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List of United States senators from Alaska

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Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. Alaska's senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan.

List of Senators

Class 2
Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected in 1958 for only one Congress (the 86th Congress), and then the seat was contested again for the 87th Congress, 90th Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and the next election will be in 2020.
C Class 3
Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected in 1958 for two Congresses (the 86th Congress and 87th Congress), and then the seat was contested again for the 88th Congress, 91st Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2004, 2010, and 2016, and the next election will be in 2022.
# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
1
Bob Bartlett
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
December 11, 1968
Elected in 1958. 1 86th 1 Elected in 1958. January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1969
Democratic
Ernest Gruening
1
Re-elected in 1960. 2 87th
88th 2 Re-elected in 1962.

Lost renomination.
89th
Re-elected in 1966.

Died.
3 90th
Vacant December 11, 1968 –
December 24, 1968
 
2
Ted Stevens
Republican December 24, 1968 –
January 3, 2009
Appointed to continue Bartlett's term.

Elected in 1970 to finish Bartlett's term.
91st 3 Elected in 1968. January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1981
Democratic
Mike Gravel
2
92nd
Re-elected in 1972. 4 93rd
94th 4 Re-elected in 1974.

Lost renomination.
95th
Re-elected in 1978. 5 96th
97th 5 Elected in 1980. January 3, 1981 –
December 2, 2002
Republican
Frank Murkowski
3
98th
Re-elected in 1984. 6 99th
100th 6 Re-elected in 1986.
101st
Re-elected in 1990. 7 102nd
103rd 7 Re-elected in 1992.
104th
Re-elected in 1996. 8 105th
106th 8 Re-elected in 1998.

Resigned to become Governor of Alaska.
107th
  December 2, 2002 –
December 20, 2002
Vacant
Appointed to finish her father's term. December 20, 2002 –
Present
Republican
Lisa Murkowski
4
Re-elected in 2002.

Lost re-election.
9 108th
109th 9 Elected to full term in 2004.
110th
3
Mark Begich
Democratic January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2015
Elected in 2008.

Lost re-election.
10 111th
112th 10 Lost renomination, but re-elected as a write-in candidate in 2010.
113th
4
Dan Sullivan
Republican January 3, 2015 –
Present
Elected in 2014. 11 114th
115th 11 Re-elected in 2016.
116th
To be determined in the 2020 election. 12 117th
118th 12 To be determined in the 2022 election.
# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 2 Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Alaska

As of October 2016, there are three former U.S. Senators from Alaska who are currently living, one from Class 2 and two in Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Ted Stevens of Class 2 (1968-2009) on August 9, 2010. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Ernest Gruening (1959-1969) on June 26, 1974.

Senator Term of office Class Date of birth (and age)
Mike Gravel 1969–1981 3 (1930-05-13) May 13, 1930 (age 94)
Frank Murkowski 1981–2002 3 (1933-03-28) March 28, 1933 (age 91)
Mark Begich 2009–2015 2 (1962-03-30) March 30, 1962 (age 62)

See also