List of United States senators from Kansas

This is a list of United States senators from Kansas.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Notes/Other offices	Term	Electoral history
1	James H. Lane	Republican	April 4, 1861 – July 11, 1866	Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana	1	Elected in 1861
1	James H. Lane	Republican	April 4, 1861 – July 11, 1866		2	Re-elected in 1865 Died
Vacant			July 11, 1866 – July 25, 1866
2	Edmund G. Ross	Republican	July 25, 1866 – March 4, 1871	Governors of New Mexico Territory		Appointed to continue Lane's term Elected to finish Lane's term Lost re-election
3	Alexander Caldwell	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 24, 1873		3	Elected in 1871 Resigned, ahead of a movement to expel him for bribery and corruption
Vacant			March 24, 1873 – November 24, 1873
4	Robert Crozier	Republican	November 24, 1873 – February 8, 1874	Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court		Appointed to continue Caldwell's term Retired when successor elected
5	James M. Harvey	Republican	February 8, 1874 – March 4, 1877	Governor of Kansas		Elected to finish Caldwell's term, who resigned in disgrace (see above)
6	Preston B. Plumb	Republican	March 4, 1877 – December 20, 1891	Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives	4	Elected in 1877
					5	Re-elected in 1883
					6	Re-elected in 1888 Died
Vacant			December 20, 1891 – January 1, 1892
7	Bishop W. Perkins	Republican	January 1, 1892 – March 4, 1893	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives		Appointed to continue Plumb's term Retired when successor qualified
8	John Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895	Clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court		Elected to finish Plumb's term, who died (see above)
9	Lucien Baker	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	State Senator	7	Elected in 1894 Lost renomination
10	Joseph R. Burton	Republican	March 4, 1901 – June 4, 1906	World's Columbian Exposition Commissioner Convicted of bribe taking	8	Elected in 1900 Resigned when convicted of Bribery
Vacant			June 4, 1906 – June 11, 1906
11	Alfred W. Benson	Republican	June 11, 1906 – January 23, 1907	Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court		Appointed to continue Burton's term Lost election to finish Burton's term
12	Charles Curtis	Republican	January 29, 1907 – March 4, 1913	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives President pro tempore^[1] Also served in Kansas's class 3 seat Majority Whip Majority Leader Vice President of the United States		Elected to finish Burton's term
12	Charles Curtis	Republican	January 29, 1907 – March 4, 1913		9	Elected to full term in 1906 Lost re-election
13	William H. Thompson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919		10	Elected in 1912 Lost re-election
14	Arthur Capper	Republican	March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949	Governor of Kansas	12	Elected in 1918
					13	Re-elected in 1924
					14	Re-elected in 1930
					15	Re-elected in 1936
					16	Re-elected in 1942 Retired
15	Andrew F. Schoeppel	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 21, 1962	Governor of Kansas	17	Elected in 1948
					18	Re-elected in 1954
					19	Re-elected in 1960 Died
Vacant			January 21, 1962 – January 31, 1962
16	James B. Pearson	Republican	January 31, 1962 – December 23, 1978			Appointed to continue Schoeppel's term Elected to finish Schoeppel's term
					20	Elected to full term in 1966
					21	Re-elected in 1972 Retired and resigned early to allow successor gain seniority
17	Nancy Kassebaum	Republican	December 23, 1978 – January 3, 1997		21	Appointed to finish Pearson's term, having already been elected to the next term
					22	Elected to full term in 1978
					23	Re-elected in 1984
					24	Re-elected in 1990 Retired
18	Pat Roberts	Republican	January 3, 1997 –	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	25	Elected in 1996
					26	Re-elected in 2002
					27	Re-elected in 2008
#	Senator	Party	Years	Notes/Other offices	Term	Electoral history