List of United States Senators from Kentucky
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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |