List of United States senators from Utah

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, and it popularly elects U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3, despite the Utah State Legislature's rejection of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when it was passed in 1913. Its current senators are Republicans Mike Lee (since 2011) and John Curtis (since 2025). Orrin Hatch was Utah's longest-serving senator (1977–2019). Utah is one of sixteen states alongside California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and West Virginia to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | Jan 4, 1896 –
Jan 22, 1896 | Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood. | rowspan=3 | 1 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 | 1 | Utah elected its senators 18 days after statehood. | Jan 4, 1896 –
Jan 22, 1896 | colspan=3 | Vacant

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Frank J. Cannon | Template:Party shading/Republican |
Republican
  | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jan 22, 1896 –
Mar 3, 1899 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1896. | Elected in 1896.Template:PbRetired. | nowrap | Jan 22, 1896 –
Mar 3, 1897 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right | File:Hon. Arthur Brown - C. M. Bell - retouched.jpg
Arthur Brown ! 1

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| Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 2 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1897.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1903 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Joseph Lafayette Rawlins.jpg
Joseph L. Rawlins ! rowspan=4 | 2

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 4, 1899 –
Jan 23, 1901 | Legislature failed to elect.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> | rowspan=4 | 2 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Thomas Kearns.jpg
Thomas Kearns | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 23, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1905 | rowspan=3 | Elected late in 1901.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1903. | rowspan=15 nowrap | Mar 4, 1903 –
Mar 3, 1933 | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=15 align=right | File:Reed Smoot, bw photo portrait, Bain News Service.jpg
Reed Smoot ! rowspan=15 | 3

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 3 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Senator George Sutherland 2.jpg
George Sutherland | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1917 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1905.<ref name=WorldAlmanac>Template:Cite book</ref> | rowspan=3 | 3 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1909.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1911.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 4 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1914.

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William H. King | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=12 nowrap | Mar 4, 1917 –
Jan 3, 1941 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1916. | rowspan=3 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1920.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1922. | rowspan=3 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1926.Template:PbLost re-election.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1928. | rowspan=3 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1932. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Mar 4, 1933 –
Jan 3, 1951 | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 align=right | File:Elbert D. Thomas, 1940 (cropped).jpg
Elbert D. Thomas ! rowspan=9 | 4

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1934.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1938.

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Abe Murdock | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1947 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1940.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 9 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1944.Template:PbLost re-election.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 6 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Arthur V. Watkins, 1950.jpg
Arthur V. Watkins | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1947 –
Jan 3, 1959 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1946. | rowspan=3 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1950. | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 3, 1951 –
Dec 20, 1974 | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=12 align=right | File:Wallace Bennett.jpg
Wallace F. Bennett ! rowspan=12 | 5

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1952.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1956.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 7 | rowspan=10 align=left | File:Frank Moss.jpg
Frank Moss | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=10 nowrap | Jan 3, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1977 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1958. | rowspan=3 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 13 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1962.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1964. | rowspan=3 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1968.Template:PbRetired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1970.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=4 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Bennett's term, having been elected to the next term. | rowspan=10 nowrap | Dec 21, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1993 | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=10 align=right | File:Jake Garn.jpg
Jake Garn ! rowspan=10 | 6

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1974.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=21 | 8 | rowspan=21 align=left | File:Orrin Hatch, official 110th Congress photo.jpg
Orrin Hatch | rowspan=21 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=21 nowrap | Jan 3, 1977 –
Jan 3, 2019 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1980.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1982. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1986.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1988. | rowspan=3 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 18 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1992. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1993 –
Jan 3, 2011 | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 align=right | File:Robert Foster Bennett, US Senator.jpg
Bob Bennett ! rowspan=9 | 7

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994. | rowspan=3 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1998.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2000. | rowspan=3 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2004.Template:PbLost renomination.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2006. | rowspan=3 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2010. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 2011 –
present | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 align=right | File:Mike Lee, official portrait.jpg
Mike Lee ! rowspan=9 | 8

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2012.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2016.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Mitt Romney official US Senate portrait.jpg
Mitt Romney | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 2019 –
Jan 3, 2025 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2018.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2022.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Senator John Curtis Official Portrait.jpg
John Curtis | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 2025 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2024. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 | 24 | rowspan=2 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2030 election. | 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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See also

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References

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