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U.S. Senate seat, Virginia (class 2)

48 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Mark R. Warner D.

Holders
48
25 D · 14 R · 3 J · 2 AJ · 1 AA · 1 U · 1 W · 1 U
Longest tenure
20 years
Absalom Willis Robertson
Current
12 years
Mark R. Warner, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/va-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Richard Henry Lee · 1789-03-04 – 1793-03-04 · Anti-AdministrationHenry Tazewell · 1794-01-01 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanWilson Cary Nicholas · 1799-12-02 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Branch Giles · 1811-11-04 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanArmistead Thomson Mason · 1816-01-01 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wayles Eppes · 1817-12-01 – 1820-01-01 · RepublicanJohn Taylor · 1822-12-18 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Taylor · 1823-12-01 – 1824-08-22 · RepublicanLittleton Waller Tazewell · 1829-12-07 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonBenjamin Watkins Leigh · 1834-02-26 – 1835-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianBenjamin Watkins Leigh · 1835-12-07 – 1836-07-05 · Anti-JacksonianWilliam Henry Roane · 1837-09-04 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Segar Archer · 1841-05-31 – 1847-03-04 · WhigRobert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratRobert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratRobert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratJohn Warfield Johnston · 1870-01-26 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratJohn Warfield Johnston · 1871-03-15 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn Warfield Johnston · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratHarrison Holt Riddleberger · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Strode Barbour Jr. · 1889-12-02 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratThomas Staples Martin · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratThomas Staples Martin · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratThomas Staples Martin · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratThomas Staples Martin · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratThomas Staples Martin · 1919-05-19 – 1919-11-13 · DemocratCarter Glass · 1920-02-20 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratCarter Glass · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratCarter Glass · 1931-12-07 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCarter Glass · 1943-01-06 – 1946-05-29 · DemocratThomas Granville Burch · 1946-05-31 – 1946-11-06 · DemocratAbsalom Willis Robertson · 1946-11-06 – 1966-12-31 · DemocratWilliam Belser Spong Jr. · 1966-12-31 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Belser Spong Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratJohn W. Warner · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJohn W. Warner · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn W. Warner · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanMark R. Warner · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratMark R. Warner · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratJohn Taylor · 1792-10-18 – 1794-05-12William Branch Giles · 1804-12-04 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanJames Pleasants · 1819-12-06 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanLittleton Waller Tazewell · 1824-01-01 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Cabell Rives · 1832-01-01 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonRichard Elliott Parker · 1836-01-01 – 1838-01-01 · DemocratJohn Snyder Carlile · 1861-07-09 – 1865-03-04 · UnionistEppa Hunton · 1892-01-01 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lloyd Scott · 1973-01-03 – 1979-01-04 · Republican
Mark R. Warner D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Mark R. Warner D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John W. Warner R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John W. Warner R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
John W. Warner R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
William Lloyd Scott R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1979 · 6 years
William Belser Spong Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1973 · 6 years
William Belser Spong Jr. D
Dec 31, 1966 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 days
Absalom Willis Robertson D
Nov 6, 1946 – Dec 31, 1966 · 20 years
Thomas Granville Burch D
May 31, 1946 – Nov 6, 1946 · 5 months
Carter Glass D
Jan 6, 1943 – May 29, 1946 · 3.4 years
Carter Glass D
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 4, 1943 · 11 years
Carter Glass D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Carter Glass D
Feb 20, 1920 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5 years
Thomas Staples Martin D
May 19, 1919 – Nov 13, 1919 · 6 months
Thomas Staples Martin D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Thomas Staples Martin D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Thomas Staples Martin D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
Thomas Staples Martin D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
Eppa Hunton D
Jan 1, 1892 – Mar 4, 1895 · 3.2 years
John Strode Barbour Jr. D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1893 · 3.3 years
Harrison Holt Riddleberger R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
John Warfield Johnston D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
John Warfield Johnston D
Mar 15, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
John Warfield Johnston D
Jan 26, 1870 – Mar 4, 1871 · 13 months
John Snyder Carlile U
Jul 9, 1861 – Mar 4, 1865 · 3.7 years
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
William Segar Archer W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1847 · 5.8 years
William Henry Roane D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1841 · 3.5 years
Richard Elliott Parker D
Jan 1, 1836 – Jan 1, 1838 · 2 years
Benjamin Watkins Leigh AJ
Dec 7, 1835 – Jul 5, 1836 · 7 months
Benjamin Watkins Leigh AJ
Feb 26, 1834 – Mar 4, 1835 · 12 months
William Cabell Rives J
Jan 1, 1832 – Mar 4, 1835 · 3.2 years
Littleton Waller Tazewell J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1833 · 3.2 years
Littleton Waller Tazewell J
Jan 1, 1824 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.2 years
John Taylor R
Dec 1, 1823 – Aug 22, 1824 · 9 months
John Taylor R
Dec 18, 1822 – Mar 4, 1823 · 2 months
James Pleasants R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1823 · 3.2 years
John Wayles Eppes R
Dec 1, 1817 – Jan 1, 1820 · 2.1 years
Armistead Thomson Mason R
Jan 1, 1816 – Mar 4, 1817 · 14 months
William Branch Giles R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1815 · 3.3 years
William Branch Giles R
Dec 4, 1804 – Mar 4, 1811 · 6.2 years
Wilson Cary Nicholas R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1805 · 5.3 years
Henry Tazewell R
Jan 1, 1794 – Mar 4, 1799 · 5.2 years
John Taylor
Oct 18, 1792 – May 12, 1794 · 19 months
Richard Henry Lee AA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1793 · 4 years

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