List of United States Senators in the 71st Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 71st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1931.

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 during the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1930 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of Service

ClassTerms of Service of Senators that will expire in years
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1931[5]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1933[6]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1935[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority DateOther Factors
1Francis E. Warren (R-WY) [8]March 4, 1895
2Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) [9]March 4, 1901
3Lee S. Overman (D-NC) [10]March 4, 1903North Carolina 15th Population (1900)
4Reed Smoot (R-UT)Utah 41st Population (1900)
5William Borah (R-ID)March 4, 1907
6Wesley Jones (R-WA)March 4, 1909Former Rep.
7Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)South Carolina 24th Population (1900)
8Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)Florida 33rd Population (1900)
9Claude A. Swanson (D-VA)August 1, 1910
10Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)April 2, 1912[11]
11Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
12Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913
13Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA) [9]March 4, 1913Former Rep. (14 years)
14Joseph Robinson (R-AR)Former Rep. (10 years), Former Governor
15George W. Norris (R-NE)Former Rep. (10 years)
16Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT)
17James Watson (R-IN)November 8, 1916
18Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former Rep. (6 years)
19William H. King (D-UT)Former Rep. (3 years)
20Park Trammell (D-FL)Former Governor, Florida 33rd Population (1910)
21John B. Kendrick (D-WY)Former Governor, Wyoming 47th Population (1910)
22Frederick Hale (R-ME)
23Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
24George H. Moses (R-NH)November 6, 1918
25Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918
26Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former Governor, Kansas 22nd Population (1910)
27Henry W. Keyes (R-NH)Former Governor, New Hampshire 39th Population (1910)
28William J. Harris (D-GA)Georgia 10th Population (1910)
29Lawrence C. Phipps (R-CO) [9]Colorado 32nd Population (1910)
30Pat Harrison (D-MS)March 5, 1919Former Rep.
31Walter E. Edge (R-NJ)May 19, 1919 [12]Former Governor, New Jersey 11th Population (1910)
32Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920
33James Thomas Heflin (D-AL) [9]November 2, 1920
34Thaddeus H. Caraway (D-AR)March 4, 1921Former Rep.
35Peter Norbeck (R-SD)Former Governor, South Dakota 37th Population (1920)
36Samuel M. Shortridge (R-CA)California 8th Population (1920)
37Edwin S. Broussard (D-LA)Louisiana 22nd Population (1920)
38Tasker Oddie (R-NV)Nevada 48th Population (1920)
39David A. Reed (R-PA)August 8, 1922
40Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
41James Couzens (R-MI)November 29, 1922
42Frank L. Greene (R-VT) [13]March 4, 1923Former Rep. (11 years)
43Simeon Fess (R-OH)Former Rep. (10 years), Ohio 4th Population (1920)
44Hubert D. Stephens (D-MS)Former Rep. (10 years), Mississippi 23rd Population (1920)
45Clarence Dill (D-WA)Former Rep. (4 years)
46Lynn Frazier (R-ND)Former Governor
47Royal S. Copeland (D-NY)New York 1st Population (1920)
48Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)Minnesota 17th Population (1920)
49Robert B. Howell (R-NE)Nebraska 31st Population (1920)
50Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th Population (1920)
51Porter H. Dale (R-VT)November 7, 1923
52Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI)November 4, 1924
53Hiram Bingham (R-CT)December 17, 1924
54Charles S. Deneen (R-IL) [9]February 26, 1925
55Frederick H. Gillett (R-MA) [9]March 4, 1925Former Rep. (32 years)
56Thomas D. Schall (R-MN)Former Rep. (10 years)
57Coleman L. Blease (R-SC) [9]Former Governor, South Carolina 26th Population (1920)
58William McMaster (R-SD) [9]Former Governor, South Dakota 37th Population (1920)
59Frederic Sackett (R-KY) [14]Kentucky 15th Population (1920)
60Lawrence Tyson (R-TN) [15]Tennessee 19th Population (1920)
