List of United States senators from Kentucky

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image This is a list of United States senators from Kentucky. The state's senators belong to class 2 and class 3. Kentucky is currently represented in the U.S. Senate by Republicans Mitch McConnell (serving since 1985) and Rand Paul (serving since 2011). Currently, on his seventh term in office, McConnell is Kentucky's longest-serving senator.

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | June 1, 1792 –
June 18, 1792 | Kentucky elected its senators a couple of weeks after statehood. | rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 1 | Kentucky elected its senators a couple of weeks after statehood. | nowrap | June 1, 1792 –
June 18, 1792 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 1 | rowspan=7 align=left | File:Senator John Brown Kentucky.jpg
John Brown | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Anti-Administration | Anti-
Admin. | rowspan=7 nowrap | June 18, 1792 –
March 3, 1805 | Elected in 1792. | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1792. | rowspan=2 nowrap | June 18, 1792 –
March 3, 1795 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Anti-Administration | Anti-
Admin. | rowspan=2 align=right | File:John Edwards of Kentucky.jpg
John Edwards ! rowspan=2 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1792. | rowspan=3 | 2 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1794.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Humphrey Marshall.jpg
Humphrey Marshall ! rowspan=3 | 2

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1798.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 3 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 3 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1800.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Attorney General. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1801 –
August 7, 1805 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:John Breckinridge.jpg
John Breckinridge ! rowspan=3 | 3

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 2 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:ThrustonBuckner.jpg
Buckner Thruston | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | March 4, 1805 –
December 18, 1809 | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1804.Template:PbResigned to become judge of the U.S. Circuit Court. | rowspan=8 | 4 | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | August 7, 1805 –
November 8, 1805 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Breckinridge's term.Template:PbLost re-election and resigned because of participation in the Burr conspiracy. | nowrap | November 8, 1805 –
November 18, 1806 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | align=right | File:JOHN ADAIR colour corrected.jpg
John Adair ! 4

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Adair's term, despite not meeting the constitutional age minimum.Template:PbRetired. | nowrap | November 19, 1806 –
March 3, 1807 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | align=right | File:Unsuccessful 1824 3.jpg
Henry Clay ! 5

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 4 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1806.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=5 nowrap | March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1813 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | File:AR Pope John.jpg
John Pope ! rowspan=5 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | December 18, 1809 –
January 10, 1810 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 3 | align=left | File:Unsuccessful 1824 3.jpg
Henry Clay | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | nowrap | January 10, 1810 –
March 3, 1811 | Appointed to finish Thruston's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 4 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:George M. Bibb - Brady-Handy.jpg
George Bibb | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | March 4, 1811 –
August 23, 1814 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1811.Template:PbResigned to return to private practice. | rowspan=10 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=10 | 5 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1813.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=4 nowrap | March 4, 1813 –
December 24, 1814 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Jesse Bledsoe.jpg
Jesse Bledsoe ! rowspan=4 | 7

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | August 23, 1814 –
August 30, 1814 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 5 | align=left | George Walker | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | nowrap | August 30, 1814 –
February 2, 1815 | Appointed to continue Bibb's term.Template:PbSuccessor qualified.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 6 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:WBarry.jpg
William Barry | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | February 2, 1815 –
May 1, 1816 | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Bibb's term.Template:PbResigned to become judge of the Kentucky Circuit Court.

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | December 24, 1814 –
February 2, 1815 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1815 to finish Bledsoe's term.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}, citing The Union (Washington, KY). January 14, 1815. Argus of Western America (Frankfort, KY). January 7, 1815.</ref>Template:PbRetired or lost re-election. | rowspan=5 nowrap | February 2, 1815 –
March 3, 1819 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | File:ITalbot.jpg
Isham Talbot ! rowspan=5 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | May 1, 1816 –
November 3, 1816 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 7 | align=left | File:Martin D Hardin.jpg
Martin Hardin | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | November 3, 1816 –
March 3, 1817 | Appointed to continue Bibb's term.Template:PbElected in 1816 to finish Bibb's termTemplate:SfnTemplate:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! 8 | align=left | File:John Jordan Crittenden, 1787-1863.jpg
John J. Crittenden | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1816.Template:PbResigned to return to private practice. | rowspan=6 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | March 3, 1819 –
December 10, 1819 |   | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 6 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1818.Template:PbResigned to run for governor. | rowspan=2 nowrap | March 4, 1819 –
May 28, 1820 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=2 align=right | File:William Logan of Kentucky.jpg
William Logan ! rowspan=2 | 9

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 9 | rowspan=7 align=left | File:RichardMentorJohnson.jpg
Richard Mentor Johnson | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=7 nowrap | December 10, 1819 –
March 3, 1829 | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Crittenden's term.

