[Table 1-34] SENATORS WHO RESIGNED DURING THEIR TERM of OFFICE 1 Resignation Year Date Senator (State) Term Commence 1790 Nov. 13 1791 1792 Expire William Paterson (NJ) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1793 G Mar. 4 William S. Johnson (CT) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1795 U Oct. 8 Richard H. Lee (VA) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1793 I Nov. 30 Charles Carroll of Carrollton (MD) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1797 S 1793 Sept. 18 George Read (DE) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1797 SJ 1794 May 11 John Taylor (VA) Oct. 18, 1792 Mar. 3, 1799 U May 27 James Monroe (VA) Nov. 9, 1790 Mar. 3, 1797 D 1795 ----- James Jackson (GA) Mar. 4, 1793 Mar. 3, 1799 S 1796 Mar. 8 Oliver Ellsworth (CT) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1797 J May 23 Rufus King (NY) July 16, 1789 Mar. 3, 1801 D June 1 Caleb Strong (MA) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1799 P June 9 George Cabot (MA) Mar. 4, 1791 Mar. 3, 1797 P June 10 Jonathan Trumbull (CT) Mar. 4, 1795 Mar. 3, 1801 S Oct. 15 Moses Robinson (VT) Oct. 17, 1791 Mar. 3, 1797 U Oct. 24 Richard Potts (MD) Jan. 10, 1793 Mar. 3, 1797 SJ Oct. 25 Pierce Butler (SC) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1799 U Nov. 12 Frederick Frelinghuysen (NJ) Mar. 4, 1793 Mar. 3, 1799 U 1 Reason Resigned 2 Does not include those who resigned in the last two months of their terms, having chosen not to run or been defeated for reelection. 2 As indicated in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. See explanation for codes at end of list. Resignation Year Date Senator/State 1797 October 1798 1800 1801 1802 Term Reason Resigned Commence Expire William Bradford (RI) Mar. 4, 1793 Mar. 3, 1799 U Oct. 17 Isaac Tichenor (VT) Oct. 18, 1796 Mar. 3, 1803 G Dec. 10 John Henry (MD) Mar. 4, 1789 Mar. 3, 1801 G Jan. 3 Philip Schuyler (NY) Mar. 4, 1797 Mar. 3, 1803 I Jan. 19 John Vining (DE) Mar. 4, 1793 Mar. 3, 1799 U April Andrew Jackson (TN) Sept. 26, 1797 Mar. 3, 1803 SJ Apr. 16 John S. Hobart (NY) Jan. 11, 1798 Mar. 3, 1803 J Nov. 26 John Rutherfurd (NJ) Mar. 4, 1791 Mar. 3, 1803 U Nov. 26 John Hunter (SC) Dec. 8, 1796 Mar. 3, 1799 P Mar. 19 James Watson (NY) Aug. 17, 1798 Mar. 3, 1803 E May 30 Samuel Dexter (MA) Mar. 4, 1799 Mar. 3, 1805 E August John Laurance (NY) Nov. 9, 1796 Mar. 3, 1801 U Nov. 8 Benjamin Goodhue (MA) June 11, 1796 Mar. 3, 1803 U Dec. 1 James Lloyd (MD) Dec. 11, 1797 Mar. 3, 1801 P ---- Charles Pinckney (SC) Dec. 6, 1798 Mar. 3, 1805 D Feb. 16 James Schureman (NJ) Mar. 4, 1799 Mar. 3, 1803 L Feb. 28 Henry Latimer (DE) Feb. 7, 1795 Mar. 3, 1803 U Mar. 5 Ray Greene (RI) Nov. 13, 1797 Mar. 3, 1805 J June 12 Samuel Livermore (NH) Mar. 4, 1793 Mar. 3, 1805 I June 30 J.P.G. Muhlenberg (PA) Mar. 4, 1801 Mar. 3, 1807 E Sept. 1 Elijah Paine (VT) Mar. 4, 1795 Mar. 3, 1807 J Feb. 5 John Armstrong (NY) Nov. 6, 1800 Mar. 3, 1807 U Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned June 14 James Sheafe (NH) Mar. 4, 1801 Mar. 3, 1807 U Mar. 3 Dwight Foster (MA) June 6, 1800 Mar. 3, 1805 SJ Nov. 4 De Witt Clinton (NY) Feb. 9, 1802 Mar. 3, 1807 L Jan. 16 Theodorus Bailey (NY) Mar. 4, 1803 Mar. 3, 1809 E May 22 Wilson C. Nicholas (VA) Dec. 5, 1799 Mar. 3, 1805 E June 7 Abraham B. Venable (VA) Dec. 7, 1803 Mar. 3, 1809 P June 30 John Armstrong (NY) Feb. 4, 1804 Mar. 3, 1809 D Nov. 6 William H. Wells (DE) Jan. 17, 1799 Mar. 3, 1805 P Nov. 21 Pierce Butler (SC) Nov. 4, 1802 Mar. 3, 1807 U 1805 Aug. 7 John Breckinridge (KY) Mar. 4, 1801 Mar. 3, 1807 E 1806 Nov. 12 Robert Wright (MD) Nov. 19, 1801 Mar. 3, 1807 G 1807 Sept. James Fenner (RI) Mar. 4, 1805 Mar. 3, 1811 G Oct. 1 Israel Smith (VT) Mar. 4, 1803 Mar. 3, 1809 G June 8 John Q. Adams (MA) Mar. 4, 1803 Mar. 3, 1809 3 Apr. 25 John Smith (OH) Apr. 1, 1803 Mar. 3, 1809 U Jan. 4 Samuel Maclay (PA) Mar. 4, 1803 Mar. 3, 1809 I Mar. 3 Edward Tiffin (OH) Mar. 4, 1807 Mar. 3, 1813 S Mar. 12 Aaron Kitchell (NJ) Mar. 4, 1805 Mar. 3, 1811 S Mar. 31 Daniel Smith (TN) Mar. 4, 1805 Mar. 3, 1811 P Nov. 14 John Milledge (GA) June 19, 1806 Mar. 3, 1813 U Dec. 18 Buckner Thruston (KY) Mar. 4, 1805 Mar. 3, 1811 J 1803 1804 1808 1809 1809 3 Resigned after state legislature elected someone else to the term beginning in March 1809. Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Dec.8 4 Return J. Meigs, Jr. (OH) Dec. 12, 1808 Mar. 3, 1815 G June 1 Nahum Parker (NH) Mar. 4, 1807 Mar. 3, 1813 LJ June 10 James Hillhouse (CT) May 12, 1796 Mar. 3, 1815 U Dec. 16 Thomas Sumter (SC) Dec. 15, 1801 Mar. 3, 1811 P Oct. 2 Christopher G. Champlin (RI) June 26, 1809 Mar. 3, 1815 P Oct. 8 Jenkin Whiteside (TN) Apr. 11, 1809 Mar. 3, 1817 P 1812 Oct. 1 John N. Destrehan (LA) Sept. 3, 1812 Mar. 3, 1817 5 1813 Mar. 3 James A. Bayard, Sr. (DE) Nov. 13, 1804 Mar. 3, 1817 D Mar. 23 William H. Crawford (GA) Nov. 7, 1807 Mar. 3, 1817 D May Chauncey Goodrich (CT) Oct. 25, 1807 Mar. 3, 1819 S May 1 James Lloyd (MA) June 9, 1808 May 3, 1815 U Feb. 11 George W. Campbell (TN) Oct. 8, 1811 Mar. 3, 1817 E Feb. 14 Michael Leib (PA) Jan. 9, 1809 Mar. 3, 1815 E Aug. 23 George M. Bibb (KY) Mar. 4, 1811 Mar. 3, 1817 P Dec. 1 Thomas Worthington (OH) Dec. 15, 1810 Mar. 3, 1815 G Dec. 24 Jesse Bledsoe (KY) Mar. 4, 1813 Mar. 3, 1819 U Dec. 24 David Stone (NC) Mar. 4, 1813 Mar. 3, 1819 P 1815 Mar. 3 William B. Giles (VA) Dec. 4, 1804 Mar. 3, 1817 U 1816 May 1 William T. Barry (KY) Dec. 16, 1814 Mar. 3, 1817 J May 30 Christopher Gore (MA) May 5, 1813 Mar. 3, 1821 U 1810 1811 1814 4 5 Resigned on or before this date, having been elected governor. Never sworn in for this term; resigned without having qualified. Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Nov. John Taylor (SC) Dec. 31, 1810 Mar. 3, 1817 U Nov. 9 William W. Bibb (GA) Nov. 6, 1813 Mar. 3, 1817 S Nov. 21 James Turner (NC) Mar. 4, 1805 Mar. 3, 1817 I Dec. 6 Robert G. Harper (MD) Jan. 29, 1816 Mar. 3, 1821 P June 16 Jeremiah Mason (NH) June 21, 1813 Mar. 3, 1819 U Nov. 3 Dudley Chase (VT) Mar. 4, 1813 Mar. 3, 1819 SJ Jan. 8 James Fisk (VT) Nov. 4, 1817 Mar. 3, 1819 E Apr. 20 George W. Campbell (TN) Oct. 10, 1815 Mar. 3, 1821 D May 10 Eli P. Ashmun (MA) June 12, 1816 Mar. 3, 1821 U Sept. 23 George M. Troup (GA) Nov. 13, 1816 Mar. 3, 1823 U Feb. 17 John Forsyth (GA) Nov. 23, 1818 Mar. 3, 1823 D Mar. 3 John J. Crittenden (KY) Mar. 4, 1817 Mar. 3, 1823 P Dec. 4 John W. Eppes (VA) Mar. 4, 1817 Mar. 3, 1823 I May 15 Walter Leake (MS) Dec. 10, 1817 Mar. 3, 1821 E May 15 Prentiss Mellen (MA) June 5, 1818 Mar. 3, 1821 SJ May 28 William Logan (KY) Mar. 4, 1819 Mar. 3, 1825 G* 1821 Aug. 8 Freeman Walker (GA) Nov. 6, 1819 Mar. 3, 1823 U 1822 May 30 Harrison G. Otis (MA) Mar. 4, 1817 Mar. 3, 1823 L* Dec. 12 John W. Walker (AL) Dec. 14, 1819 Mar. 3, 1825 U Dec. 15 James Pleasants (VA) Dec. 10, 1819 Mar. 3, 1823 G Jan. 29 Caesar A. Rodney (DE) Jan. 10, 1822 Mar. 3, 1827 D Mar. 3 Samuel L. Southard (NJ) Jan. 26, 1821 Mar. 3, 1827 E 1817 1818 1819 1820 1823 Resignation Year Date 1824 1825 1826 1828 1829 1829 1831 6 Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Dec. 10 James Brown (LA) Mar. 4, 1819 Mar. 3, 1825 D Mar. 4 Ninian Edwards (IL) Dec. 3, 1818 Mar. 3, 1825 D May 27 Henry Johnson (LA) Jan. 12, 1818 Mar. 3, 1829 G Mar. 27 James C. Barbour (VA) Jan. 2, 1815 Mar. 3, 1827 E Sept. 25 David Holmes (MS) Aug. 30, 1820 Mar. 3, 1827 G Oct. 14 Andrew Jackson (TN) Mar. 4, 1823 Mar. 3, 1829 E (pres) Oct. 31 James De Wolf (RI) Mar. 4, 1821 Mar. 3, 1827 U Jan. 14 Edward Lloyd (MD) Dec. 21, 1819 Mar. 3, 1831 S May 23 James Lloyd (MA) June 5, 1822 Mar. 3, 1829 U ---- Thomas W. Cobb (GA) Nov. 4, 1824 Mar. 3, 1829 SJ May 20 William H. Harrison (OH) Mar. 4, 1825 Mar. 3, 1831 D Aug. 26 Albion K. Parris (ME) Mar. 4, 1827 Mar. 3, 1833 SJ Nov. 14 Nathaniel Macon (NC) Dec. 5, 1815 Mar. 3, 1831 U Dec. 20 Martin Van Buren (NY) Mar. 4, 1821 Mar. 3, 1833 G Jan. 12 Ephraim Bateman (NJ) Nov. 9, 1826 Mar. 3, 1833 I Jan. 30 Mahlon Dickerson (NJ) Mar. 4, 1817 Mar. 3, 1829 6 Mar. 9 John H. Eaton (TN) Sept. 5, 1818 Mar. 3, 1833 E Mar. 9 John McP. Berrien (GA) Mar. 4, 1825 Mar. 3, 1831 E Mar. 9 John Branch (NC) Mar. 4, 1823 Mar. 3, 1835 E Apr. 16 Louis McLane (DE) Mar. 4, 1827 Mar. 3, 1833 D May 24 Edward Livingston (LA) Mar. 4, 1829 Mar. 3, 1835 E Resigned and was immediately elected to fill the vacancy in the other New Jersey Senate seat. Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Dec. 6 Isaac D. Barnard (PA) Mar. 4, 1827 Mar. 3, 1833 U July 10 Powhatan Ellis (MS) Mar. 4, 1827 Mar. 3, 1833 J July 16 Littleton W. Tazewell (VA) Dec. 7, 1824 Mar. 3, 1835 U Dec. 13 Robert Y. Hayne (SC) Mar. 4, 1823 Mar. 3, 1835 G Jan. 1 William L. Marcy (NY) Mar. 4, 1831 Mar. 3, 1837 G Mar. 2 George M. Troup (GA) Mar. 4, 1829 Mar. 3, 1835 U Mar. 2 Stephen D. Miller (SC) Mar. 4, 1831 Mar. 3, 1837 I ----- Ezekiel F. Chambers (MD) Jan. 24, 1826 Mar. 3, 1837 SJ Feb. 