List of United States senators born outside the United States

This is a list of United States senators born outside the United States. It includes senators born in foreign countries (whether to American or foreign parents). The list also includes senators born in territories outside the United States that were later incorporated into the United States (except for those born in the British colonies and territories in North America (or in the temporarily independent former British colonies and territories in North America) that would go on to form the United States of America).

NameBirthplace
(current country)
Then the territory ofState(s) representedPartyYears
David H. Armstrong Canada[a] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandMissouriDemocratic1877–1879
David Baird United Kingdom[b] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandNew JerseyRepublican1918–1919
Edward Baker United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandOregonRepublican1860–1861
James B. Beck United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandKentuckyDemocratic1877–1890
Judah P. Benjamin U.S. Virgin Islands [c]Denmark Danish Virgin IslandsLouisianaWhig1853–1859
Democratic1859–1861
Michael Bennet India IndiaColoradoDemocratic2009–present
Hiram Bingham United States[d] Kingdom of HawaiiConnecticutRepublican1924–1933
Rudy Boschwitz Germany Weimar GermanyMinnesotaRepublican1978–1991
Charles Bouligny United States[e] Spanish EmpireLouisianaDemocratic-Republican1824–1828
National Republican1828–1829
Pierce Butler Ireland Kingdom of IrelandSouth CarolinaPro-Administration1789–1791
Anti-Administration1791–1795
Democratic-Republican1795–1796,
1802–1804
George W. Campbell United Kingdom Kingdom of Great BritainTennesseeDemocratic-Republican1811–1814,
1815–1818
Eugene Casserly Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandCaliforniaDemocratic1869–1873
Charles W. Cathcart Portugal[f] Kingdom of PortugalIndianaDemocratic1852–1853
John Conness Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandCaliforniaDemocratic1863–1869
James Couzens Canada United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandMichiganRepublican1922–1936
Ted Cruz Canada CanadaTexasRepublican2013–present
James J. Davis United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandPennsylvaniaRepublican1930–1945
Jean Destréhan United States[g] New FranceLouisianaDemocratic-Republican1812
Tammy Duckworth Thailand ThailandIllinoisDemocratic2017–present
Charles E. Dudley United Kingdom Kingdom of Great BritainNew YorkJacksonian Democrat1829–1833
James Graham Fair United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandNevadaDemocratic1881–1887
Eligius Fromentin France Kingdom of FranceLouisianaDemocratic-Republican1813–1819
Albert Gallatin  Switzerland[h]Republic of GenevaPennsylvaniaDemocratic-Republican1793–1794[i]
Jacob Gallinger Canada[j] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandNew HampshireRepublican1891–1918
Frank Gooding United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIdahoRepublican1921–1928
William Harper Antigua and Barbuda[k] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandSouth CarolinaJacksonian Democrat1826
S. I. Hayakawa Canada CanadaCaliforniaRepublican1977–1983
Felix Hebert Canada United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandRhode IslandRepublican1929–1935
Mazie Hirono JapanJapan JapanHawaiiDemocratic2013–present
William Hughes Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandNew JerseyDemocratic1913–1918
James Jackson United Kingdom Kingdom of Great BritainGeorgiaAnti-Administration1793–1795
Democratic-Republican1801–1806
Magnus Johnson Sweden United Kingdoms of Sweden and NorwayMinnesotaFarmer-Labor1923–1925
Samuel Johnston United Kingdom Kingdom of Great BritainNorth CarolinaPro-Administration1789–1793
Charles Jones Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFloridaDemocratic1875–1887
John Jones United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandNevadaRepublican1873–1895
Silver1895–1901
Republican1901–1903
Thomas Kearns Canada United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUtahRepublican1901–1905
Octaviano Larrazolo Mexico Second Federal Republic of MexicoNew MexicoRepublican1928–1929
John Laurance United Kingdom Kingdom of Great BritainNew YorkFederalist1796–1800
William Lorimer United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIllinoisRepublican1909–1912
Walter Lowrie United Kingdom Kingdom of Great BritainPennsylvaniaDemocratic-Republican1819–1825
Stephen Mallory Trinidad and Tobago[l] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFloridaDemocratic1851–1861
Lee Mantle United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandMontanaRepublican1895–1896
Silver Republican1896–1899
Mel Martínez Cuba Republic of CubaFloridaRepublican2005–2009
John McCain Panama[m] Panama Canal ZoneArizonaRepublican1987–2018
James McMillan Canada[j] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandMichiganRepublican1889–1902
Joseph Millard Canada[j] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandNebraskaRepublican1901–1907
Robert Morris United Kingdom Kingdom of Great BritainPennsylvaniaPro-Administration1789–1795
John Moses Norway United Kingdoms of Sweden and NorwayNorth DakotaDemocratic1945
James E. Murray Canada United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandMontanaDemocratic1934–1961
Knute Nelson Norway United Kingdoms of Sweden and NorwayMinnesotaRepublican1895–1923
James Nesmith Canada[n] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandOregonDemocratic1861–1867
Samuel Nicholson Canada[o] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandColoradoRepublican1921–1923
George T. Oliver United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandPennsylvaniaRepublican1909–1917
Samuel Pasco United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFloridaDemocratic1887–1899
William Paterson United Kingdom Kingdom of IrelandNew JerseyPro-Administration1789–1790
Thomas Patterson Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandColoradoDemocratic1901–1907
Alexander Porter Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandLouisianaWhig1833–1837
Edward Robertson United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWyomingRepublican1943–1949
Carl Schurz Germany[p] German ConfederationMissouriRepublican1869–1870,
1872–1875
Liberal Republican1870–1872
William Joyce Sewell Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandNew JerseyRepublican1881–1887,
1895–1901
James Shields United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIllinoisDemocratic1849–1855
Minnesota1858–1859
Missouri1879
Joseph Simon Germany[q] Grand Duchy of HesseOregonRepublican1898–1903
Pierre Soulé France First French RepublicLouisianaDemocratic1847,
1849–1853
Isaac Stephenson Canada[r] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWisconsinRepublican1907–1915
Patrick Joseph Sullivan Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWyomingRepublican1929–1930
George Sutherland United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUtahRepublican1905–1917
Thomas Taggart Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIndianaDemocratic1916
Edward Tiffin United Kingdom Kingdom of Great BritainOhioDemocratic-Republican1807–1809
Chris Van Hollen Pakistan PakistanMarylandDemocratic2017–present
Robert Wagner Germany PrussiaNew YorkDemocratic1927–1949
Patrick Walsh Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGeorgiaDemocratic1894–1895
Lowell Weicker France French Third RepublicConnecticutRepublican1971–1989
George Wetmore United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandRhode IslandRepublican1895–1907,
1908–1913
David Levy Yulee U.S. Virgin Islands[s] United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFloridaDemocratic1845–1851,
1855–1861