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | May 28, 1820 –
October 19, 1820 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Logan's term.Template:PbRetired or lost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | October 19, 1820–
March 3, 1825 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:ITalbot.jpg
Isham Talbot ! rowspan=3 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1823.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 | Election year unknown.Template:PbRetired or lost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=3 align=right | File:John Rowan.jpg
John Rowan ! rowspan=3 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 10 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:George M. Bibb - Brady-Handy.jpg
George Bibb | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=4 nowrap | March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1835 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1829.Template:PbRetired or lost re-election. | rowspan=4 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 8 |   | nowrap | March 4, 1831 –
November 10, 1831 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected late in 1831. | rowspan=6 nowrap | November 10, 1831 –
March 31, 1842 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/National Republican | National
Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:Henry Clay (copy after Edward Dalton Marchant).jpg
Henry Clay ! rowspan=6 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:John Jordan Crittenden, 1787-1863.jpg
John J. Crittenden | Template:Party shading/National Republican | National
Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1841 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1835.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 9 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 9 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1836.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 12 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:JTMorehead.jpg
James T. Morehead | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=4 nowrap | March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1847 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1841.Template:PbRetired or lost re-election. | rowspan=4 | 10 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Clay's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | March 31, 1842 –
June 12, 1848 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=4 align=right | File:John Jordan Crittenden, 1787-1863.jpg
John J. Crittenden ! rowspan=4 | 13

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 10 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1843.Template:PbResigned to become Governor of Kentucky.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 13 | rowspan=8 align=left | File:JRUnderwood.jpg
Joseph R. Underwood | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=8 nowrap | March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1853 | rowspan=8 | Election year unknown.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=8 | 11 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | June 12, 1848 –
June 23, 1848 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Crittenden's term.Template:PbElected in 1849 to finish Crittenden's term.Template:SfnTemplate:PbRetired or lost re-election. | nowrap | June 23, 1848 –
March 3, 1849 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | align=right | File:TMetcalfe.jpg
Thomas Metcalfe ! 14

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 11 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1849.Template:PbResigned effective September 6, 1852, but died June 24, 1852. | rowspan=2 nowrap |March 4, 1849 –
June 24, 1852 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=2 align=right | File:Clay 1848 (cropped).jpg
Henry Clay ! rowspan=2 | 15

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | June 24, 1852 –
July 6, 1852 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Clay's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Clay's term. | nowrap | July 6, 1852 –
August 31, 1852 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:DavidMeriwether.jpg
David Meriwether ! 16

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1851 to finish Clay's term, in anticipation of Clay's resignation.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=2 nowrap | September 1, 1852 –
March 3, 1855 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=2 align=right | File:Archibald Dixon cropped.jpg
Archibald Dixon ! rowspan=2 | 17

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:JBThompson.jpg
John B. Thompson | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Know Nothing | Know Nothing | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1859 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1851.Template:PbRetired or lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1854.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1855–
March 3, 1861 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=3 align=right | File:John Jordan Crittenden, 1787-1863.jpg
John J. Crittenden ! rowspan=3 | 18

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Know Nothing | Know Nothing

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 15 | rowspan=5 align=left | File:Lazarus W. Powell - Brady-Handy.jpg
Lazarus W. Powell | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1865 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1858.Template:PbRetired to run for U.S. President. | rowspan=5 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 13 | Elected in 1859.Template:PbExpelled for supporting the Confederacy. | nowrap | March 4, 1861 –
December 4, 1861 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg
John C. Breckinridge ! 19

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | December 4, 1861 –
December 10, 1861 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Breckinridge's term. | rowspan=8 nowrap | December 10, 1861 –
September 22, 1872 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Unionist | Union Democratic | rowspan=8 align=right | File:GarrettDavisKY.jpg
Garrett Davis ! rowspan=8 | 20

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 16 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:James Guthrie.jpg
James Guthrie | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | March 4, 1865 –
February 7, 1868 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1865.Template:PbResigned due to ill health. | rowspan=5 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 14 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1867.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | February 7, 1868 –
February 19, 1868 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 17 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Thomas C. McCreery - Brady-Handy.jpg
Thomas C. McCreery | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | February 19, 1868 –
March 3, 1871 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Guthrie's term.Template:PbLost re-election.

