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U.S. Senators from Colorado:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
Henry M. Teller (R) George M. Chilcott (R) Horace A. W. Tabor (R) Thomas M. Bowen (R) Edward O. Wolcott (R) Thomas M. Patterson (D) Simon Guggenheim (R) John F. Shafroth (D) Lawrence C. Phipps (R) Edward P. Costigan (D) Edwin C. Johnson (D) Gordon L. Allott (R) Floyd K. Haskell (D) William L. Armstrong (R) George Hanks (Hank) Brown (R) Wayne Allard (R)	1876-1882 1882-1883 1883-1883 1883-1889 1889-1901 1901-1907 1907-1913 1913-1919 1919-1931 1931-1937 1937-1955 1955-1973 1973-1979 1979-1991 1991-1997 1997---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
Jerome B. Chaffee (R) Nathaniel P. Hill (R) Henry M. Teller (R,SR,D) Charles J. Hughes, Jr. (D) Charles S. Thomas (D) Samuel D. Nicholson (R) Alva B. Adams (D) Rice W. Means (R) Charles W. Waterman (R) Walter Walker (D) Karl C. Schuyler (R) Alva B. Adams (D) Eugene D. Millikin (R) John A. Carroll (D) Peter H. Dominick (R) Gary W. Hart (D) Timothy E. Wirth (D) Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D,R) Ken Salazar (D)	1876-1879 1879-1885 1885-1909 1909-1911 1913-1921 1921-1923 1923-1924 1924-1927 1927-1932 1932-1932 1932-1933 1933-1941 1941-1957 1957-1963 1963-1975 1975-1987 1987-1993 1993-2005 2005---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Henry M. Teller

Colorado Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Party Conference Chairmen: Eugene D. Millikin Party Policy Committee Chairmen: Gordon Allott, William L. Armstrong Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Finance: Eugene D. Millikin Indian Affairs: Ben Nighthorse Campbell Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Florence Sabin by Joy Flinsch Buba, located in Statuary Hall; In 1996, commemorating Colorado's 120th anniversary of statehood, the Colorado general assembly designated that a statue of John L. Swigert, Jr. by Mark Lundeen and George Lundeen, located in the House connecting corridor, first floor, join Dr. Sabin's statue.


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