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

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2 Class 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 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. The next election will be in 2016.
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
Vacant			January 29, 1861 – April 4, 1861			37th Congress	1		January 29, 1861 – April 4, 1861	Vacant
1	James H. Lane	Republican^[1]	April 4, 1861 – July 11, 1866^[1]	Elected in 1861.^[1]		37th Congress		Elected in 1861.	April 4, 1861 – March 3, 1873	Republican	Samuel C. Pomeroy	1
				Elected in 1861.^[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
3	Alexander Caldwell	Republican^[4]	March 4, 1871 – March 24, 1873^[4]	Elected in 1871.^[4] Resigned in 1873.^[4]		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 to finish Caldwell's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
5	James M. Harvey	Republican	February 2, 1874 – March 3, 1877			44th Congress
6	100px 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 in 1883.	5	48th Congress
						49th Congress	5	Re-elected in 1885. Lost re-election.
						50th Congress
				Re-elected in 1888. Died.	6	51st Congress
				Re-elected in 1888. Died.		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 to finish Plumb's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
8	John Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895			53rd Congress
9	Lucien Baker	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	Elected in 1894. Lost renomination.	7	54th Congress
						55th Congress	7	Elected in 1897. 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 in 1900. 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 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	100px 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 to finish Curtis's term.	December 1, 1930 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	George McGill	9
				Re-elected in 1930.	13	72nd Congress		Elected to finish Curtis's term.
						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 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 to finish Schoeppel's term.
						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.		95th Congress
				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 to finish Dole's term	November 7, 1996 – January 3, 2011	Republican	100px Sam Brownback	15
18	Pat Roberts	Republican	January 3, 1997 – Present	Elected in 1996.	24	105th Congress		Elected to finish Dole's term
						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	27	To be determined in the 2016 election.
						116th Congress
To be determined in the 2020 election.					28	117th Congress
#	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 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)
Bob Dole	1969–1996	3	(1923-07-22) July 22, 1923 (age 100)
Nancy Kassebaum	1978–1997	2	(1932-07-29) July 29, 1932 (age 91)
Sheila Frahm	1996	3	(1945-03-22) March 22, 1945 (age 79)
Sam Brownback	1996–2011	3	(1956-09-12) September 12, 1956 (age 67)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 James Henry Lane at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Retrieved January 15, 2011
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Edmund Gibson Ross at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Retrieved January 15, 2011
↑ Byrd and Wolff, page 108
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Alexander Caldwell at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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