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.

Current delegation

List of senators

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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.
C 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.
# 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
 
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 term
Lost 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 17, 1994
 
11  
Jim Inhofe
Republican Nov 17, 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 C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 2 Class 3

See also

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References

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  • 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.
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