List of United States Senators from Arkansas
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Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from June 1868.
[edit] Class II
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| William S. Fulton | Democratic | 1836 | 1844 |
| Chester Ashley | Democratic | 1844 | 1848 |
| William K. Sebastian | Democratic | 1848 | 1861 |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1868 | |
| Alexander McDonald | Republican | 1868 | 1871 |
| Powell Clayton | Republican | 1871 | 1877 |
| Augustus H. Garland | Democratic | 1877 | 1885 |
| James H. Berry | Democratic | 1885 | 1907 |
| Jeff Davis | Democratic | 1907 | 1913 |
| John N. Heiskell | Democratic | 1913 | 1913 |
| William M. Kavanaugh | Democratic | 1913 | |
| Joseph T. Robinson | Democratic | 1913 | 1937 |
| John E. Miller | Democratic | 1937 | 1941 |
| George L. Spencer | Democratic | 1941 | 1943 |
| John L. McClellan | Democratic | 1943 | 1977 |
| Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. | Democratic | 1977 | 1979 |
| David H. Pryor | Democratic | 1979 | 1997 |
| Tim Hutchinson | Republican | 1997 | 2003 |
| Mark Pryor | Democratic | 2003 |
[edit] Class III
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrose H. Sevier | Democratic | 1836 | 1848 |
| Solon Borland | Democratic | 1848 | 1853 |
| Robert W. Johnson | Democratic | 1853 | 1861 |
| Charles B. Mitchel | Democratic | 1861 | |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1868 | |
| Benjamin F. Rice | Republican | 1868 | 1873 |
| Stephen W. Dorsey | Republican | 1873 | 1879 |
| James D. Walker | Democratic | 1879 | 1885 |
| James K. Jones | Democratic | 1885 | 1903 |
| James P. Clarke | Democratic | 1903 | 1916 |
| William F. Kirby | Democratic | 1916 | 1921 |
| Thaddeus H. Caraway | Democratic | 1921 | 1931 |
| Hattie W. Caraway | Democratic | 1931 | 1945 |
| J. William Fulbright | Democratic | 1945 | 1974 |
| Dale L. Bumpers | Democratic | 1975 | 1999 |
| Blanche Lincoln | Democratic | 1999 |
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