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U.S. Senators from Missouri:
Name Dates of Service
Class 1
Thomas Hart Benton (R,JR,J,D)
Henry S. Geyer (W,OP)
Trusten Polk (D)
John B. Henderson (U,UU,R)
Carl Schurz (R,LR)
Francis M. Cockrell (D)
William Warner (R)
James A. Reed (D)
Roscoe C. Patterson (R)
Harry S. Truman (D)
Frank P. Briggs (D)
James P. Kem (R)
W. Stuart Symington (D)
John C. Danforth (R)
John Ashcroft (R)
Jean Carnahan (D)
James Talent (R)
Claire McCaskill (D)
1821-1851
1851-1857
1857-1862
1862-1869
1869-1875
1875-1905
1905-1911
1911-1929
1929-1935
1935-1945
1945-1947
1947-1953
1953-1976
1976-1995
1995-2001
2001-2002
2002-2007
2007---

Name Dates of Service
Class 3
David Barton (R,ADAMS-CLAY R,ADAMS,AJ)
Alexander Buckner (J)
Lewis F. Linn (J,D)
David R. Atchison (D)
James S. Green (D)
Waldo P. Johnson (D)
Robert Wilson (U)
B. Gratz Brown (UU,R)
Charles D. Drake (R)
Daniel T. Jewett (R)
Francis P. Blair, Jr. (D)
Lewis V. Bogy (D)
David H. Armstrong (D)
James Shields (D)
George G. Vest (D)
William J. Stone (D)
Xenophon P. Wilfley (D)
Selden P. Spencer (R)
George H. Williams (R)
Harry B. Hawes (D)
Joel Bennett (Champ) Clark (D)
Forrest C. Donnell (R)
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D)
Edward V. Long (D)
Thomas F. Eagleton (D)
Christopher S. Bond (R)
1821-1831
1831-1833
1833-1843
1843-1855
1857-1861
1861-1862
1862-1863
1863-1867
1867-1870
1870-1871
1871-1873
1873-1877
1877-1879
1879-1879
1879-1903
1903-1918
1918-1918
1918-1925
1925-1926
1926-1933
1933-1945
1945-1951
1951-1960
1960-1968
1968-1987
1987---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more):
Thomas Hart Benton
Francis M. Cockrell
 
Missouri Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): Harry S. Truman

Democratic Conference Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings

Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:

Commerce, Science and Transportation: John C. Danforth

District of Columbia: Thomas F. Eagleton

Rules and Administration: Thomas C. Hennings

Small Business: Christopher S. Bond
Missouri Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps:
Carl Schurz
Harry S. Truman.
 
Missouri Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Francis P. Blair by Alexander Doyle (Hall of Columns); Thomas Hart Benton by Alexander Doyle (Statuary Hall).

Busts:

Vice Presidents Collection: Harry S. Truman by Charles Keck (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor).

Portraits: Champ Clark by Boris B. Gordon (Speaker's Lobby, House wing, second floor).

 
 
  

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