Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, and elects its senators to Class II and Class III. Arkansas' Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861, due to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from June 1868. Its current senators are Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor. [edit] Class II | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | | William S. Fulton |  | Democratic | September 18, 1836 | August 15, 1844 | Died | Governor of the Arkansas Territory (1835–1836) | | Chester Ashley |  | Democratic | November 8, 1844 | April 29, 1848 | Died | | | William K. Sebastian |  | Democratic | May 12, 1848 | July 11, 1861 | Expelled | President of the Arkansas Senate (1846–1847)
Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (1843–1845)
Expulsion was reversed by the Senate in 1877 |
Vacant during the Civil War and Reconstruction
| | Alexander McDonald |  | Republican | June 22, 1868 | March 4, 1871 | Lost re-election | | | Powell Clayton |  | Republican | March 24, 1871 | March 4, 1877 | | Governor of Arkansas (1868–1871) | | Augustus H. Garland |  | Democratic | March 4, 1877 | March 6, 1885 | Resigned | United States Attorney General (1885–1889)
Governor of Arkansas (1874–1877)
Confederate States Senator (1864–1865)
Confederate States Representative (1861–1864) | | James H. Berry |  | Democratic | March 20, 1885 | March 4, 1907 | Lost re-election | Governor of Arkansas (1883–1885)
Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1874) | | Jeff Davis |  | Democratic | March 4, 1907 | January 3, 1913 | Died | Governor of Arkansas (1901–1907)
Arkansas Attorney General (1898–1901) | | John N. Heiskell |  | Democratic | January 6, 1913 | January 29, 1913 | Successor qualified[1] | | | William M. Kavanaugh |  | Democratic | January 29, 1913 | March 4, 1913 | | | | Joseph T. Robinson |  | Democratic | March 4, 1913 | July 14, 1937 | Died | Senate Democratic Leader (1923–1937)
U.S. Representative (1903–1913)
Governor of Arkansas (1913) | | John E. Miller |  | Democratic | November 15, 1937 | March 31, 1941 | Resigned | U.S. Representative (1931–1937)
United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (1941–1967) | | George L. Spencer |  | Democratic | April 1, 1941 | January 3, 1943 | Retired | | | John L. McClellan |  | Democratic | January 3, 1943 | November 28, 1977 | Died | U.S. Representative (1935–1939) | | Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. |  | Democratic | December 10, 1977 | January 3, 1979 | Retired | | | David H. Pryor |  | Democratic | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1997 | Retired | U.S. Representative (1966–1977)
Governor of Arkansas (1975–1979) | | Tim Hutchinson |  | Republican | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2003 | Lost re-election | U.S. Representative (1993–1997) | | Mark Pryor |  | Democratic | January 3, 2003 | Present | Incumbent | Arkansas Attorney General (1999–2003) | [edit] Class III | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | | Ambrose H. Sevier |  | Democratic | February 13, 1836 | June 15, 1848 | Resigned | President pro tempore (1845)
Minister to Mexico (1848)
Arkansas Territory's Delegate to Congress (1828–1836)
Speaker of the Arkansas Territory House of Representatives (1827) | | Solon Borland |  | Democratic | March 30, 1848 | April 11, 1853 | Resigned | Envoy to Nicaragua (1853–1854) | | Robert W. Johnson |  | Democratic | July 6, 1853 | March 4, 1861 | Retired | U.S. Representative (1847–1853)
Confederate States Senator (1862–1865) | | Charles B. Mitchel |  | Democratic | March 4, 1861 | July 11, 1861 | Expelled | Confederate States Senator (1862–1864) |
Vacant during the Civil War and Reconstruction
| | Benjamin F. Rice |  | Republican | June 23, 1868 | March 4, 1873 | | | | Stephen W. Dorsey |  | Republican | March 4, 1873 | March 4, 1879 | Retired | | | James D. Walker |  | Democratic | March 4, 1879 | March 4, 1885 | Retired | Solicitor General of Arkansas | | James K. Jones |  | Democratic | March 4, 1885 | March 4, 1903 | Lost re-election | President of the Arkansas Senate (1877–1879) | | James P. Clarke |  | Democratic | March 4, 1903 | October 1, 1916 | Died | President pro tempore (1913–1916)
Governor of Arkansas (1895–1897)
Arkansas Attorney General (1893–1895)
President of the Arkansas Senate (1891) | | William F. Kirby |  | Democratic | November 8, 1916 | March 4, 1921 | Lost renomination | Arkansas Attorney General (1907–1909)
Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (1910–1916; 1926–1934) | | Thaddeus H. Caraway |  | Democratic | March 4, 1921 | November 6, 1931 | Died | U.S. Representative (1913–1921)
| | Hattie W. Caraway |  | Democratic | November 13, 1931 | January 3, 1945 | Lost renomination | First woman elected to the Senate (1932) | | J. William Fulbright |  | Democratic | January 3, 1945 | December 31, 1974 | Resigned[2] | U.S. Representative (1943–1945) | | Dale Bumpers |  | Democratic | January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1999 | Retired | Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975)
Arkansas Attorney General (1893–1895)
Special Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (1968) | | Blanche Lincoln |  | Democratic | January 3, 1999 | Present | Incumbent | U.S. Representative (1993–1997) | [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Heiskell was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jeff Davis, and was not a candidate in the special election.
- ^ Fulbright had already lost the Democratic primary, and resigned before his term ended.
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