Class 1
Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for only one U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788/1789, and then the seat was contested again for the 2nd, 5th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. Those seats in recent years have been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012, with a special election taking place in 2010.
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | Tristram Dalton | Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
1 | 1 | Elected in 1789 Lost re-election |
| 2 | George Cabot | Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1791 – June 9, 1796 |
2 | 2 | Elected in 1791 Resigned |
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| 3 | Benjamin Goodhue | Federalist | June 11, 1796 – November 8, 1800 |
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Elected to finish Cabot's term | |
| 5 | 3 | Re-elected in 1797 Resigned |
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| 4 | Jonathan Mason | Federalist | November 14, 1800 – March 3, 1803 |
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Elected to finish Goodhue's term | |
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| 5 | John Quincy Adams | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – June 8, 1808 |
8 | 4 | Elected in 1802 Resigned |
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| 6 | James Lloyd | Federalist | June 9, 1808 – May 1, 1813 |
10 |
Elected to finish Adams's term | |
| 11 | 5 | Re-elected in 1809 Resigned |
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| 7 | Christopher Gore | Federalist | May 5, 1813 – May 30, 1816 |
13 |
Appointed to finish Lloyd's term | |
| 14 | 6 | Elected to full term in 1815 Resigned |
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| Vacant | June 1, 1816 – June 11, 1816 |
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| 8 | Eli P. Ashmun | Federalist | June 12, 1816 – May 10, 1818 |
14 |
Elected to finish Gore's term Resigned |
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| Vacant | May 11, 1818 – June 4, 1818 |
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| 9 | Prentiss Mellen | Federalist | June 5, 1818 – May 15, 1820 |
15 |
Elected to finish Ashmun's term Resigned to become Chief Justice of Maine |
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| Vacant | May 16, 1820 – June 11, 1820 |
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| 10 | Elijah H. Mills | Federalist | June 12, 1820 – March 3, 1827 |
16 |
Elected to finish Mellen's term | |
| 17 | 7 | Re-elected in 1820 Lost re-election in 1826 |
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| Adams-Clay Federalist |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1827 – December 17, 1827 |
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| 11 | Daniel Webster | Adams | June 8, 1827 – February 22, 1841 |
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Elected late in 1827 Pres |
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| 23 | 9 | Re-elected in 1833 | ||||
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| 26 | 10 | Re-elected in 1839 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State |
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| 12 | Rufus Choate | Whig | February 23, 1841 – March 3, 1845 |
Elected to finish Webster's term Retired |
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| 13 | Daniel Webster | Whig | March 4, 1845 – July 22, 1850 |
29 | 11 | Elected in 1845 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State again |
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| Vacant | July 23, 1850 – July 29, 1850 |
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| 14 | Robert Charles Winthrop | Whig | July 30, 1850 – February 1, 1851 |
Appointed to continue Webster's term Lost election to finish Webster's term |
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| 15 | Robert Rantoul, Jr. | Democratic | February 1, 1851 – March 3, 1851 |
31 |
Elected to finish Webster's term Retired |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1851 – April 24, 1851 |
32 | 12 | In 1851, Democrats gained control of the Massachusetts General Court in coalition with the Free Soilers. However, the legislature deadlocked on who should succeed Daniel Webster. Democrats refused to vote for Charles Sumner (the Free Soilers' choice). Sumner was eventually elected late. | ||
| 16 | Charles Sumner | Free Soil | April 24, 1851 – March 11, 1874 |
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| Republican | 35 | 13 | Re-elected in 1857 | |||
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| 38 | 14 | Re-elected in 1863 | ||||
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| 41 | 15 | Re-elected in 1869 Died |
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| Vacant | March 12, 1874 – April 16, 1874 |
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| 17 | William B. Washburn | Republican | April 17, 1874 – March 3, 1875 |
43 |
Elected to finish Sumner's term Retired |
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| 18 | Henry L. Dawes | Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1893 |
44 | 16 | Elected in 1875 |
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| 47 | 17 | Re-elected in 1881 | ||||
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| 50 | 18 | Re-elected in 1887 Retired |
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| 19 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican | March 4, 1893 – November 9, 1924 |
53 | 19 | Elected in 1893 |
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| 56 | 20 | Re-elected in 1898 | ||||
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| 59 | 21 | Re-elected in 1904 | ||||
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| 62 | 22 | Re-elected in 1910 | ||||
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| 65 | 23 | Re-elected in 1916 | ||||
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| 68 | 24 | Re-elected in 1922 Died |
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| Vacant | November 10, 1924 – November 12, 1924 |
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| 20 | William M. Butler | Republican | November 13, 1924 – December 6, 1926 |
68 |
Appointed to continue Lodge's term Lost election to finish Lodge's term |
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| 21 | David I. Walsh | Democratic | December 6, 1926 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected to finish Lodge's term | ||
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| 71 | 25 | Re-elected in 1928 | ||||
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| 74 | 26 | Re-elected in 1934 | ||||
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| 77 | 27 | Re-elected in 1940 Lost re-election |
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| 22 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
80 | 28 | Elected in 1946 Lost re-election |
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| 23 | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – December 22, 1960 |
83 | 29 | Elected in 1952 |
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| 86 | 30 | Re-elected in 1958 Resigned to become U.S. President |
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| Vacant | December 23, 1960 – December 27, 1960 |
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| 24 | Benjamin Smith | Democratic | December 27, 1960 – November 7, 1962 |
86 |
Appointed to continue John Kennedy's term Retired |
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| 25 | Ted Kennedy | Democratic | November 7, 1962 – August 25, 2009 |
Elected to finish his brother's term | ||
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| 89 | 31 | Re-elected in 1964 | ||||
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| 92 | 32 | Re-elected in 1970 | ||||
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| 95 | 33 | Re-elected in 1976 | ||||
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| 98 | 34 | Re-elected in 1982 | ||||
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| 101 | 35 | Re-elected in 1988 | ||||
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| 104 | 36 | Re-elected in 1994 | ||||
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| 107 | 37 | Re-elected in 2000 | ||||
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| 110 | 38 | Re-elected in 2006 Died |
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| Vacant | August 26, 2009 – September 24, 2009 |
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| 26 | Paul G. Kirk | Democratic | September 24, 2009 – February 4, 2010 |
Appointed to continue Ted Kennedy's term Retired |
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| 27 | Scott Brown | Republican | February 4, 2010 – Present |
111 |
Elected to finish Ted Kennedy's term Lost re-election |
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