List of United States Senators From Massachusetts

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first two United States Congresses in the first election of 1788/1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Caleb Strong	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796	1	1	Elected in 1789
		Pro- Administration		2	1	Elected in 1789
		Federalist		3	2	Re-elected in 1793 Resigned
		Federalist		4		Re-elected in 1793 Resigned
Vacant			June 2, 1796 – June 10, 1796	4
2	Theodore Sedgwick	Federalist	June 11, 1796 – March 3, 1799	4		Elected in 1796 Retired to run the U.S. House of Representatives
2	Theodore Sedgwick	Federalist	June 11, 1796 – March 3, 1799	5
3	Samuel Dexter	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – May 30, 1800	6	3	Elected in 1799 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of War
Vacant			June 1, 1800 – June 5, 1800	6
4	Dwight Foster	Federalist	June 6, 1800 – March 2, 1803	6		Elected to finish Dexter's term Resigned
4	Dwight Foster	Federalist	June 6, 1800 – March 2, 1803	7		Elected to finish Dexter's term Resigned
5	Timothy Pickering	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811	8		Elected to finish Foster's term
				9	4	Re-elected in 1804 Lost re-election
				10
				11
Vacant			March 4, 1811 – June 28, 1811	12	5
6	Joseph Bradley Varnum	Democratic- Republican	June 29, 1811 – March 3, 1817	12		Elected to finish term
				13
				14
7	Harrison Gray Otis	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – May 30, 1822	15	6	Elected in 1817 Resigned
				16
				17
8	James Lloyd	Federalist	June 5, 1822 – May 23, 1826	17		Elected to finish Otis's term
		Adams-Clay Federalist		18	7	Re-elected in 1824 Resigned
		Adams		19		Re-elected in 1824 Resigned
9	Nathaniel Silsbee	Adams	May 31, 1826 – March 3, 1835	19		Elected to finish Lloyd's term
		Adams		20		Elected to finish Lloyd's term
		Anti- Jacksonian		21	8	Re-elected in 1830 Retired
				22
				23
10	John Davis	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – January 5, 1841	24	9	Elected in 1835 Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts
		Whig		25
		Whig		26
11	Isaac C. Bates	Whig	January 13, 1841 – March 16, 1845	26		Appointed to finish Davis's term
				27	10	Elected to full term in 1841 Died
				28
				29
12	John Davis	Whig	March 24, 1845 – March 3, 1853	29		Elected to finish Bates's term
				30	11	Re-elected in 1847 Retired
				31
				32
13	Edward Everett	Whig	March 4, 1853 – June 1, 1854	33	12	Elected Resigned
14	Julius Rockwell	Whig	June 3, 1854 – January 31, 1855			Appointed to continue Everett's term Successor was elected
15	Henry Wilson	Free Soil	January 31, 1855 – March 3, 1873			Elected to finish Everett's term
		Know-nothing		34
		Opposition		34
		Republican		35
				36	13	Re-elected in 1859
				37
				38
				39	14	Re-elected in 1865
				40
				41
				42	15	Re-elected in 1871 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
Vacant			March 3, 1873 – March 17, 1873	43
16	George S. Boutwell	Republican	March 17, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43		Elected to finish Wilson's term
16	George S. Boutwell	Republican	March 17, 1873 – March 3, 1877	44		Elected to finish Wilson's term
17	George Frisbie Hoar	Republican	March 4, 1877 – September 30, 1904	45	16	Elected in 1877
				46
				47
				48	17	Re-elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	18	Re-elected in 1889
				52
				53
				54	19	Re-elected in 1895
				55
				56
				57	20	Re-elected in 1901 Died
				58		Re-elected in 1901 Died
18	Winthrop M. Crane	Republican	October 12, 1904 – March 3, 1913	58		Appointed to continue Hoar's term Elected to finish Hoar's term
				59
				60	21	Re-elected in 1907 Retired
				61
				62
19	John W. Weeks	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63	22	Elected in 1912 Lost re-election
				64
				65
20	David I. Walsh	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925	66	23	Elected in 1918 Lost re-election
				67
				68
21	Frederick H. Gillett	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69	24	Elected in 1924 Retired
				70
				71
22	Marcus A. Coolidge	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937	72	25	Elected in 1930 Retired
				73
				74
23	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1937 – February 3, 1944	75	26	Elected in 1936
				76
				77
				78	27	Re-elected in 1942 Resigned to return to active duty in the U.S. Army
Vacant			February 4, 1944 – February 7, 1944
24	Sinclair Weeks	Republican	February 8, 1944 – December 19, 1944			Appointed to continue Lodge's term Retired & resigned early
Vacant			December 20, 1944 – January 3, 1945
25	Leverett Saltonstall	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1967	79		Elected to finish Lodge's term
				80		Elected to finish Lodge's term
				81	28	Re-elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	29	Re-elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	30	Re-elected in 1960 Retired
				88
				89
26	Edward Brooke	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1979	90	31	Elected in 1966
				91
				92
				93	32	Re-elected in 1972 Lost re-election
				94
				95
27	Paul Tsongas	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 2, 1985	96	33	Elected in 1978 Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
				97
				98
28	John Kerry	Democratic	January 2, 1985 – Present	98		Appointed early to finish Tsongas's term, having already been elected to the next term
				99	34	Elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	35	Re-elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	36	Re-elected in 1996
				106
				107
				108	37	Re-elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	38	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113
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