Historical U.S. Senators - Statistics

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State, Political Party, and Term Year(s) U.S. Senator % Correct
New York, Democrat, 2001-2009 Hillary Clinton
95%
Arizona, Republican, 1987-2018 John McCain
92%
Delaware, Democrat, 1973-2009 Joe Biden
87%
Massachusetts, Democrat, 1962-2009 Ted Kennedy
87%
Illinois, Democrat, 2005-2008 Barack Obama
84%
Tennessee, Democrat, 1985-1993 Al Gore, Jr.
82%
Connecticut, Democrat/Independent, 1989-2013 Joe Lieberman
82%
Wisconsin, Republican, 1947-1957 Joseph McCarthy
82%
Texas, Democrat, 1949-1961 Lyndon Johnson
82%
Massachusetts, Democrat, 1953-1960 John F. Kennedy
79%
California, Republican, 1950-1953 Richard Nixon
79%
Wisconsin, Republican, 1906-1925 Robert La Follette
79%
Ohio, Republican, 1939-1953 "Mr. Republican" Robert Taft
79%
Minnesota, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 1964-1976 Walter Mondale
79%
Kansas, Republican, 1969-1996 Bob Dole
76%
Minnesota, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 1949-1964, 1971-1978 Hubert Humphrey
76%
West Virginia, Democrat, 1959-2010 Robert Byrd
76%
South Carolina, Democrat/then Republican, 1954-1956, 1956-2003 Strom Thurmond
76%
California, Democrat, 1993-2017 Barbara Boxer
74%
Missouri, Democrat, 1935-1945 Harry Truman
74%
Indiana, Republican, 1981-1989 Dan Quayle
71%
South Dakota, Democrat, 1963-1981 George McGovern
71%
Nevada, Democrat, 1987-2017 Harry Reid
71%
Illinois, Democrat, 1847-1861 Stephen Douglas
71%
Arizona, Republican, 1953-1965, 1969-1987 Barry Goldwater
68%
Hawaii, Democrat, 1963-2012 Daniel Inouye
68%
Kentucky, Democratic-Republican/Anti-Jacksonian/Whig, 1806-1807, 1810-1811, 1831-1842, 1849-1852 Henry Clay
68%
Massachusetts, Democrat, 1985-2013 John Kerry
68%
Maine, Republican, 1995-2013 Olympia Snowe
68%
Minnesota, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 1959-1971 (1968 anti-war candidate) Eugene McCarthy
66%
Massachusetts, Republican, 1893-1924 Henry Cabot Lodge
66%
South Carolina, Nullifier/Democrat, 1832-1843, 1845-1850 John C. Calhoun
66%
Utah, Republican, 1977-2019 Orrin Hatch
66%
Pennsylvania, Republican for 4 full terms/Democrat in last term, 1981-2011 Arlen Specter
63%
Alaska, Republican, 1968-2009 Ted Stevens
63%
Tennessee, Democrat/Unionist/Democrat, 1857-1862, 1875 Andrew Johnson
61%
North Carolina, Republican, 1973-2003 Jesse Helms
61%
New York, Democrat, 1965-1968 Robert F. Kennedy
61%
Mississippi, Democrat, 1847-1851 Jefferson Davis
58%
Virginia, Anti-Administration, 1790-1794 James Monroe
55%
Ohio, Democrat, 1974-1999 John Glenn
55%
Texas, Democrat, 1846-1859 Sam Houston
55%
Ohio, Republican, 1915-1921 Warren Harding
53%
Colorado, Democrat/Republican since 1995, 1992-2005 Ben Nighthorse Campbell
50%
Massachusetts, Anti-Jacksonian/Whig, 1827-1841, 1845-1850 Daniel Webster
47%
New Hampshire, Democrat, 1837-1842 Franklin Pierce
47%
Massachusetts, Federalist, 1803-1808 John Quincy Adams
47%
New York, Anti-Administration/Democratic-Republican, 1791-1797 Aaron Burr
45%
Indiana, Republican, 1881-1887 Benjamin Harrison
39%
Pennsylvania, Jacksonian/Democrat, 1834-1845 James Buchanan
39%
Idaho, Republican, 1907-1940 William Borah
39%
Maine, Democrat first term/Republican afterward, 1848-1857, 1857-1861, 1869-1881 Hannibal Hamlin
37%
New York, Democratic-Republican/Jacksonian, 1821-1828 Martin Van Buren
37%
Massachusetts, Free Soil/Republican/Liberal Republican, 1851-1874 Charles Sumner
34%
Virginia, Jacksonian/Anti-Jacksonian, 1827-1836 John Tyler
34%
Michigan, Democrat, 1845-1848, 1849-1857 Lewis Cass
34%
New York, Whig/Republican, 1849-1861 William Seward
34%
New York, Republican, 1867-1881 (Republican political boss of NY) Roscoe Conkling
32%
Ohio, Anti-Jacksonian, 1825-1828 William Henry Harrison
32%
Mississippi, Republican, 1870-1871 Hiram Rhodes Revels
29%
Missouri, Democrat, 1821-1851 Thomas Hart Benton
29%
Alabama, Democratic-Republican/Jacksonian/Democrat, 1819-1844, 1848-1852 William Rufus King
29%
New Jersey, Federalist, 1793-1796 (first in large NJ political dynasty) Frederick Frelinghuysen
26%
Ohio, Republican, 1861-1877, 1881-1897 John Sherman
24%
Tennessee, Whig/Know Nothing, 1847-1859 John Bell
18%
Rhode Island, Republican, 1875-1881 Ambrose Burnside
16%
Ohio, Whig/Republican, 1851-1869 (leading Radical Republican) Benjamin Wade
13%
Oklahoma, Democrat, 1949-1963 Robert Kerr
13%
Pennsylvania, Democrat first term/Republican other terms, 1845-1849, 1857-1861, 1867-1877 (Lincoln's Secretary of War) Simon Cameron
13%
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