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

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 18 | rowspan=5 align=left | File:John Stevenson.jpg
John W. Stevenson | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1877 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1869.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=5 | 15 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | September 22, 1872 –
September 27, 1872 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Davis's term.Template:PbElected in 1873 to finish Davis's term.Template:SfnTemplate:PbRetired or lost re-election. | nowrap | September 27, 1872 –
March 3, 1873 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:WillisMachen.jpg
Willis B. Machen ! 21

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1871.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1879 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Thomas C. McCreery - Brady-Handy.jpg
Thomas C. McCreery ! rowspan=3 | 22

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 19 | rowspan=7 align=left | File:James B. Beck - Brady-Handy.jpg
James B. Beck | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=7 nowrap | March 4, 1877 –
May 3, 1890 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1876. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1878.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1885 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Confederate General John Stuart Williams.jpg
John Stuart Williams ! rowspan=3 | 23

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1881. | rowspan=3 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 17 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1884. | rowspan=10 nowrap | March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1897 | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=10 align=right | File:Jblackburn.jpg
J. C. S. Blackburn ! rowspan=10 | 24

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

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1888.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=7 | 18 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | May 3, 1890 –
May 26, 1890 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 20 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg
John Carlisle | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | May 26, 1890 –
February 4, 1893 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Beck's term.Template:PbResigned.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 18 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1890.Template:PbLost re-election.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | February 4, 1893 –
February 15, 1893 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 21 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:William Lindsay.jpg
William Lindsay | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | February 15, 1893 –
March 3, 1901 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Carlisle's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1894.<ref name=KY1893>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=4 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 19 | Legislature failed to elect. | nowrap | March 4, 1897 –
April 28, 1897 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1897 to finish vacant term.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | April 29, 1897 –
March 3, 1903 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:WilliamDeboe.jpg
William J. Deboe ! rowspan=3 | 25

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Jblackburn.jpg
J. C. S. Blackburn | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1907 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1900.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1902.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1909 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:James B Mccreary.jpg
James B. McCreary ! rowspan=3 | 26

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:TPaynter.jpg
Thomas H. Paynter | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1913 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1906.<ref name= Schiller >Template:Cite book</ref>Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1908.Template:SfnTemplate:PbDied. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1909 –
May 23, 1914 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:William Bradley.jpg
William O. Bradley ! rowspan=3 | 27

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 24 | rowspan=5 align=left | File:Ollie Murray James, senator from Kentucky.jpg
Ollie Murray James | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | March 4, 1913 –
August 28, 1918 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1912.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=7 | 22 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | May 23, 1914 –
June 16, 1914 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Bradley's term.Template:PbElected in 1914 to finish Bradley's term.Template:SfnTemplate:PbRetired. | nowrap | June 16, 1914 –
March 3, 1915 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right | File:Camden Jr.jpg
Johnson N. Camden Jr. ! 28

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 22 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1914.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=5 nowrap | March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1921 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 align=right | File:BECKHAM, J.C.W. SENATOR LCCN2016858952 (cropped).jpg
J. C. W. Beckham ! rowspan=5 | 29

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | August 28, 1918 –
September 7, 1918 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 25 | align=left | File:GMartin.jpg
George B. Martin | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | September 7, 1918 –
March 3, 1919 | Appointed to finish James's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 26 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:AOStanley.jpg
A. O. Stanley | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1925 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1918.Template:PbDidn't take seat until May 19, 1919, in order to remain Governor of Kentucky.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1920.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1927 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Richard Pretlow Ernst.jpg
Richard P. Ernst ! rowspan=3 | 30

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 27 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Frederic Sacektt.jpg
Fred Sackett | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 4, 1925 –
January 9, 1930 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1924.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Germany. | rowspan=6 | 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 24 | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1926. | rowspan=20 nowrap | March 4, 1927 –
January 19, 1949 | rowspan=20 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=20 align=right | File:AlbenBarkley.jpg
Alben W. Barkley ! rowspan=20 | 31

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | January 9, 1930 –
January 11, 1930 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 28 | align=left | File:John M. Robson (cropped).jpg
John Robsion | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | January 11, 1930 –
November 30, 1930 | Appointed to continue Sackett's term.Template:PbLost elections to finish Sackett's term and to next term.

