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Aug 15, 1844 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1836. , rowspan=3 , 1 , , 1 , Elected in 1836. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Sep 18, 1836 –
Mar 15, 1848 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Ambrose Hundley Sevier ! rowspan=9 , 1 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Democratic , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1837. , rowspan=8 , Democratic , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1840.Died. , rowspan=5 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=9 , 3 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1843.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 15, 1844 –
Nov 8, 1844 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 2 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Apr 29, 1848 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Fulton's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to a full term in 1846.Died. , rowspan=7 , 3 , rowspan=5 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 15, 1848 –
Mar 30, 1848 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to finish Sevier's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 30, 1848 –
Apr 11, 1853 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
May 12, 1848 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 3 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
Jul 11, 1861 , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Ashley's term. Elected in 1848 to finish Ashley's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1848.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Elected to full term in 1853. , rowspan=5 , 4 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Apr 11, 1853 –
Jul 6, 1853 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Borland's term. Elected in 1854 to finish Borland's term., page 80 , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 6, 1853 –
Mar 3, 1861 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
(Expulsion was reversed by the Senate in 1877). , rowspan=4 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 6 , Elected in 1860 or 1861.Expelled for supporting the Confederacy. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1861 –
Jul 11, 1861 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Charles B. Mitchel ! 4 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 11, 1861 –
Jun 22, 1868 , rowspan=4 ,
Jun 23, 1868 , rowspan=5 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 7 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Alexander McDonald , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jun 22, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1871 , rowspan=3 , Elected upon readmission.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected upon readmission.Unknown if retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jun 23, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1873 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Benjamin F. Rice ! rowspan=3 , 5 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Mar 3, 1877 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1870.Unknown if retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1872 or 1873.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Mar 6, 1885 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1876. , rowspan=3 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1878.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1879 –
Mar 3, 1885 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
James D. Walker ! rowspan=3 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1883.Resigned to become
Mar 3, 1903 , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 align=right ,
Mar 20, 1885 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 7 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Mar 3, 1907 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Garland's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1889. , rowspan=3 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1891. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1895. , rowspan=3 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1901.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1903. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Mar 4, 1903 –
Oct 1, 1916 , rowspan=10 , Democratic , rowspan=10 align=right ,
Jeff Davis , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1907 –
Jan 3, 1913 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1907.Died. , rowspan=6 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 14 , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1909. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jan 3, 1913 –
Jan 6, 1913 , , - style="height:2em" ! 9 , align=left ,
John N. Heiskell , , Democratic , nowrap , Jan 6, 1913 –
Jan 29, 1913 , Appointed to continue Davis's term.Successor qualified. , - style="height:2em" ! 10 , align=left ,
Mar 3, 1913 , Elected to finish Davis's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=17 , 11 , rowspan=17 align=left ,
Jul 14, 1937 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1913.Robinson was the last U.S. senator elected by a state legislature before the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. , rowspan=5 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 15 , Re-elected in 1914.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 1, 1916 –
Nov 8, 1916 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Clarke's term.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 8, 1916 –
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Nov 6, 1931 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Thaddeus H. Caraway ! rowspan=6 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1924. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1926.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1930. , rowspan=5 , 17 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 6, 1931 –
Nov 13, 1931 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish her husband's term. Elected in 1932 to finish her husband's term. , rowspan=11 nowrap , Nov 13, 1931 –
Jan 3, 1945 , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 align=right ,
Nov 15, 1937 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
John E. Miller , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 15, 1937 –
Mar 31, 1941 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Robinson's term.Resigned to become U.S. District Judge. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 19 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1938.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 31, 1941 –
Apr 1, 1941 , , - style="height:2em" ! 13 , align=left ,
Jan 3, 1943 , Appointed to finish Miller's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=19 , 14 , rowspan=19 align=left ,
Nov 28, 1977 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1942. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1944. , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 3, 1945 –
Dec 31, 1974 , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan=15 align=right ,
Jan 3, 1975 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 25 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1974. , rowspan=14 nowrap , Jan 3, 1975 –
Jan 3, 1999 , rowspan=14 , Democratic , rowspan=14 align=right ,
Dec 10, 1977 , , - style="height:2em" ! 15 , align=left ,
Kaneaster Hodges Jr. , , Democratic , nowrap , Dec 10, 1977 –
Jan 3, 1979 , Appointed to finish McClellan's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 16 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Jan 3, 1997 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1978. , rowspan=3 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1980. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1984. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1986. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1992.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1996.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1998. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1999 –
Jan 3, 2011 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2002. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2004.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2008.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2010. , rowspan=9 , Jan 3, 2011 –
Present , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2014. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2020. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 election. , rowspan=2 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , 34 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, and elects its senators to Class 2 and Class 3. Arkansas's Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861, due to its secession
Secession is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance. Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the former Soviet republics le ...
