This is a list of former United States Senators, who as of 2009[update] are still alive: | State | Senator | Party | Date of birth | Term | Age (Years/Days) | | Alabama | Maryon Pittman Allen | Democratic | November 30, 1925 | 1978 | &0000000000000084.00000084 years, &0000000000000004.0000004 days | | Alabama | Donald W. Stewart | Democratic | February 8, 1940 | 1978 – 1981 | &0000000000000069.00000069 years, &0000000000000299.000000299 days | | Alabama | Jeremiah Denton | Republican | July 15, 1924 | 1981 – 1987 | &0000000000000085.00000085 years, &0000000000000142.000000142 days | | Alaska | Mike Gravel | Democratic | May 13, 1930 | 1969 – 1981 | &0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000205.000000205 days | | Alaska | Frank Murkowski | Republican | March 28, 1933 | 1981 – 2002 | &0000000000000076.00000076 years, &0000000000000251.000000251 days | | Alaska | Ted Stevens | Republican | November 18, 1923 | 1968 – 2009 | &0000000000000086.00000086 years, &0000000000000016.00000016 days | | Arizona | Dennis DeConcini | Democratic | May 8, 1937 | 1977 – 1995 | &0000000000000072.00000072 years, &0000000000000210.000000210 days | | Arkansas | Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. | Democratic | August 30, 1938 | 1977 – 1979 | &0000000000000071.00000071 years, &0000000000000096.00000096 days | | Arkansas | David Pryor | Democratic | August 29, 1934 | 1979 – 1997 | &0000000000000075.00000075 years, &0000000000000097.00000097 days | | Arkansas | Tim Hutchinson | Republican | August 11, 1949 | 1997 – 2003 | &0000000000000060.00000060 years, &0000000000000115.000000115 days | | Arkansas | Dale Bumpers | Democratic | August 12, 1925 | 1975 – 1999 | &0000000000000084.00000084 years, &0000000000000114.000000114 days | | California | John V. Tunney | Democratic | June 26, 1934 | 1971 – 1977 | &0000000000000075.00000075 years, &0000000000000161.000000161 days | | California | Pete Wilson | Republican | August 23, 1933 | 1983 – 1991 | &0000000000000076.00000076 years, &0000000000000103.000000103 days | | California | John F. Seymour | Republican | December 3, 1937 | 1991 – 1992 | &0000000000000072.00000072 years, &0000000000000001.0000001 day | | Colorado | Wayne Allard | Republican | December 2, 1943 | 1997 – 2009 | &0000000000000066.00000066 years, &0000000000000002.0000002 days | | Colorado | William L. Armstrong | Republican | March 16, 1937 | 1979 – 1991 | &0000000000000072.00000072 years, &0000000000000263.000000263 days | | Colorado | Hank Brown | Republican | February 12, 1940 | 1991 – 1997 | &0000000000000069.00000069 years, &0000000000000295.000000295 days | | Colorado | Gary Hart | Democratic | November 28, 1936 | 1975 – 1987 | &0000000000000073.00000073 years, &0000000000000006.0000006 days | | Colorado | Tim Wirth | Democratic | September 22, 1939 | 1987 – 1993 | &0000000000000070.00000070 years, &0000000000000073.00000073 days | | Colorado | Ben Nighthorse Campbell | Democratic, Republican | April 13, 1933 | 1993 – 2005 | &0000000000000076.00000076 years, &0000000000000235.000000235 days | | Colorado | Ken Salazar | Democratic, | March 2, 1955 | 2005 – 2009 | &0000000000000054.00000054 years, &0000000000000277.000000277 days | | Connecticut | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. | Republican | May 16, 1931 | 1971 – 1989 | &0000000000000078.00000078 years, &0000000000000202.000000202 days | | Delaware | Joe Biden | Democratic | November 20, 1942 | 1973 – 2009 | &0000000000000067.00000067 years, &0000000000000014.00000014 days | | Florida | Connie Mack III | Republican | October 29, 1940 | 1989 – 2001 | &0000000000000069.00000069 