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Members of the U.S. Senate from Virginia

Class 1 | Class 2.


U.S. Senators from Virginia

Member of the United States Senate (Class 1) from Virginia
William Grayson

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1742; d. March 12 1790.

Anti-Administration Party

1789 – 1790

John Walker

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1744; d. December 2 1809.

Pro-Administration Party

1790

James Monroe

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1758; d. July 4 1831.

Anti-Administration Party

1790 – 1794

Stevens Thomson Mason

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1760; d. May 10 1803.

Democratic-Republican Party

1794 – 1803

John Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1753; d. August 21 1824.

Democratic-Republican Party

1803

William Branch Giles

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1762; d. December 4 1830.

Democratic-Republican Party

1804

Andrew Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1752; d. April 14 1821.

Democratic-Republican Party

1804 – 1809

Richard Brent

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1757; d. December 30 1814.

Democratic-Republican Party

1809 – 1814

James C. Barbour

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1775; d. June 7 1842.

Democratic-Republican Party

1815 – 1825

John Randolph

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1773; d. May 24 1833.

Democratic Party

1825 – 1827

John Tyler

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1790; d. January 18 1862.

Democratic Party (1827 – 1834); Whig Party (1834 – 1836)

1827 – 1836

William Cabell Rives

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1793; d. April 25 1868.

Democratic Party

1836 – 1839

William Cabell Rives

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1793; d. April 25 1868.

Whig Party

1841 – 1845

James Murray Mason

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1798; d. April 28 1871.

Democratic Party

1847 – 1861

William Mahone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1826; d. October 8 1895.

Readjuster Party

1881 – 1887

Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1887; d. October 20 1966.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1965

Timothy Michael “Tim” Kaine

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1958.

Democratic Party

2013 – present


Member of the United States Senate (Class 2) from Virginia
Richard Henry Lee

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1732; d. June 19 1794.

Anti-Administration Party

1789 – 1792

John Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1753; d. August 21 1824.

Anti-Administration Party

1792 – 1794

Henry Tazewell

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1753; d. January 24 1799.

Anti-Administration Party (1794 – 1795); Democratic-Republican Party (1795 – 1799)

1794 – 1799

Wilson Cary Nicholas

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1761; d. October 10 1820.

Democratic-Republican Party

1799 – 1804

Andrew Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1752; d. April 14 1821.

Democratic-Republican Party

1804

William Branch Giles

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1762; d. December 4 1830.

Democratic-Republican Party

1804 – 1815

James Pleasants, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1769; d. November 9 1836.

Democratic-Republican Party

1819 – 1822

John Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1753; d. August 21 1824.

Democratic-Republican Party

1822 – 1824

Littleton Waller Tazewell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1774; d. May 6 1860.

Democratic-Republican Party (1824 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1832)

1824 – 1832

William Cabell Rives

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1793; d. April 25 1868.

Democratic Party

1832 – 1834

Benjamin Watkins Leigh

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1781; d. February 2 1849.

Whig Party

1834 – 1836

William Segar Archer

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1789; d. March 28 1855.

Whig Party

1841 – 1847

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1809; d. July 18 1887.

Democratic Party

1847 – 1861

Carter Glass

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1858; d. May 28 1946.

Democratic Party

1920 – 1946

Mark Robert Warner

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1954.

Democratic Party

2009 – present