Politics aside, did you know most US Senators send out free congratulatory letters and all you have to do is ask?! These letters of recognition come on official letterhead and make for unique keepsakes to memorialize important milestones in your life.
Senators will only send letters to their own state residents, so make sure to request a letter from your two Senators. Don't worry, I have direct links below! ⤵ The turnaround time on these freebies range from 2-12 weeks, so be sure to make your request well in advance if you want to frame it or give it away as a gift.
Common Congratulation Topics
Adoption
Baby
Birthday
Eagle Scout
Girl Scout
Graduation
Heroism
New Citizen
Organization event
Retirement
Weddings/Civil Unions
Wedding Anniversary
While these are congratulation topics, they're not limited to this list! Most forms have an “Other” option where you can describe what the letter is for and they'll customize their letter for you. So you can celebrate all sorts of events, like winning a college scholarship or earning a local award, and you'll still get a customized letter commemorating your achievement. Pretty cool, huh?!
Let's randomly select Senator Stabenow from Michigan and see what her Special Recognitions form looks like. As you can see, her office sends free commemorative greetings and recognitions for special events and achievements for Michigan residents.
Anniversaries – 25 years of marriage or more
Birthdays – 80 years of age or older
Retirement – Employment, military
Scouting Achievements – Eagle Scout or Girl Scout Gold Award recipients
Special Recognitions – Requests for recognitions of educational achievements, building dedications, new U.S. citizenship, special events or other significant personal achievements will be given individual consideration. If you would like to request a special recognition, please take a moment to fill out this form.
On top of these frequent specified recognitions, she has a catch all “Congratulations / Recognition Personal” like I mentioned above!
Request A Free Senator Special Recognition!
So how do you get your own? By using this table with direct links that I keep updated!
Some Senators have “Special Request Form”, which are what we want! For other Senators, you'll need to use their normal contact form and select the “Congratulatory” or “Congratulations” subject line. And finally, the remaining Senators don't have a unique subject line for congratulatory letters, BUT you can select “Other” and still usually get a letter sent to you!
Here's a quick tutorial video I made showing how to use the information below!
One last tip: New Senators who just took office (in January 2023, it's just Senator Fetterman) are still using the default governmental landing pages. It typically takes a few months for them to get their own websites up and running, so I'll circle back around on them later this year.
| Senator | State | Contact Form | Special Request Form |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Contact Senator Baldwin | yes, use ⬅️ |
| John Barrasso | WY | Contact Senator Barrasso | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Michael Bennet | CO | Contact Senator Bennet | Special Request Form |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN | Contact Senator Blackburn | |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Contact Senator Blumenthal | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Contact Senator Blunt | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Cory Booker | NJ | Contact Senator Booker | yes, use ⬅️ |
| John Boozman | AR | Contact Senator Boozman | |
| Mike Braun | IN | Contact Senator Braun | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Contact Senator Brown | Special Request Form |
| Richard Burr | NC | Contact Senator Burr | |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Contact Senator Cantwell | |
| Shelley Capito | WV | Contact Senator Capito | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Benjamin Cardin | MD | Contact Senator Cardin | |
| Thomas Carper | DE | Contact Senator Carper | Special Request Form |
| Robert Casey | PA | Contact Senator Casey | Special Request Form |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Contact Senator Cassidy | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Susan Collins | ME | Contact Senator Collins | |
| Christopher Coons | DE | Contact Senator Coons | Special Request Form |
| John Cornyn | TX | Contact Senator Cornyn | Special Request Form |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | NV | Contact Senator Cortez Masto | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Contact Senator Cotton | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Kevin Cramer | ND | Contact Senator Cramer | Special Request Form |
| Michael Crapo | ID | Contact Senator Crapo | Special Request Form |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Contact Senator Cruz | Special Request Form |
| Steve Daines | MT | Contact Senator Daines | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Tammy Duckworth | IL | Contact Senator Duckworth | Special Request Form |
| Richard Durbin | IL | Contact Senator Durbin | Special Request Form |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Contact Senator Ernst | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Contact Senator Feinstein | Special Request Form |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Contact Senator Fischer | Special Request Form |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | NY | Contact Senator Gillibrand | |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Contact Senator Graham | |
