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| Senator | Years | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Wade | 1851–1856 | Ohio | Whig |
| 1856–1869 | Republican | ||
| Bainbridge Wadleigh | 1873–1879 | New Hampshire | Republican |
| James W. Wadsworth, Jr. | 1915–1927 | New York | Republican |
| George A. Waggaman | 1831–1835 | Louisiana | National Republican |
| Robert F. Wagner | 1927–1949 | New York | Democratic |
| Frederic C. Walcott | 1929–1935 | Connecticut | Republican |
| John Wales | 1849–1851 | Delaware | Whig |
| Freeman Walker | 1819–1821 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican |
| George Walker | 1814 | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican |
| Isaac P. Walker | 1848–1855 | Wisconsin | Democratic |
| James D. Walker | 1879–1885 | Arkansas | Democratic |
| John Walker | 1790 | Virginia | Federalist |
| John Williams Walker | 1819–1822 | Alabama | Democratic-Republican |
| Robert J. Walker | 1835–1845 | Mississippi | Democratic |
| Walter Walker | 1932 | Colorado | Democratic |
| Garret D. Wall | 1835–1841 | New Jersey | Democratic |
| James Walter Wall | 1863 | New Jersey | Democratic |
| William A. Wallace | 1875–1881 | Pennsylvania | Democratic |
| Monrad Wallgren | 1940–1945 | Washington | Democratic |
| Malcolm Wallop | 1977–1995 | Wyoming | Republican |
| Arthur Walsh | 1943–1944 | New Jersey | Democratic |
| David I. Walsh | 1919–1925, 1926–1947 |
Massachusetts | Democratic |
| Patrick Walsh | 1894–1895 | Georgia | Democratic |
| Thomas J. Walsh | 1913–1933 | Montana | Democratic |
| Herbert S. Walters | 1963–1964 | Tennessee | Democratic |
| Edward C. Walthall | 1885–1894, 1895–1898 |
Mississippi | Democratic |
| George Walton | 1795–1796 | Georgia | Federalist |
| Matthias Ward | 1858–1859 | Texas | Democratic |
| Nicholas Ware | 1821–1824 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican |
| John Warner | 1979–2009 | Virginia | Republican |
| Willard Warner | 1868–1871 | Alabama | Republican |
| William Warner | 1905–1911 | Missouri | Republican |
| Francis E. Warren | 1890–1893, 1895–1929 |
Wyoming | Republican |
| William B. Washburn | 1874–1875 | Massachusetts | Republican |
| William D. Washburn | 1889–1895 | Minnesota | Republican |
| Charles W. Waterman | 1927–1932 | Colorado | Republican |
| Arthur V. Watkins | 1947–1959 | Utah | Republican |
| Clarence W. Watson | 1911–1913 | West Virginia | Democratic |
| James Watson | 1798–1800 | New York | Federalist |
| James Eli Watson | 1916–1933 | Indiana | Republican |
| Thomas E. Watson | 1921–1922 | Georgia | Democratic |
| William R. Webb | 1913 | Tennessee | Democratic |
| Daniel Webster | 1827–1833 | Massachusetts | National Republican |
| 1833–1841, 1845–1850 |
Whig | ||
| John W. Weeks | 1913–1919 | Massachusetts | Republican |
| Sinclair Weeks | 1944 | Massachusetts | Republican |
| Lowell Weicker | 1971–1989 | Connecticut | Republican |
| Adonijah Welch | 1868–1869 | Florida | Republican |
| Herman Welker | 1951–1957 | Idaho | Republican |
| John B. Weller | 1852–1857 | California | Democratic |
| Ovington E. Weller | 1921–1927 | Maryland | Republican |
| George L. Wellington | 1897–1903 | Maryland | Democratic |
| John S. Wells | 1855 | New Hampshire | Democratic |
| William H. Wells | 1799–1804, 1813–1817 |
Delaware | Federalist |
| Paul Wellstone | 1991–2002 | Minnesota | Democratic |
| J. Rodman West | 1871–1872 | Louisiana | Republican |
| 1872 | Liberal Republican | ||
| 1872–1877 | Republican | ||
| William S. West | 1914 | Georgia | Democratic |
| James Westcott | 1845–1849 | Florida | Democratic |
| George P. Wetmore | 1895–1907, 1908–1913 |
Rhode Island | Republican |
| Jesse Wharton | 1814–1815 | Tennessee | Democratic-Republican |
| Burton K. Wheeler | 1923–1947 | Montana | Democratic |
| Kenneth S. Wherry | 1943–1951 | Nebraska | Republican |
| James Whitcomb | 1849–1852 | Indiana | Democratic |
| Albert S. White | 1839–1845 | Indiana | Whig |
