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U.S. Senate seat, New York (class 1)

42 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Kirsten E. Gillibrand D.

Holders
42
17 R · 12 D · 5 F · 3 J · 1 PA · 1 W · 1 IRD · 1 LR · 1 C
Longest tenure
24 years
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Current
18 years
Kirsten E. Gillibrand, since Jan 27, 2009
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Philip John Schuyler · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationAaron Burr · 1791-10-24 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip John Schuyler · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistGouverneur Morris · 1800-01-01 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistTheodorus Bailey · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanObadiah German · 1809-05-22 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Sanford · 1815-12-04 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Van Buren · 1821-12-03 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonMartin Van Buren · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonCharles Edward Dudley · 1829-12-07 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonNathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge · 1833-12-02 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratNathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge · 1839-12-02 – 1845-03-04 · WhigHamilton Fish · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratPreston King · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Denison Morgan · 1863-12-07 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanReuben Eaton Fenton · 1869-03-04 – 1875-03-04 · Liberal RepublicanFrancis Kernan · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratThomas Collier Platt · 1881-12-05 – 1882-01-01 · RepublicanFrank Hiscock · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Murphy Jr. · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratChauncey Mitchell Depew · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanChauncey Mitchell Depew · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJames Aloysius O’Gorman · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Musgrave Calder · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRoyal Samuel Copeland · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratRoyal Samuel Copeland · 1929-04-15 – 1938-06-18 · DemocratJames Michael Mead · 1938-12-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratKenneth Barnard Keating · 1959-01-07 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Francis Kennedy · 1965-01-04 – 1968-06-07 · DemocratCharles Ellsworth Goodell · 1968-09-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJames Lane Buckley · 1971-01-21 – 1977-01-04 · ConservativeDaniel Patrick Moynihan · 1977-01-04 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratKirsten E. Gillibrand · 2009-01-27 – present · DemocratJohn Sloss Hobart · 1798-01-01 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistJohn Armstrong Jr. · 1804-02-25 – 1804-07-01 · RepublicanSamuel Latham Mitchill · 1804-11-23 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Stevens Dickinson · 1844-11-30 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWarner Miller · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanIrving McNeil Ives · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanHillary Rodham Clinton · 2001-01-03 – 2009-01-22 · DemocratWilliam North · 1798-01-01 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistJames Watson · 1798-01-01 – 1801-03-04 · Federalist
Kirsten E. Gillibrand D
Jan 27, 2009 – present · 18 years
Hillary Rodham Clinton D
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 22, 2009 · 8.1 years
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 2001 · 24 years
James Lane Buckley C
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1977 · 6 years
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R
Sep 10, 1968 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2.3 years
Robert Francis Kennedy D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jun 7, 1968 · 3.4 years
Kenneth Barnard Keating R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1965 · 6 years
Irving McNeil Ives R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
James Michael Mead D
Dec 3, 1938 – Jan 4, 1947 · 8.1 years
Royal Samuel Copeland D
Apr 15, 1929 – Jun 18, 1938 · 9.2 years
Royal Samuel Copeland D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
William Musgrave Calder R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
James Aloysius O’Gorman D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Chauncey Mitchell Depew R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
Chauncey Mitchell Depew R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
Edward Murphy Jr. D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
Frank Hiscock R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
Thomas Collier Platt R
Dec 5, 1881 – Jan 1, 1882 · 27 days
Warner Miller R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Francis Kernan D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
Reuben Eaton Fenton LR
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1875 · 6 years
Edwin Denison Morgan R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1869 · 5.2 years
Preston King R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
Hamilton Fish IRD
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
Daniel Stevens Dickinson D
Nov 30, 1844 – Mar 4, 1851 · 6.3 years
Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1845 · 5.3 years
Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge D
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1839 · 5.3 years
Charles Edward Dudley J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1833 · 3.2 years
Martin Van Buren J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Martin Van Buren J
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1827 · 5.2 years
Nathan Sanford R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1821 · 5.2 years
Obadiah German R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1815 · 5.8 years
Samuel Latham Mitchill R
Nov 23, 1804 – Mar 4, 1809 · 4.3 years
John Armstrong Jr. R
Feb 25, 1804 – Jul 1, 1804 · 4 months
Theodorus Bailey R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Gouverneur Morris F
Jan 1, 1800 – Mar 4, 1803 · 3.2 years
John Sloss Hobart F
Jan 1, 1798 – Mar 4, 1799 · 14 months
William North F
Jan 1, 1798 – Mar 4, 1799 · 14 months
James Watson F
Jan 1, 1798 – Mar 4, 1801 · 3.2 years
Philip John Schuyler F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Aaron Burr R
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1797 · 5.4 years
Philip John Schuyler PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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