from the Union
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. They were again filled from June 1868. Its current senators are Republicans John Boozman
John Nichols Boozman ( ; born December 10, 1950) is an American politician and former optometrist serving as the senior United States senator from Arkansas, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. repres ...
and Tom Cotton
Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician, attorney, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator for Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of ...
. John L. McClellan
John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and a segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) fro ...
was Arkansas's longest-serving senator (1943–1977).
List of senators
, - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 1 , rowspan=5 align=left ,William S. Fulton
William Savin Fulton (June 2, 1795 – August 15, 1844) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1836 until his death in 1844. He had previously served as the fourth governor of Arkansas Te ...
, , Jacksonian
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Sep 18, 1836 –Aug 15, 1844 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1836. , rowspan=3 , 1 , , 1 , Elected in 1836. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Sep 18, 1836 –
Mar 15, 1848 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Ambrose Hundley Sevier ! rowspan=9 , 1 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Democratic , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1837. , rowspan=8 , Democratic , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1840.Died. , rowspan=5 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=9 , 3 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1843.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 15, 1844 –
Nov 8, 1844 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 2 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Chester Ashley
Chester Ashley (June 1, 1790 – April 29, 1848) was an American politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1844 until his death.
Early life
Ashley was born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1790; while a child he moved with his ...
, rowspan=5 , Democratic
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 8, 1844 –Apr 29, 1848 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Fulton's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to a full term in 1846.Died. , rowspan=7 , 3 , rowspan=5 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 15, 1848 –
Mar 30, 1848 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to finish Sevier's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 30, 1848 –
Apr 11, 1853 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Solon Borland
Solon Borland (September 21, 1808 – January 1, 1864) was an American physician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1848 to 1853. In later life, he served as an officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded a cavalry ...
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, nowrap , Apr 29, 1848 –May 12, 1848 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 3 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
William K. Sebastian
William King Sebastian (June 12, 1812May 20, 1865) was an American politician and lawyer from Helena, Arkansas. He represented Arkansas as a U.S. Senator, Democrat, from 1848 to 1861. Sebastian withdrew from the Senate at the start of the Civil W ...
, rowspan=10 , Democratic
, rowspan=10 nowrap , May 12, 1848 –Jul 11, 1861 , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Ashley's term. Elected in 1848 to finish Ashley's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1848.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Elected to full term in 1853. , rowspan=5 , 4 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Apr 11, 1853 –
Jul 6, 1853 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Borland's term. Elected in 1854 to finish Borland's term., page 80 , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 6, 1853 –
Mar 3, 1861 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Robert Ward Johnson
Robert Ward Johnson (July 22, 1814 – July 26, 1879) was an American planter and lawyer who served as the senior Confederate States senator for Arkansas, a seat that he was elected to in 1861. He previously served as a delegate from Arkansas ...
