List of United States senators from Utah

Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, and it popularly elects U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3, despite the Utah State Legislature's rejection of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when it was passed in 1913. Its current senators are Republicans Mike Lee and Mitt Romney. Orrin Hatch was Utah's longest-serving senator (1977–2019). Utah is one of fifteen states alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada and South Dakota to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

Current delegation

List of senators

Class 1

Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.

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Class 3

Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.

#SenatorPartyDates in officeElectoral historyTTElectoral historyDates in officePartySenator#
VacantJan 4, 1896 –
Jan 22, 1896
Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood.154th1Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood.Jan 4, 1896 –
Jan 22, 1896
Vacant
1
Frank J. Cannon

Republican
 
Jan 22, 1896 –
Mar 3, 1899
Elected in 1896.Elected in 1896.
Retired.
Jan 22, 1896 –
Mar 3, 1897
Republican
Arthur Brown
1
Silver
Republican
55th2Elected in 1897.
Lost re-election.
Mar 4, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1903
Democratic
Joseph L. Rawlins
2
VacantMar 4, 1899 –
Jan 23, 1901
Legislature failed to elect.[1]256th
2
Thomas Kearns
RepublicanJan 23, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1905
Elected late in 1901.
Retired.
57th
58th3Elected in 1903.Mar 4, 1903 –
Mar 3, 1933
Republican
Reed Smoot
3
3
George Sutherland
RepublicanMar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1917
Elected in 1905.[2]359th
60th
61st4Re-elected in 1909.
Re-elected in 1911.
Lost re-election.
462nd
63rd
64th5Re-elected in 1914.
4
William H. King
DemocraticMar 4, 1917 –
Jan 3, 1941
Elected in 1916.565th
66th
67th6Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.668th
69th
70th7Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.
Re-elected in 1928.771st
72nd
73rd8Elected in 1932.Mar 4, 1933 –
Jan 3, 1951
Democratic
Elbert D. Thomas
4
Re-elected in 1934.
Lost renomination.
874th
75th
76th9Re-elected in 1938.
5
Abe Murdock
DemocraticJan 3, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1947
Elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.
977th
78th
79th10Re-elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
6
Arthur V. Watkins
RepublicanJan 3, 1947 –
Jan 3, 1959
Elected in 1946.1080th
81st
82nd11Elected in 1950.Jan 3, 1951 –
Dec 20, 1974
Republican
Wallace F. Bennett
5
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost re-election.
1183rd
84th
85th12Re-elected in 1956.
7
Frank Moss
DemocraticJan 3, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1977
Elected in 1958.1286th
87th
88th13Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.1389th
90th
91st14Re-elected in 1968.
Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
Re-elected in 1970.
Lost re-election.
1492nd
93rd
Appointed to finish Bennett's term, having been elected to the next term.Dec 21, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1993
Republican
Jake Garn
6
94th15Elected in 1974.
8
Orrin Hatch
RepublicanJan 3, 1977 –
Jan 3, 2019
Elected in 1976.1595th
96th
97th16Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.1698th
99th
100th17Re-elected in 1986.
Retired.
Re-elected in 1988.17101st
102nd
103rd18Elected in 1992.Jan 3, 1993 –
Jan 3, 2011
Republican
Bob Bennett
7
Re-elected in 1994.18104th
105th
106th19Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.19107th
108th
109th20Re-elected in 2004.
Lost renomination.
Re-elected in 2006.20110th
111th
112th21Elected in 2010.Jan 3, 2011 –
present
Republican
Mike Lee
8
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.
21113th
114th
115th22Re-elected in 2016.
9
Mitt Romney
RepublicanJan 3, 2019 –
present
Elected in 2018.
Retiring at the end of term.
22116th
117th
118th23Re-elected in 2022.
To be determined in the 2024 election.23119th
120th
121st24To be determined in the 2028 election.
#SenatorPartyYears in officeElectoral historyTCTElectoral historyYears in officePartySenator#
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