U.S. Senators from Arkansas, 1836-2018(May beincomplete!) WilliamS. Fulton 1836-44AmbroseH. Sevier 1836-48ChesterAshley 1844-48SolonBorland 1848-53WilliamK. Sebastian 1848-61RobertW. Johnson 1853-61CharlesB. Mitchel 1861AlexanderMcDonald 1868-71BenjaminFranklin Rice 1868-73PowellClayton 1871-77StephenW. Dorsey 1873-79AugustusH. Garland 1877-85JamesD. Walker 1879-85JamesK. Jones 1885-1903JamesH. Berry 1885-1907JamesP. Clarke 1903-16JeffDavis 1907-13JohnNetherland Heiskell 1913WilliamMarmaduke Kavanaugh 1913JosephT. Robinson 1913-37WilliamF. Kirby 1916-21ThaddeusH. Caraway 1921-31HattieW. Caraway 1931-45JohnE. Miller 1937-41GeorgeLloyd Spencer 1941-43JohnL. McClellan 1943-77J.William Fulbright 1945-74DaleBumpers 1975-99KaneasterHodges, Jr. 1977-79DavidH. Pryor 1979-97TimHutchinson 1997-2003BlancheLambert Lincoln 1999-2011MarkPryor 2003-JohnBoozman 2011-TomCotton 2015- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1844 Aug 15:WilliamS. Fulton, died in office. 1848 Mar 15:AmbroseH. Sevier, resigned. 1848 Apr 29:ChesterAshley, died in office. 1913 Jan 3:JeffDavis, died in office. 1914 Nov 3:JamesP. Clarke (Dem), elected;HarryH. Myers (Rep), defeated. 1916 Oct 1:JamesP. Clarke, died in office. 1916 Nov 7:WilliamF. Kirby (Dem), elected;H.L. Remmel (Rep), defeated. 1918:StephenBrundidge, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 1918 Nov 5:JosephT. Robinson (Dem), elected unopposed. 1920 Nov 2:ThaddeusH. Caraway (Dem), elected;CharlesF. Cole (Rep), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:JosephT. Robinson (Dem), elected;CharlesF. Cole (Rep), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:ThaddeusH. Caraway (Dem), elected;RobertA. Jones (Rep), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:JosephT. Robinson (Dem), elected unopposed. 1931 Nov 6:ThaddeusH. Caraway, died in office. 1932 Jan 12:HattieW. Caraway (Dem), elected;RexFloyd (Ind), defeated;SamD. Carson, defeated. 1932 Nov 8:HattieW. Caraway (Dem), elected;JohnW. White (Rep), defeated. 1936:ThornesberryA. Gray (Dem), defeated in primary. 1936 Nov 3:JosephT. Robinson (Dem), elected;G.C. Ledbetter (Rep), defeated;ClaudeC. Williams (Socialist), defeated. 1937 Jul 14:JosephT. Robinson, died in office. 1937 Oct 18:JohnE. Miller (Ind), elected;CarlE. Bailey (Dem), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:HattieW. Caraway (Dem), elected;C.T. Atkinson (Rep), defeated. 1942:ClydeT. Ellis, defeated for nomination;DavidD. Terry, defeated for nomination. 1942 Nov 3:JohnL. McClellan (Dem), elected unopposed. 1944:ThomasH. Barton (Dem), defeated in primary. 1944 Jul 25:HomerM. Adkins (Dem), advanced to runoff. 1944 Aug 8:HomerM. Adkins (Dem), defeated in primary. 1944 Nov 7:J.William Fulbright (Dem), elected;VictorM. Wade (Rep), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:JohnL. McClellan (Dem), elected;R.Walter Tucker (Ind), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:J.William Fulbright (Dem), elected unopposed. 1954:SidMcMath (Dem), defeated in primary. 1954 Nov 2:JohnL. McClellan (Dem), elected unopposed. 1956 Nov 6:J.William Fulbright (Dem), elected;BenC. Henley (Rep), defeated. 1960 Nov 8:JohnL. McClellan (Dem), elected;MarvinFuchs (Ind), defeated. 1962 Nov 6:J.William Fulbright (Dem), elected;KennethJones (Rep), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:JohnL. McClellan (Dem), elected unopposed. 1968:JamesD. Johnson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1968 Nov 5:J.William Fulbright (Dem), elected;CharlesT. Bernard (Rep), defeated. 1972:DavidH. Pryor (Dem), defeated in primary. 1972 Nov 7:JohnL. McClellan (Dem), elected;WayneH. Babbitt (Rep), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:DaleBumpers (Dem), elected;JohnHarris Jones (Rep), defeated. 1974 Dec 31:J.William Fulbright, resigned. 1977 Nov 28:JohnL. McClellan, died in office. 1977 Dec 10:KaneasterHodges, Jr., appointed. 1978:JimGuy Tucker, Jr., defeated for nomination. 1978:RayThornton (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978 Nov 7:DavidH. Pryor (Dem), elected;ThomasKelly (Rep), defeated;JohnG. Black (Ind), defeated. 1980 Nov 4:DaleBumpers (Dem), elected;WilliamClark (Rep), defeated;WalterMcCarty (Ind), defeated. 1984 Nov 6:DavidH. Pryor (Dem), elected;EdBethune (Rep), defeated. 1986 Nov 4:RalphForbes (Ind), defeated;DaleBumpers (Dem), elected;W.Asa Hutchinson (Rep), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:DavidH. Pryor (Dem), elected;BettyWhite, defeated. 1992 Nov 3:DaleBumpers (Dem), elected;MikeHuckabee (Rep), defeated. 1996 Nov 5:TimHutchinson (Rep), elected;WinstonBryant (Dem), defeated. 1998 May 19:BlancheLambert Lincoln (Dem), advanced to runoff;WinstonBryant (Dem), advanced to runoff;ScottFerguson (Dem), defeated in primary;NateCoulter (Dem), defeated in primary. 1998 May 19:FayBoozman (Rep), nominated;ThomasA. Prince (Rep), defeated in primary. 1998 Jun 9:BlancheLambert Lincoln (Dem), nominated;WinstonBryant (Dem), defeated in primary. 1998 Nov 3:BlancheLambert Lincoln (Dem), elected;FayBoozman (Rep), defeated;CharleyE. Heffley (Reform), defeated. 2002 May 21:JimBob Duggar (Rep), defeated in primary. 2002 Nov 5:MarkPryor (Dem), elected;TimHutchinson (Rep), defeated. 2004 Nov 2:BlancheLambert Lincoln (Dem), elected;JimHolt (Rep), defeated;GlenA. Schwarz, defeated;GeneMason, defeated. 2010 Nov 2:BlancheLambert Lincoln (Dem), defeated;JohnBoozman (Rep), elected. | |