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This is a list of the United States Senators who have represented the State of New York. New York ratified the United States Constitution on July 26, 1788. The date of the beginning of the tenure is either the first day of the legislative term (Senators who were elected regularly before the term began), or the day when they took the seat (Senators who were elected in special elections to fill vacancies, or after the term began).

Class 1 Senators

Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788/1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The last two U.S. senators have been women.

#	Senator		Took office	Left office	Party	Background
1	Philip Schuyler		July 27, 1789	March 3, 1791 (defeated for re-election)	Federalist	State Senator
2	Aaron Burr		March 4, 1791	March 3, 1797 (defeated for re-election)	Democratic-Republican	New York State Attorney General
3	Philip Schuyler		March 4, 1797	January 3, 1798 (resigned, ill health)	Federalist	Ex-U.S. Senator (1789–1791)
4	John Sloss Hobart		February 2, 1798	April 16, 1798 (resigned, appointed federal judge)	Federalist	Justice of the New York Supreme Court
5	William North		May 5, 1798 (recess appointment)	August 17, 1798 (superseded)	Federalist	State Assemblyman
6	James Watson		December 11, 1798	March 19, 1800 (resigned, appointed Naval Officer of the Port of New York)	Federalist	State Senator
7	Gouverneur Morris		May 3, 1800	March 3, 1803 (defeated for re-election)	Federalist	United States Ambassador to France
8	Theodorus Bailey		March 4, 1803	January 16, 1804 (resigned)	Democratic-Republican	Congressman
9	John Armstrong, Jr.		February 25, 1804	June 30, 1804 (resigned, appointed Minister to France)	Democratic-Republican	U.S. Senator (Class 3)
10	Samuel L. Mitchill		November 23, 1804	March 3, 1809 (defeated for re-election)	Democratic-Republican	Congressman
11	Obadiah German		March 4, 1809	March 3, 1815	Democratic-Republican	State Assemblyman
12	Nathan Sanford		March 4, 1815	March 3, 1821 (defeated for re-election)	Democratic-Republican	State Senator
13	Martin Van Buren		March 4, 1821	December 20, 1828 (resigned, elected Governor)	Democratic-Republican/Bucktails	New York State Attorney General
14	Charles E. Dudley		January 29, 1829	March 3, 1833	Democratic	Mayor of Albany
15	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge		March 4, 1833	March 3, 1839	Democratic	State Senator
15	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge		January 27, 1840	June 17, 1844 (resigned, appointed Governor of Wisconsin Territory)	Whig	U.S. Senator (1833–1839), seat vacant from March 4, 1839 to January 27, 1840; see U.S. Senate election in NY, 1839-40
16	Daniel S. Dickinson		November 30, 1844	March 3, 1851	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of New York
17	Hamilton Fish		December 1, 1851[1]	March 3, 1857	Whig, Republican	Governor of New York
18	Preston King		March 4, 1857	March 3, 1863	Republican	Congressman
19	Edwin D. Morgan		March 4, 1863	March 3, 1869	Republican	Governor of New York
20	Reuben Fenton		March 4, 1869	March 3, 1875	Republican	Governor of New York
21	Francis Kernan		March 4, 1875	March 3, 1881	Democratic	Congressman
22	Thomas C. Platt		March 4, 1881	May 16, 1881	Republican	Congressman
23	Warner Miller		October 11, 1881	March 3, 1887	Republican	Congressman
24	Frank Hiscock		March 4, 1887	March 3, 1893	Republican	Congressman
25	Edward Murphy, Jr.		March 4, 1893	March 3, 1899	Democratic	Mayor of Troy
26	Chauncey M. Depew		March 4, 1899	March 3, 1911	Republican	Chairman of New York Central Railroad
27	James A. O'Gorman		April 4, 1911	March 3, 1917	Democratic	Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, last U.S. Senator elected by the New York State Legislature
28	William M. Calder		March 4, 1917	March 3, 1923	Republican	Congressman
29	Royal S. Copeland		March 4, 1923	June 17, 1938 (died)	Democratic	President of the New York City Board of Health
30	James M. Mead		December 3, 1938	January 3, 1947	Democratic	Congressman
31	Irving M. Ives		January 3, 1947	January 3, 1959	Republican	State Assemblyman
32	Kenneth Keating		January 3, 1959	January 3, 1965	Republican	Congressman
33	Robert F. Kennedy		January 3, 1965	June 6, 1968 (died)	Democratic	Attorney General of the United States
34	Charles Goodell		September 10, 1968 (appointed)	January 3, 1971 (defeated for re-election)	Republican	Congressman
35	James L. Buckley		January 3, 1971	January 3, 1977 (defeated for re-election)	Conservative	Businessman
36	Daniel Patrick Moynihan		January 3, 1977	January 3, 2001 (retired)	Democratic	United States Ambassador to the United Nations
37	Hillary Rodham Clinton		January 3, 2001	January 21, 2009 (resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State)	Democratic	First Lady of the United States
38	Kirsten Gillibrand		January 25, 2009 (appointed)	incumbent	Democratic	Congresswoman

