Class 1
Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for only one U.S. Congress in the first elections of 1788/1789, and then the seat was contested again for the 2nd, 5th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, with a special election taking place in 2010. The next election will be in 2018. |
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Class 3
Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first three United States Congresses in the first elections of 1788/1789, and then the seat was contested again for the 4th, 7th, and 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 |
# |
1 |
Philip Schuyler |
Pro- Administration |
July 27, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
Elected in 1789.
Lost re-election. |
1 |
1st Congress |
1 |
Elected in 1789. |
July 25, 1789 – May 23, 1796 |
Pro- Administration |
Rufus King |
1 |
2 |
Aaron Burr |
Anti- Administration |
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1797 |
Elected in 1791.
Lost re-election. |
2 |
2nd Congress |
3rd Congress |
Democratic- Republican |
4th Congress |
2 |
Re-elected in 1795.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Great Britain. |
Federalist |
Vacant |
May 23, 1796 – December 8, 1796 |
Vacant |
Elected to finish King's term. Resigned. |
December 8, 1796 – August 1800 |
Federalist |
John Laurance |
2 |
3 |
Philip Schuyler |
Federalist |
March 4, 1797 – January 3, 1798 |
Elected in 1797.
Resigned due to ill health. |
3 |
5th Congress |
Vacant |
January 3, 1798 – January 11, 1798 |
Vacant |
4 |
John Sloss Hobart |
Federalist |
January 11, 1798 – April 16, 1798 |
Elected to finish Schuyler's term.
Resigned to become federal judge. |
Vacant |
April 16, 1798 – May 5, 1798 |
Vacant |
5 |
William North |
Federalist |
May 5, 1798 – August 17, 1798 |
Appointed to continue Hobart's term.
Successor elected. |
6 |
James Watson |
Federalist |
August 17, 1798 – March 19, 1800 |
Elected to finish Hobart's term.
Resigned to become Naval Officer of the Port of New York. |
6th Congress |
Vacant |
March 19, 1800 – May 3, 1800 |
Vacant |
7 |
Gouverneur Morris |
Federalist |
May 3, 1800 – March 3, 1803 |
Elected to finish Watson's term.
Lost re-election. |
Vacant |
August 1800 – January 8, 1801 |
Vacant |
Elected to finish Laurance's term. |
January 8, 1801 – February 5, 1802 |
Democratic- Republican |
John Armstrong, Jr. |
3 |
7th Congress |
3 |
Re-elected in 1801.
Resigned. |
Vacant |
February 5, 1802 – February 23, 1802 |
Vacant |
Elected to finish Armstrong's term.
Resigned; unhappy with living conditions in Washington, DC. |
February 23, 1802 – November 4, 1803 |
Democratic- Republican |
DeWitt Clinton |
4 |
8 |
Theodorus Bailey |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1803 – January 16, 1804 |
Elected in 1803.
Resigned. |
4 |
8th Congress |
Vacant |
November 4, 1803 – December 8, 1803 |
Vacant |
Appointed to continue Clinton's term.
Resigned; Elected to the Class 1 seat. |
December 8, 1803 – February 23, 1804 |
Democratic- Republican |
John Armstrong, Jr. |
5 |
Vacant |
January 16, 1804 – February 25, 1804 |
Vacant |
Elected to finish Armstrong's term. |
February 23, 1804 – March 3, 1813 |
Democratic- Republican |
John Smith |
6 |
9 |
John Armstrong, Jr. |
Democratic- Republican |
February 25, 1804 – June 30, 1804 |
Elected to finish Bailey's term.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France. |
Vacant |
June 30, 1804 – November 23, 1804 |
Vacant |
10 |
Samuel L. Mitchill |
Democratic- Republican |
November 23, 1804 – March 3, 1809 |
Elected to finish Armstrong's term.
Lost re-election. |
9th Congress |
10th Congress |
4 |
Re-elected in 1807.
Retired or lost re-election. |
11 |
Obadiah German |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected in 1809.
