List of United States Senators in the 90th Congress by seniority
This is a classification of United States Senators by seniority during the 90th Congress, from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1969.
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 two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1968 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 |
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1 | Carl Hayden[4] (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | |
2 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
3 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | January 3, 1937 | |
4 | Lister Hill[4] (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
5 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | |
6 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously A Senator |
7 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | ||
8 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | |
9 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former Rep (2 Years) |
10 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper[4] (R-IA) | Former Governor | |
11 | Wayne Morse[4] (D-OR) | ||
12 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
13 | Spessard Holland (D-FL) | September 24, 1946 | |
14 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | November 6, 1946 | |
15 | John J. Williams (R-DE) | January 3, 1947 | |
16 | John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
17 | Karl Mundt (R-SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former Rep (9 Years) |
18 | Russell B. Long (D-LA) | ||
19 | Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) | January 3, 1949 | Former Rep (8 Years, 7 Months) |
20 | Clinton Anderson (D-NM) | Former Cabinet Secretary | |
21 | Frank Carlson[4] (R-KS) | November 27, 1950 | |
22 | John O. Pastore (D-RI) | December 19, 1950 | |
23 | Everett Dirksen (R-IL) | January 3, 1951 | Former Rep (16 Years) |
24 | A. S. Mike Monroney[4] (D-OK) | Former Rep (12 years) | |
25 | George Smathers[4] (D-FL) | Former Rep (4 Years) | |
26 | Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) | ||
27 | Thomas Kuchel[4] (R-CA) | January 2, 1953 | |
28 | Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) | January 3, 1953 | Former Rep (14 Years) |
29 | Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) | Former Rep (12 Years) | |
30 | Mike Mansfield (D-MT) | Former Rep (10 Years) | |
31 | Stuart Symington (D-MO) | ||
32 | Sam Ervin (D-NC) | June 5, 1954 | |
33 | Norris Cotton (R-NH) | November 8, 1954 | Former Rep (7 Years, 10 Months) |
34 | Roman Lee Hruska (R-NE) | Former Rep (1 Year, 10 Months) | |
35 | Alan Bible (D-NV) | December 2, 1954 | |
36 | Carl Curtis (R-NE) | January 1, 1955 | |
37 | Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) | January 3, 1955 | Former Rep (8 Years) |
38 | Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) | ||
39 | John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) | November 7, 1956 | Previously A Senator (twice) (total tenure 4 Years, 4 Months) |
40 | Strom Thurmond (R-SC) | Previously A Senator (1 Year, 3 Months) | |
41 | Thruston Ballard Morton[5] (R-KY) | January 3, 1957 | Former Rep (6 Years) |
42 | Frank J. Lausche[4] (D-OH) | Former Governor, Ohio 5th Population (1950) | |
43 | Herman Talmadge (D-GA) | Former Governor, Georgia 13th Population (1950) | |
44 | Joseph S. Clark[4] (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 3rd Population (1950) | |
45 | Frank Church (D-ID) | Idaho 43rd Population (1950) | |
46 | Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) | January 9, 1957 | |
47 | Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) | April 29, 1957 | |
48 | William Proxmire (D-WI) | August 28, 1957 | |
49 | B. Everett Jordan (D-NC) | April 19, 1958 | |
50 | Jennings Randolph (D-WV) | November 5, 1958 | |
51 | Hugh Scott (D-PA) | January 3, 1959 | Former Rep (18 Years) |
52 | Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) | Former Rep (10 Years) | |
