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Robert Charles Krueger (September 19, 1935 – April 30, 2022) was an American diplomat, politician, and U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party. As of 2024, he is the last Democrat to serve as a United States Senator from Texas.
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 118th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.
Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas.
Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028. # Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator # 1 Jesse B. Thomas: Democratic-Republican: Dec 3, 1818 – Mar 3, 1829 Elected in 1818. 1 ...
This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate. As of December 2024 [update] , a total of 2,009 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving).
Senator State Date Congress Old party New party Notes Jim Jeffords: Vermont: June 6, 2001 107th: Republican: Independent Caucused with the Democrats. Gave Democrats temporary control of the senate. Joe Lieberman: Connecticut: 2006 110th: Democratic: Independent Democrat: Caucused with the Democrats.
The longest currently serving state senator in the U.S. doesn’t plan to run for office again this year in South Carolina. Democratic Rep. Nikki Setzler was elected to the Senate in 1976 and has ...
Jerome Joyce opted to retire early. Neither he or his successor and wife Janet J. Joyce opted to challenge Dunn for the Democratic nomination. In the general election, Dunn faced Democrat-turned-Republican Charles Pangle of Bradley. [5] During his time in the Senate, Dunn was the chief advocate to bring riverboat gambling to help his