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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.
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.
As of December 2024, a total of 2,006 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving). [1] In the party affiliation column, if a senator switched parties and served non-consecutive terms, their affiliation for each term is listed on the corresponding line.
Democratic California: November 4, 1992 4 1812 Patty Murray: Democratic Washington: January 3, 1993 5 1827 Ron Wyden: Democratic Oregon: February 5, 1996 6 1831 Dick Durbin: Democratic Illinois: January 3, 1997 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years) 7 1835 Jack Reed: Democratic Rhode Island
Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, along with colleagues Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Peter Welch of Vermont, have proposed a new bill to abolish the Electoral College (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
Senator Dianne Feinstein, the oldest Senator and longest-serving Democratic Senator, announced on Tuesday that she would not seek re-election for California’s Senate seat.
The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon California's admission to the Union in 1850, the state was assigned a Class 1 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1849 .
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 ...