Retired or lost re-election. |
5 |
11th Congress |
12th Congress |
13th Congress |
5 |
Elected in 1813.
Legislature failed to elect. |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 |
Federalist |
Rufus King |
7 |
12 |
Nathan Sanford |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821 |
Elected in 1815.
Lost re-election. |
6 |
14th Congress |
15th Congress |
16th Congress |
6 |
Vacant |
March 4, 1819 – January 25, 1820 |
Vacant |
Re-elected late.
Retired due to advanced age. |
January 25, 1820 – March 3, 1825 |
Federalist |
Rufus King |
13 |
Martin Van Buren |
Democratic- Republican / Bucktails |
March 4, 1821 – December 20, 1828 |
Elected in 1821. |
7 |
17th Congress |
Crawford Democratic- Republican |
18th Congress |
Adams-Clay Federalist |
Jacksonian |
19th Congress |
7 |
See U.S. Senate election in NY 1825-26 |
March 4, 1825 – January 31, 1826 |
Vacant |
Elected late.
Retired. |
January 31, 1826 – March 3, 1831 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
Nathan Sanford |
8 |
Re-elected in 1827.
Resigned to become N.Y. Governor. |
8 |
20th Congress |
Adams |
Vacant |
December 20, 1828 – January 15, 1829 |
Vacant |
14 |
Charles E. Dudley |
Jacksonian |
January 15, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
Elected to finish Van Buren's term.
Retired or lost re-election. |
21st Congress |
Anti- Jacksonian |
22nd Congress |
8 |
Elected in 1831.
Resigned; elected N.Y. Governor. |
March 4, 1831 – January 1, 1833 |
Jacksonian |
William L. Marcy |
9 |
Vacant |
January 1, 1833 – January 14, 1833 |
Vacant |
Elected to finish Marcy's term. |
January 4, 1833 – November 26, 1844 |
Jacksonian |
Silas Wright, Jr. |
10 |
15 |
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge |
Jacksonian |
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839 |
Elected in 1833.
Legislature failed to re-elect. |
9 |
23rd Congress |
24th Congress |
Democratic |
25th Congress |
9 |
Re-elected in 1837. |
Democratic |
Vacant |
March 4, 1839 – January 27, 1840 |
Vacant |
10 |
26th Congress |
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge |
Whig |
January 27, 1840 – June 17, 1844 |
Elected late.
Resigned to become Governor of Wisconsin Territory. |
27th Congress |
28th Congress |
10 |
Re-elected in 1843.
Resigned when elected N.Y. Governor. |
Vacant |
June 17, 1844 – December 9, 1844 |
Vacant |
Vacant |
November 26, 1844 – November 30, 1844 |
Vacant |
Appointed to continue Wright's term.
Retired or lost election. |
November 30, 1844 – January 27, 1845 |
Democratic |
Henry A. Foster |
11 |
16 |
Daniel S. Dickinson |
Democratic |
December 9, 1844 – March 3, 1851 |
Appointed to continue Tallmadge's term.
Elected to finish Tallmadge's term. |
Elected to finish Wright's term.
Lost re-election. |
January 27, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
Democratic |
John Adams Dix |
12 |
Elected to full term in 1845.
Lost re-election. |
11 |
29th Congress |
30th Congress |
31st Congress |
11 |
Elected in 1849. |
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861 |
Whig |
William H. Seward |
13 |
Vacant |
March 4, 1851 – December 1, 1851 |
Vacant |
12 |
32nd Congress |
17 |
Hamilton Fish |
Whig |
December 1, 1851 – March 3, 1857 |
Elected late.
Retired. |
33rd Congress |
34th Congress |
12 |
Re-elected in 1855.[1]
Retired to run for U.S. President |
Republican[1] |
18 |
Preston King |
Republican |
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 |
Elected in 1857.
Lost renomination. |
13 |
35th Congress |
36th Congress |
37th Congress |
13 |
Elected in 1861.
