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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.

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.

# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
Vacant Jan 4, 1896 –
Jan 22, 1896
Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood. 1 54th 1 Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood. Jan 4, 1896 –
Jan 22, 1896
Vacant
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Frank J. Cannon

Republican
 
Jan 22, 1896 –
Mar 3, 1899
Elected in 1896. Elected in 1896.
Retired.
Jan 22, 1896 –
Mar 3, 1897
Republican Hon. Arthur Brown - C. M. Bell - retouched.jpg
Arthur Brown
1
Silver
Republican
55th 2 Elected in 1897.
Lost re-election.
Mar 4, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1903
Democratic Joseph Lafayette Rawlins.jpg
Joseph L. Rawlins
2
Vacant Mar 4, 1899 –
Jan 23, 1901
Legislature failed to elect. 2 56th
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Thomas Kearns
Republican Jan 23, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1905
Elected late in 1901.
Retired.
57th
58th 3 Elected in 1903. Mar 4, 1903 –
Mar 3, 1933
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Reed Smoot
3
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George Sutherland
Republican Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1917
Elected in 1905. 3 59th
60th
61st 4 Re-elected in 1909.
Re-elected in 1911.
Lost re-election.
4 62nd
63rd
64th 5 Re-elected in 1914.
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William H. King
Democratic Mar 4, 1917 –
Jan 3, 1941
Elected in 1916. 5 65th
66th
67th 6 Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922. 6 68th
69th
70th 7 Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.
Re-elected in 1928. 7 71st
72nd
73rd 8 Elected in 1932. Mar 4, 1933 –
Jan 3, 1951
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Elbert D. Thomas
4
Re-elected in 1934.
Lost renomination.
8 74th
75th
76th 9 Re-elected in 1938.
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Abe Murdock
Democratic Jan 3, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1947
Elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.
9 77th
78th
79th 10 Re-elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
6 Arthur V. Watkins, 1950.jpg
Arthur V. Watkins
Republican Jan 3, 1947 –
Jan 3, 1959
Elected in 1946. 10 80th
81st
82nd 11 Elected in 1950. Jan 3, 1951 –
Dec 20, 1974
Republican Wallace Bennett.jpg
Wallace F. Bennett
5
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost re-election.
11 83rd
84th
85th 12 Re-elected in 1956.
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Frank Moss
Democratic Jan 3, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1977
Elected in 1958. 12 86th
87th
88th 13 Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964. 13 89th
90th
91st 14 Re-elected in 1968.
Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
Re-elected in 1970.
Lost re-election.
14 92nd
93rd
Appointed to finish Bennett's term, having been elected to the next term. Dec 21, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1993
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Jake Garn
6
94th 15 Elected in 1974.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican Jan 3, 1977 –
Jan 3, 2019
Elected in 1976. 15 95th
96th
97th 16 Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982. 16 98th
99th
100th 17 Re-elected in 1986.
Retired.
Re-elected in 1988. 17 101st
102nd
103rd 18 Elected in 1992. Jan 3, 1993 –
Jan 3, 2011
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Bob Bennett
7
Re-elected in 1994. 18 104th
105th
106th 19 Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000. 19 107th
108th
109th 20 Re-elected in 2004.
Lost renomination.
Re-elected in 2006. 20 110th
111th
112th 21 Elected in 2010. Jan 3, 2011 –
present
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Mike Lee
8
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.
21 113th
114th
115th 22 Re-elected in 2016.
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Mitt Romney
Republican Jan 3, 2019 –
present
Elected in 2018.
Retiring at the end of term.
22 116th
117th
118th 23 Re-elected in 2022.
To be determined in the 2024 election. 23 119th
120th
121st 24 To be determined in the 2028 election.


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See also

  • United States congressional delegations from Utah
  • List of United States representatives from Utah
  • Elections in Utah
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