List of United States Senators born outside the United States

This is a list of United States Senators born outside the United States. It includes Senators born outside the United States, Senators born to American parents outside the United States, and Senators born in territories outside the United States that were later incorporated into the United States.

Name	Birthplace	Current country	State(s) represented	Party	Years
David H. Armstrong	Nova Scotia	Canada	Missouri	Democratic	1877–1879
David Baird	Ireland	Northern Ireland	New Jersey	Republican	1918–1919
Edward Baker	England	England	Oregon	Republican	1860–1861
James B. Beck	Scotland	Scotland	Kentucky	Democratic	1877–1890
Judah P. Benjamin	St. Croix	U.S. Virgin Islands	Louisiana	Whig	1853–1859
				Democratic	1859–1861
Michael Bennet	India	India	Colorado	Democratic	2009 – Present
Rudy Boschwitz	Germany	Germany	Minnesota	Republican	1978–1991
Pierce Butler	Ireland	Ireland	South Carolina	Pro-Administration	1789–1791
				Anti-Administration	1791–1795
				Democratic-Republican	1795–1796, 1802–1804
George W. Campbell	Scotland	Scotland	Tennessee	Democratic-Republican	1811–1814, 1815–1818
Eugene Casserly	Ireland	Ireland	California	Democratic	1869–1873
John Conness	Ireland	Ireland	California	Democratic	1863–1869
James Couzens	Canada	Canada	Michigan	Republican	1922–1936
Ted Cruz	Canada	Canada	Texas	Republican	2013 - Present
James J. Davis	Wales	Wales	Pennsylvania	Republican	1930–1945
Charles E. Dudley	England	England	New York	Jacksonian Democrat	1829–1833
James Graham Fair	Ireland	Northern Ireland	Nevada	Democratic	1881–1887
Eligius Fromentin	France	France	Louisiana	Democratic-Republican	1813–1819
Albert Gallatin	Geneva	Switzerland	Pennsylvania	Democratic-Republican	1793–1794
Jacob Harold Gallinger	Upper Canada	Canada	New Hampshire	Republican	1891–1918
Frank R. Gooding	England	England	Idaho	Republican	1921–1928
William Harper	Antigua	Antigua and Barbuda	South Carolina	Jacksonian Democrat	1826
Sam Hayakawa	Canada	Canada	California	Republican	1977–1983
Mazie Hirono	Japan	Japan	Hawaii	Democratic	2013 – Present
William Hughes	Ireland	Ireland	New Jersey	Democratic	1913–1918
James Jackson	England	England	Georgia	Anti-Administration	1793–1795
				Democratic-Republican	1801–1806
Magnus Johnson	Sweden	Sweden	Minnesota	Farmer-Labor	1923–1925
Charles W. Jones	Ireland	Ireland	Florida	Democratic	1875–1887
John P. Jones	Ireland	Ireland	Florida	Democratic	1873–1903
Charles W. Jones	England	England	Nevada	Republican	1873–1895
				Silver	1895–1901
Thomas Kearns	Canada	Canada	Utah	Republican	1901–1905
Octaviano Larrazolo	Mexico	Mexico	New Mexico	Republican	1928–1929
John Laurance	England	England	New York	Federalist	1796–1800
William Lorimer	England	England	Illinois	Republican	1909–1912
Walter Lowrie	Scotland	Scotland	Pennsylvania	Democratic-Republican	1819–1825
Stephen Mallory	Trinidad	Trinidad and Tobago	Florida	Democratic	1851–1861
Lee Mantle	England	England	Montana	Republican	1895–1899
Mel Martinez	Cuba	Cuba	Florida	Republican	2005–2009
John McCain	Panama Canal Zone	Panama	Arizona	Republican	1987 – Present
James McMillan	Upper Canada	Canada	Michigan	Republican	1889–1902
Joseph Millard	Upper Canada	Canada	Nebraska	Republican	1901–1907
Robert Morris	England	England	Pennsylvania	Pro-Administration	1789–1795
John Moses	Sweden and Norway	Norway	North Dakota	Democratic	1945
Knute Nelson	Norway	Norway	Minnesota	Republican	1895–1923
Samuel D. Nicholson	Prince Edward Island	Canada	Colorado	Republican	1921–1923
Samuel Pasco	England	England	Florida	Democratic	1887–1899
William Paterson	Ireland	Northern Ireland	New Jersey	Pro-Administration	1789–90
Thomas M. Patterson	Ireland	Ireland	Colorado	Democratic	1901–1907
Alexander Porter	Ireland	Ireland	Louisiana	Whig	1833–1837
Edward V. Robertson	Wales	Wales	Wyoming	Republican	1943–1947
Carl Schurz	Prussia	Germany	Missouri	Republican	1869–1875
William Joyce Sewell	Ireland	Ireland	New Jersey	Republican	1881–1887, 1895–1901
James Shields	Ireland	Northern Ireland	Illinois Minnesota Missouri	Democratic	1849–1855 1858–1859 1879
Joseph Simon	Hesse	Germany	Oregon	Republican	1898–1903
Pierre Soulé	France	France	Louisiana	Republican	1847, 1849–1853
Isaac Stephenson	New Brunswick	Canada	Wisconsin	Republican	1907–1915
Patrick Joseph Sullivan	Ireland	Ireland	Wyoming	Republican	1929–1930
George Sutherland	England	England	Utah	Republican	1905–1917
Thomas Taggart	Ireland	Ireland	Indiana	Democratic	1916
Edward Tiffin	England	England	Ohio	Democratic-Republican	1807–1809
Robert Ferdinand Wagner	Prussia	Germany	New York	Democratic	1927–1949
Patrick Walsh	Ireland	Ireland	Georgia	Democratic	1894–1895
David Levy Yulee	Saint Thomas	U.S. Virgin Islands	Florida	Democratic	1845–1851, 1855–1861

See also

• List of United States Senators

References

• Senators Born Outside the United States – United States Senate