List of United States senators from Virginia

Virginia has sent senators to the U.S. Senate since 1789. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861, due to its secession from the Union, but senators representing its western counties continued to sit until March 1865. Virginia's Senate seats were again filled from January 1870. Virginia's current senators are Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Harry F. Byrd was Virginia's longest-serving senator (1933–1965).

Current delegation

Mark Warner (D)

Tim Kaine (D)

List of senators

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						C	Class 2 Class 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.
1	William Grayson	Anti- Admin.	Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 12, 1790	Elected in 1788. Died.	1	1st	1	Elected in 1788. Resigned.	Mar 4, 1789 – Oct 8, 1792	Anti- Admin.	Richard H. Lee	1
Vacant			Mar 12, 1790 – Mar 31, 1790
2	John Walker	Pro- Admin.	Mar 31, 1790 – Nov 9, 1790	Appointed to continue Grayson's term. Retired.
3	James Monroe	Anti- Admin.	Nov 9, 1790 – May 27, 1794	Elected to finish Grayson's term.
				Re-elected in 1791. Resigned to become U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France.	2	2nd
									Oct 8, 1792 – Oct 18, 1792	Vacant
								Elected to finish Lee's term.	Oct 18, 1792 – May 11, 1794	Anti- Admin.	John Taylor	2
						3rd	2	Re-elected in 1793. Resigned.
Vacant			May 27, 1794 – Nov 18, 1794					Re-elected in 1793. Resigned.
Vacant			May 27, 1794 – Nov 18, 1794						May 11, 1794 – Dec 29, 1794	Vacant
4	Stevens T. Mason	Anti- Admin.	Nov 18, 1794 – May 10, 1803	Elected to finish Monroe's term.					May 11, 1794 – Dec 29, 1794	Vacant
		Anti- Admin.						Elected to finish Taylor's term. Re-elected in 1798, but died before new term began.	Dec 29, 1794 – Jan 24, 1799	Anti- Admin.	Henry Tazewell	3
		Democratic- Republican				4th				Democratic- Republican
				Re-elected in 1796.	3	5th				Democratic- Republican
						5th			Jan 24, 1799 – Dec 5, 1799	Vacant
						6th	3		Jan 24, 1799 – Dec 5, 1799	Vacant
						6th		Elected to finish Tazewell's term. Resigned to become collector of the port of Norfolk.	Dec 5, 1799 – May 22, 1804	Democratic- Republican	Wilson C. Nicholas	4
						7th
				Re-elected in 1803. Died.	4	8th
Vacant			May 10, 1803 – Jun 4, 1803
5	John Taylor	Democratic- Republican	Jun 4, 1803 – Dec 7, 1803	Appointed to continue Mason's term. Retired.
6	Abraham B. Venable	Democratic- Republican	Dec 7, 1803 – Jun 7, 1804	Elected to finish Mason's term. Resigned to become President of the Bank of Virginia.
6	Abraham B. Venable	Democratic- Republican	Dec 7, 1803 – Jun 7, 1804						May 22, 1804 – Aug 11, 1804	Vacant
Vacant			Jun 7, 1804 – Aug 11, 1804						May 22, 1804 – Aug 11, 1804	Vacant
7	William B. Giles	Democratic- Republican	Aug 11, 1804 – Dec 3, 1804	Appointed to continue Mason's term. Resigned when elected to finish Tazewell's class 2 term.^[1]				Appointed to continue Tazewell's term. Resigned when elected to finish Stevens T. Mason's class 1 term.^[1]	Aug 11, 1804 – Dec 3, 1804	Democratic- Republican	Andrew Moore	5
8	Andrew Moore	Democratic- Republican	Dec 4, 1804 – Mar 3, 1809	Elected to finish Mason's term.^[1] Retired.^[2]				Elected to finish Tazewell's term.	Dec 4, 1804 – Mar 3, 1815	Democratic- Republican	William B. Giles	6
						9th	4	Re-elected in 1804.
						10th
9	Richard Brent	Democratic- Republican	Mar 4, 1809 – Dec 30, 1814	Elected in 1809.^[2] Died.	5	11th
