Class 2
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | William R. King | Democratic- Republican |
December 14, 1819 – April 15, 1844 |
1 | Elected in 1819 |
| Jacksonian Democrat |
2 | Re-elected in 1822 | |||
| 3 | Re-elected in 1828 | ||||
| 4 | Re-elected in 1834 | ||||
| 5 | Re-elected in 1840 | ||||
| 6 | Resigned | ||||
| Vacant | April 15, 1844 – April 22, 1844 |
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| 2 | Dixon Hall Lewis | Democratic | April 22, 1844 – October 24, 1848 |
Appointed to finish King's term | |
| 7 | Re-elected in 1846 Died |
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| Vacant | October 24, 1848 – November 25, 1848 |
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| 3 | Benjamin Fitzpatrick | Democratic | November 25, 1848 – November 30, 1849 |
Appointed to continue Lewis's term Successor elected |
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| 4 | Jeremiah Clemens | Democratic | November 30, 1849 – March 4, 1853 |
Elected to finish Lewis's term Retired |
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| 5 | Clement Claiborne Clay | Democratic | November 29, 1853 – January 21, 1861 |
8 | Elected late in 1853 |
| 9 | Re-elected in 1858 Withdrew |
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| Vacant | January 21, 1861 – July 13, 1868 |
American Civil War and Reconstruction | |||
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| 6 | Willard Warner | Republican | July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1871 |
Lost re-election | |
| 7 | George Goldthwaite | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1877 |
11 | Retired |
| 8 | John Tyler Morgan | Democratic | March 4, 1877 – June 11, 1907 |
12 | Elected in 1876 |
| 13 | Re-elected in 1882 | ||||
| 14 | Re-elected in 1888 | ||||
| 15 | Re-elected in 1894 | ||||
| 16 | Re-elected in 1900 | ||||
| 17 | Re-elected in 1906 Died |
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| Vacant | June 11, 1907 – June 18, 1907 |
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| 9 | John H. Bankhead | Democratic | June 18, 1907 – March 1, 1920 |
Appointed to finish Morgan's term | |
| 18 | Re-elected in 1912 | ||||
| 19 | Re-elected in 1918 Died |
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| Vacant | March 1, 1920 – March 5, 1920 |
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| 10 | B. B. Comer | Democratic | March 5, 1920 – November 2, 1920 |
Appointed to continue Bankhead's term Successor elected |
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| 11 | James Thomas Heflin | Democratic | November 3, 1920 – March 4, 1931 |
Elected to finish Bankhead's term | |
| 20 | Re-elected in 1924 Disqualified from running |
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| 12 | John H. Bankhead II | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – June 12, 1946 |
21 | Elected in 1930 |
| 22 | Re-elected in 1936 | ||||
| 23 | Re-elected in 1942 Died |
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| Vacant | June 12, 1946 – June 15, 1946 |
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| 13 | George R. Swift | Democratic | June 15, 1946 – November 5, 1946 |
Appointed to continue Bankhead's term Successor elected |
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| 14 | John Sparkman | Democratic | November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1979 |
Elected to finish Bankhead's term | |
| 24 | Re-elected in 1948 | ||||
| 25 | Re-elected in 1954 | ||||
| 26 | Re-elected in 1960 | ||||
| 27 | Re-elected in 1966 | ||||
| 28 | Re-elected in 1972 Retired |
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| 15 | Howell Heflin | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997 |
29 | Elected in 1978 |
| 30 | Re-elected in 1984 | ||||
| 31 | Re-elected in 1990 Retired |
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| 16 | Jeff Sessions | Republican | January 3, 1997 – Present |
32 | Elected in 1996 |
| 33 | Re-elected in 2002 | ||||
| 34 | Re-elected in 2008 | ||||
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Term | Electoral history |
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