List of United States Senators from Kansas

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The List of United States Senators from Kansas 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 2022.

2nd grade

Pat Roberts
Jerry Moran

Kansas has been a US state since January 29, 1861 and has had 18 class 2 senators in Congress to date

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
James Henry Lane 1861-1866 republican June 22, 1814-11. July 1866
Edmund Gibson Ross 1866-1871 republican December 7, 1826-8. May 1907
Alexander Caldwell 1871-1873 republican March 1, 1830-19. May 1917
Robert Crozier 1873-1874 republican October 13, 1827–2. October 1895
James Madison Harvey 1874-1877 republican September 21, 1833-15. April 1894
Preston Bierce Plumb 1877-1891 republican October 12, 1837-20. December 1891
Bishop Walden Perkins 1892-1893 republican October 18, 1841-20. June 1894
John Martin 1893-1895 democrat November 12, 1833-3. September 1913
Lucien Baker 1895-1901 republican June 8, 1846-21. June 1907
Joseph Ralph Burton 1901-1906 republican November 16, 1852-27. February 1923
Alfred Washburn Benson 1906-1907 republican July 15, 1843–1. January 1916
Charles Curtis 1907-1913 republican January 25, 1860-8. February 1936
William Howard Thompson 1913-1919 democrat October 14, 1871–9. February 1928
Arthur Capper 1919-1949 republican July 14, 1865-19. December 1951
Andrew Frank Schoeppel 1949-1962 republican November 23, 1894-21. January 1962
James Blackwood Pearson 1962-1988 republican May 7, 1920-13. January 2009
Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker 1978-1997 republican * July 29, 1932
Charles Patrick Roberts since 1997 republican * April 20, 1936

Class 3

Kansas has 16 class 3 senators to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy 1861-1873 republican January 3, 1816-27. August 1891
John James Ingalls 1873-1891 republican December 29, 1833-16. August 1900
William Alfred Peffer 1891-1897 populist September 10, 1831-6. October 1912
William Alexander Harris 1897-1903 populist October 29, 1841-20. December 1909
Chester Isaiah Long 1903-1909 republican October 12, 1860–1. July 1934
Joseph Little Bristow 1909-1915 republican July 22, 1861-14. July 1944
Charles Curtis 1915-1929 republican January 25, 1860-8. February 1936
Henry Justin Allen 1929-1931 republican September 11, 1868-17. January 1950
George S. McGill 1931-1939 democrat February 12, 1879-14. May 1963
Clyde Martin Reed 1939-1949 republican October 19, 1871–8. November 1949
Harry Darby 1949-1950 republican January 23, 1895-17. January 1987
Frank Carlson 1950-1969 republican January 23, 1893-30. May 1987
Robert Joseph Dole 1969-1996 republican * July 22, 1923
Sheila Sloan Frahm 1996 republican * March 22, 1945
Samuel Dale Brownback 1996-2011 republican * September 12, 1956
Jerry Moran since 2011 republican * May 29, 1954

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