List of United States senators in the 80th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 80th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949.

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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 1948 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

In this congress, Richard Russell Jr. was the most senior junior senator and Leverett Saltonstall was the junior senior senator.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1949 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.) [5]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1951 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) [6]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1953 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.) [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former representative (6 years)
2 Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former governor
3 Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
4 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former representative (15 years)
5 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former representative (14 years)
6 Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
7 Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920)
8 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)
9 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
10 Tom Connally (D-TX)March 4, 1929Former representative (12 years)
11 Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME)March 4, 1931Former representative (14 years)
12 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933Former governor
13 John H. Overton [8] (D-LA)March 4, 1933Former representative
14 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA)Former governor
15 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)Utah 40th in population (1930)
16 Pat McCarran (D-NV)Nevada 48th in population (1930)
17 Carl Hatch (D-NM)October 10, 1933
18 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)January 1, 1934
19 James Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
20 Theodore G. Bilbo [9] (D-MS)January 3, 1935Former governor (twice)
21 Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935Former representative (4 years)
22 Claude Pepper (D-FL)November 4, 1936
23 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)January 3, 1937Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930)
24 Theodore F. Green (D-RI)Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930)
25 Styles Bridges (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930)
26 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)
27 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938Former representative (15 years)
28 Tom Stewart (D-TN)November 9, 1938
29 Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)January 3, 1939Former representative (4 years)
30 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)Former representative (2 years)
31 Clyde M. Reed (R-KS)Former governor
32 Robert A. Taft (R-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1930)
33 Sheridan Downey (D-CA)California 6th in population
34 Alexander Wiley (R-WI)Wisconsin 13th in population (1930)
35 John Chandler Gurney (R-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1930)
36 C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL)November 22, 1940
37 Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME)January 3, 1941Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1940)
38 William Langer (R-ND)Former governor, North Dakota 38th in population (1940)
39 Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV)West Virginia 27th in population (1930)
40 Hugh A. Butler (R-NE)Nebraska 32nd in population (1930)
41 Ernest McFarland (D-AZ)Arizona 43rd in population (1930)
42 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
43 W. Lee O'Daniel (D-TX)August 4, 1941
44 Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC)November 5, 1941
45 Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO)December 20, 1941
46 Joseph H. Ball (R-MN)January 3, 1943Previously a senator (2 years)
47 James Eastland (D-MS)Previously a senator (1 year)
48 Harlan J. Bushfield [10] (R-SD)Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1940)
49 C. Douglass Buck (R-DE)Former governor, Delaware 47th in population (1940)
50 Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1940)
51 Albert W. Hawkes (R-NJ)New Jersey 9th in population (1940)
52 Edward H. Moore (R-OK)Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940)
53 W. Chapman Revercomb (R-WV)West Virginia 24th in population (1940)
54 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Arkansas 25th in population (1940)
55 Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE)Nebraska 32nd in population (1940)
56 Edward V. Robertson (R-WY)Wyoming 46th in population (1940)
57 George A. Wilson (R-IA)January 14, 1943
58 Guy Cordon (R-OR)March 4, 1944
59 Howard A. Smith (R-NJ)December 7, 1944
60 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
61 Francis J. Myers (D-PA)January 3, 1945Former representative (6 years)
62 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)Former representative (2 years)
63 Forrest C. Donnell (R-MO)Former governor, Missouri 10th in population (1940)
64 Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC)Former governor, North Carolina 11th in population (1940)
65 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA)Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940)
66 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC)Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940)
67 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN)Indiana 12th in population (1940)
68 Brien McMahon (D-CT)Connecticut 31st in population (1940)
69 Wayne Morse (R-OR)Oregon 34th in population (1940)
70 Glen H. Taylor (D-ID)Idaho 42nd in population (1940)
71 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA)January 4, 1945Former governor
72 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
73 William F. Knowland (R-CA)August 26, 1945
74 Spessard Holland (D-FL)September 24, 1946Former governor
75 Ralph Flanders (R-VT)November 1, 1946
76 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA)November 6, 1946Former representative (13 years, 10 months)
77 John Sparkman (D-AL)Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
78 Henry Dworshak (R-ID)Former representative (8 years)
79 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)
80 William B. Umstead (D-NC)December 18, 1946
81 Harry P. Cain (R-WA)December 26, 1946
82 Raymond E. Baldwin (R-CT)December 27, 1946
83 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)January 3, 1947Previously a senator (7 years, 1 month)
84 William E. Jenner (R-IN)Previously a senator (2 months)
85 Edward Martin (R-PA)Former governor, Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1940)
86 John W. Bricker (R-OH)Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940)
87 Edward John Thye (R-MN)Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940)
88 Herbert O'Conor (D-MD)Former governor, Maryland 28th in population (1940)
89 Irving Ives (R-NY)New York 1st in population (1940)
90 James P. Kem (R-MO)Missouri 10th in population (1940)
91 Joseph McCarthy (R-WI)Wisconsin 13th in population (1940)
92 J. Howard McGrath (R-RI)Rhode Island 36th in population (1940)
93 Zales Ecton (R-MT)Montana 39th in population (1940)
94 Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT)Utah 40th in population (1940)
95 John J. Williams (R-DE)Delaware 47th in population (1940)
96 George W. Malone (R-NV)Nevada 48th in population (1940)
John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
William C. Feazel (D-LA)May 18, 1948
Vera C. Bushfield (R-SD)October 6, 1948
Karl Mundt (R-SD)December 31, 1948Former representative
J. Melville Broughton (D-NC)Former governor
Russell B. Long (D-LA)

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 expired in 1949.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1951.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1953.
  8. Senator Overton died on May 14, 1948
  9. Senator Bilbo died on August 21, 1947.
  10. Senator Bushfield died on September 27, 1948