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

45 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1792. Now: Rand Paul R.

Holders
45
18 D · 16 R · 7 W · 1 AA · 1 F · 1 J · 1 A
Longest tenure
16 years
Alben William Barkley
Current
16 years
Rand Paul, since Jan 5, 2011
history/seat/ky-sen-3Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Edwards · 1792-01-01 – 1795-03-04 · Anti-AdministrationHumphrey Marshall · 1795-12-07 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistJohn Breckinridge · 1801-12-07 – 1806-01-01 · RepublicanHenry Clay · 1806-01-01 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Pope · 1807-10-26 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Bledsoe · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanIsham Talbot · 1815-12-04 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Logan · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Rowan · 1825-12-05 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonHenry Clay · 1831-12-05 – 1837-03-04 · WhigHenry Clay · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Jordan Crittenden · 1843-12-04 – 1848-06-13 · WhigHenry Clay · 1849-12-03 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJohn Jordan Crittenden · 1855-12-03 – 1861-03-04 · AmericanJohn Cabell Breckinridge · 1861-07-04 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratWillis Benson Machen · 1872-09-27 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratThomas Clay McCreery · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Stuart Williams · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clay Stiles Blackburn · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clay Stiles Blackburn · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Deboe · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJames Bennett McCreary · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam O’Connell Bradley · 1909-03-15 – 1914-05-24 · RepublicanJohnson Newlon Camden Jr. · 1914-06-16 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Crepps Wickliffe Beckham · 1915-12-06 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratRichard Pretlow Ernst · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanAlben William Barkley · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratAlben William Barkley · 1933-03-09 – 1949-01-20 · DemocratGarrett Lee Withers · 1949-01-20 – 1950-11-27 · DemocratEarle C Clements · 1950-11-27 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratThruston Ballard Morton · 1963-01-09 – 1968-12-17 · RepublicanMarlow Webster Cook · 1968-12-17 – 1974-12-28 · RepublicanWendell Hampton Ford · 1974-12-28 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWendell Hampton Ford · 1975-01-14 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratWendell Hampton Ford · 1987-01-06 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJim Bunning · 1999-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanRand Paul · 2011-01-05 – present · RepublicanJohn Adair · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanIsham Talbot · 1820-01-01 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Jordan Crittenden · 1842-03-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigThomas Metcalfe · 1848-01-01 – 1849-03-04 · WhigDavid Meriwether · 1852-01-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratGarrett Davis · 1861-07-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratThruston Ballard Morton · 1957-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanArchibald Dixon · 1852-01-01 – 1855-03-04 · Whig
Rand Paul R
Jan 5, 2011 – present · 16 years
Jim Bunning R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2011 · 12 years
Wendell Hampton Ford D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1999 · 12 years
Wendell Hampton Ford D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1987 · 12 years
Wendell Hampton Ford D
Dec 28, 1974 – Jan 4, 1975 · 7 days
Marlow Webster Cook R
Dec 17, 1968 – Dec 28, 1974 · 6 years
Thruston Ballard Morton R
Jan 9, 1963 – Dec 17, 1968 · 5.9 years
Thruston Ballard Morton R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1963 · 6 years
Earle C Clements D
Nov 27, 1950 – Jan 4, 1957 · 6.1 years
Garrett Lee Withers D
Jan 20, 1949 – Nov 27, 1950 · 22 months
Alben William Barkley D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 20, 1949 · 16 years
Alben William Barkley D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Richard Pretlow Ernst R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1921 · 5.2 years
Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. D
Jun 16, 1914 – Mar 4, 1915 · 9 months
William O’Connell Bradley R
Mar 15, 1909 – May 24, 1914 · 5.2 years
James Bennett McCreary D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
William Joseph Deboe R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
John Stuart Williams D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
Thomas Clay McCreery D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
Willis Benson Machen D
Sep 27, 1872 – Mar 4, 1873 · 5 months
John Cabell Breckinridge D
Jul 4, 1861 – Jan 1, 1862 · 6 months
Garrett Davis D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1873 · 12 years
John Jordan Crittenden A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1861 · 5.3 years
David Meriwether D
Jan 1, 1852 – Mar 4, 1853 · 14 months
Archibald Dixon W
Jan 1, 1852 – Mar 4, 1855 · 3.2 years
Henry Clay W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1853 · 3.2 years
Thomas Metcalfe W
Jan 1, 1848 – Mar 4, 1849 · 14 months
John Jordan Crittenden W
Dec 4, 1843 – Jun 13, 1848 · 4.5 years
John Jordan Crittenden W
Mar 31, 1842 – Mar 4, 1843 · 11 months
Henry Clay W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
Henry Clay W
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1837 · 5.2 years
John Rowan J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1831 · 5.2 years
Isham Talbot R
Jan 1, 1820 – Mar 4, 1825 · 5.2 years
William Logan R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Isham Talbot R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1819 · 3.2 years
Jesse Bledsoe R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
John Pope R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1813 · 5.4 years
Henry Clay R
Jan 1, 1806 – Mar 4, 1807 · 14 months
John Adair R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
John Breckinridge R
Dec 7, 1801 – Jan 1, 1806 · 4.1 years
Humphrey Marshall F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1801 · 5.2 years
John Edwards AA
Jan 1, 1792 – Mar 4, 1795 · 3.2 years

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