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Missouri: U.S. Senators


U.S. Senators from Missouri, 1821-2022 (May be incomplete!)
David Barton 1821-31 Thomas Hart Benton 1821-51 Alexander Buckner 1831-33 Lewis F. Linn 1833-43 David R. Atchison 1843-48 David R. Atchison 1849-55 Henry S. Geyer 1851-57 James S. Green 1857-61 Trusten Polk 1857-62 Waldo P. Johnson 1861-62 John B. Henderson 1862-69 Robert Wilson 1862-63 B. Gratz Brown 1863-67 Charles D. Drake 1867-70 Carl Schurz 1869-75 Daniel Tarbox Jewett 1870-71 Francis P. Blair, Jr. 1871-73 Lewis V. Bogy 1873-77 Francis M. Cockrell 1875-1905 David H. Armstrong 1877-79 James Shields 1879 George G. Vest 1879-1903 William J. Stone 1903-18 William Warner 1905-11 James A. Reed 1911-29 Xenophon Pierce Wilfley 1918 Selden P. Spencer 1918-25 George H. Williams 1925-26 Harry B. Hawes 1926-33 Roscoe C. Patterson 1929-35 Bennett Champ Clark 1931-45 Harry S. Truman 1935-45 Forrest C. Donnell 1945-51 Frank P. Briggs 1945-47 James P. Kem 1947-53 Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. 1951-60 Stuart Symington 1953-76 Edward V. Long 1960-68 Thomas F. Eagleton 1969-87 John C. Danforth 1976-95 Christopher S. Bond 1987- John Ashcroft 1995-2001 Jean Carnahan 2001-02 James M. Talent 2002- Claire McCaskill 2007-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1833 Jun 6: Alexander Buckner, died in office.
  • 1843 Oct 3: Lewis F. Linn, died in office.
  • 1862 Jan 10: Trusten Polk, expelled.
  • 1877 Sep 20: Lewis V. Bogy, died in office.
  • 1914 Nov 3: William J. Stone (Dem), elected; Thomas J. Akins (Rep), defeated; Arthur N. Sager (Progressive), defeated; Thomas E. Greene (Socialist), defeated; Orange J. Hill (Prohibition), defeated; J. W. Molineaux (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1916 Nov 7: James A. Reed (Dem), elected; Walter S. Dickey (Rep), defeated; Kate R. O'Hare (Socialist), defeated; Joseph Scheidler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1918 Apr 14: William J. Stone, died in office.
  • 1918 Apr 30: Xenophon Pierce Wilfley, appointed.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Selden P. Spencer (Rep), elected; Joseph W. Folk (Dem), defeated; Caleb Lipscomb (Socialist), defeated; William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1920: Henry S. Priest (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Selden P. Spencer (Rep), elected; Breckinridge Long (Dem), defeated; Elias F. Hodges (Socialist), defeated; W. J. Mallett (Farmer-Workers), defeated; Andrew Trudell (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1922 Aug 1: James A. Reed (Dem), nominated; Breckinridge Long (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert I. Young (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1922 Aug 1: Reginald R. Brewster (Rep), nominated; William Sacks (Rep), defeated in primary; Jesse W. Barrett (Rep), defeated in primary; John C. McKinley (Rep), defeated in primary; David M. Proctor (Rep), defeated in primary; John H. Parker (Rep), defeated in primary; Sterling P. Bond (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1922 Aug 1: William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1922 Aug 1: William M. Brandt (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1922 Nov 7: James A. Reed (Dem), elected; Reginald R. Brewster (Rep), defeated; William M. Brandt (Socialist), defeated; William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1925 May 16: Selden P. Spencer, died in office.
