List of Special Elections
This list only includes vacancies that were filled by special election. Not included are those situations in which vacancies were only filled by appointment or general election.
This list is sorted by the date of the special election.
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| State | Original | Appointee | Winner | Term ending | |||
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| Senator | Vacancy event | Senator | Date | Senator | Date ↑ | ||
| Virginia | William Grayson (A) | Died Mar 12, 1790 | John Walker (P) | Mar 31, 1790 | James Monroe (A) | Nov 9, 1790 | Mar 4, 1793 |
| New Jersey | William Paterson (P) | Resigned Nov 13, 1790 | No appointment | Philemon Dickinson (P) | Nov 23, 1790 | Mar 4, 1793 | |
| New York | Rufus King (F) | Resigned May 23, 1796 | No appointment | John Laurance (F) | Nov 9, 1796 | Mar 4, 1801 | |
| New York | Philip Schuyler (F) | Resigned Jan 3, 1798 | No appointment | John Sloss Hobart (F) | Jan 11, 1798 | Mar 4, 1803 |
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| New York | John Sloss Hobart (F) | Resigned Apr 16, 1798 | William North (F) | May 5, 1798 | James Watson (F) | Aug 17, 1798 | Mar 4, 1803 |
| New York | James Watson (F) | Resigned Mar 19, 1800 | No appointment | Gouverneur Morris (F) | Apr 3, 1800 | Mar 4, 1803 |
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| New York | John Laurance (F) | Resigned Aug 1800 | No appointment | John Armstrong, Jr. (DR) | Nov 6, 1800 | Mar 4, 1801 | |
| New York | John Armstrong, Jr. (DR) | Resigned Feb 5, 1802 | No appointment | DeWitt Clinton (DR) | Feb 9, 1802 | Mar 4, 1807 | |
| New York | Theodorus Bailey (DR) | Resigned Jan 16, 1804 | No appointment | John Armstrong, Jr. (DR) | Feb 3, 1804 | Mar 4, 1807 | |
| New York | John Armstrong, Jr. (DR) | Resigned Feb 23, 1804 | No appointment | John Smith (DR) | Feb 3, 1804 | Mar 4, 1807 | |
| New York | John Armstrong, Jr. (DR) | Resigned Jun 30, 1804 | No appointment | Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) | Nov 9, 1804 | Mar 4, 1809 | |
| Alabama | John Williams Walker (DR) | Resigned Dec 12, 1822 | No appointment | William Kelly (DR) | Dec 12, 1822 | Mar 4, 1825 | |
| Delaware | Caesar A. Rodney (DR) | Resigned Jan 29, 1823 | No appointment | Thomas Clayton (F) | Jan 8, 1824 | Mar 4, 1827 | |
| Louisiana | Henry Johnson (DR) | Resigned May 27, 1824 | No appointment | Charles Bouligny (DR) | Nov 19, 1824 | Mar 4, 1829 | |
| Illinois | Ninian Edwards (DR) | Resigned Mar 4, 1824 | No appointment | John McLean (DR) | Nov 24, 1824 | Mar 4, 1825 | |
| Georgia | Nicholas Ware (DR) | Died Jan 29, 1823 | No appointment | Thomas W. Cobb (F) | Dec 6, 1824 | Mar 4, 1829 | |
| Virginia | John Taylor (DR) | Died Aug 21, 1824 | No appointment | Littleton Tazewell (DR) | Dec 7, 1824 | Mar 4, 1829 | |
| Connecticut | Vacant from beginning of term, Mar 4, 1825 | No appointment | Calvin Willey (AJ) | Connecticut | Mar 4, 1829 | ||
| Alabama | Henry H. Chambers (DR) | Died Jan 24, 1826 | Israel Pickens (DR) | Feb 17, 1826 | John McKinley (J) | Nov 27, 1826 | Mar 4, 1831 |
| New York | Martin Van Buren (DR) | Resigned Dec 20, 1828 | No appointment | Charles E. Dudley (D) | Jan 15, 1829 | Mar 4, 1833 | |
