List of United States Senators from Arkansas
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Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

 was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, and elects its senators to Class 2 and Class 3. Arkansas's Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 seats were declared vacant in July 1861, due to its secession
Secession
Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. Threats of secession also can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals.-Secession theory:...

 from the Union
Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty free states and five border slave states. It was opposed by 11 southern slave states that had declared a secession to join together to form the...

. They were again filled from June 1868. Its current senators are Democrat Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor is the senior United States Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and former Attorney General of Arkansas....

 and Republican John Boozman
John Boozman
John Nichols Boozman is the junior U.S. Senator for Arkansas . A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for .Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was the brother of state Senator Fay Boozman...

.

Class 2

# Senator Party Years Term Electoral history
1 William S. Fulton Democratic September 18, 1836 –
August 15, 1844
1 Elected in 1836
United States Senate elections, 1836
The United States Senate election of 1836 was an election which had the Jacksonian coalition emerge as the Democratic Party, with the Adams, or Anti-Jackson, coalition emerge as the Whig Party...

2 Re-elected in 1840
United States Senate elections, 1840
The United States Senate election of 1840 was an election which, corresponding with their Party's success in the 1840 Presidential election, had the Whig Party take control of the United States Senate....



Died
Vacant August 15, 1844 –
November 8, 1844
2 Chester Ashley
Chester Ashley
Chester Ashley was an American politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1844 until his death....

Democratic November 8, 1844 –
April 29, 1848
Elected to finish Fulton's term
3 Elected to a full term in 1846
United States Senate elections, 1846
The United States Senate election of 1846 was an election which had the Democratic Party gain four seats in the United States Senate.As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.-Results:...



Died
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 to finish Ashley's term
4 Elected to full term in 1852
United States Senate elections, 1852
The United States Senate election of 1852 was an election which had the Democratic Party gain two seats in the United States Senate, and which coincided with the 1852 Presidential election....

5 Re-elected in 1858
United States Senate elections, 1858
The United States Senate election of 1858 was an election which had the Republican Party gain six additional seats in the United States Senate.As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures....



Expelled
(Expulsion was reversed by the Senate in 1877)
Vacant July 11, 1861 –
June 22, 1868
Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 and Reconstruction
6
4 Alexander McDonald
Alexander McDonald
Alexander McDonald was a Republican politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1868 to 1871.-Biography:...

Republican June 22, 1868 –
March 4, 1871
Elected to finish term

Lost re-election
5 Powell Clayton
Powell Clayton
Powell Clayton was an engineer, a Union Army general in the American Civil War, the first Reconstruction Governor of the State of Arkansas, and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.-Early life:Clayton was born in Bethel, Pennsylvania, to John...

Republican March 24, 1871 –
March 4, 1877
7 Elected in 1871
6 Augustus Garland
Augustus Hill Garland
Augustus Hill Garland was an Arkansas lawyer and politician. He was a senator in both the United States and the Confederate States, served as 11th Governor of Arkansas and as Attorney General of the United States in the first administration of Grover Cleveland.-Early life and law career:Garland...

Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 6, 1885
8 Elected in 1876
United States Senate elections, 1876
The United States Senate election of 1876 was an election which had the Democratic Party gain three seats in the United States Senate, and which coincided with Rutherford B...

9 Re-elected in 1883

Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General
United States Attorney General
The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government...

Vacant March 6, 1885 –
March 20, 1885
7 James H. Berry Democratic March 20, 1885 –
March 4, 1907
Elected to finish Garland's term
10 Re-elected in 1889
11 Re-elected in 1895
12 Re-elected in 1901

Lost re-election
8 Jeff Davis Democratic March 4, 1907 –
January 3, 1913
13 Elected in 1906
United States Senate elections, 1906
The United States Senate election of 1906 was an election which had the Republican Party gain three seats in the United States Senate, expanding their majority to almost twice that of the opposing Democratic Party....



