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

27 members have held this seat since Sep 18, 1836. Now: John Boozman R.

Holders
27
24 D · 3 R
Longest tenure
18 years
James William Fulbright
Current
16 years
John Boozman, since Jan 5, 2011
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Ambrose Hundley Sevier · 1836-09-18 – 1837-03-04 · DemocratAmbrose Hundley Sevier · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratAmbrose Hundley Sevier · 1843-12-04 – 1848-03-16 · DemocratSolon Borland · 1848-03-30 – 1853-04-12 · DemocratRobert Ward Johnson · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratRobert Ward Johnson · 1855-12-03 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratCharles Burton Mitchel · 1861-07-04 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Rice · 1868-01-01 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Wallace Dorsey · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJames David Walker · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Kimbrough Jones · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJames Kimbrough Jones · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJames Kimbrough Jones · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJames Paul Clarke · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJames Paul Clarke · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Paul Clarke · 1915-12-06 – 1916-10-02 · DemocratWilliam Fosgate Kirby · 1916-11-08 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratThaddeus Horatius Caraway · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratThaddeus Horatius Caraway · 1927-12-05 – 1931-11-07 · DemocratHattie Wyatt Caraway · 1931-11-13 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHattie Wyatt Caraway · 1933-03-09 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratJames William Fulbright · 1963-01-09 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratDale Bumpers · 1975-01-14 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratDale Bumpers · 1987-01-06 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratBlanche Lambert Lincoln · 1999-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratJohn Boozman · 2011-01-05 – present · RepublicanJames William Fulbright · 1945-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · Democrat
John Boozman R
Jan 5, 2011 – present · 16 years
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2011 · 12 years
Dale Bumpers D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1999 · 12 years
Dale Bumpers D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1987 · 12 years
James William Fulbright D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1975 · 12 years
James William Fulbright D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1963 · 18 years
Hattie Wyatt Caraway D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1945 · 12 years
Hattie Wyatt Caraway D
Nov 13, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 16 months
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D
Dec 5, 1927 – Nov 7, 1931 · 3.9 years
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
William Fosgate Kirby D
Nov 8, 1916 – Mar 4, 1921 · 4.3 years
James Paul Clarke D
Dec 6, 1915 – Oct 2, 1916 · 10 months
James Paul Clarke D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
James Paul Clarke D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
James Kimbrough Jones D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
James Kimbrough Jones D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
James Kimbrough Jones D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
James David Walker D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
Stephen Wallace Dorsey R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
Benjamin Franklin Rice R
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1873 · 5.2 years
Charles Burton Mitchel D
Jul 4, 1861 – Jan 1, 1862 · 6 months
Robert Ward Johnson D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1861 · 5.3 years
Robert Ward Johnson D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Solon Borland D
Mar 30, 1848 – Apr 12, 1853 · 5 years
Ambrose Hundley Sevier D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 16, 1848 · 4.3 years
Ambrose Hundley Sevier D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
Ambrose Hundley Sevier D
Sep 18, 1836 – Mar 4, 1837 · 5 months

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