| New York | William L. Marcy (D) | Resigned Jan 1, 1833 | No appointment | Silas Wright (D) | Jan 4, 1833 | Mar 4, 1837 | |
| Alabama | John McKinley (D) | Resigned Apr 22, 1837 | Clement Comer Clay (D) | Jun 19, 1837 | Arthur P. Bagby (D) | Nov 24, 1841 | Mar 4, 1843 |
| Arkansas | William S. Fulton (D) | Died Aug 15, 1844 | No appointment | Chester Ashley (D) | Nov 8, 1844 | Mar 4, 1847 | |
| New York | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W) | Resigned June 17, 1844 | Daniel S. Dickinson (D) | Nov 30, 1844 | Daniel S. Dickinson (D) | Jan 18, 1845 | Mar 4, 1845 |
| New York | Silas Wright (D) | Resigned Nov 26, 1844 | Henry A. Foster (D) | Nov 30, 1844 | John Adams Dix (D) | Jan 18, 1845 | Mar 4, 1849 |
| Arkansas | Chester Ashley (D) | Died Apr 29, 1848 | William K. Sebastian (D) | May 12, 1848 | William K. Sebastian (D) | Mar 4, 1859 | |
| Alabama | Dixon Hall Lewis (D) | Died Oct 24, 1848 | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | Nov 25, 1848 | Jeremiah Clemens (D) | Nov 30, 1849 | Mar 4, 1853 |
| California | David C. Broderick (D) | Died Sep 16, 1859 | Henry P. Haun (D) | Nov 3, 1859 | Milton S. Latham (D) | Jan 11, 1860 | Mar 4, 1863 |
| California | Eugene Casserly (D) | Resigned Nov 29, 1873 | No appointment | John S. Hager (D) | Dec 23, 1873 | Mar 4, 1873 | |
| Alabama | George S. Houston (D) | Died Dec 31, 1879 | Luke Pryor (D) | Jan 7, 1880 | James L. Pugh (D) | Nov 24, 1880 | Mar 4, 1885 |
| New York | Thomas C. Platt (R) | Resigned May 16, 1881 | No appointment | Warner Miller (R) | Jul 16, 1881 | Mar 4, 1887 | |
| New York | Roscoe Conkling (R) | Resigned May 16, 1881 | No appointment | Elbridge G. Lapham (R) | Jul 22, 1881 | Mar 4, 1885 | |
| Arkansas | Augustus Garland (D) | Resigned Mar 6, 1885 | No appointment | James H. Berry (D) | Mar 20, 1885 | Mar 4, 1859 | |
| California | John Franklin Miller (R) | Died Mar 8, 1886 | George Hearst (D) | Mar 23, 1886 | Abram P. Williams (R) | Aug 4, 1886 | Mar 4, 1887 |
| California | George Hearst (D) | Died Feb 28, 1891 | No appointment | Charles N. Felton (R) | Mar 19, 1891 | Mar 4, 1893 | |
| California | Leland Stanford (R) | Died Jun 21, 1893 | George C. Perkins (R) | Jul 26, 1893 | George C. Perkins (R) | Mar 4, 1897 | |
| Mississippi | Edward C. Walthall (D) | Resigned Jan 24, 1894 | No appointment | Anselm J. McLaurin (D) | Feb 7, 1894 | Mar 4, 1895 | |
| Louisiana | Edward D. White (D) | Resigned Mar 12, 1894 | Newton C. Blanchard (D) | Mar 12, 1894 | Newton C. Blanchard (D) | Mar 4, 1897 | |
| Georgia | Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | Died Mar 26, 1894 | Patrick Walsh (D) | Apr 2, 1894 | Patrick Walsh (D) | Mar 4, 1895 | |
| North Carolina | Zebulon B. Vance | Died Apr 14, 1894 | Thomas J. Jarvis (D) | Apr 19, 1894 | Jeter C. Pritchard (D) | Mar 4, 1897 | |
| Michigan | Francis B. Stockbridge (R) | Died Apr 3, 1894 | John Patton, Jr. (R) | May 5, 1894 | Julius C. Burrows (R) | Jan 24, 1895 | Mar 4, 1899 |
| Montana | Vacant | Failure to elect | Lee Mantle (R) | January 16, 1895 | |||
| Wyoming | Vacant | Failure to elect | Clarence D. Clark (R) | January 23, 1895 | |||
| Washington | Vacant | Failure to elect | John L. Wilson (R) | February 19, 1895 | |||