22 William C. Rives (VA) Dec. 10, 1832 Mar. 3, 1835 7 June 27 John Forsyth (GA) Nov. 9, 1829 Mar. 3, 1837 E June 30 William Wilkins (PA) Mar. 4, 1831 Mar. 3, 1837 D 1835 Jan. 1 Peleg Sprague (ME) Mar. 4, 1829 Mar. 3, 1835 P 1836 Feb. 29 John Tyler (VA) Mar. 4, 1827 Mar. 3, 1839 8 Mar. 3 Ether Shepley (ME) Mar. 4, 1833 Mar. 3, 1839 SJ May 30 Isaac Hill (NH) Mar. 4, 1831 Mar. 3, 1837 G June 16 Arnold Naudain (DE) Jan. 7, 1830 Mar. 3, 1839 S July 4 Benjamin W. Leigh (VA) Feb. 26, 1834 Mar. 3, 1841 P Nov. 26 Willie P. Mangum (NC) Mar. 4, 1831 Mar. 3, 1837 9 Dec. 29 John M. Clayton (DE) Mar. 4, 1829 Mar. 3, 1841 U Jan. 5 Alexander Porter (LA) Dec. 19, 1833 Mar. 3, 1837 I 1832 1833 1834 1836 1837 7 Resigned rather than obey instructions from state legislature. Resigned rather than obey instructions from state legislature. 9 Resigned rather than obey instructions from state legislature. 8 Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Mar. 13 Richard E. Parker (VA) Dec. 12, 1836 Mar. 3, 1841 SJ Apr. 22 John McKinley (AL) Mar. 4, 1837 Mar. 3, 1843 J Nov. 1 John P. King (GA) Nov. 21, 1833 Mar. 3, 1841 U Jan. 22 John Black (MS) Mar. 4, 1833 Mar. 3, 1839 P July 4 Felix Grundy (TN) Oct. 19, 1829 Mar. 3, 1839 E July 10 James F. Trotter (MS) Jan. 22, 1838 Mar. 3, 1839 U 1839 Sept. 19 Richard H. Bayard (DE) June 17, 1836 Mar. 3, 1845 SJ 1840 Jan. 13 Hugh L. White (TN) Oct. 28, 1825 Mar. 3, 1841 10 Nov. 11 Bedford Brown (NC) Dec. 9, 1829 Mar. 3, 1841 11 Nov. 16 Robert Strange (NC) Dec. 5, 1836 Mar. 3, 1843 P Jan. 5 John Davis (MA) Mar. 4, 1835 Mar. 3, 1841 G Feb. 22 Daniel Webster (MA) May 30, 1827 Mar. 3, 1845 E Nov. 15 Clement Comer Clay (AL) June 19, 1837 Mar. 3, 1843 U Feb. 28 Franklin Pierce (NH) Mar. 4, 1837 Mar. 3, 1843 P Mar. 1 Alexander Mouton (LA) Jan. 12, 1837 Mar. 3, 1843 G Mar. 31 Henry Clay (KY) Nov. 10, 1831 Mar. 3, 1843 E (pres)* Apr. 11 Samuel Prentiss (VT) Mar. 4, 1831 Mar. 3, 1843 J Nov. 29 William C. Preston (SC) Nov. 26, 1833 Mar. 3, 1843 P Feb. 15 Reuel Williams (ME) Feb. 22, 1837 Mar. 3, 1845 U Mar. 3 John C. Calhoun (SC) Dec. 29, 1832 Mar. 3, 1847 E (pres)* 1838 1841 1842 1842 1843 10 11 "Because he could not conscientiously obey the instructions of his constituents." "Because he would not obey the instructions of the general assembly of North Carolina" Resignation Year Date Senator/State 1844 Jan. 17 1845 1846 1848 1849 1850 1851 12 Term Reason Resigned Commence Expire William Sprague (RI) Feb. 5, 1842 Mar. 3, 1845 P Apr. 15 William R. King (AL) Dec. 14, 1819 Mar. 3, 1847 D June 17 Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (NY) Mar. 4, 1833 Mar. 3, 1845 G Nov. 26 Silas Wright, Jr. (NY) Jan. 4, 1833 Mar. 3, 1849 G Mar. 5 James Buchanan (PA) Dec. 6, 1834 Mar. 3, 1849 E Mar. 3 Daniel E. Huger (SC) Mar. 4, 1843 Mar. 3, 1847 U Mar. 5 Robert J. Walker (MS) Mar. 4, 1835 Mar. 3, 1837 E Nov. 7 John McP. Berrien (GA) May 4, 1841 Mar. 3, 1847 P Nov. 20 Levi Woodbury (NH) Mar. 4, 1841 Mar. 3, 1847 J