List of United States senators from Kansas
Appearance
This is a list of United States senators from Kansas.
# | Senator | Party | Years | Notes/Other offices | Term | Electoral history |
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1 | James H. Lane | Republican | April 4, 1861 – July 11, 1866 |
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana |
1 | Elected in 1861 |
2 | Re-elected in 1865 Died | |||||
Vacant | July 11, 1866 – July 25, 1866 |
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2 | Edmund G. Ross | Republican | July 25, 1866 – March 4, 1871 |
Governors of New Mexico Territory | Appointed to continue Lane's term Elected to finish Lane's term Lost re-election | |
3 | Alexander Caldwell | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 24, 1873 |
3 | Elected in 1871 Resigned, ahead of a movement to expel him for bribery and corruption | |
Vacant | March 24, 1873 – November 24, 1873 |
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4 | Robert Crozier | Republican | November 24, 1873 – February 8, 1874 |
Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court | Appointed to continue Caldwell's term Retired when successor elected | |
5 | James M. Harvey | Republican | February 8, 1874 – March 4, 1877 |
Governor of Kansas | Elected to finish Caldwell's term, who resigned in disgrace (see above) | |
6 | Preston B. Plumb | Republican | March 4, 1877 – December 20, 1891 |
Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives | 4 | Elected in 1877 |
5 | Re-elected in 1883 | |||||
6 | Re-elected in 1888 Died | |||||
Vacant | December 20, 1891 – January 1, 1892 |
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7 | Bishop W. Perkins | Republican | January 1, 1892 – March 4, 1893 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | Appointed to continue Plumb's term Retired when successor qualified | |
8 | John Martin | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court | Elected to finish Plumb's term, who died (see above) | |
9 | Lucien Baker | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901 |
State Senator | 7 | Elected in 1894 Lost renomination |
10 | Joseph R. Burton | Republican | March 4, 1901 – June 4, 1906 |
World's Columbian Exposition Commissioner Convicted of bribe taking |
8 | Elected in 1900 Resigned when convicted of Bribery |
Vacant | June 4, 1906 – June 11, 1906 |
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11 | Alfred W. Benson | Republican | June 11, 1906 – January 23, 1907 |
Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court | Appointed to continue Burton's term Lost election to finish Burton's term | |
12 | Charles Curtis | Republican | January 29, 1907 – March 4, 1913 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives President pro tempore[1] Also served in Kansas's class 3 seat Majority Whip Majority Leader Vice President of the United States |
Elected to finish Burton's term | |
9 | Elected to full term in 1906 Lost re-election | |||||
13 | William H. Thompson | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919 |
10 | Elected in 1912 Lost re-election | |
14 | Arthur Capper | Republican | March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949 |
Governor of Kansas | 12 | Elected in 1918 |
13 | Re-elected in 1924 | |||||
14 | Re-elected in 1930 | |||||
15 | Re-elected in 1936 | |||||
16 | Re-elected in 1942 Retired | |||||
15 | Andrew F. Schoeppel | Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 21, 1962 |
Governor of Kansas | 17 | Elected in 1948 |
18 | Re-elected in 1954 | |||||
19 | Re-elected in 1960 Died | |||||
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 | ||
20 | Elected to full term in 1966 | |||||
21 | Re-elected in 1972 Retired and resigned early to allow successor gain seniority | |||||
17 | Nancy Kassebaum | Republican | December 23, 1978 ��� January 3, 1997 |
Appointed to finish Pearson's term, having already been elected to the next term | ||
22 | Elected to full term in 1978 | |||||
23 | Re-elected in 1984 | |||||
24 | Re-elected in 1990 Retired | |||||
18 | Pat Roberts | Republican | January 3, 1997 – |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | 25 | Elected in 1996 |
26 | Re-elected in 2002 | |||||
27 | Re-elected in 2008 | |||||
# | Senator | Party | Years | Notes/Other offices | Term | Electoral history |
Class 3
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1 | Samuel C. Pomeroy | Republican | April 4, 1861 – March 3, 1873 |
1 | Elected in 1861 Lost re-election | |
2 | John James Ingalls | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891 |
President pro tempore | 2 | Elected in 1873 |
3 | Re-elected in 1879 | |||||
4 | Re-elected in 1885 Lost re-election | |||||
3 | William A. Peffer | Populist | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1897 |
5 | Elected in 1891 Lost re-election | |
4 | William A. Harris | Populist | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | 6 | Elected in 1897 Lost re-election |
5 | Chester I. Long | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1909 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | 7 | Elected in 1902 Lost renomination |
6 | Joseph L. Bristow | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915 |
8 | Elected in 1908 Lost renomination | |
7 | Charles Curtis | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Also served in Kansas's class 2 seat President pro tempore[1] Majority Whip Majority Leader Vice President of the United States |
9 | Elected in 1914 |
10 | Re-elected in 1920 | |||||
11 | Reelected in 1926 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President | |||||
Vacant | March 3, 1929 – April 1, 1929 |
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8 | Henry Justin Allen | Republican | April 1, 1929 – November 30, 1930 |
Governor of Kansas | Appointed to continue Curtis's term Lost election to finish Curtis's term | |
9 | George McGill | Democratic | December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939 |
Last Democratic Senator from Kansas | Elected to finish Curtis's term | |
12 | Elected to full term in 1932 Lost re-election | |||||
10 | Clyde M. Reed | Republican | January 3, 1939 – November 8, 1949 |
Governor of Kansas | 13 | Elected in 1938 |
14 | Re-elected in 1944 Died | |||||
Vacant | November 8, 1949 – December 2, 1949 |
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11 | Harry Darby | Republican | December 2, 1949 – November 28, 1950 |
Appointed to continue Reed's term Retired when successor elected | ||
12 | Frank Carlson | Republican | November 29, 1950 – January 3, 1969 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Governor of Kansas |
Elected to finish Reed's term and to the next term | |
15 | Elected to full term in 1950 | |||||
16 | Re-elected in 1956 | |||||
17 | Re-elected in 1962 Retired | |||||
13 | Bob Dole | Republican | January 3, 1969 – June 11, 1996 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives RNC Chairman (1971–1972) Republican nominee for Vice President (1976) Republican Leader Republican nominee for President (1996) |
18 | Elected in 1968 |
19 | Re-elected in 1974 | |||||
20 | Re-elected in 1980 | |||||
21 | Re-elected in 1986 | |||||
22 | Re-elected in 1992 Resigned to campaign for U.S. President | |||||
14 | Sheila Frahm | Republican | June 11, 1996 – November 6, 1996 |
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas | Appointed to continue Dole's term Lost nomination to finish Dole's term | |
15 | Sam Brownback | Republican | November 7, 1996 – January 3, 2011 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | Elected to finish Dole's term | |
23 | Elected to full term in 1998 | |||||
24 | Re-elected in 2004 elected Governor of Kansas | |||||
16 | Jerry Moran | Republican | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | 25 | Elected in 2010 |
# | Senator | Party | Years | Notes/Other offices | Term | Electoral history |
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charles Curtis served as President pro tempore on a rotating basis with Augustus O. Bacon, Jacob H. Gallinger, Frank B. Brandegee, Henry Cabot Lodge.