List of United States Senators who were born or died in the 2000s
This is a list of the 46 United States Senators who died in the 2000s decade. There are 4 senators listed in bold who died in office. No births have been recorded for these years.
Births
- None
Deaths
Senator |
State |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Curtis |
Nebraska |
1955–1979 |
| Republican |
March 15, 1905 |
January 24, 2000 |
|
Maurine B. Neuberger |
Oregon |
1960–1967 |
| Democratic |
January 9, 1907 |
February 22, 2000 |
|
Paul G. Hatfield |
Montana |
1978 |
| Democratic |
April 29, 1928 |
July 3, 2000 |
|
John O. Pastore |
Rhode Island |
1950–1976 |
| Democratic |
March 17, 1907 |
July 15, 2000 |
|
Paul Coverdell |
Georgia |
1993–2000 |
| Republican |
January 20, 1939 |
July 18, 2000 |
|
Alan Cranston |
California |
1969–1993 |
| Democratic |
June 19, 1914 |
December 31, 2000 |
|
Mike Mansfield |
Montana |
1953–1977 |
| Democratic |
March 16, 1903 |
October 5, 2001 |
|
Harrison A. Williams |
New Jersey |
1959–1982 |
| Democratic |
December 10, 1919 |
November 17, 2001 |
|
Paul Fannin |
Arizona |
1965–1977 |
| Republican |
January 29, 1907 |
January 13, 2002 |
|
Howard Cannon |
Nevada |
1959–1983 |
| Democratic |
January 26, 1912 |
March 5, 2002 |
|
Herman Talmadge |
Georgia |
1957–1981 |
| Democratic |
August 9, 1913 |
March 21, 2002 |
|
Louis C. Wyman |
New Hampshire |
1974–1975 |
| Republican |
March 16, 1917 |
May 5, 2002 |
|
Paul Wellstone |
Minnesota |
1991–2002 |
|Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
July 21, 1944 |
October 25, 2002 |
|
Maurice J. Murphy Jr. |
New Hampshire |
1961–1962 |
| Republican |
October 3, 1927 |
October 27, 2002 |
|
Edwin L. Mechem |
New Mexico |
1962–1964 |
| Republican |
July 2, 1912 |
November 27, 2002 |
|
Frank Moss |
Utah |
1959–1977 |
| Democratic |
September 23, 1911 |
January 29, 2003 |
|
Daniel P. Moynihan |
New York |
1977–2001 |
| Democratic |
March 16, 1927 |
March 26, 2003 |
|
Russell B. Long |
Louisiana |
1948–1987 |
| Democratic |
November 3, 1918 |
May 9, 2003 |
|
Strom Thurmond |
South Carolina |
1954–1956, 1956–2003 |
Democratic, Republican |
December 5, 1902 |
June 26, 2003 |
|
Vance Hartke |
Indiana |
1959–1977 |
| Democratic |
May 31, 1919 |
July 27, 2003 |
|
Paul Simon |
Illinois |
1985–1997 |
| Democratic |
November 29, 1928 |
December 9, 2003 |
|
William V. Roth Jr. |
Delaware |
1971–2001 |
| Republican |
July 22, 1921 |
December 13, 2003 |
|
Hiram Fong |
Hawaii |
1959–1977 |
| Republican |
October 15, 1906 |
August 18, 2004 |
|
Brock Adams |
Washington |
1987–1993 |
| Democratic |
January 13, 1927 |
September 10, 2004 |
|
Pierre Salinger |
California |
1964 |
| Democratic |
June 14, 1925 |
October 16, 2004 |
|
Howell Heflin |
Alabama |
1979–1997 |
| Democratic |
June 19, 1921 |
March 29, 2005 |
|
J. James Exon |
Nebraska |
1979–1997 |
| Democratic |
August 9, 1921 |
June 10, 2005 |
|
Gaylord Nelson |
Wisconsin |
1963–1981 |
| Democratic |
June 4, 1916 |
July 3, 2005 |
|
Eugene McCarthy |
Minnesota |
1959–1971 |
|Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
March 29, 1916 |
December 10, 2005 |
|
William Proxmire |
Wisconsin |
1957–1989 |
| Democratic |
November 11, 1915 |
December 15, 2005 |
|
John G. Beall Jr. |
Maryland |
1971–1977 |
| Republican |
June 19, 1927 |
March 24, 2006 |
|
Chic Hecht |
Nevada |
1983–1989 |
| Republican |
November 30, 1928 |
May 15, 2006 |
|
Lloyd Bentsen |
Texas |
1971–1993 |
| Democratic |
February 11, 1921 |
May 23, 2006 |
|
Robert Stafford |
Vermont |
1971–1989 |
| Republican |
August 8, 1913 |
December 23, 2006 |
|
George Smathers |
Florida |
1951–1969 |
| Democratic |
November 14, 1913 |
January 20, 2007 |
|
Thomas Eagleton |
Missouri |
1968–1987 |
| Democratic |
September 4, 1929 |
March 4, 2007 |
|
Craig L. Thomas |
Wyoming |
1995–2007 |
| Republican |
February 17, 1933 |
June 4, 2007 |
|
Daniel Brewster |
Maryland |
1963–1969 |
| Democratic |
November 23, 1923 |
August 19, 2007 |
|
Howard Metzenbaum |
Ohio |
1974, 1976–1995 |
| Democratic |
June 4, 1917 |
March 12, 2008 |
|
Jesse Helms |
North Carolina |
1973–2003 |
| Republican |
October 18, 1921 |
July 4, 2008 |
|
Claiborne Pell |
Rhode Island |
1961–1997 |
| Democratic |
November 22, 1918 |
January 1, 2009 |
|
James B. Pearson |
Kansas |
1962–1978 |
| Republican |
May 7, 1920 |
January 13, 2009 |
|
Ted Kennedy |
Massachusetts |
1962–2009 |
| Democratic |
February 22, 1932 |
August 25, 2009 |
|
Henry Bellmon |
Oklahoma |
1969–1981 |
| Republican |
September 3, 1921 |
September 29, 2009 |
|
Clifford Hansen |
Wyoming |
1967–1978 |
| Republican |
October 16, 1912 |
October 20, 2009 |
|
Paula Hawkins |
Florida |
1981–1987 |
| Republican |
January 24, 1927 |
December 4, 2009 |
See also
- List of the oldest United States Senators
- List of longest-living United States Senators
- List of living former United States Senators
- Earliest serving United States Senator
- List of former United States senators