						12th	5	Re-elected in 1811. Resigned.
						13th
Vacant			Dec 30, 1814 – Jan 2, 1815
10	James Barbour	Democratic- Republican	Jan 2, 1815 – Mar 7, 1825	Elected to finish Brent's term, having already been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1814.	6	14th		John Eppes (DR) was elected in 1815, but declined to serve.	Mar 4, 1815 – Jan 3, 1816	Vacant
						14th		Elected to finish Giles's term. Lost re-election.	Jan 3, 1816 – Mar 3, 1817	Democratic- Republican	Armistead T. Mason	7
						15th	6	Elected in 1816. Resigned because of ill health.	Mar 4, 1817 – Dec 4, 1819	Democratic- Republican	John Eppes	8
						16th		Elected in 1816. Resigned because of ill health.	Mar 4, 1817 – Dec 4, 1819	Democratic- Republican	John Eppes	8
									Dec 4, 1819 – Dec 14, 1819	Vacant
								Elected in 1819 to finish Eppes's term. Resigned.	Dec 14, 1819 – Dec 15, 1822	Democratic- Republican	James Pleasants	9
				Re-elected in 1821. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of War.	7	17th		Elected in 1819 to finish Eppes's term. Resigned.	Dec 14, 1819 – Dec 15, 1822	Democratic- Republican	James Pleasants	9
									Dec 15, 1822 – Dec 18, 1822	Vacant
								Elected to finish Eppes's term.	Dec 18, 1822 – Aug 21, 1824	Democratic- Republican	John Taylor	10
						18th	7	Re-elected in 1823. Died.	Dec 18, 1822 – Aug 21, 1824	Democratic- Republican	John Taylor	10
									Aug 21, 1824 – Dec 7, 1824	Vacant
								Elected to finish Taylor's term.	Dec 7, 1824 – Jul 16, 1832	Democratic– Republican	Littleton Tazewell	11
		Jacksonian				19th				Jacksonian
Vacant			Mar 7, 1825 – Dec 26, 1825
11	John Randolph	Jacksonian	Dec 26, 1825 – Mar 3, 1827	Appointed to finish Barbour's term. Lost election to next term.
12	John Tyler	Jacksonian	Mar 4, 1827 – Feb 29, 1836	Elected in 1827.	8	20th
						21st	8	Re-elected in 1829. Resigned.
						22nd		Re-elected in 1829. Resigned.
									Jul 16, 1832 – Dec 10, 1832	Vacant
								Elected to finish Tazewell's term. Resigned.	Dec 10, 1832 – Feb 22, 1834	Jacksonian	William C. Rives	12
		National Republican		Re-elected in 1833. Resigned.	9	23rd		Elected to finish Tazewell's term. Resigned.	Dec 10, 1832 – Feb 22, 1834	Jacksonian	William C. Rives	12
									Feb 22, 1834 – Feb 26, 1834	Vacant
								Elected to finish Tazewell's term.	Feb 26, 1834 – Jul 4, 1836	National Republican	Benjamin W. Leigh	13
						24th	9	Re-elected in 1835. Resigned.
Vacant			Feb 29, 1836 – Mar 3, 1836
13	William C. Rives	Jacksonian	Mar 4, 1836 – Mar 3, 1839	Elected to finish Tyler's term
									Jul 4, 1836 – Dec 12, 1836	Vacant
								Elected to finish Leigh's term. Resigned to become judge of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.	Dec 12, 1836 – Mar 13, 1837	Jacksonian	Richard E. Parker	14
		Democratic				25th			Dec 12, 1836 – Mar 13, 1837	Democratic	Richard E. Parker	14
		Democratic				25th		Elected to finish Leigh's term. Lost re-election.	Mar 14, 1837 – Mar 3, 1841	Democratic	William H. Roane	15
	Vacant		Mar 3, 1839 – Jan 18, 1841	Legislature failed to elect.	10	26th
	William C. Rives	Whig	Jan 18, 1841 – Mar 3, 1845	Re-elected late in 1841.		26th
						27th	10	Elected in 1840. Lost re-election.	Mar 4, 1841 – Mar 3, 1847	Whig	William S. Archer	16
						28th
Vacant			Mar 4, 1845 – Dec 3, 1845		11	29th
14	Isaac S. Pennybacker	Democratic	Dec 3, 1845 – Jan 12, 1847	Elected to finish the vacant term. Died.
Vacant			Jan 12, 1847 – Jan 21, 1847
