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List of United States Senators from Kentucky
From Ballotpedia
Kentucky was admitted as the 15th state to the United States of America on June 1, 1792. As of 2011, a total of 79 individuals have represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate.
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Kentucky are:
Historical senators
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Kentucky.
| Historical Representation to the US Senate by Party from Kentucky | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 34 | |||
| Republican | 30 | |||
| Whig | 8 | |||
| American | 2 | |||
| Jacksonian | 2 | |||
| Anti-Admin | 1 | |||
| Federalist | 2 | |||
| Total Senators | 79 | |||
| Class 2 Senators from Kentucky | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John Brown | Republican | 1792-1805 | ||||||
| Buckner Thruston | Republican | 1805-1809 | ||||||
| Henry Clay | Republican | 1810-1811 | ||||||
| George M. Bibb | Republican | 1811-1814 | ||||||
| George Walker | Republican | 1814-1814 | ||||||
| William T. Barry | Republican | 1814-1816 | ||||||
| Martin D. Hardin | Federalist | 1816-1817 | ||||||
| John J. Crittenden | Republican | 1817-1819 | ||||||
| Richard M. Johnson | Republican | 1819-1829 | ||||||
| George M.Bibb | Jacksonian | 1829-1835 | ||||||
| John J. Crittenden | Anti-Jacksonian, Whig | 1835-1841 | ||||||
| James T. Morehead | Whig | 1841-1847 | ||||||
| Joseph R. Underwood | Whig | 1847-1853 | ||||||
| John B. Thompson | Whig, Opposition, American | 1853-1859 | ||||||
| Lazarus W. Powell | Democratic | 1859-1865 | ||||||
| James Guthrie | Democratic | 1865-1868 | ||||||
| Thomas C. McCreery | Democratic | 1868-1871 | ||||||
| John W. Stevenson | Democratic | 1871-1877 | ||||||
| James B. Beck | Democratic | 1877-1890 | ||||||
| John G. Carlisle | Democratic | 1890-1893 | ||||||
| William Lindsay | Democratic | 1893-1901 | ||||||
| Joseph C.S. Blackburn | Democratic | 1901-1907 | ||||||
| Thomas H. Paynter | Democratic | 1907-1913 | ||||||
| Ollie M. James | Democratic | 1913-1918 | ||||||
| George B. Martin | Democratic | 1918-1919 | ||||||
| A. Owsley Stanley | Democratic | 1919-1925 | ||||||
| Frederic M. Sackett | Republican | 1925-1930 | ||||||
| John M. Robsion | Republican | 1930-1930 | ||||||
| Ben M. Williamson | Democratic | 1930-1931 | ||||||
| Marvel M. Logan | Democratic | 1931-1939 | ||||||
| Albert B. Happy Chandler | Democratic | 1939-1945 | ||||||
| William A. Stanfill | Republican | 1945-1946 | ||||||
| John Sherman Cooper | Republican | 1946-1949 | ||||||
| Virgil M. Chapman | Democratic | 1949-1951 | ||||||
| Thomas R. Underwood | Democratic | 1951-1952 | ||||||
| John Sherman Cooper | Republican | 1952-1955 | ||||||
| Alben W. Barkley | Democratic | 1955-1956 | ||||||
| Robert Humphreys | Democratic | 1956-1956 | ||||||
| John Sherman Cooper | Republican | 1956-1973 | ||||||
| Walter D. Huddleston | Democratic | 1973-1985 | ||||||
| Mitch McConnell | Republican | 1985-Present | ||||||
| Class 3 Senators from Kentucky | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John Edwards | Anti-Admin | 1792-1795 | ||||||
| Humphrey Marshall | Federalist | 1795-1801 | ||||||
| John Breckinridge | Republican | 1801-1805 | ||||||
| John Adair | Republican | 1805-1806 | ||||||
| Henry Clay | Republican | 1806-1807 | ||||||
| John Pope | Republican | 1807-1813 | ||||||
| Jesse Bledsoe | Republican | 1813-1814 | ||||||
| Isham Talbot | Republican | 1815-1819 | ||||||
| William Logan | Republican | 1819-1820 | ||||||
| Isham Talbot | Republican | 1820-1825 | ||||||
| John Rowan | Jacksonian | 1825-1831 | ||||||
| Henry Clay | Anti-Jacksonian, Whig | 1831-1842 | ||||||
| John J. Crittenden | Whig | 1842-1848 | ||||||
| Thomas Metcalfe | Whig | 1848-1849 | ||||||
| Henry Clay | Whig | 1849-1852 | ||||||
| David Meriwether | Democratic | 1852-1852 | ||||||
| Archibald Dixon | Whig | 1852-1855 | ||||||
| John J. Crittenden | Opposition, American | 1855-1861 | ||||||
| John C. Breckinridge | Democratic | 1861-1861 | ||||||
| Garrett Davis | Democratic | 1861-1872 | ||||||
| Willis B. Machen | Democratic | 1872-1873 | ||||||
| Thomas C. McCreery | Democratic | 1873-1879 | ||||||
| John Stuart Williams | Democratic | 1879-1885 | ||||||
| Joseph C. S. Blackburn | Democratic | 1885-1897 | ||||||
| William J. Deboe | Republican | 1897-1903 | ||||||
| James B. McCreary | Democratic | 1903-1909 | ||||||
| William O. Bradley | Republican | 1909-1914 | ||||||
| Johnson N. Camden, Jr. | Democratic | 1914-1915 | ||||||
| John C. W. Beckham | Democratic | 1915-1921 | ||||||
| Richard P. Ernst | Republican | 1921-1927 | ||||||
| Alben W. Barkley | Democratic | 1927-1949 | ||||||
| Garrett L. Withers | Democratic | 1949-1950 | ||||||
| Earle C. Clements | Democratic | 1950-1957 | ||||||
| Thruston B. Morton | Republican | 1957-1968 | ||||||
| Marlow W. Cook | Republican | 1968-1974 | ||||||
| Wendell H. Ford | Democratic | 1974-1999 | ||||||
| Jim Bunning | Republican | 1999-2011 | ||||||
| Rand Paul | Republican | 2011-Present | ||||||
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