  • 1926 Aug 3: Harry B. Hawes (Dem), nominated; Ewing Cockrell (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert I. Young (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1926 Aug 3: Harry B. Hawes (Dem), nominated; Willis H. Meredith (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert I. Young (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1926 Aug 3: George H. Williams (Rep), nominated; David M. Proctor (Rep), defeated in primary; W. Blodgett Priest (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1926 Aug 3: George H. Williams (Rep), nominated; W. Blodgett Priest (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Harry B. Hawes (Dem), elected; George H. Williams (Rep), defeated; Herman P. Faris (Prohibition), defeated; Robert D. Morrison (Socialist), defeated; William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Harry B. Hawes (Dem), elected; George H. Williams (Rep), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Roscoe C. Patterson (Rep), elected; Charles M. Hay (Dem), defeated; Charles H. Harrison (Socialist), defeated; William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1932: Dewey Short, defeated for nomination.
  • 1932: W. Blodgett Priest (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Bennett Champ Clark (Dem), elected; Henry W. Kiel (Rep), defeated; Joseph G. Hodges (Socialist), defeated; Herman P. Farris (Prohibition), defeated; Julius Pollack (Communist), defeated; Karl Oberheu (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1933 Feb 3: Harry B. Hawes, resigned.
  • 1934: Jacob L. Milligan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1934 Aug 7: John J. Cochran (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Harry S. Truman (Dem), elected; Roscoe C. Patterson (Rep), defeated; W. C. Meyer (Socialist), defeated; Frank Brown (Communist), defeated; William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Bennett Champ Clark (Dem), elected; Henry S. Caulfield (Rep), defeated; Joseph G. Hodges (Socialist), defeated; Karl Oberheu (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1940 Aug 6: Harry S. Truman (Dem), nominated; Lloyd C. Stark (Dem), defeated in primary; Maurice M. Milligan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1940 Aug 6: Manvel H. Davis (Rep), nominated; David M. Proctor (Rep), defeated in primary; Harold H. Milligan (Rep), defeated in primary; William E. Byers (Rep), defeated in primary; Ewing Young Mitchell (Rep), defeated in primary; Paul O. Peters (Rep), defeated in primary; Hiram Grosby (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Harry S. Truman (Dem), elected; Manvel H. Davis (Rep), defeated; William F. Rinck (Socialist), defeated; Theodore Baeff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1944 Aug 1: Roy McKittrick (Dem), nominated; Bennett Champ Clark (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1944 Aug 1: Forrest C. Donnell (Rep), nominated; Howard V. Stephens (Rep), defeated in primary; Charles A. Shaw (Rep), defeated in primary; Charles E. Rendlen (Rep), defeated in primary; Charles P. Noell (Rep), defeated in primary; William McKinley Thomas (Rep), defeated in primary; Hiram Grosby (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Forrest C. Donnell (Rep), elected; Roy McKittrick (Dem), defeated; Doris B. Preisler (Socialist), defeated; William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1945 Jan 18: Frank P. Briggs, appointed.
  • 1946: William McKinley Thomas (Rep), defeated in primary; Hiram Grosby (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1946 Aug 6: William P. Elmer (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1946 Nov 5: James P. Kem (Rep), elected; Frank P. Briggs (Dem), defeated; F. H. Jackson (Prohibition), defeated; William F. Rinck (Socialist), defeated; Theodore Baeff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1950: William McKinley Thomas (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1950 Aug 1: Forrest C. Donnell (Rep), nominated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (Dem), elected; Forrest C. Donnell (Rep), defeated; John W. Hamilton (Christian Nationalist), defeated; Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1952 Aug 5: Stuart Symington (Dem), nominated; Jonathan E. Taylor (Dem), defeated in primary; John A. Johnson (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1952 Aug 5: James P. Kem (Rep), nominated; William McKinley Thomas (Rep), defeated in primary; Hiram Grosby (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1952 Nov 4: Stuart Symington (Dem), elected; James P. Kem (Rep), defeated; Haven P. Perkins (Progressive), defeated; Joseph G. Hodges (Socialist), defeated; Christian Frederick, defeated; Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (Dem), elected; Herbert Douglas (Rep), defeated.
  • 1958 Nov 4: Stuart Symington (Dem), elected; Hazel Palmer (Rep), defeated.
