List of United States Senators from Kentucky

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The list of United States Senators from Kentucky lists everyone who has ever served in the Senate for that state , sorted by Senate class . 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 were elected in 2016.

2nd grade

Mitch McConnell
Rand Paul

Kentucky has been a US state since June 1, 1792 and to date has had 37 class 2 senators in Congress , two of which, George Bibb and John Crittenden, two, and John Cooper three non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
John Brown 1792-1805 Democratic Republican September 12, 1757 - August 29, 1837
Buckner Thruston 1805-1809 Democratic Republican February 9, 1763 - August 30, 1845
Henry Clay 1810-1811 Democratic Republican April 12, 1777 - June 29, 1852
George Mortimer Bibb 1811-1814 Democratic Republican October 30, 1776 - April 14, 1859
George Walker 1814 Democratic Republican 1763-1819
William Taylor Barry 1814-1816 Democratic Republican February 5, 1784 - August 30, 1835
Martin Davis Hardin 1816-1817 federalist June 21, 1780 - October 8, 1823
John Jordan Crittenden 1817-1819 Democratic Republican September 10, 1786 - July 26, 1863
Richard mentor Johnson 1819-1829 Democratic Republican October 17, 1780 - November 19, 1850
George Mortimer Bibb 1829-1835 democrat October 30, 1776 - April 14, 1859
John Jordan Crittenden 1835-1841 Whig September 10, 1786 - July 26, 1863
James Turner Morehead 1841-1847 Whig May 24, 1797 - December 28, 1854
Joseph Rogers Underwood 1847-1853 Whig October 24, 1791 - August 23, 1876
John Burton Thompson 1 1853-1859 Whig / Know-Nothing Party December 14, 1810 - January 7, 1874
Lazarus Whitehead Powell 1859-1865 democrat October 6, 1812 - July 3, 1867
James Guthrie 1865-1868 democrat December 5, 1792 - March 3, 1869
Thomas Clay McCreery 1868-1871 democrat December 12, 1816 - July 10, 1890
John White Stevenson 1871-1877 democrat May 2, 1812 - August 10, 1886
James Burnie Beck 1877-1890 democrat February 13, 1822 - May 3, 1890
John Griffin Carlisle 1890-1893 democrat September 5, 1834 - July 31, 1910
William Lindsay 1893-1901 democrat September 4, 1835 - October 15, 1909
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn 1901-1907 democrat October 1, 1838 - September 12, 1918
Thomas Hanson Paynter 1907-1913 democrat December 9, 1851 - March 8, 1921
Ollie Murray James 1913-1918 democrat July 27, 1871 - August 28, 1918
George Brown Martin 1918-1919 democrat August 18, 1876 - November 12, 1945
Augustus Owsley Stanley 1919-1925 democrat May 21, 1867 - August 12, 1958
Frederic Mosley Sackett 1925-1930 republican December 17, 1868 - May 18, 1941
John Marshall Robsion 1930 republican January 2, 1873 - February 17, 1948
Ben Mitchell Williamson 1930-1931 democrat October 16, 1864 - June 23, 1941
Marvel Mills Logan 1931-1939 democrat January 7, 1874 - October 3, 1939
Albert Benjamin Chandler 1939-1945 democrat July 14, 1898 - June 15, 1991
William Abner Stanfill 1945 republican January 16, 1892 - June 12, 1971
John Sherman Cooper 1946-1949 republican August 23, 1901 - February 21, 1991
Virgil Munday Chapman 1949-1951 democrat March 15, 1895 - March 8, 1951
Thomas Rust Underwood 1951-1952 democrat March 3, 1898 - June 29, 1956
John Sherman Cooper 1952-1955 republican August 23, 1901 - February 21, 1991
Albums William Barkley 1955-1956 democrat November 24, 1877 - April 30, 1956
Robert Humphreys 1956 democrat August 20, 1893 - December 31, 1977
John Sherman Cooper 1956-1973 republican August 23, 1901 - February 21, 1991
Walter Darlington Huddleston 1973–1985 democrat April 15, 1926 - October 16, 2018
Addison Mitchell McConnell since 1985 republican * February 20, 1942

1 Thompson was a member of the Know-Nothing Party from 1857 .

Class 3

Kentucky had 34 class 3 senators to date , two of whom, Isham Talbot and John J. Crittenden, two, and one, Henry Clay, served three non-contiguous terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
John Edwards 1792-1795 Democratic Republican 1748-1837
Humphrey Marshall 1795-1801 federalist 1760 - July 3, 1841
John Breckinridge 1801-1805 Democratic Republican December 2, 1760 - December 14, 1806
John Adair 1805-1806 Democratic Republican January 9, 1757 - May 19, 1840
Henry Clay 1806-1807 Democratic Republican April 12, 1777 - June 29, 1852
John Pope 1807-1813 Democratic Republican 1770 - July 12, 1845
Jesse Bledsoe 1813-1814 Democratic Republican April 6, 1776 - June 25, 1836
Isham Talbot 1815-1819 Democratic Republican 1773 - September 25, 1837
William Logan 1819-1820 Democratic Republican December 8, 1776 - August 8, 1822
Isham Talbot 1820-1825 National Republicans 1773 - September 25, 1837
John Rowan 1825-1831 democrat July 12, 1773 - July 13, 1843
Henry Clay 1831-1842 Whig April 12, 1777 - June 29, 1852
John Jordan Crittenden 1842-1848 Whig September 10, 1786 - July 26, 1863
Thomas Metcalfe 1848-1849 Whig March 20, 1780 - August 18, 1855
Henry Clay 1849-1852 Whig April 12, 1777 - June 29, 1852
David Meriwether 1852 democrat October 30, 1800 - April 4, 1893
Archibald Dixon 1852-1855 Whig April 2, 1802 - April 23, 1876
John Jordan Crittenden 1855-1861 Know-nothing party September 10, 1786 - July 26, 1863
John Cabell Breckinridge 1861 democrat January 16, 1821 - May 17, 1875
Garrett Davis 1861-1872 Unionist from 1865 Democrat September 10, 1801 - September 22, 1872
Willis Benson Do 1872-1873 democrat April 10, 1810 - September 29, 1893
Thomas Clay McCreery 1873-1879 democrat December 12, 1816 - July 10, 1890
John Stuart Williams 1879-1885 democrat July 10, 1818 - July 17, 1898
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn 1885-1897 democrat October 1, 1838 - September 12, 1918
William Joseph Deboe 1897-1903 republican June 30, 1849 - June 15, 1927
James Bennett McCreary 1903-1909 democrat July 8, 1838 - October 8, 1918
William O'Connell Bradley 1909-1914 republican March 18, 1847 - May 23, 1914
Johnson Newton Camden Jr. 1914-1915 democrat January 5, 1865 - August 16, 1942
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham 1915-1921 democrat August 5, 1869 - January 9, 1940
Richard Pretlow Ernst 1921-1927 republican February 28, 1858 - April 13, 1934
Albums William Barkley 1927-1949 democrat November 24, 1877 - April 30, 1956
Garrett Lee Withers 1949-1950 democrat June 21, 1884 - April 30, 1953
Earle Chester Clements 1950-1957 democrat October 22, 1896 - March 12, 1985
Thruston Ballard Morton 1957-1968 republican August 19, 1907 - August 14, 1982
Marlow Webster Cook 1968-1974 republican July 27, 1926 - February 4, 2016
Wendell Hampton Ford 1974-1999 democrat September 8, 1924 - January 22, 2015
James Paul David Bunning 1999-2011 republican * October 23, 1931 - May 26, 2017
Randal Howard Paul since 2011 republican * January 7, 1963

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