Resignation from the United States Senate

Table columns:
Name
State
Date of resignation
Notes

Table rows:
cells: William Paterson
New Jersey
November 13, 1790
Resigned to become Governor of New Jersey
cells: Samuel Johnson
Connecticut
March 3, 1791
cells: Richard Lee
Virginia
October 8, 1792
cells: Charles Carroll
Maryland
November 30, 1792
cells: George Read
Delaware
September 18, 1793
cells: James Monroe
Virginia
March 27, 1794
cells: John Taylor of Caroline
Virginia
May 11, 1794
cells: James Jackson
Georgia
November 16, 1795
cells: Oliver Ellsworth
Connecticut
March 8, 1796
cells: Rufus King
New York
May 23, 1796
cells: Caleb Strong
Massachusetts
June 1, 1796
cells: George Cabot
Massachusetts
June 9, 1796
cells: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
Connecticut
June 10, 1796
cells: Moses Robinson
Vermont
October 15, 1796
cells: Richard Potts
Maryland
October 24, 1796
cells: Pierce Butler
South Carolina
October 25, 1796
cells: Frederick Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
November 12, 1796
cells: William Cocke
Tennessee
September 26, 1797
cells: William Bradford
Rhode Island
October ??, 1797
cells: Isaac Tichenor
Vermont
October 17, 1797
Resigned to become Governor of Vermont[2]
cells: John Henry
Maryland
December 10, 1797
cells: Philip Schuyler
New York
January 3, 1798
cells: John Vining
Delaware
January 19, 1798
cells: Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
April 1, 1798
cells: John Sloss Hobart
New York
April 16, 1798
cells: John Hunter
South Carolina
November 26, 1798
cells: John Rutherfurd
New Jersey
December 5, 1798
cells: Joseph Anderson
Tennessee
March 3, 1799
cells: Samuel Dexter
Massachusetts
May 30, 1800
Resigned to take office as United States Secretary of War[3]
cells: John Laurance
New York
August 1, 1800
cells: Benjamin Goodhue
Massachusetts
November 8, 1800
cells: James Lloyd
Maryland
December 1, 1800
cells: James Schureman
New Jersey
February 16, 1801
cells: Henry Latimer
Delaware
February 28, 1801
cells: Ray Greene
Rhode Island
March 5, 1801
cells: Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
June 6, 1801
cells: Samuel Livermore
New Hampshire
June 12, 1801
cells: Elijah Paine
Vermont
September 1, 1801
cells: John Armstrong, Jr.
New York
February 5, 1802
cells: James Sheafe
New Hampshire
June 14, 1802
cells: Dwight Foster
Massachusetts
March 2, 1803
cells: DeWitt Clinton
New York
November 4, 1803
cells: Theodorus Bailey
New York
January 16, 1804
cells: John Armstrong, Jr.
New York
February 23, 1804
cells: Abraham Venable
Virginia
June 7, 1804
cells: John Armstrong, Jr.
New York
June 30, 1804
cells: William Wells
Delaware
November 6, 1804
cells: William Giles
Virginia
December 3, 1804
cells: Andrew Moore
Virginia
December 3, 1804
cells: John Breckinridge
Kentucky
August 7, 1805
cells: Robert Wright
Maryland
November 12, 1806
cells: John Adair
Kentucky
November 18, 1806
cells: David Stone
North Carolina
February 17, 1807
cells: James Fenner
Rhode Island
September ??, 1807
cells: Israel Smith
Vermont
October 1, 1807
cells: John Smith
Ohio
April 25, 1808
Resigned after being indicted but not expelled in a 19–10 vote[4]
cells: Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
June 8, 1808
cells: Samuel Maclay
Pennsylvania
January 4, 1809
cells: Aaron Kitchell
New Jersey
March 3, 1809
cells: Daniel Smith
Tennessee
March 31, 1809
cells: John Milledge
Georgia
November 14, 1809
cells: Buckner Thruston
Kentucky
December 18, 1809
cells: Nahum Parker
New Hampshire
June 1, 1810
cells: James Hillhouse
Connecticut
June 10, 1810
cells: Return Meigs, Jr.