| Charles Grassley | IA | Contact Senator Grassley | |
| Bill Hagerty | TN | Contact Senator Hagerty | |
| Margaret Hassan | NH | Contact Senator Hassan | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Joshua Hawley | MO | Contact Senator Hawley | |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Contact Senator Heinrich | |
| John Hickenlooper | CO | Contact Senator Hickenlooper | Special Request Form |
| Mazie Hirono | HI | Contact Senator Hirono | Special Request Form |
| John Hoeven | ND | Contact Senator Hoeven | Special Request Form |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith | MS | Contact Senator Hyde-Smith | |
| James Inhofe | OK | Contact Senator Inhofe | |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Contact Senator Johnson | Special Request Form |
| Timothy Kaine | VA | Contact Senator Kaine | Special Request Form |
| Mark Kelly | AZ | Contact Senator Kelly | Special Request Form |
| John Kennedy | LA | Contact Senator Kennedy | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Angus King | ME | Contact Senator King | Special Request Form |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Contact Senator Klobuchar | Special Request Form |
| James Lankford | OK | Contact Senator Lankford | |
| Patrick Leahy | VT | Contact Senator Leahy | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Mike Lee | UT | Contact Senator Lee | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Ben Luján | NM | Contact Senator Luján | |
| Cynthia Lummis | WY | Contact Senator Lummis | |
| Joe Manchin | WV | Contact Senator Manchin | |
| Edward Markey | MA | Contact Senator Markey | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Roger Marshall | KS | Contact Senator Marshall | |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Contact Senator McConnell | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Contact Senator Menendez | Special Request Form |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Contact Senator Merkley | |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Contact Senator Moran | Special Request Form |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Contact Senator Murkowski | |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Contact Senator Murphy | Special Request Form |
| Patty Murray | WA | Contact Senator Murray | |
| Jon Ossoff | GA | Contact Senator Ossoff | Special Request Form |
| Alejandro Padilla | CA | Contact Senator Padilla | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Rand Paul | KY | Contact Senator Paul | Special Request Form |
| Gary Peters | MI | Contact Senator Peters | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Robert Portman | OH | Contact Senator Portman | yes, use ⬅️ |
| John Reed | RI | Contact Senator Reed | yes, use ⬅️ |
| James Risch | ID | Contact Senator Risch | Special Request Form |
| Mitt Romney | UT | Contact Senator Romney | |
| Jacky Rosen | NV | Contact Senator Rosen | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Contact Senator Rounds | |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Contact Senator Rubio | Special Request Form |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Contact Senator Sanders | |
| Benjamin Sasse | NE | Contact Senator Sasse | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Contact Senator Schatz | Special Request Form |
| Charles Schumer | NY | Contact Senator Schumer | Special Request Form |
| Rick Scott | FL | Contact Senator Scott | Special Request Form |
| Tim Scott | SC | Contact Senator Scott | Special Request Form |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Contact Senator Shaheen | |
| Richard Shelby | AL | Contact Senator Shelby | |
| Kyrsten Sinema | AZ | Contact Senator Sinema | |
| Tina Smith | MN | Contact Senator Smith | Special Request Form |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Contact Senator Stabenow | Special Request Form |
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Contact Senator Sullivan | |
| Jon Tester | MT | Contact Senator Tester | |
| John Thune | SD | Contact Senator Thune | Special Request Form |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Contact Senator Tillis | Special Request Form |
| Patrick Toomey | PA | Contact Senator Toomey | Special Request Form |
| Tommy Tuberville | AL | Contact Senator Tuberville | |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD | Contact Senator Van Hollen | Special Request Form |
| Mark Warner | VA | Contact Senator Warner | Special Request Form |
| Raphael Warnock | GA | Contact Senator Warnock | |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Contact Senator Warren | Special Request Form |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Contact Senator Whitehouse | |
| Roger Wicker | MS | Contact Senator Wicker | |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Contact Senator Wyden | yes, use ⬅️ |
| Todd Young | IN | Contact Senator Young | |
| Senator | State | Contact Form | Special Request Form |
If you'd like to check and see if any Senator has created a new special request form, here are the Google searches I use! Just substitute “NAME” for the name of your Sentaor.
If you find any I'm missing, please share the link in the comments! And if you get a cool letter, please let us know as well!
