List of United States Senators in the 81st Congress by seniority

Last updated

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 81st United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951.

United States Senate Upper house of the United States Congress

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.

81st United States Congress 1949-1951 U.S. Congress

The Eighty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951, during the fifth and sixth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency.

Contents

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]

Vice President of the United States Second highest executive office in United States

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.

United States House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they compose the legislature of the United States.

Governor (United States) position of the head of the government of a state or territory of the United States

In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive officer and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as both head of state and head of government therein. As such, governors are responsible for implementing state laws and overseeing the operation of the state executive branch. As state leaders, governors advance and pursue new and revised policies and programs using a variety of tools, among them executive orders, executive budgets, and legislative proposals and vetoes. Governors carry out their management and leadership responsibilities and objectives with the support and assistance of department and agency heads, many of whom they are empowered to appoint. A majority of governors have the authority to appoint state court judges as well, in most cases from a list of names submitted by a nominations committee.

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 1950 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1951 [5]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1953 [6]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1955 [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917
2 Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
3 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former representative (15 years), Maryland
4 Alben W. Barkley [8] (D-KY)Former representative (14 years)
5 Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
6 Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920)
7 Robert F. Wagner [9] (D-NY)
8 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
9 Tom Connally (D-TX)March 4, 1929
10 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933
11 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA)March 4, 1933Former governor
12 Pat McCarran (D-NV)
13 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)
14 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)January 1, 1934
15 James Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
16 Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935
17 Claude Pepper (D-FL)November 4, 1936
18 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)January 3, 1937Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930)
19 Theodore F. Green (D-RI)Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930)
20 Styles Bridges (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930)
21 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)
22 Joseph Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938
23 Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)January 3, 1939Former representative (4 years)
24 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)Former representative (2 years), former governor
25 Clyde M. Reed [10] (R-KS)Former governor
26 Robert A. Taft (R-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1930)
27 Sheridan Downey (D-CA)California 6th in population (1930)
28 Alexander Wiley (R-WI)Wisconsin 13th in population (1930)
29 John Chandler Gurney (R-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1930)
30 Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME)January 3, 1941Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1930)
31 William Langer (R-ND)Former governor, North Dakota 38th in population (1930)
32 Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV)West Virginia 27th in population (1930)
33 Hugh A. Butler (R-NE)Nebraska 32nd in population (1930)
34 Ernest McFarland (D-AZ)Arizona 43rd in population (1930)
35 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941
36 Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC)November 5, 1941
37 Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO)December 20, 1941
38 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
39 Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1940)
40 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Arkansas 25th in population (1940)
41 Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE)Nebraska 32nd in population (1940)
42 Guy Cordon (R-OR)March 4, 1944
43 Howard A. Smith (R-NJ)December 7, 1944
44 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944
45 Francis J. Myers (D-PA)January 3, 1945Former representative (6 years)
46 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)Former representative (2 years)
47 Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC)Former governor
48 Forrest C. Donnell (R-MO)Former governor, Missouri 10th in population (1940)
49 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN)Indiana 12th in population (1940)
50 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA)Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940)
51 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC)Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940)
52 Brien McMahon (D-CT)Connecticut 31st in population (1940)
53 Wayne Morse (R-OR)Oregon 34th in population (1940)
54 Glen H. Taylor (D-ID)Idaho 42nd in population (1940)
54 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA)January 4, 1945Former governor, Massachusetts 8th in population (1940)
56 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
57 William F. Knowland (R-CA)August 26, 1945
58 Spessard Holland (D-FL)September 24, 1946
59 Ralph Flanders (R-VT)November 1, 1946
60 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA)November 6, 1946Former representative (13 years, 10 months)
61 John Sparkman (D-AL)Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
62 Harry P. Cain (R-WA)December 26, 1946
63 Raymond E. Baldwin [11] (R-CT)December 27, 1946
64 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA)January 3, 1947Previously a senator (7 years, 1 month)
65 William E. Jenner (R-IN)Previously a senator (2 months)
66 Edward Martin (R-PA)Former governor, Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1940)
67 John W. Bricker (R-OH)Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940)
68 Edward John Thye (R-MN)Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940)
69 Herbert O'Conor (D-MD)Former governor, Maryland 28th in population (1940)
70 Irving Ives (R-NY)New York 1st in population (1940)
71 James P. Kem (R-MO)Missouri 10th in population (1940)
72 Joseph McCarthy (R-WI)Wisconsin 13th in population (1940)
73 J. Howard McGrath [12] (R-RI)Rhode Island 36th in population (1940)
74 Zales Ecton (R-MT)Montana 39th in population (1940)
75 Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT)Utah 40th in population (1940)
76 John J. Williams (R-DE)Delaware 47th in population (1940)
77 George W. Malone (R-NV)Nevada 48th in population (1940)
78 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
79 Karl Mundt (R-SD)December 31, 1948Former representative (9 years)
80 J. Melville Broughton [13] (D-NC)Former governor
81 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
82 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)January 3, 1949Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 15 years, 10 months)
83 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA)Previously a senator (8 years, 2 months)
84 Virgil Chapman (D-KY)Former representative (24 years)
85 Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)Former representative (12 years)
86 Estes Kefauver (D-TN)Former representative (10 years)
87 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME)Former representative (8 years, 7 months)
88 Clinton Anderson (D-NM)Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary
89 Robert S. Kerr (D-OK)Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940)
90 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS)Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940)
91 Lester C. Hunt (D-WY)Former governor, Wyoming 46th in population (1940)
92 Paul Douglas (D-IL)Illinois 3rd in population (1940)
93 Robert C. Hendrickson (R-NJ)New Jersey 9th in population (1940)
94 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)Minnesota 18th in population (1940)
95 Bert H. Miller [14] (D-ID)Idaho 42nd in population (1940)
96 Joseph Frear, Jr. (D-DE)Delaware 47th in population (1940)
 — Garrett L. Withers (D-KY)January 20, 1949
 — Frank Porter Graham (D-NC)March 29, 1949
 — John Foster Dulles (R-NY)July 8, 1949
 — Edward L. Leahy (D-RI)August 24, 1949
 — Henry Dworshak (R-ID)October 14, 1949
 — Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY)November 9, 1949
 — Harry Darby (R-KS)December 2, 1949
 — William Benton (D-CT)December 17, 1949
 — Frank Carlson (R-KS)November 27, 1950Former representative (12 years), former governor
 — Earle C. Clements (D-KY)Former representative (3 years), former governor
 — Willis Smith (D-NC)
 — Richard Nixon (R-CA)December 1, 1950
 — John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950

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 will expire in 1951.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1953.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1955.
  8. ↑ Senator Barkley resigned January 19, 1949.
  9. ↑ Senator Wagner resigned June 28, 1949
  10. ↑ Senator Reed died November 8, 1949.
  11. ↑ Senator Baldwin resigned December 16, 1949
  12. ↑ Senator McGrath resigned August 23, 1949.
  13. ↑ Senator Broughton died March 6, 1949.
  14. ↑ Senator Miller died October 8, 1949.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.