List of United States senators from Kansas
Appearance
This is a list of United States Senators from Kansas. Kansas was admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, and its senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3. Kansas's current senators are Republicans Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran. 29 of Kansas's senators have been Republicans, 3 have been Democrats, and 2 have been Populists. Kansas last elected a Democrat in 1932; since then all its senators have been Republicans.
List of Senators
Class 2Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected in the first elections of 1861. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. | C | Class 3Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected in the first elections of 1861. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | January 29, 1861 – April 4, 1861 |
Kansas did not elect its Senators until two months after statehood. | 1 | 36th | — | Kansas did not elect its Senators until two months after statehood. | January 29, 1861 – April 4, 1861 |
Vacant | ||||
37th | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | James H. Lane |
Republican[1] | April 4, 1861 – July 11, 1866[1] |
Elected in 1861.[1] | Elected in 1861. | April 4, 1861 – March 3, 1873 |
Republican | Samuel C. Pomeroy |
1 | |||
38th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1865.[1] Died.[1] |
2 | 39th | ||||||||||
Vacant | July 11, 1866 – July 25, 1866 |
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2 | Edmund G. Ross |
Republican[2] | July 25, 1866 – March 3, 1871[2] |
Appointed to continue Lane's term.[2] Elected January 23, 1867 to finish Lane's term.[3] Lost re-election.[2] | ||||||||
40th | 2 | Re-elected in 1867. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
41st | ||||||||||||
3 | Alexander Caldwell |
Republican[4] | March 4, 1871 – March 24, 1873[4] |
Elected in 1871.[4] Resigned in 1873.[4] |
3 | 42nd | ||||||
43rd | 3 | Elected in 1873. | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891 |
Republican | John James Ingalls |
2 | ||||||
Vacant | March 24, 1873 – November 24, 1873 |
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4 | Robert Crozier |
Republican | November 24, 1873 – February 8, 1874 |
Appointed to continue Caldwell's term. Retired when successor elected. | ||||||||
5 | James M. Harvey |
Republican | February 8, 1874 – March 3, 1877 |
Elected to finish Caldwell's term. [data missing] | ||||||||
44th | ||||||||||||
6 | Preston B. Plumb |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – December 20, 1891 |
Elected in 1877. | 4 | 45th | ||||||
46th | 4 | Re-elected in 1879. | ||||||||||
47th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1883. | 5 | 48th | ||||||||||
49th | 5 | Re-elected in 1885. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
50th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1888. Died. |
6 | 51st | ||||||||||
52nd | 6 | Elected in 1891. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897 |
Populist | William A. Peffer |
3 | ||||||
Vacant | December 20, 1891 – January 1, 1892 |
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7 | Bishop W. Perkins |
Republican | January 1, 1892 – March 4, 1893 |
Appointed to continue Plumb's term. Retired when successor qualified | ||||||||
8 | John Martin |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
Elected to finish Plumb's term. [data missing] | ||||||||
53rd | ||||||||||||
9 | Lucien Baker |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 |
Elected in 1894. Lost renomination. |
7 | 54th | ||||||
55th | 7 | Elected in 1897. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
Populist | William A. Harris |
4 | ||||||
56th | ||||||||||||
10 | Joseph R. Burton |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – June 4, 1906 |
Elected in 1900. Resigned when convicted of Bribery |
8 | 57th | ||||||
58th | 8 | Elected in 1902. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 |
Republican | Chester I. Long |
5 | ||||||
59th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | June 4, 1906 – June 11, 1906 |
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11 | Alfred W. Benson |
Republican | June 11, 1906 – January 23, 1907 |
Appointed to continue Burton's term Lost election to finish Burton's term. | ||||||||
12 | Charles Curtis |
Republican | January 29, 1907 – March 3, 1913 |
Elected to finish Burton's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election. |
9 | 60th | ||||||||||
61st | 9 | Elected in 1908. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 |
Republican | Joseph L. Bristow |
6 | ||||||
62nd | ||||||||||||
13 | William H. Thompson |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. |
10 | 63rd | ||||||
64th | 10 | Elected in 1914. | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929 |
Republican | Charles Curtis |
7 | ||||||
65th | ||||||||||||
14 | Arthur Capper |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949 |
Elected in 1918. | 11 | 66th | ||||||
67th | 11 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
68th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1924. | 12 | 69th | ||||||||||
70th | 12 | Re-elected in 1926. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President | ||||||||||
71st | March 3, 1929 – April 1, 1929 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