Re-elected in 1912, but died before new term began
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
William M. Kavanaugh
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh was a Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas.-Biography:William Marmaduke Kavanaugh was born near Eutaw, Alabama on March 3, 1866...

Democratic January 29, 1913 –
March 4, 1913
Elected to finish Davis's term

11 Joseph T. Robinson Democratic March 4, 1913 –
July 14, 1937
14 Elected in 1913
15 Re-elected in 1918
16 Re-elected in 1924
17 Re-elected in 1930
18 Re-elected in 1936

Died
Vacant July 14, 1937 –
November 15, 1937
12 John E. Miller
John E. Miller
John Elvis Miller was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 until 1937, and in the United States Senate from 1937 until 1941....

Democratic November 15, 1937 –
March 31, 1941
Elected to finish Robinson's term

Resigned to become U.S. District Judge
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
19 Elected in 1942
20 Re-elected in 1948
21 Re-elected in 1954
22 Re-elected in 1960
23 Re-elected in 1966
24 Re-elected in 1972

Died
Vacant November 28, 1977 –
December 10, 1977
15 Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.
Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.
Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. served as a Democratic United States Senator from the U.S. State of Arkansas.Hodges was born in Newport, Arkansas and graduated from Princeton University...

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
25 Elected in 1978
United States Senate elections, 1978
The United States Senate election of 1978 in the middle of Democratic President Jimmy Carter's term. The Democrats lost a net of three seats to the Republicans, leaving the balance of the chamber 58-41 in favor of the Democrats....

26 Re-elected in 1984
United States Senate elections, 1984
The 1984 elections to the United States Senate coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election...

27 Re-elected in 1990
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1990
The 1990 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator David Pryor won re-election uncontested.-Results:-References:...



Retired
17 Tim Hutchinson
Tim Hutchinson
Young Timothy Hutchinson, known as Tim Hutchinson is a Republican politician and former senator from the state of Arkansas.Hutchinson was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, and he graduated from Bob Jones University...

Republican January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2003
28 Elected in 1996
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1996
The 1996 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator David Pryor decided to retire. Republican Tim Hutchinson won the open seat.-Results:-External links:...



Lost re-election
18 Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor is the senior United States Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and former Attorney General of Arkansas....

Democratic January 3, 2003 –
Present
29 Elected in 2002
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson ran for a second term, but lost re-election to Mark Pryor.-Results:-External links:...

30 Re-elected in 2008
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2008
The 2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor decided to run for a second term. No Republican filed to challenge him. His only opponent was Green party candidate Rebekah Kennedy...

# Senator Party Years Term Electoral history

Class 3

# Senator Party Years Term Electoral history
1 Ambrose H. Sevier Democratic September 18, 1836 –
March 15, 1848
1 Elected in 1836
United States Senate elections, 1836
The United States Senate election of 1836 was an election which had the Jacksonian coalition emerge as the Democratic Party, with the Adams, or Anti-Jackson, coalition emerge as the Whig Party...

2 Re-elected in 1837
3 Re-elected in 1843

Resigned
Vacant March 15, 1848 –
March 30, 1848
2 Solon Borland
Solon Borland
Solon Borland was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

Democratic March 30, 1848 –
April 11, 1853
Elected to finish Sevier's term
4 Elected to full term in 1848
United States Senate elections, 1848
The United States Senate election of 1848 was an election which had the Whig Party gain four seats in the United States Senate.As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures....



Resigned
Vacant April 11, 1853 –
July 6, 1853
3 Robert W. Johnson
Robert Ward Johnson
Robert Ward Johnson was a Democratic United States Senator and Confederate States Senator from the State of Arkansas....

Democratic July 6, 1853 –
March 4, 1861
Appointed to continue Borland's term
Elected to finish Borland's term
6 Re-elected in 1855

Retired
4 Charles B. Mitchel
Charles B. Mitchel
Charles Burton Mitchel was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S...

