List of United States senators from Alaska

Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. Alaska's United States Senate seats belong to Class 2 and Class 3. The state's current senators are Republicans Lisa Murkowski (serving since 2002) and Dan Sullivan (serving since 2015). A total of eight people have represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate.

Current delegation

Lisa Murkowski (R)

Dan Sullivan (R)

List of senators

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected in 1958 for only one Congress (the 86th Congress), and then the seat was contested again for the 87th Congress, 90th Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026.						C	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that were first elected in 1958 for two Congresses (the 86th Congress and 87th Congress), and then the seat was contested again for the 88th Congress, 91st Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
1	Bob Bartlett	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 11, 1968	Elected in 1958.	1	86th	1	Elected in 1958.	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	Ernest Gruening	1
				Re-elected in 1960.	2	87th	1	Elected in 1958.
						88th	2	Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination.
						89th
				Re-elected in 1966. Died.	3	90th
Vacant			December 11, 1968 – December 24, 1968
2	Ted Stevens	Republican	December 24, 1968 – January 3, 2009	Appointed to continue Bartlett's term. Elected in 1970 to finish Bartlett's term.
						91st	3	Elected in 1968.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	Mike Gravel	2
						92nd
				Re-elected in 1972.	4	93rd
						94th	4	Re-elected in 1974. Lost renomination.
						95th
				Re-elected in 1978.	5	96th
						97th	5	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – December 2, 2002	Republican	Frank Murkowski	3
						98th
				Re-elected in 1984.	6	99th
						100th	6	Re-elected in 1986.
						101st
				Re-elected in 1990.	7	102nd
						103rd	7	Re-elected in 1992.
						104th
				Re-elected in 1996.	8	105th
						106th	8	Re-elected in 1998. Resigned to become Governor of Alaska.
						107th		Re-elected in 1998. Resigned to become Governor of Alaska.
									December 2, 2002 – December 20, 2002	Vacant
								Appointed to finish her father's term.	December 20, 2002 – Present	Republican	Lisa Murkowski	4
				Re-elected in 2002. Lost re-election.	9	108th		Appointed to finish her father's term.
						109th	9	Elected to full term in 2004.
						110th
3	Mark Begich	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.	10	111th
						112th	10	Lost renomination, but re-elected as a write-in candidate in 2010.
						113th
4	Dan Sullivan	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	Elected in 2014.	11	114th
						115th	11	Re-elected in 2016.
						116th
				Re-elected in 2020.	12	117th
						118th	12	To be determined in the 2022 election.
						119th
To be determined in the 2026 election.					13	120th
#	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 January 2021, there are three living former senators from Alaska. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Ted Stevens (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 2009) on August 9, 2010.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Mike Gravel	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981	(1930-05-13) May 13, 1930
Frank Murkowski	January 3, 1981 – December 2, 2002	(1933-03-28) March 28, 1933
Mark Begich	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015	(1962-03-30) March 30, 1962

In Fiction

They Shall Have Stars, the first volume in science fiction writer James Blish's Cities in Flight series, was published in 1950 and is set in a fictional 2013. A major character is Alaska Senator Bliss Wagoner, head of the Joint Congressional Committee on Space Flight, who is depicted as playing a crucial role in Humanity's spread into space. At the time of writing, Alaska was not yet a state and had no Senators, but Blish correctly assumed that this would come about by 2013.

External links

Alaska Senators, Representatives on GovTrack.us

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