|- style="height:2em" ! 29 | align=left | File:Ben Mitchell Williamson.jpg
Ben M. Williamson | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | December 1, 1930 –
March 3, 1931 | Elected in 1930 to finish Sackett's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 30 | rowspan=5 align=left | File:MMLogan.jpg
M. M. Logan | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | March 4, 1931 –
October 3, 1939 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1930. | rowspan=3 | 25 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1932.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1936.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=5 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 26 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1938.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | October 3, 1939 –
October 10, 1939 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 31 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:Happy Chandler - Harris and Ewing Crop.jpg
Happy Chandler | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | October 10, 1939 –
November 1, 1945 | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Logan's term.Template:PbElected in 1940 to finish Logan's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1942.Template:PbResigned to become Commissioner of Baseball. | rowspan=6 | 27 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=8 | 27 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1944.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Vice President.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | November 1, 1945 –
November 19, 1945 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 32 | align=left | File:WStanfill.jpg
William A. Stanfill | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | November 19, 1945 –
November 5, 1946 | Appointed to continue Chandler's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 33 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:JohnShermanCooper.jpg
John Sherman Cooper | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | November 6, 1946 –
January 3, 1949 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Chandler's term.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 34 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:Senator Virgil Chapman (1895-1951).jpg
Virgil Chapman | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | January 3, 1949 –
March 8, 1951 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1948.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=8 | 28 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=1 | Appointed to continue Barkley's term.Template:PbResigned to trigger special election. | rowspan=1 nowrap | January 20, 1949 –
November 26, 1950 | rowspan=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=1 align=right | File:Garrett Withers.jpg
Garrett Withers ! rowspan=1 | 32

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Barkley's term, having been elected to the next term. | rowspan=10 nowrap | November 27, 1950 –
January 3, 1957 | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=10 align=right | File:Earle-Clements.jpg
Earle Clements ! rowspan=10 | 33

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=9 | 28 | rowspan=9 | Elected to full term in 1950.Template:PbLost re-election.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | March 8, 1951 –
March 19, 1951 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 35 | align=left | File:TUnderwood.jpg
Thomas R. Underwood | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | March 19, 1951 –
November 4, 1952 | Appointed to continue Chapman's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Chapman's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 36 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:JohnShermanCooper.jpg
John Sherman Cooper | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | November 5, 1952 –
January 3, 1955 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Chapman's term.Template:Pb Lost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" ! 37 | align=left | File:AlbenBarkley.jpg
Alben W. Barkley | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1955 –
April 30, 1956 | Elected in 1954.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 29 | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | April 30, 1956 –
June 21, 1956 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 38 | align=left | File:RHumphreys.jpg
Robert Humphreys | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | June 21, 1956 –
November 6, 1956 | Appointed to continue Barkley's term.Template:PbRetired when elected successor qualified.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 39 | rowspan=10 align=left | File:JohnShermanCooper.jpg
John Sherman Cooper | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=10 nowrap | November 7, 1956 –
January 3, 1973 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Barkley's term.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 29 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1956. | rowspan=6 nowrap | January 3, 1957 –
December 16, 1968 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:Thruston B Morton.jpg
Thruston Morton ! rowspan=6 | 34

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1960. | rowspan=3 | 30 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 30 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1962.Template:PbRetired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1966.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=4 | 31 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Morton's term, having already been elected to the next term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | December 17, 1968 –
December 27, 1974 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Marlow Cook.jpg
Marlow Cook ! rowspan=4 | 35

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 31 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1968.Template:PbLost re-election, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 40 | rowspan=7 align=left | File:WHuddleston.jpg
Walter Dee Huddleston | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=7 nowrap | January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1985 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1972. | rowspan=4 | 32 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Cook's term, having already been elected to the next term. | rowspan=13 nowrap | December 28, 1974 –
January 3, 1999 | rowspan=13 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=13 align=right | File:Wendell Ford.jpg
Wendell Ford ! rowspan=13 | 36

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 32 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1974.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1978.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 33 | 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 1980.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=21 | 41 | rowspan=21 align=left | File:Mitch McConnell portrait 2016.jpg
Mitch McConnell | rowspan=21 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=21 nowrap | January 3, 1985 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1984. | rowspan=3 | 34 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 34 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1986.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990. | rowspan=3 | 35 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 35 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1992.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1996. | rowspan=3 | 36 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 36 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1998. | rowspan=6 nowrap | January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2011 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:Jim Bunning official photo.jpg
Jim Bunning ! rowspan=6 | 37

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2002. | rowspan=3 | 37 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 37 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2004.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2008. | rowspan=3 | 38 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 38 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2010. | rowspan=9 nowrap | January 3, 2011 –
present | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 align=right | File:Rand Paul Official Portrait (cropped).jpg
Rand Paul ! rowspan=9 | 38

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2014. | rowspan=3 | 39 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 39 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2016.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 |Re-elected in 2020.Template:PbRetiring at the end of term. | rowspan=3 | 40 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3|40 | 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| 41 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 41 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.

See also

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

References

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