Ohio
December 8, 1810
cells: Thomas Sumter
South Carolina
December 16, 1810
cells: Jenkin Whiteside
Tennessee
October 8, 1811
cells: Christopher Champlin
Rhode Island
October 12, 1811
cells: Jean Noel Destréan
Louisiana
October 1, 1812
cells: James Bayard
Delaware
March 3, 1813
cells: Dudley Chase
Vermont
March 3, 1813
cells: William Crawford
Georgia
March 23, 1813
cells: James Lloyd
Massachusetts
May 1, 1813
cells: Chauncey Goodrich
Connecticut
May 13, 1813
cells: George Campbell
Tennessee
February 11, 1814
cells: Michael Leib
Pennsylvania
February 14, 1814
cells: George Bibb
Kentucky
August 23, 1814
cells: Thomas Worthington
Ohio
December 1, 1814
cells: Jesse Bledsoe
Kentucky
December 24, 1814
cells: David Stone
North Carolina
December 24, 1814
cells: William Giles
Virginia
March 3, 1815
cells: Francis Locke
North Carolina
December 5, 1815
cells: William Barry
Kentucky
May 1, 1816
cells: Christopher Gore
Massachusetts
May 30, 1816
cells: John Taylor
South Carolina
November ??, 1816
cells: Wyatt Bibb
Georgia
November 9, 1816
cells: James Turner
North Carolina
November 21, 1816
cells: Goodloe Harper
Maryland
December 6, 1816
cells: Jeremiah Mason
New Hampshire
June 16, 1817
cells: James Fisk
Vermont
January 8, 1818
cells: George Campbell
Tennessee
April 20, 1818
cells: Eli Ashmun
Massachusetts
May 10, 1818
cells: George Troup
Georgia
September 23, 1818
cells: John Forsyth
Georgia
February 17, 1819
cells: John Crittenden
Kentucky
March 3, 1819
cells: John Eppes
Virginia
December 4, 1819
cells: Prentis Mellen
Massachusetts
May 15, 1820
cells: Walter Leake
Mississippi
May 15, 1820
cells: William Logan
Kentucky
May 28, 1820
cells: James Wilson
New Jersey
January 8, 1821
cells: Freeman Walker
Georgia
August 6, 1821
cells: Gray Otis
Massachusetts
May 30, 1822
cells: Williams Walker
Alabama
December 12, 1822
cells: James Pleasants
Virginia
December 15, 1822
cells: Caesar Rodney
Delaware
January 29, 1823
cells: Samuel Southard
New Jersey
March 3, 1823
cells: James Brown
Louisiana
December 10, 1823
cells: Ninian Edwards
Illinois
March 3, 1824
cells: Henry Johnson
Louisiana
May 27, 1824
cells: James Barbour
Virginia
March 7, 1825
cells: David Holmes
Mississippi
September 25, 1825
cells: Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
October 14, 1825
cells: James DeWolf
Rhode Island
October 31, 1825
cells: Edward Lloyd
Maryland
January 14, 1826
cells: James Lloyd
Massachusetts
May 23, 1826
cells: Henry Harrison
Ohio
May 20, 1828
cells: Albion Parris
Maine
August 26, 1828
cells: Thomas Cobb
Georgia
November 7, 1828
cells: Nathaniel Macon
North Carolina
December 14, 1828
cells: Ephraim Bateman
New Jersey
January 12, 1829
cells: Mahlon Dickerson
New Jersey
January 30, 1829
cells: John Berrien
Georgia
March 9, 1829
cells: John Branch
North Carolina
March 9, 1829
cells: John Eaton
Tennessee
March 9, 1829
cells: Louis McLane
Delaware
April 16, 1829
cells: Edward Livingston
Louisiana
May 24, 1831
cells: Issac Barnard
Pennsylvania
December 6, 1831
cells: Powhatan Ellis
Mississippi
July 16, 1832
cells: Littleton Tazewell
Virginia
July 16, 1832
cells: Robert Hayne
South Carolina
December 13, 1832
cells: William Marcy
New York
January 1, 1833
cells: George Troup
Georgia
November 8, 1833
cells: William Rives
Virginia
February 22, 1834
cells: John Forsyth
Georgia
June 27, 1834
cells: Ezekiel Chambers
Maryland
December 20, 1834
cells: Peleg Sprague
Maine
January 1, 1835
cells: Charles Gayarré
Louisiana
January ??, 1836
cells: John Tyler
Virginia
February 29, 1836
cells: Ether Shepley
Maine
March 3, 1836
cells: Willie Mangum