15	James M. Mason	Democratic	Jan 21, 1847 – Jul 11, 1861^[3]	Elected to finish the vacant term that happened in 1845.
						30th	11	Elected in 1846.	Mar 4, 1847 – Jul 11, 1861^[3]	Democratic	Robert M. T. Hunter	17
						31st
				Re-elected in 1850.	12	32nd
						33rd	12	Re-elected in 1852.
						34th
				Re-elected in 1856. Expelled for his support of the Confederacy.^[4]	13	35th
						36th	13	Re-elected in 1858. Expelled for his support of the Confederacy.^[4]
						37th
Vacant			Jul 11, 1861 – Jul 13, 1861						Jul 11, 1861 – Jul 13, 1861	Vacant
16	Waitman T. Willey	Union	Jul 13, 1861 – Mar 3, 1863^[5]	Elected to finish Mason's term. Retired.				Elected to finish Hunter's term.^[3]	Jul 13, 1861 – Mar 3, 1865	Union	John S. Carlile	18
17	Lemuel J. Bowden	Union	Mar 4, 1863 – Jan 2, 1864	Elected in 1863. Died.	14	38th
Vacant			Jan 2, 1864 – Jan 26, 1870	Joseph Segar (U) presented his credentials, but was not seated.^[5]^[6] Civil War and Reconstruction.		38th
						39th	14	John Underwood (U) presented his credentials, but was not seated.^[6] Civil War and Reconstruction.	Mar 4, 1865 – Jan 26, 1870	Vacant
						40th
					15	41st
18	John F. Lewis	Republican	Jan 26, 1870 – Mar 3, 1875	Elected to finish the vacant term. Retired.		41st		Elected to finish the vacant term.	Jan 26, 1870 – Mar 3, 1871	Democratic	John W. Johnston	19
						42nd	15		Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 15, 1871	Vacant
						42nd		Re-elected late in 1871.	Mar 15, 1871 – Mar 3, 1883	Democratic	John W. Johnston
						43rd
19	Robert E. Withers	Democratic	Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 3, 1881	Elected in 1875. Lost re-election.	16	44th
						45th	16	Re-elected in 1877. Lost re-election.
						46th
20	William Mahone	Readjuster	Mar 4, 1881 – Mar 3, 1887	Elected in 1881. Lost re-election.	17	47th
						48th	17	Elected early in 1881. Retired.	Mar 4, 1883 – Mar 3, 1889	Readjuster	Harrison H. Riddleberger	20
						49th
21	John W. Daniel	Democratic	Mar 4, 1887 – Jun 29, 1910	Elected in 1887.	18	50th
						51st	18	Elected early in 1887. Died.	Mar 4, 1889 – May 14, 1892	Democratic	John S. Barbour Jr.	21
						52nd		Elected early in 1887. Died.	Mar 4, 1889 – May 14, 1892	Democratic	John S. Barbour Jr.	21
									May 14, 1892 – May 28, 1892	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Barbour's term. Elected in 1893 to finish Barbour's term.^[7] Retired.	May 28, 1892 – Mar 3, 1895	Democratic	Eppa Hunton	22
				Re-elected early in 1891.	19	53rd			May 28, 1892 – Mar 3, 1895	Democratic	Eppa Hunton	22
						54th	19	Elected early in 1893.^[8]	Mar 4, 1895 – Nov 12, 1919	Democratic	Thomas S. Martin	23
						55th
				Re-elected in 1899.	20	56th
						57th	20	Re-elected early in 1899.
						58th
				Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1910, but died.	21	59th
						60th	21	Re-elected in 1906.
						61st
Vacant			Jun 29, 1910 – Aug 1, 1910	Vacant
22	Claude A. Swanson	Democratic	Aug 1, 1910 – Mar 3, 1933	Appointed to finish Daniel's last term.
				Re-appointed to begin Daniel's next term. Elected in 1912 to finish Daniel's next term.	22	62nd
						63rd	22	Re-elected in 1912.
						64th
				Re-elected in 1916.	23	65th
						66th	23	Re-elected in 1918. Died.
									Nov 12, 1919 – Feb 2, 1920	Vacant
								Appointed Nov 18, 1919 to continue Martin's term, but remained U.S. Secretary of the Treasury until he resigned and then he became United States Senator. Elected in 1920 to finish Martin's term.	Feb 2, 1920 – May 28, 1946	Democratic	Carter Glass	24
