Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. walks to the Senate floor from a Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013.
The Senate Historical Office confirms to TIME that Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) is the 300th senator to die in office. Lautenberg died Monday at the age of 89. Here is the complete list of all the senators who have died in office, from 1790 to 2013:
SENATORS WHO HAVE DIED IN OFFICE
Name State Cong/Sess Date of Death
William Grayson Virginia 1/2 March 12, 1790
Roger Sherman Connecticut 2/2 July 23, 1793*
Joshua Clayton Delaware 5/2 August 11, 1798*
Henry Tazewell Virginia 5/3 January 24, 1799
John E. Colhoun South Carolina 7/1 October 26, 1802*
Stevens T. Mason Virginia 7/2 May 10, 1803*
Samuel J. Potter Rhode Island 8/1 October 14, 1804*
James Jackson Georgia 9/1 March 19, 1806
Abraham Baldwin Georgia 9/2 March 4, 1807
Uriah Tracy Connecticut 9/2 July 19, 1807*
Francis Malbone Rhode Island 11/1 June 4, 1809
Samuel White Delaware 11/1 November 4, 1809*
Nicholas Gilman New Hampshire 13/2 May 2, 1814*
Richard Brent Virginia 13/3 December 30, 1814
William C.C. Claiborne Louisiana 14/2 November 23, 1817*
Alexander C. Hanson Maryland 15/2 April 23, 1819*
James Burrill, Jr. Rhode Island 16/2 December 25, 1820
William A. Trimble Ohio 17/1 December 13, 1821
William Pinkney Maryland 17/1 February 25, 1822
Elijah Boardman Connecticut 17/2 August 18, 1823*
John Taylor Virginia 18/1 August 21, 1824*
Nicholas Ware Georgia 18/1 September 7, 1824*
Henry Chambers Alabama 19/1 January 24, 1826
John Gaillard South Carolina 19/1 February 26, 1826
Nicholas Van Dyke Delaware 19/1 May 21, 1826
Joseph McIlvaine New Jersey 19/1 August 19, 1826*
Thomas B. Reed Mississippi 20/2 November 26, 1829*
Robert H. Adams Mississippi 21/1 July 2, 1830*
John McLean Illinois 21/1 October 14, 1830*
James Noble Indiana 21/2 February 26, 1831
Josiah S. Johnston Louisiana 22/2 May 19, 1833*
Alexander Buckner Missouri 22/2 June 6, 1833*
Nathan Smith Connecticut 23/2 December 6, 1835*
Elias K. Kane Illinois 24/1 December 12, 1835
R.H. Goldsborough Maryland 24/2 October 5, 1836*
Joseph Kent Maryland 25/1 November 24, 1837*
Thaddeus Betts Connecticut 26/1 April 7, 1840
John S. Spence Maryland 26/1 October 24, 1840*
Felix Grundy Tennessee 26/2 December 19, 1840
Nathan F. Dixon Rhode Island 27/2 January 29, 1842
Samuel L. Southard New Jersey 27/2 June 26, 1842
Samuel McRoberts Illinois 27/3 March 27, 1843*
Lewis F. Linn Missouri 27/3 October 3, 1843*
William S. Fulton Arkansas 28/1 August 15, 1844*
Isaac C. Bates Massachusetts 28/2 March 16, 1845*
Alexander Barrow Louisiana 29/2 December 29, 1846
Isaac S. Pennybacker Virginia 29/2 January 12, 1847
Jesse Speight Mississippi 29/2 May 1, 1847*
Jabez W. Huntington Connecticut 29/2 November 1, 1847*
John Fairfield Maine 30/1 December 24, 1847
Chester Ashley Arkansas 30/1 April 29, 1848
Dixon H. Lewis Alabama 30/1 October 25, 1848*
John C. Calhoun South Carolina 31/1 March 31, 1850
Franklin H. Elmore South Carolina 31/1 May 29, 1850
