List of United States Senators from Arizona

Arizona was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake.

List of Senators

Class 1

Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for three Congresses in the state's first election of 1912. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2000, 2006, and 2012, and the next election will be in 2018.

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Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for two Congresses in the state's first election of 1912. The seat in recent years has been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and the next election will be in 2016.

# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T
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1
Henry F. Ashurst
Democratic March 27, 1912 –
January 3, 1941
Elected in 1912. 1 62nd Congress 1 Elected in 1912. March 27, 1912 –
March 3, 1921
Democratic
Marcus A. Smith
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63rd Congress
64th Congress 2 Re-elected in 1914.
Lost re-election.
Re-elected in 1916. 2 65th Congress
66th Congress
67th Congress 3 Elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.
March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1927
Republican
Ralph H. Cameron
2
Re-elected in 1922. 3 68th Congress
69th Congress
70th Congress 4 First elected in 1926. March 4, 1927 –
January 3, 1969
Democratic
Carl Hayden
3
Re-elected in 1928. 4 71st Congress
72nd Congress
73rd Congress 5 Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Lost renomination.
5 74th Congress
75th Congress
76th Congress 6 Re-elected in 1938.
2
Ernest McFarland
Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1953
First elected in 1940. 6 77th Congress
78th Congress
79th Congress 7 Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
7 80th Congress
81st Congress
82nd Congress 8 Re-elected in 1950.
3
Barry Goldwater
Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1965
First elected in 1952. 8 83rd Congress
84th Congress
85th Congress 9 Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Retired to run for U.S. President.
9 86th Congress
87th Congress
88th Congress 10 Re-elected in 1962.
Retired.
4
Paul Fannin
Republican January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1977
First elected in 1964. 10 89th Congress
90th Congress
91st Congress 11 Elected again in 1968. January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1987
Republican
Barry Goldwater
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Re-elected in 1970.
Retired.
11 92nd Congress
93rd Congress
94th Congress 12 Re-elected in 1974.
5
Dennis DeConcini
Democratic January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1995
First elected in 1976. 12 95th Congress
96th Congress
97th Congress 13 Re-elected in 1980.
Retired.
Re-elected in 1982. 13 98th Congress
99th Congress
100th Congress 14 First elected in 1986. January 3, 1987 –
Present
Republican
John McCain
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Re-elected in 1988.
Retired.
14 101st Congress
102nd Congress
103rd Congress 15 Re-elected in 1992.
6
Jon Kyl
Republican January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2013
First elected in 1994. 15 104th Congress
105th Congress
106th Congress 16 Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000. 16 107th Congress
108th Congress
109th Congress 17 Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Retired.
17 110th Congress
111th Congress
112th Congress 18 Re-elected in 2010.
7
Jeff Flake
Republican January 3, 2013 –
Present
Elected in 2012. 18 113th Congress
114th Congress
115th Congress 19 To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election. 19 116th Congress
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Class 1 Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Arizona

As of January 2016, there are two former Senators from Arizona who are currently living, both from Class 1.

Senator Term of office Class Date of birth (and age)
Dennis DeConcini 1977–1995 1 May 8, 1937
Jon Kyl 1995–2013 1 April 25, 1942

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See also

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