						67th
				Re-elected in 1922.	24	68th
						69th	24	Re-elected in 1924.
						70th
				Re-elected in 1928. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy.	25	71st
						72nd	25	Re-elected in 1930.
23	Harry F. Byrd	Democratic	Mar 4, 1933 – Nov 10, 1965	Appointed to continue Swanson's term. Elected in 1933 to finish Swanson's term.		73rd
				Re-elected in 1934.	26	74th
						75th	26	Re-elected in 1936.
						76th
				Re-elected in 1940.	27	77th
						78th	27	Re-elected in 1942. Died.
						79th		Re-elected in 1942. Died.
									May 28, 1946 – May 31, 1946	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Glass's term. Retired.	May 31, 1946 – Nov 5, 1946	Democratic	Thomas G. Burch	25
								Elected to finish Glass's term.	Nov 5, 1946 – Dec 30, 1966	Democratic	A. Willis Robertson	26
				Re-elected in 1946.	28	80th		Elected to finish Glass's term.
						81st	28	Re-elected in 1948.
						82nd
				Re-elected in 1952.	29	83rd
						84th	29	Re-elected in 1954.
						85th
				Re-elected in 1958.	30	86th
						87th	30	Re-elected in 1960. Lost re-nomination and resigned early to give his successor preferential seniority.
						88th
				Re-elected in 1964. Resigned for health reasons.	31	89th
Vacant			Nov 10, 1965 – Nov 12, 1965
24	Harry F. Byrd Jr.	Democratic	Nov 12, 1965 – Jan 3, 1983	Appointed to continue his father's term. Elected in 1966 to finish his father's term.
								Appointed to finish Robertson's term, having been elected to the next term.	Dec 31, 1966 – Jan 3, 1973	Democratic	William Spong	27
						90th	31	Elected in 1966. Lost re-election.
						91st
		Independent Democrat		Re-elected in 1970 as an Independent, but referred to himself as an independent Democrat.	32	92nd
						93rd	32	Elected in 1972. Retired and resigned early to give his successor preferential seniority.	Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 1, 1979	Republican	William Scott	28
						94th
				Re-elected in 1976. Retired.	33	95th
						95th		Appointed to finish Scott's term, having been elected to the next term.	Jan 2, 1979 – Jan 3, 2009	Republican	John Warner	29
						96th	33	Elected in 1978.
						97th
25	Paul Trible	Republican	Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 1989	Elected in 1982. Retired.	34	98th
						99th	34	Re-elected in 1984.
						100th
26	Chuck Robb	Democratic	Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 2001	Elected in 1988.	35	101st
						102nd	35	Re-elected in 1990.
						103rd
				Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	36	104th
						105th	36	Re-elected in 1996.
						106th
27	George Allen	Republican	Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2007	Elected in 2000. Lost re-election.	37	107th
						108th	37	Re-elected in 2002. Retired.
						109th
28	Jim Webb	Democratic	Jan 3, 2007 – Jan 3, 2013	Elected in 2006. Retired.^[9]	38	110th
						111th	38	Elected in 2008.	Jan 3, 2009 – present	Democratic	Mark Warner	30
						112th
29	Tim Kaine	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013 – present	Elected in 2012.	39	113th
						114th	39	Re-elected in 2014.
						115th
				Re-elected in 2018.	40	116th
						117th	40	Re-elected in 2020.
						118th
				Re-elected in 2024.	41	119th
				Re-elected in 2024.	41	120th	41	To be determined in the 2026 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1						C	Class 2