Henry Clay Kentucky 32/1 June 29, 1852
James Whitcomb Indiana 32/1 October 4, 1852*
William Upham Vermont 32/2 January 14, 1853
Charles G. Atherton New Hampshire 32/2 November 15, 1853*
Moses Norris, Jr. New Hampshire 33/2 January 11, 1855
John M. Clayton Delaware 34/2 November 9, 1856*
Andrew P. Butler South Carolina 34/3 May 25, 1857*
James Bell New Hampshire 34/3 May 26, 1857*
Thomas J. Rusk Texas 34/3 July 29, 1857*
Josiah J. Evans South Carolina 35/1 May 6, 1858
James P. Henderson Texas 35/1 June 4, 1858
David C. Broderick California 35/2 September 16, 1859*
Stephen A. Douglas Illinois 36/2 June 3, 1861*
Kinsley S. Bingham Michigan 37/1 October 5, 1861*
Edward D. Baker Oregon 37/1 October 21, 1861*
John R. Thomson New Jersey 37/2 September 12, 1862*
James A. Pearce Maryland 37/3 December 20, 1862
Lemuel J. Bowden Virginia 38/1 January 2, 1864
Thomas H. Hicks Maryland 38/2 February 14, 1865
Jacob Collamer Vermont 38/2 November 9, 1865*
Solomon Foot Vermont 39/1 March 28, 1866
James H. Lane Kansas 39/1 July 11, 1866
William Wright New Jersey 39/1 November 1, 1866*
George R. Riddle Delaware 40/1 March 29, 1867
William P. Fessenden Maine 41/1 September 8, 1869*
Daniel S. Norton Minnesota 41/2 July 13, 1870
Garrett Davis Kentucky 42/2 September 22, 1872*
Charles Sumner Massachusetts 43/1 March 11, 1874
William A. Buckingham Connecticut 43/2 February 5, 1875
Andrew Johnson Tennessee 43/2 July 31, 1875*
Orris S. Ferry Connecticut 43/2 November 21, 1875*
Allen T. Caperton West Virginia 44/1 July 26, 1876*
Lewis V. Bogy Missouri 44/2 September 20, 1877*
Oliver P. Morton Indiana 45/1 November 1, 1877
Zachariah Chandler Michigan 46/1 November 1, 1879*
George S. Houston Alabama 46/2 December 31, 1879
Matthew H. Carpenter Wisconsin 46/3 February 24, 1881
Ambrose E. Burnside Rhode Island 46/3 September 13, 1881*
Benjamin H. Hill Georgia 47/1 August 16, 1882*
Henry B. Anthony Rhode Island 48/1 September 2, 1884*
John F. Miller California 49/1 March 8, 1886
Austin F. Pike New Hampshire 49/1 October 8, 1886*
John A. Logan Illinois 49/2 December 26, 1886
James B. Beck Kentucky 51/1 May 3, 1890
Ephraim K. Wilson Maryland 51/2 February 24, 1891
George Hearst California 51/2 February 28, 1891
Preston B. Plumb Kansas 52/1 December 20, 1891
John S. Barbour Virginia 52/1 May 14, 1892
Randall L. Gibson Louisiana 52/2 December 15, 1892
John E. Kenna West Virginia 52/2 January 11, 1893
Leland Stanford California 52/2 June 21, 1893*
Alfred H. Colquitt Georgia 53/2 March 26, 1894
Zebulon B. Vance North Carolina 53/2 April 14, 1894
Francis B. Stockbridge Michigan 53/2 April 30, 1894
Joseph H. Earle South Carolina 55/1 May 20, 1897
Isham G. Harris Tennessee 55/1 July 8, 1897
James Z. George Mississippi 55/1 August 14, 1897*
Edward C. Walthall Mississippi 55/2 April 21, 1898
Justin S. Morrill Vermont 55/3 December 28, 1898
Monroe L. Hayward Nebraska 56/1 December 5, 1899
John H. Gear Iowa 56/1 July 14, 1900*
Cushman K. Davis Minnesota 56/1 November 27, 1900*
