Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, and elects senators to Class I and Class III. Its current senators are Orrin Hatch and Robert Bennett. [edit] Class I | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | | Frank J. Cannon |  | Republican | January 22, 1896 | March 4, 1899 | Lost re-election | Utah's Territorial Delegate (1895–1896) | Silver Republican | | Thomas Kearns |  | Republican | January 23, 1901 | March 4, 1905 | Retired | Member, Utah Constitutional Convention (1895) | | George Sutherland |  | Republican | March 4, 1905 | March 4, 1917 | Lost re-election | Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1922–1938) U.S. Representative (1901–1903) | | William H. King |  | Democratic | March 4, 1917 | January 3, 1941 | Lost renomination | President pro tempore (1940–1941) U.S. Representative (1897–1899; 1900–1901) Justice, Utah Terr. Supreme Court (1894–1896) | | Abe Murdock |  | Democratic | January 3, 1941 | January 3, 1947 | lost re-election | U.S. Representative (1933–1941) | | Arthur V. Watkins |  | Republican | January 3, 1947 | January 3, 1959 | Lost re-election | | | Frank E. Moss |  | Democratic | January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1977 | Lost re-election | | | Orrin Hatch |  | Republican | January 3, 1977 | Present | Incumbent | | [edit] Class III | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | | Arthur Brown |  | Republican | January 22, 1896 | March 4, 1897 | Retired | | | Joseph L. Rawlins |  | Democratic | March 4, 1897 | March 4, 1903 | | U.S. Representative (1893–1895) Lost renomination | | Reed Smoot |  | Republican | March 4, 1903 | March 4, 1933 | Lost re-election | Co-authored Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (1930) | | Elbert D. Thomas |  | Democratic | March 4, 1933 | January 3, 1951 | Lost re-election | High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1951–1953) | | Wallace F. Bennett |  | Republican | January 3, 1951 | December 20, 1974 | Resigned[1] | | | Jake Garn |  | Republican | December 21, 1974 | January 3, 1993 | Retired | | | Bob Bennett |  | Republican | January 3, 1993 | Present | Incumbent | | [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Wallace Bennett was not a candidate for re-election in 1974, and resigned early presumably to allow his successor to gain seniority over others elected in 1974.
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