List of United States Senators who were born or died in the 1960s

This is a list of the 23 United States Senators who were born in the 1960s and of the 85 senators who died in the same period. There are 15 senators listed in bold who died in office.

Births

Senator

State

Served

Party

Date of birth

Date of death

Age

Bob Casey, Jr.

Pennsylvania

2007–

|Democratic

April 13, 1960

Living

Dean Heller

Nevada

2011–

|Republican

May 10, 1960

Living

Amy Klobuchar

Minnesota

2007–

|Democratic

May 25, 1960

Living

Blanche Lincoln

Arkansas

1999–2011

|Democratic

September 30, 1960

Living

Peter G. Fitzgerald

Illinois

1999–2005

|Republican

October 20, 1960

Living

John Walsh

Montana

2014–

|Democratic

November 3, 1960

Living

John Thune

South Dakota

2005–

|Republican

January 7, 1961

Living

David Vitter

Louisiana

2005–

|Republican

May 3, 1961

Living

Barack Obama

Illinois

2005–2008

|Democratic

August 4, 1961

Living

Pat Toomey

Pennsylvania

2011–

|Republican

November 17, 1961

Living

Tammy Baldwin

Wisconsin

2013–

|Democratic

February 11, 1962

Living

Mark Begich

Alaska

2009–

|Democratic

March 30, 1962

Living

Jeff Flake

Arizona

2013–

|Republican

December 31, 1962

Living

Rand Paul

Kentucky

2011–

|Republican

January 7, 1963

Living

Mark Pryor

Arkansas

2003–

|Democratic

January 10, 1963

Living

Chris Coons

Delaware

2010–

|Democratic

September 9, 1963

Living

John E. Sununu

New Hampshire

2003–2009

|Republican

September 6, 1964

Living

Michael Bennet

Colorado

2009–

|Democratic

November 28, 1964

Living

Jeffrey Chiesa

New Jersey

2013

|Republican

June 22, 1965

Living

Tim Scott

South Carolina

2013–

|Republican

September 19, 1965

Living

Kirsten Gillibrand

New York

2009–

|Democratic

December 9, 1966

Living

Kelly Ayotte

New Hampshire

2011–

|Republican

June 27, 1968

Living

Mo Cowan

Massachusetts

2013

|Democratic

April 4, 1969

Living

Cory Booker

New Jersey

2013–

|Democratic

April 27, 1969

Living

George LeMieux

Florida

2009–2011

|Republican

May 21, 1969

Living

Deaths

Senator

State

Served

Party

Date of birth

Date of death

Age

Norris Brown

Nebraska

1907–1913

|Republican

May 2, 1863

January 5, 1960

William J. Bulow

South Dakota

1931–1943

|Democratic

January 13, 1869

February 26, 1960

Herbert O'Conor

Maryland

1947–1953

|Democratic

November 17, 1896

March 4, 1960

Richard L. Neuberger

Oregon

1955–1960

|Democratic

December 26, 1912

March 9, 1960

Henrik Shipstead

Minnesota

1923–1947

|Farmer-Laborite, Republican

January 8, 1881

June 26, 1960

Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.

Missouri

1951–1960

|Democratic

June 25, 1903

September 13, 1960

Edward D. Crippa

Wyoming

1954

|Republican

April 8, 1899

October 20, 1960

Millard Tydings

Maryland

1927–1951

|Democratic

April 6, 1890

February 9, 1961

Zales Ecton

Montana

1947–1953

|Republican

April 1, 1898

March 3, 1961

Joseph R. Grundy

Pennsylvania

1929–1930

|Republican

January 13, 1863

March 3, 1961

Arthur Raymond Robinson

Indiana

1925–1935

|Republican

March 12, 1881

March 17, 1961

James E. Murray

Montana

1934–1961

|Democratic

May 3, 1876

March 23, 1961

George W. Malone

Nevada

1947–1959

|Republican

August 7, 1890

May 19, 1961

George W. Pepper

Pennsylvania

1922–1927

|Republican

March 16, 1867

May 24, 1961

George H. Bender

Ohio

1954–1957

|Republican

September 29, 1896

June 18, 1961

Monrad Wallgren

Washington

1940–1945

|Democratic

April 17, 1891

September 18, 1961

Sheridan Downey

California

1939–1950

|Democratic

March 11, 1884

October 25, 1961

Styles Bridges

New Hampshire

1937–1961

|Republican

September 9, 1898

November 26, 1961

Owen Brewster

Maine

1941–1952

|Republican

February 22, 1888

December 25, 1961

John D. Hoblitzell, Jr.

