List of Alternate U.S Senators!

[Lahbas]

Rhode Island Class I
Lincoln Chafee (Republican) 1999-2007
                        (Independent) 2007-Current

[Lahbas]

Minnesota Class I
Dean Barkley (Reform) 1995-2000
                      (Independence) 2000-Current
Minnesota Class III
Tom Ender (Reform) 1999-2000
                  (Independence) 2000-Current

[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

---
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

---
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.

[Captain Chaos]

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.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

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

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Bump for a future use.

[Derek]

John Ashcroft 2000
Doug Forrester 2002
Norm Coleman 2008

Those were all likely possibilities.

[Mechaman]

Texas:

Class 2:

Coke Stevenson (Democratic) 1949-1955
Robert A. Shivers (Democratic) 1955-1961
Joe M. Kilgore (Democratic) 1961-1967
John Conally (Democratic) 1967-1969*
Bruce Alger (Republican) 1969-1985
Ron Paul (Republican) 1985-1991
Steve Bartlett (Republican) 1991-1997
Ken Bentsen, Jr. (Democratic) 1997-present

*vacated due to acceptance of cabinet position in Rockefeller administration.

[justW353]

List of United States Senators from the State of New York  (1968 - Present)

Class I

Robert F. Kennedy, I  (1965 - 1968)*
Charles E. Goodell  (1969 - 1977)**
Nelson A. Rockefeller  (1977 - 1979)***
Charles Malcolm Wilson  (1979 - 1980)
Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.  (1980 - 1993)****
Charles E. Schumer  (1993 - Present)^L

*Retired upon election as President of the United States
**retired upon election as Vice President of the United States
***elected in special election to replace Goodell, died while in office
****elected in special election over self-appointed Charles "Malcolm" Wilson, retired upon selection as Secretary of State for President Bill Clinton
^L - Senate Majority Leader  (2007 - Present)

Class II

Jacob K. Javits  (1957 - 1981)
Daniel P. Moynihan  (1981 - 2001)
John F. Kennedy, Jr.  (2001 - 2009)*
Caroline B. Kennedy  (2009 - Present)**

*retired upon election as President of the United States
**appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to serve the remainder of term

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

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

[Derek]

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

That's quite a picture. I guess back then if you were bad in school they sent you to the execution chamber.

[sentinel]

New York:
Daniel Patrick Moynihan - January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2001
Andrew Cuomo - January 3, 2001 - Present


I'm not a Hillary fan

Connecticut:
Joe Lieberman - January 3, 1989 - January 3, 2007
Ned Lamont - January 3, 2007 - Present

[Bo]

Connecticut:

Joe Lieberman (D, 1989-2001)*
Jodi Rell (R, 2001-2003)**
John Larson (D, 2003-2031)***
Chris Murphy (D, 2031-2059)***

*Elected VP
**Lost a special election in 2002
***Retired

[rzd2255]

WV
Class 1
Robert C. Byrd, 1959-

Class 2
Jennings Randolph, 1959-79 (defeated)
Arch Moore, 1979-85 (defeated)
Jay Rockefeller, 1985-97 (retired)
Gaston Caperton, 1997-2001 (resigned)
Margaret Workman, 2001- (appointed)

[Devilman88]

NC:

Class II

Harvery Ganit(D)(1991-2009)*
Kay Hagan (D) (2009 - Present)

Class III

Lauch Faicloth (R) (1993-2005)*
Sue Myrick(R) (2005- Present)

*- Retired