List of United States Senators from Alabama

Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819, and elects senators to Class 2 and Class 3. Its Senate seats were declared vacant from March 1861 to July 1868 due to its secession from the Union during the American Civil War. Alabama's current senators are Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby.

List of Senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected for two United States Congresses in the election of 1819, and then the seat was contested again for the 18th, 21st, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. Those seats in recent years have been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and the next election will be in 2020.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected for three U.S. Congresses in the election of 1819, and then the seat was contested again for the 19th, 22nd, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. Those seats in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and the next election will be in 2016.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	William R. King	Democratic- Republican	December 14, 1819 – April 15, 1844	Elected in 1819	1	16th Congress	1	Elected in 1819. Resigned.	December 14, 1819 – December 12, 1822	Democratic- Republican	John Williams Walker	1
		17th Congress
						Elected to finish Walker's term. Retired.		December 12, 1822 – March 3, 1825	Democratic- Republican	William Kelly	2
		Jackson Democratic- Republican		Re-elected in 1822.	2				18th Congress			Jackson Democratic- Republican
		Jacksonian				19th Congress	2	Elected in 1824 or 1825. Died.	March 4, 1825 – January 24, 1826	Jacksonian	Henry H. Chambers	3
								January 24, 1826 – February 17, 1826	Vacant
		Appointed to continue Chambers's term. Successor elected.						February 17, 1826 – November 27, 1826	Jacksonian	Israel Pickens	4
		Elected to finish Chambers's term. Lost re-election.						November 27, 1826 – March 3, 1831	Jacksonian	John McKinley	5
						20th Congress
				Re-elected in 1828.	3	21st Congress
		22nd Congress				3	Elected in 1831. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	Jacksonian	Gabriel Moore	6
		23rd Congress							Anti-Jacksonian
		Re-elected in 1834.		4	24th Congress
					Democratic	25th Congress	4	Elected in 1837. Resigned to become U.S. Supreme Court justice.	March 4, 1837 – April 22, 1837	Democratic	John McKinley	7
								April 22, 1837 – June 19, 1837	Vacant
					Elected to finish McKinley's term. Resigned.			June 19, 1837 – November 15, 1841	Democratic	Clement Comer Clay	8
						26th Congress
		Re-elected in 1840. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France.		5		27th Congress
								November 15, 1841 – November 24, 1841	Vacant
					Elected to finish Clay's term.			November 24, 1841 – June 16, 1848	Democratic	Arthur P. Bagby	9
					28th Congress	5	Re-elected in 1842. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia.
Vacant			April 15, 1844 – April 22, 1844
2	Dixon Hall Lewis	Democratic	April 22, 1844 – October 24, 1848						Appointed to finish King's term.
		29th Congress
		Elected in 1847. Died.		6	30th Congress
								June 16, 1848 – July 1, 1848	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Bagby's term. Elected to finish Bagby's term.	July 1, 1848 – December 20, 1852	Democratic	William R. King	10
Vacant			October 24, 1848 – November 25, 1848
3	Benjamin Fitzpatrick	Democratic	November 25, 1848 – November 30, 1849						Appointed to continue Lewis's term. Successor elected.
		31st Congress			6	Re-elected in 1848 or 1849 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. Resigned due to poor health.
4	Jeremiah Clemens		Democratic				November 30, 1849 – March 3, 1853		Elected to finish Lewis's term. Retired.
		32nd Congress
						December 20, 1852 – January 14, 1853		Vacant
			Appointed to continue King's term. Elected December 12, 1853[1] to finish King's term.			January 14, 1853 – March 3, 1855		Democratic	Benjamin Fitzpatrick	11
Vacant				March 4, 1853 – November 29, 1853			Legislature failed to elect.	7			33rd Congress
5	Clement Claiborne Clay	Democratic		November 29, 1853 – January 21, 1861			Elected late in 1853.
		34th Congress	7		Legislature failed to elect.	March 4, 1855 – November 26, 1855			Vacant
					Elected late. Withdrew.[2]	November 26, 1855 – January 21, 1861			Democratic	Benjamin Fitzpatrick
		35th Congress
		Re-elected in 1858. Withdrew.[2]					8	36th Congress
Vacant				January 21, 1861 – July 13, 1868	Civil War and Reconstruction	Civil War and Reconstruction			January 21, 1861 – July 13, 1868	Vacant
			37th Congress					8
			38th Congress
			9				39th Congress
							40th Congress	9
6	Willard Warner	Republican		July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1871	Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term. Lost re-election.	Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term.			July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1879	Republican	George E. Spencer	12
		41st Congress
7	George Goldthwaite	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	Elected in 1870. Retired.	10		42nd Congress
		43rd Congress				10	Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
		44th Congress
8	John Tyler Morgan	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – June 11, 1907	Elected in 1876.	11			45th Congress
		46th Congress				11	Elected in 1878. Died.	March 4, 1879 – December 31, 1879	Democratic	George S. Houston	13
								December 31, 1879 – January 7, 1880	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Houston's term. Successor qualified.	January 7, 1880 – November 23, 1880	Democratic	Luke Pryor	14
							Elected to finish Houston's term.	November 24, 1880 – March 3, 1897	Democratic	James L. Pugh	15
		47th Congress
		Re-elected in 1882.		12	48th Congress
					49th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1884.
					50th Congress
		Re-elected in 1888.		13	51st Congress
