Global political history

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Members of the U.S. Senate from Arkansas

Class 2 | Class 3.


U.S. Senators from Arkansas

Member of the United States Senate (Class 2) from Arkansas
Augustus Hill Garland

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1832; d. January 26 1899.

Democratic Party

1877 – 1885

Joseph Taylor Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1872; d. July 14 1937.

Democratic Party

1913 – 1937

David Hampton Pryor

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1934; d. April 20 2024.

Democratic Party

1979 – 1997


Member of the United States Senate (Class 3) from Arkansas
Robert Ward Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 22 1814; d. July 26 1879.

Democratic Party

1853 – 1861

Stephen Wallace Dorsey

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1842; d. March 20 1916.

Republican Party

1873 – 1879

James William Fulbright

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1905; d. February 9 1995.

Democratic Party

1945 – 1974

Dale Leon Bumpers

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1925; d. January 1 2016.

Democratic Party

1975 – 1999