West Virginia

1958

|Republican

December 30, 1912

January 6, 1962

Andrew Frank Schoeppel

Kansas

1949–1962

|Republican

November 23, 1894

January 21, 1962

Irving Ives

New York

1947–1959

|Republican

January 24, 1896

February 24, 1962

Wall Doxey

Mississippi

1941–1943

|Democratic

August 8, 1892

March 2, 1962

Frank A. Barrett

Wyoming

1953–1959

|Republican

November 10, 1892

May 30, 1962

Henry F. Ashurst

Arizona

1912–1941

|Democratic

September 13, 1874

May 31, 1962

Francis H. Case

South Dakota

1951–1962

|Republican

December 9, 1896

June 22, 1962

Henry Dworshak

Idaho

1946–1949, 1949–1962

|Republican

August 29, 1894

July 23, 1962

Henry D. Hatfield

West Virginia

1929–1935

|Republican

September 15, 1875

October 23, 1962

Dennis Chavez

New Mexico

1935–1962

|Democratic

April 8, 1888

November 18, 1962

Joseph C. O'Mahoney

Wyoming

1934–1953, 1954–1961

|Democratic

November 5, 1884

December 1, 1962

Warren Austin

Vermont

1931–1946

|Republican

November 12, 1877

December 25, 1962

Robert S. Kerr

Oklahoma

1949–1963

|Democratic

September 11, 1896

January 1, 1963

Robert Rice Reynolds

North Carolina

1932–1945

|Democratic

June 18, 1884

February 13, 1963

Edward V. Robertson

Wyoming

1943–1949

|Republican

May 27, 1881

April 15, 1963

George McGill

Kansas

1930–1939

|Democratic

February 12, 1879

May 14, 1963

Estes Kefauver

Tennessee

1949–1963

|Democratic

July 26, 1903

August 10, 1963

Carl Hatch

New Mexico

1933–1949

|Democratic

November 27, 1889

September 15, 1963

Sam G. Bratton

New Mexico

1925–1933

|Democratic

August 19, 1888

September 22, 1963

Frederick Hale

Maine

1917–1941

|Republican

October 7, 1874

September 28, 1963

Tom Connally

Texas

1929–1953

|Democratic

August 19, 1877

October 28, 1963

John F. Kennedy

Massachusetts

1953–1960

|Democratic

May 29, 1917

November 22, 1963

George Howard Williams

Missouri

1925–1926

|Republican

December 1, 1871

November 25, 1963

Herbert H. Lehman

New York

1950–1957

|Democratic

March 28, 1878

December 5, 1963

James M. Mead

New York

1938–1947

|Democratic

December 27, 1885

March 15, 1964

John G. Townsend, Jr.

Delaware

1929–1941

|Republican

May 31, 1871

April 10, 1964

Earle Bradford Mayfield

Texas

1923–1929

|Democratic

April 12, 1881

June 23, 1964

Clair Engle

California

1959–1964

|Democratic

September 21, 1911

July 30, 1964

Charles E. Daniel

South Carolina

1954

|Democratic

November 11, 1895

September 13, 1964

Harold Hitz Burton

Ohio

1941–1945

|Republican

June 22, 1888

October 28, 1964

Robert C. Hendrickson

New Jersey

1949–1955

|Republican

August 12, 1898

December 7, 1964

Dixie Bibb Graves

Alabama

1937–1938

|Democratic

July 26, 1882

January 21, 1965

C. Douglass Buck

Delaware

1943–1949

|Republican

March 21, 1890

January 27, 1965

James P. Kem

Missouri

1947–1953

|Republican

April 2, 1890

February 24, 1965

William C. Feazel

Louisiana

1948

|Democratic

June 10, 1895

March 16, 1965

Sherman Minton

Indiana

1935–1941

|Democratic

October 20, 1890

April 9, 1965

Olin D. Johnston

South Carolina

1945–1965

|Democratic

November 18, 1896

April 18, 1965

Oren E. Long

Hawaii

1959–1963

|Democratic

March 4, 1889

May 6, 1965

Robert J. Bulkley

Ohio

1930–1939

|Democratic

October 8, 1880

July 21, 1965

Ernest S. Brown

Nevada

1954

|Republican

September 25, 1903

July 23, 1965

Elmer Thomas

Oklahoma

1927–1951

|Democratic

September 8, 1876

September 19, 1965

James P. Pope

Idaho

1933–1939

|Democratic

March 31, 1884

January 23, 1966

Patrick V. McNamara

Michigan

1955–1966

|Democratic

October 4, 1894

April 30, 1966

Daniel O. Hastings

Delaware

1928–1937

|Republican

March 5, 1874

May 9, 1966

Theodore F. Green

Rhode Island

1937–1961

|Democratic

October 2, 1867

May 19, 1966

Hazel Abel

Nebraska

1954

|Republican

July 10, 1888

July 30, 1966

J. Howard McGrath

Rhode Island

1947–1949

|Democratic

November 28, 1903

September 2, 1966

Harry F. Byrd

Virginia

1933–1965

|Democratic

June 10, 1887

October 20, 1966

Howard Alexander Smith

New Jersey

1944–1959

|Republican

January 30, 1880

October 27, 1966

Edward Martin

Pennsylvania

1947–1959

|Republican

September 18, 1879

March 19, 1967

Alexander Wiley

Wisconsin

1939–1963

|Republican

May 26, 1884

May 26, 1967

Joshua B. Lee

Oklahoma

1937–1943

|Democratic

January 23, 1892

August 10, 1967

Scott W. Lucas

Illinois

1939–1951

|Democratic

February 19, 1892

February 22, 1968

Lester J. Dickinson

Iowa

1931–1937

|Republican

October 29, 1873

June 4, 1968

Robert F. Kennedy

New York

1965–1968

|Democratic

November 20, 1925

June 6, 1968

Roger C. Peace

South Carolina

1941

|Democratic

May 19, 1899

August 20, 1968

William H. McMaster

South Dakota

1925–1931

|Republican

May 10, 1877

September 14, 1968

Edward R. Burke

Nebraska

1935–1941

|Democratic

November 28, 1880

November 4, 1968

Bob Bartlett

Alaska

1959–1968

|Democratic

April 20, 1904

December 11, 1968

W. Lee O'Daniel

Texas

1941–1949

|Democratic

March 11, 1890

May 11, 1969

Guy Cordon

Oregon

1944–1955

|Republican

April 24, 1890

June 8, 1969

Edward John Thye

Minnesota

1947–1959

|Republican

April 26, 1896

August 28, 1969

Everett Dirksen

Illinois

1951–1969

|Republican

January 4, 1896

September 7, 1969

Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.

Vermont

1940–1941

|Republican

March 6, 1901

November 4, 1969

Felix Hebert

Rhode Island

1929–1935

|Republican

December 11, 1874

December 14, 1969

James H. Duff

Pennsylvania

1951–1957

|Republican

January 21, 1883

December 20, 1969

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