July 25 William H. Haywood, Jr. (NC) Mar. 4, 1843 Mar. 3, 1849 12 Aug. 17 George McDuffie (SC) Dec. 2, 1842 Mar. 3, 1849 U Feb. Walter T. Colquitt (GA) Mar. 4, 1843 Mar. 3, 1849 U Mar. 15 Ambrose H. Sevier (AR) Sept. 18, 1836 Mar. 3, 1849 D May 29 Lewis Cass (MI) Mar. 4, 1845 Mar. 3, 1851 E (pres)* June 12 John J. Crittenden (KY) Mar. 31, 1842 Mar. 3, 1849 G June 16 Arthur P. Bagby (AL) Nov. 24, 1841 Mar. 3, 1849 D Feb. 23 John M. Clayton (DE) Mar. 4, 1845 Mar. 3, 1851 E Mar. 7 Reverdy Johnson (MD) Mar. 4, 1845 Mar. 3, 1851 E July 20 Thomas Corwin (OH) Mar. 4, 1845 Mar. 3, 1851 E July 22 Daniel Webster (MA) Mar. 4, 1845 Mar. 3, 1851 E Sept. 23 Jefferson Davis (MS) Aug. 10, 1847 Mar. 3, 1857 G* "Having refused to be instructed by the state legislature on a tariff question" Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Dec. 15 Henry Clay (KY) Mar. 4, 1849 Mar. 3, 1855 13 Jan. 8 Henry S. Foote (MS) Mar. 4, 1847 Mar. 3, 1853 G May 7 R. Barnwell Rhett (SC) Dec. 18, 1850 Mar. 3, 1853 14 May 28 John McP. Berrien (GA) Nov. 13, 1847 Mar. 3, 1853 15 Dec. 20 William R. King (AL) July 1, 1848 Mar. 3, 1855 I Jan. 10 Robert F. Stockton (NJ) Mar. 4, 1851 Mar. 3, 1857 P Apr. 3 Solon Borland (AR) Mar. 30, 1848 Mar. 3, 1855 D Apr. 11 Pierre Soule (LA) Mar. 4, 1849 Mar. 3, 1855 D May 24 Truman Smith (CT) Mar. 4, 1849 Mar. 3, 1855 P June 1 Edward Everett (MA) Mar. 4, 1853 Mar. 3, 1859 16 1855 Feb. 22 Augustus C. Dodge (IA) Dec. 7, 1848 Mar. 3, 1855 D 1857 Jan. 7 Hannibal Hamlin (ME) May 26, 1848 Mar. 3, 1857 G 1858 May 5 Asa Biggs (NC) Mar. 4, 1855 Mar. 3, 1861 J 1860 Nov. 10 James Chesnut, Jr. (SC) Dec. 3, 1858 Mar. 3, 1865 W Nov. 11 James H. Hammond (SC) Dec. 7, 1857 Mar. 3, 1861 W Jan. 12 Albert G. Brown (MS) Mar. 4, 1853 Mar. 3, 1865 W Jan. 17 Hannibal Hamlin (ME) Mar. 4, 1857 Mar. 3, 1863 E (vp) Jan. 21 Clement C. Clay, Jr. (AL) Mar. 4, 1853 Mar. 3, 1865 W Jan. 21 Benjamin Fitzpatrick (AL) Jan. 14, 1853 Mar. 3, 1861 W Jan. 21 Stephen R. Mallory (FL) Mar. 4, 1851 Mar. 3, 1863 W 1852 1853 1854 1861 13 Resigned on this date to take effect September 6, 1852, but died on June 29, 1852. Resigned because he was committed to secession, and South Carolina decided not to secede at that time. 15 Resigned after defeat for reelection. 16 Resigned under attack from antislavery forces after missing the final vote on Nebraska bill. 14 Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Jan. 21 David L. Yulee (FL) Mar. 4, 1855 Mar. 3, 1861 W Jan. 21 Jefferson Davis (MS) Mar. 4, 1857 Mar. 3, 1863 W Jan. 28 Alfred Iverson (GA) Mar. 4, 1855 Mar. 3, 1861 W Feb. 4 Robert Toombs (GA) Mar. 4, 1853 Mar. 3, 1865 W Feb. 4 Judah P. Benjamin (LA) Mar. 4, 1853 Mar. 3, 1865 W Feb. 4 John Slidell (LA) Apr. 28, 1853 Mar. 3, 1861 W Mar. 3 Alfred O.P. Nicholson (TN) Mar. 4, 1859 Mar. 3, 1865 W Mar. 4 Simon Cameron (PA) Mar. 4, 1857 Mar. 3, 1863 E Mar. 6 Salmon P. Chase (OH) Mar. 4, 1861 Mar. 3, 1867 E Mar. 28 Robert M.T. Hunter (VA) Mar. 4, 1847 Mar. 3, 1865 W