List of United States Senators who were born or died in the 1920s
This is a list of the 71 United States Senators who were born in the 1920s and of the 100 senators who died in the same period. There are 26 senators listed in bold who died in office.
Births
Senator |
State |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James B. Pearson |
Kansas |
1962–1978 |
|Republican |
May 7, 1920 |
January 13, 2009 |
|
William B. Spong, Jr. |
Virginia |
1966–1973 |
|Democratic |
September 29, 1920 |
October 8, 1997 |
|
Lloyd Bentsen |
Texas |
1971–1993 |
|Democratic |
February 11, 1921 |
May 23, 2006 |
|
Howell Heflin |
Alabama |
1979–1997 |
|Democratic |
June 19, 1921 |
March 29, 2005 |
|
John Glenn |
Ohio |
1974–1999 |
|Democratic |
July 18, 1921 |
Living |
|
William V. Roth, Jr. |
Delaware |
1971–2001 |
|Republican |
July 22, 1921 |
December 13, 2003 |
|
J. James Exon |
Nebraska |
1979–1997 |
|Democratic |
August 9, 1921 |
June 10, 2005 |
|
Henry Bellmon |
Oklahoma |
1969–1981 |
|Republican |
September 3, 1921 |
September 29, 2009 |
|
Jesse Helms |
North Carolina |
1973–2003 |
|Republican |
October 18, 1921 |
July 4, 2008 |
|
Ernest Hollings |
South Carolina |
1966–2005 |
|Democratic |
January 1, 1922 |
Living |
|
Jocelyn Burdick |
North Dakota |
1992 |
|Democratic |
February 6, 1922 |
Living |
|
Harold Hughes |
Iowa |
1969–1975 |
|Democratic |
February 10, 1922 |
October 23, 1996 |
|
Mark Hatfield |
Oregon |
1967–1997 |
|Republican |
July 12, 1922 |
August 7, 2011 |
|
George McGovern |
South Dakota |
1963–1981 |
|Democratic |
July 19, 1922 |
October 21, 2012 |
|
Charles Mathias |
Maryland |
1969–1987 |
|Republican |
July 24, 1922 |
January 25, 2010 |
|
Paul Laxalt |
Nevada |
1974–1987 |
|Republican |
August 2, 1922 |
Living |
|
John Chafee |
Rhode Island |
1976–1999 |
|Republican |
October 22, 1922 |
October 24, 1999 |
|
James Abdnor |
South Dakota |
1981–1987 |
|Republican |
February 13, 1923 |
May 16, 2012 |
|
James L. Buckley |
New York |
1971–1977 |
|Conservative |
March 9, 1923 |
Living |
|
Bob Dole |
Kansas |
1969–1996 |
|Republican |
July 22, 1923 |
Living |
|
Robert P. Griffin |
Michigan |
1966–1979 |
|Republican |
November 6, 1923 |
Living |
|
Ted Stevens |
Alaska |
1968–2009 |
|Republican |
November 18, 1923 |
August 9, 2010 |
|
Daniel Brewster |
Maryland |
1963–1969 |
|Democratic |
November 23, 1923 |
August 19, 2007 |
|
Frank Lautenberg |
New Jersey |
1982–2001, 2003–2013 |
|Democratic |
January 23, 1924 |
June 3, 2013 |
|
William Hathaway |
Maine |
1973–1979 |
|Democratic |
February 21, 1924 |
June 24, 2013 |
|
Jeremiah Denton |
Alabama |
1981–1987 |
|Republican |
July 15, 1924 |
March 28, 2014 |
|
Frank Church |
Idaho |
1957–1981 |
|Democratic |
July 25, 1924 |
April 7, 1984 |
|
John Melcher |
Montana |
1977–1989 |
|Democratic |
September 6, 1924 |
Living |
|
Daniel Inouye |
Hawaii |
1963–2012 |
|Democratic |
September 7, 1924 |
December 17, 2012 |
|
Wendell H. Ford |
Kentucky |
1974–1999 |
|Democratic |
September 8, 1924 |
Living |
|
Daniel Akaka |
Hawaii |
1990–2013 |
|Democratic |
September 11, 1924 |
Living |
|
James A. McClure |
Idaho |
1973–1991 |
|Republican |
December 27, 1924 |
February 26, 2011 |
|
Pierre Salinger |
California |
1964 |
|Democratic |
June 14, 1925 |
October 16, 2004 |
|
Dale Bumpers |
Arkansas |
1975–1999 |
|Democratic |
