List of United States senators in the 95th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 95th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979.

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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]

In this congress, John C. Stennis was the most senior junior senator until James Eastland resigned on December 27, 1978, after which it was Henry M. Jackson. Four senators held the distinction of most junior senior senator during this Congress: John Glenn from the start of the congress until John L. McClellan's death on November 28, 1977, Dale Bumpers from then until Lee Metcalf's death on January 12, 1978, John Melcher from then until Wendell Anderson's resignation on December 29, 1978, and finally David Durenberger through the end of the Congress.

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 1978 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1979 (AK, 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.) [4]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1981 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) [5]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1983 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IN, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, and WY.) [6]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
2 John Little McClellan [7] (D-AR)Former representative (4 years)
3 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
4 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
5 John Sparkman (D-AL)November 6, 1946Former representative (9 years)
6 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
7 Russell B. Long (D-LA)December 31, 1948
8 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)January 3, 1953Former representative (12 years)
9 Carl Curtis (R-NE)January 1, 1955Former representative (15 years)
10 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955Former representative (8 years)
11 Strom Thurmond (R-SC)November 7, 1956Former governor, Previously a senator
12 Herman Talmadge (D-GA)January 3, 1957Former governor
13 Frank Church (D-ID)
14 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)January 9, 1957Former representative (7 years)
15 William Proxmire (D-WI)August 28, 1957
16 Jennings Randolph (D-WV)November 5, 1958Former representative (14 years)
17 Robert Byrd (D-WV)January 3, 1959Former representative (6 years)
18 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ)Former representative (4 years)
19 Edmund Muskie (D-ME)Former governor
20 Howard Cannon (D-NV)
21 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960Former representative
22 Lee Metcalf [8] (D-MT)January 3, 1961Former representative
23 Claiborne Pell (D-RI)
24 John Tower (R-TX)June 15, 1961
25 James B. Pearson (R-KS)January 31, 1962
26 Ted Kennedy (D-MA)November 7, 1962Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
27 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH)New Hampshire 45th in population (1960)
28 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT)January 3, 1963Former representative (4 years) - Former cabinet secretary - Former governor
29 George McGovern (D-SD)Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960)
30 Daniel Inouye (D-HI)Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960)
31 Birch Bayh (D-IN)
32 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)January 7, 1963Former representative
33 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I-VA)November 12, 1965
34 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI)May 11, 1966
35 Ernest Hollings (D-SC)November 9, 1966Former governor
36 Clifford Hansen (R-WY)January 3, 1967Former governor
37 Charles H. Percy (R-IL)Illinois 4th in population (1960)
38 Edward Brooke (R-MA)Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
39 Howard Baker (R-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1960)
40 Mark Hatfield (R-OR)January 10, 1967Former governor
41 Ted Stevens (R-AK)December 24, 1968
42 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)December 28, 1968
43 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)January 3, 1969Previously a senator
44 Richard Schweiker (R-PA)Former representative (8 years) - Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1960)
45 Charles Mathias (R-MD)Former representative (8 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
46 Bob Dole (R-KS)Former representative (8 years) - Kansas 29th in population (1960)
47 Henry Bellmon (R-OK)Former governor
48 Alan Cranston (D-CA)California 2nd in population (1960)
49 James Allen [9] (D-AL)Alabama 19th in population (1960)
50 Bob Packwood (R-OR)Oregon 32nd in population (1960)
51 Mike Gravel (D-AK)Alaska 50th in population (1960)
52 Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL)November 17, 1970
53 Bill Roth (R-DE)January 1, 1971Former representative
54 Hubert Humphrey [10] (D-MN)January 3, 1971Previously a senator – former VP
55 Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)Former representative (6 years)
56 Lowell Weicker (R-CT)Former representative (2 years)
57 Lawton Chiles (D-FL)
58 Robert Stafford (R-VT)September 16, 1971Former governor, Former representative (10 years)
59 Sam Nunn (D-GA)November 8, 1972
60 Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA)November 14, 1972
61 William Hathaway (D-ME)January 3, 1973Former representative (8 years)
62 William L. Scott (R-VA)Former representative (6 years)
63 James A. McClure (R-ID)Former representative (4 years)
64 James Abourezk (D-SD)Former representative (2 years)
65 Dewey F. Bartlett (R-OK)Former governor
66 Jesse Helms (R-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1970)
67 Walter Huddleston (D-KY)Kentucky 23rd in population (1970)
68 Richard C. Clark (D-IA)Iowa 25th in population (1970)
69 Floyd K. Haskell (D-CO)Colorado 30th in population (1970)
70 Pete Domenici (R-NM)New Mexico 37th in population (1970)
71 Joe Biden (D-DE)Delaware 46th in population (1970)
72 Paul Laxalt (R-NV)December 18, 1974
73 Jake Garn (R-UT)December 21, 1974
74 John Glenn (D-OH)December 24, 1974
75 Wendell H. Ford (D-KY)December 28, 1974
76 Richard Stone (D-FL)January 1, 1975
77 John Culver (D-IA)January 3, 1975Former representative
78 Dale Bumpers (D-AR)Former governor
79 Robert Burren Morgan (D-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1970)
80 Gary Hart (D-CO)Colorado 30th in population (1970)
81 Patrick Leahy (D-VT)Vermont 48th in population (1970)
82 John Durkin (D-NH)September 18, 1975
83 John Danforth (R-MO)December 27, 1976
84 Edward Zorinsky (D-NE)December 28, 1976
85 Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)December 29, 1976Previously a senator
86 John Chafee (R-RI)
87 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D-MI)December 30, 1976Former representative
88 Wendell Anderson (D-MN)
89 Samuel Hayakawa (D-CA)January 2, 1977
90 Spark Matsunaga (D-HI)January 3, 1977Former representative (14 years)
91 John Melcher (D-MT)Former representative (7 years, 7 months)
92 H. John Heinz III (R-PA)Former representative (6 years)
93 Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)Former representative (6 years)
94 Pat Moynihan (D-NY)New York 2nd in population (1970)
95 Richard Lugar (R-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1970)
96 Jim Sasser (D-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1970)
97 Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)Arizona 33rd in population (1970)
98 Orrin Hatch (R-UT)Utah 36th in population (1970)
99 Harrison Schmitt (R-NM)New Mexico 37th in population (1970)
100 Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)Wyoming 29th in population (1970)
Kaneaster Hodges (D-AR)December 10, 1977
Paul G. Hatfield (D-MT)January 22, 1978
Muriel Humphrey (D-MN)January 25, 1978
Maryon Allen (D-AL)June 12, 1978
David Durenberger (R-MN)November 8, 1978Minnesota 19th in population (1970)
Donald W. Stewart (D-AL)Alabama 21st in population (1970)
Max Baucus (D-MT)December 15, 1978Former representative
Nancy Kassebaum Baker (R-KS)December 23, 1978
Thad Cochran (R-MS)December 27, 1978Former representative
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)December 30, 1978
Alan K. Simpson (R-WY)January 1, 1979
John Warner (R-VA)January 2, 1979

See also

References

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results.
  3. 1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 Census results.
  4. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1979.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1981.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1983.
  7. Senator McClellan died on 28 November 1977
  8. Senator Metcalf died on January 12, 1978
  9. Senator Allen died on June 1, 1978.
  10. Hubert Humphrey died on January 13, 1978.