List of United States Senators in the 80th Congress by seniority
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 80th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949.
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][4]
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 1948 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
U.S. Senate Seniority List
Rank | Senator (Party-State) | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
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1 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | |
2 | Arthur Capper[5] (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | |
3 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
4 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former Rep (15 Years) |
5 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former Rep (14 Years) | |
6 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former Rep (4 Years), Oklahoma 21st Population (1920) | |
7 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former Rep (4 Years), Maryland 28th Population (1920) | |
8 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ||
9 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
10 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | March 4, 1929 | |
11 | Wallace White[5] (R-ME) | March 4, 1933 | Former Rep (14 Years) |
12 | John Overton[6] (D-LA) | Former Rep (2 Years) | |
13 | Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) | ||
14 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
15 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) | March 4, 1933 | Former Governor |
16 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | ||
17 | Carl Hatch[5] (D-NM) | October 10, 1933 | |
18 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
19 | James Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
20 | Theodore G. Bilbo[7] (D-MS) | January 3, 1935 | |
21 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
22 | Claude Pepper (D-FL) | November 4, 1936 | |
23 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | January 3, 1937 | Former Governor, Colorado 33rd Population (1930) |
24 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former Governor, Rhode Island 37th Population (1930) | |
25 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former Governor, New Hampshire 41st Population (1930) | |
26 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | ||
27 | Joseph Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
28 | Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) | January 3, 1939 | Former Rep (4 Years) |
29 | Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) | Former Rep (2 Years), Former Governor | |
30 | Clyde M. Reed (R-KS) | Former Governor | |
31 | Robert A. Taft (R-OH) | Ohio 4th Population (1930) | |
32 | Sheridan Downey (D-CA) | California 6th Population | |
33 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th Population (1930) | |
34 | John Chandler Gurney (R-SD) | South Dakota 36th Population (1930) | |
35 | Tom Stewart[5] (D-TN) | January 16, 1939 | |
36 | Charles W. Brooks[5] (R-IL) | November 22, 1940 | |
37 | Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME) | January 3, 1941 | Former Governor, Maine 35th Population (1940) |
38 | William Langer (R-ND) | Former Governor, North Dakota 38th Population (1940) | |
39 | Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) | West Virginia 27th Population (1930) | |
40 | Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd Population (1930) | |
41 | Ernest McFarland (D-AZ) | Arizona 43rd Population (1930) | |
42 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | |
43 | W. Lee O'Daniel[5] (D-TX) | August 4, 1941 | |
44 | Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) | November 5, 1941 | |
45 | Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) | December 20, 1941 | |
46 | Joseph H. Ball[5] (R-MN) | January 3, 1943 | Previously A Senator (2 Years) |
47 | James Eastland (D-MS) | Previously A Senator (1 Year) | |
48 | Harlan J. Bushfield[8] (R-SD) | Former Governor, South Dakota 37th Population (1940) | |
49 | C. Douglass Buck[5] (R-DE) | Former Governor, Delaware 47th Population (1940) | |
50 | Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI) | Michigan 7th Population (1940) | |
51 | Albert W. Hawkes[5] (R-NJ) | New Jersey 9th Population (1940) | |
52 | Edward H. Moore[5] (R-OK) | Oklahoma 22nd Population (1940) | |
53 | W. Chapman Revercomb[5] (R-WV) | West Virginia 24th Population (1940) | |
54 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | Arkansas 25th Population (1940) | |
55 | Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd Population (1940) | |
56 | Edward V. Robertson[5] (R-WY) | Wyoming 46th Population (1940) | |
57 | George A. Wilson[5] (R-IA) | January 14, 1943 | |
58 | Guy Cordon (R-OR) | March 4, 1944 | |
59 | Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) | December 7, 1944 | |
60 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | |
61 | Forrest C. Donnell (R-MO) | January 3, 1945 | Former Governor, Missouri 10th Population (1940) |
62 | Francis J. Myers (D-PA) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
63 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | Former Rep (2 Years) | |
64 | Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) | Former Governor, North Carolina 11th Population (1940) | |
65 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) | Former Governor, Iowa 20th Population (1940) | |
66 | Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) | Former Governor, South Carolina 26th Population (1940) | |
67 | Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) | Indiana 12th Population (1940) | |
68 | Brien McMahon (D-CT) | Connecticut 31st Population (1940) | |
69 | Wayne Morse (R-OR) | Oregon 34th Population (1940) | |
70 | Glen H. Taylor (D-ID) | Idaho 42nd Population (1940) | |
71 | Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) | January 10, 1945 | Former Governor, Massachusetts 8th Population (1940) |
72 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
73 | William F. Knowland (R-CA) | August 26, 1945 | |
74 | Spessard Holland (D-FL) | September 24, 1946 | |
75 | Ralph Flanders (R-VT) | November 1, 1946 | |
76 | A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) | November 6, 1946 | Former Rep (13 Years, 10 Months) |
77 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | Former Rep (9 Years, 10 Months) | |
78 | Henry Dworshak[5] (R-ID) | Former Rep (8 Years) | |
79 | John Sherman Cooper[5] (R-KY) | ||
80 | William B. Umstead[5] (D-NC) | December 18, 1946 | |
81 | Harry P. Cain (R-WA) | December 26, 1946 | |
82 | Raymond E. Baldwin (R-CT) | December 27, 1946 | |
83 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA) | January 3, 1947 | Previously a Senator (7 Years, 1 Month) |
84 | William E. Jenner (R-IN) | Previously a Senator (2 Months) | |
85 | Edward Martin (R-PA) | Former Governor, Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1940) | |
86 | John W. Bricker (R-OH) | Former Governor, Ohio 4th Population (1940) | |
87 | Edward John Thye (R-MN) | Former Governor, Minnesota 18th Population (1940) | |
88 | Herbert O'Conor (D-MD) | Former Governor, Maryland 28th Population (1940) | |
89 | Irving Ives (R-NY) | New York 1st Population (1940) | |
90 | James P. Kem (R-MO) | Missouri 10th Population (1940) | |
91 | Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th Population (1940) | |
92 | J. Howard McGrath (D-RI) | Rhode Island 36th Population (1940) | |
93 | Zales Ecton (R-MT) | Montana 39th Population (1940) | |
94 | Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) | Utah 40th Population (1940) | |
95 | John J. Williams (R-DE) | Delaware 47th Population (1940) | |
96 | George W. Malone (R-NV) | Nevada 48th Population (1940) | |
John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | ||
William C. Feazel[5] (D-LA) | May 18, 1948 | ||
Vera C. Bushfield[5] (R-SD) | October 6, 1948 | ||
Karl Mundt (R-SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former Rep (9 Years) | |
J. Melville Broughton (D-NC) | Former Governor | ||
Russell B. Long (D-LA) |
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
- ↑ 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 Retired or defeated after 1948 Election.
- ↑ Senator Overton died on May 14, 1948
- ↑ Senator Bilbo died on August 21, 1947.
- ↑ Senator Bushfield died on September 27, 1948