List of United States Senators from Colorado

Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, and elects senators to Senate Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican Cory Gardner.

List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that was first elected just to finish the 46th United States Congress in the first elections of 1876, and were elected also in 1876 to the term beginning in 1877. The seat in recent years have been contested in 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that was first elected to finish the 46th United States Congress and for the next Congress in the first elections of 1876. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
Vacant			August 1, 1876 – November 15, 1876	Colorado did not elect its Senators until three months after statehood.	1	44th Congress	1	Colorado did not elect its Senators until three months after statehood.	August 1, 1876 – November 15, 1876	Vacant
1	Henry M. Teller	Republican	November 15, 1876 – April 17, 1882	Elected in 1876.	1	44th Congress		Elected in 1876. Retired.	November 15, 1876 – March 3, 1879	Republican	Jerome B. Chaffee	1
		Elected to next term in 1876 or 1877. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.		2	45th Congress			Elected in 1876. Retired.	November 15, 1876 – March 3, 1879		Jerome B. Chaffee	1
					46th Congress	2	Elected in 1879. Lost re-nomination.	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885	Republican	Nathaniel P. Hill	2
					47th Congress
2	George M. Chilcott	Republican	April 17, 1882 – January 27, 1883						Appointed to continue Teller's term. Did not run to finish the term.
3	Horace Tabor	Republican	January 27, 1883 – March 3, 1883						Elected to finish Teller's term. Retired.
4	Thomas M. Bowen	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	Election date unknown. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.	3				48th Congress
		49th Congress				3	Elected in 1885.	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1909	Republican	Henry M. Teller	3
		50th Congress
5	Edward O. Wolcott	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1901	Elected in 1889.	4				51st Congress
		52nd Congress				4	Re-elected in 1891.
		53rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1895. Lost re-election.		5	54th Congress
					55th Congress	5	Re-elected January 20, 1897.^[1]		Silver Republican
					56th Congress
6	Thomas M. Patterson	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	Elected in 1901. Retired.	6				57th Congress
		58th Congress				6	Re-elected in 1903. Retired.		Democratic
		59th Congress
7	Simon Guggenheim	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	Elected in 1906. Retired.	7				60th Congress
		61st Congress				7	Elected in 1909. Died.	March 4, 1909 – January 11, 1911	Democratic	Charles J. Hughes, Jr.	4
		61st Congress						January 11, 1911 – January 15, 1913	Vacant
		62nd Congress						January 11, 1911 – January 15, 1913	Vacant
		62nd Congress					Elected to finish Hughes's term.	January 15, 1913 – March 3, 1921	Democratic	Charles S. Thomas	5
8	John F. Shafroth	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.	8		Elected to finish Hughes's term.		63rd Congress
		64th Congress				8	Re-elected in 1914. Lost re-election.
		65th Congress
9	Lawrence C. Phipps	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931	Elected in 1918.	9				66th Congress
		67th Congress				9	Elected in 1920. Died.	March 4, 1921 – March 24, 1923	Republican	Samuel D. Nicholson	6
		68th Congress					Elected in 1920. Died.	March 4, 1921 – March 24, 1923		Samuel D. Nicholson	6
								March 24, 1923 – May 17, 1923	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Nicholson's term. Retired.	May 17, 1923 – November 30, 1924	Democratic	Alva B. Adams	7
							Elected to finish Nicholson's term. Lost renomination.	December 1, 1924 – March 3, 1927	Republican	Rice W. Means	8
		Re-elected in 1924. Retired.		10	69th Congress		Elected to finish Nicholson's term. Lost renomination.	December 1, 1924 – March 3, 1927		Rice W. Means	8
					70th Congress	10	Elected in 1926. Died.	March 4, 1927 – August 27, 1932	Republican	Charles W. Waterman	9
					71st Congress
10	Edward P. Costigan	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937	Elected in 1930. Retired.	11				72nd Congress
							August 27, 1932 – September 26, 1932	Vacant
		Appointed to continue Waterman's term. Lost election to finish Waterman's term.					September 26, 1932 – December 6, 1932	Democratic		Walter Walker	10