Democratic March 4, 1861 –
July 11, 1861
7 Elected in 1861

Expelled for supporting the Confederacy
Vacant July 11, 1861 –
June 23, 1868
Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 and Reconstruction
8
5 Benjamin F. Rice
Benjamin F. Rice
Benjamin Franklin Rice was a Republican politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1868 to 1873.-Biography:Rice was born in East Otto, New York, on May 26, 1828; his schooling was private...

Republican June 23, 1868 –
March 4, 1873
Elected to finish term
6 Stephen W. Dorsey Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 4, 1879
9 Elected in 1873

Retired
7 James D. Walker
James D. Walker
James David Walker was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1879 to 1885...

Democratic March 4, 1879 –
March 4, 1885
10 Elected in 1879

Retired
8 James K. Jones
James Kimbrough Jones
James Kimbrough Jones was a United States Senator.-Biography:Born in Marshall County, Mississippi, Jones moved with his father to Dallas County, Arkansas in 1848...

Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 4, 1903
10 Elected in 1885
11 Re-elected in 1891
12 Re-elected in 1897

Lost re-election
9 James P. Clarke Democratic March 4, 1903 –
October 1, 1916
13 Elected in 1903
14 Re-elected in 1909
15 Re-elected in 1914

Died
Vacant October 1, 1916 –
November 8, 1916
10 William F. Kirby
William F. Kirby
William Fosgate Kirby was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1916 to 1921....

Democratic November 8, 1916 –
March 4, 1921
Elected to finish Clarke's term

Lost renomination
11 Thaddeus H. Caraway
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state first in the U.S. House of Representatives and then in the U.S. Senate ....

Democratic March 4, 1921 –
November 6, 1931
16 Elected in 1920
17 Re-elected in 1926

Died
Vacant November 6, 1931 –
November 13, 1931
12 Hattie W. Caraway Democratic November 13, 1931 –
January 3, 1945
Appointed to finish her husband's term
Widow's succession
Widow's succession was a political practice prominent in some countries in the early part of the 20th century, by which a politician who died in office was succeeded by his widow, either through election or direct appointment to the seat...

18 Elected to full term in 1932
19 Re-elected in 1938

Lost renomination
13 J. William Fulbright
J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbright was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

Democratic January 3, 1945 –
December 31, 1974
20 Elected in 1944
21 Re-elected in 1950
22 Re-elected in 1956
23 Re-elected in 1962
24 Re-elected in 1968

Lost re-nomination, then resigned
Vacant December 31, 1974 –
January 3, 1975
14 Dale Bumpers
Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers is an American politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975; and then in the United States Senate from 1975 until his retirement in January 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Senator Bumpers is currently counsel at the Washington, D.C...

Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1999
25 Elected in 1974
26 Re-elected in 1980
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1980
The 1980 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held November 8, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers won re-election to a second term.-Results:-References:...

27 Re-elected in 1986
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1986
The 1986 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held November 8, 1986. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers won re-election to a third term.-Results:-References:...

28 Re-elected in 1992
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held November 3, 1992. Incumbent Dale Bumpers won re-election to a fourth term.-Results:-See also:* United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2002...



Retired
15 Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln is a former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever elected to the...

Democratic January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2011
29 Elected in 1998
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1998
The 1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Dale Bumpers did not run for re-election, as he was retiring. U.S. Representative Blanche Lincoln won the open seat.-Candidates:...

30 Re-elected in 2004
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2004
The 2004 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 2004 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Democrat incumbent U.S. Senator Blanche...



Lost re-election
16 John Boozman
John Boozman
John Nichols Boozman is the junior U.S. Senator for Arkansas . A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for .Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was the brother of state Senator Fay Boozman...

Republican January 3, 2011 –
Present
31 Elected in 2010
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2010
The 2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 2010 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S...

# Senator Party Years Term Electoral history

See also

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