Lost re-nomination. |
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1867 |
Republican |
Ira Harris |
14 |
19 |
Edwin D. Morgan |
Republican |
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
Elected in 1863.
Lost re-nomination. |
14 |
38th Congress |
39th Congress |
40th Congress |
14 |
Elected in 1867. |
March 4, 1867 – May 16, 1881 |
Republican |
Roscoe Conkling |
15 |
20 |
Reuben Fenton |
Republican |
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1869.
Not an active candidate for renomination in 1875.[2] |
15 |
41st Congress |
42nd Congress |
43rd Congress |
15 |
Re-elected in 1873. |
21 |
Francis Kernan |
Democratic |
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 |
Elected in 1875.
Lost re-election. |
16 |
44th Congress |
45th Congress |
46th Congress |
16 |
Re-elected in 1879.
Resigned because of a disagreement with the President over federal appointments in New York. |
22 |
Thomas C. Platt |
Republican |
March 4, 1881 – May 16, 1881 |
Elected in 1881.
Resigned because of a disagreement with the President over federal appointments in New York. |
17 |
47th Congress |
Vacant |
May 16, 1881 – July 27, 1881 |
Vacant |
Vacant |
May 16, 1881 – July 29, 1881 |
Vacant |
23 |
Warner Miller |
Republican |
July 27, 1881 – March 3, 1887 |
Elected to finish Platt's term.
Lost re-election. |
Elected to finish Conkling's term.
Retired. |
July 29, 1881 – March 3, 1885 |
Republican |
Elbridge G. Lapham |
16 |
48th Congress |
49th Congress |
17 |
Elected in 1885.
Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 |
Republican |
William M. Evarts |
17 |
24 |
Frank Hiscock |
Republican |
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 |
Elected in 1887.
Lost re-election. |
18 |
50th Congress |
51st Congress |
52nd Congress |
18 |
Vacant |
March 4, 1891 – January 7, 1892 |
Vacant |
Elected in 1891, but took his seat only after term as N.Y. Governor ended.
Lost re-election. |
January 7, 1892 – March 3, 1897 |
Democratic |
David B. Hill |
18 |
25 |
Edward Murphy, Jr. |
Democratic |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 |
Elected in 1893.
Lost re-election. |
19 |
53rd Congress |
54th Congress |
55th Congress |
19 |
Elected in 1897. |
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909 |
Republican |
Thomas C. Platt |
19 |
26 |
Chauncey Depew |
Republican |
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911 |
Elected in 1899. |
20 |
56th Congress |
57th Congress |
58th Congress |
20 |
Re-elected in 1903.
Retired. |
Re-elected in 1905.
Lost re-election. |
21 |
59th Congress |
60th Congress |
61st Congress |
21 |
Elected in 1909.
Retired. |
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 |
Republican |
Elihu Root |
20 |
Vacant |
March 3, 1911 – April 4, 1911 |
Vacant |
22 |
62nd Congress |
27 |
James A. O'Gorman |
Democratic |
April 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
Elected late.
Retired. |
63rd Congress |
64th Congress |
22 |
Elected in 1914. |
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1927 |
Republican |
James W. Wadsworth, Jr. |
21 |
28 |
William M. Calder |
Republican |
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923 |
Elected in 1916.
Lost re-election. |
23 |
65th Congress |
66th Congress |
67th Congress |
23 |
Re-elected in 1920.
Lost re-election. |
29 |
Royal S. Copeland |
Democratic |
March 4, 1923 – June 17, 1938 |
Elected in 1922. |
24 |
68th Congress |
69th Congress |
70th Congress |
24 |
Elected in 1926. |
March 4, 1927 – June 28, 1949 |
Democratic |
Robert F. Wagner |
22 |
Re-elected in 1928. |
25 |
71st Congress |
72nd Congress |
73rd Congress |
25 |
Re-elected in 1932. |
Re-elected in 1934.