Mar. 28 James M. Mason (VA) Jan. 21, 1847 Mar. 3, 1863 W Mar. 4 Andrew Johnson (TN) Oct. 8, 1857 Mar. 3, 1863 E Sept. 5 James F. Simmons (RI) Mar. 4, 1857 Mar. 3, 1863 P Jan. 29 James A. Bayard, Jr. (DE) Mar. 4, 1851 Mar. 3, 1869 P July 1 William P. Fessenden (ME) Feb. 10, 1854 Mar. 3, 1865 E 1865 May 15 James Harlan (IA) Jan. 29, 1857 Mar. 3, 1867 E 1866 July 27 Daniel Clark (NH) June 27, 1857 Mar. 3, 1867 J 1868 Feb. 7 James Guthrie (KY) Mar. 4, 1865 Mar. 3, 1871 I July 10 Reverdy Johnson (MD) Mar. 4, 1863 Mar. 3, 1869 D 1869 Dec. 6 James W. Grimes (IA) Mar. 4, 1859 Mar. 3, 1871 I 1870 Dec. 19 Charles D. Drake (MO) Mar. 4, 1867 Mar. 3, 1873 J 1862 1864 Resignation Year Date Senator/State 1872 Nov. 1 1873 Term Reason Resigned Commence Expire William P. Kellogg (LA) July 8, 1868 Mar. 3, 1873 G Mar. 3 Henry Wilson (MA) Jan. 31, 1855 Mar. 3, 1877 E (vp) Mar. 24 Alexander Caldwell (KS) Mar. 4, 1871 Mar. 3, 1877 17 Nov. 29 Eugene Casserly (CA) Mar. 4, 1869 Mar. 3, 1875 P 1874 Jan. 10 Adelbert Ames (MS) Jan. 18, 1870 Mar. 3, 1875 G 1876 July 7 Lot M. Morrill (ME) Oct. 30, 1869 Mar. 3, 1877 E 1877 Mar. 8 John Sherman (OH) Mar. 21, 1861 Mar. 3, 1879 E 1879 Feb. 10 Isaac P. Christiancy (MI) Mar. 4, 1875 Mar. 3, 1881 I 1880 May 26 John B. Gordon (GA) Mar. 4, 1873 Mar. 3, 1885 P 1881 Mar. 4 William Windom (MN) Mar. 4, 1871 Mar. 3, 1883 E Mar. 5 James G. Blaine (ME) July 10, 1876 Mar. 3, 1883 E Mar. 7 Samuel J. Kirkwood (IA) Mar. 4, 1877 Mar. 3, 1883 E May 16 Roscoe Conkling (NY) Mar. 4, 1867 Mar. 3, 1885 18 May 16 Thomas C. Platt (NY) Mar. 4, 1881 Mar. 3, 1887 18 1882 Apr. 17 Henry M. Teller (CO) Nov. 15, 1876 Mar. 3, 1883 E 1885 Mar. 6 Augustus H. Garland (AR) Mar. 4, 1877 Mar. 3, 1889 E Mar. 6 Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (DE) Mar. 4, 1869 Mar. 3, 1887 E Mar. 6 Lucius Q.C. Lamar (MS) Mar. 4, 1877 Mar. 3, 1889 E 1886 Apr. 14 Howell E. Jackson (TN) Mar. 4, 1881 Mar. 3, 1887 J 1891 June 10 John H. Reagan (TX) Mar. 4, 1887 Mar. 3, 1893 S 1881 17 18 Resigned while Senate was debating charges of election irregularities against him. Conkling and Platt resigned in protest against federal appointments made in New York state. Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Nov. 1 George F. Edmunds (VT) Apr. 3, 1866 Mar. 3, 1893 P 1893 Feb. 4 John G. Carlisle (KY) May 17, 1890 Mar. 3, 1895 E 1894 Jan. 24 Edward C. Walthall (MS) Mar. 9, 1885 Mar. 3, 1895 I Mar. 12 Edward D. White (LA) Mar. 4, 1891 Mar. 3, 1897 J 1897 Mar. 5 John Sherman (OH) Mar. 4, 1881 Mar. 3, 1899 E 1899 Apr. 9 Jonathan Chace (RI) Jan. 20, 1885 Mar. 3, 1895 P 1900 May 15 William A. Clark (MT) Mar. 4, 1899 Mar. 3, 1905 19 1905 Mar. 3 Charles W. Fairbanks (IN) Mar. 4, 1897 Mar. 3, 1909 E (vp) 1906 June 4 Joseph R. Burton (KS) Mar. 4, 1901 Mar. 3, 1907 P 1907 May 1 John C. Spooner (WI) Mar. 4, 1897 Mar. 3, 1909 P 1909 Mar. 4 Philander C. Knox (PA) June 10, 1904 Mar. 3, 1911 E 1911 July 14 Joseph M. Terrell (GA) Nov. 17, 1910 Mar. 3, 1915 P 1913 