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Massachusetts's United States Senators

CONGRESSNAME OF SENATORTERM BEGANTERM ENDEDCOMMENTS
Class 1
1stTristram Dalton (PRO-ADMIN) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1791
2nd - 4thGeorge Cabot (PRO-ADMIN, F) Mar. 4, 1791 Jun. 9, 1796Resigned
4th - 6thBenjamin Goodhue (F) Jun. 11, 1796 Nov. 8, 1800Resigned
6th - 7thJonathan Mason (F) Nov. 14, 1800 Mar. 3, 1803
8th - 10thJohn Quincy Adams (F) Mar. 4, 1803 Jun. 8, 1808Resigned
10th - 13thJames Lloyd (F) Jun. 9, 1808 May 1, 1813Resigned
13th - 14thChristopher Gore (F) May 5, 1813 May 30, 1816Appointed then elected; Resigned
14th - 15thEli P. Ashmun (F) Jun. 12, 1816 May 10, 1818Resigned
15th - 16thPrentiss Mellen (F) Jun. 5, 1818 May 15, 1820Resigned
16th - 19thElijah H. Mills (F, ADAMS-CLAY F, ADAMS) Jun. 12, 1820 Mar. 3, 1827
20th - 26thDaniel Webster (ADAMS, AJ, W) May 30, 1827 Feb. 22, 1841Resigned
26th - 28thRufus Choate (W) Feb. 23, 1841 Mar. 3, 1845
29th - 31stDaniel Webster (W) Mar. 4, 1845 Jul. 22, 1850Resigned
31stRobert C. Winthrop (W) Jul. 30, 1850 Feb. 1, 1851Appointed
31stRobert Rantoul Jr. (D) Feb. 1, 1851 Mar. 3, 1851
32nd - 43rdCharles Sumner (FS, OP, R, LR) Mar. 4, 1851 Mar. 11, 1874Died
43rdWilliam B. Washburn (R) Apr. 17, 1874 Mar. 3, 1875
44th - 52ndHenry L. Dawes (R) Mar. 4, 1875 Mar. 3, 1893
53rd - 69thHenry Cabot Lodge (R) Mar. 4, 1893 Nov. 9, 1924Died
69thWilliam M. Butler (R) Nov. 13, 1924 Dec. 5, 1926Appointed
69th - 79thDavid I. Walsh (D) Dec. 6, 1926Jan. 3, 1947
80th - 82ndHenry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)Jan. 3, 1947Jan. 3, 1953
83rd - 87thJohn F. Kennedy (D)Jan. 3, 1953 Dec. 22, 1960Resigned
87thBenjamin A. Smith II (D) Dec. 27, 1960 Nov. 6, 1962Appointed
87th - 111thEdward M. Kennedy (D) Nov. 7, 1962 Aug. 25, 2009Died
111thPaul G. Kirk Jr. (D) Sept. 24, 2009 Feb. 4, 2010Appointed
111th - 112thScott P. Brown (R) Feb. 4, 2010Jan. 3, 2013
113th - Elizabeth Warren (D)Jan. 3, 2013 Present
Class 2
1st - 4thCaleb Strong (PRO-ADMIN, F) Mar. 4, 1789 Jun. 1, 1796Resigned
4th - 5thTheodore Sedgwick (F) Jun. 11, 1796 Mar. 3, 1799
6thSamuel Dexter (F) Mar. 4, 1799 May 30, 1800Resigned
6th - 8thDwight Foster (F) Jun. 6, 1800 Mar. 3, 1803Resigned
8th - 11thThomas Pickering (F) Mar. 4, 1803 Mar. 3, 1811
12th - 14thJoseph B. Varnum (R) Jun. 8, 1811 Mar. 3, 1817
15th - 17thHarrison Gray Otis (F) Mar. 4, 1817 May 30, 1822Resigned
17th - 19thJames Lloyd (F, ADAMS-CLAY F, ADAMS) Jun. 5, 1822 May 23, 1826Resigned
19th - 23rdNathaniel Silsbee (ADAMS, AJ) May 31, 1826 Mar. 3, 1835
24th - 26thJohn Davis (AJ, W) Mar. 4, 1835Jan. 5, 1841Resigned
26th - 29thIssac C. Bates (W)Jan. 13, 1841 Mar. 16, 1845Died
29th - 32ndJohn Davis (W) Mar. 24, 1845 Mar. 3, 1853
33rdEdward Everett (W) Mar. 4, 1853 Jun. 1, 1854Resigned
33rdJulius Rockwell (W) Jun. 3, 1854Jan. 31, 1855Appointed
33rd - 43rdHenry Wilson (AM, OP, R)Jan. 31, 1855 Mar. 3, 1873Resigned
43rd - 44thGeorge S. Boutwell (R) Mar. 12, 1873 Mar. 3, 1877
45th - 58thGeorge F. Hoar (R) Mar. 4, 1877 Sept. 30, 1904Died
58th - 62ndWinthrop M. Crane (R) Oct. 12, 1904 Mar. 3, 1913Appointed, the elected
63rd - 65thJohn W. Weeks (R) Mar. 4, 1913 Mar. 3, 1919
66th - 68thDavid I. Walsh (D) Mar. 4, 1919 Mar. 3, 1925
69th - 71stFredrick H. Gillett (R) Mar. 4, 1925 Mar. 3, 1931
72nd - 74thMarcus A. Coolidge (D) Mar. 4, 1931Jan. 3, 1937
75th - 78thHenry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)Jan. 3, 1937 Feb. 3, 1944Resigned
78thSinclair Weeks (R) Feb. 8, 1944 Dec. 19, 1944Appointed
78th - 89thLeverett Saltonstall1 (R)Jan. 4, 1945Jan. 3, 1967Appointed
90th - 95thEdward W. Brooke III (R)Jan. 3, 1967Jan. 3, 1979
96th - 98thPaul E. Tsongas (D)Jan. 3, 1979Jan. 3, 1985
99th - John F. Kerry (D)Jan. 3, 1985 Present


 1. Elected Nov. 7, 1944. Took oath of office Jan. 10, 1945. Governor during interim.