List of United States Senators from Florida

Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, and elects its senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Florida's Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861, due to its secession from the Union. They were again filled since July 1868. Its current senators are Bill Nelson (D) and Marco Rubio (R).

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three U.S. Congress in the first elections of 1845, and then the seat was contested again every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two United States Congresses in the first elections of 1845, and then the seat was contested again every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	David Levy Yulee	Democratic	July 1, 1845 – March 3, 1851	Elected in 1845. Lost re-election.	1	29th Congress	1	Elected in 1845. Retired.	July 1, 1845 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	James Westcott	1
		30th Congress
		31st Congress				2	Elected in 1848. Retired.	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	Whig	Jackson Morton	2
2	Stephen Mallory	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 21, 1861[1]	Elected in 1851.	2				32nd Congress
		33rd Congress
		34th Congress				3	Elected in 1855. Withdrew.[1]	March 4, 1855 – January 21, 1861[1]	Democratic	David Levy Yulee	3
		Re-elected in 1857. Withdrew.[1]		3	35th Congress
					36th Congress
Vacant			January 21, 1861[1] – June 17, 1868				Civil War and Reconstruction	Civil War and Reconstruction	January 21, 1861[1] – June 25, 1868	Vacant
					37th Congress	4
				4	38th Congress
					39th Congress
					40th Congress	5
3	Adonijah Welch	Republican	June 17, 1868 – March 3, 1869				Elected to finish term. Retired.
		Elected to finish term. Retired.						June 25, 1868 – March 3, 1873	Republican	Thomas W. Osborn	4
4	Abijah Gilbert		Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Elected in 1868 or 1869. Retired.		5		41st Congress
			42nd Congress
		43rd Congress	6			Elected in 1873. Retired.		March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	Republican	Simon B. Conover	5
5	Charles W. Jones	Democratic		March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1887	Elected in 1875.		6		44th Congress
		45th Congress
		46th Congress	7			Elected in 1879.		March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1897	Democratic	Wilkinson Call	6
		Re-elected in 1881. Retired.			7		47th Congress
							48th Congress
			49th Congress			8	Elected in 1885.
Vacant			March 4, 1887 – May 19, 1887		8				50th Congress
6	Samuel Pasco	Democratic	May 19, 1887 – April 18, 1899	Elected late to finish term in 1887.
		51st Congress
		52nd Congress				9	Elected in 1891. Retired.
		Appointed in 1893 to continue next term. Elected to finish term.		9	53rd Congress
					54th Congress
					55th Congress	10	Elected in 1897.	May 15, 1897 – December 23, 1907	Democratic	Stephen R. Mallory, Jr.	7
		Appointed in 1899 to continue next term. Lost election to finish term.		10	56th Congress
Vacant			April 18, 1899 – April 20, 1899
7	James P. Taliaferro	Democratic	April 20, 1899 – March 3, 1911						Elected to finish Pasco's term
		57th Congress
		58th Congress			11	Appointed to start term. Elected to finish term. Died.
		Re-elected in 1904. Lost re-election.		11			59th Congress
							60th Congress
								December 23, 1907 – December 26, 1907	Vacant
						Appointed to finish Mallory's term. Died.		December 26, 1907 – March 22, 1908	Democratic	William James Bryan	8
								March 22, 1908 – March 27, 1908	Vacant
						Appointed to finish Mallory/Bryan's term. Retired.		March 27, 1908 – March 3, 1909	Democratic	William Hall Milton	9
					61st Congress	12	Elected in 1908.	March 4, 1909 – June 17, 1936	Democratic	Duncan U. Fletcher	10
8	Nathan P. Bryan	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	Elected in 1910. Lost re-election.	12				62nd Congress
		63rd Congress
		64th Congress				13	Re-elected in 1914.
9	Park Trammell	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – May 8, 1936	Elected in 1916.	13				65th Congress
		66th Congress
		67th Congress				14	Re-elected in 1920.
		Re-elected in 1922.		14	68th Congress
					69th Congress
					70th Congress	15	Re-elected in 1926.
		Re-elected in 1928.		15	71st Congress
					72nd Congress
					73rd Congress	16	Re-elected in 1932. Died.
		Re-elected in 1934. Died.		16	74th Congress
