List of United States Senators who were born or died in the 1930s
This is a list of the 79 United States Senators who were born in the 1930s and of the 102 senators who died in the same period. There are 24 senators listed in bold who died in office.
Births
Senator |
State |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arlen Specter |
Pennsylvania |
1981–2011 |
|Republican, Democratic |
February 12, 1930 |
October 14, 2012 |
|
Lawton Chiles |
Florida |
1971–1989 |
|Democratic |
April 3, 1930 |
December 12, 1998 |
|
Nicholas F. Brady |
New Jersey |
1982 |
|Republican |
April 11, 1930 |
Living |
|
Mike Gravel |
Alaska |
1969–1981 |
|Democratic |
May 13, 1930 |
Living |
|
Warren Rudman |
New Hampshire |
1980–1993 |
|Republican |
May 18, 1930 |
November 19, 2012 |
|
Adlai Stevenson III |
Illinois |
1970–1981 |
|Democratic |
October 10, 1930 |
Living |
|
Rudy Boschwitz |
Minnesota |
1978–1991 |
|Republican |
November 7, 1930 |
Living |
|
Fred R. Harris |
Oklahoma |
1964–1973 |
|Democratic |
November 13, 1930 |
Living |
|
Bill Brock |
Tennessee |
1971–1977 |
|Republican |
November 23, 1930 |
Living |
|
Mack Mattingly |
Georgia |
1981–1987 |
|Republican |
January 7, 1931 |
Living |
|
James Abourezk |
South Dakota |
1973–1979 |
|Democratic |
February 24, 1931 |
Living |
|
John Porter East |
North Carolina |
1981–1986 |
|Republican |
May 5, 1931 |
June 29, 1986 |
|
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. |
Connecticut |
1971–1989 |
|Republican |
May 16, 1931 |
Living |
|
Alan K. Simpson |
Wyoming |
1979–1997 |
|Republican |
September 2, 1931 |
Living |
|
Jim Bunning |
Kentucky |
1999–2011 |
|Republican |
October 23, 1931 |
Living |
|
Ted Kennedy |
Massachusetts |
1962–2009 |
|Democratic |
February 22, 1932 |
August 25, 2009 |
|
Zell Miller |
Georgia |
2000–2005 |
|Democratic |
February 24, 1932 |
Living |
|
Richard Lugar |
Indiana |
1977–2013 |
|Republican |
April 4, 1932 |
Living |
|
Pete Domenici |
New Mexico |
1973–2009 |
|Republican |
May 7, 1932 |
Living |
|
Bennett Johnston, Jr. |
Louisiana |
1972–1997 |
|Democratic |
June 10, 1932 |
Living |
|
Nancy Landon Kassebaum |
Kansas |
1978–1997 |
|Republican |
July 29, 1932 |
Living |
|
John Culver |
Iowa |
1975–1981 |
|Democratic |
August 8, 1932 |
Living |
|
Bob Packwood |
Oregon |
1969–1995 |
|Republican |
September 11, 1932 |
Living |
|
Jake Garn |
Utah |
1974–1993 |
|Republican |
October 12, 1932 |
Living |
|
Wendell Anderson |
Minnesota |
1976–1978 |
|Democratic |
February 1, 1933 |
Living |
|
Paul Sarbanes |
Maryland |
1977–2007 |
|Democratic |
February 3, 1933 |
Living |
|
Craig L. Thomas |
Wyoming |
1995–2007 |
|Republican |
February 17, 1933 |
June 4, 2007 |
|
Malcolm Wallop |
Wyoming |
1977–1995 |
|Republican |
February 27, 1933 |
September 14, 2011 |
|
Frank Murkowski |
Alaska |
1981–2002 |
