SinceAlaska became a U.S. state in 1959,[1] it has sentcongressional delegations to theUnited States Senate andUnited States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and member(s) of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, theTerritory of Alaska elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1906 to 1959.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Alaska to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
| Current U.S. senators from Alaska | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska
| Class II senator | Class III senator | ||
 Dan Sullivan (Junior senator) (Anchorage) |  Lisa Murkowski (Senior senator) (Girdwood) | |||
| Party | Republican | Republican | ||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2015 | December 20, 2002 | ||
Alaska's current congressional delegation in the119th Congress consists of its two senators, who are bothRepublicans and its sole representative, who is aRepublican. The current dean of the Alaska delegation is SenatorLisa Murkowski having served in the Senate since 2002.Lisa Murkowski is the first elected senator born in Alaska.[3]
| Current U.S. representatives from Alaska | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Member (Residence)[4] | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2025)[5] | District map |
| At-large | .jpg) Nick Begich III (Chugiak) | Republican | January 3, 2025 | R+6 | |
Each state elects two senators by statewide popular vote every six years.[6] The terms of the two senators are staggered so that they are not elected in the same year, meaning that each seat also has aclass determining the years in which the seat will be up for election. Alaska's senators are elected in classes 2 and 3.
There have been eight senators from Alaska, of whom four have beenDemocrats and four have beenRepublicans.William Egan andErnest Gruening were elected to the Senate on October 6, 1956 for the84th Congress but did not take the oath of office and were not accorded senatorial privileges, since Alaska was not yet a state.[7] Alaska's current senators, both Republicans, areDan Sullivan, in office since 2015, andLisa Murkowski, in office since 2002.
| Class II senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Bartlett (D)[a] | 86th (1959–1961) | Ernest Gruening (D) | ||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| Ted Stevens (R) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | Mike Gravel (D) | |||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | Frank Murkowski (R) | |||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| Lisa Murkowski (R) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| Mark Begich (D) | 111th (2009–2011) | |||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| Dan Sullivan (R) | 114th (2015–2017) | |||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| 119th (2025–2027) | ||||
Starting on August 14, 1906, Alaska sent a non-voting delegate to the House. From May 17, 1884 to August 24, 1912, Alaska was designated as theDistrict of Alaska. From then to January 3, 1959, it was theAlaska Territory.
| Congress | Delegate from territorial district |
|---|---|
| 59th (1905–1907) | Frank Hinman Waskey (D) |
| 60th (1907–1909) | Thomas Cale (I) |
| 61st (1909–1911) | James Wickersham (R) |
| 62nd (1911–1913) | |
| 63rd (1913–1915) | |
| 64th (1915–1917) | |
| 65th (1917–1919) | Charles A. Sulzer (D) |
| James Wickersham[b] (R) | |
| 66th (1919–1921) | Charles A. Sulzer[a] (D) |
| George B. Grigsby (D) | |
| James Wickersham[c] (R) | |
| 67th (1921–1923) | Daniel Sutherland (R) |
| 68th (1923–1925) | |
| 69th (1925–1927) | |
| 70th (1927–1929) | |
| 71st (1929–1931) | |
| 72nd (1931–1933) | James Wickersham (R) |
| 73rd (1933–1935) | Anthony Dimond (D) |
| 74th (1935–1937) | |
| 75th (1937–1939) | |
| 76th (1939–1941) | |
| 77th (1941–1943) | |
| 78th (1943–1945) | |
| 79th (1945–1947) | Bob Bartlett (D) |
| 80th (1947–1949) | |
| 81st (1949–1951) | |
| 82nd (1951–1953) | |
| 83rd (1953–1955) | |
| 84th (1955–1957) | |
| 85th (1957–1959) |
Since statehood on January 3, 1959, Alaska has had one seat in the House.
| Congress | At-large district |
|---|---|
| 86th (1959–1961) | Ralph Rivers (D) |
| 87th (1961–1963) | |
| 88th (1963–1965) | |
| 89th (1965–1967) | |
| 90th (1967–1969) | Howard Pollock (R) |
| 91st (1969–1971) | |
| 92nd (1971–1973) | Nick Begich Sr.[a][d] (D) |
| Don Young[a][e] (R) | |
| 93rd (1973–1975) | |
| 94th (1975–1977) | |
| 95th (1977–1979) | |
| 96th (1979–1981) | |
| 97th (1981–1983) | |
| 98th (1983–1985) | |
| 99th (1985–1987) | |
| 100th (1987–1989) | |
| 101st (1989–1991) | |
| 102nd (1991–1993) | |
| 103rd (1993–1995) | |
| 104th (1995–1997) | |
| 105th (1997–1999) | |
| 106th (1999–2001) | |
| 107th (2001–2003) | |
| 108th (2003–2005) | |
| 109th (2005–2007) | |
| 110th (2007–2009) | |
| 111th (2009–2011) | |
| 112th (2011–2013) | |
| 113th (2013–2015) | |
| 114th (2015–2017) | |
| 115th (2017–2019) | |
| 116th (2019–2021) | |
| 117th (2021–2023) | |
| Mary Peltola[f] (D) | |
| 118th (2023–2025) | |
| 119th (2025–2027) | Nick Begich III (R) |
| Democratic (D) |
| Republican (R) |
| Independent (I) |
