Class 3
Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010.
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | Robert Morris | Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795 |
1 | 1 | Elected in 1789 |
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| 2 | William Bingham | Federalist | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 |
4 | 2 | Elected in 1795 |
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| 3 | J. Peter G. Muhlenberg | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1801 – June 30, 1801 |
7 | 3 | Elected in 1801 |
| Vacant | June 30, 1801 – July 13, 1801 |
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| 4 | George Logan | Democratic- Republican |
July 13, 1801 – March 3, 1807 |
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| 5 | Andrew Gregg | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813 |
10 | 4 | Elected in 1807 |
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| 6 | Abner Lacock | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 |
13 | 5 | Elected in 1813 |
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| 7 | Walter Lowrie | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825 |
16 | 6 | Elected in 1819 |
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| 8 | William Marks | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 |
19 | 7 | Elected in 1825 |
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| 9 | William Wilkins | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – June 30, 1834 |
22 | 8 | Elected in 1831 |
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| Vacant | June 30, 1834 – December 6, 1834 |
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| 10 | James Buchanan | Democratic | December 6, 1834 – March 5, 1845 |
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| 25 | 9 | Re-elected in 1837 | ||||
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| 28 | 10 | Re-elected in 1843 |
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| Vacant | March 5, 1845 – March 13, 1845 |
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| 11 | Simon Cameron | Democratic | March 13, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
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| 12 | James Cooper | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855 |
31 | 11 | Elected in 1849 |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1855 – January 14, 1856 |
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| 13 | William Bigler | Democratic | January 14, 1856 – March 3, 1861 |
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Elected late in 1856 |
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| 14 | Edgar Cowan | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1867 |
37 | 13 | Elected in 1860 |
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| 15 | Simon Cameron | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 12, 1877 |
40 | 14 | Elected in 1866 |
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| 43 | 15 | Re-elected in 1872 |
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| Vacant | March 12, 1877 – March 20, 1877 |
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| 16 | J. Donald Cameron | Republican | March 20, 1877 – March 3, 1897 |
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| 49 | 17 | Re-elected in 1884 | ||||
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| 52 | 18 | Re-elected in 1890 |
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| 17 | Boies Penrose | Republican | March 4, 1897 – December 31, 1921 |
55 | 19 | Elected in 1896 |
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| 58 | 20 | Re-elected in 1902 | ||||
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| 61 | 21 | Re-elected in 1908 | ||||
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| 64 | 22 | Re-elected in 1914 | ||||
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| 67 | 23 | Re-elected in 1920 |
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| Vacant | December 31, 1921 – January 9, 1922 |
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| 18 | George Wharton Pepper | Republican | January 9, 1922 – March 3, 1927 |
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Appointed to continue Penrose's term Elected to finish Penrose's term Lost renomination |
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| 19 | William S. Vare | Republican | March 4, 1927 – December 6, 1929 |
70 | 24 | Elected in 1926 Senate refused to seat due to allegations of corruption surrounding the election |
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| Vacant | December 6, 1929 – December 11, 1929 |
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| 20 | Joseph R. Grundy | Republican | December 11, 1929 – December 1, 1930 |
Appointed to continue Vare's term Lost nomination to finish Vare's term |
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| 21 | James J. Davis | Republican | December 2, 1930 – January 3, 1945 |
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Elected to finish Vare's term | |
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| 73 | 25 | Re-elected in 1932 | ||||
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| 76 | 26 | Re-elected in 1938 |
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| 22 | Francis J. Myers | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 |
79 | 27 | Elected in 1944 |
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| 23 | James H. Duff | Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1957 |
82 | 28 | Elected in 1950 |
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| 24 | Joseph S. Clark | Democratic | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969 |
85 | 29 | Elected in 1956 |
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| 88 | 30 | Re-elected in 1962 Lost re-election |
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| 25 | Richard S. Schweiker | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981 |
91 | 31 | Elected in 1968 |
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| 94 | 32 | Re-elected in 1974 Did not run for re-election |
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| 26 | Arlen Specter | Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011 |
97 | 33 | Elected in 1980 |
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| 100 | 34 | Re-elected in 1986 | ||||
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| 103 | 35 | Re-elected in 1992 | ||||
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| 106 | 36 | Re-elected in 1998 | ||||
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| 109 | 37 | Re-elected in 2004 Lost renomination |
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| Democratic | 111 |
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| 27 | Pat Toomey | Republican | January 3, 2011 – Present |
112 | 38 | Elected in 2010 |
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