| Utah | New Seat | Frank J. Cannon (R) | January 26, 1894 | ||||
| Utah | New seat | Arthur Brown (R) | January 26, 1894 | ||||
| Mississippi | Edward C. Walthall (D) | Died Apr 21, 1898 | William V. Sullivan (D) | May 31, 1898 | William V. Sullivan (D) | Mar 4, 1901 | |
| Alabama | Edmund Pettus (D) | Died Jul 27, 1907 | No appointment | Joseph F. Johnston (D) | Aug 6, 1907 | Mar 4, 1909 | |
| Pennsylvania | Philander C. Knox (R) | Resigned Mar 4, 1909 | No appointment | George T. Oliver (R) | Mar 17, 1909 | Mar 4, 1911 | |
| Mississippi | Anselm J. McLaurin (D) | Died Dec 22, 1909 | James Gordon (D) | Dec 27, 1909 | LeRoy Percy (D) | Feb 22, 1910 | Mar 4, 1913 |
| Louisiana | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | Died Jun 28, 1910 | John Thornton (D) | Aug 27, 1910 | John Thornton (D) | Dec 6, 1910 | Mar 4, 1915 |
| North Dakota | Martin N. Johnson (R) | Died Oct 12, 1909 | Fountain L. Thompson (D) | Nov 10, 1909 | Asle Gronna (R) | Feb 1, 1911 | Mar 4, 1915 |
| William E. Purcell (D) | Feb 1, 1910 | ||||||
| West Virginia | Stephen Benton Elkins (R) | Died Jan 4, 1911 | Davis Elkins (R) | Jan 9, 1911 | Clarence Wayland Watson (D) | Feb 1, 1911 | Mar 4, 1913 |
| Iowa | Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) | Died Oct 15, 1910 | Lafayette Young (R) | Nov 4, 1910 | William S. Kenyon (R) | Apr 11, 1911 | Mar 4, 1913 |
| Georgia | Alexander S. Clay (D) | Died Nov 13, 1910 | Joseph M. Terrell (D) | Nov 17, 1910 | M. Hoke Smith (D) | Jul 12, 1911 | Mar 4, 1915 |
| Maine | William P. Frye (R) | Died Aug 8, 1911 | No appointment | Obadiah Gardner (D) | Sep 22, 1911 | Mar 4, 1913 | |
| Colorado | Charles J. Hughes, Jr. (D) | Died Jan 11, 1911 | No appointment | Charles S. Thomas (D) | Jan 15, 1913 | Mar 4, 1915 | |
| Tennessee | Robert Love Taylor (D) | Died Mar 31, 1912 | Newell Sanders (R) | Apr 11, 1912 | William R. Webb (D) | Jan 23, 1913 | Mar 4, 1913 |
| Nevada | George S. Nixon (R) | Died Jun 5, 1912 | William A. Massey (R) | Jul 1, 1912 | Key Pittman (D) | Jan 23, 1913 | Mar 4, 1917 |
| Texas | Joseph Weldon Bailey (D) | Resigned Jan 3, 1913 | Rienzi Melville Johnston (D) | Jan 4, 1913 | Morris Sheppard (D) | Jan 23, 1913 | Mar 4, 1913 |
| Arkansas | Jeff Davis | Died Jan 3, 1913 | John N. Heiskell (D) | Jan 6, 1913 | William Marmaduke Kavanaugh (D) | Jan 23, 1913 | Mar 4, 1913 |
| Idaho | Weldon B. Heyburn (R) | Died Oct 17, 1912 | Kirtland Irving Perky (D) | Nov 18, 1912 | James H. Brady (R) | Jan 24, 1913 | Mar 4, 1915 |
| Arkansas | Vacant from beginning of term, Mar 4, 1913 | No appointment | Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) | Jan 27, 1913 | Mar 4, 1919 | ||
| Illinois | William Lorimer (R) | Jul 13, 1912 | No appointment | Lawrence Yates Sherman (R) | Mar 26, 1913 | Mar 4, 1915 | |
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| Maryland | Isidor Rayner (D) | Died Nov 25, 1912 | William P. Jackson (R) | Nov 29, 1912 | Blair Lee (D) | Nov 4, 1913 | Mar 4, 1917 |
| Alabama | Joseph F. Johnston (D) | Died Aug 8, 1913 | No appointment | Francis S. White (D) | May 11, 1914 | Mar 4, 1915 | |
| Georgia | Augus Octavius Bacon (D) | Died Feb 14, 1914 | William S. West (D) | Mar 1, 1914 | Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | Nov 3, 1914 | Mar 4, 1919 |
