List of United States Senators from New Mexico

New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, and elects senators in Class 1 and Class 2. Its current Senators are Democrats Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	100px Thomas B. Catron	Republican	March 27, 1912 – March 4, 1917	Elected in 1912. Retired.	1	62nd Congress	1	Elected in 1912.	March 27, 1912 – March 4, 1921	Republican	Albert B. Fall	1
						63rd Congress	2	Re-elected in 1913.
						64th Congress
2	Andrieus A. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – December 20, 1927	Elected in 1916.	2	65th Congress
						66th Congress	3	Re-elected in 1918. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
						67th Congress			March 4, 1921 – March 11, 1921	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Fall's term Elected to Finish Fall's term. Lost re-election.	March 11, 1921 – March 4, 1925	Republican	Holm O. Bursum	2
				Re-elected in 1922. Died.	3	68th Congress
						69th Congress	4	Elected in 1924.	March 4, 1925 – June 24, 1933	Democratic	100px Sam G. Bratton	3
						70th Congress
Vacant			December 20, 1927 – December 29, 1927
3	Bronson M. Cutting	Republican	December 29, 1927 – December 6, 1928	Appointed to continue Jones's term. Retired when elected successor qualified.
4	Octaviano Larrazolo	Republican	December 7, 1928 – March 4, 1929	Elected to finish Jones's term. Retired due to illness.
5	Bronson M. Cutting	Republican	March 4, 1929 – May 6, 1935	Elected in 1928.	4	71st Congress
						72nd Congress	5	Re-elected in 1930. Resigned to become a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
						73rd Congress
									June 24, 1933 – October 10, 1933	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Bratton's term Elected to finish Bratton's term.	October 10, 1933 – January 3, 1949	Democratic	100px Carl Hatch	4
				Re-elected in 1934. Died.	5	74th Congress
Vacant			May 6, 1935 – May 11, 1935
6	Dennis Chavez	Democratic	May 11, 1935 – November 18, 1962	Appointed to continue Cutting's term. Elected to finish Cutting's term.
						75th Congress	6	Re-elected in 1936.
						76th Congress
				Re-elected in 1940.	6	77th Congress
						78th Congress	7	Re-elected in 1942. Retired.
						79th Congress
				Re-elected in 1946.	7	80th Congress
						81st Congress	8	Elected in 1948.	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973	Democratic	Clinton P. Anderson	5
						82nd Congress
				Re-elected in 1952.	8	83rd Congress
						84th Congress	9	Re-elected in 1954.
						85th Congress
				Re-elected in 1958. Died.	9	86th Congress
						87th Congress	10	Re-elected in 1960.
Vacant			November 18, 1962 – November 30, 1962
7	Edwin L. Mechem	Republican	November 30, 1962 – November 3, 1964	Self-appointed to continue Chavez's term. Lost election to finish Chavez's term.
						88th Congress
8	Joseph Montoya	Democratic	November 4, 1964 – January 3, 1977	Elected to finish Chavez's term.
				Re-elected in 1964.	10	89th Congress
						90th Congress	11	Re-elected in 1966. Retired.
						91st Congress
				Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election.	11	92nd Congress
						93rd Congress	12	Elected in 1972.	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009	Republican	Pete Domenici	6
						94th Congress
9	Harrison Schmitt	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	Elected in 1976. Lost re-election.	12	95th Congress
						96th Congress	13	Re-elected in 1978.
						97th Congress
10	100px Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2013	Elected in 1982.	13	98th Congress
						99th Congress	14	Re-elected in 1984.
						100th Congress
				Re-elected in 1988.	14	101st Congress
						102nd Congress	15	Re-elected in 1990.
						103rd Congress
				Re-elected in 1994.	15	104th Congress
						105th Congress	16	Re-elected in 1996.
						106th Congress
				Re-elected in 2000.	16	107th Congress
						108th Congress	17	Re-elected in 2002. Retired.
						109th Congress
				Re-elected in 2006. Retired.	17	110th Congress
						111th Congress	18	Elected in 2008.	January 3, 2009 – Present	Democratic	100px Tom Udall	7
						112th Congress
11	Martin Heinrich	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Elected in 2012.	18	113th Congress
						114th Congress	19	Re-elected in 2014.
						115th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					19	116th Congress
						117th Congress	20	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from New Mexico

As of April 2015, there are three former Senators who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Pete Domenici	1973–2009	2	(1932-05-07) May 7, 1932
Harrison Schmitt	1977–1983	1	(1935-07-03) July 3, 1935
Jeff Bingaman	1983–2013	1	(1943-10-03) October 3, 1943

See also

• United States congressional delegations from New Mexico

External links

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress