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Mar 27, 1912 , Arizona became a state February 14, 1912, but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. , rowspan=4 , 1 , rowspan=2 , rowspan=3 , 1 , Arizona became a state February 14, 1912, but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. , nowrap , Feb 14, 1912 –
Mar 27, 1912 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 , 1 , rowspan=15 align=left ,
Henry F. Ashurst , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan=15 nowrap , Mar 27, 1912 –
Jan 3, 1941 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1912. , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1912. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 27, 1912 –
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Marcus A. Smith ! rowspan=5 , 1 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1914.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1916. , rowspan=3 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1920.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –
Mar 3, 1927 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Jan 3, 1969 , rowspan=21 , Democratic , rowspan=21 align=right ,
Carl Hayden ! rowspan=21 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1928. , rowspan=3 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1932. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1934.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1938. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 2 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Ernest McFarland , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1953 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1940. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 7 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1944. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1946.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1950. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 3 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Jan 3, 1965 , rowspan=3 , First elected in 1952. , rowspan=3 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1956. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1958.Retired to run for U.S. President. , rowspan=3 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 10 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 4 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Jan 3, 1977 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1964. , rowspan=3 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 , Elected again in 1968. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1969 –
Jan 3, 1987 , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Jan 3, 1995 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1980.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1986. , rowspan=16 nowrap , Jan 3, 1987 –
Aug 25, 2018 , rowspan=16 , Republican , rowspan=16 align=right ,
Jan 3, 2013 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1994. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1998. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2000. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2004. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2006.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2010. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 7 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Jan 3, 2019 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 2012.Retired. , rowspan=6 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=8 , 19 , Re-elected in 2016.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Aug 25, 2018 –
Sep 4, 2018 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue McCain's term.Resigned. , nowrap , Sep 4, 2018 –
Dec 31, 2018 , , Republican , align=right ,
Jan 3, 2019 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 8 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Present , rowspan=5 , Elected in 2018.Switched parties December 9, 2022. , rowspan=5 , 19 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue McCain's term.Lost election to finish McCain's term. , nowrap , Jan 3, 2019 –
Dec 2, 2020 , , Republican , align=right ,
Martha McSally ! 7 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2020 to finish McCain's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Dec 2, 2020 –
Present , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912. U.S. senators
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and power ...
from Arizona belong to Class 1 and Class 3 and are popularly elected for a six-year term beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The state's current U.S. senators are Independent Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Lea Sinema (; born July 12, 1976) is an American politician and former social worker serving as the senior United States senator from Arizona since January 2019. A former member of the Democratic Party, Sinema became an independent i ...
, serving since 2019, and Democrat Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, former astronaut, and United States Navy captain who has served as the junior United States senator from Arizona since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elect ...
, serving since 2020.
List of senators
, - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Feb 14, 1912 –Mar 27, 1912 , Arizona became a state February 14, 1912, but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. , rowspan=4 , 1 , rowspan=2 , rowspan=3 , 1 , Arizona became a state February 14, 1912, but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. , nowrap , Feb 14, 1912 –
Mar 27, 1912 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 , 1 , rowspan=15 align=left ,
Henry F. Ashurst , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan=15 nowrap , Mar 27, 1912 –
Jan 3, 1941 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1912. , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1912. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 27, 1912 –
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Marcus A. Smith ! rowspan=5 , 1 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1914.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1916. , rowspan=3 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1920.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –
Mar 3, 1927 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Ralph H. Cameron
Ralph Henry Cameron (October 21, 1863 – February 12, 1953) was an American businessman, prospector and politician who served as both Arizona Territory's Delegate to Congress and as an Arizona United States Senator. As a Territorial delegate, h ...
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Carl Hayden ! rowspan=21 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1928. , rowspan=3 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1932. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1934.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1938. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 2 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Ernest McFarland , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1953 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1940. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 7 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1944. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1946.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1950. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 3 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
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, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1953 –Jan 3, 1965 , rowspan=3 , First elected in 1952. , rowspan=3 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1956. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1958.Retired to run for U.S. President. , rowspan=3 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 10 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 4 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Paul Fannin
Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965.
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, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1965 –Jan 3, 1977 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1964. , rowspan=3 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 , Elected again in 1968. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1969 –
Jan 3, 1987 , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
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, rowspan=9 align=left , Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Uni ...
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, rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1977 –Jan 3, 1995 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1980.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1986. , rowspan=16 nowrap , Jan 3, 1987 –
Aug 25, 2018 , rowspan=16 , Republican , rowspan=16 align=right ,
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two te ...
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, rowspan=9 align=left , Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( ; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, s ...
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, rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1995 –Jan 3, 2013 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1994. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1998. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2000. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2004. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2006.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2010. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 7 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Jeff Flake
Jeffry Lane Flake (born December 31, 1962) is an American politician and diplomat who is the current U.S Ambassador to Turkey. A member of the Republican Party, Flake served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and ...
, rowspan=6 , Republican
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2013 –Jan 3, 2019 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 2012.Retired. , rowspan=6 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=8 , 19 , Re-elected in 2016.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Aug 25, 2018 –
Sep 4, 2018 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue McCain's term.Resigned. , nowrap , Sep 4, 2018 –
Dec 31, 2018 , , Republican , align=right ,
Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( ; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, s ...
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Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Lea Sinema (; born July 12, 1976) is an American politician and former social worker serving as the senior United States senator from Arizona since January 2019. A former member of the Democratic Party, Sinema became an independent i ...
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, rowspan=5 , Jan 3, 2019 –Present , rowspan=5 , Elected in 2018.Switched parties December 9, 2022. , rowspan=5 , 19 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue McCain's term.Lost election to finish McCain's term. , nowrap , Jan 3, 2019 –
Dec 2, 2020 , , Republican , align=right ,
Martha McSally ! 7 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2020 to finish McCain's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Dec 2, 2020 –
Present , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, former astronaut, and United States Navy captain who has served as the junior United States senator from Arizona since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elect ...
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Living former senators
, there are four living former U.S. senators from Arizona. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die wasJohn McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two te ...
(served 1987–2018), who died in office on August 25, 2018.
Superlatives
Longest service
Shortest service
''List excludes the incumbent senators who have both served less than a full term''Youngest at beginning of service
Oldest at end of service
See also
*List of United States representatives from Arizona
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arizona. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see ...
* United States congressional delegations from Arizona
Since Arizona became a U.S. state in 1912, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year ...
* Elections in Arizona
References
* * {{Arizona SenatorsArizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...