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).

Name Birthplace
(current country) 		State or province Then the territory of State(s) represented Party Years
David H. Armstrong  Canada[a]  Nova Scotia  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Missouri Democratic 1877–1879
David Baird  United Kingdom[b]  Ulster
 Northern Ireland 		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Jersey Republican 1918–1919
Edward Baker  United Kingdom  England  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Oregon Republican 1860–1861
James B. Beck  United Kingdom  Scotland  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kentucky Democratic 1877–1890
Judah P. Benjamin  U.S. Virgin Islands [c] District of Saint Croix Denmark Danish Virgin Islands Louisiana Whig 1853–1859
Democratic 1859–1861
Michael Bennet  India Delhi  India Colorado Democratic 2009–present
Hiram Bingham  United States[d]  Hawaii  Kingdom of Hawaii Connecticut Republican 1924–1933
Rudy Boschwitz  Germany  Berlin  Weimar Germany Minnesota Republican 1978–1991
Charles Bouligny  United States[e]  Louisiana  Spanish Empire Louisiana Democratic-Republican 1824–1828
National Republican 1828–1829
Pierce Butler  Ireland  Leinster  Kingdom of Ireland South Carolina Pro-Administration 1789–1791
Anti-Administration 1791–1795
Democratic-Republican 1795–1796,
1802–1804
George W. Campbell  United Kingdom  Scotland  Kingdom of Great Britain Tennessee Democratic-Republican 1811–1814,
1815–1818
Eugene Casserly  Ireland  Leinster  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland California Democratic 1869–1873
Charles W. Cathcart  Portugal[f]  Madeira  Kingdom of Portugal Indiana Democratic 1852–1853
John Conness  Ireland  Connacht  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland California Democratic 1863–1869
James Couzens  Canada  Ontario  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Michigan Republican 1922–1936
Ted Cruz  Canada  Alberta  Canada Texas Republican 2013–present
James J. Davis  United Kingdom  Wales  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Pennsylvania Republican 1930–1945
Jean Destréhan  United States[g]  Louisiana  New France Louisiana Democratic-Republican 1812
Tammy Duckworth  Thailand  Bangkok  Thailand Illinois Democratic 2017–present
Charles E. Dudley  United Kingdom  England  Kingdom of Great Britain New York Jacksonian Democrat 1829–1833
James Graham Fair  United Kingdom  Ulster
 Northern Ireland[h] 		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Nevada Democratic 1881–1887
Eligius Fromentin  France  Kingdom of France Louisiana Democratic-Republican 1813–1819
Albert Gallatin  Switzerland[i] Canton of Geneva Republic of Geneva Pennsylvania Democratic-Republican 1793–1794[j]
Jacob Gallinger  Canada[k]  Ontario  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Hampshire Republican 1891–1918
Frank Gooding  United Kingdom  England  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Idaho Republican 1921–1928
William Harper  Antigua and Barbuda[l] Antigua  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland South Carolina Jacksonian Democrat 1826
S. I. Hayakawa  Canada  British Columbia  Canada California Republican 1977–1983
Felix Hebert  Canada  Quebec  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Rhode Island Republican 1929–1935
Mazie Hirono  Japan  Fukushima Prefecture Japan Japan Hawaii Democratic 2013–present
William Hughes  Ireland  Leinster  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Jersey Democratic 1913–1918
James Jackson  United Kingdom  England  Kingdom of Great Britain Georgia Anti-Administration 1793–1795
Democratic-Republican 1801–1806
Magnus Johnson  Sweden Province of Värmland  United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway Minnesota Farmer-Labor 1923–1925
Samuel Johnston  United Kingdom  Scotland  Kingdom of Great Britain North Carolina Pro-Administration 1789–1793
Charles Jones  Ireland  Leinster  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Florida Democratic 1875–1887
John Jones  United Kingdom  England  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Nevada Republican 1873–1895
Silver 1895–1901
Republican 1901–1903
Thomas Kearns  Canada  Ontario  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Utah Republican 1901–1905
Octaviano Larrazolo  Mexico  Chihuahua Second Federal Republic of Mexico New Mexico Republican 1928–1929
John Laurance  United Kingdom  England  Kingdom of Great Britain New York Federalist 1796–1800
William Lorimer  United Kingdom  England  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Illinois Republican 1909–1912
Walter Lowrie  United Kingdom  Scotland  Kingdom of Great Britain Pennsylvania Democratic-Republican 1819–1825
Stephen Mallory  Trinidad and Tobago[m] Trinidad  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Florida Democratic 1851–1861
Lee Mantle  United Kingdom  England  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Montana Republican 1895–1896
Silver Republican 1896–1899
Mel Martínez  Cuba Province of Santa Clara Republic of Cuba Florida Republican 2005–2009
John McCain  Panama[n] Province of Colón  Panama Canal Zone Arizona Republican 1987–2018
James McMillan  Canada[k]  Ontario  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Michigan Republican 1889–1902
Joseph Millard  Canada[k]  Ontario  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Nebraska Republican 1901–1907
Robert Morris  United Kingdom  England  Kingdom of Great Britain Pennsylvania Pro-Administration 1789–1795
John Moses  Norway County of Rogaland  United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway North Dakota Democratic 1945
James E. Murray  Canada  Ontario  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Montana Democratic 1934–1961
Knute Nelson  Norway County of Hordaland  United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway Minnesota Republican 1895–1923
James Nesmith  Canada[o]  New Brunswick  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Oregon Democratic 1861–1867
Samuel Nicholson  Canada[p]  Prince Edward Island  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colorado Republican 1921–1923
George T. Oliver  United Kingdom  Ulster
 Northern Ireland[q] 		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Pennsylvania Republican 1909–1917
Samuel Pasco  United Kingdom  England  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Florida Democratic 1887–1899
William Paterson  United Kingdom  Ulster
 Northern Ireland[r] 		 Kingdom of Ireland New Jersey Pro-Administration 1789–1790
Thomas Patterson  Ireland  Leinster  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colorado Democratic 1901–1907
Alexander Porter  Ireland  Ulster  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Louisiana Whig 1833–1837
Edward Robertson  United Kingdom  Wales  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wyoming Republican 1943–1949
Carl Schurz  Germany[s]  North Rhine-Westphalia  German Confederation Missouri Republican 1869–1870,
1872–1875
Liberal Republican 1870–1872
William Joyce Sewell  Ireland  Connacht  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Jersey Republican 1881–1887,
1895–1901
James Shields  United Kingdom  Ulster
 Northern Ireland[t] 		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Illinois Democratic 1849–1855
Minnesota 1858–1859
Missouri 1879
Joseph Simon  Germany[u]  Hesse  Grand Duchy of Hesse Oregon Republican 1898–1903
Pierre Soulé  France Department of Ariège  First French Republic Louisiana Democratic 1847,
1849–1853
Isaac Stephenson  Canada[v]  New Brunswick  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wisconsin Republican 1907–1915
Patrick Joseph Sullivan  Ireland  Munster  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wyoming Republican 1929–1930
George Sutherland  United Kingdom  England  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Utah Republican 1905–1917
Thomas Taggart  Ireland  Ulster  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Indiana Democratic 1916
Edward Tiffin  United Kingdom  England  Kingdom of Great Britain Ohio Democratic-Republican 1807–1809
Chris Van Hollen  Pakistan  Sindh  Pakistan Maryland Democratic 2017–present
Robert Wagner  Germany  Hesse  Prussia New York Democratic 1927–1949
Patrick Walsh  Ireland  Munster  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Georgia Democratic 1894–1895
Lowell Weicker  France Paris Department  French Third Republic Connecticut Republican 1971–1989
George Wetmore  United Kingdom  England  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Rhode Island Republican 1895–1907,
1908–1913
David Levy Yulee  U.S. Virgin Islands[w] District of Saint Thomas  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Florida Democratic 1845–1851,
1855–1861
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Colorado Senator Michael Bennet
Texas Senator Ted Cruz
Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono
Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen
Birthplaces of incumbent foreign-born United States senators

