List of United States Senators from Kansas
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Kansas was admitted as the 34th state to the United States of America on January 29, 1861. As of 2011, a total of 34 individuals have represented Kansas in the U.S. Senate.
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Kansas are:
Historical senators
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Kansas.
| Historical Representation to the US Senate by Party from Kansas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 3 | |||
| Republican | 29 | |||
| Populist | 2 | |||
| Total Senators | 34 | |||
| Class 2 Senators from Kansas | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| James H. Lane | Republican | 1861-1866 | ||||||
| Edmund G. Ross | Republican | 1866-1871 | ||||||
| Alexander Caldwell | Republican | 1871-1873 | ||||||
| Robert Crozier | Republican | 1873-1874 | ||||||
| James M. Harvey | Republican | 1874-1877 | ||||||
| Preston B. Plumb | Republican | 1877-1891 | ||||||
| Bishop W. Perkins | Republican | 1892-1893 | ||||||
| John Martin | Democratic | 1893-1895 | ||||||
| Lucien Baker | Republican | 1895-1901 | ||||||
| Joseph R. Burton | Republican | 1901-1906 | ||||||
| Alfred W. Benson | Republican | 1906-1907 | ||||||
| Charles Curtis | Republican | 1907-1913 | ||||||
| William H. Thompson | Democratic | 1913-1919 | ||||||
| Arthur Capper | Republican | 1919-1949 | ||||||
| Andrew F. Schoeppel | Republican | 1949-1962 | ||||||
| James B. Pearson | Republican | 1962-1978 | ||||||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Republican | 1978-1997 | ||||||
| Pat Roberts | Republican | 1997-Present | ||||||