Class 3 Senators

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788/1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator		Took office	Left office	Party	Background
1	Rufus King		July 25, 1789	May 23, 1796 (Resigned)	Federalist	State Assemblyman
2	John Laurance		December 8, 1796	August, 1800	Federalist	Judge of the U.S. District Court for NY
3	John Armstrong, Jr.		January 8, 1801	February 5, 1802	Democratic-Republican	Delegate to the Continental Congress
4	DeWitt Clinton		February 23, 1802	November 4, 1803	Democratic-Republican	State Senator
5	John Armstrong, Jr.		December 8, 1803	February 23, 1804	Democratic-Republican	Ex-U.S. Senator (1801–1802)
6	John Smith		February 23, 1804	March 3, 1813	Democratic-Republican	Congressman
7	Rufus King		March 4, 1813 January 25, 1820	March 3, 1819 March 3, 1825	Federalist, National Republican	Ex-U.S. Senator (1789–1796), Federalist candidate for President of the United States (1816), seat vacant from March 4, 1819 to January 25, 1820, see U.S. Senate Election in NY 1819-20
8	Nathan Sanford		January 31, 1826	March 3, 1831	Democratic-Republican	Chancellor of New York, Ex-U.S. Senator (1815–1821); seat vacant from March 4, 1825 to January 31, 1826, see U.S. Senate election in NY 1825-26
9	William L. Marcy		March 4, 1831	January 1, 1833	Democratic	Justice of the Supreme Court of New York
10	Silas Wright, Jr.		January 4, 1833	November 26, 1844	Democratic	Comptroller of New York
11	Henry A. Foster		November 30, 1844 (Appointed)	January 27, 1845	Democratic	Congressman
12	John Adams Dix		January 27, 1845	March 3, 1849	Democratic	Secretary of State of New York
13	William H. Seward		March 4, 1849	March 3, 1861	Whig, Republican	Governor of New York
14	Ira Harris		March 4, 1861	March 3, 1867	Republican	Justice of the Supreme Court of New York
15	Roscoe Conkling		March 4, 1867	May 16, 1881 (Resigned)	Republican	Congressman
16	Elbridge G. Lapham		October 11, 1881	March 3, 1885	Republican	Congressman
17	William M. Evarts		March 4, 1885	March 3, 1891	Republican	United States Secretary of State
18	David B. Hill		January 7, 1892	March 3, 1897	Democratic	Governor of New York
19	Thomas C. Platt		March 4, 1897	March 3, 1909	Republican	Congressman
20	Elihu Root		March 4, 1909	March 3, 1915	Republican	United States Secretary of State
21	James W. Wadsworth, Jr.		March 4, 1915	March 3, 1927	Republican	Speaker of the New York State Assembly
22	Robert F. Wagner		March 4, 1927	June 28, 1949 (Resigned)	Democratic	Justice of the Supreme Court of New York
23	John Foster Dulles		July 7, 1949 (Appointed)	January 3, 1950 (Lost election)	Republican	Attorney
24	Herbert H. Lehman		January 3, 1950	January 3, 1957 (Retired)	Democratic	Governor of New York
25	Jacob K. Javits		January 9, 1957	January 3, 1981 (Lost re-election)	Republican	Attorney General of New York
26	Al D'Amato		January 3, 1981	January 3, 1999 (Lost re-election)	Republican	Town of Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
27	Chuck Schumer		January 3, 1999	Present (Incumbent)	Democratic	Congressman

Notes

1. ^ Fish was elected on March 19, after the legislative term started, and thus could take his seat only at the beginning of the regular session in December. He missed the special session from March 4 to 13.