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Before 1914, and the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment, the state's U.S. senators were chosen by the Massachusetts General Court, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. The current senators are Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. Ted Kennedy was Massachusetts's longest-serving senator, serving from 1962 until his death in 2009.
United States senators from Massachusetts — past and present United States senators who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate The main article for this category is List of United States senators from Massachusetts .
Scott Brown was the last Republican to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. First elected in the 2010 special election, Brown lost his bid for a full term in 2012 to Elizabeth Warren who has held the seat since. Edward Brooke was the last Republican to be elected to a full term
Massachusetts is currently represented by two senators and nine representatives, all of whom are Democrats. The current dean of the Massachusetts delegation is Senator Ed Markey , having served as a Senator since 2013 and in Congress since 1976.
Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was the first African American elected to the United States Senate by popular vote.
As of 2024, this remains the last time that a Republican has been elected to Massachusetts’s Class 2 Senate seat and the last time a Republican has been elected to either Senate seat for a full term. This was also the last time until 2010 that a Republican would win any U.S. Senate election in the state. This election was the first time ever ...
Senator Years Class State Party Lifespan Joseph Carter Abbott: 1868–1871: 2: North Carolina: Republican: 1825–1881 James Abdnor: 1981–1987: 3: South Dakota: Republican
The only Massachusetts congressional Republican throughout his whole Senate tenure, Brown lost his bid for a full term in 2012; he later moved to New Hampshire where he unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 2014. This election was the first time since 1946 that the winner of Massachusetts's Class 1 Senate seat was not a member of the Kennedy ...