List of United States senators in the 75th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 75th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939.

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 1938 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 1939[4]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1941[5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1943[6]

U.S. Senate seniority list

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

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 1939.
  5. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1941.
  6. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1943.
  7. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  8. Senator Robinson died on July 14, 1937
  9. Senator Copeland died on June 17, 1938
  10. Senator Black resigned on August 19, 1937 to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  11. Senator Steiwer resigned on January 31, 1938
  12. Retired or defeated after 1938 Election.
  13. Senator Bachman died on April 23, 1937
  14. Senator Moore resigned on January 17, 1938
  15. Senator Hitchcock resigned on November 8, 1938
  16. Senator Bibb resigned on January 10, 1938
  17. Senator Milton resigned on November 8, 1938
  18. Senator Reames resigned on November 8, 1938
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