List of United States Senators From Massachusetts - Class 2

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
2
Federalist 3 2 Re-elected in 1793

Resigned
4
Vacant June 2, 1796 –
June 10, 1796
2 Theodore Sedgwick Federalist June 11, 1796 –
March 3, 1799		 4
 Elected in 1796

Retired to run the U.S. House of Representatives
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
4 Dwight Foster Federalist June 6, 1800 –
March 2, 1803		 6
 Elected to finish Dexter's term

Resigned
7
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
9 Nathaniel Silsbee Adams May 31, 1826 –
March 3, 1835		 Elected to finish Lloyd's term
20
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
26
11 Isaac C. Bates Whig January 13, 1841 –
March 16, 1845		 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		 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
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
44
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
18 Winthrop M. Crane Republican October 12, 1904 –
March 3, 1913		 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
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		 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
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# Senator Party Years Congress Term Electoral history

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