Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Idaho. The state was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, and its U.S. senators belong to class 2 and class 3. Idaho's current U.S. Senators are Republicans Mike Crapo (serving since 1999) and Jim Risch (serving since 2009). William Borah was Idaho's longest-serving senator (1907–1940). Idaho is one of fifteen states alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.
Current delegation
Mike Crapo (R)
Jim Risch (R)
List of senators
editClass 2Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026. | C | Class 3Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | Jul 3, 1890 – Dec 18, 1890 | After joining the Union, Idaho did not elect its senators for six months. | 1 | 51st | 1 | After joining the Union, Idaho did not elect its senators for six months. | Jul 3, 1890 – Dec 18, 1890 | Vacant | ||||
1 | ![]() George Shoup | Republican | Dec 18, 1890 – Mar 3, 1901 | Elected in 1890. | Elected in 1890.Retired. | Dec 18, 1890 – Mar 3, 1891 | Republican | ![]() William McConnell | 1 | |||
52nd | 2 | Elected in 1890.Lost re-election as a Silver Republican. | Mar 4, 1891 – Mar 3, 1897 | Republican | ![]() Fred Dubois | 2 | ||||||
53rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1895.Lost re-election. | 2 | 54th | ||||||||||
55th | 3 | Elected in 1897.Retired. | Mar 4, 1897 – Mar 3, 1903 | Populist | ![]() Henry Heitfeld | 3 | ||||||
56th | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() Fred Dubois | Silver Republican | Mar 4, 1901 – Mar 3, 1907 | Elected in 1901 as a Silver Republican, but changed party to Democratic.Lost re-election. | 3 | 57th | ||||||
Democratic | ||||||||||||
58th | 4 | Elected in 1903. | Mar 4, 1903 – Oct 17, 1912 | Republican | ![]() Weldon Heyburn | 4 | ||||||
59th | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() William Borah | Republican | Mar 4, 1907 – Jan 19, 1940 | Elected in 1907. | 4 | 60th | ||||||
61st | 5 | Re-elected in 1909.[1]Died. | ||||||||||
62nd | ||||||||||||
Oct 17, 1912 – Nov 18, 1912 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Heyburn's term.Lost election to finish Heyburn's term. | Nov 18, 1912 – Feb 6, 1913 | Democratic | ![]() Kirtland Perky | 5 | ||||||||
Elected in 1913 to finish Heyburn's term. | Feb 6, 1913 – Jan 13, 1918 | Republican | ![]() James Brady | 6 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1913. | 5 | 63rd | ||||||||||
64th | 6 | Re-elected in 1914.Died. | ||||||||||
65th | ||||||||||||
Jan 13, 1918 – Jan 22, 1918 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Brady's term.Elected in 1918 to finish Brady's term.Resigned to become a Federal Trade Commissioner, having lost election to a full term. | Jan 22, 1918 – Jan 14, 1921 | Democratic | ![]() John F. Nugent | 7 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1918 | 6 | 66th | ||||||||||
Appointed to finish Brady's term, having been elected to the next term. | Jan 15, 1921 – Jun 24, 1928 | Republican | ![]() Frank Gooding | 8 | ||||||||
67th | 7 | Elected to full term in 1920. | ||||||||||
68th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1924. | 7 | 69th | ||||||||||
70th | 8 | Re-elected in 1926.Died. | ||||||||||
Jun 24, 1928 – Jun 30, 1928 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Gooding's term.Elected in 1928 to finish Gooding's term.Lost re-election. | Jun 30, 1928 – Mar 3, 1933 | Republican | ![]() John Thomas | 9 | ||||||||
71st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1930. | 8 | 72nd | ||||||||||
73rd | 9 | Elected in 1932.Lost renomination. | Mar 4, 1933 – Jan 3, 1939 | Democratic | ![]() James P. Pope | 10 | ||||||
74th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1936.Died. | 9 | 75th | ||||||||||
76th | 10 | Elected in 1938.Lost renomination. | Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 3, 1945 | Democratic | ![]() D. Worth Clark | 11 | ||||||
Vacant | Jan 19, 1940 – Jan 27, 1940 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() John Thomas | Republican | Jan 27, 1940 – Nov 10, 1945 | Appointed to continue Borah's term.Elected in 1940 to finish Borah's term. | ||||||||
