|- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align:center;"
|style="width:30%;" rowspan="1"|Preceded by
{{{before}}}
| style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| [[List of United States senators from {{{state}}} | U.S. senator from {{{state}}}]]
{{{years}}}
| style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|Incumbent
|-
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:
Incumbents
Example Maria Cantwell:
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{{US Senator succession box
| state = Washington
| class = 1
| before = [[Slade Gorton]]
| start = January 3, 2001
| alongside = [[Patty Murray]]
}}
{{s-end}}
becomes: