List of United States Senators from Oklahoma

Oklahoma was admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907, and elects senators to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans James Inhofe and James Lankford.

List of Senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. 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 has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Robert L. Owen	Democratic	December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1925	Elected in 1907.	1	60th Congress	1	Elected in 1907.	December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	Thomas Gore	1
						61st Congress	2	Re-elected in 1908.
						62nd Congress
				Re-elected in 1912.	2	63rd Congress
						64th Congress	3	Re-elected in 1914. Lost renomination.
						65th Congress
				Re-elected in 1918. Retired.	3	66th Congress
						67th Congress	4	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1927	Republican	John W. Harreld	2
						68th Congress
2	William B. Pine	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931	Elected in 1924. Lost re-election.	4	69th Congress
						70th Congress	5	Elected in 1926.	March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Elmer Thomas	3
						71st Congress
3	Thomas Gore	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937	Elected in 1930. Lost renomination.	5	72nd Congress
						73rd Congress	6	Re-elected in 1932.
						74th Congress
4	Joshua B. Lee	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.	6	75th Congress
						76th Congress	7	Re-elected in 1938.
						77th Congress
5	Edward H. Moore	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	Elected in 1942. Retired.	7	78th Congress
						79th Congress	8	Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
						80th Congress
6	Robert S. Kerr	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1963	Elected in 1948.	8	81st Congress
						82nd Congress	9	Elected in 1950.	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	A. S. Mike Monroney	4
						83rd Congress
				Re-elected in 1954.	9	84th Congress
						85th Congress	10	Re-elected in 1956.
						86th Congress
				Re-elected in 1960. Died.	10	87th Congress
Vacant			January 1, 1963 – January 7, 1963
						88th Congress	11	Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
7	100px J. Howard Edmondson	Democratic	January 7, 1963 – November 3, 1964	Appointed to continue Kerr's term Lost nomination to finish Kerr's term.
8	Fred R. Harris	Democratic	November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1973	Elected to finish Kerr's term.
						89th Congress
				Re-elected in 1966. Retired.	11	90th Congress
						91st Congress	12	Elected in 1968.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981	Republican	100px Henry Bellmon	5
						92nd Congress
9	100px Dewey F. Bartlett	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	Elected in 1972. Retired.	12	93rd Congress
						94th Congress	13	Re-elected in 1974. Retired.
						95th Congress
10	David L. Boren	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – November 15, 1994	Elected in 1978.	13	96th Congress
						97th Congress	14	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2005	Republican	Don Nickles	6
						98th Congress
				Re-elected in 1984.	14	99th Congress
						100th Congress	15	Re-elected in 1986.
						101st Congress
				Re-elected in 1990. Resigned to become President of the University of Oklahoma.	15	102nd Congress
						103rd Congress	16	Re-elected in 1992.
Vacant			November 15, 1994 – November 17, 1994
11	Jim Inhofe	Republican	November 17, 1994 – Present	Elected in 1994 to finish Boren's term.
						104th Congress
				Re-elected in 1996.	16	105th Congress
						106th Congress	17	Re-elected in 1998. Retired.
						107th Congress
				Re-elected in 2002.	17	108th Congress
						109th Congress	18	Elected in 2004.	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2015	Republican	Tom Coburn	7
						110th Congress
				Re-elected in 2008.	18	111th Congress
						112th Congress	19	Re-elected in 2010. Resigned.
						113th Congress
				Re-elected in 2014.	19	114th Congress		Elected to finish Coburn's term.	January 3, 2015 – Present	Republican	James Lankford	8
						115th Congress	39	To be decided in the 2016 election.
						116th Congress
To be decided in the 2020 election.					20	117th Congress
#	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 April 2015, there are four former Senators who are living, two from Class 2 and two from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Fred R. Harris	1964–1973	2	(1930-11-13) November 13, 1930
David L. Boren	1979–1994	2	(1941-04-21) April 21, 1941
Don Nickles	1981–2005	3	(1948-12-06) December 6, 1948
Tom Coburn	2005–2015	3	(1948-03-14) March 14, 1948

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Oklahoma
• United States congressional delegations from Oklahoma