List of United States Senators from Utah

Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently 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 has recently 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	Frank J. Cannon	Republican	January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1899	Elected in 1896.	1	54th Congress	1	Elected in 1896. Retired.	January 22, 1896 – March 3, 1897	Republican	Arthur Brown	1
		Silver Republican				55th Congress	2	Elected in 1897. Lost renomination.	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Democratic	Joseph L. Rawlins	2
Vacant			March 4, 1899 – January 23, 1901	Legislature was unable to agree on an appointee; Cannon and Alfred W. McCune were the frontrunners.[1]	2	56th Congress
2	Thomas Kearns	Republican	January 23, 1901 – March 3, 1905	Elected late in 1901. Retired.
		57th Congress
		58th Congress				3	Elected in 1903.	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1933	Republican	Reed Smoot	3
3	George Sutherland	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1917	Elected in 1905.	3				59th Congress
		60th Congress
		61st Congress				4	Re-elected in 1909.
		Re-elected in 1911. Lost re-election.		4	62nd Congress
					63rd Congress
					64th Congress	5	Re-elected in 1914.
4	William H. King	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941	Elected in 1916.	5				65th Congress
		66th Congress
		67th Congress				6	Re-elected in 1920.
		Re-elected in 1922.		6	68th Congress
					69th Congress
					70th Congress	7	Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
		Re-elected in 1928.		7	71st Congress
					72nd Congress
					73rd Congress	8	Elected in 1932.	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Elbert D. Thomas	4
		Re-elected in 1934. Lost renomination.		8	74th Congress
					75th Congress
					76th Congress	9	Re-elected in 1938.
5	Abe Murdock	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947	Elected in 1940. Lost re-election.	9				77th Congress
		78th Congress
		79th Congress				10	Re-elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
6	Arthur V. Watkins	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	Elected in 1946.	10				80th Congress
		81st Congress
		82nd Congress				11	Elected in 1950.	January 3, 1951 – December 20, 1974	Republican	Wallace F. Bennett	5
		Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.		11	83rd Congress
					84th Congress
					85th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1956.
7	Frank E. Moss	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977	Elected in 1958.	12				86th Congress
		87th Congress
		88th Congress				13	Re-elected in 1962.
		Re-elected in 1964.		13	89th Congress
					90th Congress
					91st Congress	14	Re-elected in 1968. Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
		Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election.		14	92nd Congress
					93rd Congress
							Appointed to finish Bennett's term, having already been elected to the next term	December 21, 1974 – January 3, 1993	Republican	Jake Garn	6
					94th Congress	15	Elected in 1974.
8	Orrin Hatch	Republican	January 3, 1977 – Present	Elected in 1976.	15				95th Congress
		96th Congress
		97th Congress				16	Re-elected in 1980.
		Re-elected in 1982.		16	98th Congress
					99th Congress
					100th Congress	17	Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
		Re-elected in 1988.		17	101st Congress
					102nd Congress
					103rd Congress	18	Elected in 1992.	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	Republican	Bob Bennett	7
		Re-elected in 1994.		18	104th Congress
					105th Congress
					106th Congress	19	Re-elected in 1998.
		Re-elected in 2000.		19	107th Congress
					108th Congress
					109th Congress	20	Re-elected in 2004. Lost renomination.
		Re-elected in 2006.		20	110th Congress
					111th Congress
					112th Congress	21	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	Mike Lee	8
		Re-elected in 2012.		21	113th Congress
					114th Congress
					115th Congress	22	To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					22							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 Utah

As of May 2016, there is one living former Senator from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Jake Garn	1974–1993	3	October 12, 1932

References

1. "Utah Fails to Elect Senator". Boston Evening Transcript. March 10, 1899. Retrieved April 30, 2010.

See also

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