years, &0000000000000036.00000036 days | | Florida | Richard Stone | Democratic | September 22, 1928 | 1975 – 1981 | &0000000000000081.00000081 years, &0000000000000073.00000073 days | | Florida | Mel Martinez | Republican | October 23, 1946 | 2005 – 2009 | &0000000000000063.00000063 years, &0000000000000042.00000042 days | | Florida | Bob Graham | Democratic | November 9, 1936 | 1987 – 2005 | &0000000000000073.00000073 years, &0000000000000025.00000025 days | | Georgia | David H. Gambrell | Democratic | December 20, 1929 | 1971 – 1972 | &0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000349.000000349 days | | Georgia | Sam Nunn | Democratic | September 8, 1938 | 1972 – 1997 | &0000000000000071.00000071 years, &0000000000000087.00000087 days | | Georgia | Max Cleland | Democratic | August 24, 1942 | 1997 – 2003 | &0000000000000067.00000067 years, &0000000000000102.000000102 days | | Georgia | Mack Mattingly | Republican | January 7, 1931 | 1981 – 1987 | &0000000000000078.00000078 years, &0000000000000331.000000331 days | | Georgia | Wyche Fowler | Democratic | October 6, 1940 | 1987 – 1993 | &0000000000000069.00000069 years, &0000000000000059.00000059 days | | Georgia | Zell Miller | Democratic | February 24, 1932 | 2000 – 2005 | &0000000000000077.00000077 years, &0000000000000283.000000283 days | | Idaho | Larry Craig | Republican | July 20, 1945 | 1991 – 2009 | &0000000000000064.00000064 years, &0000000000000137.000000137 days | | Idaho | James A. McClure | Republican | December 27, 1924 | 1973 – 1991 | &0000000000000084.00000084 years, &0000000000000342.000000342 days | | Idaho | Steve Symms | Republican | April 23, 1938 | 1981 – 1993 | &0000000000000071.00000071 years, &0000000000000225.000000225 days | | Idaho | Dirk Kempthorne | Republican | October 29, 1951 | 1993 – 1999 | &0000000000000058.00000058 years, &0000000000000036.00000036 days | | Illinois | Charles H. Percy | Republican | September 27, 1919 | 1967 – 1985 | &0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000068.00000068 days | | Illinois | Adlai Stevenson III | Democratic | October 10, 1930 | 1970 – 1981 | &0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000055.00000055 days | | Illinois | Alan J. Dixon | Democratic | July 7, 1927 | 1981 – 1993 | &0000000000000082.00000082 years, &0000000000000150.000000150 days | | Illinois | Carol Moseley-Braun | Democratic | August 16, 1947 | 1993 – 1999 | &0000000000000062.00000062 years, &0000000000000110.000000110 days | | Illinois | Peter G. Fitzgerald | Republican | October 20, 1960 | 1999 – 2005 | &0000000000000049.00000049 years, &0000000000000045.00000045 days | | Illinois | Barack Obama | Democratic | August 4, 1961 | 2005 – 2008 | &0000000000000048.00000048 years, &0000000000000122.000000122 days | | Indiana | Birch Bayh | Democratic | January 22, 1928 | 1963 – 1981 | &0000000000000081.00000081 years, &0000000000000316.000000316 days | | Indiana | Dan Quayle | Republican | February 4, 1947 | 1981 – 1989 | &0000000000000062.00000062 years, &0000000000000303.000000303 days | | Indiana | Dan Coats | Republican | May 16, 1943 | 1989 – 1999 | &0000000000000066.00000066 years, &0000000000000202.000000202 days | | Iowa | Dick Clark | Democratic | September 14, 1928 | 1973 – 1979 | &0000000000000081.00000081 years, &0000000000000081.00000081 days | | Iowa | Roger Jepsen | Republican | December 23, 1928 | 1979 – 1985 | &0000000000000080.00000080 years, &0000000000000346.000000346 days | | Iowa | John Culver | Democratic | August 8, 1932 | 1975 – 1981 | &0000000000000077.00000077 years, &0000000000000118.000000118 days | | Kansas | Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Republican | July 29, 1932 | 1978 – 1997 | &0000000000000077.00000077 years, &0000000000000128.000000128 days | | Kansas | Bob Dole | Republican | July 22, 1923 | 1969 – 1996 | &0000000000000086.00000086 years, &0000000000000135.000000135 days | | Kansas | Sheila Frahm | Republican | March 22, 1945 | 1996 | &0000000000000064.00000064 years, &0000000000000257.000000257 days | | Kentucky | Walter Huddleston | Democratic | April 15, 1926 | 1973 – 1985 | &0000000000000083.00000083 years, &0000000000000233.000000233 days | | Kentucky | Marlow Cook | Republican | July 27, 1926 | 1968 – 1974 | &0000000000000083.00000083 years, &0000000000000130.000000130 days | | Kentucky | Wendell H. Ford | Democratic | September 8, 1924 | 1974 – 1999 | &0000000000000085.00000085 years, &0000000000000087.00000087 days | | Louisiana | Elaine Edwards | Democratic | March 8, 1929 | 1972 | &0000000000000080.00000080 years, &0000000000000271.000000271 days | | Louisiana | Bennett Johnston Jr. | Democratic | June 30, 1932 | 1972 – 1997 | &0000000000000077.00000077 years, &0000000000000157.000000157 days | | Louisiana | John Breaux | Democratic | March 1, 1944 | 1987 – 2005 | &0000000000000065.00000065 years, &0000000000000278.000000278 days | | Maine | George J. Mitchell | Democratic | August 20, 1933 | 1980 – 1995 | &0000000000000076.00000076 years, &0000000000000106.000000106 days | | Maine | William Hathaway | Democratic | February 21, 1924 | 1973 – 1979 | &0000000000000085.00000085 years, &0000000000000286.000000286 days | | Maine | William Cohen | Republican | August 28, 1940 | 1979 – 1997 | &0000000000000069.00000069 years, &0000000000000098.00000098 days | | Maryland | Joseph Tydings | Democratic | May 4, 1928 | 1965 – 1971 | &0000000000000081.00000081 years, &0000000000000214.000000214 days | | Maryland | Paul Sarbanes | Democratic | February 3, 1933 | 1977 – 2007 | &0000000000000076.00000076 years, &0000000000000304.000000304 days | | Maryland | Charles Mathias, Jr. | Republican | July 24, 1922 | 1969 – 1987 | &0000000000000087.00000087 years, &0000000000000133.000000133 days | | Massachusetts | Edward Brooke | Republican | October 26, 1919 | 1967 – 1979 | &0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000039.00000039 days | | Michigan | Donald W. Riegle, Jr. | Democratic | February 4, 1938 | 1976 – 1995 | &0000000000000071.00000071 years, &0000000000000303.000000303 days | | Michigan | Spencer Abraham | Republican | June 12, 1952 | 1995 – 2001 | &0000000000000057.00000057 years, &0000000000000175.000000175 days | | Michigan | Robert P. Griffin | Republican | November 6, 1923 | 1966 – 1979 | &0000000000000086.00000086 years, &0000000000000028.00000028 days | | Minnesota | Norm Coleman | Republican | August 17, 1949 | 2003 – 2009 | &0000000000000060.00000060 years, &0000000000000109.000000109 days | | Minnesota | David Durenberger | Republican | August 19, 1934 | 1978 – 1995 | &0000000000000075.00000075 years, &0000000000000107.000000107 days | | Minnesota | Rod Grams | Republican | February 4, 1948 | 1995 – 2001 | &0000000000000061.00000061 years, &0000000000000303.000000303 days | | Minnesota | Mark Dayton | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | January 26, 1947 | 2001 – 2007 | &0000000000000062.00000062 years, &0000000000000312.000000312 days | | Minnesota | Walter Mondale | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | January 5, 1928 | 1964 – 1977 | &0000000000000081.00000081 years, &0000000000000333.000000333 days | | Minnesota | Wendell Anderson | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | February 1, 