List of United States senators from Arkansas

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, and elects its senators to class 2 and class 3. Arkansas's Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861, due to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from June 1868. Its current senators are Republicans John Boozman and Tom Cotton. John L. McClellan was Arkansas's longest-serving senator (1943–1977).

List of senators

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William S. Fulton | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=5 nowrap | Sep 18, 1836 –
Aug 15, 1844 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1836. | rowspan=3 | 1 | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 1 | Elected in 1836. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Sep 18, 1836 –
Mar 15, 1848 | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=9 align=right |
Ambrose Hundley Sevier ! rowspan=9 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1837. | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1840.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=5 | 2 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=9 | 3 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1843.Template:PbResigned.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Aug 15, 1844 –
Nov 8, 1844 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 2 | rowspan=5 align=left |
Chester Ashley | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | Nov 8, 1844 –
Apr 29, 1848 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Fulton's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to a full term in 1846.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=5 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Mar 15, 1848 –
Mar 30, 1848 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Appointed to finish Sevier's term.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 30, 1848 –
Apr 11, 1853 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 align=right |
Solon Borland ! rowspan=6 | 2

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Apr 29, 1848 –
May 12, 1848 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 3 | rowspan=10 align=left |
William K. Sebastian | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=10 nowrap | May 12, 1848 –
Jul 11, 1861 | rowspan=3 | Appointed to continue Ashley's term.Template:PbElected in 1848 to finish Ashley's term.<ref name="Byrd"/>

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 4 | rowspan=3 | Elected to full term in 1848.Template:PbResigned.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Elected to full term in 1853. | rowspan=5 | 4 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Apr 11, 1853 –
Jul 6, 1853 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Borland's term.Template:PbElected in 1854 to finish Borland's term.<ref name=Byrd>Template:Cite book, page 80</ref> | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jul 6, 1853 –
Mar 3, 1861 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 align=right | File:RWJohnson-photograph.jpg
Robert Ward Johnson ! rowspan=4 | 3

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1855.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1859.Template:PbExpelled.
(Expulsion was reversed by the Senate in 1877). | rowspan=4 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 6 | Elected in 1860 or 1861.Template:PbExpelled for supporting the Confederacy. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1861 –
Jul 11, 1861 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:Charles Mitchel.jpg
Charles B. Mitchel ! 4

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 colspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jul 11, 1861 –
Jun 22, 1868 | rowspan=4 | Civil War and Reconstruction | rowspan=5 | Civil War and Reconstruction | rowspan=5 nowrap | Jul 11, 1861 –
Jun 23, 1868 | rowspan=5 colspan=3 | Vacant

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Sen Alexander McDonald.jpg
Alexander McDonald | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jun 22, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1871 | rowspan=3 | Elected upon readmission.Template:PbLost re-election.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected upon readmission.Template:PbUnknown if retired or lost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jun 23, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1873 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Benjamin F. Rice - Brady-Handy.jpg
Benjamin F. Rice ! rowspan=3 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Powell Clayton.jpg
Powell Clayton | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1871 –
Mar 3, 1877 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1870.Template:PbUnknown if retired or lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1872 or 1873.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Stephen dorsey.jpg
Stephen W. Dorsey ! rowspan=3 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 6 | rowspan=5 align=left | File:Augustus Hill Garland - Brady-Handy.jpg
Augustus H. Garland | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1877 –
Mar 6, 1885 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1876. | rowspan=3 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1878.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1879 –
Mar 3, 1885 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:James D Walker.jpg
James D. Walker ! rowspan=3 | 7

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1883.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Attorney General. | rowspan=5 | 9 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 10 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1885. | rowspan=11 nowrap | Mar 4, 1885 –
Mar 3, 1903 | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=11 align=right | File:JamesKiJones.jpg
James K. Jones ! rowspan=11 | 8

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 6, 1885 –
Mar 20, 1885 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 7 | rowspan=11 align=left | File:Photograph, Cabinet Card - Arkansas Governor James Berry (cropped).jpg
James H. Berry | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=11 nowrap | Mar 20, 1885 –
Mar 3, 1907 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Garland's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1889. | rowspan=3 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1891.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1895. | rowspan=3 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1897.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1901.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 13 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1903. | rowspan=10 nowrap | Mar 4, 1903 –
Oct 1, 1916 | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=10 align=right | File:AR Clarke John.jpg
James P. Clarke ! rowspan=10 | 9

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Photograph, Cabinet Card - Arkansas Govenor Jeff Davis (cropped).jpg
Jeff Davis | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1907 –
Jan 3, 1913 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1907.<ref name=Tribune>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 14 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1909.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 3, 1913 –
Jan 6, 1913 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 9 | align=left | File:John Heiskell.jpg
John N. Heiskell | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Jan 6, 1913 –
Jan 29, 1913 | Appointed to continue Davis's term.Template:PbSuccessor qualified.