August 12, 1925 |
Living |
|
J. Howard Edmondson |
Oklahoma |
1963–1964 |
|Democratic |
September 27, 1925 |
November 17, 1971 |
|
John Tower |
Texas |
1961–1985 |
|Republican |
September 29, 1925 |
April 5, 1991 |
|
Robert B. Morgan |
North Carolina |
1975–1981 |
|Democratic |
October 5, 1925 |
Living |
|
Daniel J. Evans |
Washington |
1983–1989 |
|Republican |
October 16, 1925 |
Living |
|
Howard Baker |
Tennessee |
1967–1985 |
|Republican |
November 15, 1925 |
June 26, 2014 |
|
Robert F. Kennedy |
New York |
1965–1968 |
|Democratic |
November 20, 1925 |
June 6, 1968 |
|
Maryon Pittman Allen |
Alabama |
1978 |
|Democratic |
November 30, 1925 |
Living |
|
Charles Goodell |
New York |
1968–1971 |
|Republican |
March 16, 1926 |
January 21, 1987 |
|
Harris Wofford |
Pennsylvania |
1991–1995 |
|Democratic |
April 9, 1926 |
Living |
|
Walter Huddleston |
Kentucky |
1973–1985 |
|Democratic |
April 15, 1926 |
Living |
|
Mark Andrews |
North Dakota |
1981–1987 |
|Republican |
May 19, 1926 |
Living |
|
Richard Schweiker |
Pennsylvania |
1969–1981 |
|Republican |
June 1, 1926 |
Living |
|
Marlow Cook |
Kentucky |
1968–1974 |
|Republican |
July 27, 1926 |
Living |
|
Brock Adams |
Washington |
1987–1993 |
|Democratic |
January 13, 1927 |
September 10, 2004 |
|
Harlan Mathews |
Tennessee |
1993–1994 |
|Democratic |
January 17, 1927 |
May 9, 2014 |
|
Paula Hawkins |
Florida |
1981–1987 |
|Republican |
January 24, 1927 |
December 4, 2009 |
|
John Warner |
Virginia |
1979–2009 |
|Republican |
February 18, 1927 |
Living |
|
Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
New York |
1977–2001 |
|Democratic |
March 16, 1927 |
March 26, 2003 |
|
John Glenn Beall, Jr. |
Maryland |
1971–1977 |
|Republican |
June 19, 1927 |
March 24, 2006 |
|
Alan J. Dixon |
Illinois |
1981–1993 |
|Democratic |
July 7, 1927 |
July 6, 2014 |
|
Jim Broyhill |
North Carolina |
1986 |
|Republican |
August 19, 1927 |
Living |
|
Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. |
New Hampshire |
1961–1962 |
|Republican |
October 3, 1927 |
October 27, 2002 |
|
Walter Mondale |
Minnesota |
1964–1976 |
|Democratic |
January 5, 1928 |
Living |
|
Slade Gorton |
Washington |
1981–1987, 1989–2001 |
|Republican |
January 8, 1928 |
Living |
|
Lauch Faircloth |
North Carolina |
1993–1999 |
|Republican |
January 14, 1928 |
Living |
|
Birch Bayh |
Indiana |
1963–1981 |
|Democratic |
January 22, 1928 |
Living |
|
Paul G. Hatfield |
Montana |
1978 |
|Democratic |
April 29, 1928 |
July 3, 2000 |
|
Joseph Tydings |
Maryland |
1965–1971 |
|Democratic |
May 4, 1928 |
Living |
|
[...] Clark |
Iowa |
1973–1979 |
|Democratic |
September 14, 1928 |
Living |
|
Richard Stone |
Florida |
1975–1980 |
|Democratic |
September 22, 1928 |
Living |
|
Edward Zorinsky |
Nebraska |
1976–1987 |
|Democratic |
November 11, 1928 |
March 6, 1987 |
|
Paul Simon |
Illinois |
1985–1997 |
|Democratic |
November 29, 1928 |
December 9, 2003 |
|
Chic Hecht |
Nevada |
1983–1989 |
|Republican |
November 30, 1928 |
May 15, 2006 |
|
Roger Jepsen |
Iowa |
1979–1985 |
|Republican |
December 23, 1928 |
Living |
|
Elaine S. Edwards |
Louisiana |
1972 |
|Democratic |
March 8, 1929 |
Living |
|
Thomas Eagleton |
Missouri |
1968–1987 |
|Democratic |
September 4, 1929 |
March 4, 2007 |
|
David H. Gambrell |
Georgia |
1971–1972 |
|Democratic |
