List of United States Senators from Arkansas
The List of United States Senators from Arkansas lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014; the class 3 senators will be re-elected in 2016.
Arkansas has been a US state since June 15, 1836 and has 34 senators to date.
Arkansas joined the Confederate States of America during the Civil War and during that time did not send senators to the US Senate, but to the Senate of the Confederate Congress .
2nd grade
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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William Savin Fulton | 1836-1844 | democrat | June 2, 1795-15. August 1844 |
Chester Ashley | 1844-1848 | democrat | June 1, 1790-29. April 1848 |
William King Sebastian | 1848-1861 | democrat | 1812-20. May 1865 |
vacant | |||
Alexander McDonald | 1868-1871 | republican | April 10, 1832-13. December 1903 |
Powell Clayton | 1871-1877 | republican | August 7, 1833-23. August 1914 |
Augustus Hill Garland | 1877-1885 | democrat | June 11, 1832-26. January 1899 |
James Henderson Berry | 1885-1907 | democrat | May 15, 1841-30. January 1913 |
Jefferson Davis | 1907-1913 | democrat | May 6, 1862–3. January 1913 |
John Netherland Heiskell | 1913 | democrat | November 2, 1872-28. December 1972 |
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh | 1913 | democrat | March 3, 1866-21. February 1915 |
Joseph Taylor Robinson | 1913-1937 | democrat | August 26, 1872-14. July 1937 |
John Elvis Miller | 1937-1941 | democrat | May 15, 1888-30. January 1981 |
George Lloyd Spencer | 1941-1943 | democrat | March 27, 1893-14. January 1981 |
John Little McClellan | 1943-1977 | democrat | February 25, 1896-28. November 1977 |
Kaneaster Hodges Jr. | 1977-1979 | democrat | * August 20, 1938 |
David Hampton Pryor | 1979-1997 | democrat | * August 29, 1934 |
Timothy Hutchinson | 1997-2003 | republican | * August 11, 1949 |
Mark Lunsford Pryor | 2003-2015 | democrat | * January 10, 1963 |
Thomas Bryant Cotton | since 2015 | republican | * May 13, 1977 |
Class 3
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Ambrose Hundley Sevier | 1836-1848 | democrat | November 4, 1801-31. December 1848 |
Solon Borland | 1848-1853 | democrat | September 21, 1808–1. January 1864 |
Robert Ward Johnson | 1853-1861 | democrat | July 22, 1814-26. July 1879 |
Charles Burton Mitchel | 1861 | democrat | September 19, 1815-20. September 1864 |
vacant | |||
Benjamin Franklin Rice | 1868-1873 | republican | May 26, 1828-19. January 1905 |
Stephen Wallace Dorsey | 1873-1879 | republican | February 28, 1842-20. March 1916 |
James David Walker | 1879-1885 | democrat | December 13, 1830-17. October 1906 |
James Kimbrough Jones | 1885-1903 | democrat | September 29, 1839–1. June 1908 |
James Paul Clarke | 1903-1916 | democrat | August 18, 1854–1. October 1916 |
William Fosgate Kirby | 1916-1921 | democrat | November 16, 1867-26. July 1934 |
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway | 1921-1931 | democrat | October 17, 1871–6. November 1931 |
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway | 1931-1945 | democrat | February 1, 1878-21. December 1950 |
James William Fulbright | 1945–1974 | democrat | April 9, 1905-9. February 1995 |
Dale Leon Bumpers | 1975-1999 | democrat | August 12, 1925–1. January 2016 |
Blanche Lambert Lincoln | 1999-2011 | democrat | * September 30, 1960 |
John Nichols Boozman | since 2011 | republican | * December 10, 1950 |