List of United States senators born outside the United States explained

This is a list of United States senators born outside the United States. It includes senators born in foreign countries (whether to American or foreign parents). The list also includes senators born in territories outside the United States that were later incorporated into the United States (except for those born in the British colonies and territories in North America (or in the temporarily independent former British colonies and territories in North America) that would go on to form the United States of America).

NameBirthplace
(current country)
Then the territory ofState(s) representedPartyYears
CanadaMissouriDemocratic1877–1879
United KingdomNew JerseyRepublican1918–1919
United KingdomOregonRepublican1860–1861
United KingdomKentuckyDemocratic1877–1890
Danish Virgin IslandsLouisianaWhig1853–1859
Democratic1859–1861
India IndiaColoradoDemocratic2009–present
United StatesConnecticutRepublican1924–1933
GermanyMinnesotaRepublican1978–1991
United StatesLouisianaDemocratic-Republican1824–1828
National Republican1828–1829
IrelandSouth CarolinaPro-Administration1789–1791
Anti-Administration1791–1795
Democratic-Republican1795–1796,
1802–1804
United KingdomTennesseeDemocratic-Republican1811–1814,
1815–1818
IrelandCaliforniaDemocratic1869–1873
PortugalIndianaDemocratic1852–1853
IrelandCaliforniaDemocratic1863–1869
CanadaMichiganRepublican1922–1936
Canada CanadaTexasRepublican2013–present
United KingdomPennsylvaniaRepublican1930–1945
United StatesLouisianaDemocratic-Republican1812
Thailand ThailandIllinoisDemocratic2017–present
United KingdomNew YorkJacksonian Democrat1829–1833
United KingdomNevadaDemocratic1881–1887
FranceLouisianaDemocratic-Republican1813–1819
SwitzerlandRepublic of GenevaPennsylvaniaDemocratic-Republican1793–1794
CanadaNew HampshireRepublican1891–1918
United KingdomIdahoRepublican1921–1928
Antigua and BarbudaSouth CarolinaJacksonian Democrat1826
Canada CanadaCaliforniaRepublican1977–1983
CanadaRhode IslandRepublican1929–1935
Japan JapanHawaiiDemocratic2013–present
IrelandNew JerseyDemocratic1913–1918
United KingdomGeorgiaAnti-Administration1793–1795
Democratic-Republican1801–1806
SwedenMinnesotaFarmer-Labor1923–1925
United KingdomNorth CarolinaPro-Administration1789–1793
IrelandFloridaDemocratic1875–1887
United KingdomNevadaRepublican1873–1895
Silver1895–1901
Republican1901–1903
CanadaUtahRepublican1901–1905
Mexico Second Federal Republic of MexicoNew MexicoRepublican1928–1929
United KingdomNew YorkFederalist1796–1800
United KingdomIllinoisRepublican1909–1912
United KingdomPennsylvaniaDemocratic-Republican1819–1825
Trinidad and TobagoFloridaDemocratic1851–1861
United KingdomMontanaRepublican1895–1896
Silver Republican1896–1899
Cuba Republic of CubaFloridaRepublican2005–2009
PanamaArizonaRepublican1987–2018
CanadaMichiganRepublican1889–1902
CanadaNebraskaRepublican1901–1907
United KingdomPennsylvaniaPro-Administration1789–1795
NorwayNorth DakotaDemocratic1945
CanadaMontanaDemocratic1934–1961
NorwayMinnesotaRepublican1895–1923
CanadaOregonDemocratic1861–1867
CanadaColoradoRepublican1921–1923
United KingdomPennsylvaniaRepublican1909–1917
United KingdomFloridaDemocratic1887–1899
United KingdomNew JerseyPro-Administration1789–1790
IrelandColoradoDemocratic1901–1907
IrelandLouisianaWhig1833–1837
United KingdomWyomingRepublican1943–1949
GermanyMissouriRepublican1869–1870,
1872–1875
Liberal Republican1870–1872
IrelandNew JerseyRepublican1881–1887,
1895–1901
United KingdomIllinoisDemocratic1849–1855
Minnesota1858–1859
Missouri1879
GermanyOregonRepublican1898–1903
FranceLouisianaDemocratic1847,
1849–1853
CanadaWisconsinRepublican1907–1915
IrelandWyomingRepublican1929–1930
United KingdomUtahRepublican1905–1917
IrelandIndianaDemocratic1916
United KingdomOhioDemocratic-Republican1807–1809
Pakistan PakistanMarylandDemocratic2017–present
GermanyNew YorkDemocratic1927–1949
IrelandGeorgiaDemocratic1894–1895
Connecticut1971–1989
United KingdomRhode IslandRepublican1895–1907,
1908–1913
FloridaDemocratic1845–1851,
1855–1861

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