December 20, 1929 |
Living |
Deaths
Senator |
State |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John H. Bankhead |
Alabama |
1907–1920 |
|Democratic |
September 13, 1842 |
March 1, 1920 |
|
Henry W. Blair |
New Hampshire |
1879–1891 |
|Republican |
December 6, 1834 |
March 14, 1920 |
|
Nathan Goff, Jr. |
West Virginia |
1913–1919 |
|Republican |
February 9, 1843 |
April 24, 1920 |
|
Winthrop M. Crane |
Massachusetts |
1904–1913 |
|Republican |
April 23, 1853 |
October 2, 1920 |
|
Paris Gibson |
Montana |
1901–1905 |
|Democratic |
July 1, 1830 |
December 16, 1920 |
|
Thomas H. Paynter |
Kentucky |
1907–1913 |
|Democratic |
December 9, 1851 |
March 8, 1921 |
|
Levi Ankeny |
Washington |
1903–1909 |
|Republican |
August 1, 1844 |
March 29, 1921 |
|
Jeter Connelly Pritchard |
North Carolina |
1895–1903 |
|Republican |
July 12, 1857 |
April 10, 1921 |
|
Thomas B. Catron |
New Mexico |
1912–1917 |
|Republican |
October 6, 1840 |
May 15, 1921 |
|
Edward Douglass White |
Louisiana |
1891–1894 |
|Democratic |
November 3, 1845 |
May 19, 1921 |
|
Murphy J. Foster |
Louisiana |
1901–1913 |
|Democratic |
January 12, 1849 |
June 12, 1921 |
|
William E. Mason |
Illinois |
1897–1903 |
|Republican |
July 7, 1850 |
June 16, 1921 |
|
George P. Wetmore |
Rhode Island |
1895–1907, 1908–1913 |
|Republican |
August 2, 1846 |
September 11, 1921 |
|
Philander C. Knox |
Pennsylvania |
1904–1909, 1917–1921 |
|Republican |
May 6, 1853 |
October 12, 1921 |
|
Boies Penrose |
Pennsylvania |
1897–1921 |
|Republican |
November 1, 1860 |
December 31, 1921 |
|
Joseph Millard |
Nebraska |
1901–1907 |
|Republican |
April 20, 1836 |
January 13, 1922 |
|
John F. Shafroth |
Colorado |
1913–1919 |
|Democratic |
June 9, 1854 |
February 20, 1922 |
|
Irving W. Drew |
New Hampshire |
1918 |
|Republican |
January 8, 1845 |
April 10, 1922 |
|
Asle Gronna |
North Dakota |
1911–1921 |
|Republican |
December 10, 1858 |
May 4, 1922 |
|
William P. Pollock |
South Carolina |
1918–1919 |
|Democratic |
December 9, 1870 |
June 2, 1922 |
|
Newton C. Blanchard |
Louisiana |
1894–1897 |
|Democratic |
January 29, 1849 |
June 22, 1922 |
|
Francis S. White |
Alabama |
1914–1915 |
|Democratic |
March 13, 1847 |
August 1, 1922 |
|
William E. Crow |
Pennsylvania |
1921–1922 |
|Republican |
March 10, 1870 |
August 2, 1922 |
|
Albert J. Hopkins |
Illinois |
1903–1909 |
|Republican |
August 15, 1846 |
August 23, 1922 |
|
Thomas E. Watson |
Georgia |
1921–1922 |
|Democratic |
September 5, 1856 |
September 26, 1922 |
|
Morgan Bulkeley |
Connecticut |
1905–1911 |
|Republican |
December 26, 1837 |
November 6, 1922 |
|
Frank B. Gary |
South Carolina |
1908–1909 |
|Democratic |
March 9, 1860 |
December 7, 1922 |
|
James A. Hemenway |
Indiana |
1905–1909 |
|Republican |
March 8, 1860 |
February 10, 1923 |
|
Thomas C. Power |
Montana |
1890–1895 |
|Republican |
May 22, 1839 |
February 16, 1923 |
|
George Clement Perkins |
California |
1893–1915 |
|Republican |
August 23, 1839 |
February 26, 1923 |
|
Joseph R. Burton |
Kansas |
1901–1906 |
|Republican |
November 16, 1852 |
February 27, 1923 |
|
Samuel D. Nicholson |
Colorado |
1921–1923 |
|Republican |
February 22, 1859 |
March 24, 1923 |
|
Knute Nelson |
Minnesota |
1895–1923 |
|Republican |
February 2, 1843 |
April 28, 1923 |
|
William P. Dillingham |
Vermont |