|Republican |
March 28, 1933 |
Living |
|
Ben Nighthorse Campbell |
Colorado |
1993–2005 |
|Republican |
April 13, 1933 |
Living |
|
Dianne Feinstein |
California |
1992– |
|Democratic |
June 22, 1933 |
Living |
|
George J. Mitchell |
Georgia |
1980–1995 |
|Democratic |
August 20, 1933 |
Living |
|
Pete Wilson |
California |
1983–1991 |
|Republican |
August 23, 1933 |
Living |
|
Chuck Grassley |
Iowa |
1981– |
|Republican |
September 17, 1933 |
Living |
|
Bob Bennett |
Utah |
1993–2011 |
|Republican |
September 18, 1933 |
Living |
|
Jean Carnahan |
Missouri |
2001–2002 |
|Democratic |
December 20, 1933 |
Living |
|
Orrin Hatch |
Utah |
1977– |
|Republican |
March 22, 1934 |
Living |
|
Richard Shelby |
Alabama |
1987– |
|Democratic, Republican |
May 6, 1934 |
Living |
|
Jim Jeffords |
Vermont |
1989–2007 |
|Republican, Independent |
May 11, 1934 |
August 18, 2014 |
|
John V. Tunney |
California |
1971–1977 |
|Democratic |
June 26, 1934 |
Living |
|
Carl Levin |
Michigan |
1979– |
|Democratic |
June 28, 1934 |
Living |
|
David Durenberger |
Minnesota |
1978–1995 |
|Republican |
August 19, 1934 |
Living |
|
David Pryor |
Arkansas |
1979–1997 |
|Democratic |
August 29, 1934 |
Living |
|
Jim Inhofe |
Oklahoma |
1994– |
|Republican |
November 17, 1934 |
Living |
|
Conrad Burns |
Montana |
1989–2007 |
|Republican |
January 25, 1935 |
Living |
|
Herb Kohl |
Wisconsin |
1989–2013 |
|Democratic |
February 7, 1935 |
Living |
|
Harrison Schmitt |
New Mexico |
1977–1983 |
|Republican |
July 3, 1935 |
Living |
|
Bob Krueger |
Texas |
1993 |
|Democratic |
September 19, 1935 |
Living |
|
John A. Durkin |
New Hampshire |
1975–1980 |
|Democratic |
March 29, 1936 |
October 16, 2012 |
|
Pat Roberts |
Kansas |
1997– |
|Republican |
April 20, 1936 |
Living |
|
George Voinovich |
Ohio |
1999–2011 |
|Republican |
July 15, 1936 |
Living |
|
Barbara Mikulski |
Maryland |
1987– |
|Democratic |
July 20, 1936 |
Living |
|
Elizabeth Dole |
North Carolina |
2003–2009 |
|Republican |
July 29, 1936 |
Living |
|
John McCain |
Arizona |
1987– |
|Republican |
August 29, 1936 |
Living |
|
John Danforth |
Missouri |
1976–1995 |
|Republican |
September 5, 1936 |
Living |
|
Jim Sasser |
Tennessee |
1977–1995 |
|Democratic |
September 30, 1936 |
Living |
|
Bob Graham |
Florida |
1987–2005 |
|Democratic |
November 9, 1936 |
Living |
|
Gary Hart |
Colorado |
1975–1987 |
|Democratic |
November 28, 1936 |
Living |
|
William L. Armstrong |
Colorado |
1979–1991 |
|Republican |
March 16, 1937 |
Living |
|
Dennis DeConcini |
Arizona |
1977–1995 |
|Democratic |
May 8, 1937 |
Living |
|
Jay Rockefeller |
West Virginia |
1985– |
|Democratic |
June 18, 1937 |
Living |
|
Richard Bryan |
Nevada |
1989–2001 |
|Democratic |
July 16, 1937 |
Living |
|
Al D'Amato |
New York |
1981–1999 |
|Republican |
August 1, 1937 |
Living |
|
