Stanfield	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927	67	12	Elected in 1920 Lost re-election
				68
				69
11	Frederick Steiwer	Republican	March 4, 1927 – January 31, 1938	70	13	Elected in 1926
				71
				72
				73	14	Re-elected in 1932 Resigned
				74
				75
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	76	15	Elected in 1938 Lost renomination
				77
				78
15	Wayne Morse	Republican (until 1952)[5]	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1969	79	16	Elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	17	Re-elected in 1950
		Independent (1952–1955)[5]		82 (Continued)
				83
		Democratic (from 1955)[5]		84
				85	18	Re-elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	19	Re-elected in 1962 Lost re-election
				89
				90
16	Bob Packwood	Republican	January 3, 1969 – October 1, 1995	91	20	Elected in 1968
				92
				93
				94	21	Re-elected in 1974
				95
				96
				97	22	Re-elected in 1980
				98
				99
				100	23	Re-elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	24	Re-elected in 1992 Resigned
				104
Vacant			October 1, 1995 – February 6, 1996
17	Ron Wyden	Democratic	February 6, 1996 – Present	104 (Continued)		Elected to finish Packwood's term
				105
				106	25	Re-elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	26	Re-elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	27	Re-elected in 2010
				113
				114
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Oregon
• List of United States Representatives from Oregon

References

External links

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