References

^ ^a ^b ^c On Aug 11, 1804, the governor of Virginia appointed William Giles to the class 1 vacancy and Andrew Moore to the class 2 vacancy. Before either had taken the oath of office, the legislature elected Giles to fill the class 2 vacancy and Moore to the class 1 vacancy, thus reversing who would take which seat.
^ ^a ^b "Virginia 1809 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 18, 2018., citing United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). Jan 16, 1809.
^ ^a ^b ^c Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, (1774–2005), "Official Annotated Membership Roster by State with Vacancy and Special Election Information for the 37th Congress Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine".
^ ^a ^b James M. Mason and Robert M. T. Hunter "withdrew" from the Senate on Mar 28, 1861, with other senators sympathetic to the Confederacy. They were both expelled by a resolution of Jul 11, 1861.
^ ^a ^b Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, (1774–2005), "Official Annotated Membership Roster by State with Vacancy and Special Election Information for the 38th Congress Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine".
^ ^a ^b Segar and Underwood were not seated on the premise that the Union-friendly legislature was illegitimate despite having seated Bowden and Carlile based credentials from the same legislature. In reality, the Senate refused because it did not want to set a precedent for easing reentry of Confederate states. See "Musical Chairs (1861–1869)". United States Senate. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
^ Byrd, p. 180.
^ ""TWO VIRGINIA SENATORS ELECTED"". The New York Times. December 20, 1893.
^ Sen. Jim Webb announces retirement plans Washington Post. Feb 9, 2011.

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.

[Giles_&_Moore-1] On Aug 11, 1804, the governor of Virginia appointed William Giles to the class 1 vacancy and Andrew Moore to the class 2 vacancy. Before either had taken the oath of office, the legislature elected Giles to fill the class 2 vacancy and Moore to the class 1 vacancy, thus reversing who would take which seat.

[VA1809-2] "Virginia 1809 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 18, 2018., citing United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). Jan 16, 1809.

[clerk37-3] Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, (1774–2005), "Official Annotated Membership Roster by State with Vacancy and Special Election Information for the 37th Congress Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine".

[Mason_and_Hunter-4] James M. Mason and Robert M. T. Hunter "withdrew" from the Senate on Mar 28, 1861, with other senators sympathetic to the Confederacy. They were both expelled by a resolution of Jul 11, 1861.

[clerk38-5] Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, (1774–2005), "Official Annotated Membership Roster by State with Vacancy and Special Election Information for the 38th Congress Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine".

[Segar_&_Underwood-6] Segar and Underwood were not seated on the premise that the Union-friendly legislature was illegitimate despite having seated Bowden and Carlile based credentials from the same legislature. In reality, the Senate refused because it did not want to set a precedent for easing reentry of Confederate states. See "Musical Chairs (1861–1869)". United States Senate. Retrieved March 20, 2009.

[FOOTNOTEByrd180-7] Byrd, p. 180.

[8] ""TWO VIRGINIA SENATORS ELECTED"". The New York Times. December 20, 1893.

[9] Sen. Jim Webb announces retirement plans Washington Post. Feb 9, 2011.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

List of United States senators from Virginia

List of senators

See also

References