Roland Burris |
Illinois |
2009–2010 |
|Democratic |
August 3, 1937 |
Living |
|
John F. Seymour |
California |
1991–1992 |
|Republican |
December 3, 1937 |
Living |
|
Thad Cochran |
Mississippi |
1978– |
|Republican |
December 7, 1937 |
Living |
|
Paul G. Kirk |
Massachusetts |
2009–2010 |
|Democratic |
January 18, 1938 |
Living |
|
Donald W. Riegle, Jr. |
Michigan |
1976–1995 |
|Democratic |
February 4, 1938 |
Living |
|
Steve Symms |
Idaho |
1981–1993 |
|Republican |
April 23, 1938 |
Living |
|
Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. |
Arkansas |
1977–1979 |
|Democratic |
August 20, 1938 |
Living |
|
Sam Nunn |
Georgia |
1972–1997 |
|Democratic |
September 8, 1938 |
Living |
|
H. John Heinz III |
Pennsylvania |
1977–1991 |
|Republican |
October 23, 1938 |
April 4, 1991 |
|
Paul Coverdell |
Georgia |
1993–2000 |
|Republican |
January 20, 1939 |
July 18, 2000 |
|
Kit Bond |
Missouri |
1987–2011 |
|Republican |
March 6, 1939 |
Living |
|
Ted Kaufman |
Delaware |
2009–2010 |
|Democratic |
March 15, 1939 |
Living |
|
Chuck Robb |
Virginia |
1989–2001 |
|Democratic |
June 26, 1939 |
Living |
|
Tim Wirth |
Colorado |
1987–1993 |
|Democratic |
September 22, 1939 |
Living |
|
Tom Harkin |
Iowa |
1985– |
|Democratic |
November 19, 1939 |
Living |
|
Harry Reid |
Nevada |
1987– |
|Democratic |
December 2, 1939 |
Living |
Deaths
Senator |
State |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rebecca Latimer Felton |
Georgia |
1922 |
|Democratic |
June 10, 1835 |
January 24, 1930 |
|
Fred Dubois |
Idaho |
1891–1897, 1901–1907 |
|Republican, Silver Republican, Democratic |
May 29, 1851 |
February 14, 1930 |
|
Charles Fletcher Johnson |
Maine |
1911–1917 |
|Democratic |
February 14, 1859 |
February 15, 1930 |
|
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo |
New Mexico |
1928–1929 |
|Republican |
December 7, 1859 |
April 7, 1930 |
|
James K. Vardaman |
Mississippi |
1913–1919 |
|Democratic |
July 26, 1861 |
June 25, 1930 |
|
James D. Phelan |
California |
1915–1921 |
|Democratic |
April 20, 1861 |
August 7, 1930 |
|
Thomas Sterling |
South Dakota |
1913–1925 |
|Republican |
February 21, 1851 |
August 26, 1930 |
|
T. Coleman du Pont |
Delaware |
1921–1922, 1925–1928 |
|Republican |
December 11, 1863 |
November 11, 1930 |
|
John M. Gearin |
Oregon |
1905–1907 |
|Democratic |
August 15, 1851 |
November 12, 1930 |
|
Clarence D. Clark |
Wyoming |
1895–1917 |
|Republican |
April 16, 1851 |
November 18, 1930 |
|
Lee Slater Overman |
North Carolina |
1903–1930 |
|Democratic |
January 3, 1854 |
December 12, 1930 |
|
Frank L. Greene |
Vermont |
1923–1930 |
|Republican |
February 10, 1870 |
December 17, 1930 |
|
Edward I. Edwards |
New Jersey |
1923–1929 |
|Democratic |
December 1, 1863 |
January 26, 1931 |
|
Xenophon P. Wilfley |
Missouri |
1918 |
|Democratic |
