List of United States Senators from Arkansas

Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, and elects its senators to Class 2 and Class 3. Arkansas's Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861, due to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from June 1868. Its current senators are Republicans John Boozman and Tom Cotton.

List of Senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected in the first election of 1836, for three Congresses, starting with the 24th and the seat was contested again for the 27th, 30th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election is in 2020.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected in the first election of 1836, for one Congress starting with the 24th and the seat was contested again for the 25th, 28th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election is 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 S. Fulton	Jacksonian	September 18, 1836 – August 15, 1844	Elected in 1836.	1	24th Congress	1	Elected in 1836.	September 18, 1836 – March 15, 1848	Jacksonian	Ambrose H. Sevier	1
		Democratic				25th Congress	2	Re-elected in 1837.		Democratic
		26th Congress
		Re-elected in 1840. Died.		2	27th Congress
					28th Congress	3	Re-elected in 1843. Resigned.
Vacant			August 15, 1844 – November 8, 1844
2	Chester Ashley	Democratic	November 8, 1844 – April 29, 1848					Elected to finish Fulton's term.
		29th Congress
		Elected to a full term in 1846. Died.		3	30th Congress
								March 15, 1848 – March 30, 1848	Vacant
							Appointed to finish Sevier's term.[1]	March 30, 1848 – April 11, 1853	Democratic	Solon Borland	2
Vacant			April 29, 1848 – May 12, 1848
3	William K. Sebastian	Democratic	May 12, 1848 – July 11, 1861						Appointed to continue Ashley's term. Elected November 17, 1848 to finish Ashley's term.[2]
		31st Congress			4	Elected to full term in 1848. Resigned.
		32nd Congress
		Elected to full term in 1853.		4			33rd Congress
								April 11, 1853 – July 6, 1853	Vacant
						Appointed to continue Borland's term. Elected to finish Borland's term November 10, 1854.[2]		July 6, 1853 – March 3, 1861	Democratic	Robert W. Johnson	3
					34th Congress	6	Re-elected in 1855. Retired.
					35th Congress
		Re-elected in 1859. Expelled (Expulsion was reversed by the Senate in 1877).		5	36th Congress
					37th Congress	7	Elected in 1860 or 1861. Expelled for supporting the Confederacy.	March 4, 1861 – July 11, 1861	Democratic	Charles B. Mitchel	4
Vacant			July 11, 1861 – June 22, 1868				Civil War and Reconstruction	Civil War and Reconstruction	July 11, 1861 – June 23, 1868	Vacant
					38th Congress
				6	39th Congress
					40th Congress	8
4	Alexander McDonald	Republican	June 22, 1868 – March 3, 1871				Elected to finish vacant term. Lost re-election.
		Elected to finish vacant term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]						June 23, 1868 – March 3, 1873	Republican	Benjamin F. Rice	5
					41st Congress
5	Powell Clayton		Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	[United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1870|Elected in 1870]]. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		7		42nd Congress
		43rd Congress	9			Elected in 1873. Retired.		March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	Republican	Stephen W. Dorsey	6
		44th Congress
6	Augustus Garland	Democratic		March 4, 1877 – March 6, 1885	Elected in 1876.		8		45th Congress
		46th Congress	10			Elected in 1879. Retired.		March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885	Democratic	James D. Walker	7
		47th Congress
		Re-elected in 1883. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General.			9		48th Congress
			49th Congress			10	Elected in 1885.	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1903	Democratic	James K. Jones	8
Vacant				March 6, 1885 – March 20, 1885
7	James H. Berry	Democratic		March 20, 1885 – March 3, 1907					Elected to finish Garland's term.
		50th Congress
		Re-elected in 1889.	10		51st Congress
					52nd Congress	11	Re-elected in 1891.
					53rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1895.	11		54th Congress
					55th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1897. Lost re-election.
					56th Congress
		Re-elected in 1901. Lost re-election.	12		57th Congress
					58th Congress	13	Elected in 1903.	March 4, 1903 – October 1, 1916	Democratic	James P. Clarke	9
					59th Congress
8	Jeff Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 3, 1913	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1912, but died before new term began.	13				60th Congress
		61st Congress				14	Re-elected in 1909.
		62nd Congress
Vacant			January 3, 1913 – January 6, 1913
9	John N. Heiskell	Democratic	January 6, 1913 – January 29, 1913	Appointed to continue Davis's term. Successor qualified.
