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^[update], 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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