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

30 members have held this seat since Jul 4, 1861. Now: Roger Marshall R.

Holders
30
28 R · 2 D
Longest tenure
18 years
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Current
5.8 years
Roger Marshall, since Jan 3, 2021
history/seat/ks-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020James Henry Lane · 1861-07-04 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJames Henry Lane · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Caldwell · 1871-03-04 – 1874-01-01 · RepublicanJames Madison Harvey · 1874-01-01 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanPreston B. Plumb · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanPreston B. Plumb · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanPreston B. Plumb · 1889-12-02 – 1892-01-01 · RepublicanBishop Walden Perkins · 1892-01-01 – 1894-01-01 · RepublicanLucien Baker · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Ralph Burton · 1901-12-02 – 1906-06-05 · RepublicanAlfred Washburn Benson · 1906-06-11 – 1907-01-24 · RepublicanCharles Curtis · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Howard Thompson · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratArthur Capper · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Capper · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Capper · 1931-12-07 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanArthur Capper · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanJames Blackwood Pearson · 1962-01-31 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJames Blackwood Pearson · 1967-01-10 – 1978-12-24 · RepublicanNancy Landon Kassebaum · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanPat Roberts · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanPat Roberts · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanPat Roberts · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanPat Roberts · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanEdmund Gibson Ross · 1866-01-01 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Crozier · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Martin · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Frank Schoeppel · 1949-01-03 – 1962-01-22 · RepublicanNancy Landon Kassebaum · 1978-12-23 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanRoger Marshall · 2021-01-03 – present · Republican
Roger Marshall R
Jan 3, 2021 – present · 5.8 years
Pat Roberts R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Pat Roberts R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Pat Roberts R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Pat Roberts R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R
Dec 23, 1978 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 days
James Blackwood Pearson R
Jan 10, 1967 – Dec 24, 1978 · 12 years
James Blackwood Pearson R
Jan 31, 1962 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4.9 years
Andrew Frank Schoeppel R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 22, 1962 · 13 years
Arthur Capper R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Arthur Capper R
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 4, 1943 · 11 years
Arthur Capper R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Arthur Capper R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
William Howard Thompson D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Charles Curtis R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Alfred Washburn Benson R
Jun 11, 1906 – Jan 24, 1907 · 7 months
Joseph Ralph Burton R
Dec 2, 1901 – Jun 5, 1906 · 4.5 years
Lucien Baker R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
John Martin D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Bishop Walden Perkins R
Jan 1, 1892 – Jan 1, 1894 · 2 years
Preston B. Plumb R
Dec 2, 1889 – Jan 1, 1892 · 2.1 years
Preston B. Plumb R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
Preston B. Plumb R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
James Madison Harvey R
Jan 1, 1874 – Mar 4, 1877 · 3.2 years
Robert Crozier R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Alexander Caldwell R
Mar 4, 1871 – Jan 1, 1874 · 2.8 years
Edmund Gibson Ross R
Jan 1, 1866 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
James Henry Lane R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
James Henry Lane R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1865 · 3.7 years

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