53 | Stephen Young (D-OH) | Former Rep (8 Years), Ohio 5th Population (1950) | |
54 | Winston L. Prouty (R-VT) | Former Rep (8 Years), Vermont 46th Population (1950) | |
55 | Robert Byrd (D-WV) | Former Rep (6 years) | |
56 | Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) | Former Rep (4 years), New Jersey 8th Population (1950) | |
57 | Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) | Former Rep (4 years), Connecticut 34th Population (1950) | |
58 | Edward L. Bartlett[6] (D-AK) | Former Delegate | |
59 | Edmund Muskie (D-ME) | Former Governor, Maine 35th Population (1950) | |
60 | Ernest Gruening[4] (D-AK) | Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th Population (1950) | |
61 | Philip Hart (D-MI) | Michigan 7th Population (1950) | |
62 | Vance Hartke (D-IN) | Indiana 11th Population (1950) | |
63 | Frank Moss (D-UT) | Utah 38th Population (1950) | |
64 | Gale W. McGee (D-WY) | Wyoming 48th Population (1950) | |
65 | Howard Cannon (D-NV) | Nevada 49th Population (1950) | |
66 | Hiram Fong (R-HI) | August 21, 1959 | |
67 | Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) | August 8, 1960 | |
68 | Edward V. Long[4] (D-MO) | September 23, 1960 | |
69 | Lee Metcalf (D-MT) | January 3, 1961 | Former Rep (8 years) |
70 | James Boggs (R-DE) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
71 | Jack Miller (R-IA) | Iowa 22nd Population (1950) | |
72 | Claiborne Pell (D-RI) | Rhode Island 36th Population (1950) | |
73 | John Tower (R-TX) | June 15, 1961 | |
74 | James B. Pearson (R-KS) | January 31, 1962 | |
75 | Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID) | August 6, 1962 | |
76 | Ted Kennedy (D-MA) | November 7, 1962 | Massachusetts 9th Population (1960) |
77 | Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) | New Hampshire 45th Population (1960) | |
78 | Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) | January 3, 1963 | Former Rep (4 Years), Former Cabinet Secretary, Former Governor |
79 | Daniel Brewster[4] (D-MD) | Former Rep (4 Years) - Maryland 21st Population (1960) | |
89 | George McGovern (D-SD) | Former Rep (4 Years) - South Dakota 40th Population (1960) | |
81 | Daniel Inouye (D-HI) | Former Rep (4 Years) | |
82 | Peter H. Dominick (R-CO) | Former Rep (2 Years) | |
83 | Birch Bayh (D-IN) | ||
84 | Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) | January 7, 1963 | |
85 | Joseph Montoya (D-NM) | November 4, 1964 | Former Rep (7 Years) |
86 | Fred R. Harris (D-OK) | ||
87 | Walter Mondale (D-MN) | December 30, 1964 | |
88 | George Murphy (R-CA) | January 1, 1965 | |
89 | Joseph Tydings (D-MD) | January 3, 1965 | Former Rep (2 Years) |
90 | Robert F. Kennedy[7] (D-NY) | Former Cabinet Member | |
91 | Paul Fannin (R-AZ) | Former Governor | |
92 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D-VA) | November 12, 1965 | |
93 | Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) | May 11, 1966 | |
94 | Ernest Hollings (D-SC) | November 9, 1966 | |
95 | William B. Spong, Jr. (D-VA) | December 31, 1966 | |
96 | Clifford Hansen (R-WY) | January 3, 1967 | Former Governor |
97 | Charles H. Percy (R-IL) | Illinois 4th Population (1960) | |
98 | Edward Brooke (R-MA) | Massachusetts 9th Population (1960) | |
99 | Howard Baker (R-TN) | Tennessee 17th Population (1960) | |
100 | Mark Hatfield (R-OR) | January 10, 1967 | |
Charles Goodell (R-NY) | September 10, 1968 | ||
Marlow Cook (R-KY) | December 17, 1968 | ||
Ted Stevens (R-AK) | December 24, 1968 | ||
Thomas Eagleton (D-MO) | December 28, 1968 |
See also
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Notes
- ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ↑ 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
- ↑ 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Retired or defeated after 1968 Election
- ↑ Senator Morton Stepped down to become Secretary of the Interior on December 16, 1968
- ↑ Senator Bartlett died on December 11, 1968.
- ↑ RFK was assassinated on June 6, 1968.