---
type: Person
title: "Tom Cotton"
description: "U.S. Senate - AR — State of Arkansas"
role: "U.S. Senate - AR"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "AR"
leadership:
  - role: "Senate Republican Conference Chair"
    body: "S"
    since: "2025-01-03"
committees:
  - name: "Joint Economic Committee"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/joint/committees/joint-economic-committee"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Airland"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/airland"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Cybersecurity"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/cybersecurity"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Emerging Threats and Capabilities"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/emerging-threats-and-capabilities"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Strategic Forces"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/strategic-forces"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/energy-and-natural-resources"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Energy"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/energy-and-natural-resources/subcommittees/energy"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Public Lands, Forests, and Mining"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/energy-and-natural-resources/subcommittees/public-lands-forests-and-mining"
  - name: "Senate Select Committee on Intelligence"
    role: "chair"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-intelligence"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 6
  term_limit: "none"
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  person: "2a0a844a-7a9a-4d03-ab62-640da7f9be56"
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  bioguide: "C001095"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ar]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Tom Cotton

Current U.S. Senate - AR (State of Arkansas).

## Leadership

- Senate Republican Conference Chair (since 2025-01-03)

## Committees

- [Joint Economic Committee](/us/bodies/joint/committees/joint-economic-committee.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Airland](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/airland.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Cybersecurity](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/cybersecurity.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Emerging Threats and Capabilities](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/emerging-threats-and-capabilities.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Strategic Forces](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/strategic-forces.md)
- [Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources](/us/bodies/senate/committees/energy-and-natural-resources.md)
- [Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Energy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/energy-and-natural-resources/subcommittees/energy.md)
- [Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Public Lands, Forests, and Mining](/us/bodies/senate/committees/energy-and-natural-resources/subcommittees/public-lands-forests-and-mining.md)
- [Senate Select Committee on Intelligence](/us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-intelligence.md) — **chair**

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).