Appointed to continue Curtis's term. Lost election to finish Curtis's term. |
April 1, 1929 – November 30, 1930 |
Republican | Henry Justin Allen |
8 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Curtis's term. | December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939 |
Democratic | George McGill |
9 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1930. | 13 | 72nd | ||||||||||
73rd | 13 | Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
74th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1936. | 14 | 75th | ||||||||||
76th | 14 | Elected in 1938. | January 3, 1939 – November 8, 1949 |
Republican | Clyde M. Reed |
10 | ||||||
77th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1942. Retired |
15 | 78th | ||||||||||
79th | 15 | Re-elected in 1944. Died. | ||||||||||
80th | ||||||||||||
15 | Andrew F. Schoeppel |
Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 21, 1962 |
Elected in 1948. | 16 | 81st | ||||||
November 8, 1949 – December 2, 1949 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Reed's term. Retired when successor elected. |
December 2, 1949 – November 28, 1950 |
Republican | Harry Darby |
11 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Reed's term. | November 29, 1950 – January 3, 1969 |
Republican | Frank Carlson |
12
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82nd | 16 | Re-elected in 1950. | ||||||||||
83rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1954. | 17 | 84th | ||||||||||
85th | 17 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
86th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1960. Died. |
18 | 87th | ||||||||||
Vacant | January 21, 1962 – January 31, 1962 |
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16 | James B. Pearson |
Republican | January 31, 1962 – December 23, 1978 |
Appointed to continue Schoeppel's term. Elected to finish Schoeppel's term. | ||||||||
88th | 18 | Re-elected in 1962. Retired | ||||||||||
89th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1966. | 19 | 90th | ||||||||||
91st | 19 | Elected in 1968. | January 3, 1969 – June 11, 1996 |
Republican | Bob Dole |
13 | ||||||
92nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1972. Retired and resigned early to allow successor gain seniority. |
20 | 93rd | ||||||||||
94th | 20 | Re-elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
95th | ||||||||||||
17 | Nancy Kassebaum |
Republican | December 23, 1978 – January 3, 1997 |
Appointed to finish Pearson's term, having already been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1978. | 21 | 96th | ||||||||||
97th | 21 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
98th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1984. | 22 | 99th | ||||||||||
100th | 22 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
101st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1990. Retired. |
23 | 102nd | ||||||||||
103rd | 23 | Re-elected in 1992. Resigned to campaign for U.S. President | ||||||||||
104th | ||||||||||||
June 11, 1996 – June 11, 1996 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Dole's term. Lost nomination to finish Dole's term. |
June 11, 1996 – November 6, 1996 |
Republican | Sheila Frahm |
14 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Dole's term | November 7, 1996 – January 3, 2011 |
Republican | Sam Brownback |
15 | ||||||||
18 | Pat Roberts |
Republican | January 3, 1997 – Present |
Elected in 1996. | 24 | 105th | ||||||
106th | 24 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
107th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2002. | 25 | 108th | ||||||||||
109th | 25 | Re-elected in 2004. Retired to run for Governor of Kansas. | ||||||||||
110th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2008. | 26 | 111th | ||||||||||
112th | 26 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Republican | Jerry Moran |
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113th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2014. | 27 | 114th | ||||||||||
115th | 27 | To be determined in the 2016 election. | ||||||||||
116th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2020 election. | 28 | 117th | ||||||||||
# | 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 Kansas
As of April 2015[update], there are four living former U.S. Senators from Kansas, one from Class 2 and three from Class 3.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Bob Dole | 1969–1996 | 3 | July 22, 1923 |
Nancy Kassebaum | 1978–1997 | 2 | July 29, 1932 |
Sheila Frahm | 1996 | 3 | March 22, 1945 |
Sam Brownback | 1996–2011 | 3 | September 12, 1956 |
References
- ^ a b c d e United States Congress. "James Henry Lane (id: L000061)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress., Retrieved January 15, 2011
- ^ a b c d United States Congress. "Edmund Gibson Ross (id: R000445)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress., Retrieved January 15, 2011
- ^ Byrd and Wolff, page 108
- ^ a b c d United States Congress. "Alexander Caldwell (id: C000027)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Byrd, Robert C.; Wolff, Wendy (October 1, 1993). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992" (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office.
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