  • 1960 Sep 13: Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., died in office.
  • 1960 Sep 23: Edward V. Long, appointed.
  • 1960 Nov 8: Edward V. Long (Dem), elected; Lon Hocker (Rep), defeated.
  • 1962 Nov 6: Edward V. Long (Dem), elected; Crosby Kemper (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964 Aug 4: Stuart Symington (Dem), nominated; William McKinley Thomas (Dem), defeated in primary; Wilford G. Winholtz (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1964 Aug 4: Jean Paul Bradshaw (Rep), nominated; Morris D. Duncan (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Stuart Symington (Dem), elected; Jean Paul Bradshaw (Rep), defeated.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Thomas F. Eagleton (Dem), elected; Thomas B. Curtis (Rep), defeated.
  • 1968 Dec 27: Edward V. Long, resigned.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Stuart Symington (Dem), elected; John C. Danforth (Rep), defeated; Gene Chapman (American Independent), defeated; E. J. DiGirolamo (Nonpartisan), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Thomas F. Eagleton (Dem), elected; Thomas B. Curtis (Rep), defeated; C. E. 'Cliff' Talmage (Ind), defeated.
  • 1976: James W. Symington (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1976 Aug 21: Jim Spainhower (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1976 Nov 2: John C. Danforth (Rep), elected; Warren E. Hearnes (Dem), defeated; Lawrence Petty (Ind), defeated.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Thomas F. Eagleton (Dem), elected; Gene McNary (Rep), defeated; Martha E. Pettit (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1982: Mel Hancock (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1982 Nov 2: John C. Danforth (Rep), elected; Harriett Woods (Dem), defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: Christopher S. Bond (Rep), elected; Harriett Woods (Dem), defeated.
  • 1988 Nov 8: John C. Danforth (Rep), elected; Jay Nixon (Dem), defeated; John Guze (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Christopher S. Bond (Rep), elected; Geri Rothman-Serot (Dem), defeated; Jeanne F. Bojarski (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: John Ashcroft (Rep), elected; Alan D. Wheat (Dem), defeated; Bill Johnson (Libertarian), defeated; Jock Peacock (Ind), defeated; Cyrill Kolocotronis (Ind), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Christopher S. Bond (Rep), elected; Jay Nixon (Dem), defeated; Tamara A. Millay (Libertarian), defeated; J. Curtis Frazier (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; James F. Newport (Reform), defeated.
  • 2000 Aug 8: Mel Carnahan (Dem), nominated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Mel Carnahan (Dem), elected; John Ashcroft (Rep), defeated; Evaline Taylor (Green), defeated; Grant S. Stauffer (Libertarian), defeated; Hugh Foley (Reform), defeated; Charles Dockins (Natural Law), defeated.
  • 2001 Jan 3: Jean Carnahan, appointed.
  • 2002 Nov 5: James M. Talent (Rep), elected; Jean Carnahan (Dem), defeated; Tamara A. Millay (Libertarian), defeated; Daniel Romano (Green), defeated.
  • 2004 Aug 3: Nancy Farmer (Dem), nominated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Christopher S. Bond (Rep), elected; Nancy Farmer (Dem), defeated; Kevin Tull (Libertarian), defeated; Don Griffin (Constitution), defeated.
  • 2010: Glenn Miller, defeated.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Claire McCaskill (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Aug 7: W. Todd Akin (Rep), nominated; John G. Brunner (Rep), defeated in primary; Sarah Steelman (Rep), defeated in primary; Jerry Beck (Rep), defeated in primary; Hector Maldonado (Rep), defeated in primary; Robert Poole (Rep), defeated in primary; Mark Memoly (Rep), defeated in primary; Mark Patrick Lodes (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Jonathan Dine (Libertarian), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Claire McCaskill (Dem), elected; W. Todd Akin (Rep), defeated; Jonathan Dine (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2022: Mark McCloskey (Rep), defeated in primary.
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