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	James H. Lane	Republican	April 4, 1861 – July 11, 1866	Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana	1	Elected in 1861
					2	Re-elected in 1865 Died
Vacant			July 11, 1866 – July 25, 1866
2	Edmund G. Ross	Republican	July 25, 1866 – March 4, 1871	Governors of New Mexico Territory		Appointed to continue Lane's term Elected to finish Lane's term Lost re-election
3	Alexander Caldwell	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 24, 1873		3	Elected in 1871 Resigned, ahead of a movement to expel him for bribery and corruption
Vacant			March 24, 1873 – November 24, 1873
4	Robert Crozier	Republican	November 24, 1873 – February 8, 1874	Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court		Appointed to continue Caldwell's term Retired when successor elected
5	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	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 1888 Died
Vacant			December 20, 1891 – January 1, 1892
7	Bishop W. Perkins	Republican	January 1, 1892 – March 4, 1893	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives		Appointed to continue Plumb's term Retired when successor qualified
8	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	Lucien Baker	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	State Senator	7	Elected in 1894 Lost renomination
10	Joseph R. Burton	Republican	March 4, 1901 – June 4, 1906	World's Columbian Exposition Commissioner Convicted of bribe taking	8	Elected in 1900 Resigned when convicted of Bribery
Vacant			June 4, 1906 – June 11, 1906
11	Alfred W. Benson	Republican	June 11, 1906 – January 23, 1907	Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court		Appointed to continue Burton's term Lost election to finish Burton's term
12	Charles Curtis	Republican	January 29, 1907 – March 4, 1913	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives President pro tempore Also served in Kansas's class 3 seat Majority Whip Majority Leader Vice President of the United States		Elected to finish Burton's term
					9	Elected to full term in 1906 Lost re-election
13	William H. Thompson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919		10	Elected in 1912 Lost re-election
14	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 1942 Retired
15	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 1960 Died
Vacant			January 21, 1962 – January 31, 1962
16	James B. Pearson	Republican	January 31, 1962 – December 23, 1978			Appointed to continue Schoeppel's term Elected to finish Schoeppel's term
					20	Elected to full term in 1966
					21	Re-elected in 1972 Retired and resigned early to allow successor gain seniority
17	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 1990 Retired
18	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	Samuel C. Pomeroy	Republican	April 4, 1861 – March 3, 1873		1	Elected in 1861 Lost re-election
2	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 1885 Lost re-election
3	William A. Peffer	Populist	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1897		5	Elected in 1891 Lost re-election
4	William A. Harris	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	6	Elected in 1897 Lost re-election
5	Chester I. Long	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1909	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	7	Elected in 1902 Lost renomination
6	Joseph L. Bristow	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915		8	Elected in 1908 Lost renomination
7	Charles Curtis	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Also served in Kansas's class 2 seat President pro tempore Majority Whip Majority Leader Vice President of the United States	9	Elected in 1914
					10	Re-elected in 1920
					11	Reelected in 1926 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
Vacant			March 3, 1929 – April 1, 1929
8	Henry Justin Allen	Republican	April 1, 1929 – November 30, 1930	Governor of Kansas		Appointed to continue Curtis's term Lost election to finish Curtis's term
9	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 1932 Lost re-election
10	Clyde M. Reed	Republican	January 3, 1939 – November 8, 1949	Governor of Kansas	13	Elected in 1938
					14	Re-elected in 1944 Died
Vacant			November 8, 1949 – December 2, 1949
11	Harry Darby	Republican	December 2, 1949 – November 28, 1950			Appointed to continue Reed's term Retired when successor elected
12	Frank Carlson	Republican	November 29, 1950 – January 3, 1969	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Governor 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 1962 Retired
13	Bob Dole	Republican	January 3, 1969 – June 11, 1996	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives RNC Chairman (1971–1972) Republican nominee for Vice President (1976) Republican Leader Republican 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 1992 Resigned to campaign for U.S. President
14	Sheila Frahm	Republican	June 11, 1996 – November 6, 1996	Lieutenant Governor of Kansas		Appointed to continue Dole's term Lost nomination to finish Dole's term
15	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 2004 elected Governor of Kansas
16	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