| Edward D. White | 1891–1894 | Louisiana | Democratic |
| Francis S. White | 1914–1915 | Alabama | Democratic |
| Hugh Lawson White | 1825–1835 | Tennessee | Democratic |
| 1835–1836 | National Republican | ||
| 1836–1840 | Whig | ||
| Samuel White | 1801–1809 | Delaware | Federalist |
| Stephen M. White | 1893–1899 | California | Democratic |
| Wallace H. White, Jr. | 1931–1949 | Maine | Republican |
| Jenkin Whiteside | 1809–1811 | Tennessee | Democratic-Republican |
| Washington C. Whitthorne | 1886–1887 | Tennessee | Democratic |
| William Pinkney Whyte | 1868–1869, 1875–1881, 1906–1908 |
Maryland | Democratic |
| Louis T. Wigfall | 1859–1861 | Texas | Democratic |
| Leonard Wilcox | 1842–1843 | New Hampshire | Democratic |
| Alexander Wiley | 1939–1963 | Wisconsin | Republican |
| Xenophon P. Wilfley | 1918 | Missouri | Democratic |
| William Wilkins | 1831–1834 | Pennsylvania | Democratic |
| Morton S. Wilkinson | 1859–1865 | Minnesota | Republican |
| Calvin Willey | 1825–1831 | Connecticut | National Republican |
| Waitman T. Willey | 1861–1863 | Virginia | Unionist |
| 1863–1871 | West Virginia | Republican | |
| Abram P. Williams | 1886–1887 | California | Republican |
| George Henry Williams | 1865–1871 | Oregon | Republican |
| George Howard Williams | 1925–1926 | Missouri | Republican |
| Harrison A. Williams | 1959–1982 | New Jersey | Democratic |
| Jared W. Williams | 1853–1854 | New Hampshire | Democratic |
| John Williams | 1815–1823 | Tennessee | Democratic-Republican |
| John J. Williams | 1947–1970 | Delaware | Republican |
| John Sharp Williams | 1911–1923 | Mississippi | Democratic |
| John Stuart Williams | 1879–1885 | Kentucky | Democratic |
| Reuel Williams | 1837–1843 | Maine | Democratic |
| Thomas Hickman Williams | 1838–1839 | Mississippi | Democratic |
| Thomas Hill Williams | 1817–1824 | Mississippi | Democratic-Republican |
| 1824–1829 | Democratic | ||
| Ben M. Williamson | 1930–1931 | Kentucky | Democratic |
| Frank B. Willis | 1921–1928 | Ohio | Republican |
| Raymond E. Willis | 1941–1947 | Indiana | Republican |
| David Wilmot | 1861–1863 | Pennsylvania | Republican |
| Ephraim K. Wilson II | 1885–1891 | Maryland | Democratic |
| George A. Wilson | 1943–1949 | Iowa | Republican |
| Henry Wilson | 1855 | Massachusetts | Free Soiler |
| 1855–1856 | American | ||
| 1856–1873 | Republican | ||
| James F. Wilson | 1883–1895 | Iowa | Republican |
| James J. Wilson | 1815–1821 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican |
| John L. Wilson | 1895–1899 | Washington | Republican |
| Pete Wilson | 1983–1991 | California | Republican |
| Robert Wilson | 1862–1863 | Missouri | Unionist |
| William Windom | 1870–1871, 1871–1881, 1881–1883 |
Minnesota | Republican |
| Paine Wingate | 1789–1793 | New Hampshire | Democratic-Republican |
| Robert C. Winthrop | 1850–1851 | Massachusetts | Whig |
| Timothy E. Wirth | 1987–1993 | Colorado | Democratic |
| Garrett L. Withers | 1949–1950 | Kentucky | Democratic |
| Robert E. Withers | 1875–1881 | Virginia | Democratic |
| Harris Wofford | 1991–1995 | Pennsylvania | Democratic |
| Thomas A. Wofford | 1956 | South Carolina | Democratic |
| Edward O. Wolcott | 1889–1901 | Colorado | Republican |
| Josiah O. Wolcott | 1917–1921 | Delaware | Democratic |
| William Woodbridge | 1841–1847 | Michigan | Whig |
| Levi Woodbury | 1825–1831, 1841–1845 |
New Hampshire | Democratic |
| John D. Works | 1911–1917 | California | Republican |
| Thomas Worthington | 1803–1807, 1810–1814 |
Ohio | Democratic-Republican |
| George G. Wright | 1871–1877 | Iowa | Republican |
| Joseph A. Wright | 1862–1863 | Indiana | Democratic |
| Robert Wright | 1801–1806 | Maryland | Democratic-Republican |
| Silas Wright, Jr. | 1833–1844 | New York | Democratic |
| William Wright | 1853–1859, 1863–1866 |
New Jersey | Democratic |
| Louis C. Wyman | 1975 | New Hampshire | Republican |
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