List of United States Senators from Alabama
Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state to the United States of America on December 14, 1819. As of 2013, a total of 43 individuals have represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate.
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Alabama are:
Historical senators
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama.
| Historical Representation to the US Senate by Party from Alabama | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 31 | |||
| Republican | 8 | |||
| Jacksonian | 4 | |||
| Total Senators | 43 | |||
| Class 2 Senators from Alabama | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| William R. King | 1819-1844 | Republican | ||||||
| Dixon H. Lewis | 1844-1848 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick | 1848-1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeremiah Clemens | 1849-1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. | 1853-1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| Willard Warner | 1868-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| George Goldthwaite | 1871-1877 | Democratic | ||||||
| John T. Morgan | 1877-1907 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Bankhead | 1907-1920 | Democratic | ||||||
| Braxton B. Comer | 1920-1920 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Thomas Heflin | 1920-1931 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Bankhead II | 1931-1946 | Democratic | ||||||
| George R. Swift | 1946-1946 | Democratic | ||||||
| John J. Sparkman | 1946-1979 | Democratic | ||||||
| Howell T. Heflin | 1979-1997 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeff Sessions | 1997-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Class 3 Senators from Alabama | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John W. Walker | 1819-1822 | Republican | ||||||
| William Kelly | 1822-1825 | Republican | ||||||
| Henry H. Chambers | 1825-1826 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| Israel Pickens | 1826-1826 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| John McKinley | 1826-1831 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| Gabriel Moore | 1831-1837 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| John McKinley | 1837-1837 | Democratic | ||||||
| Clement Comer Clay | 1837-1841 | Democratic | ||||||
| Arthur P. Bagby | 1841-1848 | Democratic | ||||||
| William R. King | 1848-1852 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick | 1853-1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| George E. Spencer | 1868-1879 | Republican | ||||||
| George S. Houston | 1879-1879 | Democratic | ||||||
| Luke Pryor | 1880-1880 | Democratic | ||||||
| James L. Pugh | 1880-1897 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edmund W. Pettus | 1897-1907 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joseph F. Johnston | 1907-1913 | Democratic | ||||||
| Francis S. White | 1914-1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Oscar W. Underwood | 1915-1927 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hugo L. Black | 1927-1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Dixie Bibb Graves | 1937-1938 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Lister Hill | 1938-1969 | Democratic | ||||||
| James B. Allen | 1969-1978 | Democratic | ||||||
| Maryon Pittman Allen | 1978-1978 | Democratic | ||||||
| Donald W. Stewart | 1978-1981 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. | 1981-1987 | Republican | ||||||
| Richard Shelby | 1987-Present | Republican | ||||||
External links
See also
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State of Alabama Montgomery (capital) |
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