List of United States senators from Oklahoma
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. |
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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 |
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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 | 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 16, 1994 |
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11 | Jim Inhofe |
Republican | Nov 16, 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 | 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 | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 2 | Class 3 |
Living former senators[edit]
As of March 2024, there are four former living U.S. senators from Oklahoma. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Tom Coburn (served 2005–2015) on March 28, 2020.
Senator | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Fred R. Harris | 1964–1973 | November 13, 1930 |
David Boren | 1979–1994 | April 21, 1941 |
Don Nickles | 1981–2005 | December 6, 1948 |
Jim Inhofe | 1994–2023 | November 17, 1934 |
Superlatives[edit]
Longest service[edit]
Senator | First served | Last served | Length of service |
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Jim Inhofe | November 16, 1994 | January 3, 2023 | 29 years, 133 days (10,725 days) |
Don Nickles | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 2005 | 24 years, 0 days (8,766 days) |
Elmer Thomas | 23 years, 305 days (8,706 days) | ||
Thomas Gore | Combined total: 19 years, 24 days (6,959 days) | ||
Mike Monroney | 18 years, 0 days (6,575 days) |
Shortest service[edit]
Senator | First served | Last served | Length of service |
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J. Howard Edmondson | 1 year, 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days (666 days) | ||
John W. Harreld | 5 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days (2,190 days) | ||
William B. Pine | 5 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days (2,190 days) | ||
Joshua B. Lee | 6 years (2,191 days) | ||
Dewey F. Bartlett | 6 years (2,191 days) |
Youngest at beginning of service[edit]
Senator | Date of birth | First served | Age |
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Don Nickles | December 6, 1948 | January 3, 1981 | 32 years and 28 days |
Fred R. Harris | November 13, 1930 | November 4, 1964 | 33 years, 11 months and 22 days |
Thomas Gore | December 10, 1870 | December 11, 1907 | 37 years and 1 day |
J. Howard Edmondson | September 27, 1925 | January 7, 1963 | 37 years, 3 months and 11 days |
David Boren | April 21, 1941 | January 3, 1979 | 37 years, 8 months and 13 days |
Oldest at end of service[edit]
Senator | Date of birth | Last served | Age |
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Jim Inhofe | November 17, 1934 | January 3, 2023 | 88 years, 1 month and 17 days |
Edward H. Moore | November 19, 1871 | January 3, 1949 | 77 years, 1 month and 15 days |
Elmer Thomas | September 8, 1876 | January 3, 1951 | 74 years, 3 months and 26 days |
Robert Latham Owen | February 2, 1856 | March 3, 1925 | 69 years, 1 month and 1 day |
Mike Monroney | March 2, 1902 | January 3, 1969 | 66 years, 10 months and 1 day |
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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. Search this book on