North Carolina
March 19, 1836
cells: Isaac Hill
New Hampshire
May 30, 1836
cells: Arnold Naudain
Delaware
June 16, 1836
cells: Benjamin Leigh
Virginia
July 4, 1836
cells: John Clayton
Delaware
December 29, 1836
cells: Alexander Porter
Louisiana
January 5, 1837
cells: Richard Parker
Virginia
March 13, 1837
cells: John McKinley
Alabama
April 22, 1837
cells: Pendleton King
Georgia
November 1, 1837
cells: John Black
Mississippi
January 22, 1838
cells: Felix Grundy
Tennessee
July 4, 1838
cells: James Trotter
Mississippi
July 10, 1838
cells: Ephraim Foster
Tennessee
March 3, 1839
cells: Richard Bayard
Delaware
September 19, 1839
cells: Lawson White
Tennessee
January 13, 1840
cells: Robert Strange
North Carolina
November 16, 1840
cells: Bedford Brown
North Carolina
November 16, 1840
cells: John Davis
Massachusetts
January 5, 1841
cells: Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
February 22, 1841
Resigned to become United States Secretary of State[5]
cells: Comer Clay
Alabama
November 15, 1841
cells: Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
February 28, 1842
cells: Alexander Mouton
Louisiana
March 1, 1842
cells: Henry Clay
Kentucky
March 31, 1842
cells: Samuel Prentiss
Vermont
April 11, 1842
cells: Samuel Southard
New Jersey
June 26, 1842
cells: Reuel Williams
Maine
February 15, 1843
cells: John Calhoun
South Carolina
March 3, 1843
cells: William Sprague
Rhode Island
January 17, 1844
cells: William King
Alabama
April 15, 1844
cells: Nathaniel Tallmadge
New York
June 17, 1844
cells: Silas Wright, Jr.
New York
November 26, 1844
cells: John Berrien
Georgia
March 1, 1845
cells: Elliot Huger
South Carolina
March 3, 1845
cells: Levi Woodbury
New Hampshire
September 20, 1845
cells: William Haywood, Jr.
North Carolina
July 25, 1846
cells: Walter Colquitt
Georgia
February 4, 1848
cells: Ambrose Sevier
Arkansas
March 15, 1848
cells: Lewis Cass
Michigan
May 29, 1848
cells: John Crittenden
Kentucky
June 12, 1848
cells: Arthur Bagby
Alabama
June 16, 1848
cells: John Clayton
Delaware
February 2, 1849
cells: Reverdy Johnson
Maryland
March 7, 1849
cells: Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
July 22, 1850
Resigned again to again take office as United States Secretary of State[6]
cells: Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
September 23, 1851
Resigned to run for Governor of Mississippi
cells: Robert Rhett
South Carolina
May 7, 1852
cells: John Berrien
Georgia
May 28, 1852
cells: William King
Alabama
December 20, 1852
cells: Robert Stockton
New Jersey
January 10, 1853
cells: Solon Borland
Arkansas
April 11, 1853
cells: Pierre Soulé
Louisiana
April 11, 1853
cells: Edward Everett
Massachusetts
June 1, 1854
cells: Augustus Dodge
Iowa
February 22, 1855
cells: Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
January 7, 1857
Resigned to become Governor of Maine
cells: Asa Biggs
North Carolina
May 5, 1858
cells: Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
January 17, 1861
Resigned to become Vice President of the United States
cells: Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
January 21, 1861
Became president of the Confederacy
cells: John Slidell
Louisiana
February 4, 1861
cells: Thomas Bragg
North Carolina
March 6, 1861
cells: Salmon Chase
Ohio
March 6, 1861
cells: Thomas Clingman
North Carolina
March 11, 1861
cells: Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
March 4, 1862
cells: James Simmons
Rhode Island
August 15, 1862
Resigned after a case for explusion was declined[7]
cells: Waitman Willey
Virginia
March 3, 1863
cells: James Bayard, Jr.
