List of United States senators from Oklahoma facts for kids

Current delegation

James Lankford (R)

Markwayne Mullin (R)

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

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 e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

See also

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