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Oklahoma: U.S. Senators


U.S. Senators from Oklahoma, 1907-2021 (May be incomplete!)
Thomas P. Gore 1907-21 Robert L. Owen 1907-25 John W. Harreld 1921-27 William B. Pine 1925-31 J. W. Elmer Thomas 1927-51 Thomas P. Gore 1931-37 Josh Lee 1937-43 E. H. Moore 1943-49 Robert S. Kerr 1949-63 A. S. Mike Monroney 1951-69 J. Howard Edmondson 1963-64 Fred R. Harris 1964-73 Henry Bellmon 1969-81 Dewey F. Bartlett 1973-79 David L. Boren 1979-94 Don Nickles 1981-2005 James M. Inhofe 1994- Tom Coburn 2005-15

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1912 Nov 5: Robert L. Owen (Dem), elected; J. T. Dickerson (Rep), defeated; John G. Wills (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1914 Nov 3: Thomas P. Gore (Dem), elected; John B. Campbell (Rep), defeated; W. D. Cope (Socialist), defeated; Luther Kyle (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Robert L. Owen (Dem), elected; W. B. Johnson (Rep), defeated; C. M. Greenland (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1920: Thomas P. Gore, defeated for nomination.
  • 1920 Nov 2: John W. Harreld (Rep), elected; Scott Ferris (Dem), defeated; A. A. Bagwell (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: William B. Pine (Rep), elected; Jack C. Walton (Dem), defeated; George Wilson (Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1926: Ulysses S. Stone (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1926 Nov 2: J. W. Elmer Thomas (Dem), elected; John W. Harreld (Rep), defeated; J. A. Hart (Socialist), defeated; J. Edwin Spurr (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Thomas P. Hopley (Ind), defeated.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Thomas P. Gore (Dem), elected; William B. Pine (Rep), defeated; Edward E. Evans (Ind), defeated; Thomas P. Hopley (Ind), defeated.
  • 1932 Nov 8: J. W. Elmer Thomas (Dem), elected; Wirt Franklin (Rep), defeated; James I. Whidden (Ind), defeated; J. W. Houchin (Ind), defeated; John Franning (Ind), defeated; Thomas P. Hopley (Ind), defeated.
  • 1936: Thomas P. Gore, defeated for nomination.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Josh Lee (Dem), elected; Herbert K. Hyde (Rep), defeated; Edgar Clemons (Socialist), defeated; P. C. Nelson (Prohibition), defeated; Frank M. Kimes (Ind), defeated; R. M. Funk (Ind), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: J. W. Elmer Thomas (Dem), elected; Harry Glasser (Rep), defeated; P. C. Nelson (Prohibition), defeated; Raymond B. Clark (Ind), defeated; Herndon J. Thompson (Ind), defeated.
  • 1942: William H. Murray (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1942 Nov 3: E. H. Moore (Rep), elected; Josh Lee (Dem), defeated; Oliver W. Lawton (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: J. W. Elmer Thomas (Dem), elected; William J. Otjen (Rep), defeated; Paul V. Beck (Ind), defeated; T. B. Williams (Ind), defeated; Paul R. Nagle (Ind), defeated.
  • 1948: Glen D. Johnson, defeated for nomination.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Robert S. Kerr (Dem), elected; Ross Rizley (Rep), defeated; W. O. Pratt (Ind), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: A. S. Mike Monroney (Dem), elected; W. H. Bill Alexander (Rep), defeated.
  • 1954 Nov 2: Robert S. Kerr (Dem), elected; Fred M. Mock (Rep), defeated; George V. Fried (Ind), defeated; George H. Brasier (Ind), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: A. S. Mike Monroney (Dem), elected; Douglas McKeever (Rep), defeated.
  • 1960 Nov 8: Robert S. Kerr (Dem), elected; B. Hayden Crawford (Rep), defeated; Billy E. Brown (Ind), defeated.
  • 1962 Nov 6: A. S. Mike Monroney (Dem), elected; B. Hayden Crawford (Rep), defeated; Paul V. Beck (Ind), defeated.
  • 1963 Jan 1: Robert S. Kerr, died in office.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Fred R. Harris (Dem), elected; Bud Wilkinson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Fred R. Harris (Dem), elected; Pat J. Patterson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Henry Bellmon (Rep), elected; A. S. Mike Monroney (Dem), defeated; George Washington (American Independent), defeated.
  • 1972 Nov 7: Dewey F. Bartlett (Rep), elected; Ed Edmondson (Dem), defeated; William G. Roach (American), defeated; Joe C. Phillips (Ind), defeated; Paul E. Trent (Ind), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Henry Bellmon (Rep), elected; Ed Edmondson (Dem), defeated; Paul E. Trent (Ind), defeated.
  • 1978 Nov 7: David L. Boren (Dem), elected; Robert B. Kamm (Rep), defeated; Richard K. Carter (Ind), defeated.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Don Nickles (Rep), elected; Andrew Coats (Dem), defeated; Charles Nesbit (Ind), defeated; Robert T. Murphy (Libertarian), defeated; Paul E. Trent (Ind), defeated.
  • 1984 Nov 6: David L. Boren (Dem), elected; Will E. Crozier (Rep), defeated; Robert T. Murphy (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: Don Nickles (Rep), elected; James R. Jones (Dem), defeated.
  • 1990 Nov 6: David L. Boren (Dem), elected; Stephen Jones (Rep), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Don Nickles (Rep), elected; Steve Lewis (Dem), defeated; Roy V. Edwards (Ind), defeated; Thomas D. Ledgerwood II (Ind), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: James M. Inhofe (Rep), elected; Dave McCurdy (Dem), defeated; Danny Corn (Ind), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 15: David L. Boren, resigned.
  • 1996 Nov 5: James M. Inhofe (Rep), elected; Jim Boren (Dem), defeated; Bill Maguire (Ind), defeated; Agnes Marie Regier (Libertarian), defeated; Chris Nedbalek (Ind), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Don Nickles (Rep), elected; Don E. Carroll (Dem), defeated; Mike Morris (Ind), defeated; Argus W. Yandell, Jr. (Ind), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: James M. Inhofe (Rep), elected; David Walters (Dem), defeated; James Germalic (Ind), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Tom Coburn (Rep), elected; Brad Carson (Dem), defeated; Sheila Bilyeu, defeated.
  • 2008 Nov 4: James M. Inhofe (Rep), elected; Andrew Rice (Dem), defeated; Stephen P. Wallace (Ind), defeated.
  • 2015 Jan 3: Tom Coburn, resigned.
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