James H. Kyle South Dakota 57/1 July 1, 1901*
William J. Sewell New Jersey 57/1 December 27, 1901
James McMillan Michigan 57/1 August 10, 1902*
Marcus A. Hanna Ohio 58/2 February 15, 1904
Matthew S. Quay Pennsylvania 58/2 May 28, 1904*
George F. Hoar Massachusetts 58/2 September 30, 1904*
William B. Bate Tennessee 58/3 March 9, 1905*
Orville H. Platt Connecticut 58/3 April 21, 1905*
John H. Mitchell Oregon 59/1 December 8, 1905
Arthur P. Gorman Maryland 59/1 June 4, 1906
Russell A. Alger Michigan 59/2 January 24, 1907
John T. Morgan Alabama 59/2 June 11, 1907*
Edmund W. Pettus Alabama 59/2 July 27, 1907*
Stephen R. Mallory Florida 60/1 December 23, 1907
Asbury C. Latimer South Carolina 60/1 February 20, 1908
Redfield Proctor Vermont 60/1 March 4, 1908
William P. Whyte Maryland 60/1 March 17, 1908
William J. Bryan Florida 60/1 March 22, 1908
William B. Allison Iowa 60/1 August 4, 1908*
Martin N. Johnson North Dakota 61/1 October 21, 1909*
Anselm J. McLaurin Mississippi 61/2 December 22, 1909
Samuel D. McEnery Louisiana 61/2 June 28, 1910*
John W. Daniel Virginia 61/2 June 29, 1910*
Jonathan P. Dolliver Iowa 61/2 October 15, 1910*
Alexander S. Clay Georgia 61/2 November 13, 1910*
Stephen B. Elkins West Virginia 61/3 January 4, 1911
Charles J. Hughes, Jr. Colorado 61/3 January 11, 1911
William P. Frye Maine 62/1 August 8, 1911
Robert L. Taylor Tennessee 62/2 March 31, 1912
George S. Nixon Nevada 62/2 June 5, 1912
Weldon B. Heyburn Idaho 62/2 October 17, 1912*
Isidor Rayner Maryland 62/2 November 25, 1912*
Jeff Davis Arkansas 62/3 January 3, 1913
Joseph F. Johnston Alabama 63/1 August 8, 1913
Augustus O. Bacon Georgia 63/2 February 14, 1914
William O. Bradley Kentucky 63/2 May 23, 1914
Benjamin F. Shively Indiana 64/1 March 14, 1916
Edwin C. Burleigh Maine 64/1 June 16, 1916
James P. Clarke Arkansas 64/1 October 1, 1916*
Harry Lane Oregon 65/1 May 23, 1917
Paul O. Husting Wisconsin 65/1 October 21, 1917*
Francis G. Newlands Nevada 65/2 December 24, 1917
James H. Brady Idaho 65/2 January 13, 1918
William Hughes New Jersey 65/2 January 30, 1918
Robert F. Broussard Louisiana 65/2 April 12, 1918
William J. Stone Missouri 65/2 April 14, 1918
Benjamin R. Tillman South Carolina 65/2 July 3, 1918
Jacob H. Gallinger New Hampshire 65/2 August 17, 1918
Ollie M. James Kentucky 65/2 August 28, 1918
Thomas S. Martin Virginia 66/1 November 12, 1919
John H. Bankhead Alabama 66/2 March 1, 1920
Philander C. Knox Pennsylvania 67/1 October 12, 1921
Boies Penrose Pennsylvania 67/2 December 31, 1921
William E. Crow Pennsylvania 67/2 August 2, 1922
Thomas E. Watson Georgia 67/2 September 26, 1922*
Samuel D. Nicholson Colorado 67/4 March 24, 1923*
Knute Nelson Minnesota 67/4 April 28, 1923*
William P. Dillingham Vermont 67/4 July 12, 1923*
LeBaron B. Colt Rhode Island 68/1 August 18, 1924*
Frank B. Brandegee Connecticut 68/1 October 14, 1924*
Henry C. Lodge Massachusetts 68/1 November 9, 1924*
J. Medill McCormick Illinois 68/2 February 25, 1925
Selden P. Spencer Missouri 68/2 May 16, 1925*