March 18, 1871 |
May 4, 1931 |
|
Richard R. Kenney |
Delaware |
1897–1901 |
|Democratic |
September 9, 1856 |
August 14, 1931 |
|
John F. Nugent |
Idaho |
1918–1921 |
|Democratic |
June 28, 1868 |
September 18, 1931 |
|
Dwight Morrow |
New Jersey |
1930–1931 |
|Republican |
January 11, 1873 |
October 5, 1931 |
|
Thaddeus H. Caraway |
Arkansas |
1921–1931 |
|Democratic |
October 17, 1871 |
November 6, 1931 |
|
M. Hoke Smith |
Georgia |
1911–1921 |
|Democratic |
September 2, 1855 |
November 27, 1931 |
|
George Turner |
Washington |
1897–1903 |
|Democratic |
February 25, 1850 |
January 26, 1932 |
|
William J. Harris |
Georgia |
1919–1932 |
|Democratic |
February 3, 1868 |
April 18, 1932 |
|
George P. McLean |
Connecticut |
1911–1929 |
|Republican |
October 7, 1857 |
June 6, 1932 |
|
Horace Chilton |
Texas |
1891–1892, 1895–1901 |
|Democratic |
December 29, 1853 |
June 12, 1932 |
|
Charles W. Waterman |
Colorado |
1927–1932 |
|Republican |
November 2, 1861 |
August 27, 1932 |
|
John Sharp Williams |
Mississippi |
1911–1923 |
|Democratic |
July 30, 1854 |
September 27, 1932 |
|
William Alden Smith |
Michigan |
1907–1919 |
|Republican |
May 12, 1859 |
October 11, 1932 |
|
L. Heisler Ball |
Delaware |
1903–1905, 1919–1925 |
|Republican |
September 21, 1861 |
October 18, 1932 |
|
Wesley Livsey Jones |
Washington |
1909–1932 |
|Republican |
October 9, 1863 |
November 19, 1932 |
|
Guy D. Goff |
West Virginia |
1925–1931 |
|Republican |
September 13, 1866 |
January 7, 1933 |
|
Thomas J. Walsh |
Montana |
1913–1933 |
|Democratic |
June 12, 1859 |
March 2, 1933 |
|
Robert B. Howell |
Nebraska |
1923–1933 |
|Republican |
January 21, 1864 |
March 11, 1933 |
|
Adelbert Ames |
Mississippi |
1870–1874 |
|Republican |
October 31, 1835 |
April 13, 1933 |
|
Porter J. McCumber |
North Dakota |
1899–1923 |
|Republican |
February 3, 1858 |
May 18, 1933 |
|
Edwin S. Johnson |
South Dakota |
1915–1921 |
|Democratic |
February 26, 1857 |
July 19, 1933 |
|
Frank J. Cannon |
Utah |
1896–1899 |
|Republican, Silver Republican |
January 25, 1859 |
July 25, 1933 |
|
Karl C. Schuyler |
Colorado |
1932–1933 |
|Republican |
April 3, 1877 |
July 31, 1933 |
|
William S. Kenyon |
Iowa |
1911–1922 |
|Republican |
June 10, 1869 |
September 9, 1933 |
|
Porter H. Dale |
Vermont |
1923–1933 |
|Republican |
March 1, 1867 |
October 6, 1933 |
|
John B. Kendrick |
Wyoming |
1917–1933 |
|Democratic |
September 6, 1857 |
November 3, 1933 |
|
Henry C. Hansbrough |
North Dakota |
1891–1909 |
|Republican |
January 30, 1848 |
November 16, 1933 |
|
Henry F. Lippitt |
Rhode Island |
1911–1917 |
|Republican |
October 12, 1856 |
December 28, 1933 |
|
Gilbert Hitchcock |
Nebraska |
1911–1923 |
|Democratic |
September 18, 1859 |
February 3, 1934 |
|
Richard P. Ernst |
Kentucky |
1921–1927 |
|Republican |
February 28, 1858 |
