List of United States Senators from Alaska
Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. Alaska's senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan.
List of Senators
Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected in 1958 for only one Congress (the 86th Congress), and then the seat was contested again for the 87th Congress, 90th Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and the next election will be in 2020. |
C o n g r e s s |
Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected in 1958 for two Congresses (the 86th Congress and 87th Congress), and then the seat was contested again for the 88th Congress, 91st Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2004, 2010, and 2016, and the next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Bob Bartlett |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – December 11, 1968 |
Elected in 1958. | 1 | 86th Congress | 1 | Elected in 1958. | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969 |
Democratic | Ernest Gruening |
1 |
Re-elected in 1960. | 2 | 87th Congress | ||||||||||
88th Congress | 2 | Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
89th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1966. Died. |
3 | 90th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | December 11, 1968 – December 24, 1968 |
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2 | Ted Stevens |
Republican | December 24, 1968 – January 3, 2009 |
Appointed to continue Bartlett's term. Elected in 1970 to finish Bartlett's term. | ||||||||
91st Congress | 3 | Elected in 1968. | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981 |
Democratic | Mike Gravel |
2 | ||||||
92nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1972. | 4 | 93rd Congress | ||||||||||
94th Congress | 4 | Re-elected in 1974. Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
95th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1978. | 5 | 96th Congress | ||||||||||
97th Congress | 5 | Elected in 1980. | January 3, 1981 – December 2, 2002 |
Republican | Frank Murkowski |
3 | ||||||
98th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1984. | 6 | 99th Congress | ||||||||||
100th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
101st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1990. | 7 | 102nd Congress | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | 7 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
104th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1996. | 8 | 105th Congress | ||||||||||
106th Congress | 8 | Re-elected in 1998. Resigned to become Governor of Alaska. | ||||||||||
107th Congress | ||||||||||||
December 2, 2002 – December 20, 2002 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish her father's term. | December 20, 2002 – Present |
Republican | Lisa Murkowski |
4 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 2002. Lost re-election. |
9 | 108th Congress | ||||||||||
109th Congress | 9 | Elected to full term in 2004. | ||||||||||
110th Congress | ||||||||||||
3 | Mark Begich |
Democratic | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015 |
Elected in 2008. Lost re-election. |
10 | 111th Congress | ||||||
112th Congress | 10 | Lost renomination, but re-elected as a write-in candidate in 2010. | ||||||||||
113th Congress | ||||||||||||
4 | Dan Sullivan |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Elected in 2014. | 11 | 114th Congress | ||||||
115th Congress | 11 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
116th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2020 election. | 12 | 117th Congress | ||||||||||
118th Congress | 12 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 2 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Alaska
As of October 2016, there are three former U.S. Senators from Alaska who are currently living, one from Class 2 and two in Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Ted Stevens of Class 2 (1968-2009) on August 9, 2010. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Ernest Gruening (1959-1969) on June 26, 1974.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Mike Gravel | 1969–1981 | 3 | May 13, 1930 |
Frank Murkowski | 1981–2002 | 3 | March 28, 1933 |
Mark Begich | 2009–2015 | 2 | March 30, 1962 |
See also
- List of United States Representatives from Alaska
- United States congressional delegations from Alaska