1933 | 1977 – 1978 | &0000000000000076.00000076 years, &0000000000000306.000000306 days | | Minnesota | Rudy Boschwitz | Republican | November 7, 1930 | 1978 – 1991 | &0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000027.00000027 days | | Minnesota | Dean Barkley | Independence | August 31, 1950 | 2002 – 2003 | &0000000000000059.00000059 years, &0000000000000095.00000095 days | | Mississippi | Trent Lott | Republican | October 9, 1941 | 1989 – 2007 | &0000000000000068.00000068 years, &0000000000000056.00000056 days | | Missouri | John C. Danforth | Republican | September 5, 1936 | 1976 – 1995 | &0000000000000073.00000073 years, &0000000000000090.00000090 days | | Missouri | John Ashcroft | Republican | May 9, 1942 | 1995 – 2001 | &0000000000000067.00000067 years, &0000000000000209.000000209 days | | Missouri | Jean Carnahan | Democratic | December 30, 1933 | 2001 – 2002 | &0000000000000075.00000075 years, &0000000000000339.000000339 days | | Missouri | Jim Talent | Republican | October 18, 1956 | 2002 – 2007 | &0000000000000053.00000053 years, &0000000000000047.00000047 days | | Montana | John Melcher | Democratic | September 6, 1924 | 1977 – 1989 | &0000000000000085.00000085 years, &0000000000000089.00000089 days | | Montana | Conrad Burns | Republican | January 25, 1935 | 1989 – 2007 | &0000000000000074.00000074 years, &0000000000000313.000000313 days | | Nebraska | Chuck Hagel | Republican | October 4, 1946 | 1997 – 2009 | &0000000000000063.00000063 years, &0000000000000059.00000059 days | | Nebraska | David K. Karnes | Republican | December 12, 1948 | 1987 – 1989 | &0000000000000060.00000060 years, &0000000000000357.000000357 days | | Nebraska | Bob Kerrey | Democratic | August 27, 1943 | 1989 – 2001 | &0000000000000066.00000066 years, &0000000000000099.00000099 days | | Nevada | Richard Bryan | Democratic | July 16, 1937 | 1981 – 2001 | &0000000000000072.00000072 years, &0000000000000141.000000141 days | | Nevada | Paul Laxalt | Republican | August 2, 1922 | 1974 – 1987 | &0000000000000087.00000087 years, &0000000000000124.000000124 days | | New Hampshire | Gordon J. Humphrey | Republican | October 9, 1940 | 1979 – 1990 | &0000000000000069.00000069 years, &0000000000000056.00000056 days | | New Hampshire | John A. Durkin | Democratic | March 29, 1936 | 1975 – 1981 | &0000000000000073.00000073 years, &0000000000000250.000000250 days | | New Hampshire | Warren Rudman | Republican | May 18, 1930 | 1981 – 1993 | &0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000200.000000200 days | | New Hampshire | Robert C. Smith | Republican | March 30, 1941 | 1990 – 2003 | &0000000000000068.00000068 years, &0000000000000249.000000249 days | | New Hampshire | John E. Sununu | Republican | September 6, 1964 | 2003 – 2009 | &0000000000000045.00000045 years, &0000000000000089.00000089 days | | New Jersey | Nicholas F. Brady | Republican | April 11, 1930 | 1982 | &0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000237.000000237 days | | New Jersey | Jon Corzine | Democratic | January 1, 1947 | 2001 – 2006 | &0000000000000062.00000062 years, &0000000000000337.000000337 days | | New Jersey | Bill Bradley | Democratic | July 28, 1943 | 1979 – 1997 | &0000000000000066.00000066 years, &0000000000000129.000000129 days | | New Jersey | Robert Torricelli | Democratic | August 27, 1951 | 1997 – 2003 | &0000000000000058.00000058 years, &0000000000000099.00000099 days | | New Mexico | Pete Domenici | Republican | May 7, 1932 | 1973 – 2009 | &0000000000000077.00000077 years, &0000000000000211.000000211 days | | New Mexico | Harrison Schmitt | Republican | July 3, 1935 | 1977 – 