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William S. Fulton , , 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 ,
Nov 8, 1844 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 2 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Chester Ashley , 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 ! rowspan=6 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 29, 1848 –
May 12, 1848 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 3 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
William K. Sebastian , 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 ! rowspan=4 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1855.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , 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 ,
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 , 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 ! rowspan=3 , 6 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 6 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Augustus Hill Garland , 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. , rowspan=5 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1885. , rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1885 –
Mar 3, 1903 , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 align=right ,
James Kimbrough Jones ! rowspan=11 , 8 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 6, 1885 –
Mar 20, 1885 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 7 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
James Henderson Berry , 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 ! rowspan=10 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 8 , 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 , , 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 , 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
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 ! rowspan=3 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1918. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1920. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –
Nov 6, 1931 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
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 ,
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 , , 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 , 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 ! rowspan=15 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , , - 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" , , - 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" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1966. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 24 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968.Lost re-nomination, then resigned. , - style="height:2em" , , - 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 ! 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 , 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 , 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 ! rowspan=6 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 18 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Mark Pryor , 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 ! rowspan=9 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 19 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Tom Cotton , 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.
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 O ...
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 l ...
from the Union. They were again filled from June 1868. Its current senators are Republicans John Boozman and Tom Cotton. John L. McClellan was Arkansas's longest-serving senator (1943–1977).
List of senators
, - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 1 , rowspan=5 align=left ,William S. Fulton , , 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
Ambrose Hundley Sevier (November 4, 1801 – December 31, 1848) was an attorney, politician and planter from Arkansas. A member of the political Family that dominated the state and national delegations in the antebellum years, he was elect ...
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1837.
, rowspan=8 , Democratic
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, rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1840.Died.
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, rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1843.Resigned.
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, nowrap , Aug 15, 1844 –Nov 8, 1844 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 2 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Chester Ashley , 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 ! rowspan=6 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 29, 1848 –
May 12, 1848 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 3 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
William K. Sebastian , 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 ! rowspan=4 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1855.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , 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
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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 , 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 ! rowspan=3 , 6 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 6 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Augustus Hill Garland , 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. , rowspan=5 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1885. , rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1885 –
Mar 3, 1903 , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 align=right ,
James Kimbrough Jones ! rowspan=11 , 8 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 6, 1885 –
Mar 20, 1885 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 7 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
James Henderson Berry , 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 ! rowspan=10 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 8 , 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 , , 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 , 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
The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and2 of the Constitution, under whi ...
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, Re-elected in 1914.Died.
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, 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 ! rowspan=3 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1918. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1920. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –
Nov 6, 1931 , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (October 17, 1871 – November 6, 1931) was a Democratic Party politician from the US state of Arkansas who represented the state first in the US House of Representatives from 1913 to 1921 and then in the US Senate fr ...
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1924.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1926.Died.
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, rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1930.
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, 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 presid ...
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John E. Miller
John Elvis Miller (May 15, 1888 – January 30, 1981) was a United States representative and United States Senator from Arkansas and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkans ...
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, 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 , , 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 , 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 ! rowspan=15 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , , - 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" , , - 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" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1966. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 24 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968.Lost re-nomination, then resigned. , - style="height:2em" , , - 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 ! 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 , 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 , 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 ! rowspan=6 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 18 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Mark Pryor , 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 ! rowspan=9 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 19 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Tom Cotton , 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 was Dale Bumpers (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 *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 t ...
* 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 p ...
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 O ...