List of United States Senators from Arkansas

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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

Tom Cotton
John Boozman
Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
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
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

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