1983 | &0000000000000074.00000074 years, &0000000000000154.000000154 days | | New York | James L. Buckley | Conservative | March 9, 1923 | 1971 – 1977 | &0000000000000086.00000086 years, &0000000000000270.000000270 days | | New York | Al D'Amato | Republican | August 1, 1937 | 1981 – 1999 | &0000000000000072.00000072 years, &0000000000000125.000000125 days | | New York | Hillary Clinton | Democratic | October 26, 1947 | 2001 – 2009 | &0000000000000062.00000062 years, &0000000000000039.00000039 days | | North Carolina | Robert B. Morgan | Democratic | October 5, 1925 | 1975 – 1981 | &0000000000000084.00000084 years, &0000000000000060.00000060 days | | North Carolina | Jim Broyhill | Republican | August 19, 1927 | 1986 | &0000000000000082.00000082 years, &0000000000000107.000000107 days | | North Carolina | Elizabeth Dole | Republican | July 29, 1936 | 2003 – 2009 | &0000000000000073.00000073 years, &0000000000000128.000000128 days | | North Carolina | Lauch Faircloth | Republican | January 14, 1928 | 1993 – 1999 | &0000000000000081.00000081 years, &0000000000000324.000000324 days | | North Carolina | John Edwards | Democratic | June 10, 1953 | 1999 – 2005 | &0000000000000056.00000056 years, &0000000000000177.000000177 days | | North Dakota | Jocelyn Burdick | Democratic | February 6, 1922 | 1992 | &0000000000000087.00000087 years, &0000000000000301.000000301 days | | North Dakota | Mark Andrews | Republican | May 19, 1926 | 1981 – 1987 | &0000000000000083.00000083 years, &0000000000000199.000000199 days | | Ohio | Mike DeWine | Republican | January 5, 1947 | 1995 – 2007 | &0000000000000062.00000062 years, &0000000000000333.000000333 days | | Ohio | William B. Saxbe | Republican | June 24, 1916 | 1969 – 1974 | &0000000000000093.00000093 years, &0000000000000163.000000163 days | | Ohio | John Glenn | Democratic | July 18, 1921 | 1974 – 1999 | &0000000000000088.00000088 years, &0000000000000139.000000139 days | | Oklahoma | Fred R. Harris | Democratic | November 13, 1930 | 1964 – 1973 | &0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000021.00000021 days | | Oklahoma | David L. Boren | Democratic | April 21, 1941 | 1979 – 1994 | &0000000000000068.00000068 years, &0000000000000227.000000227 days | | Oklahoma | Don Nickles | Republican | December 6, 1948 | 1981 – 2005 | &0000000000000060.00000060 years, &0000000000000363.000000363 days | | Oregon | Mark Hatfield | Republican | July 12, 1922 | 1967 – 1997 | &0000000000000087.00000087 years, &0000000000000145.000000145 days | | Oregon | Bob Packwood | Republican | September 11, 1932 | 1969 – 1995 | &0000000000000077.00000077 years, &0000000000000084.00000084 days | | Oregon | Gordon Smith | Republican | May 25, 1952 | 1997 – 2009 | &0000000000000057.00000057 years, &0000000000000193.000000193 days | | Pennsylvania | Harris Wofford | Democratic | April 9, 1926 | 1991 – 1995 | &0000000000000083.00000083 years, &0000000000000239.000000239 days | | Pennsylvania | Rick Santorum | Republican | May 10, 1958 | 1995 – 2007 | &0000000000000051.00000051 years, &0000000000000208.000000208 days | | Pennsylvania | Richard S. Schweiker | Republican | June 1, 1926 | 1965 – 1981 | &0000000000000083.00000083 years, &0000000000000186.000000186 days | | Rhode Island | Lincoln Chafee | Republican | March 26, 1953 | 1999 – 2007 | &0000000000000056.00000056 years, &0000000000000253.000000253 days | | South Carolina | Ernest Hollings | Democratic | January 1, 1922 | 1966 – 2005 | &0000000000000087.00000087 years, &0000000000000337.000000337 days | | South Dakota | James Abourezk | Democratic | February 24, 1931 | 1973 – 1979 | &0000000000000078.00000078 