|- style="height:2em" ! 10 | align=left | File:WilliamMKavanaugh.jpg
William M. Kavanaugh | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Jan 29, 1913 –
Mar 3, 1913 | Elected to finish Davis's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=17 | 11 | rowspan=17 align=left | File:Joseph T. Robinson cropped.jpg
Joe T. Robinson | rowspan=17 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=17 nowrap | Mar 4, 1913 –
Jul 14, 1937 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1913.Template:Efn | rowspan=5 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 15 | Re-elected in 1914.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Oct 1, 1916 –
Nov 8, 1916 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Clarke's term.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 8, 1916 –
Mar 3, 1921 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:William Fosgate Kirby.jpg
William F. Kirby ! rowspan=3 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1918. | rowspan=3 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1920. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1921 –
Nov 6, 1931 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 align=right | File:CARAWAY, T.H. SENATOR LCCN2016862600 (resized).jpg
Thaddeus H. Caraway ! rowspan=6 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1924. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1926.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1930. | rowspan=5 | 17 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Nov 6, 1931 –
Nov 13, 1931 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish her husband's term.Template:PbElected in 1932 to finish her husband's term. | rowspan=11 nowrap | Nov 13, 1931 –
Jan 3, 1945 | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=11 align=right | File:Arkansas senator. Washington, D.C., March 11. Senator Hattie W. Caraway, Democrat of Arkansas, from a new informal picture made in her office at the Capitol today, 3-11-40 LCCN2016877256 (cropped).jpg
Hattie Caraway ! rowspan=11 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1936.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=7 | 18 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jul 14, 1937 –
Nov 15, 1937 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:John E. Miller portait.jpg
John E. Miller | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 15, 1937 –
Mar 31, 1941 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Robinson's term.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. District Judge.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 19 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1938.Template:PbLost renomination.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 31, 1941 –
Apr 1, 1941 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 13 | align=left | File:G Lloyd Spencer.jpg
Lloyd Spencer | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Apr 1, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1943 | Appointed to finish Robinson's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=19 | 14 | rowspan=19 align=left | File:John L McClellan.png
John L. McClellan | rowspan=19 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=19 nowrap | Jan 3, 1943 –
Nov 28, 1977 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1942. | rowspan=3 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1944. | rowspan=15 nowrap | Jan 3, 1945 –
Dec 31, 1974 | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=15 align=right | File:J. William Fulbright in 1960 (cropped).jpg
J. William Fulbright ! rowspan=15 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1948. | rowspan=3 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1950.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1954. | rowspan=3 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1956.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1960. | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1962.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 24 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1968.Template:PbLost re-nomination, then resigned.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1972.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 24 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Dec 31, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1975 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 25 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1974. | rowspan=14 nowrap | Jan 3, 1975 –
Jan 3, 1999 | rowspan=14 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=14 align=right | File:Dale Bumpers.jpg
Dale Bumpers ! rowspan=14 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 28, 1977 –
Dec 10, 1977 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 15 | align=left | File:HodgesKjR.jpg
Kaneaster Hodges Jr. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Dec 10, 1977 –
Jan 3, 1979 | Appointed to finish McClellan's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 16 | rowspan=9 align=left | File:AR Pryor David (cropped).jpg
David Pryor | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1979 –
Jan 3, 1997 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1978. | rowspan=3 | 25 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 26 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1980.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1984. | rowspan=3 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 27 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1986.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 27 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 28 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1992.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Timothy Hutchinson, official Senate photo portrait (cropped).jpg
Tim Hutchinson | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1997 –
Jan 3, 2003 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1996.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 28 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 29 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1998. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1999 –
Jan 3, 2011 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 align=right | File:Blanche Lincoln, 2007.jpg
Blanche Lincoln ! rowspan=6 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 18 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Mark Pryor, Official Portrait, 112th Congress (2011) 1.jpg
Mark Pryor | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 | Jan 3, 2003 –
Jan 3, 2015 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2002. | rowspan=3 | 29 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 30 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2004.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2008.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 30 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 31 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2010. | rowspan=9 | Jan 3, 2011 –
present | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 align=right | File:Senator John Boozman Official Portrait (115th Congress).jpg
John Boozman ! rowspan=9 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 19 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Tom Cotton official Senate photo.jpg
Tom Cotton | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 2015 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2014. | rowspan=3 | 31 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 32 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2016.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2020. | rowspan=3 | 32 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 |33 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2022.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | rowspan=2 | 33 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 34 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.

See also

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