List of United States Senators in the 78th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 78th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945.

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 two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1944 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 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1945[5]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1947[6]
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1949[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority DateOther Factors
1Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) [8]March 4, 1909
2Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917
3Hiram W. Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
4Charles L. McNary (R-OR) [9]December 18, 1918
5Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919
6Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920
7Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
8Henrik Shipstead (R-MN)March 4, 1923Minnesota 17th Population (1920)
9Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th Population (1920)
10Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Prog-WI)September 30, 1925
11Gerald P. Nye (R-ND) [10]November 14, 1925
12David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926
13Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former Rep (15 years)
14Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former Rep (14 years)
15Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former Rep (4 years), Oklahoma 21st Population (1920)
16Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former Rep (4 years), Maryland 28th Population (1920)
17Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)
18Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
19Tom Connally (D-TX)March 4, 1929
20James J. Davis (R-PA) [10]December 2, 1930
21Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME)March 4, 1931Former Rep
22Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)North Carolina 12th Population (1930)
23John H. Bankhead (D-AL)Alabama 15th Population (1930)
24Warren Austin (R-VT)April 1, 1931
25Hattie Caraway (D-AR) [10]November 13, 1931
26Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) [10]December 5, 1932
27Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933
28Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) [10]February 4, 1933
29John H. Overton (D-LA)March 4, 1933Former Rep
30Harry F. Byrd (D-VA)Former Governor
31Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) [11]Indiana 11th Population (1930)
32Homer T. Bone (D-WA) [12]Washington 30th Population (1930)
33Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)Utah 40th Population (1930)
34Pat McCarran (D-NV)Nevada 48th Population (1930)
35Carl A. Hatch (D-NM)October 10, 1933
36Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)January 1, 1934
37James E. Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
38Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)January 3, 1935Previously a Senator
39George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)Former Rep
40Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)Former Governor
41Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1930)
42Harry S. Truman (D-MO)Missouri 10th Population (1930)
43Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)Connecticut 29th Population (1930)
44Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935
45Guy M. Gillette (D-IA) [10]November 4, 1936Former Rep
46Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)
47Claude Pepper (D-FL)
48Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)January 3, 1937Former Governor, Colorado 33rd Population (1930)
49Theodore F. Green (D-RI)Former Governor, Rhode Island 37th Population (1930)
50Styles Bridges (R-NH)Former Governor, New Hampshire 41st Population (1930)
51Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA) [13]Massachusetts 8th Population (1930)
52Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)Louisiana 22nd Population (1930)
53Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938
54William W. Barbour (R-NJ) [14]November 9, 1938
55Tom Stewart (D-TN)
56James M. Mead (D-NY)December 3, 1938
57Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)January 3, 1939Former Rep (4 years), Illinois 3rd Population (1930)
58D. Worth Clark (D-ID)Former Rep (4 years), Idaho 42nd Population (1930)
59Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)Former Rep (2 years), Former Governor
60Clyde M. Reed (R-KS)Former Governor
61Robert A. Taft (R-OH)Ohio 4th Population (1930)
62Sheridan Downey (D-CA)California 6th Population (1930)
63Alexander Wiley (R-WI)Wisconsin 13th Population (1930)
64John A. Danaher (R-CT) [10]Connecticut 29th Population (1930)
65Rufus C. Holman (R-OR) [10]Oregon 34th Population (1930)
66J. Chandler Gurney (R-SD)South Dakota 36th Population (1930)
67Albert B. Chandler (D-KY)October 9, 1939
68John W. Thomas (R-ID)January 27, 1940
69C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL)November 22, 1940
70Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA)December 19, 1940
71Abe Murdock (D-UT)January 3, 1941Former Rep (8 years)
72Ralph O. Brewster (R-ME)Former Rep (6 years), Former Governor
73William Langer (R-ND)Former Governor
74Harold H. Burton (R-OH)Ohio 4th Population (1940)
75Raymond E. Willis (R-IN)Indiana 12th Population (1940)
76Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV)West Virginia 24th Population (1940)
77Hugh A. Butler (R-NE)Nebraska 32nd Population (1940)
78Ernest McFarland (D-AZ)Arizona 43rd Population (1940)
79James M. Tunnell (D-DE)Delaware 47th Population (1940)
80George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941
81W. Lee O'Daniel (D-TX)August 4, 1941
82Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC)November 5, 1941
83Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO)December 20, 1941
84James G. Scrugham (D-NV)December 7, 1942
85James O. Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Former Senator
86Harlan J. Bushfield (R-SD)Former Governor, South Dakota 37th Population (1940)
87C. Douglass Buck (R-DE)Former Governor, Delaware 47th Population (1940)
88Homer Ferguson (R-MI)Michigan 7th Population (1940)
89Albert W. Hawkes (R-NJ)New Jersey 9th Population (1940)
90Joseph H. Ball (R-MI)Minnesota 18th Population (1940)
91Edward H. Moore (R-OK)Oklahoma 22nd Population (1940)
92W. Chapman Revercomb (R-WV)West Virginia 24th Population (1940)
93John L. McClellan (D-AR)Arkansas 25th Population (1940)
94Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE)Nebraska 32nd Population (1940)
95Edward V. Robertson (R-WY)Wyoming 46th Population (1940)
96George A. Wilson (R-IA)January 14, 1943
Arthur Walsh (R-NJ) [15]November 26, 1943
Samuel D. Jackson (D-IN) [16]January 28, 1944
Sinclair Weeks (R-MA) [10]February 8, 1944
Guy Cordon (R-OR)March 4, 1944
William E. Jenner (R-IN) [10]November 14, 1944
Wilton E. Hall (D-SC) [10]November 20, 1944
H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ)December 7, 1944
Warren Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944

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. 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
  5. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1945.
  6. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1947.
  7. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1949.
  8. Senator Smith died on November 17, 1944
  9. Senator McNary died on February 25, 1944
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Retired or defeated after 1944 Election.
  11. Senator Van Nuys died on January 25, 1944
  12. Senator Bone resigned on November 13, 1944
  13. Senator Lodge resigned on February 3, 1944
  14. Senator Barbour died on November 22, 1943
  15. Senator Walsh resigned on December 7, 1944
  16. Senator Jackson resigned on November 13, 1944
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