years, &0000000000000283.000000283 days | | South Dakota | Larry Pressler | Republican | March 29, 1942 | 1979 – 1997 | &0000000000000067.00000067 years, &0000000000000250.000000250 days | | South Dakota | George McGovern | Democratic | July 19, 1922 | 1963 – 1981 | &0000000000000087.00000087 years, &0000000000000138.000000138 days | | South Dakota | James Abdnor | Republican | February 13, 1923 | 1981 – 1987 | &0000000000000086.00000086 years, &0000000000000294.000000294 days | | South Dakota | Tom Daschle | Democratic | December 9, 1947 | 1987 – 2005 | &0000000000000061.00000061 years, &0000000000000360.000000360 days | | Tennessee | Bill Brock | Republican | November 23, 1930 | 1971 – 1977 | &0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000011.00000011 days | | Tennessee | Jim Sasser | Democratic | September 30, 1936 | 1977 – 1995 | &0000000000000073.00000073 years, &0000000000000065.00000065 days | | Tennessee | Bill Frist | Republican | February 22, 1952 | 1995 – 2007 | &0000000000000057.00000057 years, &0000000000000285.000000285 days | | Tennessee | Howard Baker | Republican | November 15, 1925 | 1967 – 1985 | &0000000000000084.00000084 years, &0000000000000019.00000019 days | | Tennessee | Al Gore | Democratic | March 31, 1948 | 1985 – 1993 | &0000000000000061.00000061 years, &0000000000000248.000000248 days | | Tennessee | Harlan Mathews | Democratic | January 17, 1927 | 1993 – 1994 | &0000000000000082.00000082 years, &0000000000000321.000000321 days | | Tennessee | Fred Thompson | Republican | August 19, 1942 | 1994 – 2003 | &0000000000000067.00000067 years, &0000000000000107.000000107 days | | Texas | Bob Krueger | Democratic | September 19, 1935 | 1993 | &0000000000000074.00000074 years, &0000000000000076.00000076 days | | Texas | Phil Gramm | Republican | July 8, 1942 | 1985 – 2003 | &0000000000000067.00000067 years, &0000000000000149.000000149 days | | Utah | Jake Garn | Republican | October 12, 1932 | 1974 – 1993 | &0000000000000077.00000077 years, &0000000000000053.00000053 days | | Vermont | Jim Jeffords | Republican, Independent | May 11, 1934 | 1989 – 2007 | &0000000000000075.00000075 years, &0000000000000207.000000207 days | | Virginia | George Felix Allen | Republican | March 8, 1952 | 2001 – 2007 | &0000000000000057.00000057 years, &0000000000000271.000000271 days | | Virginia | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | Democratic, Independent | December 20, 1914 | 1965 – 1983 | &0000000000000094.00000094 years, &0000000000000349.000000349 days | | Virginia | Paul S. Trible, Jr. | Republican | December 29, 1946 | 1983 – 1989 | &0000000000000062.00000062 years, &0000000000000340.000000340 days | | Virginia | Chuck Robb | Democratic | June 26, 1939 | 1989 – 2001 | &0000000000000070.00000070 years, &0000000000000161.000000161 days | | Virginia | John Warner | Republican | February 18, 1927 | 1979 – 2009 | &0000000000000082.00000082 years, &0000000000000289.000000289 days | | Washington | Daniel J. Evans | Republican | October 16, 1925 | 1983 – 1989 | &0000000000000084.00000084 years, &0000000000000049.00000049 days | | Washington | Slade Gorton | Republican | January 8, 1928 | 1981 – 1987, 1989 – 2001 | &0000000000000081.00000081 years, &0000000000000330.000000330 days | | Wisconsin | Bob Kasten | Republican | June 19, 1942 | 1981 – 1993 | &0000000000000067.00000067 years, &0000000000000168.000000168 days | | Wyoming | Malcolm Wallop | Republican | February 27, 1933 | 1977 – 1995 | &0000000000000076.00000076 years, &0000000000000280.000000280 days | | Wyoming | Alan K. 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