List of United States senators from Oklahoma
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Current delegation
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James Lankford (R)
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Markwayne Mullin (R)
Oklahoma was admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907, and elects United States senators to class 2 and class 3. The state's current U.S. senators are Republicans James Lankford (serving since 2015) and Markwayne Mullin (serving since 2023). Oklahoma's longest-serving senator was Jim Inhofe, who served from 1994 to 2023.
List of senators[edit]
| Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2008, 2014, 2020, and 2022 (special). The next election will be in 2026. | C | Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2010, 2014 (special), 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028. | ||||||||||
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| # | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
| Vacant | Nov 16, 1907 – Dec 11, 1907 | Oklahoma did not elect its senators until one month after statehood. | 1 | 60th | 1 | Oklahoma did not elect its senators until one month after statehood. | Nov 16, 1907 – Dec 11, 1907 | Vacant | ||||
| 1 |  Robert L. Owen | Democratic | Dec 11, 1907 – Mar 4, 1925 | Elected in 1907. | Elected in 1907. | Dec 11, 1907 – Mar 4, 1921 | Democratic |  Thomas Gore | 1 | |||
| 61st | 2 | Re-elected in 1909. | ||||||||||
| 62nd | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1913. | 2 | 63rd | ||||||||||
| 64th | 3 | Re-elected in 1914.Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
| 65th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1918.Retired. | 3 | 66th | ||||||||||
| 67th | 4 | Elected in 1920.Lost re-election. | Mar 4, 1921 – Mar 4, 1927 | Republican |  John W. Harreld | 2 | ||||||
| 68th | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  William B. Pine | Republican | Mar 4, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 | Elected in 1924.Lost re-election. | 4 | 69th | ||||||
| 70th | 5 | Elected in 1926. | Mar 4, 1927 – Jan 3, 1951 | Democratic |  Elmer Thomas | 3 | ||||||
| 71st | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Thomas Gore | Democratic | Mar 4, 1931 – Jan 3, 1937 | Elected in 1930.Lost renomination. | 5 | 72nd | ||||||
| 73rd | 6 | Re-elected in 1932. | ||||||||||
| 74th | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Joshua B. Lee | Democratic | Jan 3, 1937 – Jan 3, 1943 | Elected in 1936.Lost re-election. | 6 | 75th | ||||||
| 76th | 7 | Re-elected in 1938. | ||||||||||
| 77th | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  Edward H. Moore | Republican | Jan 3, 1943 – Jan 3, 1949 | Elected in 1942.Retired. | 7 | 78th | ||||||
| 79th | 8 | Re-elected in 1944.Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
| 80th | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Robert S. Kerr | Democratic | Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 1, 1963 | Elected in 1948. | 8 | 81st | ||||||
| 82nd | 9 | Elected in 1950. | Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 3, 1969 | Democratic |  Mike Monroney | 4 | ||||||
| 83rd | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1954. | 9 | 84th | ||||||||||
| 85th | 10 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
| 86th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1960.Died. | 10 | 87th | ||||||||||
| Vacant | Jan 1, 1963 – Jan 7, 1963 | |||||||||||
| 88th | 11 | Re-elected in 1962.Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
| 7 |  J. Howard Edmondson | Democratic | Jan 7, 1963 – Nov 3, 1964 | Appointed to continue Kerr's termLost nomination to finish Kerr's term. | ||||||||
| 8 |  Fred R. Harris | Democratic | Nov 3, 1964 – Jan 3, 1973 | Elected to finish Kerr's term. | ||||||||
| 89th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1966.Retired. | 11 | 90th | ||||||||||
| 91st | 12 | Elected in 1968. | Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 3, 1981 | Republican |  Henry Bellmon | 5 | ||||||
| 92nd | ||||||||||||
| 9 |  Dewey F. Bartlett | Republican | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 1979 | Elected in 1972.Retired. | 12 | 93rd | ||||||
| 94th | 13 | Re-elected in 1974.Retired. | ||||||||||
| 95th | ||||||||||||
| 10 | .jpg) David Boren | Democratic | Jan 3, 1979 – Nov 15, 1994 | Elected in 1978. | 13 | 96th | ||||||
| 97th | 14 | Elected in 1980. | Jan 3, 1981 – Jan 3, 2005 | Republican |  Don Nickles | 6 | ||||||
| 98th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1984. | 14 | 99th | ||||||||||
| 100th | 15 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
| 101st | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1990.Resigned to become President of the University of Oklahoma. | 15 | 102nd | ||||||||||
| 103rd | 16 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
| Vacant | Nov 15, 1994 – Nov 17, 1994 | |||||||||||
| 11 | .jpg) Jim Inhofe | Republican | Nov 17, 1994 – Jan 3, 2023 | Elected in 1994 to finish Boren's term. | ||||||||
| 104th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1996. | 16 | 105th | ||||||||||
| 106th | 17 | Re-elected in 1998.Retired. | ||||||||||
| 107th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2002. | 17 | 108th | ||||||||||
| 109th | 18 | Elected in 2004. | Jan 3, 2005 – Jan 3, 2015 | Republican |  Tom Coburn | 7 | ||||||
| 110th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2008. | 18 | 111th | ||||||||||
| 112th | 19 | Re-elected in 2010.Resigned. | ||||||||||
| 113th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2014. | 19 | 114th | Elected in 2014 to finish Coburn's term. | Jan 3, 2015 – present | Republican | .jpg) James Lankford | 8 | |||||
| 115th | 20 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
| 116th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2020.Resigned. | 20 | 117th | ||||||||||
| 12 |  Markwayne Mullin | Republican | Jan 3, 2023 – present | Elected in 2022 to finish Inhofe's term. | 118th | 21 | Re-elected in 2022. | |||||
| 119th | ||||||||||||
| To be determined in the 2026 election. | 21 | 120th | ||||||||||
| 121st | 22 | To be determined in the 2028 election. | ||||||||||
| # | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
| Class 2 | Class 3 | |||||||||||
See also[edit]
- List of United States representatives from Oklahoma
- United States congressional delegations from Oklahoma
- Elections in Oklahoma
References[edit]
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160632563.
