|- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align:center;"
|style="width:30%;" rowspan="1"|Preceded by
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| style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| [[List of United States senators from (({state))} | U.S. senator from (({state))}]]
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| style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|Incumbent
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Usage
Former senators
Example John F. Kennedy:
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((US Senator succession box
| state= Massachusetts
| class= 1
| before= [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]]
| after= [[Benjamin A. Smith II]]
| alongside= [[Leverett Saltonstall]]
| years= January 3, 1953 – December 22, 1960
))
((s-end))
becomes:
Preceded byHenry Cabot Lodge Jr.
U.S. senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts January 3, 1953 – December 22, 1960 Served alongside: Leverett Saltonstall
Succeeded byBenjamin A. Smith II
Incumbents
Example Maria Cantwell:
((s-start))
((US Senator succession box
| state = Washington
| class = 1
| before = [[Slade Gorton]]
| start = January 3, 2001
| alongside = [[Patty Murray]]
))
((s-end))
becomes:
Preceded bySlade Gorton
U.S. senator (Class 1) from Washington January 3, 2001 – present Served alongside: Patty Murray
Incumbent