Delaware
January 29, 1864
Resigned in protest of new Senate Loyalty Oath[8]
cells: William Fessenden
Maine
July 1, 1864
cells: James Harlan
Iowa
May 15, 1865
cells: Daniel Clark
New Hampshire
July 27, 1866
cells: James Guthrie
Kentucky
February 7, 1868
cells: Reverdy Johnson
Maryland
July 10, 1868
cells: James Grimes
Iowa
December 6, 1869
cells: Charles Drake
Missouri
December 19, 1870
cells: William Kellogg
Louisiana
November 1, 1872
cells: Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
March 3, 1873
cells: Alexander Caldwell
Kansas
March 24, 1873
cells: Eugene Casserly
California
November 29, 1873
cells: Adelbert Ames
Mississippi
January 4, 1874
cells: Lot Morrill
Maine
July 7, 1876
cells: John Sherman
Ohio
March 8, 1877
Resigned to take office as United States Secretary of the Treasury[3]
cells: Isaac Christiancy
Michigan
February 10, 1879
cells: Brown Gordon
Georgia
May 26, 1880
cells: James G. Blaine
Maine
March 5, 1881
cells: Samuel Kirkwood
Iowa
March 7, 1881
cells: William Windom
Minnesota
March 7, 1881
cells: Thomas Platt
New York
May 16, 1881
Resigned in support of fellow Senator Conkling's protest[9]
cells: Roscoe Conkling
New York
May 16, 1881
Resigned in protest of the appointment of a New York City customs collector by President James A. Garfield[9]
cells: Henry Teller
Colorado
April 17, 1882
cells: Augustus Garland
Arkansas
March 6, 1885
cells: Thomas Bayard
Delaware
March 6, 1885
cells: Howell Jackson
Tennessee
April 14, 1886
cells: Jonathan Chace
Rhode Island
April 9, 1889
cells: John Henninger Reagan
Texas
June 10, 1891
Resigned to take office as the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas[10]
cells: John Carlisle
Kentucky
February 4, 1893
cells: Edward White
Louisiana
March 12, 1894
cells: John Sherman
Ohio
March 4, 1897
cells: William Clark
Montana
May 15, 1900
cells: Charles Fairbanks
Indiana
March 3, 1905
cells: Joseph Burton
Kansas
June 4, 1906
Resigned following corruption charges (Burton v. United States)[11]
cells: Coit Spooner
Wisconsin
April 30, 1907
cells: Philander Knox
Pennsylvania
March 4, 1909
cells: Fountain Thompson
North Dakota
January 31, 1910
cells: Joseph Terrell
Georgia
July 14, 1911
cells: Weldon Bailey
Texas
January 3, 1913
cells: Warren G. Harding
Ohio
January 13, 1921
First President of the United States to be elected during his term as a Senator
cells: John Nugent
Idaho
January 14, 1921
cells: Albert Fall
New Mexico
March 4, 1921
cells: Josiah Wolcott
Delaware
July 2, 1921
cells: William Kenyon
Iowa
February 24, 1922
cells: Truman Newberry
Michigan
November 18, 1922[11]
Resigned after being condemned for violating campaign financing rules[12]
cells: Frank Smith
Illinois
December 7, 1926
cells: T. Coleman du Pont
Delaware
December 8, 1928
cells: Charles Curtis
Kansas
March 3, 1929
cells: Evans Edge
New Jersey
November 21, 1929
cells: Fred Sackett
Kentucky
January 9, 1930
cells: Cordell Hull
Tennessee
March 3, 1933
cells: Claude Swanson
Virginia
March 3, 1933
cells: Sam Bratton
New Mexico
June 24, 1933
cells: Hugo Black
Alabama
August 19, 1937
cells: Bibb Graves
Alabama
January 10, 1938
cells: Harry Moore
New Jersey
January 17, 1938
cells: Frederick Steiwer
Oregon
January 31, 1938
cells: Gibbs McAdoo
California
November 8, 1938
cells: Matthew Neely
West Virginia
January 12, 1941
cells: John Miller
Arkansas
March 31, 1941
cells: James Byrnes
South Carolina
July 8, 1941
cells: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Massachusetts
February 3, 1944
cells: Homer Bone
Washington
November 13, 1944
cells: Sinclair Weeks
Massachusetts
December 19, 1944
cells: Monrad Wallgren
Washington
January 9, 1945
cells: Harry Truman
Missouri
January 17, 1945
Resigned to become Vice President of the United States
cells: Harold Burton
Ohio
September 30, 1945
cells: Happy Chandler
Kentucky
November 1, 1945
cells: Warren Austin
Vermont
August 2, 1946
cells: Hugh Mitchell
Washington
December 25, 1946
cells: Vera Bushfield
South Dakota
December 26, 1948
cells: Alben Barkley
Kentucky
January 19, 1949
cells: Robert Wagner
New York
June 28, 1949
cells: Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
August 23, 1949
cells: Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
December 16, 1949
cells: Sheridan Downey
California
November 30, 1950
cells: Ralph Brewster
Maine
December 31, 1952