| Kentucky | William O. Bradley (R) | Died May 23, 1914 | Johnson N. Camden (D) | Jun 16, 1914 | Johnson N. Camden (D) | Nov 3, 1914 | Mar 4, 1915 |
| Maine | Edwin C. Burleigh (R) | Died Jun 16, 1916 | No appointment | Bert M. Fernald (R) | Sep 11, 1916 | Mar 4, 1919 | |
| Indiana | Benjamin F. Shively (D) | Died Mar 14, 1916 | Thomas Taggart (D) | Mar 20, 1916 | James Eli Watson (R) | Nov 7, 1916 | Mar 4, 1921 |
| Arkansas | James Paul Clarke (D) | Died Oct 1, 1916 | No appointment | William F. Kirby (D) | Nov 7, 1916 | Mar 4, 1921 | |
| Wisconsin | Paul O. Husting (D) | Died Oct 21, 1917 | No appointment | Irvine L. Lenroot (R) | Apr 18, 1918 | Mar 4, 1921 | |
| Oregon | Harry Lane (D) | Died May 23, 1917 | Charles L. McNary (R) | May 29, 1917 | Frederick W. Mulkey (R) | Nov 5, 1918 | Mar 4, 1919 |
| Nevada | Francis G. Newlands (D) | Died Dec 24, 1917 | Charles B. Henderson (D) | Jan 12, 1918 | Charles B. Henderson (D) | Nov 5, 1918 | Mar 4, 1921 |
| Idaho | James H. Brady (R) | Died Jan 13, 1918 | John F. Nugent (D) | Jan 22, 1918 | John F. Nugent (D) | Nov 5, 1918 | Mar 4, 1921 |
| New Jersey | William Hughes (D) | Died Jan 30, 1918 | David Baird (R) | Feb 23, 1918 | David Baird (R) | Nov 5, 1918 | Mar 4, 1919 |
| Louisiana | Robert F. Broussard (D) | Died Apr 12, 1918 | Walter Guion (D) | Apr 22, 1918 | Edward Gay (D) | Nov 5, 1918 | Mar 4, 1921 |
| Missouri | William J. Stone (D) | Died Apr 14, 1918 | Xenophon P. Wilfley (D) | Apr 30, 1918 | Selden P. Spencer (R) | Nov 5, 1918 | Mar 4, 1921 |
| South Carolina | Benjamin R. Tillman (D) | Died Jul 3, 1918 | Christie Benet (D) | Jul 6, 1918 | William P. Pollock (D) | Nov 5, 1918 | Mar 4, 1919 |
| New Hampshire | Jacob H. Gallinger (R) | Died Aug 17, 1918 | Irving W. Drew (R) | Sep 2, 1918 | George H. Moses (R) | Nov 5, 1918 | Mar 4, 1921 |
| Virginia | Thomas S. Martin (D) | Died Nov 12, 1919 | Carter Glass (D) | Nov 18, 1919 | Carter Glass (D) | Nov 2, 1920 | Mar 4, 1925 |
| Alabama | John H. Bankhead (D) | Died Mar 1, 1920 | B. B. Comer (D) | Mar 5, 1920 | J. Thomas Heflin (D) | Nov 2, 1920 | Mar 4, 1925 |
| Delaware | Josiah O. Wolcott (D) | Resigned Jul 2, 1921 | T. Coleman du Pont (R) | Jul 7, 1921 | Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (D) | Nov 7, 1922 | Mar 4, 1923 |
| Pennsylvania | Philander C. Knox (R) | Died Oct 12, 1921 | William E. Crow (R) | Oct 17, 1921 – Aug 2, 1922 (died) | David A. Reed (R) | Nov 7, 1922 | Mar 4, 1923 |
| David A. Reed (R) | Aug 8, 1922 | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | Boies Penrose (R) | Died Dec 31, 1921 | George W. Pepper (R) | Jan 9, 1922 | George W. Pepper (R) | Nov 7, 1922 | Mar 4, 1927 |
| Iowa | William S. Kenyon (R) | Resigned Feb 24, 1922 | Charles A. Rawson (R) | Feb 24, 1922 | Smith W. Brookhart (R) | Nov 7, 1922 | Mar 4, 1925 |
| Georgia | Thomas E. Watson (D) | Died Sep 26 1922 | Rebecca Felton (D) | Nov 21, 1922 | Walter F. George (D) | Nov 7, 1922 | Mar 4, 1927 |
| Colorado | Samuel D. Nicholson (R) | Died Mar 24, 1923 | Alva B. Adams (D) | May 17, 1923 | Rice W. Means (R) | Nov 4, 1924 | Mar 4, 1927 |
| Connecticut | Frank B. Brandegee (R) | Died Oct 14, 1924 | No appointment | Hiram Bingham III (R) | Dec 16, 1924 | Mar 4, 1927 | |
