List of United States senators from Alaska

Current delegation

Lisa Murkowski (R)

Dan Sullivan (R)

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. Ted Stevens was Alaska's longest serving U.S. Senator, serving from 1968 to 2009.

List of senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. 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 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Bob Bartlett	Democratic	Jan 3, 1959 – Dec 11, 1968	Elected in 1958.	1	86th	1	Elected in 1958.	Jan 3, 1959 – Jan 3, 1969	Democratic	Ernest Gruening	1
				Re-elected in 1960.	2	87th
						88th	2	Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination and then lost re-election as a write-in candidate.
						89th
				Re-elected in 1966. Died.	3	90th
Vacant			Dec 11, 1968 – Dec 24, 1968
2	Ted Stevens	Republican	Dec 24, 1968 – Jan 3, 2009	Appointed to continue Bartlett's term. Elected in 1970 to finish Bartlett's term.
						91st	3	Elected in 1968.	Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 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.	Jan 3, 1981 – Dec 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 when elected Governor of Alaska.
						107th
									Dec 2, 2002 – Dec 20, 2002	Vacant
								Appointed to finish her father's term.	Dec 20, 2002 – present	Republican	Lisa Murkowski	4
				Re-elected in 2002. Lost re-election.	9	108th
						109th	9	Elected to a full term in 2004.
						110th
3	Mark Begich	Democratic	Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 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	Jan 3, 2015 – present	Elected in 2014.	11	114th
						115th	11	Re-elected in 2016.
						116th
				Re-elected in 2020.	12	117th
						118th	12	Re-elected in 2022.
						119th
To be determined in the 2026 election.					13	120th
						121st	13	To be determined in the 2028 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former senators

As of November 2024, there are two living former U.S. senators from Alaska. The most recent senator to die was Mike Gravel (served 1969–1981) on June 26, 2021. The most recently serving senator to die was Ted Stevens (served 1968–2009) on August 9, 2010.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Frank Murkowski	1981–2002	(1933-03-28) March 28, 1933
Mark Begich	2009–2015	(1962-03-30) March 30, 1962

Superlatives

Longest service

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
Ted Stevens	December 24, 1968	January 3, 2009	40 years, 10 days (14,620 days)
Frank Murkowski	January 3, 1981	December 2, 2002	21 years, 333 days (8,003 days)
Lisa Murkowski	December 20, 2002	Present	21 years, 338 days (8,008 days)
Mike Gravel	January 3, 1969	January 3, 1981	12 years, 0 days (4,383 days)
Ernest Gruening	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1969	10 years, 0 days (3,653 days)

Shortest service

Excluding incumbents

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
Mark Begich	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2015	6 years, 0 days (2,191 days)
Bob Bartlett	January 3, 1959	December 11, 1968	9 years, 343 days (3,630 days)
Ernest Gruening	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1969	10 years, 0 days (3,653 days)
Mike Gravel	January 3, 1969	January 3, 1981	12 years, 0 days (4,383 days)
Frank Murkowski	January 3, 1981	December 2, 2002	21 years, 333 days (8,003 days)

Youngest at beginning of service

Senator	Date of birth	First served	Age
Mike Gravel	May 13, 1930	January 3, 1969	38 years, 7 months and 21 days
Ted Stevens	November 18, 1923	December 24, 1968	45 years, 1 month and 6 days
Lisa Murkowski	May 22, 1957	December 20, 2002	45 years, 6 months and 28 days
Mark Begich	March 30, 1962	January 3, 2009	46 years, 9 months and 4 days
Frank Murkowski	March 28, 1933	January 3, 1981	47 years, 9 months and 6 days

Oldest at end of service

Senator	Date of birth	Last served	Age
Ted Stevens	November 18, 1923	January 3, 2009	85 years, 1 month and 16 days
Ernest Gruening	February 6, 1887	January 3, 1969	81 years, 10 months and 28 days
Frank Murkowski	March 28, 1933	December 2, 2002	69 years, 8 months and 4 days
Lisa Murkowski	May 22, 1957	Present	67 years and 6 months
Bob Bartlett	April 20, 1904	December 11, 1968	64 years, 7 months and 21 days

In fiction

They Shall Have Stars, the first volume in science fiction writer James Blish's Cities in Flight series, was published in 1950 and is set in a fictional 2013. A major character is Alaska Senator Bliss Wagoner, head of the Joint Congressional Committee on Space Flight, who is depicted as playing a crucial role in Humanity's spread into space. At the time of writing, Alaska was not yet a state and had no Senators, but Blish correctly assumed that this would come about by 2013.

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• List of United States representatives from Alaska
• United States congressional delegations from Alaska
• Elections in Alaska

External links

• Alaska Senators, Representatives on GovTrack.us

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