		Elected to finish Waterman's term. Lost re-election.					December 7, 1932 – March 3, 1933	Republican		Karl C. Schuyler	11
		73rd Congress				11	Elected in 1932.	March 4, 1933 – December 1, 1941		Democratic	Alva B. Adams	12
		74th Congress
11	Edwin C. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1955	Elected in 1936.	12				75th Congress
		76th Congress				12	Re-elected in 1938. Died.
		77th Congress					Re-elected in 1938. Died.
								December 1, 1941 – December 20, 1941	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Adams's term. Elected November 4, 1942 to finish Adams's term.^[2]	December 20, 1941 – January 3, 1957	Republican	Eugene Millikin	13
		Re-elected in 1942.		13	78th Congress
					79th Congress	13	Elected to full term in 1944.
					80th Congress
		Re-elected in 1948. Retired.		14	81st Congress
					82nd Congress	14	Re-elected in 1950. Retired.
					83rd Congress
12	Gordon L. Allott	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1973	Elected in 1954.	15				84th Congress
		85th Congress				15	Elected in 1956. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963	Democratic	John A. Carroll	14
		86th Congress
		Re-elected in 1960.		16	87th Congress
					88th Congress	16	Elected in 1962.	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975	Republican	Peter H. Dominick	15
					89th Congress
		Re-elected in 1966. Lost re-election.		17	90th Congress
					91st Congress	17	Re-elected in 1968. Lost re-election.
					92nd Congress
13	Floyd K. Haskell	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	Elected in 1972. Lost re-election.	18				93rd Congress
		94th Congress				18	Elected in 1974.	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987	Democratic	Gary Hart	16
		95th Congress
14	William L. Armstrong	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991	Elected in 1978.	19				96th Congress
		97th Congress				19	Re-elected in 1980. Retired.
		98th Congress
		Re-elected in 1984. Retired.		20	99th Congress
					100th Congress	20	Elected in 1986. Retired.	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	Tim Wirth	17
					101st Congress
15	Hank Brown	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	Elected in 1990. Retired.	21				102nd Congress
		103rd Congress				21	Elected in 1992. Changed parties March 3, 1995.	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	Democratic	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	18
		104th Congress
		104th Congress							Republican
16	Wayne Allard	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	Elected in 1996.	22				105th Congress
		106th Congress				22	Re-elected in 1998. Retired.
		107th Congress
		Re-elected in 2002. Retired.		23	108th Congress
					109th Congress	23	Elected in 2004. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.	January 3, 2005 – January 20, 2009	Democratic	Ken Salazar	19
					110th Congress
17	Mark Udall	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.	24				111th Congress
		Appointed to finish Salazar's term.					January 21, 2009 – Present	Democratic	111th Congress	Michael Bennet	20
		112th Congress				24		Elected to full term in 2010.
		113th Congress
18	Cory Gardner	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	Elected in 2014.	25				114th Congress
		115th Congress				39		Re-elected in 2016.
		116th Congress
To be determined in the 2020 election.					26				117th Congress
To be determined in the 2020 election.					26	118th Congress	26	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former Senators

As of October 2016, there are seven former U.S. Senators from Colorado who are currently living at this time, three from Class 2 and four from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was William L. Armstrong of Class 2 (1979-1991) on July 5, 2016. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was John A. Carroll (1957-1963) on August 31, 1983. The most recently serving Class 3 senator to die was Peter H. Dominick (1963-1975) on March 18, 1981.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Gary Hart	1975–1987	3	(1936-11-28) November 28, 1936
Tim Wirth	1987–1993	3	(1939-09-22) September 22, 1939
Hank Brown	1991–1997	2	(1940-02-12) February 12, 1940
Ben N. Campbell	1993–2005	3	(1933-04-13) April 13, 1933
Wayne Allard	1997–2009	2	(1943-12-02) December 2, 1943
Ken Salazar	2005–2009	3	(1955-03-02) March 2, 1955
Mark Udall	2009–2015	2	(1950-07-18) July 18, 1950

Notes

↑ "Teller in Colorado.". The New York Times. January 21, 1897. p. 2.
↑ Byrd, p. 86.

References

Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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