Robert M. La Follette Wisconsin 68/2 June 18, 1925*
Edwin F. Ladd North Dakota 68/2 June 22, 1925*
Samuel M. Ralston Indiana 68/2 October 14, 1925*
Albert B. Cummins Iowa 69/1 July 30, 1926*
Bert M. Fernald Maine 69/1 August 23, 1926*
William B. McKinley Illinois 69/2 December 7, 1926
Andrieus A. Jones New Mexico 70/1 December 20, 1927
Woodbridge N. Ferris Michigan 70/1 March 23, 1928
Frank B. Willis Ohio 70/1 March 30, 1928
Frank R. Gooding Idaho 70/1 June 24, 1928*
Lawrence D. Tyson Tennessee 71/1 August 24, 1929*
Theodore E. Burton Ohio 71/1 October 28, 1929
Francis E. Warren Wyoming 71/1 November 24, 1929*
Lee S. Overman North Carolina 71/3 December 12, 1930
Frank L. Greene Vermont 71/3 December 17, 1930*
Dwight W. Morrow New Jersey 71/3 October 5, 1931*
Thaddeus H. Caraway Arkansas 71/3 November 6, 1931*
William J. Harris Georgia 72/1 April 18, 1932
Charles W. Waterman Colorado 72/1 August 27, 1932*
Wesley L. Jones Washington 72/1 November 19, 1932*
Thomas J. Walsh Montana 72/2 March 2, 1933
Robert B. Howell Nebraska 73/1 March 11, 1933
Porter H. Dale Vermont 73/1 October 6, 1933*
John B. Kendrick Wyoming 73/1 November 3, 1933*
Bronson M. Cutting New Mexico 74/1 May 6, 1935
Huey P. Long Louisiana 74/1 September 10, 1935*
Thomas D. Schall Minnesota 74/1 December 22, 1935*
Park Trammell Florida 74/2 May 8, 1936
Duncan U. Fletcher Florida 74/2 June 17, 1936
Richard L. Murphy Iowa 74/2 July 16, 1936*
James Couzens Michigan 74/2 October 22, 1936*
Peter Norbeck South Dakota 74/2 December 20, 1936*
Nathan L. Bachman Tennessee 75/1 April 23, 1937
Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas 75/1 July 14, 1937
Royal S. Copeland New York 75/3 June 17, 1938*
J. Hamilton Lewis Illinois 76/1 April 9, 1939
Marvel M. Logan Kentucky 76/2 October 3, 1939
William E. Borah Idaho 76/3 January 19, 1940
Ernest W. Gibson Vermont 76/3 June 20, 1940
Ernest Lundeen Minnesota 76/3 August 31, 1940
Key Pittman Nevada 76/3 November 10, 1940
Morris Sheppard Texas 77/1 April 9, 1941
Pat Harrison Mississippi 77/1 June 22, 1941
Andrew J. Houston Texas 77/1 June 26, 1941
Alva M. Lumpkin South Carolina 77/1 August 1, 1941
Alva B. Adams Colorado 77/1 December 1, 1941
W. Warren Barbour New Jersey 78/1 November 22, 1943
Frederick Van Nuys Indiana 78/2 January 25, 1944
Charles L. McNary Oregon 78/2 February 25, 1944
Ellison D. Smith South Carolina 78/2 November 17, 1944
Francis Maloney Connecticut 79/1 January 16, 1945
John Moses North Dakota 79/1 March 3, 1945
James G. Scrugham Nevada 79/1 June 23, 1945
Hiram W. Johnson California 79/1 August 6, 1945
John Thomas Idaho 79/1 November 10, 1945
Carter Glass Virginia 79/2 May 28, 1946
John H. Bankhead II Alabama 79/2 June 12, 1946
Charles O. Andrews Florida 79/2 September 18, 1946*
Josiah W. Bailey North Carolina 79/2 December 15, 1946*
Theodore G. Bilbo Mississippi 80/1 August 21, 1947
John H. Overton Louisiana 80/2 May 14, 1948
Harlan J. Bushfield South Dakota 80/2 September 27, 1948
J. Melville Broughton North Carolina 81/1 March 6, 1949
Bert H. Miller Idaho 81/1 October 8, 1949
