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U.S. Senate seat, Idaho (class 2)

23 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1890. Now: James E. Risch R.

Holders
23
20 R · 3 D
Longest tenure
13 years
Henry Clarence Dworshak
Current
12 years
James E. Risch, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/id-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020George Laird Shoup · 1890-01-01 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Laird Shoup · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanFred Thomas Dubois · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edgar Borah · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Edgar Borah · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Edgar Borah · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Edgar Borah · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Edgar Borah · 1931-12-07 – 1940-01-20 · RepublicanJohn Thomas · 1940-01-27 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Thomas · 1943-01-06 – 1945-11-11 · RepublicanCharles Clinton Gossett · 1945-11-17 – 1946-11-06 · DemocratHenry Clarence Dworshak · 1946-11-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanHenry Clarence Dworshak · 1949-10-14 – 1962-07-24 · RepublicanLeonard Beck Jordan · 1962-08-06 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanLeonard Beck Jordan · 1967-01-10 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanJames Albertus McClure · 1979-01-15 – 1991-01-04 · RepublicanLarry E. Craig · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanLarry E. Craig · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJames E. Risch · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJames E. Risch · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanBert Henry Miller · 1949-01-03 – 1949-10-09 · DemocratJames Albertus McClure · 1973-01-03 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanLarry E. Craig · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · Republican
James E. Risch R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
James E. Risch R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Larry E. Craig R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Larry E. Craig R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Larry E. Craig R
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
James Albertus McClure R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1991 · 12 years
James Albertus McClure R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1979 · 6 years
Leonard Beck Jordan R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1973 · 6 years
Leonard Beck Jordan R
Aug 6, 1962 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4.4 years
Henry Clarence Dworshak R
Oct 14, 1949 – Jul 24, 1962 · 13 years
Bert Henry Miller D
Jan 3, 1949 – Oct 9, 1949 · 9 months
Henry Clarence Dworshak R
Nov 6, 1946 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2.2 years
Charles Clinton Gossett D
Nov 17, 1945 – Nov 6, 1946 · 12 months
John Thomas R
Jan 6, 1943 – Nov 11, 1945 · 2.8 years
John Thomas R
Jan 27, 1940 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2.9 years
William Edgar Borah R
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 20, 1940 · 8.1 years
William Edgar Borah R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
William Edgar Borah R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
William Edgar Borah R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
William Edgar Borah R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Fred Thomas Dubois D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
George Laird Shoup R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
George Laird Shoup R
Jan 1, 1890 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.