Vacant			May 8, 1936 – May 26, 1936
10	Scott M. Loftin	Democratic	May 26, 1936 – November 3, 1936						Appointed to continue Trammell's term. Successor elected.
							June 17, 1936 – July 1, 1936	Vacant
		Appointed to continue Fletcher's term. Retired when successor qualified.					July 1, 1936 – November 3, 1936	Democratic	William Luther Hill	11
11	Charles O. Andrews	Democratic	November 4, 1936 – September 18, 1946				Elected to finish Trammell's term.	Elected to finish Fletcher's term.	November 4, 1936 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Claude Pepper	12
		75th Congress
		76th Congress			17	Re-elected in 1938.
		Elected to full term in 1940. Died.		17			77th Congress
							78th Congress
					79th Congress	18	Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
Vacant			September 18, 1946 – September 25, 1946
12	Spessard Holland	Democratic	September 25, 1946 – January 3, 1971					Elected to finish Andrews's term.
		Re-elected in 1946.		18	80th Congress
					81st Congress
					82nd Congress	19	Elected in 1950.	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	George Smathers	13
		Re-elected in 1952.		19	83rd Congress
					84th Congress
					85th Congress	20	Re-elected in 1956.
		Re-elected in 1958.		20	86th Congress
					87th Congress
					88th Congress	21	Re-elected in 1962. Retired.
		Re-elected in 1964. Retired.		21	89th Congress
					90th Congress
					91st Congress	22	Elected in 1968. Retired and resigned early.	January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1974	Republican	Edward J. Gurney	14
13	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989	Elected in 1970.	22				92nd Congress
		93rd Congress
							Appointed to finish Gurney's term, having been elected to the next term	January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1980	Democratic	Richard Stone	15
		94th Congress				23	Elected in 1974. Lost re-election and resigned early.
		Re-elected in 1976.		23	95th Congress
					96th Congress
							Appointed to finish Stone's term, having been elected to the next term	January 1, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican	Paula Hawkins	16
					97th Congress	24	Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.
		Re-elected in 1982. Retired.		24	98th Congress
					99th Congress
					100th Congress	25	Elected in 1986.	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005	Democratic	Bob Graham	17
14	Connie Mack III	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001	Elected in 1988.	25				101st Congress
		102nd Congress
		103rd Congress				26	Re-elected in 1992.
		Re-elected in 1994. Retired.		26	104th Congress
					105th Congress
					106th Congress	27	Re-elected in 1998. Retired.
15	Bill Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – Present	Elected in 2000.	27				107th Congress
		108th Congress
		109th Congress				28	Elected in 2004. Resigned.	January 3, 2005 – September 9, 2009	Republican	Mel Martínez	18
		Re-elected in 2006.		28	110th Congress
					111th Congress
								September 9, 2009 – September 10, 2009	Vacant
							Appointed to finish Martínez's term. Retired.	September 10, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Republican	George LeMieux	19
					112th Congress	29	Elected in 2010. Retiring to run for U.S. President.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	Marco Rubio	20
		Re-elected in 2012.		29	113th Congress
					114th Congress
					115th Congress	30	To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					30							116th Congress
												117th Congress
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Florida

As of April 2015, there are five living former U.S. Senators from Florida, one from Class 1 and four from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Richard Stone	1975–1980	3	September 22, 1928
Bob Graham	1987–2005	3	November 9, 1936
Connie Mack III	1989–2001	1	October 29, 1940
Mel Martinez	2005–2009	3	October 23, 1946
George LeMieux	2009–2011	3	May 21, 1969

See also

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

References

1. Mallory and Yulee, along with several other senators, announced they were withdrawing from the Senate on January 21, 1861, due to their states' decisions to secede from the Union. Mallory's seat was declared vacant by the Senate on March 14, 1861, but Yulee's was already vacant because his term ended at noon on March 4, 1861.