					52nd Congress	13	Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
					53rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1894.		14	54th Congress
					55th Congress	14	Elected in 1896.	March 4, 1897 – July 27, 1907	Democratic	Edmund Pettus	16
					56th Congress
		Re-elected in 1900.		15	57th Congress
					58th Congress	15	Re-elected in 1902. Died.
					59th Congress
		Re-elected in 1906. Died.		16	60th Congress
Vacant			June 11, 1907 – June 18, 1907
9	John H. Bankhead	Democratic	June 18, 1907 – March 1, 1920						Appointed to continue Morgan's term. Elected November 3, 1907 to finish Morgan's term.
							July 27, 1907 – August 6, 1907	Vacant
		Elected to finish Pettus's term.					August 6, 1907 – August 8, 1913	Democratic	Joseph F. Johnston	17
		61st Congress			16	Re-elected in 1908. Died.
		62nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1912.		17				63rd Congress
							August 8, 1913 – May 11, 1914		Vacant
						Elected to finish Johnston's term. Retired.	May 11, 1914 – March 3, 1915		Democratic	Francis S. White	18
					64th Congress	17	Elected in 1914.	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1927	Democratic	Oscar Underwood	19
					65th Congress
		Re-elected in 1918. Died.		18	66th Congress
Vacant			March 1, 1920 – March 5, 1920
10	B. B. Comer	Democratic	March 5, 1920 – November 2, 1920						Appointed to continue Bankhead's term. Successor elected.
11	James Thomas Heflin	Democratic	November 3, 1920 – March 3, 1931						First elected to finish Bankhead's term.
		67th Congress			18	Re-elected in 1920. Retired.
		68th Congress
		Re-elected in 1924. Disqualified.		19			69th Congress
					70th Congress	19	Elected in 1926.	March 4, 1927 – August 19, 1937	Democratic	Hugo Black	20
					71st Congress
12	John H. Bankhead II	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – June 12, 1946	Elected in 1930.	20				72nd Congress
		73rd Congress				20	Re-elected in 1932. Resigned to become U.S. Supreme Court justice.
		74th Congress
		Re-elected in 1936.		21	75th Congress
							Appointed (by her husband, the Governor) to finish Black's term. Resigned.	August 20, 1937 – January 10, 1938	Democratic	Dixie Bibb Graves	21
							Appointed to continue Graves's term. Elected April 26, 1938 to finish Graves's term.	January 11, 1938 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	J. Lister Hill	22
					76th Congress	21	Re-elected in 1938.
					77th Congress
		Re-elected in 1942. Died.		22	78th Congress
Vacant			June 12, 1946 – June 15, 1946
13	George R. Swift	Democratic	June 15, 1946 – November 5, 1946						Appointed to continue Bankhead's term. Successor elected.
14	John Sparkman	Democratic	November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1979		Elected to finish Bankhead's term.				78th Congress
		79th Congress				22	Re-elected in 1944.
		80th Congress
		Re-elected in 1948.		23	81st Congress
					82nd Congress	23	Re-elected in 1950.
					83rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1954.		24	84th Congress
					85th Congress	24	Re-elected in 1956.
					86th Congress
		Re-elected in 1960.		25	87th Congress
					88th Congress	25	Re-elected in 1962. Retired.
					89th Congress
		Re-elected in 1966.		26	90th Congress
					91st Congress	26	Elected in 1968.	January 3, 1969 – June 1, 1978	Democratic	James Allen	23
					92nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1972. Retired.		27	93rd Congress
					94th Congress	27	Re-elected in 1974. Died.
					95th Congress
							Appointed to continue her husband's seat. Lost nomination for special election to finish the term.	June 8, 1978 – November 7, 1978	Democratic	Maryon Pittman Allen	24
							Elected to finish James Allen's term. Lost renomination; resigned one day early to give successor advantageous seniority.	November 7, 1978 – January 2, 1981	Democratic	Donald W. Stewart	25
15	Howell Heflin	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	Elected in 1978.	28				96th Congress
		Appointed to finish Stewart's term, having already been elected to the next term.					January 2, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican		Jeremiah Denton	26
		97th Congress				28		Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.
		98th Congress
		Re-elected in 1984.		29	99th Congress
					100th Congress	29	Elected in 1986.	January 3, 1987 – November 9, 1994	Democratic	Richard Shelby	27
					101st Congress
		Re-elected in 1990. Retired.		30	102nd Congress
					103rd Congress	30	Re-elected in 1992.
								November 9, 1994 – Present	Republican
					104th Congress
16	Jeff Sessions	Republican	January 3, 1997 – Present	Elected in 1996.	31				105th Congress
		106th Congress				31	Re-elected in 1998.
		107th Congress
		Re-elected in 2002.		32	108th Congress
					109th Congress	32	Re-elected in 2004.
					110th Congress
		Re-elected in 2008.		33	111th Congress
					112th Congress	33	Re-elected in 2010.
					113th Congress
		Re-elected in 2014.		34	114th Congress
					115th Congress	34	To be determined in the 2016 election.
					116th Congress
	To be determined in the 2020 election.				35							117th Congress
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Alabama

As of January 2016, there are two former U.S. Senators from Alabama who are currently living, both from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Maryon P. Allen	1978	3	November 30, 1925
Donald W. Stewart	1978–1981	3	February 4, 1940

References

1. Byrd, Robert C.; Wolff, Wendy (October 1, 1993). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992" (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 76.
2. Clay and Fitzpatrick along with several other senators announced they were withdrawing from the Senate on January 21, 1861, due to their states' decisions to secede from the Union. Clay's seat was declared vacant by the Senate on March 14, 1861, but Fitzpatrick's was vacant because his term ended on March 4, 1861.

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Alabama
• United States congressional delegations from Alabama