This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 71st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1931.
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislature of the United States. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C.
The Seventy-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1931, during the first two years of Herbert Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Republican majority. This congress saw the most special elections of any congress with 27 in all.
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]
The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the President of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The Vice President is also an officer in the legislative branch, as President of the Senate. In this capacity, the Vice President presides over Senate deliberations, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The Vice President also presides over joint sessions of Congress.
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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 1930 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Class | Terms of Service of Senators that will expire in years |
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Class 2 | Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1931 [5] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1933 [6] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1935 [7] |
Rank | Senator (Party-State) | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
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1 | Francis E. Warren (R-WY) [8] | March 4, 1895 | |
2 | Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) [9] | March 4, 1901 | |
3 | Lee S. Overman (D-NC) [10] | March 4, 1903 | North Carolina 15th Population (1900) |
4 | Reed Smoot (R-UT) | Utah 41st Population (1900) | |
5 | William Borah (R-ID) | March 4, 1907 | |
6 | Wesley Jones (R-WA) | March 4, 1909 | Former Rep. |
7 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | South Carolina 24th Population (1900) | |
8 | Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) | Florida 33rd Population (1900) | |
9 | Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) | August 1, 1910 | |
10 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | April 2, 1912 [11] | |
11 | Key Pittman (D-NV) | January 29, 1913 | |
12 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | |
13 | Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA) [9] | March 4, 1913 | Former Rep. (14 years) |
14 | Joseph Robinson (R-AR) | Former Rep. (10 years), Former Governor | |
15 | George W. Norris (R-NE) | Former Rep. (10 years) | |
16 | Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | ||
17 | James Watson (R-IN) | November 8, 1916 | |
18 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | Former Rep. (6 years) |
19 | William H. King (D-UT) | Former Rep. (3 years) | |
20 | Park Trammell (D-FL) | Former Governor, Florida 33rd Population (1910) | |
21 | John B. Kendrick (D-WY) | Former Governor, Wyoming 47th Population (1910) | |
22 | Frederick Hale (R-ME) | ||
23 | Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
24 | George H. Moses (R-NH) | November 6, 1918 | |
25 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | December 18, 1918 | |
26 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | Former Governor, Kansas 22nd Population (1910) |
27 | Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) | Former Governor, New Hampshire 39th Population (1910) | |
28 | William J. Harris (D-GA) | Georgia 10th Population (1910) | |
29 | Lawrence C. Phipps (R-CO) [9] | Colorado 32nd Population (1910) | |
30 | Pat Harrison (D-MS) | March 5, 1919 | Former Rep. |
31 | Walter E. Edge (R-NJ) | May 19, 1919 [12] | Former Governor, New Jersey 11th Population (1910) |
32 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
33 | James Thomas Heflin (D-AL) [9] | November 2, 1920 | |
34 | Thaddeus H. Caraway (D-AR) | March 4, 1921 | Former Rep. |
35 | Peter Norbeck (R-SD) | Former Governor, South Dakota 37th Population (1920) | |
36 | Samuel M. Shortridge (R-CA) | California 8th Population (1920) | |
37 | Edwin S. Broussard (D-LA) | Louisiana 22nd Population (1920) | |
38 | Tasker Oddie (R-NV) | Nevada 48th Population (1920) | |
39 | David A. Reed (R-PA) | August 8, 1922 | |
40 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
41 | James Couzens (R-MI) | November 29, 1922 | |
42 | Frank L. Greene (R-VT) [13] | March 4, 1923 | Former Rep. (11 years) |
43 | Simeon Fess (R-OH) | Former Rep. (10 years), Ohio 4th Population (1920) | |
44 | Hubert D. Stephens (D-MS) | Former Rep. (10 years), Mississippi 23rd Population (1920) | |
45 | Clarence Dill (D-WA) | Former Rep. (4 years) | |
46 | Lynn Frazier (R-ND) | Former Governor | |
