Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. Alaska's senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Lisa Murkowski (R) and Mark Begich (D).
List of Senators [edit]
| Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected in 1958 for only one Congress (the 86th), and then the seat was contested again for the 87th, 90th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. Those seats in recent years have been contested in 1990, 1996, 2002, and 2008. |
Congress | Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected in 1958 for two Congresses (the 86th and 87th), and then the seat was contested again for the 88th, 91st, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. Those seats in recent years have been contested in 1992, 1998, 2004, and 2010. |
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| Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | Term | Term | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | |
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 |
| Re-elected in 1960 | 2 | 87th | ||||||||
| 88th | 2 | Re-elected in 1962 Lost renomination |
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| 89th | ||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1966 Died |
3 | 90th | ||||||||
| Vacant | December 11, 1968 – December 24, 1968 |
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Ted Stevens |
Republican | December 24, 1968 – January 3, 2009 |
Appointed to continue Bartlett's term Elected to finish Bartlett's term |
90th (Continued) |
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| 91st | 3 | Elected in 1968 | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981 |
Democratic | Mike Gravel |
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| Elected to full term in 1972 | 4 | 93rd | ||||||||
| 94th | 4 | Re-elected in 1974 Lost renomination |
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| 95th | ||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1978 | 5 | 96th | ||||||||
| 97th | 5 | Elected in 1980 | January 3, 1981 – December 2, 2002 |
Republican | Frank Murkowski |
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| 98th | ||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1984 | 6 | 99th | ||||||||
| 100th | 6 | Re-elected in 1986 | ||||||||
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| Re-elected in 1990 | 7 | 102nd | ||||||||
| 103rd | 7 | Re-elected in 1992 | ||||||||
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| Re-elected in 1996 | 8 | 105th | ||||||||
| 106th | 8 | Re-elected in 1998 Resigned to become Governor |
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| 107th | ||||||||||
| Vacant | December 2, 2002 – December 20, 2002 |
Vacant | ||||||||
| 107th (Continued) |
Appointed by her father to finish his term | December 20, 2002 – Present |
Republican | Lisa Murkowski |
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| Re-elected in 2002 Lost re-election |
9 | 108th | ||||||||
| 109th | 9 | Elected to full term in 2004 | ||||||||
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Mark Begich |
Democratic | January 3, 2009 – Present |
Elected in 2008 | 10 | 111th | |||||
| 112th | 10 | Lost renomination, but re-elected as a write-in candidate in 2010 |
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| 113th | ||||||||||
| 11 | 114th | |||||||||
See also [edit]
- List of United States Representatives from Alaska
- United States congressional delegations from Alaska
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