List of United States senators from Oklahoma

Oklahoma was admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907 and elects United States senators to Class 2 and Class 3. The state's current U.S. senators are Republicans James Inhofe (serving since 1994) and James Lankford (serving since 2015).

Current delegation

James Inhofe (R)

James Lankford (R)

List of senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.						C	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Vacant			November 16, 1907 – December 11, 1907	Oklahoma did not elect its Senators until one month after statehood.	1	60th	1	Oklahoma did not elect its Senators until one month after statehood.	November 16, 1907 – December 11, 1907	Vacant
1	Robert L. Owen	Democratic	December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1925	Elected December 10, 1907.				Elected December 10, 1907.	December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	Thomas Gore	1
						61st	2	Re-elected January 19, 1909.
						62nd
				Re-elected January 21, 1913.	2	63rd
						64th	3	Re-elected in 1914. Lost renomination.
						65th
				Re-elected in 1918. Retired.	3	66th
						67th	4	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1927	Republican	John W. Harreld	2
						68th
2	William B. Pine	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931	Elected in 1924. Lost re-election.	4	69th
						70th	5	Elected in 1926.	March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	Elmer Thomas	3
						71st
3	Thomas Gore	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937	Elected in 1930. Lost renomination.	5	72nd
						73rd	6	Re-elected in 1932.
						74th
4	Joshua B. Lee	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.	6	75th
						76th	7	Re-elected in 1938.
						77th
5	Edward H. Moore	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	Elected in 1942. Retired.	7	78th
						79th	8	Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
						80th
6	Robert S. Kerr	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1963	Elected in 1948.	8	81st
						82nd	9	Elected in 1950.	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	A. S. Mike Monroney	4
						83rd
				Re-elected in 1954.	9	84th
						85th	10	Re-elected in 1956.
						86th
				Re-elected in 1960. Died.	10	87th
Vacant			January 1, 1963 – January 7, 1963
						88th	11	Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
7	J. Howard Edmondson	Democratic	January 7, 1963 – November 3, 1964	Appointed to continue Kerr's term Lost nomination to finish Kerr's term.
8	Fred R. Harris	Democratic	November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1973	Elected to finish Kerr's term.
						89th
				Re-elected in 1966. Retired.	11	90th
						91st	12	Elected in 1968.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981	Republican	Henry Bellmon	5
						92nd
9	Dewey F. Bartlett	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	Elected in 1972. Retired.	12	93rd
						94th	13	Re-elected in 1974. Retired.
						95th
10	David Boren	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – November 15, 1994	Elected in 1978.	13	96th
						97th	14	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2005	Republican	Don Nickles	6
						98th
				Re-elected in 1984.	14	99th
						100th	15	Re-elected in 1986.
						101st
				Re-elected in 1990. Resigned to become President of the University of Oklahoma.	15	102nd
						103rd	16	Re-elected in 1992.
Vacant			November 15, 1994 – November 17, 1994
11	Jim Inhofe	Republican	November 17, 1994 – Present	Elected to finish Boren's term.
						104th
				Re-elected in 1996.	16	105th
						106th	17	Re-elected in 1998. Retired.
						107th
				Re-elected in 2002.	17	108th
						109th	18	Elected in 2004.	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2015	Republican	Tom Coburn	7
						110th
				Re-elected in 2008.	18	111th
						112th	19	Re-elected in 2010. Resigned.
						113th
				Re-elected in 2014.	19	114th		Elected to finish Coburn's term.	January 3, 2015 – Present	Republican	James Lankford	8
						115th	20	Re-elected in 2016.
						116th
To be decided in the 2020 election.					20	117th
						118th	21	To be decided in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former senators

As of August 2020, there are three former living U.S. Senators from Oklahoma. The most recent senator to die was Tom Coburn (served 2005–2015) on March 28, 2020, and was also the most recently serving senator to die.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Fred R. Harris	1964–1973	(1930-11-13) November 13, 1930
David L. Boren	1979–1994	(1941-04-21) April 21, 1941
Don Nickles	1981–2005	(1948-12-06) December 6, 1948

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Oklahoma
• United States congressional delegations from Oklahoma

References

• Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.