Jan. 3 Joseph W. Bailey (TX) Mar. 4, 1901 Mar. 3, 1913 P 1921 Jan. 13 Warren G. Harding (OH) Mar. 4, 1915 Mar. 3, 1921 E (pres.) Mar. 4 Albert B. Fall (NM) Mar. 27, 1912 Mar. 3, 1925 E July 2 Josiah O. Wolcott (DE) Mar. 4, 1917 Mar. 3, 1923 SJ 1922 Feb. 24 William S. Kenyon (IA) Apr. 12, 1911 Mar. 3, 1925 J 1922 Nov. 18 Truman H. Newberry (MI) Mar. 4, 1919 Mar. 3, 1925 20 1928 Dec. 9 T. Coleman du Pont (DE) Mar. 4, 1925 Mar. 3, 1931 I 1929 Mar. 3 Charles Curtis (KS) Mar. 4, 1915 Mar. 3, 1933 E (vp) 19 "Vacated his seat before a resolution declaring his election void because of election fraud could be adopted." Although the Supreme Court reversed Newberry's conviction for election irregularities, the Senate "expressed disapproval of the sum spent on his reelection; in the face of a new movement to unseat him Newberry resigned." 20 Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned Nov. 21 Walter E. Edge (NJ) Mar. 4, 1919 Mar. 3, 1931 D 1930 Jan. 9 Fred M. Sackett (KY) Mar. 4, 1925 Mar. 3, 1931 D 1933 Feb. 3 Harry B. Hawes (MO) Dec. 6, 1926 Mar. 3, 1933 P Mar. 3 Cordell Hull (TN) Mar. 4, 1931 Jan. 3, 1937 E Mar. 3 Claude A. Swanson (VA) Aug. 1, 1910 Jan. 3, 1935 E June 24 Sam G. Bratton (NM) Mar. 4, 1925 Jan. 3, 1937 J 1937 Aug. 19 Hugo Black (AL) Mar. 4, 1927 Jan. 3, 1939 J 1938 Jan. 18 A. Harry Moore (NJ) Jan. 3, 1935 Jan. 3, 1941 G Jan. 31 Frederick Steiwer (OR) Mar. 4, 1927 Jan. 3, 1939 P 1938 Nov. 8 William G. McAdoo (CA) Mar. 4, 1933 Jan. 3, 1939 P 1941 Jan. 12 Matthew M. Neely (WV) Mar. 4, 1931 Jan. 3, 1943 G Mar. 31 John E. Miller (AR) Nov. 15, 1937 Jan. 3, 1943 J July 8 James F. Byrnes (SC) Mar. 4, 1931 Jan. 3, 1943 J Feb. 3 Henry C. Lodge, Jr. (MA) Jan. 3, 1937 Jan. 3, 1949 21 Nov. 13 Homer T. Bone (WA) Mar. 4, 1933 Jan. 3, 1945 J Jan. 10 Monrad C. Wallgren (WA) Dec. 19, 1940 Jan. 3, 1947 G Jan. 18 Harry S. Truman (MO) Jan. 3, 1935 Jan. 3, 1947 E (vp) Sept.30 Harold H. Burton (OH) Jan. 3, 1941 Jan. 3, 1947 J Nov. 1 Albert B. Chandler (KY) Oct. 10, 1939 Jan. 3, 1949 P 1946 Aug. 2 Warren R. Austin (VT) Apr. 1, 1931 Jan. 3, 1947 E 1949 Jan. 19 Alben W. Barkley (KY) Mar. 4, 1927 Jan. 3, 1951 E (vp) 1944 1945 21 Resigned to go on active duty in the U.S. Army during World War II. Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned June 28 Robert F. Wagner (NY) Mar. 4, 1927 Jan. 3, 1951 I Aug. 23 J. Howard McGrath (RI) Jan. 3, 1947 Jan. 3, 1953 E Dec. 17 Raymond E. Baldwin (CT) Dec. 27, 1946 Jan. 3, 1953 SJ 1950 Nov. 30 Sheridan Downey (CA) Jan. 3, 1939 Jan. 3, 1951 I 1953 Jan. 1 Richard M. Nixon (CA) Dec. 1, 1950 Jan. 3, 1957 E (vp) 1956 Apr. 4 Strom Thurmond (SC) Dec. 24, 1954 Jan. 3, 1961 22 1957 Jan. 14 Price Daniel (TX) Jan. 3, 1953 Jan. 3, 1959 G 1960 Dec. 22 John F. Kennedy (MA) Jan. 3, 1953 Jan. 3, 1965 E (pres.) 1961 Jan. 3 Lyndon B. Johnson (TX) Jan. 3, 1949 Jan. 3, 1967 E (vp) 1964 Dec. 29 Hubert H. Humphrey (MN) Jan. 3, 1949 Jan. 3, 1967 E (vp) 1965 Nov. 10 Harry F. Byrd (VA) Mar. 4, 1933 Jan. 