April 13, 1934 |
|
John J. Blaine |
Wisconsin |
1927–1933 |
|Republican |
May 4, 1875 |
April 16, 1934 |
|
Joseph M. Dixon |
Montana |
1907–1913 |
|Republican |
July 31, 1867 |
May 22, 1934 |
|
Charles S. Thomas |
Colorado |
1913–1921 |
|Democratic |
December 6, 1849 |
June 24, 1934 |
|
Chester I. Long |
Kansas |
1903–1909 |
|Republican |
October 12, 1860 |
July 1, 1934 |
|
William F. Kirby |
Arkansas |
1916–1921 |
|Democratic |
November 16, 1867 |
July 26, 1934 |
|
John L. McLaurin |
South Carolina |
1897–1903 |
|Democratic |
May 9, 1860 |
July 29, 1934 |
|
William Scott Vare |
Pennsylvania |
1927–1929 |
|Republican |
December 24, 1867 |
August 7, 1934 |
|
William Lorimer |
Illinois |
1909–1912 |
|Republican |
April 27, 1861 |
September 13, 1934 |
|
John K. Shields |
Tennessee |
1913–1925 |
|Democratic |
August 15, 1858 |
September 30, 1934 |
|
James Taliaferro |
Florida |
1899–1911 |
|Democratic |
September 30, 1847 |
October 6, 1934 |
|
Lee Mantle |
Montana |
1895–1899 |
|Republican |
December 13, 1851 |
November 18, 1934 |
|
Edwin S. Broussard |
Louisiana |
1921–1933 |
|Democratic |
December 4, 1874 |
November 19, 1934 |
|
Joseph Simon |
Oregon |
1898–1903 |
|Republican |
February 7, 1851 |
February 14, 1935 |
|
Patrick Joseph Sullivan |
Wyoming |
1929–1930 |
|Republican |
March 17, 1865 |
April 8, 1935 |
|
Bronson M. [...] |
New Mexico |
1927–1928, 1929–1935 |
|Republican |
June 23, 1888 |
May 6, 1935 |
|
John S. Cohen |
Georgia |
1932–1933 |
|Democratic |
February 26, 1870 |
May 13, 1935 |
|
Elmer Burkett |
Nebraska |
1905–1911 |
|Republican |
December 1, 1867 |
May 23, 1935 |
|
Frederick H. Gillett |
Massachusetts |
1925–1931 |
|Republican |
October 16, 1851 |
July 31, 1935 |
|
Nathan Philemon Bryan |
Florida |
1911–1917 |
|Democratic |
April 23, 1872 |
August 8, 1935 |
|
Huey Long |
Louisiana |
1932–1935 |
|Democratic |
August 30, 1893 |
September 10, 1935 |
|
Thomas D. Schall |
Minnesota |
1925–1935 |
|Republican |
June 4, 1878 |
December 22, 1935 |
|
Charles Curtis |
Kansas |
1907–1913, 1915–1929 |
|Republican |
January 25, 1860 |
February 8, 1936 |
|
Park Trammell |
Florida |
1917–1936 |
|Democratic |
April 9, 1876 |
May 8, 1936 |
|
Duncan U. Fletcher |
Florida |
1909–1936 |
|Democratic |
January 6, 1859 |
June 17, 1936 |
|
Richard L. Murphy |
Iowa |
1933–1936 |
|Democratic |
November 6, 1875 |
July 16, 1936 |
|
Charles A. Rawson |
Iowa |
1922 |
|Republican |
May 29, 1867 |
September 2, 1936 |
|
Magnus Johnson |
Minnesota |
1923–1925 |
|Farmer-Labor |
September 19, 1871 |
September 13, 1936 |
|
James J. Couzens |
Michigan |
1922–1936 |
|Republican |
August 26, 1872 |
October 22, 1936 |
|
Elijah S. Grammer |
Washington |
1932–1933 |
|Republican |
April 3, 1868 |
November 19, 1936 |
|
Peter Norbeck |
Tennessee |
1921–1936 |
|Republican |
August 27, 1870 |
