List of United States Senators in the 76th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 76th United States Congress listed by seniority, 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 during 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.

Terms of Service

ClassTerms of Service of Senators that will expire in years
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1941[4]
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1943[5]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1945[6]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority DateOther Factors
1William Borah (R-ID)[7]March 4, 1907
2Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)March 4, 1909
3Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) [8]April 2, 1912[9]
4Key Pittman (D-NV) [10]January 29, 1913
5Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913
6George W. Norris (I-NE)March 4, 1913
7Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former Rep. (6 years)
8William H. King (D-UT) [8]Former Rep. (3 years)
9Frederick Hale (R-ME) [8]
10Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
11Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918
12Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former Governor
13Pat Harrison (D-MS)March 5, 1919Former Rep.
14Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920
15Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
16Lynn J. Frazier (R-ND) [8]March 4, 1923Former Governor
17Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)Minnesota 17th Population (1920)
18Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th Population (1920)
19Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Prog-WI)September 30, 1925
20Gerald P. Nye (R-ND)November 14, 1925
21David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926
22Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former Rep. (15 years)
23Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former Rep. (14 years)
24Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former Rep., Oklahoma 21st Population (1920)
25Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former Rep., Maryland 28th Population (1920)
26Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)
27Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
28Tom Connally (D-TX)March 4, 1929Former Rep.
29John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE) [8]Former Governor
30James J. Davis (R-PA)December 2, 1930
31Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)March 4, 1931Previously a Senator, Former Rep. (8 years)
32James Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) [11]Previously a Senator, Former Rep. (2 years)
33James F. Byrnes (D-SC)Former Rep., South Carolina 26th Population (1930)
34Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME)Former Rep., Maine 35th Population (1930)
35William J. Bulow (D-SD)Former Governor
36Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)North Carolina 12th Population (1930)
37John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)Alabama 15th Population (1930)
38Marvel M. Logan (D-KY)Kentucky 17th Population (1930)
39Warren Austin (R-VT)April 1, 1931
40Hattie Caraway (D-AR)November 13, 1931
41Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC)December 5, 1932
42Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933
43Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)February 4, 1933
44Alva B. Adams (D-CO)March 4, 1933Previously a Senator
45John H. Overton (D-LA)Former Rep.
46Harry F. Byrd (D-VA)Former Governor
47Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN)Indiana 11th Population (1930)
48Homer T. Bone (D-WA)Washington 30th Population (1930)
49Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)Utah 40th Population (1930)
50Pat McCarran (D-NV)Nevada 48th Population (1930)
51Carl Hatch (D-NM)October 10, 1933
52Ernest W. Gibson, Sr. (R-VT) [12]November 21, 1933
53Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)January 1, 1934
54James E. Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
55Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)January 3, 1935Previously a Senator
56Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)Former Rep., Connecticut 29th Population (1930)
57Edward R. Burke (D-NE) [8]Former Rep., Nebraska 32nd Population (1930)
58Vic Donahey (D-OH) [8]Former Governor, Ohio 4th Population (1930)
59Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)Former Governor, Mississippi 23rd Population (1930)
60Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1930)
61Harry S. Truman (D-MO)Missouri 10th Population (1930)
62Sherman Minton (D-IN) [8]Indiana 11th Population (1930)
63George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)Maryland 28th Population (1930)
64Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA) [8]Washington 30th Population (1930)
65Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935
66Rush D. Holt (D-WV) [8]June 21, 1935
67Guy M. Gillette (D-IA)November 4, 1936Former Rep.
68Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)
69Claude Pepper (D-FL)
70Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI)November 19, 1936
71Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN) [13]January 3, 1937Former Rep. (6 years)
72Joshua B. Lee (D-OK)Former Rep. (2 years)
73Clyde L. Herring (D-IA)Former Governor, Iowa 19th Population (1930)
74Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)Former Governor, Colorado 33rd Population (1930)
75Theodore F. Green (D-RI)Former Governor, Rhode Island 37th Population (1930)
76Styles Bridges (R-NH)Former Governor, New Hampshire 41st Population (1930)
77Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA)Massachusetts 8th Population (1930)
78Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)Louisiana 22nd Population (1930)
79James H. Hughes (D-DE)Delaware 46th Population (1930)
80Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY)Wyoming 47th Population (1930)
81William H. Smathers (D-NJ)April 15, 1937
82John E. Miller (D-AR)November 15, 1937
83Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938
84William Warren Barbour (R-NJ)November 9, 1938
85Tom Stewart (D-TN)
86James M. Mead (D-NY)December 3, 1938
87Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)January 3, 1939Former Rep. (6 years), Former Governor
88Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)Former Rep. (4 years), Illinois 3rd Population (1930)
89D. Worth Clark (D-ID)Former Rep. (4 years), Idaho 42nd Population (1930)
90Clyde M. Reed (R-KS)Former Governor
91Robert A. Taft (R-OH)Ohio 4th Population (1930)
92Sheridan Downey (D-CA)California 6th Population (1930)
93John A. Danaher (R-CT)Connecticut 29th Population (1930)
94Alexander Wiley (R-WI)Wisconsin 30th Population (1930)
95Rufus C. Holman (R-OR)Oregon 34th Population (1930)
96John Chandler Gurney (R-SD)South Dakota 36th Population (1930)
James M. Slattery (D-IL) [14]April 14, 1939
Albert B. Chandler (D-KY)October 9, 1939
John Thomas (R-ID)January 27, 1940
Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R-VT) [8]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

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 Census results
  3. 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
  4. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1941.
  5. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1943.
  6. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1945.
  7. Senator Borah died on January 19, 1940
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Retired or defeated after 1940 Election.
  9. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  10. Senator Pittman died on November 10, 1940
  11. Senator Lewis died on April 9, 1939
  12. Senator Gibson died on June 20, 1940
  13. Senator Lundeen died on August 31, 1940
  14. Senator Slattery resigned on November 21, 1940
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