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

24 members have held this seat since Dec 5, 1859. Now: Ron Wyden D.

Holders
24
14 R · 10 D
Longest tenure
28 years
Ron Wyden
Current
28 years
Ron Wyden, since Jan 6, 1999
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Joseph Lane · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJames Willis Nesmith · 1861-07-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratHenry Winslow Corbett · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hipple Mitchell · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJames Harvey Slater · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hipple Mitchell · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hipple Mitchell · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Simon · 1898-01-01 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles William Fulton · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Earle Chamberlain · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Earle Chamberlain · 1915-12-06 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratRobert Nelson Stanfield · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFrederick Steiwer · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Steiwer · 1933-03-09 – 1938-02-01 · RepublicanAlfred Evan Reames · 1938-02-01 – 1938-11-09 · DemocratAlexander Grant Barry · 1938-11-09 – 1939-01-04 · RepublicanWayne Lyman Morse · 1945-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · Republican → Independent → DemocratWayne Lyman Morse · 1963-01-09 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Packwood · 1975-01-14 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRobert William Packwood · 1987-01-06 – 1995-10-02 · RepublicanRon Wyden · 1996-02-05 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRon Wyden · 1999-01-06 – present · DemocratRufus Cecil Holman · 1939-01-03 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanRobert William Packwood · 1969-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Republican
Ron Wyden D
Jan 6, 1999 – present · 28 years
Ron Wyden D
Feb 5, 1996 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2.9 years
Robert William Packwood R
Jan 6, 1987 – Oct 2, 1995 · 8.7 years
Robert William Packwood R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1987 · 12 years
Robert William Packwood R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1975 · 6 years
Wayne Lyman Morse D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1969 · 6 years
Wayne Lyman Morse R→I→D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1963 · 18 years
Rufus Cecil Holman R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1945 · 6 years
Alexander Grant Barry R
Nov 9, 1938 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 months
Alfred Evan Reames D
Feb 1, 1938 – Nov 9, 1938 · 9 months
Frederick Steiwer R
Mar 9, 1933 – Feb 1, 1938 · 4.9 years
Frederick Steiwer R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Robert Nelson Stanfield R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
George Earle Chamberlain D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1921 · 5.2 years
George Earle Chamberlain D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
Charles William Fulton R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
Joseph Simon R
Jan 1, 1898 – Mar 4, 1903 · 5.2 years
John Hipple Mitchell R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
John Hipple Mitchell R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
James Harvey Slater D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
John Hipple Mitchell R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
Henry Winslow Corbett R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
James Willis Nesmith D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1867 · 5.7 years
Joseph Lane D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months

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