List of Alternate U.S Senators!

[Captain Chaos]

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.

[Captain Chaos]

The Right Stuff: John Glenn wins 1970 Democratic Senate primary

John Glenn (D), 1971-2001
J. Kenneth Blackwell (R), 2001-2007
Sherrod Brown (D), 2007-Present

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William Saxbe (R), 1969-1974 (resigned)
Howard Metzenbaum (D), 1974-1981
John Ashbrook (R), 1981-1982
Jean Ashbrook (R), 1982 (appointed to her husband's seat, did not run in special election)
Mary Rose Oakar (D), 1982-1999
George Voinovich (R), 1999-2011 (not seeking reelection in 2010)

[Captain Chaos]

Ohio

Gilligan elected in 1968

Class III:
John Gilligan (D), 1969-1987
Marcy Kaptur (D), 1987-2011

Class I:
Robert Taft Jr. (R), 1971-1977
John Glenn (D), 1977-2001
George Voinovich (R), 2001-2013

[Captain Chaos]

Rhode Island
POD: Governor Philip Noel watches his mouth and wins Democratic primary in 1976

Philip Noel (D), 1977-1989
Richard Licht (D), 1989-2001
Patrick Kennedy (D), 2001-Present

Noel would easily defeat former Governor and Secretary of the Navy John Chafee in 1976. After two unsuccessful Senate races, Chafee did not seek elected office again. He would serve as EPA Administrator during the George H.W. Bush administration (1989-1993). Noel served two terms before retiring in 1988.

As a sitting Lt. Governor in 1988, Licht decided to run for the Senate instead of challenging an incumbent Governor. In 2000, Licht decided not to run for re-election. He was elected Governor of Rhode Island in 2002.

POD: Chafee defeats Pell in 1972

Claiborne Pell (D), 1961-1973
John Chafee (R), 1973-2000 (died in office)
Lincoln Chafee (R), 2000-2009
Patrick Kennedy (D), 2009-Present

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Richard Lorber (D), 1977-1995
Jack Reid (D), 1995-Present

Governor Lincoln Almond appointed John Chafee’s son Lincoln to his seat and won the special election to complete the term. Chafee won a full six year term in 2002. The most liberal Republican in the Senate, Chafee switched his voting registration to Independent and causes with the Democrats after they won back the majority in the 2006 elections. Chafee decided not to run for re-election in 2008 and endorsed Rep Patrick Kennedy as his successor.

[Captain Chaos]

Oklahoma
Governor David Boren decides to run for reelection in 1978

Dewey Bartlett (R), 1973-1978 (died in office)
Andy Coats (D), 1978-1991
Dave McCurdy (D), 1991-2003
Steve Largent (R), 2003-Present

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Henry Bellmon (R), 1969-1981
David Boren (D), 1981-1994 (resigned)
James Inhofe (R), 1994-2011

Governors of Oklahoma
David Boren (D), 1975-1981
George Nigh (D), 1981-1987
Henry Bellmon (R), 1987-1991
Don Nickles (R), 1991-1999
Frank Keating (R), 1999-2007
Mary Fallin (R), 2007-Present

[Captain Chaos]

New York
Alphonse D’Amato (R), 1981-1987
Mark Green (D), 1987-2005
Nita Lowey (D), 2005-Present

Mayors of New York City
Rudy Giuliani (R), 1993-2001
Fernando Ferrer (D), 2001-2009

[Captain Chaos]

Kansas
Ford/Dole ticket Victorious in 1976

Robert Dole (R), 1969-1977
Keith Sebelius (R), 1977-1981
Pat Roberts (R), 1981-Present

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Nancy Kassebaum (R), 1979-1997
Sam Brownback (R), 1997-2009 (retires in 2008)
Kathleen Sebelius (D), 2009-Present (first Democrat elected to Senate since 1932)

[Captain Chaos]

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.

[Captain Chaos]

Massachusetts
McCormick defeats Ted Kennedy

Edward McCormick (D), 1962-1977
John Kerry (D), 1977-1995
Mitt Romney (R), 1995-2007
Martin Meehan (D), 2007-Present

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Edward Brooke (R), 1967-1979
Paul Tsongas (D), 1979-1985
Joseph P. Kennedy II (D), 1985-1997
Edward Markey (D), 1997-Present

Massachusetts Attorney General McCormick proved the pundits wrong when he scored an upset victory in the Democratic primary over Ted Kennedy, younger brother of President John F. Kennedy. Learning his lesson from that defeat, Kennedy lowered his sights and ran successfully for Attorney General of Massachusetts in 1966. He was favored to win the 1970 race for Governor until the Chappaquiddick incident. He barely defeated Boston mayor Kevin White in the primary but lost the November election to incumbent Governor Francis Sargent.

Kennedy’s political career was over. He sought treatment for his alcoholism and eventually became a prominent lawyer and liberal activist. His nephew, Joseph P. Kennedy II, was elected to the Senate in 1984 after Paul Tsongas retired for health reasons. After two terms, Joe Kennedy stunned the state when he announced that he would not seek reelection in 1996 for personal reasons. For ten term Congressman Markey, it was finally his opportunity to run for the Senate and he easily defeated Lt Governor Paul Cellucci in 1996.