| Arkansas | Thaddeus H. Caraway (D) | Died Nov 6, 1931 | Hattie Caraway (D) | Dec 9, 1931 | Hattie Caraway (D) | Jan 12, 1932 | Mar 4, 1933 |
| New Jersey | Dwight Morrow (R) | Died Oct 5, 1931 | William Warren Barbour (R) | Dec 1, 1931 | William Warren Barbour (R) | Nov 2, 1932 | Jan 3, 1937 |
| Georgia | William J. Harris (D) | Died Apr 18, 1932 | John S. Cohen (D) | Apr 25, 1932 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D) | Nov 2, 1932 | Jan 3, 1937 |
| Vermont | Porter H. Dale (R) | Died Oct 6, 1933 | Ernest W. Gibson (R) | Nov 21, 1933 | Ernest W. Gibson (R) | Jan 16, 1934 | Jan 3, 1937 |
| Montana | Thomas J. Walsh (D) | Died Mar 4, 1933 | John E. Erickson (D) | Mar 13, 1933 | James E. Murray (D) | Nov 6, 1934 | Jan 3, 1937 |
| Tennessee | Cordell Hull (D) | Resigned Mar 4, 1933 | Nathan L. Bachman (D) | Mar 4, 1933 | Nathan L. Bachman (D) | Nov 6, 1934 | Jan 3, 1937 |
| New Mexico | Sam G. Bratton (D) | Resigned Jun 24, 1933 | Carl A. Hatch (D) | Oct 10, 1933 | Carl A. Hatch (D) | Nov 6, 1934 | Jan 3, 1937 |
| Arkansas | Joseph T. Robinson (D) | Died Jul 14, 1937 | No appointment | John E. Miller (D) | Nov 15, 1937 | Jan 3, 1943 | |
| Tennessee | Nathan L. Bachman (D) | Died Apr 23, 1937 | George L. Berry (D) | May 6, 1937 | Tom Stewart (D) | Nov 8, 1938 | Jan 3, 1943 |
| New York | Royal Copeland (D) | Died Jun 17, 1938 | No appointment | James M. Mead (D) | Nov 8, 1938 | Jan 3, 1941 | |
| Texas | Morris Sheppard (D) | Died Apr 9, 1941 | Andrew Houston (D) | Apr 21, 1941 | W. Lee O'Daniel (D) | Jun 28, 1941 | Jan 3, 1943 |
| Mississippi | Pat Harrison (D) | Died Jun 22, 1941 | James Eastland (D) | Jun 30, 1941 | Wall Doxey (D) | Sep 23, 1941 | Jan 3, 1943 |
| South Carolina | James F. Byrnes (D) | Resigned Jul 17, 1941 | Alva Lumpkin (D) | Jul 22, 1941 | Burnet Maybank (D) | Nov 5, 1941 | Jan 3, 1945 |
| Roger Peace (D) | Aug 5, 1941 | ||||||
| Colorado | Alva B. Adams (D) | Died Dec 1, 1941 | Eugene Millikin (R) | Dec 20, 1941 | Eugene Millikin (R) | Nov 3, 1942 | Jan 3, 1945 |
| West Virginia | Matthew M. Neely (D) | Resigned Jan 12, 1941 | Joseph Rosier (D) | Jan 13, 1941 | Hugh Ike Shott (R) | Nov 3, 1942 | Jan 3, 1943 |
| Nevada | Key Pittman (D) | Died Nov 10, 1940 | Berkeley Bunker (D) | Nov 27, 1940 | James G. Scrugham (D) | Dec 7, 1942 | Jan 3, 1947 |
| Indiana | Frederick Van Nuys (D) | Died Jan 25, 1944 | Samuel D. Jackson (D) | Jan 28, 1944 | William E. Jenner (R) | Nov 7, 1944 | Jan 3, 1945 |
| Oregon | Charles L. McNary (R) | Died Feb 25, 1944 | Guy Cordon (R) | Mar 4, 1944 | Guy Cordon (R) | Nov 7, 1944 | Jan 3, 1949 |
| New Jersey | William Warren Barbour (R) | Died Nov 22, 1943 | Arthur Walsh (D) | Nov 26, 1943 | H. Alexander Smith (R) | Nov 7, 1944 | Jan 3, 1947 |
| Massachusetts | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | Resigned Feb 3, 1944 | Sinclair Weeks (R) | Feb 8, 1944 | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | Nov 7, 1944 | Jan 3, 1949 |
| Alabama | John H. Bankhead II (D) | Died Jun 12, 1946 | George R. Swift (D) | Jun 15, 1946 | Jeremiah Clemens (D) | Nov 6, 1946 | Jan 3, 1951 |
| California | Hiram Johnson (R) | Died Aug 6, 1945 | William Knowland (R) | Aug 26, 1945 | William Knowland (R) | Nov 5, 1946 | Jan 3, 1947 |
