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U.S. Senate seat, Missouri (class 3)

41 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1821. Now: Eric Schmitt R.

Holders
41
25 D · 12 R · 2 J · 1 A · 1 U
Longest tenure
12 years
Roy Blunt
Current
3.8 years
Eric Schmitt, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/mo-sen-3Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020David Barton · 1821-12-03 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Barton · 1825-12-05 – 1831-03-04 · AdamsAlexander Buckner · 1831-12-05 – 1834-01-01 · JacksonLewis Fields Linn · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratDavid Rice Atchison · 1843-12-04 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratDavid Rice Atchison · 1849-12-03 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJames Stephen Green · 1857-12-07 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratWaldo Porter Johnson · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Gratz Brown · 1863-12-07 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Daniel Drake · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Preston Blair Jr. · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratLewis Vital Bogy · 1873-12-01 – 1878-01-01 · DemocratJames Shields · 1879-01-27 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Graham Vest · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Graham Vest · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Graham Vest · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Graham Vest · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Joel Stone · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Joel Stone · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Joel Stone · 1915-12-06 – 1918-04-15 · DemocratXenophon Pierce Wilfley · 1918-04-30 – 1918-11-06 · DemocratSelden Palmer Spencer · 1918-11-06 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanSelden Palmer Spencer · 1921-04-11 – 1925-05-17 · RepublicanGeorge Howard Williams · 1925-12-07 – 1926-12-06 · RepublicanHarry Bartow Hawes · 1926-12-06 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratHarry Bartow Hawes · 1927-12-05 – 1933-02-04 · DemocratJoel Bennett Clark · 1933-03-09 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratThomas Carey Hennings Jr. · 1951-01-03 – 1960-09-14 · DemocratEdward Vaughn Long · 1960-09-23 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratEdward Vaughn Long · 1963-01-09 – 1968-12-28 · DemocratThomas Francis Eagleton · 1968-12-28 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratThomas Francis Eagleton · 1975-01-14 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratChristopher S. Bond · 1987-01-06 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher S. Bond · 1999-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanRoy Blunt · 2011-01-05 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanLewis Fields Linn · 1833-12-02 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonRobert Wilson · 1862-01-01 – 1864-01-01 · UnionistDaniel Tarbox Jewett · 1870-01-01 – 1872-01-01 · RepublicanDavid Hartley Armstrong · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratForrest C. Donnell · 1945-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · RepublicanEric Schmitt · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Eric Schmitt R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Roy Blunt R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2023 · 12 years
Christopher S. Bond R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2011 · 12 years
Christopher S. Bond R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1999 · 12 years
Thomas Francis Eagleton D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1987 · 12 years
Thomas Francis Eagleton D
Dec 28, 1968 – Jan 4, 1975 · 6 years
Edward Vaughn Long D
Jan 9, 1963 – Dec 28, 1968 · 6 years
Edward Vaughn Long D
Sep 23, 1960 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2.3 years
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D
Jan 3, 1951 – Sep 14, 1960 · 9.7 years
Forrest C. Donnell R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1951 · 6 years
Joel Bennett Clark D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1945 · 12 years
Harry Bartow Hawes D
Dec 5, 1927 – Feb 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Harry Bartow Hawes D
Dec 6, 1926 – Mar 5, 1927 · 3 months
George Howard Williams R
Dec 7, 1925 – Dec 6, 1926 · 12 months
Selden Palmer Spencer R
Apr 11, 1921 – May 17, 1925 · 4.1 years
Selden Palmer Spencer R
Nov 6, 1918 – Mar 4, 1921 · 2.3 years
Xenophon Pierce Wilfley D
Apr 30, 1918 – Nov 6, 1918 · 6 months
William Joel Stone D
Dec 6, 1915 – Apr 15, 1918 · 2.4 years
William Joel Stone D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
William Joel Stone D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
George Graham Vest D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
George Graham Vest D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
George Graham Vest D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
George Graham Vest D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
James Shields D
Jan 27, 1879 – Mar 4, 1879 · 36 days
David Hartley Armstrong D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Lewis Vital Bogy D
Dec 1, 1873 – Jan 1, 1878 · 4.1 years
Francis Preston Blair Jr. D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Daniel Tarbox Jewett R
Jan 1, 1870 – Jan 1, 1872 · 2 years
Charles Daniel Drake R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Benjamin Gratz Brown R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1867 · 3.2 years
Robert Wilson U
Jan 1, 1862 – Jan 1, 1864 · 2 years
Waldo Porter Johnson D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
James Stephen Green D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1861 · 3.2 years
David Rice Atchison D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1855 · 5.2 years
David Rice Atchison D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1849 · 5.2 years
Lewis Fields Linn D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
Lewis Fields Linn J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1837 · 3.3 years
Alexander Buckner J
Dec 5, 1831 – Jan 1, 1834 · 2.1 years
David Barton A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1831 · 5.2 years
David Barton R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1825 · 3.2 years

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