List of United States senators from New Mexico
New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912 and elects members of the United States Senate who belong to Class 1 and Class 2. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Tom Udall (since 2009) and Martin Heinrich (since 2013).
List of senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | January 6, 1912 – March 27, 1912 |
New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912 but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27, 1912. | 1 | 62nd | 1 | New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912 but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27, 1912. | January 6, 1912 – March 27, 1912 |
Vacant | ||||
1 | Thomas B. Catron |
Republican | March 27, 1912 – March 3, 1917 |
Elected March 27, 1912. Retired. |
Elected March 27, 1912. | March 27, 1912 – March 3, 1921 |
Republican | Albert B. Fall |
1 | |||
63rd | 2 | Elected June 6, 1912 to next term, but Legislature invalided that election. Elected January 28, 1913 to next term. | ||||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
2 | Andrieus A. Jones |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – December 20, 1927 |
Elected in 1916. | 2 | 65th | ||||||
66th | 3 | Re-elected in 1918. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. | ||||||||||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 11, 1921 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
Appointed to continue Fall's term. Elected September 20, 1921 to finish Fall's term.[1] Lost re-election. |
March 11, 1921 – March 3, 1925 |
Republican | Holm O. Bursum |
2 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. Died. |
3 | 68th | ||||||||||
69th | 4 | Elected in 1924. | March 4, 1925 – June 24, 1933 |
Democratic | Sam G. Bratton |
3 | ||||||
70th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | December 20, 1927 – December 29, 1927 |
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3 | Bronson M. Cutting |
Republican | December 29, 1927 – December 6, 1928 |
Appointed to continue Jones's term. Retired when elected successor qualified. | ||||||||
4 | Octaviano Larrazolo |
Republican | December 7, 1928 – March 3, 1929 |
Elected in 1928 to finish Jones's term. Retired due to illness. | ||||||||
5 | Bronson M. Cutting |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – May 6, 1935 |
Elected in 1928. | 4 | 71st | ||||||
72nd | 5 | Re-elected in 1930. Resigned to become a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. | ||||||||||
73rd | ||||||||||||
June 24, 1933 – October 10, 1933 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Bratton's term Elected November 6, 1934 to finish Bratton's term. |
October 10, 1933 – January 3, 1949 |
Democratic | Carl Hatch |
4 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Died. |
5 | 74th | ||||||||||
Vacant | May 6, 1935 – May 11, 1935 |
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6 | Dennis Chavez |
Democratic | May 11, 1935 – November 18, 1962 |
Appointed to continue Cutting's term. Elected November 3, 1936 to finish Cutting's term. | ||||||||
75th | 6 | Re-elected in 1936. | ||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 6 | 77th | ||||||||||
78th | 7 | Re-elected in 1942. Retired. | ||||||||||
79th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 7 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | 8 | Elected in 1948. | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 |
Democratic | Clinton P. Anderson |
5 | ||||||
82nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 8 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | 9 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. Died. |
9 | 86th | ||||||||||
87th | 10 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
Vacant | November 18, 1962 – November 30, 1962 | |||||||||||
7 | Edwin L. Mechem |
Republican | November 30, 1962 – November 3, 1964 |
Self-appointed to continue Chavez's term. Lost election to finish Chavez's term. | ||||||||
88th | ||||||||||||
8 | Joseph Montoya |
Democratic | November 4, 1964 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1964 to finish Chavez's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 10 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | 11 | Re-elected in 1966. Retired. | ||||||||||
91st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election. |
11 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | 12 | Elected in 1972. | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 |
Republican | Pete Domenici |
6 | ||||||
94th | ||||||||||||
9 | Harrison Schmitt |
Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 |
Elected in 1976. Lost re-election. |
12 | 95th | ||||||
96th | 13 | Re-elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
97th | ||||||||||||
10 | Jeff Bingaman |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected in 1982. | 13 | 98th | ||||||
99th | 14 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. | 14 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | 15 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 15 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | 16 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 16 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | 17 | Re-elected in 2002. Retired. | ||||||||||
109th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Retired. |
17 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | 18 | Elected in 2008. | January 3, 2009 – Present |
Democratic | Tom Udall |
7 | ||||||
112th | ||||||||||||
11 | Martin Heinrich |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Elected in 2012. | 18 | 113th | ||||||
114th | 19 | Re-elected in 2014. | ||||||||||
115th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 19 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 20 | To be determined in the 2020 election. | ||||||||||
118th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 20 | 119th | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former senators
As of August 2020, there are two living former U.S senators from New Mexico. The most recent senator to die was Pete Domenici (served 1973–2009) on September 13, 2017, and was also the most recently serving senator to die.
senator | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Harrison Schmitt | 1977–1983 | July 3, 1935 |
Jeff Bingaman | 1983–2013 | October 3, 1943 |
See also
Notes
- Byrd, p. 345.
References
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.