61William B. Pine (R-OK) [9]Oklahoma 21st Population (1920)
62Guy D. Goff (R-WV) [9]West Virginia 27th Population (1920)
63Sam G. Bratton (D-NM)New Mexico`43rd Population (1920)
64Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R-WI)September 30, 1925
65Arthur Robinson (R-IN)October 20, 1925
66Gerald Nye (R-ND)November 14, 1925
67Daniel F. Steck (D-IA) [9]April 12, 1926
68Arthur R. Gould (R-ME) [9]November 30, 1926
69David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926Previously a Senator
70Harry B. Hawes (D-MO)Former Rep.
71Smith W. Brookhart (R-IA)March 4, 1927Previously a Senator
72William S. Vare (R-PA) [16]Former Rep. (15 years), Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1920)
73Carl Hayden (D-AZ)Former Rep. (15 years), Arizona 45th Population (1920)
74Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former Rep. (14 years)
75Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former Rep. (4 years), Oklahoma 21st Population (1920)
76Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former Rep. (4 years), Maryland 28th Population (1920)
77John J. Blaine (R-WI)Former Governor
78Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)New York 1st Population (1920)
79Hugo Black (D-AL)Alabama 18th Population (1920)
80Charles Waterman (R-CO)Colorado 33rd Population (1920)
81Frederick Steiwer (R-OR)Oregon 34th Population (1920)
82Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
83John Thomas (R-ID)June 30, 1928
84Otis F. Glenn (R-IL)November 7, 1928
85Daniel Hastings (R-DE)December 10, 1928
86Theodore E. Burton (R-OH) [17]December 15, 1928
87Bronson Cutting (R-NM)March 4, 1929Previously a Senator
88Tom Connally (D-TX)Former Rep. (12 years)
89Roscoe C. Patterson (R-MO)Former Rep. (2 years)
90Henry D. Hatfield (R-WV)Former Governor, West Virginia 27th Population (1920)
91Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R-MD)Former Governor, Maryland 28th Population (1920)
92John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE)Former Governor, Delaware 46th Population (1920)
93Hamilton Kean (R-NJ)New Jersey 10th Population (1920)
94Frederic Walcott (R-CT)Connecticut 29th Population (1920)
95Felix Hebert (R-RI)Rhode Island 38th Population (1920)
96Henry J. Allen (R-KS) [18]April 1, 1929
William Brock (D-TN) [9]September 2, 1929
Roscoe C. McCulloch (R-OH) [19]November 5, 1929
David Baird, Jr. (R-NJ) [20]November 30, 1929
Patrick J. Sullivan (R-WY) [21]December 5, 1929
Joseph R. Grundy (R-PA) [22]December 11, 1929
John M. Robsion (R-KY) [23]January 11, 1930
Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH)December 1, 1930Former Rep.
Robert D. Carey (R-WY)Former Governor
Ben M. Williamson (D-KY) [9]Kentucky 15th Population (1920)
George McGill (D-KS)Kansas 24th Population (1920)
James J. Davis (R-PA)December 2, 1930
Dwight Morrow (R-NJ)December 3, 1930
Cameron A. Morrison (D-NC)December 13, 1930
Frank C. Partridge (R-VT)December 23, 1930

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1901 U.S Census Report Contains 1900 Census results
  3. 1911 U.S Census Report Contains 1910 Census results
  4. 1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 Census results
  5. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1931.
  6. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1933.
  7. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1935.
  8. Senator Warren died on November 24, 1929
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Retired or defeated after 1930 Election.
  10. Senator Overman died on December 12, 1930
  11. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  12. Senator Edge resigned on November 21, 1929 to become United States Ambassador to France
  13. Senator Greene died on December 17, 1930
  14. Senator Sackett resigned on January 9, 1930 to become United States Ambassador to Germany
  15. Senator Tyson died on August 24, 1929
  16. Senator Vare was unseated on December 6, 1929
  17. Senator Burton died on October 28, 1929
  18. Senator Allen resigned on November 30, 1930
  19. Senator McCulloch resigned on November 30, 1930
  20. Senator Baird resigned on December 2, 1930
  21. Senator Sullivan resigned on November 20, 1930
  22. Senator Grundy resigned on December 1, 1930
  23. Senator Robsion resigned on November 30, 1930
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