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Notes

  1. ^ Born in the British colony of Nova Scotia, in present-day Canada.
  2. ^ Born in County Londonderry, Ireland, at the time part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. ^ Born in Saint Croix, at the time part of the Danish West Indies under British occupation, in what is now the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  4. ^ Born in what was then the independent Kingdom of Hawaii.
  5. ^ Born in the Spanish colony of Louisiana.
  6. ^ Born in Funchal, on Madeira Island, to American parents.
  7. ^ Born in the French colony of Louisiana.
  8. ^ Born in County Tyrone, Ireland, at the time part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  9. ^ Born in Geneva, at the time part of the Republic of Geneva and now part of Switzerland.
  10. ^ Gallatin won election to the Senate in 1793, and took the oath of office, but on the same day a petition was filed by nineteen Pennsylvania Federalists protesting that Gallatin did not have the minimum nine years of citizenship required to be a senator. After two months of deliberation, the matter went before a Senate vote where Gallatin was removed from the Senate with a party-line vote of 14–12.
  11. ^ a b c Born in the British colony of Upper Canada, in present-day Canada.
  12. ^ Born in the British colony of Antigua, in what is now the independent country of Antigua and Barbuda.
  13. ^ Born in the British colony of Trinidad, in present-day Trinidad and Tobago.
  14. ^ Born in the Panama Canal Zone, a U.S. territory in present-day Panama.
  15. ^ Born in the British colony of New Brunswick, in present-day Canada, to American parents.
  16. ^ Born in the British colony of Prince Edward Island, in present-day Canada.
  17. ^ Born in County Tyrone, Ireland, to American parents.
  18. ^ Born in County Antrim, Ireland.
  19. ^ Born in the Kingdom of Prussia, in present-day Germany.
  20. ^ Born in County Tyrone, Ireland, at the time part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  21. ^ Born in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, in present-day Germany.
  22. ^ Born in the British colony of New Brunswick, in present-day Canada.
  23. ^ Born in Saint Thomas, at the time part of the Danish West Indies under British occupation, in what is now the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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