Running on his record as a Vietnam War veteran who protested the war, John Kerry easily won the primary and general election in 1976. But after three terms, Senator Kerry was seen as aloof. Millionaire Mitt Romney took advantage of a very Republican year to defeat Kerry and become the only Mormon Senator from Massachusetts. However, unpopularity with President Bush’s policies in Iraq and Republicans in New England proved to be a liability and he lost to Congressman Martin Meehan.

[Captain Chaos]

Part two
Georgia
Jack Kingston-R (2008) Defeated Max Cleland
Zell Miller-D (2000) Miller never retired

Hawaii
Daniel Akaka-D (1990)
Daniel Inouye-D (1963)

Idaho
Jim Risch-R (2009)
Mike Crapo-R (1999)

Illinois
Dick Durbin-D (1997)
Daniel Hynes-D (2005) Obama is a Circuit Court Judge who just got appointed to the Supreme Court by President John Edwards

Indiana
Dick Lugar-R (1974) Defeated Birch Bayh
Evan Bayh-D (2001)

Iowa
Tom Harkin-D (1985)
Chuck Grassley-R (1981)

Kansas
Pat Roberts-R (1997)
Sam Brownback-R (1996)

Kentucky
Ben Chandler-D (2009) Mitch McConnel never beat Huddleston
Scotty Baesler-D (1999)

Louisiana
Mary Landrieu-D (1997)
Chris John-D (2005)

Maine
Olympia Snowe-R (1995)
Susan Collins-R (1997)

More comming up!

I hope you include a list of Presidents.

[Captain Chaos]

New Jersey

Case survives GOP primary challenge in 1978

Clifford Case (R): 1955-1982 (died in office)
Nicholas Brady (R): 1982 (appointed by Gov Thomas Kean. Did not run in special election)
Frank Lautenberg (D): 1982-1985
Mary Mochary (R): 1985-1994 (resigned after winning 1993 NJ Gov race)
Dick Zimmer (R): 1994-1997
Jon Corzine (D): 1997-Present

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Harrison Williams (D): 1959-1982 (resigned)
Millicent Fenwick (R): 1982-1983 (appointed by Gov Thomas Kean. Lost to Bill Bradley)
Bill Bradley (D): 1983-1995
Christine Todd Whitman (R): 1995-2007
Rob Andrews (D): 2007-Present

[Captain Chaos]

Massachusetts

Ted Kennedy killed in 1964 plane crash

Edward M. Kennedy, 1962-1964
Robert F. Kennedy, 1964-1968*
Elliot Richardson, 1968-1989
Joseph P. Kennedy II, 1989-2001
William Weld, 2001-current

*assassinated after winning California presidential primary

Meanwhile, in New York

Kenneth Keating, 1959-1965
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 1965-1983
Elizabeth Holtzman, 1983-2007
Carolyn Maloney, 2007-current

[Captain Chaos]

California
Clair Engle, 1959-1964*
Alan Cranston, 1964-1971
Robert Finch, 1971-1977
Jess Unruh, 1977-1987*
Dan Lungren, 1987-1989
Leo McCarthy, 1989-2001
Gray Davis, 2001-current

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Thomas Kuchel, 1953-1969
John Tunney, 1969-1981
Barry Goldwater Jr., 1981-1993
Dianne Feinstein, 1993-1999**
Gloria Molina, 1999-current
*died in office
**elected Governor of California in 1998

[Captain Chaos]

Utah

Sherman Lloyd wins 1976 GOP nomination

Sherman Lloyd, 1977-1979*
Gunn McKay, 1979-1983
David Marriott, 1983-1995
Jon Huntsman Jr., 1995-2007**
Jim Matheson, 2007-current

*died in office
**defeated for renomination in 2006 state GOP convention

[Captain Chaos]

Maine
Muskie never becomes US Secretary of State

Edmund Muskie (D), 1959-1983
Kenneth Curtis (D), 1983-2001
Susan Collins (R), 2001-2007
Thomas Allen (D), 2007-current

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William Cohen (R), 1979-1997
Olympia Snowe (R), 1997-current

[Captain Chaos]

New Mexico

The Right Stuff: Senator Harrison Schmitt reelected in 1982

Harrison Schmitt (R), 1977-1989
Bill Richardson (D), 1989-1997*
Joseph Skeen (R), 1997-1998
Tom Udall (D), 1998-current

*resigned to become Secretary of the Interior in the Clinton Administration. Skeen, appointed by Governor Gary Johnson, lost special election to Tom Udall.

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Alaska

Gruening wins in 1980

Clark Gruening (D), 1981-1999
Tony Knowles (D), 1999-2009*

*resigned to become Secretary of the Interior

Many Republicans thought they would gain a Senate seat in Alaska thanks to the split in the Democrats after Gruening defeated Senator Mike Gravel in the 1980 primary and Reagan expected to win the state. After all, Gravel defeated Clark's grandfather Ernest Gruening in 1968.

Gravel swallowed his pride and campaigned for Gruening. An overconfident Frank Murkowski saw his 10 point lead in the polls vanish by election day. Against all odds, Clark Gruening became the junior Senator from Alaska.

When the Democrats won back control of the Senate, Gruening became Chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. He held the chairmanship from 1987-1995. Gruening chose not to seek reelection in 1998. Governor Tony Knowles was elected in a landslide over an unknown 35 year old mayor of Wasilla named Sarah Palin.

But Palin would not remain unknown because in 2008, she shocked the political world when she defeated 18 term Congressman Don Young in the GOP primary and defeated Ethan Berkowitz in the November election. Governor Sean Parnell was pleased.