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U.S. Senators from Arkansas:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
William S. Fulton (J,D) Chester Ashley (D) William K. Sebastian (D) Alexander McDonald (R) Powell Clayton (R) Augustus H. Garland (D) James H. Berry (D) Jeff Davis (D) John N. Heiskell (D) William M. Kavanaugh (D) Joseph T. Robinson (D) John E. Miller (D) G. Lloyd Spencer (D) John L. McClellan (D) Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. (D) David H. Pryor (D) Timothy Hutchinson (R) Mark Pryor (D)	1836-1844 1844-1848 1848-1861 1868-1871 1871-1877 1877-1885 1885-1907 1907-1913 1913-1913 1913-1913 1913-1937 1937-1941 1941-1943 1943-1977 1977-1979 1979-1997 1997-2003 2003--

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
Ambrose H. Sevier (J,D) Solon Borland (D) Robert W. Johnson (D) Charles B. Mitchel (D) Benjamin F. Rice (R) Stephen W. Dorsey (R) James D. Walker (D) James K. Jones (D) James P. Clarke (D) William F. Kirby (D) Thaddeus H. Caraway (D) Hattie W. Caraway (D) J. William Fulbright (D) Dale Bumpers (D) Blanche L. Lincoln (D)	1836-1848 1848-1853 1853-1861 1861-1861 1868-1873 1873-1879 1879-1885 1885-1903 1903-1916 1916-1921 1921-1931 1931-1945 1945-1974 1975-1999 1999---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Joseph T. Robinson J. William Fulbright John L. McClellan Dale Bumpers

Arkansas Senators who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: Ambrose H. Sevier, James P. Clarke Party Conference Chairmen (& Floor Leaders): Joseph T. Robinson Party Conference Secretaries: David Pryor Majority and Minority Leaders: Joseph T. Robinson Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Appropriations: John L. McClellan Banking and Currency: J. William Fulbright Foreign Relations: J. William Fulbright Government Operations: John L. McClellan Small Business: Dale Bumpers
Arkansas Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: James Paul Clarke by Frederic W. Ruckstull, located in the Hall of Columns; Uriah Milton Rose by Pompeo Coppini, located in Statuary Hall. Portraits: Hattie W. Caraway by J. O. Buckley, located in the main hallway of the second floor on the Senate side of the Capitol.


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