List of Alternate U.S Senators!

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Cool idea

I'd post my list later

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Alabama:

Jim Folsom, Jr. (1981-1999), retired
Steve Windom (1999-present)

Florida:

Lawton Chiles (1971-1989), retired
Buddy MacKay (1989-1995), defeated
Jeb Bush (1995-1999), elected Governor
Katherine Harris (1999-2000), appointed, defeated
Bill Nelson (2000-present)

Bob Graham (1987-2005)
Betty Castor (2005-present)

Massachusetts:

Ted Kennedy (1962-1995)
Mitt Romney (1995-2001)
Ed Markey (2001-present)

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Alabama:

Jim Folsom, Jr. (1981-1999), retired
Steve Windom (1999-present)

Florida:

Lawton Chiles (1971-1989), retired
Buddy MacKay (1989-1995), defeated
Jeb Bush (1995-1999), elected Governor
Katherine Harris (1999-2000), appointed, defeated
Bill Nelson (2000-present)

Bob Graham (1987-2005)
Betty Castor (2005-present)

Massachusetts:

Ted Kennedy (1962-1995)
Mitt Romney (1995-2001)
Ed Markey (2001-present)

That means Katherine Harris would not be FL Secretary of State and in charge of the 2000 recount.

Didn't notice that but yes

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California:

Alan Cranston (1969-1987)
Ed Zschau (1987-1999)
John Garmendi (1999-present)

S.I. Hayakawa (1977-1983)
Jerry Brown (1983-present)

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My own hackich wet dream

Alabama:

Jim Folsom, Jr. (D), Richard Shelby (D)

Shelby never switched parties

Alaska:

Tony Knowles (D), Mark Begich (D)

Connectitut:

Christopher Dodd (D), Ned Lamont (D)

South Dakota:

Tom Daschle (D), Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D)

Herseth in place of Tim Johnson, who resigned for health reasons

Delaware:

Tom Carper (D), Beau Biden (D)

Florida:

Bill Nelson (D), Betty Castor (D)

Georgia:

Max Cleland (D), Johhny Isakson (R)

Kentucky:

Daniel Mongiardo (D), Bruse Lusford (D)

North Carolina:

Erskine Bowles (D), Kay Hagan (D)

Minnesota:

Walter Mondale (D), Amy Klobuchar (D)

Mississippi:

Thad Cochran (R), Ronnie Musgrove (D)

Nebraska:

Chuck Hagel (R), Ben Nelson (D)

Nevada:

Harry Reid (D), Jack Carter (D)

New York:

Chuch Schumer (D), Andrew Cuomo (D)

New Jersey:

Frank Lautenberg (D), Richard Codey (D)

Oklahoma:

Joim Inhofe (R), Brad Carson (D)

Tennessee:

Lamar Alexander (R), Harold Ford, Jr. (D)

Wyoming:

Mike Enzi (R), Dave Freudenthal (D)

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Florida
Pepper survives challenge from George Smathers in 1950

Claude Pepper (D), 1936-1989 (died in office)
Connie Mack (R), 1989-1990
Bill Nelson (D), 1990-Present

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Lawton Chiles (D), 1971-1989
Bob Graham (D), 1989-2007
Betty Castor (D), 2007-Present

Beloved in his home state, Pepper was Florida’s longest serving US Senator for 53 years. He holds the distinction of being the only person to serve in the Senate during the Roosevelt through Bush administrations, a total of ten Presidents. After a week of mourning, Governor Bob Martinez appointed Rep Connie Mack to Pepper’s seat. Mack became the first (and to date) only Republican Senator from Florida since Reconstruction.

However, Senator Mack was unable to distance himself from a very unpopular Governor and lost the special election to Rep Bill Nelson.

This would make Pepper the longest-serving Senator in history, since current record-holder Byrd is a Senator for "just" 50 years

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Red Idaho
Church defeats Symms

Frank F. Church (1957-1984)
died in office
William J. Murphy (1984)
appointed by Gov. Evans as a placeholder
Cecil B. Andrus (1984-present)
despite Idaho hard-core Republicanism, no one could beat enormously popular Andrus so far

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Minnesota (Class 2)

Walter Mondale (DFL), 1966-1976
Resigned to became Vice President
Wendell Anderson (DFL), 1976 - present
Survived 1978 and continues to serve, being now 4th longest-serving of current Senators

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Bump for a future use.

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Alabama:

Class III

J. Lister Hill (1938-1963)
John M. Patterson (1963-)

Hill suprisingly declined to run for reelection and outgoing Governor, John M. Patterson won the nod. Over the years he eventually moved from a segregationist positions, but remains the last former Dixiecrat in Senate. Currently second-most senior Senator after PPT Daniel Inouye