U.S. Senators from Alabama, 1819-2019(May beincomplete!)
WilliamR. King 1819-44JohnW. Walker 1819-22WilliamKelly 1822-25HenryH. Chambers 1825-26IsraelPickens 1826JohnMcKinley 1826-31GabrielMoore 1831-37JohnMcKinley 1837ClementC. Clay 1837-41ArthurP. Bagby 1841-48DixonH. Lewis 1844-48WilliamR. King 1848-52BenjaminFitzpatrick 1848-49JeremiahClemens 1849-53BenjaminFitzpatrick 1853-55ClementClaiborne Clay, Jr. 1853-61BenjaminFitzpatrick 1855-61GeorgeE. Spencer 1868-79WillardWarner 1868-71GeorgeThomas Goldthwaite 1871-77JohnT. Morgan 1877-1907GeorgeS. Houston 1879LukePryor 1880JamesL. Pugh 1880-97EdmundW. Pettus 1897-1907JohnH. Bankhead 1907-20JosephF. Johnston 1907-13FrankS. White 1914-15OscarW. Underwood 1915-27BraxtonB. Comer 1920J.Thomas Heflin 1920-31HugoL. Black 1927-37JohnH. Bankhead II 1931-46DixieBibb Graves 1937-38ListerHill 1938-69GeorgeRobinson Swift 1946JohnJ. Sparkman 1946-79JamesB. Allen 1969-78MaryonPittman Allen 1978DonaldStewart 1978-81HowellT. Heflin 1979-97JeremiahDenton 1981-87RichardC. Shelby 1987-JeffSessions 1997-2017LutherStrange 2017-18DougJones 2018- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1826 Jan 24:HenryH. Chambers, died in office. 1848 Jun 16:ArthurP. Bagby, resigned. 1848 Oct 25:DixonH. Lewis, died in office. 1879 Dec 31:GeorgeS. Houston, died in office. 1907 Jun 11:JohnT. Morgan, died in office. 1907 Jul 27:EdmundW. Pettus, died in office. 1913 Aug 8:JosephF. Johnston, died in office. 1914 May 11:FrankS. White (Dem), elected unopposed. 1914 Nov 3:OscarW. Underwood (Dem), elected;AlexC. Birch (Rep), defeated;A.P. Longshore (Progressive), defeated;S.F. Hinton (Socialist), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:JohnH. Bankhead (Dem), elected unopposed. 1920 Mar 1:JohnH. Bankhead, died in office. 1920 May 11:J.Thomas Heflin (Dem), nominated. 1920 Nov 2:OscarW. Underwood (Dem), elected;LewisHenry Reynolds (Rep), defeated;A.M. Forsman (Socialist), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:J.Thomas Heflin (Dem), elected;CharlesP. Lunsford (Rep), defeated;W.H. Chichester (Socialist), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:J.Thomas Heflin (Dem), elected;FrankH. Lathrop (Rep), defeated. 1926:HenryLafayette Anderton (Dem), defeated in primary. 1926 Nov 2:HugoL. Black (Dem), elected;EdmundH. Dryer (Rep), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:JohnH. Bankhead II (Dem), elected;J.Thomas Heflin (Ind), defeated. 1932 Nov 8:HugoL. Black (Dem), elected;J.Theodore Johnson (Rep), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:JohnH. Bankhead II (Dem), elected;H.E. Berkstresser (Rep), defeated;WilliamC. Irby (Union), defeated. 1938 Jan 10:DixieBibb Graves, resigned. 1938 Nov 8:ListerHill (Dem), elected;J.M. Pennington (Rep), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:JohnH. Bankhead II (Dem), elected unopposed. 1944 Nov 7:ListerHill (Dem), elected;JohnA. Posey (Rep), defeated;HollisB. Parrish (Prohibition), defeated. 1946 Jun 12:JohnH. Bankhead II, died in office. 1946 Nov 5:JohnJ. Sparkman (Dem), elected unopposed. 1948:WallacePruitt, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 1948 Nov 2:JohnJ. Sparkman (Dem), elected;PaulG. Parsons (Rep), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:ListerHill (Dem), elected;JohnG. Crommelin, Jr. (Ind), defeated. 1954:LaurieC. Battle (Dem), defeated in primary. 1954 Nov 2:JohnJ. Sparkman (Dem), elected;J.Foy Guin, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:ListerHill (Dem), elected unopposed. 1960 Nov 8:JohnJ. Sparkman (Dem), elected;JulianE. Elgin (Rep), defeated. 