List of United States Senators from Oklahoma

Oklahoma was admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907, and elects senators to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans James Inhofe and James Lankford.

List of Senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. 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 has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. 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	Robert L. Owen	Democratic	December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1925	Elected in 1907.	1	60th Congress	1	Elected in 1907.	December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	Thomas Gore	1
		61st Congress				2	Re-elected in 1908.
		62nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1912.		2	63rd Congress
					64th Congress	3	Re-elected in 1914. Lost renomination.
					65th Congress
		Re-elected in 1918. Retired.		3	66th Congress
					67th Congress	4	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1927	Republican	John W. Harreld	2
					68th Congress
2	William B. Pine	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931	Elected in 1924. Lost re-election.	4				69th Congress
		70th Congress				5	Elected in 1926.	March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Elmer Thomas	3
		71st Congress
3	Thomas Gore	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937	Elected in 1930. Lost renomination.	5				72nd Congress
		73rd Congress				6	Re-elected in 1932.
		74th Congress
4	Joshua B. Lee	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.	6				75th Congress
		76th Congress				7	Re-elected in 1938.
		77th Congress
5	Edward H. Moore	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	Elected in 1942. Retired.	7				78th Congress
		79th Congress				8	Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
		80th Congress
6	Robert S. Kerr	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1963	Elected in 1948.	8				81st Congress
		82nd Congress				9	Elected in 1950.	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	A. S. Mike Monroney	4
		83rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1954.		9	84th Congress
					85th Congress	10	Re-elected in 1956.
					86th Congress
		Re-elected in 1960. Died.		10	87th Congress
Vacant			January 1, 1963 – January 7, 1963
					88th Congress	11	Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
7	J. Howard Edmondson	Democratic	January 7, 1963 – November 3, 1964						Appointed to continue Kerr's term Lost nomination to finish Kerr's term.
8	Fred R. Harris	Democratic	November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1973						Elected to finish Kerr's term.
		89th Congress
		Re-elected in 1966. Retired.		11	90th Congress
					91st Congress	12	Elected in 1968.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981	Republican	Henry Bellmon	5
					92nd Congress
9	Dewey F. Bartlett	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	Elected in 1972. Retired.	12				93rd Congress
		94th Congress				13	Re-elected in 1974. Retired.
		95th Congress
10	David L. Boren	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – November 15, 1994	Elected in 1978.	13				96th Congress
		97th Congress				14	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2005	Republican	Don Nickles	6
		98th Congress
		Re-elected in 1984.		14	99th Congress
					100th Congress	15	Re-elected in 1986.
					101st Congress
		Re-elected in 1990. Resigned to become President of the University of Oklahoma.		15	102nd Congress
					103rd Congress	16	Re-elected in 1992.
Vacant			November 15, 1994 – November 17, 1994
11	Jim Inhofe	Republican	November 17, 1994 – Present						Elected in 1994 to finish Boren's term.
		104th Congress
		Re-elected in 1996.		16	105th Congress
					106th Congress	17	Re-elected in 1998. Retired.
					107th Congress
		Re-elected in 2002.		17	108th Congress
					109th Congress	18	Elected in 2004.	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2015	Republican	Tom Coburn	7
					110th Congress
		Re-elected in 2008.		18	111th Congress
					112th Congress	19	Re-elected in 2010. Resigned.
					113th Congress
		Re-elected in 2014.		19	114th Congress		Elected to finish Coburn's term.	January 3, 2015 – Present	Republican	James Lankford	8
					115th Congress	39	To be decided in the 2016 election.
					116th Congress
To be decided in the 2020 election.					20							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 Senators

As of April 2015, there are three former Senators who are living, two from Class 2 and one from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
David L. Boren	1979–1994	2	April 21, 1941
Don Nickles	1981–2005	3	December 6, 1948
Tom Coburn	2005–2015	3	March 14, 1948

See also

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