List of United States Senators from Alaska

Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. Alaska's senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan.

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 Congress	1	Elected in 1958.	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	Ernest Gruening	1
		Re-elected in 1960.		2	87th Congress		1	Elected in 1958.
					88th Congress	2	Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination.
					89th Congress
		Re-elected in 1966. Died.		3	90th Congress
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 Congress			3	Elected in 1968.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981		Democratic	Mike Gravel	2
		92nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1972.		4				93rd Congress
					94th Congress	4		Re-elected in 1974. Lost renomination.
					95th Congress
		Re-elected in 1978.		5	96th Congress
					97th Congress	5	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – December 2, 2002	Republican	Frank Murkowski	3
					98th Congress
		Re-elected in 1984.		6	99th Congress
					100th Congress	6	Re-elected in 1986.
					101st Congress
		Re-elected in 1990.		7	102nd Congress
					103rd Congress	7	Re-elected in 1992.
					104th Congress
		Re-elected in 1996.		8	105th Congress
					106th Congress	8	Re-elected in 1998. Resigned to become Governor of Alaska.
					107th Congress		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 Congress		Appointed to finish her father's term.
					109th Congress	9	Elected to full term in 2004.
					110th Congress
3	Mark Begich	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.	10				111th Congress
		112th Congress				10	Lost renomination, but re-elected as a write-in candidate in 2010.
		113th Congress
4	Dan Sullivan	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	Elected in 2014.	11				114th Congress
		115th Congress				11	Re-elected in 2016.
		116th Congress
To be determined in the 2020 election.					12				117th Congress
To be determined in the 2020 election.					12	118th Congress	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 U.S. Senators from Alaska

As of October 2016, there are three former U.S. Senators from Alaska who are currently living, one from Class 2 and two in Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Ted Stevens of Class 2 (1968-2009) on August 9, 2010. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Ernest Gruening (1959-1969) on June 26, 1974.

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

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State of Alaska

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List of United States Senators from Alaska

List of Senators

Living former U.S. Senators from Alaska

See also