47 | Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) | New York 1st Population (1920) | |
48 | Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) | Minnesota 17th Population (1920) | |
49 | Robert B. Howell (R-NE) | Nebraska 31st Population (1920) | |
50 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | Montana 39th Population (1920) | |
51 | Porter H. Dale (R-VT) | November 7, 1923 | |
52 | Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI) | November 4, 1924 | |
53 | Hiram Bingham (R-CT) | December 17, 1924 | |
54 | Charles S. Deneen (R-IL) [9] | February 26, 1925 | |
55 | Frederick H. Gillett (R-MA) [9] | March 4, 1925 | Former Rep. (32 years) |
56 | Thomas D. Schall (R-MN) | Former Rep. (10 years) | |
57 | Coleman L. Blease (R-SC) [9] | Former Governor, South Carolina 26th Population (1920) | |
58 | William McMaster (R-SD) [9] | Former Governor, South Dakota 37th Population (1920) | |
59 | Frederic Sackett (R-KY) [14] | Kentucky 15th Population (1920) | |
60 | Lawrence Tyson (R-TN) [15] | Tennessee 19th Population (1920) | |
61 | William B. Pine (R-OK) [9] | Oklahoma 21st Population (1920) | |
62 | Guy D. Goff (R-WV) [9] | West Virginia 27th Population (1920) | |
63 | Sam G. Bratton (D-NM) | New Mexico`43rd Population (1920) | |
64 | Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
65 | Arthur Robinson (R-IN) | October 20, 1925 | |
66 | Gerald Nye (R-ND) | November 14, 1925 | |
67 | Daniel F. Steck (D-IA) [9] | April 12, 1926 | |
68 | Arthur R. Gould (R-ME) [9] | November 30, 1926 | |
69 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | Previously a Senator |
70 | Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) | Former Rep. | |
71 | Smith W. Brookhart (R-IA) | March 4, 1927 | Previously a Senator |
72 | William S. Vare (R-PA) [16] | Former Rep. (15 years), Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1920) | |
73 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | Former Rep. (15 years), Arizona 45th Population (1920) | |
74 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former Rep. (14 years) | |
75 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former Rep. (4 years), Oklahoma 21st Population (1920) | |
76 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former Rep. (4 years), Maryland 28th Population (1920) | |
77 | John J. Blaine (R-WI) | Former Governor | |
78 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | New York 1st Population (1920) | |
79 | Hugo Black (D-AL) | Alabama 18th Population (1920) | |
80 | Charles Waterman (R-CO) | Colorado 33rd Population (1920) | |
81 | Frederick Steiwer (R-OR) | Oregon 34th Population (1920) | |
82 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
83 | John Thomas (R-ID) | June 30, 1928 | |
84 | Otis F. Glenn (R-IL) | November 7, 1928 | |
85 | Daniel Hastings (R-DE) | December 10, 1928 | |
86 | Theodore E. Burton (R-OH) [17] | December 15, 1928 | |
87 | Bronson Cutting (R-NM) | March 4, 1929 | Previously a Senator |
88 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | Former Rep. (12 years) | |
89 | Roscoe C. Patterson (R-MO) | Former Rep. (2 years) | |
90 | Henry D. Hatfield (R-WV) | Former Governor, West Virginia 27th Population (1920) | |
91 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R-MD) | Former Governor, Maryland 28th Population (1920) | |
92 | John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE) | Former Governor, Delaware 46th Population (1920) | |
93 | Hamilton Kean (R-NJ) | New Jersey 10th Population (1920) | |
94 | Frederic Walcott (R-CT) | Connecticut 29th Population (1920) | |
95 | Felix Hebert (R-RI) | Rhode Island 38th Population (1920) | |
96 | Henry J. Allen (R-KS) [18] | April 1, 1929 | |
William Brock (D-TN) [9] | September 2, 1929 | ||
Roscoe C. McCulloch (R-OH) [19] | November 5, 1929 | ||
David Baird, Jr. (R-NJ) [20] | November 30, 1929 | ||
Patrick J. Sullivan (R-WY) [21] | December 5, 1929 | ||
Joseph R. Grundy (R-PA) [22] | December 11, 1929 | ||
John M. Robsion (R-KY) [23] | January 11, 1930 | ||
Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH) | December 1, 1930 | Former Rep. | |
Robert D. Carey (R-WY) | Former Governor | ||
Ben M. Williamson (D-KY) [9] | Kentucky 15th Population (1920) | ||
George McGill (D-KS) | Kansas 24th Population (1920) | ||
James J. Davis (R-PA) | December 2, 1930 | ||
Dwight Morrow (R-NJ) | December 3, 1930 | ||
Cameron A. Morrison (D-NC) | December 13, 1930 | ||
Frank C. Partridge (R-VT) | December 23, 1930 | ||
The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931, to March 4, 1933, during the last two years of Herbert Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. The Senate had a Republican majority. The House started with a very slim Republican majority, but by the time it first met in December 1931, the Democrats had gained a majority through special elections.