Clyde M. Reed Kansas 81/1 November 8, 1949*
Virgil M. Chapman Kentucky 82/1 March 8, 1951
Arthur H. Vandenberg Michigan 82/1 April 18, 1951
Kenneth S. Wherry Nebraska 82/1 November 29, 1951*
Brien McMahon Connecticut 82/2 July 28, 1952*
Willis Smith North Carolina 83/1 June 26, 1953
Charles W. Tobey New Hampshire 83/1 July 24, 1953
Robert A. Taft Ohio 83/1 July 31, 1953
Dwight Griswold Nebraska 83/2 April 12, 1954
Clyde R. Hoey North Carolina 83/2 May 12, 1954
Lester C. Hunt Wyoming 83/2 June 19, 1954
Hugh Butler Nebraska 83/2 July 1, 1954
Burnet R. Maybank South Carolina 83/2 September 1, 1954
Pat McCarran Nevada 83/2 September 28, 1954
Harley M. Kilgore West Virginia 84/2 February 28, 1956
Alben W. Barkley Kentucky 84/2 April 30, 1956
Joseph R. McCarthy Wisconsin 85/1 May 2, 1957
Matthew M. Neely West Virginia 85/2 January 18, 1958
W. Kerr Scott North Carolina 85/2 April 16, 1958
William Langer North Dakota 86/1 November 8, 1959*
Richard L. Neuberger Oregon 86/2 March 9, 1960
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. Missouri 86/2 September 13, 1960*
Henry Styles Bridges New Hampshire 87/1 November 26, 1961*
Andrew F. Schoeppel Kansas 87/2 January 21, 1962
Francis Case South Dakota 87/2 June 22, 1962
Henry Dworshak Idaho 87/2 July 23, 1962
Dennis Chavez New Mexico 87/2 November 18, 1962*
Robert S. Kerr Oklahoma 87/2 January 1, 1963*
Estes Kefauver Tennessee 88/1 August 10, 1963
Clair Engle California 88/2 July 30, 1964
Olin D. Johnston South Carolina 89/1 April 18, 1965
Patrick V. McNamara Michigan 89/2 April 30, 1966
Robert F. Kennedy New York 90/2 June 6, 1968
E.L. Bartlett Alaska 90/2 December 11, 1968*
Everett M. Dirksen Illinois 91/1 September 7, 1969
Richard B. Russell Georgia 92/1 January 21, 1971
Winston L. Prouty Vermont 92/1 September 10, 1971
Allen J. Ellender Louisiana 92/2 July 27, 1972
Philip A. Hart Michigan 94/2 December 26, 1976
John L. McClellan Arkansas 95/1 November 28, 1977
Lee W. Metcalf Montana 95/2 January 12, 1978
Hubert H. Humphrey Minnesota 95/2 January 13, 1978
James B. Allen Alabama 95/2 June 1, 1978
Henry M. Jackson Washington 98/1 September 1, 1983
John P. East North Carolina 99/2 June 29, 1986
Edward Zorinsky Nebraska 100/1 March 6, 1987
Spark Matsunaga Hawaii 101/2 April 15, 1990
John Heinz Pennsylvania 102/1 April 4, 1991
Quentin N. Burdick North Dakota 102/2 September 8, 1992
John H. Chafee Rhode Island 106/1 October 24, 1999
Paul D. Coverdell Georgia 106/2 July 18, 2000
Paul D. Wellstone Minnesota 107/2 October 25, 2002
Craig L. Thomas Wyoming 110/1 June 4, 2007
Edward Kennedy Massachusetts 111/1 August 25, 2009
Robert C. Byrd West Virginia 111/2 June 28, 2010
Daniel K. Inouye Hawaii 112/2 December 17, 2012
Frank R. Lautenberg New Jersey 113/1 June 3, 2013
*The date of death followed the sine die adjournment of the Congress.
Total = 300
Sources: U.S., Congress, Senate, A Necrology of United States Senators (Washington, D.C., 1975); Senate Historical Office
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