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

53 members have held this seat since Jun 18, 1792. Now: Mitch McConnell R.

Holders
53
25 D · 21 R · 3 W · 2 J · 1 F · 1 A
Longest tenure
12 years
Mitch McConnell
Current
12 years
Mitch McConnell, since Jan 6, 2015
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Brown · 1792-06-18 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Brown · 1799-12-02 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanBuckner Thruston · 1805-12-02 – 1810-01-01 · RepublicanHenry Clay · 1810-01-01 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Mortimer Bibb · 1811-11-04 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanMartin D. Hardin · 1816-01-01 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistJohn Jordan Crittenden · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Mentor Johnson · 1819-12-06 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Mentor Johnson · 1823-12-01 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonGeorge Mortimer Bibb · 1829-12-07 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn Jordan Crittenden · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJames Turner Morehead · 1841-05-31 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJoseph Rogers Underwood · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJohn Burton Thompson · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanLazarus Whitehead Powell · 1859-12-05 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratJames Guthrie · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratJohn White Stevenson · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJames Burnie Beck · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJames Burnie Beck · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJames Burnie Beck · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lindsay · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lindsay · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clay Stiles Blackburn · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratThomas Hanson Paynter · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratOllie Murray James · 1913-04-07 – 1918-08-29 · DemocratGeorge Brown Martin · 1918-09-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratAugustus Owsley Stanley · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratFrederic Mosley Sackett · 1925-12-07 – 1930-01-10 · RepublicanJohn Marshall Robsion · 1930-01-11 – 1930-12-01 · RepublicanBen Mitchell Williamson · 1930-12-01 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratMarvel Mills Logan · 1931-12-07 – 1939-10-04 · DemocratAlbert Benjamin Chandler · 1939-10-10 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Benjamin Chandler · 1943-01-06 – 1945-11-02 · DemocratWilliam Abner Stanfill · 1945-11-19 – 1946-11-06 · RepublicanJohn Sherman Cooper · 1946-11-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Rust Underwood · 1951-03-19 – 1952-11-05 · DemocratJohn Sherman Cooper · 1952-11-05 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanAlben William Barkley · 1955-01-05 – 1956-05-01 · DemocratRobert Humphreys · 1956-06-21 – 1956-11-07 · DemocratJohn Sherman Cooper · 1956-11-07 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Sherman Cooper · 1967-01-10 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanWalter Darlington Huddleston · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratMitch McConnell · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanMitch McConnell · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanMitch McConnell · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanMitch McConnell · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanGeorge Walker · 1814-01-01 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Clay McCreery · 1868-01-01 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratJohn Griffin Carlisle · 1890-01-01 – 1894-01-01 · DemocratVirgil Munday Chapman · 1949-01-03 – 1951-03-09 · DemocratWalter Darlington Huddleston · 1973-01-03 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratMitch McConnell · 1985-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Taylor Barry · 1814-01-01 – 1817-03-04 · Republican
Mitch McConnell R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Mitch McConnell R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Mitch McConnell R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Mitch McConnell R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Mitch McConnell R
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1997 · 12 years
Walter Darlington Huddleston D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Walter Darlington Huddleston D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1979 · 6 years
John Sherman Cooper R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1973 · 6 years
John Sherman Cooper R
Nov 7, 1956 – Jan 4, 1967 · 10 years
Robert Humphreys D
Jun 21, 1956 – Nov 7, 1956 · 5 months
Alben William Barkley D
Jan 5, 1955 – May 1, 1956 · 16 months
John Sherman Cooper R
Nov 5, 1952 – Jan 4, 1955 · 2.2 years
Thomas Rust Underwood D
Mar 19, 1951 – Nov 5, 1952 · 20 months
Virgil Munday Chapman D
Jan 3, 1949 – Mar 9, 1951 · 2.2 years
John Sherman Cooper R
Nov 6, 1946 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2.2 years
William Abner Stanfill R
Nov 19, 1945 – Nov 6, 1946 · 12 months
Albert Benjamin Chandler D
Jan 6, 1943 – Nov 2, 1945 · 2.8 years
Albert Benjamin Chandler D
Oct 10, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 3.2 years
Marvel Mills Logan D
Dec 7, 1931 – Oct 4, 1939 · 7.8 years
Ben Mitchell Williamson D
Dec 1, 1930 – Mar 4, 1931 · 3 months
John Marshall Robsion R
Jan 11, 1930 – Dec 1, 1930 · 11 months
Frederic Mosley Sackett R
Dec 7, 1925 – Jan 10, 1930 · 4.1 years
Augustus Owsley Stanley D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
George Brown Martin D
Sep 7, 1918 – Mar 4, 1919 · 6 months
Ollie Murray James D
Apr 7, 1913 – Aug 29, 1918 · 5.4 years
Thomas Hanson Paynter D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
William Lindsay D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
William Lindsay D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Griffin Carlisle D
Jan 1, 1890 – Jan 1, 1894 · 4 years
James Burnie Beck D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Burnie Beck D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
James Burnie Beck D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
John White Stevenson D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
Thomas Clay McCreery D
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1871 · 3.2 years
James Guthrie D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Lazarus Whitehead Powell D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1865 · 5.2 years
John Burton Thompson A
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Joseph Rogers Underwood W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
James Turner Morehead W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1847 · 5.8 years
John Jordan Crittenden W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
George Mortimer Bibb J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
Richard Mentor Johnson J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.3 years
Richard Mentor Johnson R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1823 · 3.2 years
John Jordan Crittenden R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Martin D. Hardin F
Jan 1, 1816 – Mar 4, 1817 · 14 months
George Walker R
Jan 1, 1814 – Mar 4, 1815 · 14 months
William Taylor Barry R
Jan 1, 1814 – Mar 4, 1817 · 3.2 years
George Mortimer Bibb R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1815 · 3.3 years
Henry Clay R
Jan 1, 1810 – Mar 4, 1811 · 14 months
Buckner Thruston R
Dec 2, 1805 – Jan 1, 1810 · 4.1 years
John Brown R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1805 · 5.3 years
John Brown R
Jun 18, 1792 – Mar 4, 1799 · 6.7 years

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