Class 3
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | John Williams Walker | Democratic- Republican |
December 14, 1819 – December 12, 1822 |
1 | Elected in 1819 Resigned |
| 2 | William Kelly | Democratic- Republican |
December 12, 1822 – March 4, 1825 |
Elected to finish Walker's term Retired |
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| Jacksonian Democrat |
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| 3 | Henry H. Chambers | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1825 – January 24, 1826 |
2 | Elected in 1825 Died |
| Vacant | January 24, 1826 – February 17, 1826 |
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| 4 | Israel Pickens | Jacksonian | February 17, 1826 – November 27, 1826 |
Appointed to continue Chambers's term Successor elected |
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| 5 | John McKinley | Jacksonian | November 27, 1826 – March 4, 1831 |
Elected to finish Chambers's term Lost re-election |
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| 6 | Gabriel Moore | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1837 |
3 | Elected in 1831 Lost re-election |
| 7 | John McKinley | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – April 22, 1837 |
4 | Elected in 1837 Resigned to become U.S. Supreme Court justice |
| Vacant | March 4, 1837 – June 19, 1837 |
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| 8 | Clement Comer Clay | Democratic | June 19, 1837 – November 15, 1841 |
Appointed to finish McKinley's term Resigned |
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| 9 | Arthur P. Bagby | Democratic | November 24, 1841 – June 16, 1848 |
Elected to finish Clay's term | |
| 5 | ?Re-elected in 1843 Resigned to become Minister to Russia |
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| Vacant | June 16, 1848 – July 1, 1848 |
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| 10 | William R. King | Democratic | July 1, 1848 – December 20, 1852 |
Appointed to continue Bagby's term Elected to finish Bagby's term |
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| 6 | ?Re-elected in 1849 Resigned due to poor health |
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| Vacant | December 20, 1852 – January 14, 1853 |
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| 11 | Benjamin Fitzpatrick | Democratic | January 14, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1855 – November 26, 1855 |
7 | Legislature failed to elect | ||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick | Democratic | November 26, 1855 – January 21, 1861 |
Elected late Withdrew |
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| Vacant | January 21, 1861 – July 13, 1868 |
American Civil War and Reconstruction | |||
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| 12 | George E. Spencer | Republican | July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1879 |
Elected in 1868 | |
| 9 | Re-elected in 1872 Retired |
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| 13 | George S. Houston | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – December 31, 1879 |
10 | Elected in 1878 Died |
| Vacant | December 31, 1879 – January 7, 1880 |
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| 14 | Luke Pryor | Democratic | January 7, 1880 – November 23, 1880 |
Appointed to continue Houston's term Successor qualified |
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| 15 | James L. Pugh | Democratic | November 24, 1880 – March 4, 1897 |
Elected to finish Houston's term | |
| 11 | Re-elected in 1884 | ||||
| 12 | Re-elected in 1892 Retired |
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| 16 | Edmund Pettus | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – July 27, 1907 |
13 | Elected in 1896 |
| 14 | Re-elected in 1902 Died |
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| Vacant | July 27, 1907 – August 6, 1907 |
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| 17 | Joseph F. Johnston | Democratic | August 6, 1907 – August 8, 1913 |
Elected to finish Pettus's term | |
| 15 | Re-elected in 1908 Died |
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| Vacant | August 8, 1913 – May 11, 1914 |
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| 18 | Francis S. White | Democratic | May 11, 1914 – March 4, 1915 |
Elected to finish Johnston's term Retired |
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| 19 | Oscar Underwood | Democratic | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1927 |
16 | Elected in 1914 |
| 17 | Re-elected in 1920 Retired |
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| 20 | Hugo Black | Democratic | March 4, 1927 – August 19, 1937 |
18 | Elected in 1926 |
| 19 | Re-elected in 1932 | ||||
| 20 | Re-elected in 1938 Resigned to become U.S. Supreme Court justice |
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| 21 | Dixie Bibb Graves | Democratic | August 20, 1937 – January 10, 1938 |
Appointed (by her husband, the Governor) to finish Black's term Resigned |
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| 22 | J. Lister Hill | Democratic | January 11, 1938 – January 3, 1969 |
Appointed to finish Graves's term | |
| 21 | Elected in 1938 | ||||
| 22 | Re-elected in 1944 | ||||
| 23 | Re-elected in 1950 | ||||
| 24 | Re-elected in 1956 | ||||
| 25 | Re-elected in 1962 Retired |
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| 23 | James Allen | Democratic | January 3, 1969 – June 1, 1978 |
26 | Elected in 1968 |
| 27 | Re-elected in 1974 Died |
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| 24 | Maryon Pittman Allen | Democratic | June 8, 1978 – November 7, 1978 |
Appointed to continue her husband's seat Lost nomination for special election to finish the term |
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| 25 | Donald W. Stewart | Democratic | November 7, 1978 – January 2, 1981 |
Elected to finish James Allen's term Lost renomination; resigned one day early to give successor advantageous seniority |
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| 26 | Jeremiah Denton | Republican | January 2, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
Appointed to finish Stewart's term, having already been elected to the next term | |
| 28 | Elected in 1980 Lost re-election |
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| 27 | Richard Shelby | Democratic | January 3, 1987 – November 9, 1994 |
29 | Elected in 1986 |
| 30 | Re-elected in 1992 | ||||
| Republican | November 9, 1994 – Present |
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| 31 | Re-elected in 1998 | ||||
| 32 | Re-elected in 2004 | ||||
| 33 | Re-elected in 2010 | ||||
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Term | Electoral history |
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