3, 1971 I 1974 Jan. 3 William B. Saxbe (OH) Jan. 3, 1969 Jan. 3, 1975 E 1976 Dec. 30 Walter F. Mondale (MN) Dec. 30, 1964 Jan. 3, 1979 E (vp) 1980 May 7 Edmund S. Muskie (ME) Jan. 3, 1959 Jan. 3, 1983 E 1982 Mar. 11 Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (NJ) Jan. 3, 1959 Jan. 3, 1983 23 1989 Jan. 3 Dan Quayle (IN) Jan. 3, 1981 Jan. 3, 1993 E (vp) 1991 Jan. 7 Pete Wilson (CA) Jan. 3, 1983 Jan. 3, 1995 G 1993 Jan. 2 Albert Gore, Jr. (TN) Jan. 3, 1985 Jan. 3, 1997 E (vp) Jan. 20 Lloyd Bentsen (TX) Jan. 3, 1971 Jan. 3, 1995 E Nov. 15 David L. Boren (OK) Jan. 3, 1979 Jan. 3, 1997 P 1994 22 "Due to a promise made to the voters in the 1954 election," Thurmond resigned and stood again for election in November 1956. 23 Resigned while the Senate was considering whether to expel him because of his conviction in the "ABSCAM" case. Resignation Year Date Senator/State 1995 Oct. 1 1996 Term Reason Resigned Commence Expire Robert w. Packwood (OR) Jan. 3, 1969 Jan. 3, 1999 24 June 11 Robert J. Dole (KS) Jan. 3, 1969 Jan. 3, 1999 E (pres)* 2002 Dec. 2 Frank Murkowski (AK) Jan. 3, 1981 Jan. 3, 2003 G 2006 Jan 17 Jon Corzine (NJ) Jan. 3, 2001 Jan. 3, 2007 G 2007 Dec. 18 Trent Lott (MS) Jan. 3, 1989 Jan. 3, 2013 P 2008 Nov. 16 Barack Obama (IL) Jan. 3, 2005 Jan. 3, 2011 E (pres) 2009 Jan. 15 Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (DE) Jan. 3, 1973 Jan. 3, 2015 E (vp) Jan. 21 Hillary R. Clinton (NY) Jan. 3, 2000 Jan. 3, 2013 E Jan. 20 Ken Salazar (CO) Jan. 3, 2005 Jan. 3, 2011 E Sep. 9 Mel Martinez (FL) Jan. 3, 2005 Jan. 3, 2011 U 2011 May 3 John Ensign (NV) Jan. 3, 2001 Jan. 3, 2013 25 2012 Jan. 1 James DeMint (SC) Jan. 3, 2005 Jan. 3, 2017 P 2013 Feb. 1 John Kerry Jan. 2, 1985 Jan. 3, 2017 E 2014 Feb. 6 Max Baucus (MT) Dec. 15, 1978 Jan. 3, 2015 D 2015 Jan. 3 Tom Coburn (OK) Jan. 3, 2005 Jan. 3, 2017 P 2017 Feb. 8 Jeff Sessions (AL) Jan. 3,1997 Jan. 3, 2021 E Total = 322 Code for Reasons Resigned: D = diplomatic appointment E = executive branch office (pres. or vp indicates president or vice president) G = governor I = ill health 24 Resigned after the Senate Ethics Committee recommended that he be expelled for misconduct. At the time of his resignation, Ensign was under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee for his affair with his former political treasurer, and his decision to dismiss her and her husband, who served in his legislative office. 25 Resignation Year Date Senator/State Term Commence Expire Reason Resigned J = judicial appointment L = local office (LJ = local judge) P = private pursuits S = state office (SJ = state judge) U = unclear W = withdrew after secession * = (as in G*) resigned to run for the office but was unsuccessful Source: U.S., Congress, Senate, Senate Manual, S. Doc. 101-1, 101st Cong., 1st sess., 1989; U.S., Congress, Senate, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989, S. Doc. 100-34, 100th Cong., 2d sess., 1989 Senate Historical Office March 30, 2017