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Utah: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Utah, 1896-2022 (May be incomplete!)
Arthur Brown 1896-97 Frank J. Cannon 1896-99 Joseph L. Rawlins 1897-1903 Thomas Kearns 1901-05 Reed Smoot 1903-33 George Sutherland 1905-17 William H. King 1917-41 Elbert D. Thomas 1933-51 Abe Murdock 1941-47 Arthur V. Watkins 1947-59 Wallace F. Bennett 1951-73 Frank E. Moss 1959-77 Wallace F. Bennett 1974-75 Jake Garn 1975-93 Orrin G. Hatch 1977-2019 Robert F. Bennett 1992- Mike Lee 2011- Mitt Romney 2019-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1914 Nov 3: Reed Smoot (Rep), elected; James H. Moyle (Dem & Progressive), defeated; J. F. Parsons (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1916 Nov 7: William H. King (Dem & Prohibition), elected; George Sutherland (Rep), defeated; Christian Poulson (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Reed Smoot (Rep), elected; Milton H. Welling (Dem), defeated; J. Alex Bevan (Socialist & Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 7: William H. King (Dem), elected; Ernest Bamberger (Rep), defeated; Charles T. Stoney (Socialist & Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Reed Smoot (Rep), elected; Ashby Snow (Dem), defeated; Charles T. Stoney (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: William H. King (Dem), elected; Ernest Bamberger (Rep), defeated; Charles T. Stoney (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Elbert D. Thomas (Dem), elected.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Elbert D. Thomas (Dem), elected; Franklin S. Harris (Rep), defeated.
  • 1940: William H. King, defeated for nomination.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Abe Murdock (Dem), elected; Philo T. Farnsworth, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Elbert D. Thomas (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Arthur V. Watkins (Rep), elected; Abe Murdock (Dem), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Wallace F. Bennett (Rep), elected; Elbert D. Thomas (Dem), defeated; Bill Baker (Ind), defeated.
  • 1952: Walter K. Granger, defeated; Arthur V. Watkins (Rep), elected.
  • 1958: Arthur V. Watkins (Rep), defeated.
  • 1962: David S. King, defeated.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Frank E. Moss (Dem), elected; Ernest L. Wilkinson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Wallace F. Bennett (Rep), elected; Milton L. Weilenmann (Dem), defeated; Bruce D. Phillips (Ind), defeated.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Frank E. Moss (Dem), elected; Laurence J. Burton (Rep), defeated; Clyde B. Freeman (American Independent), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Jake Garn (Rep), elected; Wayne Owens (Dem), defeated; Kenneth Rex Larsen (American), defeated.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Orrin G. Hatch (Rep), elected; Frank E. Moss (Dem), defeated; George M. Batchelor (American), defeated; Steve Trotter (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Jake Garn (Rep), elected; Dan Berman (Dem), defeated; Bruce Bangerter (Ind), defeated; George M. Batchelor (American), defeated.
  • 1982 Nov 2: Orrin G. Hatch (Rep), elected; Ted L. Wilson (Dem), defeated; George Mercier (Libertarian), defeated; Lawrence R. Kauffman (American), defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: Jake Garn (Rep), elected; Craig S. Oliver (Dem), defeated; Hugh A. Butler (Libertarian), defeated; Mary C. Zins (Ind), defeated.
  • 1988 Nov 8: Orrin G. Hatch (Rep), elected; Brian H. Moss (Dem), defeated; Robert J. Smith (American), defeated; William M. Arth (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Robert F. Bennett (Rep), elected; Wayne Owens (Dem), defeated; Anita R. Morrow (Populist), defeated; Maury Modine (Libertarian), defeated; Patricia Grogan (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Orrin G. Hatch (Rep), elected; Patrick A. Shea (Dem), defeated; Craig S. Oliver (Ind), defeated; Gary R. Van Horn (American), defeated; Nelson Gonzalez (Socialist Workers), defeated; Lawrence R. Topham (Independent American), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Robert F. Bennett (Rep), elected; Scott Leckman (Dem), defeated; Gary R. Van Horn (Independent American), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Orrin G. Hatch (Rep), elected; Scott N. Howell (Dem), defeated; Carlton Edward Bowen (Independent American), defeated; Jim Dexter (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2006: Scott Bradley (Constitution), defeated.
  • 2010: Scott Bradley (Constitution), defeated.
  • 2010 Jun 22: Timothy Bridgewater (Rep), defeated in primary; Mike Lee (Rep), nominated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Mike Lee (Rep), elected.
  • 2022 Nov 8: Evan McMullin (Independent), defeated.
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