| Mississippi | Theodore G. Bilbo (D) | Died Aug 24, 1947 | No appointment | John C. Stennis (D) | Nov 5, 1947 | Jan 3, 1952 | |
| New York | Robert F Wagner (D) | Resigned Jun 28, 1949 | John Foster Dulles (R) | Jul 7, 1949 | Herbert Lehman (D) | Nov 8, 1949 | Jan 3, 1951 |
| North Carolina | J. Melville Broughton (D) | Died Mar 6, 1949 | Frank Porter Graham (D) | Mar 29, 1949 | Willis Smith (D) | Nov 7, 1950 | Jan 3, 1955 |
| Kansas | Clyde M. Reed (R) | Died Nov 8, 1949 | Harry Darby (R) | Dec 2, 1949 | Frank Carlson (R) | Nov 7, 1950 | Jan 3, 1967 |
| Idaho | Bert H. Miller (D) | Died Oct 8, 1949 | Henry Dworshak (R) | Oct 14, 1949 | Henry Dworshak (R) | Nov 7, 1950 | Jan 3, 1955 |
| California | Richard Nixon (R) | Resigned Jan 1, 1953 | Thomas Kuchel (R) | Jan 2, 1953 | Thomas Kuchel (R) | Nov 2, 1954 | Jan 3, 1957 |
| North Carolina | Clyde R. Hoey (D) | Died May 12, 1954 | Sam Ervin (D) | Jun 5, 1954 | Sam Ervin (D) | Nov 2, 1954 | Jan 3, 1957 |
| Nebraska | Hugh Butler (R) | Died Jul 1, 1954 | Sam Reynolds (R) | Jul 7, 1954 | Roman Hruska (R) | Nov 2, 1954 | Jan 3, 1959 |
| North Carolina | Willis Smith (D) | Died Jun 26, 1953 | Alton Lennon (D) | Ju1 15, 1953 | Kerr Scott (D) | Nov 2, 1954 | Jan 3, 1955 |
| Nebraska | Dwight Griswold (R) | Died Apr 12, 1954 | Eva Bowring (R) | Apr 26, 1954 | Hazel Abel (R) | Nov 2, 1954 | Jan 3, 1955 |
| Kentucky | Alben Barkley (D) | Died Apr 30, 1956 | Robert Humphreys (D) | Jun 25, 1956 | John Sherman Cooper (R) | Nov 6, 1956 | Jan 3, 1961 |
| West Virginia | Harley M. Kilgore (D) | Died Feb 28, 1956 | William R. Laird, III (D) | Mar 13, 1956 | W. Chapman Revercomb (R) | Nov 6, 1956 | Jan 3, 1959 |
| South Carolina | Strom Thurmond (D) | Resigned Apr 4, 1956 | Thomas A. Wofford (D) | Apr 5, 1956 | Strom Thurmond (D) | Nov 6, 1956 | Jan 3, 1961 |
| Texas | Price Daniel (D) | resigned Jan 14, 1957 | William Blakley (D) | Jan 17, 1957 | Ralph Yarborough (D) | Apr 2, 1957 | Jan 3, 1959 |
| Wisconsin | Joseph McCarthy (R) | Died May 2, 1957 | No appointment | William Proxmire (D) | Aug 27, 1957 | Jan 3, 1959 | |
| West Virginia | Matthew M. Neely (D) | Died Jan 18, 1958 | John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R) | Jan 25, 1958 | Jennings Randolph (D) | Nov 4, 1958 | Jan 3, 1961 |
| North Carolina | W. Kerr Scott (D) | Died Apr 16, 1958 | B. Everett Jordan (D) | Apr 19, 1958 | B. Everett Jordan (D) | Nov 4, 1958 | Jan 3, 1961 |
| Alaska | none | new seat | N/A | Bob Bartlett (D) | Nov 4, 1958 | Jan 3, 1961 | |
| Alaska | none | new seat | N/A | Ernest Gruening (D) | Nov 4, 1958 | Jan 3, 1963 | |
| Hawaii | none | new seat | N/A | Oren Long (D) | Aug 21, 1959 | Jan 3, 1963 | |
| Hawaii | none | new seat | N/A | Hiram Fong (R) | Aug 21, 1959 | Jan 3, 1965 | |
| North Dakota | William Langer (R) | Died Nov 8, 1959 | Clarence Brunsdale (R) | Nov 19, 1959 | Quentin Burdick (D-NPL) | Jun 28, 1960 | Jan 3, 1965 |
| Missouri | Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D) | Died Sep 13, 1960 | Edward V. Long (D) | Sep 23, 1960 | Edward V. Long (D) | Nov 8, 1960 | Jan 3, 1963 |
| Oregon | Richard Neuberger (D) | Died Mar 9, 1960 | Hall Lusk (D) | Mar 16, 1960 | Maurine Neuberger (D) | Nov 8, 1960 | Jan 3, 1961 |
