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List of United States senators from New Mexico

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Current delegation

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 Martin Heinrich (since 2013) and Ben Ray Luján (since 2021). Pete Domenici was New Mexico's longest-serving senator (1973–2009).[1]

List of senators

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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.
C Class 2
Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026.
# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
Vacant Jan 6, 1912 –
Mar 27, 1912
New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912, but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. 1 62nd 1 New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912, but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. Jan 6, 1912 –
Mar 27, 1912
Vacant
1
Thomas B. Catron
Republican Mar 27, 1912 –
Mar 3, 1917
Elected in 1912.
Retired.
Elected in 1912. Mar 27, 1912 –
Mar 3, 1921
Republican
Albert B. Fall
1
63rd 2 Elected in 1912 to next term, but Legislature invalided that election.
Re-elected in 1913 to next term.
64th
2
Andrieus A. Jones
Democratic Mar 4, 1917 –
Dec 20, 1927
Elected in 1916. 2 65th
66th 3 Re-elected in 1918.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
67th   Mar 4, 1921 –
Mar 11, 1921
Vacant
Appointed to continue Fall's term.
Elected in 1921 to finish Fall's term.[2]
Lost re-election.
Mar 11, 1921 –
Mar 3, 1925
Republican
Holm O. Bursum
2
Re-elected in 1922.
Died.
3 68th
69th 4 Elected in 1924. Mar 4, 1925 –
Jun 24, 1933
Democratic
Sam G. Bratton
3
70th
Vacant Dec 20, 1927 –
Dec 29, 1927
 
3
Bronson M. Cutting
Republican Dec 29, 1927 –
Dec 6, 1928
Appointed to continue Jones's term.
Retired when elected successor qualified.
4
Octaviano Larrazolo
Republican Dec 7, 1928 –
Mar 3, 1929
Elected in 1928 to finish Jones's term.
Retired due to illness.
5
Bronson M. Cutting
Republican Mar 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
  Jun 24, 1933 –
Oct 10, 1933
Vacant
Appointed to continue Bratton's term
Elected in 1934 to finish Bratton's term.
Oct 10, 1933 –
Jan 3, 1949
Democratic
Carl Hatch
4
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
5 74th
Vacant May 6, 1935 –
May 11, 1935
 
6
Dennis Chávez
Democratic May 11, 1935 –
Nov 18, 1962
Appointed to continue Cutting's term.
Elected in 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. Jan 3, 1949 –
Jan 3, 1973
Democratic
Clinton 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 Nov 18, 1962 –
Nov 30, 1962
 
7
Edwin L. Mechem
Republican Nov 30, 1962 –
Nov 3, 1964
Self-appointed to continue Chávez's term.
Lost election to finish Chávez's term.
88th
8
Joseph Montoya
Democratic Nov 4, 1964 –
Jan 3, 1977
Elected in 1964 to finish Chávez'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. Jan 3, 1973 –
Jan 3, 2009
Republican
Pete Domenici
6
94th
9
Harrison Schmitt
Republican Jan 3, 1977 –
Jan 3, 1983
Elected in 1976.
Lost re-election.
12 95th
96th 13 Re-elected in 1978.
97th
10
Jeff Bingaman
Democratic Jan 3, 1983 –
Jan 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. Jan 3, 2009 –
Jan 3, 2021
Democratic
Tom Udall
7
112th
11
Martin Heinrich
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 –
present
Elected in 2012. 18 113th
114th 19 Re-elected in 2014.
Retired.
115th
Re-elected in 2018. 19 116th
117th 20 Elected in 2020. Jan 3, 2021 –
present
Democratic
Ben Ray Luján
8
118th
To be determined in the 2024 election. 20 119th
120th 21 To be determined in the 2026 election.
# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 1 Class 2

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992 Byrd - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Byrd, p. 345.

References

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