List of United States Senators from Kentucky
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Kentucky was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792.
Class 2
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Brown | Republican | 1792 | 1805 |
| Buckner Thruston | Republican | 1805 | 1809 |
| Henry Clay | Republican | 1810 | 1811 |
| George M. Bibb | Republican | 1811 | 1814 |
| George Walker | Republican | 1814 | 1814 |
| William T. Barry | Republican | 1814 | 1816 |
| Martin D. Hardin | Federalist | 1816 | 1817 |
| John J. Crittenden | Republican | 1817 | 1819 |
| Richard M. Johnson | Republican | 1819 | 1829 |
| George M. Bibb | Democrat | 1829 | 1835 |
| John J. Crittenden | National Republican, Whig | 1835 | 1841 |
| James T. Morehead | Whig | 1841 | 1847 |
| Joseph R. Underwood | Whig | 1847 | 1853 |
| John B. Thompson | Whig | 1853 | 1859 |
| Lazarus W. Powell | Democrat | 1859 | 1865 |
| James Guthrie | Democrat | 1865 | 1868 |
| Thomas C. McCreery | Democrat | 1868 | 1871 |
| John W. Stevenson | Democrat | 1871 | 1877 |
| James B. Beck | Democrat | 1877 | 1890 |
| John G. Carlisle | Democrat | 1890 | 1893 |
| William Lindsay | Democrat | 1893 | 1901 |
| Joseph C. S. Blackburn | Democrat | 1901 | 1907 |
| Thomas H. Paynter | Democrat | 1907 | 1913 |
| Ollie M. James | Democrat | 1913 | 1918 |
| George B. Martin | Democrat | 1918 | 1919 |
| A. Owsley Stanley | Democrat | 1919 | 1925 |
| Fred M. Sackett | Republican | 1925 | 1930 |
| John M. Robison | Republican | 1930 | 1930 |
| Ben M. Williamson | Democrat | 1930 | 1931 |
| Marvel M. Logan | Democrat | 1931 | 1939 |
| Albert B. Chandler | Democrat | 1939 | 1945 |
| William A. Stanfill | Republican | 1945 | 1945 |
| John Sherman Cooper | Republican | 1946 | 1949 |
| Virgil M. Chapman | Democrat | 1949 | 1951 |
| Thomas R. Underwood | Democrat | 1951 | 1952 |
| John Sherman Cooper | Republican | 1952 | 1955 |
| Alben W. Barkley | Democrat | 1955 | 1956 |
| Robert Humphreys | Democrat | 1956 | 1956 |
| John Sherman Cooper | Republican | 1956 | 1973 |
| Walter D. Huddleston | Democrat | 1973 | 1985 |
| A. Mitchell McConnell Jr. | Republican | 1985 |
Class 3
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Edwards | Republican | 1792 | 1795 |
| Humphrey Marshall | Federalist | 1795 | 1801 |
| John Breckinridge | Republican | 1801 | 1805 |
| John Adair | Republican | 1805 | 1806 |
| Henry Clay | Republican | 1806 | 1807 |
| John Pope | Republican | 1807 | 1813 |
| Jesse Bledsoe | Republican | 1813 | 1814 |
| Isham Talbot | Republican | 1815 | 1819 |
| William Logan | Republican | 1819 | 1820 |
| Isham Talbot | Republican, National Republican | 1820 | 1825 |
| John Rowan | Democrat | 1825 | 1831 |
| Henry Clay | National Republican, Whig | 1831 | 1842 |
| John J. Crittenden | Whig | 1842 | 1848 |
| Thomas Metcalfe | Whig | 1848 | 1849 |
| Henry Clay | Whig | 1849 | 1852 |
| David Meriwether | Democrat | 1852 | 1852 |
| Archibald Dixon | Whig | 1852 | 1855 |
| John J. Crittenden | Whig | 1855 | 1861 |
| John C. Breckinridge | Democrat | 1861 | |
| Garrett Davis | Union Democrat | 1861 | 1872 |
| Willis B. Machen | Democrat | 1872 | 1873 |
| Thomas C. McCreery | Democrat | 1873 | 1879 |
| John S. Williams | Democrat | 1879 | 1885 |
| Joseph C. S. Blackburn | Democrat | 1885 | 1897 |
| William J. Deboe | Republican | 1897 | 1903 |
| James B. McCreary | Democrat | 1903 | 1909 |
| William O'C. Bradley | Republican | 1909 | 1914 |
| Johnson N. Camden, Jr. | Democrat | 1914 | 1915 |
| John C. W. Beckham | Democrat | 1915 | 1921 |
| Richard P. Ernst | Republican | 1921 | 1927 |
| Alben W. Barkley | Democrat | 1927 | 1949 |
| Garrett L. Withers | Democrat | 1949 | 1950 |
| Earle C. Clements | Democrat | 1950 | 1957 |
| Thruston B. Morton | Republican | 1957 | 1968 |
| Marlow Cook | Republican | 1968 | 1974 |
| Wendell H. Ford | Democrat | 1974 | 1999 |
| Jim Bunning | Republican | 1999 |