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 | File:James Henry Lane.jpg 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 | File:Edmund G. Ross - Brady-Handy.jpg 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 | File:Senator Alexander Caldwell.jpg 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 | File:Robert Crozier.jpg 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 | File:James M. Harvey.gif 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 | File:Preston B. Plumb - Brady-Handy.jpg 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 | File:Bishop Perkins.jpg 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 | File:John Martin of Kansas.jpg 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 | File:Lucien Baker.jpg Lucien Baker | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901 |
State Senator | 7 | Elected in 1894 Lost renomination |
| 10 | File:Joseph Ralph Burton.jpg 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 | File:Alfred Washburn Benson.jpg 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 | File:Charles Curtis.jpg 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 | File:William Howard Thompson.jpg William H. Thompson | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919 |
10 | Elected in 1912 Lost re-election | |
| 14 | File:Arthur Capper.png 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 | File:Andrew Frank Schoeppel.jpg 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 | File:James B. Pearson (R-KS).jpg 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 | File:LandonNancy.jpg 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 | File:Pat Roberts official photo.jpg 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[change]
Notes[change]
- ↑ 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.