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U.S. Senate seat, Alabama (class 3)

40 members have held this seat since Dec 14, 1819. Now: Katie Boyd Britt R.

Holders
40
28 D · 8 R · 4 J
Longest tenure
25 years
Joseph Lister Hill
Current
3.8 years
Katie Boyd Britt, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/al-sen-3Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Williams Walker · 1819-12-14 – 1822-12-13 · RepublicanHenry H. Chambers · 1825-12-05 – 1826-01-25 · JacksonIsrael Pickens · 1826-02-17 – 1826-11-28 · JacksonGabriel Moore · 1831-12-05 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJohn McKinley · 1837-03-04 – 1837-04-23 · DemocratClement Comer Clay · 1837-06-19 – 1841-11-16 · DemocratArthur Pendleton Bagby · 1841-11-24 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratArthur Pendleton Bagby · 1843-12-04 – 1848-06-17 · DemocratWilliam Rufus de Vane King · 1848-07-01 – 1852-12-21 · DemocratBenjamin Fitzpatrick · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Fitzpatrick · 1855-12-03 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Eliphaz Spencer · 1868-01-01 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Eliphaz Spencer · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Smith Houston · 1879-03-18 – 1880-01-01 · DemocratLuke Pryor · 1880-01-07 – 1880-11-24 · DemocratJames Lawrence Pugh · 1880-11-24 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Lawrence Pugh · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJames Lawrence Pugh · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratEdmund Winston Pettus · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratEdmund Winston Pettus · 1903-11-09 – 1907-07-28 · DemocratJoseph Forney Johnston · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Forney Johnston · 1909-03-15 – 1913-08-09 · DemocratFrancis Shelley White · 1914-05-11 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratOscar Wilder Underwood · 1915-12-06 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratOscar Wilder Underwood · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratHugo Lafayette Black · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHugo Lafayette Black · 1933-03-09 – 1937-08-20 · DemocratDixie Bibb Graves · 1937-08-20 – 1938-01-11 · DemocratJoseph Lister Hill · 1938-01-11 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Lister Hill · 1963-01-09 – 1969-01-03 · DemocratJames Browning Allen · 1969-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJames Browning Allen · 1975-01-14 – 1978-06-02 · DemocratMaryon Pittman Allen · 1978-06-08 – 1978-11-08 · DemocratDonald Wilbur Stewart · 1978-11-08 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratJeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRichard C. Shelby · 1987-01-06 – 1999-01-04 · Democrat → RepublicanRichard C. Shelby · 1999-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Kelly · 1822-12-12 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanJohn McKinley · 1826-11-27 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonKatie Boyd Britt · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Katie Boyd Britt R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Richard C. Shelby R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2023 · 24 years
Richard C. Shelby D→R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1999 · 12 years
Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Donald Wilbur Stewart D
Nov 8, 1978 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2.2 years
Maryon Pittman Allen D
Jun 8, 1978 – Nov 8, 1978 · 5 months
James Browning Allen D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jun 2, 1978 · 3.4 years
James Browning Allen D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1975 · 6 years
Joseph Lister Hill D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 3, 1969 · 6 years
Joseph Lister Hill D
Jan 11, 1938 – Jan 4, 1963 · 25 years
Dixie Bibb Graves D
Aug 20, 1937 – Jan 11, 1938 · 5 months
Hugo Lafayette Black D
Mar 9, 1933 – Aug 20, 1937 · 4.4 years
Hugo Lafayette Black D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Oscar Wilder Underwood D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
Oscar Wilder Underwood D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1921 · 5.2 years
Francis Shelley White D
May 11, 1914 – Mar 4, 1915 · 10 months
Joseph Forney Johnston D
Mar 15, 1909 – Aug 9, 1913 · 4.4 years
Joseph Forney Johnston D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edmund Winston Pettus D
Nov 9, 1903 – Jul 28, 1907 · 3.7 years
Edmund Winston Pettus D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
James Lawrence Pugh D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
James Lawrence Pugh D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
James Lawrence Pugh D
Nov 24, 1880 – Mar 4, 1885 · 4.3 years
Luke Pryor D
Jan 7, 1880 – Nov 24, 1880 · 11 months
George Smith Houston D
Mar 18, 1879 – Jan 1, 1880 · 9 months
George Eliphaz Spencer R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
George Eliphaz Spencer R
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1873 · 5.2 years
Benjamin Fitzpatrick D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1861 · 5.3 years
Benjamin Fitzpatrick D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
William Rufus de Vane King D
Jul 1, 1848 – Dec 21, 1852 · 4.5 years
Arthur Pendleton Bagby D
Dec 4, 1843 – Jun 17, 1848 · 4.5 years
Arthur Pendleton Bagby D
Nov 24, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 15 months
Clement Comer Clay D
Jun 19, 1837 – Nov 16, 1841 · 4.4 years
John McKinley D
Mar 4, 1837 – Apr 23, 1837 · 2 months
Gabriel Moore J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1837 · 5.2 years
John McKinley J
Nov 27, 1826 – Mar 4, 1831 · 4.3 years
Israel Pickens J
Feb 17, 1826 – Nov 28, 1826 · 9 months
Henry H. Chambers J
Dec 5, 1825 – Jan 25, 1826 · 2 months
William Kelly R
Dec 12, 1822 – Mar 4, 1825 · 2.2 years
John Williams Walker R
Dec 14, 1819 – Dec 13, 1822 · 3 years

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