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U.S. Senate seat, Massachusetts (class 1)

44 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Elizabeth Warren D.

Holders
44
14 R · 10 D · 9 F · 5 W · 3 A · 1 PA · 1 IRD · 1 LR
Longest tenure
39 years
Edward M. Kennedy
Current
14 years
Elizabeth Warren, since Jan 3, 2013
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Tristram Dalton · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationGeorge Cabot · 1791-10-24 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistJonathan Mason · 1800-01-01 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistJohn Quincy Adams · 1803-10-17 – 1809-03-04 · FederalistChristopher Gore · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistChristopher Gore · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistPrentiss Mellen · 1818-01-01 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistElijah Hunt Mills · 1821-03-06 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsDaniel Webster · 1827-12-17 – 1833-03-04 · AdamsDaniel Webster · 1833-12-02 – 1839-03-04 · WhigDaniel Webster · 1839-12-02 – 1841-02-23 · WhigRufus Choate · 1841-05-31 – 1845-03-04 · WhigDaniel Webster · 1845-12-01 – 1850-07-23 · WhigRobert Rantoul Jr. · 1851-02-01 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratCharles Sumner · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratCharles Sumner · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Sumner · 1863-12-07 – 1875-03-04 · Republican → Liberal RepublicanHenry Laurens Dawes · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Laurens Dawes · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Laurens Dawes · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cabot Lodge · 1893-03-04 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cabot Lodge · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cabot Lodge · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cabot Lodge · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cabot Lodge · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cabot Lodge · 1923-12-03 – 1924-11-10 · RepublicanWilliam Morgan Butler · 1924-11-13 – 1926-12-07 · RepublicanDavid Ignatius Walsh · 1929-04-15 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy · 1959-01-07 – 1960-12-23 · DemocratBenjamin A. Smith II · 1960-12-27 – 1962-11-07 · DemocratEdward M. Kennedy · 1962-11-07 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratEdward M. Kennedy · 1971-01-21 – 2009-08-26 · DemocratPaul G. Kirk Jr. · 2009-09-25 – 2010-02-05 · DemocratElizabeth Warren · 2013-01-03 – present · DemocratBenjamin Goodhue · 1796-06-11 – 1800-11-09 · FederalistJames Lloyd · 1808-06-09 – 1813-05-02 · FederalistEli Porter Ashmun · 1816-01-01 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistElijah Hunt Mills · 1820-06-12 – 1821-03-04 · AdamsRobert Charles Winthrop · 1850-01-01 – 1851-03-04 · WhigWilliam Barrett Washburn · 1874-01-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Ignatius Walsh · 1926-12-06 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratHenry Cabot Lodge Jr. · 1947-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanScott P. Brown · 2010-02-04 – 2013-01-04 · Republican
Elizabeth Warren D
Jan 3, 2013 – present · 14 years
Scott P. Brown R
Feb 4, 2010 – Jan 4, 2013 · 2.9 years
Paul G. Kirk Jr. D
Sep 25, 2009 – Feb 5, 2010 · 4 months
Edward M. Kennedy D
Jan 21, 1971 – Aug 26, 2009 · 39 years
Edward M. Kennedy D
Nov 7, 1962 – Jan 4, 1971 · 8.2 years
Benjamin A. Smith II D
Dec 27, 1960 – Nov 7, 1962 · 22 months
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D
Jan 7, 1959 – Dec 23, 1960 · 2 years
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1953 · 6 years
David Ignatius Walsh D
Apr 15, 1929 – Jan 4, 1947 · 18 years
David Ignatius Walsh D
Dec 6, 1926 – Mar 4, 1929 · 2.2 years
William Morgan Butler R
Nov 13, 1924 – Dec 7, 1926 · 2.1 years
Henry Cabot Lodge R
Dec 3, 1923 – Nov 10, 1924 · 11 months
Henry Cabot Lodge R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Henry Cabot Lodge R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Henry Cabot Lodge R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
Henry Cabot Lodge R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
Henry Cabot Lodge R
Mar 4, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 6 years
Henry Laurens Dawes R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
Henry Laurens Dawes R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Henry Laurens Dawes R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
William Barrett Washburn R
Jan 1, 1874 – Mar 4, 1875 · 14 months
Charles Sumner R→LR
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1875 · 11 years
Charles Sumner R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
Charles Sumner IRD
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
Robert Rantoul Jr. D
Feb 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1851 · 31 days
Robert Charles Winthrop W
Jan 1, 1850 – Mar 4, 1851 · 14 months
Daniel Webster W
Dec 1, 1845 – Jul 23, 1850 · 4.6 years
Rufus Choate W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1845 · 3.8 years
Daniel Webster W
Dec 2, 1839 – Feb 23, 1841 · 15 months
Daniel Webster W
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1839 · 5.3 years
Daniel Webster A
Dec 17, 1827 – Mar 4, 1833 · 5.2 years
Elijah Hunt Mills A
Mar 6, 1821 – Mar 4, 1827 · 6 years
Elijah Hunt Mills A
Jun 12, 1820 – Mar 4, 1821 · 9 months
Prentiss Mellen F
Jan 1, 1818 – Mar 4, 1821 · 3.2 years
Eli Porter Ashmun F
Jan 1, 1816 – Mar 4, 1819 · 3.2 years
Christopher Gore F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Christopher Gore F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
James Lloyd F
Jun 9, 1808 – May 2, 1813 · 4.9 years
John Quincy Adams F
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1809 · 5.4 years
Jonathan Mason F
Jan 1, 1800 – Mar 4, 1803 · 3.2 years
Benjamin Goodhue F
Jun 11, 1796 – Nov 9, 1800 · 4.4 years
George Cabot F
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1797 · 5.4 years
Tristram Dalton PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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