List of United States Senators from Idaho

This is a list of United States Senators from Idaho. Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, and its senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3. Idaho's current Senators are Mike Crapo and Jim Risch.

List of Senators

Class 2 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three U.S. Congresses in the first elections of 1890, and then the seat was contested every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one United States Congress in the first elections of 1890, and then the seat was contested every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Vacant			July 3, 1890 – December 18, 1890	After joining the Union, Idaho didn't elect its Senators for six months.	1	51st Congress	1	After joining the Union, Idaho didn't elect its Senators for six months.	July 3, 1890 – December 18, 1890	Vacant
1	George Shoup	Republican	December 18, 1890 – March 3, 1901	Elected in 1890.				Elected in 1890. Retired.	December 18, 1890 – March 3, 1891	Republican	William McConnell	1
		52nd Congress				2	Elected in 1890. Lost re-election as a Silver Republican.	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897	Republican	Fred Dubois	2
		53rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1895. Lost re-election.		2	54th Congress
					55th Congress	3	Elected in 1897. Retired.	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Populist	Henry Heitfeld	3
					56th Congress
2	Fred Dubois	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	Elected January 16, 1901 as a Silver Republican, but changed party to Democratic. Lost re-election.	3				57th Congress
		58th Congress				4	Elected January 13, 1903	March 4, 1903 – October 17, 1912	Republican	Weldon Heyburn	4
		59th Congress
3	William Borah	Republican	March 4, 1907 – January 19, 1940	Elected in 1907	4				60th Congress
		61st Congress				5	Re-elected in 1908. Died.
		62nd Congress
								October 17, 1912 – November 18, 1912	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Heyburn's term. Lost election to finish Heyburn's term.	November 18, 1912 – January 24, 1913	Democratic	Kirtland Perky	5
							Elected to finish Heyburn's term	January 24, 1913 – January 13, 1918	Republican	James Brady	6
		Re-elected in 1912		5	63rd Congress
					64th Congress	6	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
					65th Congress
								January 13, 1918 – January 22, 1918	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Brady's term. Resigned to become a Federal Trade Commissioner, having lost election to a full term.	January 22, 1918 – January 14, 1921	Democratic	John Nugent	7
		Re-elected in 1918		6	66th Congress
							Appointed to finish Nugent's term, having been elected to the next term.	January 15, 1921 – June 24, 1928	Republican	Frank Gooding	8
					67th Congress	7	Elected to full term in 1920.
					68th Congress
		Re-elected in 1924.		7	69th Congress
					70th Congress	8	Re-elected in 1926. Died.
								June 24, 1928 – June 30, 1928	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Gooding's term. Elected to finish Gooding's term. Lost re-election.	June 30, 1928 – March 3, 1933	Republican	John W. Thomas	9
					71st Congress
		Re-elected in 1930.		8	72nd Congress
					73rd Congress	9	Elected in 1932. Lost renomination.	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	James Pope	10
					74th Congress
		Re-elected in 1936. Died.		9	75th Congress
					76th Congress	10	Elected in 1938. Lost renomination.	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	Democratic	D. Worth Clark	11
Vacant			January 19, 1940 – January 27, 1940
4	John W. Thomas	Republican	January 27, 1940 – November 10, 1945						Appointed to continue Borah's term. Elected November 5, 1940 to finish Borah's term.
		77th Congress
		Re-elected in 1942. Died.		10	78th Congress
					79th Congress	11	Elected in 1944. Lost renomination.	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Glen H. Taylor	12
Vacant			November 10, 1945 – November 17, 1945
5	Charles C. Gossett	Democratic	November 17, 1945 – November 5, 1946						Appointed to continue Thomas's term. Lost nomination to finish Thomas's term.
6	Henry Dworshak	Republican	November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1949						Elected to finish Thomas's term. Lost re-election.
		80th Congress
7	Bert H. Miller	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – October 8, 1949	Elected in 1948. Died.	11				81st Congress
Vacant			October 8, 1949 – October 14, 1949
8	Henry Dworshak	Republican	October 14, 1949 – July 23, 1962	Appointed to continue Miller's term. Elected to November 7, 1950 to finish Miller's term.[1]
		82nd Congress				12	Elected in 1950. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1957	Republican	Herman Welker	13
		83rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1954		12	84th Congress
					85th Congress	13	Elected in 1956.	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	Frank Church	14
					86th Congress
		Re-elected in 1960. Died.		13	87th Congress
Vacant			July 23, 1962 – August 6, 1962
9	Len Jordan	Republican	August 6, 1962 – January 3, 1973						Appointed to continue Dworshak's term. Elected to finish Dworshak's term.
		88th Congress			14	Re-elected in 1962.
		89th Congress
		Re-elected in 1966. Retired.		14			90th Congress
					91st Congress	15	Re-elected in 1968.
					92nd Congress
10	Jim McClure	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1991	Elected in 1972.	15				93rd Congress
		94th Congress				16	Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
		95th Congress
		Re-elected in 1978.		16	96th Congress
					97th Congress	17	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993	Republican	Steve Symms	15
					98th Congress
		Re-elected in 1984. Retired.		17	99th Congress
					100th Congress	18	Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
					101st Congress
11	Larry Craig	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	Elected in 1990.	18				102nd Congress
		103rd Congress				19	Elected in 1992. Retired to run for Idaho Governor.	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	Republican	Dirk Kempthorne	16
		104th Congress
		Re-elected in 1996.		19	105th Congress
					106th Congress	20	Elected in 1998.	January 3, 1999 – Present	Republican	Mike Crapo	17
					107th Congress
		Re-elected in 2002. Retired.		20	108th Congress
					109th Congress	21	Re-elected in 2004.
					110th Congress
12	Jim Risch	Republican	January 3, 2009 – Present	Elected in 2008.	21				111th Congress
		112th Congress				22	Re-elected in 2010.
		113th Congress
		Re-elected in 2014.		22	114th Congress
					115th Congress	39	Re-elected in 2016.
					116th Congress
To be determined in the 2020 election.					23				117th Congress
						118th Congress	24	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Idaho

As of October 2016, there are three living former U.S. Senators, one from Class 2 and two from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was James A. McClure of Class 2 (1973-1991) on February 26, 2011. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Glen H. Taylor (1945-1951) on April 28, 1984. The most recently serving Class 3 senator to die was Frank Church (1957-1981) on April 7, 1984.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Steve Symms	1981–1993	3	April 23, 1938
Larry Craig	1991–2009	2	July 20, 1945
Dirk Kempthorne	1993–1999	3	October 29, 1951

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Idaho
• United States congressional delegations from Idaho

References

1. Byrd, p. 99

• Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.