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Members of the U.S. Senate from Kansas

Class 2 | Class 3.


U.S. Senators from Kansas

Member of the United States Senate (Class 2) from Kansas
Edmund Gibson Ross

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1826; d. May 8 1907.

Republican Party

1866 – 1871

Joseph Ralph Burton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1852; d. February 27 1923.

Republican Party

1901 – 1906

Alfred Washburn Benson

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1843; d. January 1 1916.

Republican Party

1906 – 1907

Charles Curtis

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1860; d. February 8 1936.

Republican Party

1907 – 1913

William Howard Thompson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1871; d. February 9 1928.

Democratic Party

1913 – 1919

Arthur Capper

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1865; d. December 19 1951.

Republican Party

1919 – 1949

Charles Patrick “Pat” Roberts

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1936.

Republican Party

1997 – 2021

Roger Wayne Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 9 1960.

Republican Party

2021 – present


Member of the United States Senate (Class 3) from Kansas
Chester Isaiah Long

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1860; d. July 1 1934.

Republican Party

1903 – 1909

Joseph Little Bristow

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 22 1861; d. July 14 1944.

Republican Party

1909 – 1915

Charles Curtis

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1860; d. February 8 1936.

Republican Party

1915 – 1929

Henry Justin Allen

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1868; d. January 17 1950.

Republican Party

1929 – 1930

Robert Joseph “Bob” Dole

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 22 1923; d. December 5 2021.

Republican Party

1969 – 1996