List of United States Senators from Alaska

Last updated August 19, 2019

Current delegation

Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. Alaska's United States Senate seats belong to Class 2 and Class 3. The state's current Senators are Republicans Lisa Murkowski (serving since 2002) and Dan Sullivan (serving since 2015). A total of eight people have represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate.

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List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
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.
1	Bob Bartlett	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 11, 1968	Elected in 1958.	1	86th	1	Elected in 1958.	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	Ernest Gruening	1
				Re-elected in 1960.	2	87th	1	Elected in 1958.
						88th	2	Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination.
						89th
				Re-elected in 1966. Died.	3	90th
Vacant			December 11, 1968 – December 24, 1968
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	3	Elected in 1968.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	Mike Gravel	2
						92nd
				Re-elected in 1972.	4	93rd
						94th	4	Re-elected in 1974. Lost renomination.
						95th
				Re-elected in 1978.	5	96th
						97th	5	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – December 2, 2002	Republican	Frank Murkowski	3
						98th
				Re-elected in 1984.	6	99th
						100th	6	Re-elected in 1986.
						101st
				Re-elected in 1990.	7	102nd
						103rd	7	Re-elected in 1992.
						104th
				Re-elected in 1996.	8	105th
						106th	8	Re-elected in 1998. Resigned to become Governor of Alaska.
						107th		Re-elected in 1998. Resigned to become Governor of Alaska.
									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		Appointed to finish her father's term.
						109th	9	Elected to full term in 2004.
						110th
3	Mark Begich	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.	10	111th
						112th	10	Lost renomination, but re-elected as a write-in candidate in 2010.
						113th
4	Dan Sullivan	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	Elected in 2014.	11	114th
						115th	11	Re-elected in 2016.
						116th
To be determined in the 2020 election.					12	117th
To be determined in the 2020 election.					12	118th	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 senators

As of January 2019^[update], there are three living former senators from Alaska. The most recent to die was Ted Stevens (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 2009) on August 9, 2010, who is also the most recently serving Senator to die.

Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history at the time he left office; his record was surpassed in January 2017 by Orrin Hatch from Utah. He was President pro tempore of the United States Senate in the 108th and 109th Congresses from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2007 and was the third U.S. Senator to hold the title of President pro tempore emeritus.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Mike Gravel	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981	(1930-05-13) May 13, 1930 (age 89)
Frank Murkowski	January 3, 1981 – December 2, 2002	(1933-03-28) March 28, 1933 (age 86)
Mark Begich	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015	(1962-03-30) March 30, 1962 (age 57)

External links

Alaska Senators, Representatives on GovTrack.us

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v t e United States Senators from Alaska
Class 2	Bartlett Stevens Begich Sullivan
Class 3	Gruening Gravel F. Murkowski L. Murkowski

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List of United States Senators from Alaska

Contents

List of Senators

Living former senators

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