10	William M. Kavanaugh	Democratic	January 29, 1913 – March 3, 1913	Elected to finish Davis's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].
11	Joseph Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – July 14, 1937	Elected in 1913[3]	14				63rd Congress
		64th Congress				15	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
								October 1, 1916 – November 8, 1916	Vacant
							Elected to finish Clarke's term. Lost renomination.	November 8, 1916 – March 3, 1921	Democratic	William F. Kirby	10
		65th Congress
		Re-elected in 1918.		15	66th Congress
					67th Congress	16	Elected in 1920.	March 4, 1921 – November 6, 1931	Democratic	Thaddeus H. Caraway	11
					68th Congress
		Re-elected in 1924.		16	69th Congress
					70th Congress	17	Re-elected in 1926. Died.
					71st Congress
		Re-elected in 1930.		17	72nd Congress
								November 6, 1931 – November 13, 1931	Vacant
							Appointed to finish her husband's term	November 13, 1931 – January 3, 1945	Democratic	Hattie W. Caraway	12
					73rd Congress	18	Elected to full term in 1932.
					74th Congress
		Re-elected in 1936. Died.		18	75th Congress
Vacant			July 14, 1937 – November 15, 1937
12	John E. Miller	Democratic	November 15, 1937 – March 31, 1941						Elected to finish Robinson's term. Resigned to become U.S. District Judge.
		76th Congress			19	Re-elected in 1938. Lost renomination.
		77th Congress
Vacant			March 31, 1941 – April 1, 1941
13	George L. Spencer	Democratic	April 1, 1941 – January 3, 1943				Elected to finish Miller's term. Retired.
14	John L. McClellan	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – November 28, 1977	Elected in 1942.			19		78th Congress
		79th Congress			20	Elected in 1944.		January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1974	Democratic	J. William Fulbright	13
		80th Congress
		Re-elected in 1948.		20			81st Congress
					82nd Congress	21	Re-elected in 1950.
					83rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1954.		21	84th Congress
					85th Congress	22	Re-elected in 1956.
					86th Congress
		Re-elected in 1960.		22	87th Congress
					88th Congress	23	Re-elected in 1962.
					89th Congress
		Re-elected in 1966.		23	90th Congress
					91st Congress	24	Re-elected in 1968. Lost re-nomination, then resigned.
					92nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1972. Died.		24	93rd Congress
								December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	Vacant
					94th Congress	25	Elected in 1974.	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1999	Democratic	Dale Bumpers	14
					95th Congress
Vacant			November 28, 1977 – December 10, 1977
15	Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.	Democratic	December 10, 1977 – January 3, 1979						Appointed to finish McClellan's term. Retired.
16	David H. Pryor	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	Elected in 1978.	25				96th Congress
		97th Congress				26	Re-elected in 1980.
		98th Congress
		Re-elected in 1984.		26	99th Congress
					100th Congress	27	Re-elected in 1986.
					101st Congress
		Re-elected in 1990. Retired.		27	102nd Congress
					103rd Congress	28	Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
					104th Congress
17	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	Elected in 1996. Lost re-election.	28				105th Congress
		106th Congress				29	Elected in 1998.	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2011	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln	15
		107th Congress
18	Mark Pryor	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 2002.	29				108th Congress
		109th Congress				30	Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election.
		110th Congress
		Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.		30	111th Congress
					112th Congress	31	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	John Boozman	16
					113th Congress
19	Tom Cotton	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	Elected in 2014.	31				114th Congress
		115th Congress				32	To be determined in the 2016 election.
		116th Congress
To be determined in the 2020 election.					32							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 Arkansas

As of January 2016, there are six former U.S. Senators from Arkansas, four from Class 2 and two from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.	1977–1979	2	August 20, 1938
David Pryor	1979–1997	2	August 29, 1934
Tim Hutchinson	1997–2003	2	August 11, 1949
Blanche Lincoln	1999–2011	3	September 30, 1960
Mark Pryor	2003–2015	2	January 10, 1963

See also

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

References

1. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=1595
2. 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., page 80
3. Robinson was the last U.S. Senator elected by a state legislature before the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.