page_title: List of Yale University people
section_title: U.S. Senators
hierarchical_section_title: List of Yale University people / Law and politics / U.S. Senators
caption_attribution_description: Official portrait of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
context_page_description: Yalies are persons affiliated with Yale University, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Yalies.
context_section_description: Information can be verified at the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
  Alva B. Adams (1896), U.S. senator (D-Colorado, 1923–24, 1932–1941)
  John Ashcroft (B.A. 1964 cum laude), U.S. attorney general (2001–2005), U.S. senator (R-Missouri, 1995–2001), governor of Missouri (1985–1993)
  Abraham Baldwin (B.A. 1772), U.S. representative (1789–1799), U.S. senator (1799–1807); author of the charter for, and president of, the University of Georgia (1786–1801)
  Roger Sherman Baldwin (B.A. 1811), governor of Connecticut (1844–46), U.S. senator (Whig-Connecticut, 1847–51)
  John Beall (B.A. 1950), U.S. senator (R-Maryland, 1971–1976)
  Michael Bennet (J.D. 1993), U.S. senator (D-Colorado, 2009–)
  Hiram Bingham III (1898), governor of Connecticut (1925), U.S. senator (R-Connecticut, 1924–1933); explorer who rediscovered the lost city of Machu Picchu, Peru; said to be the inspiration behind the fictional character Indiana Jones
  Richard Blumenthal (J.D. 1973), U.S. senator (D-Connecticut, 2011–)
  Cory Booker (J.D. 1997), U.S. senator (D-New Jersey, 2013-), former mayor of Newark
  David Boren (B.A. 1963), governor of Oklahoma (1975–79), U.S. senator (D-Oklahoma, 1979–94), president of University of Oklahoma
  Stephen R. Bradley (B.A. 1775, M.A. 1778), U.S. senator (Democratic-Republican Party), Vermont, 1801–1813
  Nicholas F. Brady (B.A. 1952), U.S. senator (R-New Jersey, 1982)
  Sherrod Brown (B.A. 1974), U.S. representative (1993–2007), U.S. senator (D-Ohio, 2007–)
  James L. Buckley (B.A. 1943, Law 1949), U.S. senator (C-New York, 1971–1977); president of Radio Free Europe, 1982–1985; federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) (1985–1996)
  Prescott Bush (B.A. 1917), U.S. senator (R-Connecticut, 1953–1963), father of George H.W. Bush, grandfather to George W. Bush
  John Chafee (B.A. 1947), governor of Rhode Island (1962–69), secretary of the navy (1969–72), U.S. senator (R–Rhode Island, 1976–99)
  John M. Clayton (1815), secretary of state in the Taylor administration, U.S. senator (AJ–Delaware, 1829–1836; W-Delaware, 1845–1849; O-Delaware 1853–1856)
  LeBaron Colt (B.A. 1868), U.S. senator (R-Rhode Island, 1913–1924)
  Chris Coons (J.D./M.A.), U.S. senator (D-Delaware, 2010–)
  David Daggett (1783), U.S. senator (F-Connecticut, 1813–19)
  David Davis (Law 1835), appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by Lincoln (1862–1877); U.S. senator (I-Illinois, 1877–1883)
  John Davis (1787–1854), U.S. senator (W/NR-Massachusetts, 1835–1841 and 1845–1853)
  Henry L. Dawes (1839), U.S. senator (R-Connecticut, 1875–93)
  John Danforth (J.D, DIV 1963), U.S senator (R-Missouri, 1976–95)
  Mark Dayton (B.A. 1969), U.S. senator (D-Minnesota, 2001–2007)
  Fred Dubois (B.A. 1872), U.S. senator (R-Idaho,1891–1897; D-Idaho, 1901–1907)
  William M. Evarts (1837), secretary of state under Hayes, U.S. senator (R-New York, 1885–91)
  Gary Hart (DIV 1961, LLB 1964), U.S. senator (D-Colorado, 1975–1987)
  John Heinz (B.A. 1960), U.S. senator (R-Pennsylvania)
  James Hillhouse (B.A. 1773), U.S. senator (F-Connecticut, 1796–1810)
  James Jeffords (B.A. 1956), U.S. senator (I-Vermont, 1989–2007)
  William Samuel Johnson (B.A. 1744, M.A. 1747), United States Founding Father, member of the Continental Congress (1785–1787), delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, president (1787–1800) of Columbia University (he was its first president under its new name of Columbia College; his father was the first president of the institution when it was known as King's College), U.S. senator (Connecticut, 1789–1791)
  John Kean (1852–1914), U.S. senator (R-New Jersey)
  Amy Klobuchar (B.A. 1982), U.S. senator (D-Minnesota, 2007–)
  James Lanman (1788), U.S. senator (D-Connecticut, 1819–1825)
  Joseph Lieberman (B.A. 1964, J.D. 1967), U.S. senator (I-Connecticut, 1989–2013)
  Joseph Medill McCormick (1900), U.S. senate 1919–24, publisher, Chicago Tribune
  Return J. Meigs, Jr. (B.A. 1785), U.S. senator (DR–Ohio, 1808-181), 4th governor of Ohio (1810–1814), 8th U.S. postmaster general (1814–1823); namesake of Meigs County, Ohio
  Henry Mitchell (1804), U.S. representative (Jack
caption: Amy Klobuchar
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