List of United States Senators from Florida
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Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861 owing to its purported secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1868.
Class 1
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| David L. Yulee | Democrat | 1845 | 1851 |
| Stephen R. Mallory | Democrat | 1851 | 1861 |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1868 | |
| Adonijah S. Welch | Republican | 1868 | 1869 |
| Abijah Gilbert | Republican | 1869 | 1875 |
| Charles W. Jones | Democrat | 1875 | 1887 |
| Samuel Pasco | Democrat | 1887 | 1899 |
| James P. Taliaferro | Democrat | 1899 | 1911 |
| Nathan P. Bryan | Democrat | 1911 | 1917 |
| Park Trammell | Democrat | 1917 | 1936 |
| Scott M. Loftin | Democrat | 1936 | |
| Charles O. Andrews | Democrat | 1936 | 1946 |
| Spessard L. Holland | Democrat | 1946 | 1971 |
| Lawton Chiles | Democrat | 1971 | 1989 |
| Connie Mack (Cornelius H. McGillicuddy, III) | Republican | 1989 | 2001 |
| Bill Nelson | Democrat | 2001 |
Class 3
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| James D. Wescott, Jr. | Democrat | 1845 | 1849 |
| Jackson Morton | Whig | 1849 | 1855 |
| David L. Yulee | Democrat | 1855 | 1861 |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1868 | |
| Thomas W. Osborn | Republican | 1868 | 1873 |
| Simon B. Conover | Republican | 1873 | 1879 |
| Wilkinson Call | Democrat | 1879 | 1897 |
| Stephen R. Mallory, Jr. | Democrat | 1897 | 1907 |
| William James Bryan | Democrat | 1907 | 1908 |
| William H. Milton | Democrat | 1908 | 1909 |
| Duncan U. Fletcher | Democrat | 1909 | 1936 |
| William L. Hill | Democrat | 1936 | |
| Claude Pepper | Democrat | 1936 | 1951 |
| George A. Smathers | Democrat | 1951 | 1969 |
| Edward J. Gurney | Republican | 1969 | 1974 |
| Richard Stone | Democrat | 1975 | 1980 |
| Paula Hawkins | Republican | 1981 | 1987 |
| Bob Graham | Democrat | 1987 | 2005 |
| Mel Martinez | Republican | 2005 |