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

31 members have held this seat since Sep 4, 1837. Now: Elissa Slotkin D.

Holders
31
18 R · 12 D · 1 W
Longest tenure
24 years
Debbie Stabenow
Current
21 months
Elissa Slotkin, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/mi-sen-1Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Lucius Lyon · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratAugustus Seymour Porter · 1840-01-01 – 1845-03-04 · WhigLewis Cass · 1845-12-01 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratLewis Cass · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratLewis Cass · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratZachariah Chandler · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanZachariah Chandler · 1863-12-07 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Peckham Christiancy · 1875-12-06 – 1880-01-01 · RepublicanOmar Dwight Conger · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Brown Stockbridge · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Brown Stockbridge · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Caesar Burrows · 1895-12-02 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Caesar Burrows · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Caesar Burrows · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Elroy Townsend · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Elroy Townsend · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWoodbridge Nathan Ferris · 1923-12-03 – 1928-03-24 · DemocratArthur Hendrick Vandenberg · 1928-03-31 – 1929-01-04 · RepublicanArthur Hendrick Vandenberg · 1929-04-15 – 1951-04-19 · RepublicanArthur Edson Blair Moody · 1951-04-23 – 1952-11-05 · DemocratCharles Edward Potter · 1952-11-05 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanPhilip Aloysius Hart · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratPhilip Aloysius Hart · 1971-01-21 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratDonald Wayne Riegle Jr. · 1977-01-04 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratSpencer Abraham · 1995-01-04 – 2001-01-04 · RepublicanElissa Slotkin · 2025-01-03 – present · DemocratThomas Fitzgerald · 1848-01-01 – 1850-01-01 · DemocratZachariah Chandler · 1879-03-18 – 1880-01-01 · RepublicanJohn Patton Jr. · 1894-01-01 – 1896-01-01 · RepublicanDebbie Stabenow · 2001-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · DemocratHenry Porter Baldwin · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · Republican
Elissa Slotkin D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Debbie Stabenow D
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2025 · 24 years
Spencer Abraham R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 2001 · 6 years
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1995 · 18 years
Philip Aloysius Hart D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1977 · 6 years
Philip Aloysius Hart D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
Charles Edward Potter R
Nov 5, 1952 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6.2 years
Arthur Edson Blair Moody D
Apr 23, 1951 – Nov 5, 1952 · 18 months
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R
Apr 15, 1929 – Apr 19, 1951 · 22 years
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R
Mar 31, 1928 – Jan 4, 1929 · 9 months
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 24, 1928 · 4.3 years
Charles Elroy Townsend R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Charles Elroy Townsend R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Julius Caesar Burrows R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
Julius Caesar Burrows R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
Julius Caesar Burrows R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1899 · 3.3 years
John Patton Jr. R
Jan 1, 1894 – Jan 1, 1896 · 2 years
Francis Brown Stockbridge R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Francis Brown Stockbridge R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
Omar Dwight Conger R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Zachariah Chandler R
Mar 18, 1879 – Jan 1, 1880 · 9 months
Henry Porter Baldwin R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Isaac Peckham Christiancy R
Dec 6, 1875 – Jan 1, 1880 · 4.1 years
Zachariah Chandler R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1875 · 11 years
Zachariah Chandler R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
Lewis Cass D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
Lewis Cass D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Thomas Fitzgerald D
Jan 1, 1848 – Jan 1, 1850 · 2 years
Lewis Cass D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1849 · 3.3 years
Augustus Seymour Porter W
Jan 1, 1840 – Mar 4, 1845 · 5.2 years
Lucius Lyon D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months

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