List of United States Senators from Kansas

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 2 Class 2 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 o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 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, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Vacant			January 29, 1861 – April 4, 1861	Kansas did not elect its Senators until two months after statehood.	1	36th Congress	—	Kansas did not elect its Senators until two months after statehood.	January 29, 1861 – April 4, 1861	Vacant
						37th Congress	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 Congress
		Re-elected in 1865.[1] Died.[1]		2	39th Congress
Vacant			July 11, 1866 – July 25, 1866
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 Congress			2		Re-elected in 1867. Lost re-election.
		41st Congress
3	Alexander Caldwell	Republican[4]	March 4, 1871 – March 24, 1873[4]	Elected in 1871.[4] Resigned in 1873.[4]		3		42nd Congress
		43rd Congress			3		Elected in 1873.	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891	Republican	John James Ingalls	2
Vacant			March 24, 1873 – November 24, 1873
4	Robert Crozier	Republican	November 24, 1873 – February 2, 1874	Appointed to continue Caldwell's term. Retired when successor elected.
5	James M. Harvey	Republican	February 2, 1874 – March 3, 1877	Elected in 1874 to finish Caldwell's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		44th Congress
6	Preston B. Plumb	Republican	March 4, 1877 – December 20, 1891	Elected in 1877.		4			45th Congress
		46th Congress			4		Re-elected in 1879.
		47th Congress
		Re-elected January 24, 1883.[5]		5		48th Congress
					49th Congress	5	Re-elected in 1885. Lost re-election.
					50th Congress
		Re-elected in 1888. Died.		6	51st Congress
					52nd Congress	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
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 January 25, 1893 to finish Plumb's term, but didn't qualify until March 4, 1893. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]				53rd Congress
9	Lucien Baker	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	Elected in January 1895. Lost renomination.	7				54th Congress
		55th Congress				7	Elected January 27, 1897.[6] Lost re-election.	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Populist	William A. Harris	4
		56th Congress
10	Joseph R. Burton	Republican	March 4, 1901 – June 4, 1906	Elected January 22, 1901.[7] Resigned when convicted of bribery.	8				57th Congress
		58th Congress				8	Elected in 1902. Lost renomination.	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909	Republican	Chester I. Long	5
		59th Congress
Vacant			June 4, 1906 – June 11, 1906
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 in 1907 to finish Burton's term.
		Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.		9	60th Congress
					61st Congress	9	Elected in 1908. Lost renomination.	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915	Republican	Joseph L. Bristow	6
					62nd Congress
13	William H. Thompson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.	10				63rd Congress
		64th Congress				10	Elected in 1914.	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929	Republican	Charles Curtis	7
		65th Congress
14	Arthur Capper	Republican	March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949	Elected in 1918.	11				66th Congress
		67th Congress				11	Re-elected in 1920.
		68th Congress
		Re-elected in 1924.		12	69th Congress
					70th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1926. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
					71st Congress			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 in 1930 to finish Curtis's term.	December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	George McGill	9
		Re-elected in 1930.		13	72nd Congress
					73rd Congress	13	Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
					74th Congress
		Re-elected in 1936.		14	75th Congress
					76th Congress	14	Elected in 1938.	January 3, 1939 – November 8, 1949	Republican	Clyde M. Reed	10
					77th Congress
		Re-elected in 1942. Retired		15	78th Congress
					79th Congress	15	Re-elected in 1944. Died.
					80th Congress
15	Andrew F. Schoeppel	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 21, 1962	Elected in 1948.	16				81st Congress
							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 in 1950 to finish Reed's term.					November 29, 1950 – January 3, 1969	Republican	Frank Carlson	12
		82nd Congress				16		Re-elected in 1950.
		83rd Congress
		Re-elected in 1954.		17	84th Congress
					85th Congress	17		Re-elected in 1956.
					86th Congress
		Re-elected in 1960. Died.		18	87th Congress
Vacant			January 21, 1962 – January 31, 1962
16	James B. Pearson	Republican	January 31, 1962 – December 23, 1978								Appointed to continue Schoeppel's term. Elected November 6, 1962 to finish Schoeppel's term.[3]
		88th Congress			18	Re-elected in 1962. Retired
		89th Congress
		Re-elected in 1966.		19				90th Congress
					91st Congress	19	Elected in 1968.	January 3, 1969 – June 11, 1996	Republican	Bob Dole	13
					92nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1972. Retired and resigned early to allow successor gain seniority.		20	93rd Congress
					94th Congress	20	Re-elected in 1974.
					95th Congress
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 Congress
					97th Congress	21	Re-elected in 1980.
					98th Congress
		Re-elected in 1984.		22	99th Congress
					100th Congress	22	Re-elected in 1986.
					101st Congress
		Re-elected in 1990. Retired.		23	102nd Congress
					103rd Congress	23	Re-elected in 1992. Resigned to campaign for U.S. President
					104th Congress
								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 in 1996 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 Congress
		106th Congress				24	Re-elected in 1998.
		107th Congress
		Re-elected in 2002.		25	108th Congress
					109th Congress	25	Re-elected in 2004. Retired to run for Governor of Kansas.
					110th Congress
		Re-elected in 2008.		26	111th Congress
					112th Congress	26	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	Jerry Moran	16
					113th Congress
		Re-elected in 2014.		27	114th Congress
					115th Congress	39	Re-elected in 2016.
					116th Congress
To be decided in the 2020 election.					28				117th Congress
						118th Congress	28	To be decided in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Kansas

As of October 2016, there are four living former U.S. Senators from Kansas, one from Class 2 and three from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was James B. Pearson of Class 2 (1962-1978) on January 13, 2009. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Frank Carlson (1950-1969) on May 30, 1987.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
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

1. United States Congress. "James Henry Lane (id: L000061)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress., Retrieved January 15, 2011
2. United States Congress. "Edmund Gibson Ross (id: R000445)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress., Retrieved January 15, 2011
3. Byrd, p. 108.
4. United States Congress. "Alexander Caldwell (id: C000027)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
5. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. ... Kansas: Standard Publishing Company. p. 757.
6. "Peffer's Successor Chosen.". The New York Times. January 28, 1897. p. 1.
7. "J.R. Burton the Choice in Kansas". The New York Times. January 23, 1901. p. 5.

• 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.

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas
• List of United States Representatives from Kansas
• United States congressional delegations from Kansas