List of United States senators from Kansas

This is a list of United States senators from Kansas.

 # Senator Party Years Notes/Other offices Term Electoral history 1 75px James H. Lane Republican April 4, 1861 –July 11, 1866 Lieutenant Governor of IndianaMember of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana 1 Elected in 1861 2 Re-elected in 1865Died Vacant July 11, 1866 –July 25, 1866   2 75px Edmund G. Ross Republican July 25, 1866 –March 4, 1871 Governors of New Mexico Territory Appointed to continue Lane's termElected to finish Lane's termLost re-election 3 75px Alexander Caldwell Republican March 4, 1871 –March 24, 1873 3 Elected in 1871Resigned, ahead of a movement to expel him for bribery and corruption Vacant March 24, 1873 –November 24, 1873   4 75px Robert Crozier Republican November 24, 1873 –February 8, 1874 Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court Appointed to continue Caldwell's termRetired when successor elected 5 75px James M. Harvey Republican February 8, 1874 –March 4, 1877 Governor of Kansas Elected to finish Caldwell's term, who resigned in disgrace (see above) 6 75px Preston B. Plumb Republican March 4, 1877 –December 20, 1891 Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives 4 Elected in 1877 5 Re-elected in 1883 6 Re-elected in 1888Died Vacant December 20, 1891 –January 1, 1892   7 75px Bishop W. Perkins Republican January 1, 1892 –March 4, 1893 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Appointed to continue Plumb's termRetired when successor qualified 8 75px John Martin Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 4, 1895 Clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court Elected to finish Plumb's term, who died (see above) 9 75px Lucien Baker Republican March 4, 1895 –March 4, 1901 State Senator 7 Elected in 1894Lost renomination 10 75px Joseph R. Burton Republican March 4, 1901 –June 4, 1906 World's Columbian Exposition CommissionerConvicted of bribe taking 8 Elected in 1900Resigned when convicted of Bribery Vacant June 4, 1906 –June 11, 1906   11 75px Alfred W. Benson Republican June 11, 1906 –January 23, 1907 Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court Appointed to continue Burton's termLost election to finish Burton's term 12 75px Charles Curtis Republican January 29, 1907 –March 4, 1913 Member of the U.S. House of RepresentativesPresident pro temporeCharles Curtis served as President pro tempore on a rotating basis with Augustus O. Bacon, Jacob H. Gallinger, Frank B. Brandegee, Henry Cabot Lodge.Also served in Kansas's class 3 seatMajority WhipMajority LeaderVice President of the United States Elected to finish Burton's term 9 Elected to full term in 1906Lost re-election 13 75px William H. Thompson Democratic March 4, 1913 –March 4, 1919 10 Elected in 1912Lost re-election 14 75px Arthur Capper Republican March 4, 1919 –January 3, 1949 Governor of Kansas 12 Elected in 1918 13 Re-elected in 1924 14 Re-elected in 1930 15 Re-elected in 1936 16 Re-elected in 1942Retired 15 75px Andrew F. Schoeppel Republican January 3, 1949 –January 21, 1962 Governor of Kansas 17 Elected in 1948 18 Re-elected in 1954 19 Re-elected in 1960Died Vacant January 21, 1962 –January 31, 1962   16 75px James B. Pearson Republican January 31, 1962 –December 23, 1978  Appointed to continue Schoeppel's termElected to finish Schoeppel's term 20 Elected to full term in 1966 21 Re-elected in 1972Retired and resigned early to allow successor gain seniority 17 75px Nancy Kassebaum Republican December 23, 1978 –January 3, 1997  Appointed to finish Pearson's term,having already been elected to the next term 22 Elected to full term in 1978 23 Re-elected in 1984 24 Re-elected in 1990Retired 18 75px Pat Roberts Republican January 3, 1997 – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 25 Elected in 1996 26 Re-elected in 2002 27 Re-elected in 2008 # Senator Party Years Notes/Other offices Term Electoral history

Class 3

 # Senator Party Years Notes/Other offices Term Electoral history 1 75px Samuel C. Pomeroy Republican April 4, 1861 –March 3, 1873  1 Elected in 1861Lost re-election 2 75px John James Ingalls Republican March 4, 1873 –March 4, 1891 President pro tempore 2 Elected in 1873 3 Re-elected in 1879 4 Re-elected in 1885Lost re-election 3 75px William A. Peffer Populist March 4, 1891 –March 4, 1897  5 Elected in 1891Lost re-election 4 75px William A. Harris Populist March 4, 1897 –March 4, 1903 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 6 Elected in 1897Lost re-election 5 75px Chester I. Long Republican March 4, 1903 –March 4, 1909 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 7 Elected in 1902Lost renomination 6 75px Joseph L. Bristow Republican March 4, 1909 –March 4, 1915  8 Elected in 1908Lost renomination 7 75px Charles Curtis Republican March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1929 Member of the U.S. House of RepresentativesAlso served in Kansas's class 2 seatPresident pro temporeMajority WhipMajority LeaderVice President of the United States 9 Elected in 1914 10 Re-elected in 1920 11 Reelected in 1926Resigned to become U.S. Vice President Vacant March 3, 1929 –April 1, 1929   8 75px Henry Justin Allen Republican April 1, 1929 –November 30, 1930 Governor of Kansas Appointed to continue Curtis's termLost election to finish Curtis's term 9 75px George McGill Democratic December 1, 1930 –January 3, 1939 Last Democratic Senator from Kansas Elected to finish Curtis's term 12 Elected to full term in 1932Lost re-election 10 75px Clyde M. Reed Republican January 3, 1939 –November 8, 1949 Governor of Kansas 13 Elected in 1938 14 Re-elected in 1944Died Vacant November 8, 1949 –December 2, 1949   11 75px Harry Darby Republican December 2, 1949 –November 28, 1950  Appointed to continue Reed's termRetired when successor elected 12 75px Frank Carlson Republican November 29, 1950 –January 3, 1969 Member of the U.S. House of RepresentativesGovernor of Kansas Elected to finish Reed's term and to the next term 15 Elected to full term in 1950 16 Re-elected in 1956 17 Re-elected in 1962Retired 13 75px Bob Dole Republican January 3, 1969 –June 11, 1996 Member of the U.S. House of RepresentativesRNC Chairman (1971–1972)Republican nominee for Vice President(1976)Republican LeaderRepublican nominee for President(1996) 18 Elected in 1968 19 Re-elected in 1974 20 Re-elected in 1980 21 Re-elected in 1986 22 Re-elected in 1992Resigned to campaign for U.S. President 14 75px Sheila Frahm Republican June 11, 1996 –November 6, 1996 Lieutenant Governor of Kansas Appointed to continue Dole's termLost nomination to finish Dole's term 15 75px Sam Brownback Republican November 7, 1996 –January 3, 2011 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Elected to finish Dole's term 23 Elected to full term in 1998 24 Re-elected in 2004elected Governor of Kansas 16 75px Jerry Moran Republican January 3, 2011 –Present Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 25 Elected in 2010 # Senator Party Years Notes/Other offices Term Electoral history

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