| Texas | Lyndon Johnson (D) | Resigned Jan 3, 1961 | William Blakley (D) | Jan 3, 1961 | John Tower (R) | May 27, 1961 | Jan 3, 1967 |
| Massachusetts | John Kennedy (D) | Resigned Dec 22, 1960 | Benjamin Smith II (D) | Dec 27, 1960 | Ted Kennedy (D) | Nov 6, 1962 | Jan 3, 1965 |
| New Hampshire | Styles Bridges (R) | Died Nov 26, 1961 | Maurice Murphy, Jr. (R) | Dec 7, 1961 | Thomas McIntyre (D) | Nov 6, 1962 | Jan 3, 1967 |
| Kansas | Andrew Schoeppel (R) | Died Jan 21, 1962 | James Pearson (R) | Jan 31, 1962 | James Pearson (R) | Nov 6, 1962 | Jan 3, 1967 |
| Idaho | Henry Dworshak (R) | Died Jul 23, 1962 | Len Jordan (R) | Aug 6, 1962 | Len Jordan (R) | Nov 6, 1962 | Jan 3, 1967 |
| Wyoming | Vacant from beginning of term, Jan 3, 1961 | John J. Hickey (D) | Jan 3, 1961 | Milward L. Simpson (R) | Nov 6, 1962 | Jan 3, 1967 | |
| Tennessee | Estes Kefauver (D) | Died Aug 10, 1963 | Herbert Walters (D) | Aug 20, 1963 | Ross Bass (D) | Nov 3, 1964 | Jan 3, 1967 |
| Oklahoma | Robert S. Kerr (D) | Died Jan 1, 1963 | J. Howard Edmondson (D) | Jan 6, 1963 | Fred R. Harris (D) | Nov 3, 1964 | Jan 3, 1967 |
| New Mexico | Dennis Chavez (D) | Died Nov 18, 1962 | Edwin Mechem (R) | Nov 30, 1962 | Joseph Montoya (D) | Nov 3, 1964 | Jan 3, 1965 |
| South Carolina | Olin Johnston (D) | Died Apr 18, 1965 | Donald Russell (D) | Apr 22, 1965 | Ernest Hollings (D) | Nov 8, 1966 | Jan 3, 1969 |
| Virginia | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D) | Resigned Nov 10, 1965 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D) | Nov 12, 1965 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D) | Nov 8, 1966 | Jan 3, 1971 |
| Alaska | Bob Bartlett (D) | Died Dec 11, 1968 | Ted Stevens (R) | Dec 24, 1968 | Ted Stevens (R) | Nov 3, 1970 | Jan 3, 1973 |
| Illinois | Everett Dirksen (R) | Died Sep 7, 1969 | Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | Sep 17, 1969 | Adlai Stevenson III (D) | Nov 3, 1970 | Jan 3, 1975 |
| Vermont | Winston L. Prouty (R) | Died Sep 10, 1971 | Robert Stafford (R) | Sep 16, 1971 | Robert Stafford (R) | Jan 7, 1972 | Jan 3, 1977 |
| Georgia | Richard Russell (D) | Died Jan 21, 1971 | David Gambrell (D) | Feb 1, 1971 | Sam Nunn (D) | Nov 7, 1972 | Jan 3, 1973 |
| New Hampshire | Vacant from beginning of term, Jan 3, 1975 | Norris H. Cotton (R) | Aug 8, 1975 | John A. Durkin (D) | Sep 16, 1975 | Jan 3, 1981 | |
| Minnesota | Hubert Humphrey (D) | Died Jan 13, 1978 | Muriel Humphrey (D) | Jan 25, 1978 | David Durenberger (R) | Nov 7, 1978 | Jan 3, 1983 |
| Alabama | James Allen (D) | Died Jun 1, 1978 | Maryon Allen (D) | Jun 8, 1978 | Donald Stewart (D) | Nov 7, 1978 | Jan 3, 1981 |
| Washington | Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D) | Died Sep 1, 1983 | Dan Evans (R) | Sep 8, 1983 | Dan Evans (R) | Nov 8, 1983 | Jan 3, 1989 |
| North Carolina | John East (R) | Died Jun 29, 1986 | Jim Broyhill (R) | Jul 14, 1986 | Terry Sanford (D) | Nov 4, 1986 | Jan 3, 1987 |
| Indiana | Dan Quayle (R) | Resigned Jan 3, 1989 | Dan Coats (R) | Jan 3, 1989 | Dan Coats (R) | Nov 6, 1990 | Jan 3, 1993 |
| Hawaii | Spark Matsunaga (D) | Died Apr 15, 1990 | Daniel Akaka (D) | May 16, 1990 | Daniel Akaka (D) | Nov 6, 1990 | Jan 3, 1995 |
