List of United States Senators from Arkansas
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Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 owing to its purported secession from the Union. They were again filled from June 1868.
Class 2
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| William S. Fulton | Democrat | 1836 | 1844 |
| Chester Ashley | Democrat | 1844 | 1848 |
| William K. Sebastian | Democrat | 1848 | 1861 |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1868 | |
| Alexander McDonald | Republican | 1868 | 1871 |
| Powell Clayton | Republican | 1871 | 1877 |
| Augustus H. Garland | Democrat | 1877 | 1885 |
| James H. Berry | Democrat | 1885 | 1907 |
| Jefferson Davis | Democrat | 1907 | 1913 |
| John N. Heiskell | Democrat | 1913 | 1913 |
| William M. Kavanaugh | Democrat | 1913 | |
| Joseph T. Robinson | Democrat | 1913 | 1937 |
| John E. Miller | Democrat | 1937 | 1941 |
| George L. Spencer | Democrat | 1941 | 1943 |
| John L. McClellan | Democrat | 1943 | 1977 |
| Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. | Democrat | 1977 | 1979 |
| David H. Pryor | Democrat | 1979 | 1997 |
| Tim Hutchinson | Republican | 1997 | 2003 |
| Mark Pryor | Democrat | 2003 |
Class 3
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrose H. Sevier | Democrat | 1836 | 1848 |
| Solon Borland | Democrat | 1848 | 1853 |
| Robert W. Johnson | Democrat | 1853 | 1861 |
| Charles B. Mitchel | Democrat | 1861 | |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1868 | |
| Benjamin F. Rice | Republican | 1868 | 1873 |
| Stephen W. Dorsey | Republican | 1873 | 1879 |
| James D. Walker | Democrat | 1879 | 1885 |
| James K. Jones | Democrat | 1885 | 1903 |
| James P. Clarke | Democrat | 1903 | 1916 |
| William F. Kirby | Democrat | 1916 | 1921 |
| Thaddeus H. Caraway | Democrat | 1921 | 1931 |
| Hattie W. Caraway | Democrat | 1931 | 1945 |
| J. William Fulbright | Democrat | 1945 | 1974 |
| Dale L. Bumpers | Democrat | 1975 | 1999 |
| Blanche Lincoln | Democrat | 1999 |