List of United States Senators in the 76th Congress by seniority
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This is a classification of members of the United States Senate by seniority during the 76th Congress, from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941.
Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the Senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as Vice President, a House member, a Cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor is the population of the senator's state.[1][2][3]
Senators who were sworn in in the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1940 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
U.S. Senate Seniority List
| Rank | Name (Party-State) | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Borah (R-ID) [4] | March 4, 1907 | |
| 2 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | March 4, 1909 | |
| 3 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) [5] | April 2, 1912[6] | |
| 4 | Key Pittman (D-NV) [7] | January 29, 1913 | |
| 5 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | |
| 6 | George W. Norris (I-NE) | March 4, 1913 | |
| 7 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | Former Rep. (6 years) |
| 8 | William H. King (D-UT) [5] | Former Rep. (3 years) | |
| 9 | Frederick Hale (R-ME) [5] | ||
| 10 | Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
| 11 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | December 18, 1918 | |
| 12 | Pat Harrison (D-MS) | March 4, 1919 | Former Rep. |
| 13 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | Former Governor | |
| 14 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
| 15 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 16 | Lynn J. Frazier (R-ND) [5] | March 4, 1923 | Former Governor |
| 17 | Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) | Minnesota 17th Population (1920) | |
| 18 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | Montana 39th Population (1920) | |
| 19 | Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Prog-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
| 20 | Gerald P. Nye (R-ND) | November 14, 1925 | |
| 21 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | |
| 22 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former Rep. (15 years) |
| 23 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former Rep. (14 years) | |
| 24 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former Rep., Oklahoma 21st Population (1920) | |
| 25 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former Rep., Maryland 28th Population (1920) | |
| 26 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ||
| 27 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 28 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | March 4, 1929 | Former Rep. |
| 29 | John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE) [5] | Former Governor | |
| 30 | James J. Davis (R-PA) | December 2, 1930 | |
| 31 | Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) | March 4, 1931 | Previously a Senator, Former Rep. (8 years) |
| 32 | James Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) [8] | Previously a Senator, Former Rep. (2 years) | |
| 33 | James F. Byrnes (D-SC) | Former Rep., South Carolina 26th Population (1930) | |
| 34 | Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME) | Former Rep., Maine 35th Population (1930) | |
| 35 | William J. Bulow (D-SD) | Former Governor | |
| 36 | Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | North Carolina 12th Population (1930) | |
| 37 | John H. Bankhead II (D-AL) | Alabama 15th Population (1930) | |
| 38 | Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | Kentucky 17th Population (1930) | |
| 39 | Warren Austin (R-VT) | April 1, 1931 | |
| 40 | Hattie Caraway (D-AR) | November 13, 1931 | |
| 41 | Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) | December 5, 1932 | |
| 42 | Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 43 | Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) | February 4, 1933 | |
| 44 | Alva B. Adams (D-CO) | March 4, 1933 | Previously a Senator |
| 45 | John H. Overton (D-LA) | Former Rep. | |
| 46 | Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) | Former Governor | |
| 47 | Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) | Indiana 11th Population (1930) | |
| 48 | Homer T. Bone (D-WA) | Washington 30th Population (1930) | |
| 49 | Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) | Utah 40th Population (1930) | |
| 50 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | Nevada 48th Population (1930) | |
| 51 | Carl Hatch (D-NM) | October 10, 1933 | |
| 52 | Ernest W. Gibson, Sr. (R-VT) [9] | November 21, 1933 | |
| 53 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
| 54 | James E. Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 55 | Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) | January 3, 1935 | Previously a Senator |
| 56 | Francis T. Maloney (D-CT) | Former Rep., Connecticut 29th Population (1930) | |
| 57 | Edward R. Burke (D-NE) [5] | Former Rep., Nebraska 32nd Population (1930) | |
| 58 | Vic Donahey (D-OH) [5] | Former Governor, Ohio 4th Population (1930) | |
| 59 | Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) | Former Governor, Mississippi 23rd Population (1930) | |
| 60 | Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1930) | |
| 61 | Harry S. Truman (D-MO) | Missouri 10th Population (1930) | |
| 62 | Sherman Minton (D-IN) [5] | Indiana 11th Population (1930) | |
| 63 | George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD) | Maryland 28th Population (1930) | |
| 64 | Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA) [5] | Washington 30th Population (1930) | |
| 65 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
| 66 | Rush D. Holt (D-WV) [5] | June 21, 1935 | |
| 67 | Guy M. Gillette (D-IA) | November 4, 1936 | Former Rep. |
| 68 | Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) | ||
| 69 | Claude Pepper (D-FL) | ||
| 70 | Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI) | November 19, 1936 | |
| 71 | Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN) [10] | January 3, 1937 | Former Rep. (6 years) |
| 72 | Joshua B. Lee (D-OK) | Former Rep. (2 years) | |
| 73 | Clyde L. Herring (D-IA) | Former Governor, Iowa 19th Population (1930) | |
| 74 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | Former Governor, Colorado 33rd Population (1930) | |
| 75 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former Governor, Rhode Island 37th Population (1930) | |
| 76 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former Governor, New Hampshire 41st Population (1930) | |
| 77 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA) | Massachusetts 8th Population (1930) | |
| 78 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | Louisiana 22nd Population (1930) | |
| 79 | James H. Hughes (D-DE) | Delaware 46th Population (1930) | |
| 80 | Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY) | Wyoming 47th Population (1930) | |
| 81 | William H. Smathers (D-NJ) | April 15, 1937 | |
| 82 | John E. Miller (D-AR) | November 15, 1937 | |
| 83 | Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
| 84 | William Warren Barbour (R-NJ) | November 9, 1938 | |
| 85 | James M. Mead (D-NY) | December 3, 1938 | |
| 86 | Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) | January 3, 1939 | Former Rep. (6 years), Former Governor |
| 87 | Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) | Former Rep. (4 years), Illinois 3rd Population (1930) | |
| 88 | D. Worth Clark (D-ID) | Former Rep. (4 years), Idaho 42nd Population (1930) | |
| 89 | Clyde M. Reed (R-KS) | Former Governor | |
| 90 | Robert A. Taft (R-OH) | Ohio 4th Population (1930) | |
| 91 | Sheridan Downey (D-CA) | California 6th Population (1930) | |
| 92 | John A. Danaher (R-CT) | Connecticut 29th Population (1930) | |
| 93 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | Wisconsin 30th Population (1930) | |
| 94 | Rufus C. Holman (R-OR) | Oregon 34th Population (1930) | |
| 95 | John Chandler Gurney (R-SD) | South Dakota 36th Population (1930) | |
| 96 | Tom Stewart (D-TN) | January 16, 1939 | |
| James M. Slattery (D-IL) [11] | April 14, 1939 | ||
| Albert B. Chandler (D-KY) | October 9, 1939 | ||
| John Thomas (R-ID) | January 27, 1940 | ||
| Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R-VT) [5] | June 24, 1940 | ||
| Joseph H. Ball (R-MN) | October 14, 1940 | ||
| C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) | November 22, 1940 | ||
| Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV) | November 27, 1940 | ||
| Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA) | December 19, 1940 |
See also
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Notes
- ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ↑ 1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 Census results
- ↑ 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
- ↑ Senator Borah died on January 19, 1940
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Retired or defeated after 1940 Election.
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- ↑ Senator Pittman died on November 10, 1940
- ↑ Senator Lewis died on April 9, 1939
- ↑ Senator Gibson died on June 20, 1940
- ↑ Senator Lundeen died on August 31, 1940
- ↑ Senator Slattery resigned on November 21, 1940