| Pennsylvania | John Heinz III (R) | Died Apr 4, 1991 | Harris Wofford (D) | May 9, 1991 | Harris Wofford (D) | Nov 5, 1991 | Jan 3, 1995 |
| California | Pete Wilson (R) | Resigned Jan 7, 1991 | John Seymour (R) | Jan 10, 1991 | Dianne Feinstein (D) | Nov 3, 1992 | Jan 3, 1995 |
| North Dakota | Quentin Burdick (D) | Died Sep 8, 1992 | Jocelyn Burdick (D) | Sep 16, 1992 | Kent Conrad (D) | Dec 4, 1992 | Jan 3, 1995 |
| Texas | Lloyd Bentsen (D) | Resigned Jan 20, 1993 | Bob Krueger (D) | Jan 21, 1993 | Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) | Jun 5, 1993 | Jan 3, 1995 |
| Tennessee | Al Gore (D) | Resigned Jan 3, 1993 | Harlan Mathews (D) | Jan 3, 1993 | Fred Thompson (R) | Nov 8, 1994 | Jan 3, 1997 |
| Oklahoma | David Boren (D) | Resigned Nov 15, 1994 | No appointment | Jim Inhofe (R) | Nov 8, 1994 | Jan 3, 1997 | |
| Oregon | Bob Packwood (R) | Resigned Oct 1, 1995 | No appointment | Ron Wyden (D) | Jan 30, 1996 | Jan 3, 1999 | |
| Kansas | Bob Dole (R) | Resigned Jun 11, 1996 | Sheila Frahm (R) | Jun 11, 1996 | Sam Brownback (R) | Nov 5, 1996 | Jan 3, 1999 |
| Georgia | Paul Coverdell (R) | Died Jul 18, 2000 | Zell Miller (D) | Jul 24, 2000 | Zell Miller (D) | Nov 7, 2000 | Jan 3, 2005 |
| Missouri | Vacant from beginning of term, Jan. 3, 2001 | Jean Carnahan (D) | Jan 3, 2001 | Jim Talent (R) | Nov 5, 2002 | Jan 3, 2007 | |
| Wyoming | Craig Thomas (R) | Died Jun 4, 2007 | John Barrasso (R) | Jun 25, 2007 | John Barrasso (R) | Nov 4, 2008 | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Mississippi | Trent Lott (R) | Resigned Dec 18, 2007 | Roger Wicker (R) | Dec 31, 2007 | Roger Wicker (R) | Nov 4, 2008 | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Massachusetts | Ted Kennedy (D) | Died Aug 25, 2009 | Paul G. Kirk (D) | Sep 24, 2009 | Scott Brown (R) | Jan 19, 2010 | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Illinois | Barack Obama (D) | Resigned Nov. 16, 2008 | Roland Burris (D) | Jan 12, 2009 | Mark Kirk (R) | Nov 2, 2010 | Jan 3, 2011 |
| Delaware | Joe Biden (D) | Resigned Jan 15, 2009 | Ted Kaufman (D) | Jan 16, 2009 | Chris Coons (D) | Nov 2, 2010 | Jan 3, 2015 |
| New York | Hillary Clinton (D) | Resigned Jan. 21, 2009 | Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | Jan 27, 2009 | Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | Nov 2, 2010 | Jan 3, 2013 |
| West Virginia | Robert Byrd (D) | Died Jun 28, 2010 | Carte Goodwin (D) | Jul 20, 2010 | Joe Manchin (D) | Nov 2, 2010 | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Massachusetts | John Kerry (D) | Resigned Feb 1, 2013 | Mo Cowan (D) | Feb 1, 2013 | Jun 25, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | |
| New Jersey | Frank Lautenberg (D) | Died June 3, 2013 | TBD | TBD | Oct 16, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | |
| South Carolina | Jim DeMint (R) | Resigned Jan 1, 2013 | Tim Scott (R) | Jan 2, 2013 | Nov 4, 2014 | Jan 3, 2017 | |
| Hawaii | Daniel Inouye (D) | Died Dec 17, 2012 | Brian Schatz (D) | Dec 26, 2012 | Nov 4, 2014 | Jan 3, 2017 | |
| State | Senator | Vacancy event | Senator | Date | Senator | Date ↑ | Term ending |
| Original | Appointee | Winner | |||||
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