cells: Richard Nixon
California
January 1, 1953
Resigned to become Vice President of the United States
cells: Charles Daniel
South Carolina
December 23, 1954
cells: Hazel Abel
Nebraska
December 31, 1954
cells: Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
April 4, 1956[13]
cells: Price Daniel
Texas
January 14, 1957[14]
cells: John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
December 22, 1960
Resigned to take office as President of the United States[15]
cells: Lyndon Johnson
Texas
January 3, 1961[16]
Resigned to take office as Vice President of the United States[15]
cells: Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
December 29, 1964
Resigned to take office as Vice President of the United States
cells: Pierre Salinger
California
December 31, 1964
cells: Harry Byrd
Virginia
November 10, 1965
cells: John Williams
Delaware
December 31, 1970
cells: George Murphy
California
January 2, 1971
cells: William Saxbe
Ohio
January 3, 1974
cells: Alan Bible
Nevada
December 17, 1974
cells: Wallace Bennett
Utah
December 20, 1974
cells: Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
December 23, 1974
cells: Marlow Cook
Kentucky
December 27, 1974
cells: J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
December 31, 1974
cells: Edward Gurney
Florida
December 31, 1974
cells: Sam Ervin
North Carolina
December 31, 1974
cells: Stuart Symington
Missouri
December 27, 1976
cells: John Pastore
Rhode Island
December 28, 1976
cells: Walter Mondale
Minnesota
December 30, 1976[17]
Resigned to take office as Vice President of the United States
cells: Paul Hatfield
Montana
December 12, 1978
cells: James Pearson
Kansas
December 23, 1978
cells: Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
December 29, 1978
cells: Clifford Hansen
Wyoming
December 31, 1978
cells: Edmund Muskie
Maine
May 7, 1980
Resigned to take office as United States Secretary of State[3]
cells: John Durkin
New Hampshire
December 29, 1980
cells: Richard Stone
Florida
December 31, 1980
cells: Harrison Williams
New Jersey
March 11, 1982[11]
cells: Paul Tsongas
Massachusetts
January 2, 1985
cells: David Karnes
Nebraska
December 8, 1988
cells: Dan Quayle
Indiana
January 3, 1989
Resigned to take office as Vice President of the United States
cells: Gordon Humphrey
New Hampshire
December 4, 1990
cells: Pete Wilson
California
January 7, 1991
Resigned to take office as Governor of California
cells: Kent Conrad
North Dakota
December 14, 1992
cells: Al Gore
Tennessee
January 2, 1993
Resigned to take office as Vice President of the United States.
cells: Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
January 20, 1993
Resigned to take office as United States Secretary of the Treasury[3]
cells: David Boren
Oklahoma
December 15, 1994
cells: Bob Packwood
Oregon
October 1, 1995
cells: Bob Dole
Kansas
June 11, 1996
Resigned to run for President of the United States[18]
cells: Frank Murkowski
Alaska
December 2, 2002
Resigned to become Governor of Alaska
cells: Jon Corzine
New Jersey
January 17, 2006
Resigned to become Governor of New Jersey
cells: Trent Lott
Mississippi
December 18, 2007
cells: Barack Obama
Illinois
November 16, 2008[19]
Resigned to take office as President of the United States
cells: Joe Biden
Delaware
January 15, 2009
Resigned to become Vice President of the United States
cells: Ken Salazar
Colorado
January 20, 2009
Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior
cells: Hillary Clinton
New York
January 21, 2009
Resigned to become Secretary of State.[20]
cells: Mel Martínez
Florida
September 9, 2009
cells: John Ensign
Nevada
March 3, 2011
cells: Jim DeMint
South Carolina
January 1, 2013
cells: John Kerry
Massachusetts
February 1, 2013
Resigned to become Secretary of State
cells: Max Baucus
Montana
February 6, 2014
Resigned to become Ambassador to China
cells: Tom Coburn
Oklahoma
January 3, 2015
cells: Jeff Sessions
Alabama
February 8, 2017
Resigned to become Attorney General
cells: Al Franken
Minnesota
January 2, 2018[21][22]
Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment. He said he expected that an investigation would clear him but he could not do his job and undergo investigation at the same time.

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originalText: when was the last time a us senator resigned
answer: answerTexts: Al Franken