1900–1923 |
|Republican |
December 12, 1843 |
July 12, 1923 |
|
Warren G. Harding |
Ohio |
1915–1921 |
|Republican |
November 2, 1865 |
August 2, 1923 |
|
Nathan B. Scott |
West Virginia |
1899–1911 |
|Republican |
December 18, 1842 |
January 2, 1924 |
|
William V. Allen |
Nebraska |
1893–1899, 1899–1901 |
|Populist |
January 28, 1847 |
January 12, 1924 |
|
Joseph M. Carey |
Wyoming |
1890–1895 |
|Republican |
January 19, 1845 |
February 5, 1924 |
|
Marcus A. Smith |
Arizona |
1912–1921 |
|Democratic |
January 24, 1851 |
April 7, 1924 |
|
Charles Henry Dietrich |
Nebraska |
1901–1905 |
|Republican |
November 26, 1853 |
April 10, 1924 |
|
Frederick W. Mulkey |
Oregon |
1907, 1918 |
|Republican |
January 6, 1874 |
May 5, 1924 |
|
Charles E. Townsend |
Michigan |
1911–1923 |
|Republican |
August 15, 1856 |
August 3, 1924 |
|
LeBaron Bradford Colt |
Rhode Island |
1913–1924 |
|Republican |
June 25, 1846 |
August 18, 1924 |
|
Robert J. Gamble |
South Dakota |
1901–1913 |
|Republican |
February 7, 1851 |
September 22, 1924 |
|
Joseph Millard |
Connecticut |
1905–1924 |
|Republican |
July 8, 1864 |
October 14, 1924 |
|
Cornelius Cole |
California |
1867–1873 |
|Republican |
September 17, 1822 |
November 3, 1924 |
|
Henry Cabot Lodge |
Massachusetts |
1893–1924 |
|Republican |
May 12, 1850 |
November 9, 1924 |
|
Joseph M. McCormick |
Illinois |
1919–1925 |
|Republican |
May 16, 1877 |
February 25, 1925 |
|
James Edgar Martine |
New Jersey |
1911–1917 |
|Democratic |
August 25, 1850 |
February 26, 1925 |
|
William A. Clark |
Montana |
1899–1900, 1901–1907 |
|Democratic |
January 8, 1839 |
March 2, 1925 |
|
Charles Allen Culberson |
Texas |
1899–1923 |
|Democratic |
June 10, 1855 |
March 19, 1925 |
|
William J. McConnell |
Idaho |
1890–1891 |
|Republican |
September 18, 1839 |
March 30, 1925 |
|
John Walter Smith |
Maryland |
1908–1921 |
|Democratic |
February 5, 1845 |
April 19, 1925 |
|
Selden P. Spencer |
Missouri |
1918–1925 |
|Republican |
September 16, 1862 |
May 16, 1925 |
|
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. |
Wisconsin |
1906–1925 |
|Republican, Progressive |
June 14, 1855 |
June 18, 1925 |
|
Edwin F. Ladd |
North Dakota |
1921–1925 |
|Republican |
December 13, 1859 |
June 22, 1925 |
|
George Gray |
Delaware |
1885–1899 |
|Democratic |
May 4, 1840 |
August 7, 1925 |
|
Samuel M. Ralston |
Indiana |
1923–1925 |
|Democratic |
December 1, 1857 |
October 14, 1925 |
|
Carroll S. Page |
Vermont |
1908–1923 |
|Republican |
January 10, 1843 |
December 3, 1925 |
|
Rienzi Melville Johnston |
Texas |
1913 |
|Democratic |
September 9, 1849 |
February 28, 1926 |
|
Joseph Lafayette Rawlins |
Utah |
1897–1903 |
|Democratic |
March 28, 1850 |
May 24, 1926 |
|
Watson C. Squire |
Washington |
1889–1897 |
|Republican |
May 18, 1838 |
June 7, 1926 |
|
John W. Weeks |
Massachusetts |
1913–1919 |
|Republican |
April 11, 1860 |
July 12, 1926 |
|
Albert B. Cummins |
Iowa |
1908–1926 |
|Republican |
February 15, 1850 |
July 30, 1926 |
|
Bert M. Fernald |
Maine |
1916–1926 |
|Republican |
April 3, 1858 |
August 23, 1926 |
|
Richard F. Pettigrew |
South Dakota |
1889–1901 |
|Republican |
July 23, 1848 |
October 5, 1926 |
|
Lafayette Young |
Iowa |
1910–1911 |
|Republican |
May 10, 1848 |
November 15, 1926 |
|
William B. McKinley |
Illinois |
1921–1926 |
|Republican |
