of Florida Richard Russell, Georgia governor and U.S. Senator from Georgia Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida Estes Kefauver, Representative, U.S. Senator from Tennessee and 1956 Democratic vice presidential nominee Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Representative and senator from Texas, Vice President of the United States (1961–1963), and President of the United States (1963–1969) Jimmy Carter, Governor of Georgia and President of the United States (1977–1981) Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas and President of the United States (1993–2001) Al Gore, Representative and U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) and 2000 Democratic nominee for President Joe Biden, U.S. Senator from Delaware and President of the United States (2021–present) Sam Ervin, U.S. Senator from North Carolina Paul Patton, Governor of Kentucky J. William Fulbright, Representative from Arkansas, U.S. Senator from Arkansas and longest-served chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sam Rayburn, Congressman from Texas and longest-served Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives-longest served in the House's history Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia Max Cleland, U.S. Senator from Georgia James Hovis Hodges, Governor of South Carolina Fritz Hollings, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, Governor of South Carolina, 1984 U.S. presidential candidate Olin D. Johnston, U.S. Senator from South Carolina and Governor of South Carolina James F. Byrnes, U.S. Secretary of State, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Representative, U.S. Senator, Governor of South Carolina John Stennis, U.S. Senator from Mississippi John McClellan, Representative and U.S. Senator from Arkansas Spessard Holland, U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida Reubin Askew, Governor of Florida and 1984 U.S. presidential candidate Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee Kathleen Blanco, Governor of Louisiana Roy Barnes, Governor of Georgia John Barrow, U.S. Representative from Georgia Blanche Lincoln, Representative and U.S. Senator from Arkansas Mark Pryor, U.S. Senator from Arkansas David Pryor, Representative, U.S. Senator from Arkansas and Governor of Arkansas Dale Bumpers, U.S. Senator from Arkansas and Governor of Arkansas Alben Barkley, Representative, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and U.S. Vice President Travis Childers, U.S. representative from Mississippi J. Bennett Johnston, U.S. Senator from Louisiana Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator from Louisiana John Breaux, Representative and U.S. Senator from Louisiana Edwin Edwards, Representative and Governor of Louisiana Zell B. Miller, U.S. Senator from Georgia and Georgia governor Terry Sanford, U.S. Senator and governor from North Carolina Kay Hagan, U.S. Senator from North Carolina Richard Shelby, Representative, incumbent U.S. Senator