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U.S. Senate seat, Alabama (class 2)

37 members have held this seat since Dec 14, 1819. Now: Tommy Tuberville R.

Holders
37
27 D · 8 R · 2 J
Longest tenure
20 years
John Jackson Sparkman
Current
5.8 years
Tommy Tuberville, since Jan 3, 2021
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Rufus de Vane King · 1819-12-14 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Rufus de Vane King · 1823-12-01 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Rufus de Vane King · 1829-12-07 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Rufus de Vane King · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Rufus de Vane King · 1841-05-31 – 1844-04-16 · DemocratDixon Hall Lewis · 1844-04-22 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratDixon Hall Lewis · 1847-12-06 – 1848-10-26 · DemocratBenjamin Fitzpatrick · 1848-11-25 – 1849-12-01 · DemocratClement Claiborne Clay Jr. · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratClement Claiborne Clay Jr. · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratWillard Warner · 1868-01-01 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Goldthwaite · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn Tyler Morgan · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn Tyler Morgan · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Tyler Morgan · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn Tyler Morgan · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Tyler Morgan · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1919-05-19 – 1920-03-02 · DemocratBraxton Bragg Comer · 1920-03-05 – 1920-11-03 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1920-11-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead II · 1931-12-07 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead II · 1943-01-06 – 1946-06-13 · DemocratGeorge Robinson Swift · 1946-06-15 – 1946-11-06 · DemocratJohn Jackson Sparkman · 1946-11-06 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Jackson Sparkman · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratHowell Thomas Heflin · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJeff Sessions · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJeff Sessions · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJeff Sessions · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJeff Sessions · 2015-01-06 – 2017-02-09 · RepublicanLuther Strange · 2017-02-09 – 2018-01-04 · RepublicanTommy Tuberville · 2021-01-03 – present · RepublicanJeremiah Clemens · 1849-11-30 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratDoug Jones · 2018-01-03 – 2021-01-04 · Democrat
Tommy Tuberville R
Jan 3, 2021 – present · 5.8 years
Doug Jones D
Jan 3, 2018 – Jan 4, 2021 · 3 years
Luther Strange R
Feb 9, 2017 – Jan 4, 2018 · 11 months
Jeff Sessions R
Jan 6, 2015 – Feb 9, 2017 · 2.1 years
Jeff Sessions R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Jeff Sessions R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Jeff Sessions R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Howell Thomas Heflin D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
John Jackson Sparkman D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
John Jackson Sparkman D
Nov 6, 1946 – Jan 4, 1967 · 20 years
George Robinson Swift D
Jun 15, 1946 – Nov 6, 1946 · 5 months
John Hollis Bankhead II D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jun 13, 1946 · 3.4 years
John Hollis Bankhead II D
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 4, 1943 · 11 years
James Thomas Heflin D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
James Thomas Heflin D
Nov 3, 1920 – Mar 4, 1925 · 4.3 years
Braxton Bragg Comer D
Mar 5, 1920 – Nov 3, 1920 · 8 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 2, 1920 · 9 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
John Hollis Bankhead D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
John Tyler Morgan D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
John Tyler Morgan D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
John Tyler Morgan D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
John Tyler Morgan D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
John Tyler Morgan D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
George Goldthwaite D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
Willard Warner R
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1871 · 3.2 years
Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Jeremiah Clemens D
Nov 30, 1849 – Mar 4, 1853 · 3.3 years
Benjamin Fitzpatrick D
Nov 25, 1848 – Dec 1, 1849 · 12 months
Dixon Hall Lewis D
Dec 6, 1847 – Oct 26, 1848 · 11 months
Dixon Hall Lewis D
Apr 22, 1844 – Mar 4, 1847 · 2.9 years
William Rufus de Vane King D
May 31, 1841 – Apr 16, 1844 · 2.9 years
William Rufus de Vane King D
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
William Rufus de Vane King J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
William Rufus de Vane King J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.3 years
William Rufus de Vane King R
Dec 14, 1819 – Mar 4, 1823 · 3.2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.