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, rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1859.Expelled.(Expulsion was reversed by the Senate in 1877). , rowspan=4 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 6 , Elected in 1860 or 1861.Expelled for supporting the Confederacy. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1861 –
Jul 11, 1861 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Charles B. Mitchel ! 4 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 11, 1861 –
Jun 22, 1868 , rowspan=4 ,
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
and Reconstruction
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, rowspan=5 , Civil War
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and Reconstruction
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, rowspan=5 nowrap , Jul 11, 1861 –Jun 23, 1868 , rowspan=5 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 7 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Alexander McDonald , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jun 22, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1871 , rowspan=3 , Elected upon readmission.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected upon readmission.Unknown if retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jun 23, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1873 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Benjamin F. Rice ! rowspan=3 , 5 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Powell Clayton
Powell Foulk Clayton (August 7, 1833August 25, 1914) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 9th governor of Arkansas from 1868 to 1871, as a Republican member of the U.S. Senate for Arkansas from 1871 to 1877 ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 –Mar 3, 1877 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1870.Unknown if retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1872 or 1873.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Stephen Wallace Dorsey
Stephen Wallace Dorsey (February 28, 1842March 20, 1916) was a Republican politician who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1873 to 1879, during the Reconstruction era.
He was born in Benson in Rutland County, Vermont, and ...
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, rowspan=5 align=left , Augustus Hill Garland
Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 – January 26, 1899) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Arkansas, who initially opposed Arkansas' secession from the United States, but later served in both houses of the Congres ...
, rowspan=5 , Democratic
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1877 –Mar 6, 1885 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1876. , rowspan=3 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1878.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1879 –
Mar 3, 1885 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
James D. Walker ! rowspan=3 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1883.Resigned to become
U.S. Attorney General
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...
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, rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1885 –Mar 3, 1903 , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 align=right ,
James Kimbrough Jones
James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US Congressional Representative, United States Senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas.
Biography
...
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James Henderson Berry
James Henderson Berry (May 15, 1841 – January 30, 1913) was a United States Senator and served as the 14th governor of Arkansas.
Early life
James Henderson Berry was born in Jackson County, Alabama, to Isabella Jane (née Orr) and James McF ...
, rowspan=11 , Democratic
, rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 20, 1885 –Mar 3, 1907 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Garland's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1889. , rowspan=3 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1891. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1895. , rowspan=3 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1901.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1903. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Mar 4, 1903 –
Oct 1, 1916 , rowspan=10 , Democratic , rowspan=10 align=right ,
James Paul Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist.
Biography
Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven y ...
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, rowspan=3 align=left , Jeff Davis , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1907 –
Jan 3, 1913 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1907.Died. , rowspan=6 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 14 , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1909. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jan 3, 1913 –
Jan 6, 1913 , , - style="height:2em" ! 9 , align=left ,
John N. Heiskell , , Democratic , nowrap , Jan 6, 1913 –
Jan 29, 1913 , Appointed to continue Davis's term.Successor qualified. , - style="height:2em" ! 10 , align=left ,
William M. Kavanaugh
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh (March 3, 1866February 21, 1915) was a Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas.
Biography
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh was born near Eutaw, Alabama on March 3, 1866. Kavanaugh attended public scho ...
, , Democratic
, nowrap , Jan 29, 1913 –Mar 3, 1913 , Elected to finish Davis's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=17 , 11 , rowspan=17 align=left ,
Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...
, rowspan=17 , Democratic
, rowspan=17 nowrap , Mar 4, 1913 –Jul 14, 1937 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1913.Robinson was the last U.S. senator elected by a state legislature before the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. , rowspan=5 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 15 , Re-elected in 1914.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 1, 1916 –
Nov 8, 1916 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Clarke's term.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 8, 1916 –
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
William F. Kirby
William Fosgate Kirby (November 16, 1867July 26, 1934) was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1916 to 1921.
Kirby was born in Miller County, Arkansas, near Texarkana, on November 16, ...
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, rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –Nov 6, 1931 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Thaddeus H. Caraway ! rowspan=6 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1924. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1926.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1930. , rowspan=5 , 17 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 6, 1931 –
Nov 13, 1931 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish her husband's term. Elected in 1932 to finish her husband's term. , rowspan=11 nowrap , Nov 13, 1931 –
Jan 3, 1945 , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 align=right ,
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to preside ...
! rowspan=11 , 12
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,
, rowspan=5 , 18
, rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1932.
, - style="height:2em"
,
, - style="height:2em"
, Re-elected in 1936.Died.