77th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1942.Died. | 10 | 78th | ||||||||||
79th | 11 | Elected in 1944.Lost renomination. | Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 3, 1951 | Democratic | ![]() Glen H. Taylor | 12 | ||||||
Vacant | Nov 10, 1945 – Nov 17, 1945 | |||||||||||
5 | ![]() Charles C. Gossett | Democratic | Nov 17, 1945 – Nov 5, 1946 | Appointed to continue Thomas's term.Lost nomination to finish Thomas's term. | ||||||||
6 | ![]() Henry Dworshak | Republican | Nov 6, 1946 – Jan 3, 1949 | Elected in 1946 to finish Thomas's term.Lost re-election. | ||||||||
80th | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() Bert H. Miller | Democratic | Jan 3, 1949 – Oct 8, 1949 | Elected in 1948.Died. | 11 | 81st | ||||||
Vacant | Oct 8, 1949 – Oct 14, 1949 | |||||||||||
8 | ![]() Henry Dworshak | Republican | Oct 14, 1949 – Jul 23, 1962 | Appointed to continue Miller's term.Elected in 1950 to finish Miller's term.[2] | ||||||||
82nd | 12 | Elected in 1950.Lost re-election. | Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 3, 1957 | Republican | ![]() Herman Welker | 13 | ||||||
83rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1954 | 12 | 84th | ||||||||||
85th | 13 | Elected in 1956. | Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 3, 1981 | Democratic | ![]() Frank Church | 14 | ||||||
86th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1960.Died. | 13 | 87th | ||||||||||
Vacant | Jul 23, 1962 – Aug 6, 1962 | |||||||||||
9 | ![]() Len Jordan | Republican | Aug 6, 1962 – Jan 3, 1973 | Appointed to continue Dworshak's term.Elected in 1962 to finish Dworshak's term. | ||||||||
88th | 14 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
89th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1966.Retired. | 14 | 90th | ||||||||||
91st | 15 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
92nd | ||||||||||||
10 | ![]() Jim McClure | Republican | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 1991 | Elected in 1972. | 15 | 93rd | ||||||
94th | 16 | Re-elected in 1974.Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
95th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1978. | 16 | 96th | ||||||||||
97th | 17 | Elected in 1980. | Jan 3, 1981 – Jan 3, 1993 | Republican | ![]() Steve Symms | 15 | ||||||
98th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1984.Retired. | 17 | 99th | ||||||||||
100th | 18 | Re-elected in 1986.Retired. | ||||||||||
101st | ||||||||||||
11 | ![]() Larry Craig | Republican | Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 2009 | Elected in 1990. | 18 | 102nd | ||||||
103rd | 19 | Elected in 1992.Retired to run for Governor of Idaho. | Jan 3, 1993 – Jan 3, 1999 | Republican | ![]() Dirk Kempthorne | 16 | ||||||
104th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1996. | 19 | 105th | ||||||||||
106th | 20 | Elected in 1998. | Jan 3, 1999 – present | Republican | ![]() Mike Crapo | 17 | ||||||
107th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2002.Retired. | 20 | 108th | ||||||||||
109th | 21 | Re-elected in 2004. | ||||||||||
110th | ||||||||||||
12 | ![]() Jim Risch | Republican | Jan 3, 2009 – present | Elected in 2008. | 21 | 111th | ||||||
112th | 22 | Re-elected in 2010. | ||||||||||
113th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2014. | 22 | 114th | ||||||||||
115th | 23 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
116th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2020. | 23 | 117th | ||||||||||
118th | 24 | Re-elected in 2022. | ||||||||||
119th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2026 election. | 24 | 120th | ||||||||||
121st | 25 | To be determined in the 2028 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 2 | Class 3 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Tribune Almanac (1910), p. 271.
- ^ Byrd, p. 99.
References
edit- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160632563 – via Google Books.
- Rhoades, Henry Eckford (1910). The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1910. New York: The Tribune Association. pp. 271–272 – via Hathi Trust Digital Library.
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