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 in 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
This article is about the terms of service of Senators that will expire in years. For A list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.
| Class | Terms of Service of Senators that will expire in years |
|---|---|
| Class 3 | Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1945[5] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1947[6] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1949[7] |
U.S. Senate Seniority List
| Rank | Senator (Party-State) | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) [8] | March 4, 1909 | |
| 2 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | |
| 3 | Hiram W. Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
| 4 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) [9] | December 18, 1918 | |
| 5 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | |
| 6 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
| 7 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 8 | Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) | March 4, 1923 | Minnesota 17th Population (1920) |
| 9 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | Montana 39th Population (1920) | |
| 10 | Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Prog-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
| 11 | Gerald P. Nye (R-ND) [10] | November 14, 1925 | |
| 12 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | |
| 13 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former Rep (15 years) |
| 14 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former Rep (14 years) | |
| 15 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former Rep (4 years), Oklahoma 21st Population (1920) | |
| 16 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former Rep (4 years), Maryland 28th Population (1920) | |
| 17 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ||
| 18 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 19 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | March 4, 1929 | |
| 20 | James J. Davis (R-PA) [10] | December 2, 1930 | |
| 21 | Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME) | March 4, 1931 | Former Rep |
| 22 | Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | North Carolina 12th Population (1930) | |
| 23 | John H. Bankhead (D-AL) | Alabama 15th Population (1930) | |
| 24 | Warren Austin (R-VT) | April 1, 1931 | |
| 25 | Hattie Caraway (D-AR) [10] | November 13, 1931 | |
| 26 | Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) [10] | December 5, 1932 | |
| 27 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 28 | Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) [10] | February 4, 1933 | |
| 29 | John H. Overton (D-LA) | March 4, 1933 | Former Rep |
| 30 | Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) | Former Governor | |
| 31 | Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) [11] | Indiana 11th Population (1930) | |
| 32 | Homer T. Bone (D-WA) [12] | Washington 30th Population (1930) | |
| 33 | Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) | Utah 40th Population (1930) | |
| 34 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | Nevada 48th Population (1930) | |
| 35 | Carl A. Hatch (D-NM) | October 10, 1933 | |
| 36 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
| 37 | James E. Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 38 | Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) | January 3, 1935 | Previously a Senator |
| 39 | George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD) | Former Rep | |
| 40 | Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) | Former Governor | |
| 41 | Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1930) | |
| 42 | Harry S. Truman (D-MO) | Missouri 10th Population (1930) | |
| 43 | Francis T. Maloney (D-CT) | Connecticut 29th Population (1930) | |
| 44 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
| 45 | Guy M. Gillette (D-IA) [10] | November 4, 1936 | Former Rep |
| 46 | Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) | ||
| 47 | Claude Pepper (D-FL) | ||
| 48 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | January 3, 1937 | Former Governor, Colorado 33rd Population (1930) |
| 49 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former Governor, Rhode Island 37th Population (1930) | |
| 50 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former Governor, New Hampshire 41st Population (1930) | |
| 51 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA) [13] | Massachusetts 8th Population (1930) | |
| 52 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | Louisiana 22nd Population (1930) | |
| 53 | Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
| 54 | William W. Barbour (R-NJ) [14] | November 9, 1938 | |
| 55 | James M. Mead (D-NY) | December 3, 1938 | |
| 56 | Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) | January 3, 1939 | Former Rep (4 years), Illinois 3rd Population (1930) |
| 57 | D. Worth Clark (D-ID) | Former Rep (4 years), Idaho 42nd Population (1930) | |
| 58 | Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) | Former Rep (2 years), Former Governor | |
| 59 | Clyde M. Reed (R-KS) | Former Governor | |
| 60 | Robert A. Taft (R-OH) | Ohio 4th Population (1930) | |
| 61 | Sheridan Downey (D-CA) | California 6th Population (1930) | |
| 62 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th Population (1930) | |
| 63 | John A. Danaher (R-CT) [10] | Connecticut 29th Population (1930) | |
| 64 | Rufus C. Holman (R-OR) [10] | Oregon 34th Population (1930) | |
| 65 | J. Chandler Gurney (R-SD) | South Dakota 36th Population (1930) | |
| 66 | Tom Stewart (D-TN) | January 16, 1939 | |
| 67 | Albert B. Chandler (D-KY) | October 9, 1939 | |
| 68 | John W. Thomas (R-ID) | January 27, 1940 | |
| 69 | C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) | November 22, 1940 | |
| 70 | Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA) | December 19, 1940 | |
| 71 | Abe Murdock (D-UT) | January 3, 1941 | Former Rep (8 years) |
| 72 | Ralph O. Brewster (R-ME) | Former Rep (6 years), Former Governor | |
| 73 | William Langer (R-ND) | Former Governor | |
| 74 | Harold H. Burton (R-OH) | Ohio 4th Population (1940) | |
| 75 | Raymond E. Willis (R-IN) | Indiana 12th Population (1940) | |
| 76 | Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) | West Virginia 24th Population (1940) | |
| 77 | Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd Population (1940) | |
| 78 | Ernest McFarland (D-AZ) | Arizona 43rd Population (1940) | |
| 79 | James M. Tunnell (D-DE) | Delaware 47th Population (1940) | |
| 80 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | |
| 81 | W. Lee O'Daniel (D-TX) | August 4, 1941 | |
| 82 | Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) | November 5, 1941 | |
| 83 | Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) | December 20, 1941 | |
| 84 | James G. Scrugham (D-NV) | December 7, 1942 | |
| 85 | James O. Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Former Senator |
| 86 | Harlan J. Bushfield (R-SD) | Former Governor, South Dakota 37th Population (1940) | |
| 87 | C. Douglass Buck (R-DE) | Former Governor, Delaware 47th Population (1940) | |
| 88 | Homer Ferguson (R-MI) | Michigan 7th Population (1940) | |
| 89 | Albert W. Hawkes (R-NJ) | New Jersey 9th Population (1940) | |
| 90 | Joseph H. Ball (R-MI) | Minnesota 18th Population (1940) | |
| 91 | Edward H. Moore (R-OK) | Oklahoma 22nd Population (1940) | |
| 92 | W. Chapman Revercomb (R-WV) | West Virginia 24th Population (1940) | |
| 93 | John L. McClellan (D-AR) | Arkansas 25th Population (1940) | |
| 94 | Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd Population (1940) | |
| 95 | Edward V. Robertson (R-WY) | Wyoming 46th Population (1940) | |
| 96 | George 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
- 78th United States Congress
- List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 78th Congress by seniority
Notes
- ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ↑ 1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 Census results
- ↑ 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
- ↑ 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
- ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1945.
- ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1947.
- ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1949.
- ↑ Senator Smith died on November 17, 1944
- ↑ Senator McNary died on February 25, 1944
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Retired or defeated after 1944 Election.
- ↑ Senator Van Nuys died on January 25, 1944
- ↑ Senator Bone resigned on November 13, 1944
- ↑ Senator Lodge resigned on February 3, 1944
- ↑ Senator Barbour died on November 22, 1943
- ↑ Senator Walsh resigned on December 7, 1944
- ↑ Senator Jackson resigned on November 13, 1944
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