, rowspan=7 , 18
, rowspan=3
, - style="height:2em"
, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Jul 14, 1937 –Nov 15, 1937 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
John E. Miller , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 15, 1937 –
Mar 31, 1941 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Robinson's term.Resigned to become U.S. District Judge. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 19 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1938.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 31, 1941 –
Apr 1, 1941 , , - style="height:2em" ! 13 , align=left ,
Lloyd Spencer
George Lloyd Spencer (March 27, 1893January 14, 1981) was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state in the United States Senate from 1941 to 1943.
G. Lloyd Spencer was born in Sarcoxie, Mis ...
, , Democratic
, nowrap , Apr 1, 1941 –Jan 3, 1943 , Appointed to finish Miller's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=19 , 14 , rowspan=19 align=left ,
John L. McClellan
John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and a segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) fro ...
, rowspan=19 , Democratic
, rowspan=19 nowrap , Jan 3, 1943 –Nov 28, 1977 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1942. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1944. , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 3, 1945 –
Dec 31, 1974 , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan=15 align=right ,
J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chair ...
! rowspan=15 , 13
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, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1948.
, rowspan=3 , 20
,
, - style="height:2em"
,
, rowspan=3 , 21
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1950.
, - style="height:2em"
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, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1954.
, rowspan=3 , 21
,
, - style="height:2em"
,
, rowspan=3 , 22
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1956.
, - style="height:2em"
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, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960.
, rowspan=3 , 22
,
, - style="height:2em"
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, rowspan=3 , 23
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962.
, - style="height:2em"
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1966.
, rowspan=3 , 23
,
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, rowspan=4 , 24
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968.Lost re-nomination, then resigned.
, - style="height:2em"
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, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1972.Died.
, rowspan=6 , 24
, rowspan=2
, - style="height:2em"
,
, nowrap , Dec 31, 1974 –Jan 3, 1975 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 25 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1974. , rowspan=14 nowrap , Jan 3, 1975 –
Jan 3, 1999 , rowspan=14 , Democratic , rowspan=14 align=right ,
Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...
! rowspan=14 , 14
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3
, - style="height:2em"
, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Nov 28, 1977 –Dec 10, 1977 , , - style="height:2em" ! 15 , align=left ,
Kaneaster Hodges Jr. , , Democratic , nowrap , Dec 10, 1977 –
Jan 3, 1979 , Appointed to finish McClellan's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 16 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 a ...
, rowspan=9 , Democratic
, rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1979 –Jan 3, 1997 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1978. , rowspan=3 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1980. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1984. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1986. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1992.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Tim Hutchinson
Young Timothy Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949) is an American Republican politician, lobbyist, and former United States senator from the state of Arkansas.
Personal life
Hutchinson was born in Bentonville in northwestern Arkansas, the son o ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1997 –Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1996.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1998. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1999 –
Jan 3, 2011 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born Blanche Meyers Lambert; September 30, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to the Senate in ...
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, - style="height:2em"
! rowspan=6 , 18
, rowspan=6 align=left , Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American attorney, politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to becoming senator, he was Attorn ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic
, rowspan=6 , Jan 3, 2003 –Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2002. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2004.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2008.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2010. , rowspan=9 , Jan 3, 2011 –
Present , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
John Boozman
John Nichols Boozman ( ; born December 10, 1950) is an American politician and former optometrist serving as the senior United States senator from Arkansas, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. repres ...
! rowspan=9 , 16
, - style="height:2em"
,
, - style="height:2em"
! rowspan=6 , 19
, rowspan=6 align=left , Tom Cotton
Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician, attorney, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator for Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of ...
, rowspan=6 , Republican
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2015 –Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2014. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2020. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 election. , rowspan=2 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , 34 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
Living former senators
, there are four living former U.S. senators from Arkansas. The most recent senator to die was Kaneaster Hodges Jr. (served 1977−1979) on March 23, 2022. The most recently serving senator to die wasDale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...
(served 1975–1999) on January 1, 2016.
Superlatives
Longest service
Shortest service
Youngest at beginning of service
Oldest at end of service
See also
*List of United States representatives from Arkansas
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), s ...
* United States congressional delegations from Arkansas
Since Arkansas became a U.S. state in 1836, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year ...
* Elections in Arkansas
References
{{U.S. congressional delegationsUnited States senators
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and powe ...
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...