This is a list of United States senators born outside the United States. It includes senators born in foreign countries (whether to American or foreign parents). The list also includes senators born in territories outside the United States that were later incorporated into the United States (except for those born in the British colonies and territories in North America (or in the temporarily independent former British colonies and territories in North America) that would go on to form the United States of America).
NameBirthplace(current country)Then the territory ofState(s) representedPartyYearsMissouriDemocratic1877–1879New JerseyRepublican1918–1919 OregonRepublican1860–1861 KentuckyDemocratic1877–1890 Danish Virgin IslandsLouisianaWhig1853–1859Democratic1859–1861ColoradoDemocratic2009–presentConnecticutRepublican1924–1933MinnesotaRepublican1978–1991LouisianaDemocratic-Republican1824–1828National Republican1828–1829South CarolinaPro-Administration1789–1791Anti-Administration1791–1795Democratic-Republican1795–1796, 1802–1804TennesseeDemocratic-Republican1811–1814, 1815–1818CaliforniaDemocratic1869–1873IndianaDemocratic1852–1853CaliforniaDemocratic1863–1869MichiganRepublican1922–1936TexasRepublican2013–presentPennsylvaniaRepublican1930–1945LouisianaDemocratic-Republican1812IllinoisDemocratic2017–presentNew YorkJacksonian Democrat1829–1833NevadaDemocratic1881–1887LouisianaDemocratic-Republican1813–1819Republic of GenevaPennsylvaniaDemocratic-Republican1793–1794New HampshireRepublican1891–1918IdahoRepublican1921–1928South CarolinaJacksonian Democrat1826CaliforniaRepublican1977–1983Rhode IslandRepublican1929–1935HawaiiDemocratic2013–presentNew JerseyDemocratic1913–1918GeorgiaAnti-Administration1793–1795Democratic-Republican1801–1806MinnesotaFarmer-Labor1923–1925North CarolinaPro-Administration1789–1793FloridaDemocratic1875–1887NevadaRepublican1873–1895Silver1895–1901Republican1901–1903UtahRepublican1901–1905 Second Federal Republic of MexicoNew MexicoRepublican1928–1929New YorkFederalist1796–1800IllinoisRepublican1909–1912PennsylvaniaDemocratic-Republican1819–1825FloridaDemocratic1851–1861MontanaRepublican1895–1896Silver Republican1896–1899 Republic of CubaFloridaRepublican2005–2009MichiganRepublican1889–1902NebraskaRepublican1901–1907OhioRepublican2025–presentPennsylvaniaPro-Administration1789–1795North DakotaDemocratic1945MontanaDemocratic1934–1961MinnesotaRepublican1895–1923OregonDemocratic1861–1867ColoradoRepublican1921–1923PennsylvaniaRepublican1909–1917FloridaDemocratic1887–1899New JerseyPro-Administration1789–1790ColoradoDemocratic1901–1907LouisianaWhig1833–1837WyomingRepublican1943–1949MissouriRepublican1869–1870, 1872–1875Liberal Republican1870–1872New JerseyRepublican1881–1887, 1895–1901IllinoisDemocratic1849–1855Minnesota1858–1859Missouri1879OregonRepublican1898–1903LouisianaDemocratic1847, 1849–1853WisconsinRepublican1907–1915WyomingRepublican1929–1930UtahRepublican1905–1917IndianaDemocratic1916OhioDemocratic-Republican1807–1809MarylandDemocratic2017–presentNew YorkDemocratic1927–1949GeorgiaDemocratic1894–1895 ConnecticutRepublican 1971–1989Rhode IslandRepublican1895–1907, 1908–1913FloridaDemocratic1845–1851, 1855–1861
See also List of current United States senators John McCain - born in the Panama Canal Zone which was American territory at the time of his birth, but ceded to Panama in 1979 List of United States governors born outside the United States Natural-born-citizen clause (United States)
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References Senators Born Outside the United States – United States Senate