- List of United States Senators from Alabama
Alabama was admitted to the Union onDecember 14 1819 . Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March1861 , due to itssecession from the Union. They were again filled from July1868 .
=Class II=Senator Party From To William R. King Democratic December 14 ,1819 April 15 ,1844 Dixon H. Lewis Democratic April 22 ,1844 October 25 ,1848 Benjamin Fitzpatrick Democratic November 25 ,1848 November 30 ,1849 Jeremiah Clemens Democratic November 30 ,1849 March 3 ,1853 Clement C. Clay, Jr. Democratic November 29 ,1853 January 21 ,1861 Vacant January 21 ,1861 July 13 ,1868 Willard Warner Republican July 13 ,1868 March 3 ,1871 George Goldthwaite Democratic March 4 ,1871 March 3 ,1877 John T. Morgan Democratic March 4 ,1877 June 1 ,1907 John H. Bankhead Democratic June 18 ,1907 March 1 ,1920 Braxton B. Comer Democratic March 25 ,1920 November 2 ,1920 J. Thomas Heflin Democratic November 3 ,1920 March 3 ,1931 John H. Bankhead II Democratic March 4 ,1931 June 12 ,1946 George R. Swift Democratic June 15 ,1946 November 5 ,1946 John J. Sparkman Democratic November 6 ,1946 January 3 ,1979 Howell T. Heflin Democratic January 3 ,1979 January 3 ,1997 Jefferson B. Sessions III Republican January 3 ,1997 Senator Party From To John W. Walker Democratic December 14 ,1819 December 12 ,1822 William Kelly Democratic December 12 ,1822 March 3 ,1825 Henry H. Chambers Democratic March 4 ,1825 January 24 ,1826 Israel Pickens Democratic February 17 ,1826 November 27 ,1826 John McKinley Democratic November 27 ,1826 March 3 ,1831 Gabriel Moore Democratic March 4 ,1831 March 3 ,1837 John McKinley Democratic March 4 ,1837 April 22 ,1837 Clement C. Clay Democratic June 19 ,1837 November 15 ,1841 Arthur P. Bagby Democratic November 24 ,1841 June 16 ,1848 William R. King Democratic July 1 ,1848 December 20 ,1852 Benjamin Fitzpatrick Democratic January 14 ,1853 March 3 ,1855 Benjamin Fitzpatrick Democratic November 26 ,1855 January 21 ,1861 Vacant January 21 ,1861 July 13 ,1868 George E. Spencer Republican July 13 ,1868 March 3 ,1879 George S. Houston Democratic March 4 ,1879 December 31 ,1879 Luke Pryor Democratic January 7 ,1880 November 23 ,1880 James L. Pugh Democratic November 24 ,1880 March 3 ,1897 Edmund W. Pettus Democratic March 4 ,1897 July 27 ,1907 Joseph F. Johnston Democratic August 6 ,1907 August 8 ,1913 Francis S. White Democratic May 1 ,1914 March 3 ,1915 Oscar W. Underwood Democratic March 4 ,1915 March 3 ,1927 Hugo L. Black Democratic March 4 ,1927 August 19 ,1937 Dixie B. Graves Democratic August 20 ,1937 January 10 ,1938 J. Lister Hill Democratic January 1 ,1938 January 2 ,1969 James B. Allen Democratic January 3 ,1969 June 1 ,1978 Maryon P. Allen Democratic June 8 ,1978 November 7 ,1978 Donald W. Stewart Democratic November 8 ,1978 January 2 ,1981 Jeremiah A. Denton Jr. Republican January 2 ,1981 January 3 ,1987 Richard C. Shelby Democratic, Republican January 3 ,1987 ee also
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US Congressional Delegations from Alabama
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