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

44 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Tim Kaine D.

Holders
44
21 D · 13 R · 2 AA · 2 J · 2 U · 1 PA · 1 U · 1 W · 1 I
Longest tenure
26 years
Harry Flood Byrd
Current
14 years
Tim Kaine, since Jan 3, 2013
history/seat/va-sen-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Grayson · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · Anti-AdministrationStevens Thomson Mason · 1794-01-01 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanStevens Thomson Mason · 1797-05-15 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Taylor · 1803-10-17 – 1803-12-08 · RepublicanAndrew Moore · 1804-01-01 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Brent · 1809-05-22 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJames Barbour · 1815-12-04 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJames Barbour · 1821-12-03 – 1826-01-01 · RepublicanJohn Tyler · 1827-12-03 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJohn Tyler · 1833-12-02 – 1837-03-04William Cabell Rives · 1841-05-31 – 1845-03-04 · WhigIsaac Samuels Pennybacker · 1845-12-01 – 1848-01-01 · DemocratJames Murray Mason · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJames Murray Mason · 1857-12-07 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratLemuel Jackson Bowden · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · UnionistJohn Francis Lewis · 1870-01-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Enoch Withers · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Mahone · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Warwick Daniel · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Warwick Daniel · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Warwick Daniel · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJohn Warwick Daniel · 1905-12-04 – 1910-06-30 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1910-08-01 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratClaude Augustus Swanson · 1929-04-15 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHarry Flood Byrd · 1933-03-09 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratHarry Flood Byrd · 1959-01-07 – 1965-11-11 · DemocratHarry Flood Byrd Jr. · 1965-11-12 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratHarry Flood Byrd Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1983-01-04 · IndependentCharles S. Robb · 1989-01-03 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratJim Webb · 2007-01-04 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratJohn Walker · 1790-01-01 – 1791-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationAbraham Bedford Venable · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Randolph · 1825-12-26 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Cabell Rives · 1836-01-01 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJames Murray Mason · 1847-12-06 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWaitman Thomas Willey · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistPaul Seward Trible Jr. · 1983-01-03 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Felix Allen · 2001-01-03 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanTim Kaine · 2013-01-03 – present · DemocratJames Monroe · 1790-11-09 – 1794-05-28 · Anti-AdministrationWilliam Branch Giles · 1804-11-05 – 1804-12-05 · Republican
Tim Kaine D
Jan 3, 2013 – present · 14 years
Jim Webb D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2013 · 6 years
George Felix Allen R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2007 · 6 years
Charles S. Robb D
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 2001 · 12 years
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1989 · 6 years
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1983 · 12 years
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D
Nov 12, 1965 – Jan 4, 1971 · 5.1 years
Harry Flood Byrd D
Jan 7, 1959 – Nov 11, 1965 · 6.8 years
Harry Flood Byrd D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1959 · 26 years
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1933 · 3.9 years
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Aug 1, 1910 – Mar 4, 1911 · 7 months
John Warwick Daniel D
Dec 4, 1905 – Jun 30, 1910 · 4.6 years
John Warwick Daniel D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
John Warwick Daniel D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
John Warwick Daniel D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
William Mahone R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Robert Enoch Withers D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
John Francis Lewis R
Jan 1, 1870 – Mar 4, 1875 · 5.2 years
Lemuel Jackson Bowden U
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Waitman Thomas Willey U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
James Murray Mason D
Dec 7, 1857 – Jan 1, 1862 · 4.1 years
James Murray Mason D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
James Murray Mason D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1851 · 3.2 years
Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D
Dec 1, 1845 – Jan 1, 1848 · 2.1 years
William Cabell Rives W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1845 · 3.8 years
William Cabell Rives D
Jan 1, 1836 – Mar 4, 1839 · 3.2 years
John Tyler
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1837 · 3.3 years
John Tyler J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1833 · 5.3 years
John Randolph J
Dec 26, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 14 months
James Barbour R
Dec 3, 1821 – Jan 1, 1826 · 4.1 years
James Barbour R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1821 · 5.2 years
Richard Brent R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1815 · 5.8 years
William Branch Giles R
Nov 5, 1804 – Dec 5, 1804 · 30 days
Andrew Moore R
Jan 1, 1804 – Mar 4, 1809 · 5.2 years
John Taylor R
Oct 17, 1803 – Dec 8, 1803 · 2 months
Abraham Bedford Venable R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Stevens Thomson Mason R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1803 · 5.8 years
Stevens Thomson Mason R
Jan 1, 1794 – Mar 4, 1797 · 3.2 years
James Monroe AA
Nov 9, 1790 – May 28, 1794 · 3.5 years
John Walker PA
Jan 1, 1790 – Mar 4, 1791 · 14 months
William Grayson AA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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