1962 Nov 6:ListerHill (Dem), elected;JamesD. Martin (Rep), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:JohnJ. Sparkman (Dem), elected;JohnE. Grenier (Rep), defeated;JulianE. Elgin (Ind), defeated. 1968:ArmisteadI. Selden, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 1968 Nov 5:JamesB. Allen (Dem), elected;PerryO. Hooper (Rep), defeated;RobertP. Schwenn (National Democratic), defeated. 1972:MelbaTill Allen (Dem), defeated in primary. 1972 Nov 7:JohnJ. Sparkman (Dem), elected;WintonM. Blount (Rep), defeated;JohnI. LeFlore (National Democratic), defeated;JeromeB. Couch (Prohibition), defeated;HerbertW. Stone (Conservative), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:JamesB. Allen (Dem), elected;AlvinAbercrombie (Prohibition), defeated. 1978:WalterFlowers, defeated for nomination. 1978:MaryonPittman Allen (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978 Jun 1:JamesB. Allen, died in office. 1978 Jun 8:MaryonPittman Allen, appointed. 1978 Nov 7:HowellT. Heflin (Dem), elected;JeromeB. Couch (Prohibition), defeated. 1978 Nov 7:DonaldStewart (Dem), elected;JamesD. Martin (Rep), defeated;MichaelR. Erdy (Libertarian), defeated;A.J. Killingsworth (Prohibition), defeated;JosephT. Robino (People's), defeated. 1980:ArmisteadI. Selden, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary. 1980 Nov 4:JeremiahDenton (Rep), elected;JamesE. Folsom, Jr. (Dem), defeated;MichaelR. Erdy (Conservative), defeated;WilliamA. Crew (Libertarian), defeated;SallieM. Hadnott (National Democratic), defeated;JimPartain (Statesman), defeated;MohammedOliver (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1984 Nov 6:HowellT. Heflin (Dem), elected;AlbertL. Smith, Jr. (Rep), defeated;S.D. Davis (Libertarian), defeated. 1986 Nov 4:RichardC. Shelby (Dem), elected;JeremiahDenton (Rep), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:HowellT. Heflin (Dem), elected;WilliamJ. Cabaniss (Rep), defeated. 1992 Nov 3:RichardC. Shelby (Dem), elected;RichardSellers (Rep), defeated;JeromeShockley (Libertarian), defeated. 1996:GlenBrowder (Dem), defeated in primary. 1996 Nov 5:JeffSessions (Rep), elected;RogerBedford (Dem), defeated;MarkThornton (Libertarian), defeated;CharlesR. Hebner (Natural Law), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:RichardC. Shelby (Rep), elected;ClaytonSuddith (Dem), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:JeffSessions (Rep), elected;SusanD. Parker (Dem), defeated;JeffAllen (Libertarian), defeated. 2004 Nov 2:RichardC. Shelby (Rep), elected;WayneSowell (Dem), defeated. 2016:CharlesNana (Dem), defeated in primary. 2017 Feb 8:JeffSessions, resigned. 2017 Feb 9:LutherStrange, appointed. 2017 Aug 15:DougJones (Dem), nominated;RobertF. Kennedy, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;MichaelHansen (Dem), defeated in primary;WillBoyd (Dem), defeated in primary;JasonFisher (Dem), defeated in primary;BrianMcGee (Dem), defeated in primary;CharlesNana (Dem), defeated in primary;VannCaldwell (Dem), defeated in primary. 2017 Aug 15:RoyMoore (Rep), advanced to runoff;LutherStrange (Rep), advanced to runoff;MoBrooks (Rep), defeated in primary;TripPittman (Rep), defeated in primary;RandyBrinson (Rep), defeated in primary;BryanPeeples (Rep), defeated in primary;MaryMaxwell (Rep), defeated in primary;JamesBeretta (Rep), defeated in primary;DomGentile (Rep), defeated in primary;JosephBreault (Rep), defeated in primary. 2017 Sep 26:RoyMoore (Rep), nominated;LutherStrange (Rep), defeated in primary. 2017 Dec 12:DougJones (Dem), elected;RoyMoore (Rep), defeated. | |
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