Died. |
26 |
74th Congress |
75th Congress |
Vacant |
June 17, 1938 – December 3, 1938 |
Vacant |
30 |
James M. Mead |
Democratic |
December 3, 1938 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected to finish Copeland's term. |
76th Congress |
26 |
Re-elected in 1938. |
Re-elected in 1940.
Retired to run for N.Y. Governor. |
27 |
77th Congress |
78th Congress |
79th Congress |
27 |
Re-elected in 1944.
Resigned due to ill health. |
31 |
Irving M. Ives |
Republican |
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1946. |
28 |
80th Congress |
81st Congress |
Vacant |
June 28, 1949 – July 7, 1949 |
Vacant |
Appointed to continue Wagner's term.
Lost election to finish Wagner's term. |
July 7, 1949 – November 8, 1949 |
Republican |
John Foster Dulles |
23 |
Elected to finish Wagner's term. |
November 9, 1949 – January 3, 1957 |
Democratic |
Herbert H. Lehman |
24 |
82nd Congress |
28 |
Re-elected in 1950.
Retired. |
Re-elected in 1952.
Retired. |
29 |
83rd Congress |
84th Congress |
85th Congress |
29 |
Vacant |
January 3, 1957 – January 9, 1957 |
Vacant |
Elected in 1956, but took seat late to prevent the Governor from appointing a rival to be his successor as N.Y. Attorney General |
January 9, 1957 – January 3, 1981 |
Republican |
Jacob K. Javits |
25 |
32 |
Kenneth Keating |
Republican |
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1965 |
Elected in 1958.
Lost re-election. |
30 |
86th Congress |
87th Congress |
88th Congress |
30 |
Re-elected in 1962. |
33 |
Robert F. Kennedy |
Democratic |
January 3, 1965 – June 6, 1968 |
Elected in 1964.
Died. |
31 |
89th Congress |
90th Congress |
Vacant |
June 6, 1968 – September 10, 1968 |
Vacant |
34 |
Charles Goodell |
Republican |
September 10, 1968 – January 3, 1971 |
Appointed to finish Kennedy's term.
Lost election to a full term. |
91st Congress |
31 |
Re-elected in 1968. |
35 |
James L. Buckley |
Conservative |
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1970.
Lost re-election. |
32 |
92nd Congress |
93rd Congress |
94th Congress |
32 |
Re-elected in 1974.
Lost renomination and then lost re-election as a Liberal. |
36 |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Democratic |
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1976. |
33 |
95th Congress |
96th Congress |
97th Congress |
33 |
Elected in 1980. |
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1999 |
Republican |
Al D'Amato |
26 |
Re-elected in 1982. |
34 |
98th Congress |
99th Congress |
100th Congress |
34 |
Re-elected in 1986. |
Re-elected in 1988. |
35 |
101st Congress |
102nd Congress |
103rd Congress |
35 |
Re-elected in 1992.
Lost re-election. |
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired. |
36 |
104th Congress |
105th Congress |
106th Congress |
36 |
Elected in 1998. |
January 3, 1999 – Present |
Democratic |
Chuck Schumer |
27 |
37 |
Hillary Clinton |
Democratic |
January 3, 2001 – January 21, 2009 |
Elected in 2000. |
37 |
107th Congress |
108th Congress |
109th Congress |
37 |
Re-elected in 2004. |
Re-elected in 2006.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State. |
38 |
110th Congress |
111th Congress |
Vacant |
January 21, 2009 – January 25, 2009 |
Vacant |
38 |
Kirsten Gillibrand |
Democratic |
January 25, 2009 – Present |
Appointed to continue Clinton's term.
Elected to finish Clinton's term. |
112th Congress |
38 |
Re-elected in 2010. |
Re-elected in 2012. |
39 |
113th Congress |
114th Congress |
115th Congress |
39 |
Re-elected in 2016. |
To be determined in the 2018 election. |
40 |
116th Congress |
117th Congress |
118th Congress |
40 |
To be determined in the 2022 election. |
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Senator |
Party |
Years in office |
Electoral history |
T e r m |
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Class 1 |
Class 3 |