List of United States Senators from Idaho

This is a list of United States Senators from Idaho. Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, and its senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3. Idaho's current Senators are Mike Crapo and Jim Risch.

List of Senators

Class 2

Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three U.S. Congresses in the first elections of 1890, and then the seat was contested every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.

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Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one United States Congress in the first elections of 1890, and then the seat was contested every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.

# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T
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1
George Shoup
Republican December 18, 1890 –
March 3, 1901
Elected in 1890. 1 51st Congress 1 Elected in 1890.

Retired.
December 18, 1890 –
March 3, 1891
Republican
William McConnell
1
52nd Congress 2 Elected in 1890.

Lost re-election as a Silver Republican.
March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1897
Republican
Fred Dubois
2
53rd Congress
Re-elected in 1895.

Lost re-election.
2 54th Congress
55th Congress 3 Elected in 1896.

Retired.
March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1903
Populist
Henry Heitfeld
3
56th Congress
2
Fred Dubois
Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1907
Elected in 1900 as a Silver Republican, but changed party to Democratic.

Lost re-election.
3 57th Congress
58th Congress 4 Elected in 1902 March 4, 1903 –
October 17, 1912
Republican
Weldon Heyburn
4
59th Congress
3
William Borah
Republican March 4, 1907 –
January 19, 1940
Elected in 1907 4 60th Congress
61st Congress 5 Re-elected in 1908.

Died.
62nd Congress
October 17, 1912 –
November 18, 1912
Vacant  
Appointed to continue Heyburn's term.

Lost election to finish Heyburn's term.
November 18, 1912 –
January 24, 1913
Democratic
Kirtland Perky
5
Elected to finish Heyburn's term January 24, 1913 –
January 13, 1918
Republican
James Brady
6
Re-elected in 1912 5 63rd Congress
64th Congress 6 Re-elected in 1914.

Died.
65th Congress
  January 13, 1918 –
January 22, 1918
Vacant
Appointed to continue Brady's term.

Resigned to become a Federal Trade Commissioner, having lost election to a full term.
January 22, 1918 –
January 14, 1921
Democratic
John Nugent
7
Re-elected in 1918 6 66th Congress
Appointed to finish Nugent's term, having been elected to the next term. January 15, 1921 –
June 24, 1928
Republican
Frank Gooding
8
67th Congress 7 Elected to full term in 1920.
68th Congress
Re-elected in 1924. 7 69th Congress
70th Congress 8 Re-elected in 1926.

Died.
  June 24, 1928 –
June 30, 1928
Vacant
Appointed to continue Gooding's term.

Elected to finish Gooding's term.

Lost re-election.
June 30, 1928 –
March 3, 1933
Republican
John W. Thomas
9
71st Congress
Re-elected in 1930. 8 72nd Congress
73rd Congress 9 Elected in 1932.

Lost renomination.
March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
Democratic
James Pope
10
74th Congress
Re-elected in 1936.

Died.
9 75th Congress
76th Congress 10 Elected in 1938.

Lost renomination.
January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1945
Democratic
D. Worth Clark
11
Vacant January 19, 1940 –
January 27, 1940
 
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John W. Thomas
Republican January 27, 1940 –
November 10, 1945
Appointed to continue Borah's term.

Elected to finish Borah's term.
77th Congress
Re-elected in 1942.

Died.
10 78th Congress
79th Congress 11 Elected in 1944.

Lost renomination.
January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1951
Democratic
Glen H. Taylor
12
Vacant November 10, 1945 –
November 17, 1945
 
5
Charles C. Gossett
Democratic November 17, 1945 –
November 5, 1946
Appointed to continue Thomas's term.

Lost nomination to finish Thomas's term.
6
Henry Dworshak
Republican November 6, 1946 –
January 3, 1949
Elected to finish Thomas's term.

Lost re-election.
80th Congress
7
Bert H. Miller
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
October 8, 1949
Elected in 1948.

Died.
11 81st Congress
Vacant October 8, 1949 –
October 14, 1949
 
8
Henry Dworshak
Republican October 14, 1949 –
July 23, 1962
Appointed to continue Miller's term.

Elected to finish Miller's term.
82nd Congress 12 Elected in 1950.

Lost re-election.
January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1957
Republican
Herman Welker
13
83rd Congress
Re-elected in 1954 12 84th Congress
85th Congress 13 Elected in 1956. January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1981
Democratic
Frank Church
14
86th Congress
Re-elected in 1960.

Died.
13 87th Congress
Vacant July 23, 1962 –
August 6, 1962
 
9
Len Jordan
Republican August 6, 1962 –
January 3, 1973
Appointed to continue Dworshak's term.

Elected to finish Dworshak's term.
88th Congress 14 Re-elected in 1962.
89th Congress
Re-elected in 1966.

Retired.
14 90th Congress
91st Congress 15 Re-elected in 1968.
92nd Congress
10
Jim McClure
Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1991
Elected in 1972. 15 93rd Congress
94th Congress 16 Re-elected in 1974.

Lost re-election.
95th Congress
Re-elected in 1978. 16 96th Congress
97th Congress 17 Elected in 1980. January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1993
Republican
Steve Symms
15
98th Congress
Re-elected in 1984.

Retired.
17 99th Congress
100th Congress 18 Re-elected in 1986.

Retired.
101st Congress
11
Larry Craig
Republican January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 2009
Elected in 1990. 18 102nd Congress
103rd Congress 19 Elected in 1992.

Retired to run for Idaho Governor.
January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1999
Republican
Dirk Kempthorne
16
104th Congress
Re-elected in 1996. 19 105th Congress
106th Congress 20 Elected in 1998. January 3, 1999 –
Present
Republican
Mike Crapo
17
107th Congress
Re-elected in 2002.

Retired.
20 108th Congress
109th Congress 21 Re-elected in 2004.
110th Congress
12
Jim Risch
Republican January 3, 2009 –
Present
Elected in 2008. 21 111th Congress
112th Congress 22 Re-elected in 2010.
113th Congress
Re-elected in 2014. 22 114th Congress
115th Congress 23 To be determined in the 2016 election.
116th Congress
To be determined in the 2020 election. 23 117th Congress
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Living former U.S. Senators from Idaho

As of April 2015, there are three living former U.S. Senators, one from Class 2 and two from Class 3.

Senator Term of office Class Date of birth (and age)
Steve Symms 1981–1993 3 April 23, 1938
Larry Craig 1991–2009 2 July 20, 1945
Dirk Kempthorne 1993–1999 3 October 29, 1951

See also

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