Class 3
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | Jerome B. Chaffee | Republican | November 15, 1876 – March 4, 1879 |
1 | Elected in 1876 Retired |
| 2 | Nathaniel P. Hill | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885 |
2 | Elected in 1879 |
| 3 | Henry M. Teller | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1909 |
3 | Elected in 1926 |
| Silver Republican | 4 | Re-elected in 1891 | |||
| Democratic | 5 | Re-elected in 1897 | |||
| 6 | Re-elected in 1897 Retired |
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| 4 | Charles J. Hughes, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1909 – January 11, 1911 |
7 | Died |
| Vacant | January 11, 1911 – January 15, 1913 |
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| 5 | Charles S. Thomas | Democratic | January 15, 1913 – March 4, 1921 |
Elected to finish Hughes's term | |
| 8 | Re-elected in 1914 Lost re-election |
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| 6 | Samuel D. Nicholson | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 24, 1923 |
9 | Elected in 1920 Died |
| Vacant | March 24, 1923 – May 17, 1923 |
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| 7 | Alva B. Adams | Democratic | May 17, 1923 – November 30, 1924 |
Appointed to continue Nicholson's term Retired |
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| 8 | Rice W. Means | Republican | December 1, 1924 – March 4, 1927 |
Elected to finish Nicholson's term Lost renomination to full term |
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| 9 | Charles W. Waterman | Republican | March 4, 1927 – August 27, 1932 |
10 | Elected in 1926 Died |
| Vacant | August 27, 1932 – September 26, 1932 |
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| 10 | Walter Walker | Democratic | September 26, 1932 – December 6, 1932 |
Appointed to continue Waterman's term Lost special election |
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| 11 | Karl C. Schuyler | Republican | December 7, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Elected to finish Waterman's term Lost election to full term |
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| 12 | Alva B. Adams | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – December 1, 1941 |
11 | Elected in 1932 |
| 12 | Re-elected in 1938 Died |
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| Vacant | December 1, 1941 – December 20, 1941 |
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| 13 | Eugene Millikin | Republican | December 20, 1941 – January 3, 1957 |
Appointed to continue Adams's term Elected to finish Adams's term |
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| 13 | Elected to full term in 1944 | ||||
| 14 | Re-elected in 1950 Retired |
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| 14 | John A. Carroll | Democratic | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963 |
15 | Elected in 1956 Lost re-election |
| 15 | Peter H. Dominick | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975 |
16 | Elected in 1962 |
| 17 | Re-elected in 1968 Lost re-election |
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| 16 | Gary Hart | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987 |
18 | Elected in 1974 |
| 19 | Re-elected in 1980 Retired |
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| 17 | Tim Wirth | Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
20 | Elected in 1986 Retired |
| 18 | Ben Nighthorse Campbell | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 |
21 | Elected in 1992 |
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| 22 | Re-elected in 1998 Retired |
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| 19 | Ken Salazar | Democratic | January 3, 2005 – January 20, 2009 |
23 | Elected in 2004 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior |
| 20 | Michael Bennet | Democratic | January 21, 2009 – Present |
Appointed to finish Salazar's term | |
| 24 | Elected to full term in 2010 | ||||
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