September 5, 1856 |
December 7, 1926 |
|
William R. Webb |
Tennessee |
1913 |
|Democratic |
November 11, 1842 |
December 19, 1926 |
|
Henry A. du Pont |
Delaware |
1906–1917 |
|Republican |
July 30, 1838 |
December 31, 1926 |
|
Walter Guion |
Louisiana |
1918 |
|Democratic |
April 3, 1849 |
February 7, 1927 |
|
Willard Saulsbury, Jr. |
Delaware |
1913–1919 |
|Democratic |
April 17, 1861 |
February 20, 1927 |
|
David Baird |
New Jersey |
1918–1919 |
|Republican |
April 7, 1839 |
February 25, 1927 |
|
George L. Wellington |
Maryland |
1897–1903 |
|Republican |
January 28, 1852 |
March 20, 1927 |
|
James Smith, Jr. |
New Jersey |
1893–1899 |
|Democratic |
June 12, 1851 |
April 1, 1927 |
|
Albert J. Beveridge |
Indiana |
1899–1911 |
|Republican |
October 6, 1862 |
April 27, 1927 |
|
William Joseph Deboe |
Kentucky |
1897–1903 |
|Republican |
June 30, 1849 |
June 15, 1927 |
|
B. B. Comer |
Alabama |
1920 |
|Democratic |
November 7, 1848 |
August 15, 1927 |
|
Andrieus A. Jones |
New Mexico |
1917–1927 |
|Democratic |
May 16, 1862 |
December 20, 1927 |
|
William Howard Thompson |
Kansas |
1913–1919 |
|Democratic |
October 14, 1871 |
February 9, 1928 |
|
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris |
Michigan |
1923–1928 |
|Democratic |
January 6, 1853 |
March 23, 1928 |
|
Frank B. Willis |
Ohio |
1921–1928 |
|Republican |
December 28, 1871 |
March 30, 1928 |
|
Chauncey Depew |
New York |
1899–1911 |
|Republican |
April 23, 1834 |
April 5, 1928 |
|
John D. Works |
California |
1911–1917 |
|Republican |
March 29, 1847 |
June 6, 1928 |
|
Henry A. Richardson |
Delaware |
1907–1913 |
|Republican |
January 1, 1853 |
June 16, 1928 |
|
Frank R. Gooding |
Idaho |
1921–1928 |
|Republican |
September 16, 1859 |
June 24, 1928 |
|
George Earle Chamberlain |
Oregon |
1909–1921 |
|Democratic |
January 1, 1854 |
July 9, 1928 |
|
Charles A. Towne |
Minnesota |
1900–1901 |
|Democratic |
November 21, 1858 |
October 22, 1928 |
|
William E. Purcell |
North Dakota |
1910–1911 |
|Democratic |
August 3, 1856 |
November 23, 1928 |
|
Charles James Faulkner |
West Virginia |
1887–1899 |
|Democratic |
September 21, 1847 |
January 13, 1929 |
|
Oscar Underwood |
Alabama |
1915–1927 |
|Democratic |
May 6, 1862 |
January 25, 1929 |
|
Frank Putnam Flint |
California |
1905–1911 |
|Republican |
July 15, 1862 |
February 11, 1929 |
|
Moses E. Clapp |
Minnesota |
1901–1917 |
|Republican |
May 21, 1851 |
March 6, 1929 |
|
Thomas Taggart |
Indiana |
1916 |
|Democratic |
November 17, 1856 |
March 6, 1929 |
|
Joseph Weldon Bailey |
Texas |
1901–1913 |
|Democratic |
October 6, 1862 |
April 13, 1929 |
|
Cyrus Locher |
Ohio |
1928 |
|Democratic |
March 8, 1878 |
August 17, 1929 |
|
Lawrence Tyson |
Tennessee |
1925–1929 |
|Democratic |
July 4, 1861 |
August 24, 1929 |
|
Theodore E. Burton |
Ohio |
1909–1915, 1928–1929 |
|Republican |
December 20, 1851 |
October 28, 1929 |
|
Francis E. Warren |
Wyoming |
1890–1893, 1895–1929 |
|Republican |
June 20, 1844 |
November 24, 1929 |
|
LeRoy Percy |
Mississippi |
1910–1913 |
|Democratic |
November 9, 1860 |
December 24, 1929 |
See also
- List of the oldest United States Senators
- List of longest-living United States Senators
- List of living former United States Senators
- Earliest serving United States Senator
- List of former United States senators