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  1. ^ Born in the British colony of Nova Scotia, in present-day Canada.
  2. ^ Born in County Londonderry, Ireland, at the time part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. ^ Born in Saint Croix, at the time part of the Danish West Indies under British occupation, in what is now the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  4. ^ Born in what was then the independent Kingdom of Hawaii.
  5. ^ Born in the Spanish colony of Louisiana.
  6. ^ Born in Funchal, on Madeira Island, to American parents.
  7. ^ Born in the French colony of Louisiana.
  8. ^ Born in Geneva, at the time part of the Republic of Geneva and now part of Switzerland.
  9. ^ Gallatin won election to the Senate in 1793, and took the oath of office, but on the same day a petition was filed by nineteen Pennsylvania Federalists protesting that Gallatin did not have the minimum nine years of citizenship required to be a senator. After two months of deliberation, the matter went before a Senate vote where Gallatin was removed from the Senate with a party-line vote of 14–12.
  10. ^ a b c Born in the British colony of Upper Canada, in present-day Canada.
  11. ^ Born in the British colony of Antigua, in what is now the independent country of Antigua and Barbuda.
  12. ^ Born in the British colony of Trinidad, in present-day Trinidad and Tobago.
  13. ^ Born in the Panama Canal Zone, a U.S. territory in present-day Panama.
  14. ^ Born in the British colony of New Brunswick, in present-day Canada, to American parents.
  15. ^ Born in the British colony of Prince Edward Island, in present-day Canada.
  16. ^ Born in the Kingdom of Prussia, in present-day Germany.
  17. ^ Born in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, in present-day Germany.
  18. ^ Born in the British colony of New Brunswick, in present-day Canada.
  19. ^ Born in Saint Thomas, at the time part of the Danish West Indies under British occupation, in what is now the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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