List of United States Senators from Arkansas

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
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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
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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

• List of United States Representatives from Arkansas
• United States congressional delegations from Arkansas
  United States congressional delegations from Arkansas
  The followings tables present the congressional delegations from Arkansas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Delegates from Arkansas Territory:- Members of the House of Representatives :...