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List of United States senators in the 85th Congress by seniority)
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 85th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1959.
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]
In this congress, J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) was the most senior junior senator and John Sherman Cooper (R-Kentucky) was the most junior senior senator.
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 1958 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1959 [5] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1961 [6] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963 [7] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Hayden ( D- AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 2 | Richard Russell, Jr. ( D- GA) | January 12, 1933 | Former governor |
| 3 | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. ( D- VA) | March 4, 1933 | Former governor |
| 4 | James Murray ( D- MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 5 | Dennis Chavez ( D- NM) | May 11, 1935 | Former representative (4 years) |
| 6 | Theodore F. Green ( D- RI) | January 3, 1937 | Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) |
| 7 | Styles Bridges ( R- NH) | Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) | |
| 8 | Allen J. Ellender ( D- LA) | ||
| 9 | Joseph L. Hill ( D- AL) | January 11, 1938 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 10 | Alexander Wiley ( R- WI) | January 3, 1939 | |
| 11 | William Langer ( R- ND) | January 3, 1941 | |
| 12 | George Aiken ( R- VT) | January 10, 1941 | Former governor |
| 13 | James Eastland ( D- MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously a senator |
| 14 | John Little McClellan ( D- AR) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 15 | Howard A. Smith ( R- NJ) | December 7, 1944 | |
| 16 | Warren G. Magnuson ( D- WA) | December 14, 1944 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 17 | J. William Fulbright ( D- AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former representative |
| 18 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper ( R- IA) | Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) | |
| 19 | Olin D. Johnston ( D- SC) | Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) | |
| 20 | Homer E. Capehart ( R- IN) | Indiana 12th in population (1940) | |
| 21 | Wayne Morse ( D- OR) | Oregon 34th in population (1940) | |
| 22 | Leverett Saltonstall ( R- MA) | January 4, 1945 | Former governor |
| 23 | Milton Young ( R- ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
| 24 | William F. Knowland ( R- CA) | August 26, 1945 | |
| 25 | Spessard Holland ( D- FL) | September 24, 1946 | Former governor |
| 26 | Ralph Flanders ( R- VT) | November 1, 1946 | |
| 27 | A. Willis Robertson ( D- VA) | November 6, 1946 | Former representative (13 years, 10 months) |
| 28 | John Sparkman ( D- AL) | Former representative (9 years, 10 months) | |
| 29 | William E. Jenner ( R- IN) | January 3, 1947 | Previously a senator |
| 30 | Edward Martin ( R- PA) | Former governor, Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1940) | |
| 31 | John W. Bricker ( R- OH) | Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940) | |
| 32 | Edward John Thye ( R- MN) | Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940) | |
| 33 | Irving Ives ( R- NY) | New York 1st in population (1940) | |
| 34 | Joseph McCarthy [8] ( R- WI) | Wisconsin 13th in population (1940) | |
| 35 | Arthur Vivian Watkins ( R- UT) | Utah 40th in population (1940) | |
| 36 | John J. Williams ( R- DE) | Delaware 47th in population (1940) | |
| 37 | George W. Malone ( R- NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1940) | |
| 38 | John C. Stennis ( D- MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
| 39 | Karl Mundt ( R- SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former representative |
| 40 | Russell B. Long ( D- LA) | ||
| 41 | Matthew M. Neely [9] ( D- WV) | January 3, 1949 | Former representative (twice), Former governor, Previously a senator (twice) |
| 42 | Lyndon Johnson ( D- TX) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 43 | Estes Kefauver ( D- TN) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 44 | Margaret Chase Smith ( R- ME) | Former representative (8 years, 7 months) | |
| 45 | Clinton Anderson ( D- NM) | Former cabinet secretary, Former representative (4 years, 5 months) | |
| 46 | Robert S. Kerr ( D- OK) | Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) | |
| 47 | Andrew F. Schoeppel ( R- KS) | Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) | |
| 48 | Paul Douglas ( D- IL) | Illinois 3rd in population (1940) | |
| 49 | Hubert Humphrey ( D- MN) | Minnesota 18th in population (1940) | |
| 50 | Joseph Frear, Jr. ( D- DE) | Delaware 47th in population (1940) | |
| 51 | Henry Dworshak ( R- ID) | October 14, 1949 | Previously a senator |
| 52 | Frank Carlson ( R- KS) | November 27, 1950 | Former representative (12 years), Former governor |
| 53 | John O. Pastore ( D- RI) | December 19, 1950 | |
| 54 | Everett Dirksen ( R- IL) | January 3, 1951 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 55 | Francis H. Case ( R- SD) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 56 | Almer Monroney ( D- OK) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 57 | Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. ( D- MO) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 58 | George Smathers ( D- FL) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 59 | John M. Butler ( R- MD) | Maryland 28th in population (1940) | |
| 60 | Wallace F. Bennett ( R- UT) | Utah 40th in population (1940) | |
| 61 | Charles E. Potter ( R- MI) | November 5, 1952 | Former representative |
| 62 | Prescott Bush ( R- CT) | ||
| 63 | Thomas Kuchel ( R- CA) | January 2, 1953 | |
| 64 | William A. Purtell ( R- CT) | January 3, 1953 | Previously a senator |
| 65 | Albert Gore, Sr. ( D- TN) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 66 | Henry M. Jackson ( D- WA) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 67 | James Glenn Beall ( R- MD) | Former representative (10 years), Maryland 24th in population (1950) | |
| 68 | Mike Mansfield ( D- MT) | Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950) | |
| 69 | John F. Kennedy ( D- MA) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 70 | Frederick G. Payne ( R- ME) | Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950) | |
| 71 | Frank A. Barrett ( R- WY) | Former governor, Wyoming 48th in population (1950) | |
| 72 | Price Daniel [10] ( D- TX) | Texas 6th in population (1950) | |
| 73 | Stuart Symington ( D- MO) | Missouri 12th in population (1950) | |
| 74 | Barry Goldwater ( R- AZ) | Arizona 37th in population (1950) | |
| 75 | Sam Ervin ( D- NC) | June 5, 1954 | Former representative |
| 76 | Norris Cotton ( R- NH) | November 8, 1954 | Former representative (7 years, 10 months) |
| 77 | Roman Hruska ( R- NE) | Former representative (1 year, 10 months) | |
| 78 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney ( D- WY) | November 29, 1954 | Previously a senator |
| 79 | W. Kerr Scott [11] ( D- NC) | Former representative (twice), Former governor | |
| 80 | Alan Bible ( D- NV) | December 2, 1954 | |
| 81 | Carl Curtis ( R- NE) | January 1, 1955 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 82 | Clifford P. Case ( R- NJ) | January 3, 1955 | Former representative (8 years) |
| 83 | Thomas Martin ( R- IA) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 84 | Patrick V. McNamara ( D- MI) | Maryland 24th in population (1950) | |
| 85 | Richard L. Neuberger ( D- OR) | Oregon 31st in population (1950) | |
| 86 | Gordon L. Allott ( R- CO) | Colorado 32nd in population (1950) | |
| 87 | W. Chapman Revercomb ( R- WV) | November 7, 1956 | Previously a senator (6 years) |
| 88 | John Sherman Cooper ( R- KY) | Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months) | |
| 89 | Strom Thurmond ( D- SC) | Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months) | |
| 91 | Thruston Ballard Morton ( R- KY) | January 3, 1957 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 90 | John A. Carroll ( D- CO) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 92 | Frank J. Lausche ( D- OH) | Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950) | |
| 93 | Herman Talmadge ( D- GA) | Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950) | |
| 94 | Joseph S. Clark ( D- PA) | Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950) | |
| 95 | Frank Church ( D- ID) | Idaho 43rd in population (1950) | |
| 96 | Jacob K. Javits ( R- NY) | January 9, 1957 | Former representative (7 years) |
| William A. Blakley [12] ( D- TX) | January 15, 1957 | ||
| Ralph Yarborough ( D- TX) | April 29, 1957 | ||
| William Proxmire ( D- WI) | August 28, 1957 | ||
| John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. ( R- WV) | January 25, 1958 | ||
| Ben Jordan ( D- NC) | April 19, 1958 | ||
| Jennings Randolph ( D- WV) | November 5, 1958 | Former representative (14 years) |
See also
- 85th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 85th Congress by seniority
Notes
- ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ^ 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
- ^ 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
- ^ 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1959.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1961.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963.
- ^ Joseph McCarthy died on May 2, 1957.
- ^ Senator Neely died on January 18, 1958
- ^ Senator Price stepped down on January 14, 1957 after being elected Governor of Texas.
- ^ Senator Scott died on April 16, 1958.
- ^ Senator Blakely was appointed to fill a Senate vacancy but did not run in the special election that ensued. He stepped down on April 28, 1957.