December 20, 1936 |
|
Simeon D. Fess |
Ohio |
1923–1935 |
|Republican |
December 11, 1861 |
December 23, 1936 |
|
Robert D. Carey |
Wyoming |
1930–1937 |
|Republican |
August 12, 1878 |
January 17, 1937 |
|
Elihu Root |
New York |
1909–1915 |
|Republican |
February 15, 1845 |
February 7, 1937 |
|
James B. Frazier |
Tennessee |
1905–1911 |
|Democratic |
October 8, 1856 |
March 28, 1937 |
|
William M. Butler |
Massachusetts |
1924–1926 |
|Republican |
January 29, 1861 |
March 29, 1937 |
|
Nathan L. Bachman |
Tennessee |
1933–1937 |
|Democratic |
August 2, 1878 |
April 23, 1937 |
|
Harry Stewart New |
Indiana |
1917–1923 |
|Republican |
December 31, 1858 |
May 9, 1937 |
|
William Henry Thompson |
Nebraska |
1933–1934 |
|Democratic |
December 14, 1853 |
June 6, 1937 |
|
Joseph Taylor Robinson |
Arkansas |
1913–1937 |
|Democratic |
August 26, 1872 |
July 14, 1937 |
|
Atlee Pomerene |
Ohio |
1911–1923 |
|Democratic |
December 6, 1863 |
November 12, 1937 |
|
Frank B. Kellogg |
Minnesota |
1917–1923 |
|Republican |
December 22, 1856 |
December 21, 1937 |
|
Marion Butler |
North Carolina |
1895–1901 |
|Populist |
May 20, 1863 |
June 3, 1938 |
|
Royal S. Copeland |
New York |
1923–1938 |
|Democratic |
November 7, 1868 |
June 17, 1938 |
|
Henry W. Keyes |
New Hampshire |
1919–1937 |
|Republican |
May 23, 1862 |
June 19, 1938 |
|
Obadiah Gardner |
Maine |
1911–1913 |
|Democratic |
September 13, 1852 |
July 24, 1938 |
|
J. Frank Allee |
Delaware |
1903–1907 |
|Republican |
December 2, 1857 |
October 12, 1938 |
|
Henry Heitfeld |
Idaho |
1897–1903 |
|Populist |
January 12, 1859 |
October 21, 1938 |
|
Josiah O. Wolcott |
Delaware |
1917–1921 |
|Democratic |
October 31, 1877 |
November 11, 1938 |
|
Kirtland I. Perky |
Idaho |
1912–1913 |
|Democratic |
February 8, 1867 |
January 9, 1939 |
|
Edward P. Costigan |
Colorado |
1931–1937 |
|Democratic |
July 1, 1874 |
January 17, 1939 |
|
Joseph Irwin France |
Maryland |
1917–1923 |
|Republican |
October 11, 1873 |
January 26, 1939 |
|
Newell Sanders |
Tennessee |
1912–1913 |
|Republican |
July 12, 1850 |
January 26, 1939 |
|
Frederick Steiwer |
Oregon |
1927–1938 |
|Republican |
October 13, 1883 |
February 3, 1939 |
|
William Purnell Jackson |
Maryland |
1912–1914 |
|Republican |
January 11, 1868 |
March 7, 1939 |
|
J. Hamilton Lewis |
Illinois |
1913–1919, 1931–1939 |
|Democratic |
May 18, 1863 |
April 9, 1939 |
|
Claude A. Swanson |
Virginia |
1910–1933 |
|Democratic |
March 31, 1862 |
July 7, 1939 |
|
Lawrence Yates Sherman |
Illinois |
1913–1921 |
|Republican |
November 11, 1858 |
September 15, 1939 |
|
M. M. Logan |
Kentucky |
1931–1939 |
|Democratic |
January 7, 1874 |
October 3, 1939 |
|
William E. Chilton |
West Virginia |
1911–1917 |
|Democratic |
March 17, 1858 |
November 7, 1939 |
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