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List of U.S. senators from Kentucky


This is a complete list of United States Senators from Kentucky. Its senators belong to Classes 2 and 3. Kentucky is currently represented in the U.S. Senate by Republicans Rand Paul and Republican Leader of the United States Senate Mitch McConnell.

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.

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.

As of October 2016, there are two living former U.S. Senators from Kentucky. The most recent senator to die was Marlow Cook of Class 3 (1968-1974) on February 4, 2016. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was Happy Chandler (1939-1945) on June 15, 1991. The most recently serving Class 3 senator to die was Wendell H. Ford (1974-1999) on January 22, 2015. The most recently serving Class 2 senator to die was John Sherman Cooper (1946-1949, 1952-1955, 1956-1973) on February 21, 1991.


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