This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 89th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967.
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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]
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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 1966 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 1967 [5] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1969 [6] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1971 [7] |
Rank | Senator (Party-State) | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
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1 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | |
2 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
3 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. [8] (D-VA) | March 4, 1933 | |
4 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | January 3, 1937 | |
5 | Joseph Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
6 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | |
7 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously A Senator |
8 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | ||
9 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | |
10 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former Rep (2 Years) |
11 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) | Former Governor, Iowa 20th Population (1940) | |
12 | Olin D. Johnston [9] (D-SC) | Former Governor, South Carolina 26th Population (1940) | |
13 | Wayne Morse (D-OR) | ||
14 | Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) | January 4, 1945 | |
15 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
16 | Spessard Holland (D-FL) | September 24, 1946 | |
17 | A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) | November 6, 1946 | Former Rep (13 Years, 10 Months) |
18 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | Former Rep (9 Years, 10 Months) | |
19 | John J. Williams (R-DE) | January 3, 1947 | |
20 | John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
21 | Karl Mundt (R-SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former Rep (9 Years) |
22 | Russell B. Long (D-LA) | ||
23 | Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) | January 3, 1949 | Former Rep (8 Years, 7 Months) |
24 | Clinton Anderson (D-NM) | Former Cabinet Secretary | |
25 | Paul Douglas (D-IL) | ||
26 | Frank Carlson (R-KS) | November 27, 1950 | |
27 | John O. Pastore (D-RI) | December 19, 1950 | |
28 | Everett Dirksen (R-IL) | January 3, 1951 | Former Rep (16 Years) |
29 | Almer Monroney (D-OK) | Former Rep (12 years) | |
30 | George Smathers (D-FL) | Former Rep (4 Years) | |
31 | Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) | ||
32 | Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) | January 2, 1953 | |
33 | Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) | January 3, 1953 | Former Rep (14 Years) |
34 | Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) | Former Rep (12 Years) | |
35 | Mike Mansfield (D-MT) | Former Rep (10 Years) | |
36 | Stuart Symington (D-MO) | ||
37 | Sam Ervin (D-NC) | June 5, 1954 | |
38 | Norris Cotton (R-NH) | November 8, 1954 | Former Rep (7 Years, 10 Months) |
39 | Roman Hruska (R-NE) | Former Rep (1 Year, 10 Months) | |
40 | Alan Bible (D-NV) | December 2, 1954 | |
41 | Carl Curtis (R-NE) | January 1, 1955 | |
42 | Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) | January 3, 1955 | Former Rep (8 Years) |
43 | Patrick V. McNamara [10] (D-MI) | Maryland 24th Population (1950) | |
44 | Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) | Colorado 32nd Population (1950) | |
45 | John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) | November 7, 1956 | Previously A Senator (twice) (total tenure 4 Years, 4 Months) |
46 | Strom Thurmond (R-SC) | Previously A Senator (1 Year, 3 Months) | |
47 | Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY) | January 3, 1957 | Former Rep (6 Years) |
48 | Frank J. Lausche (D-OH) | Former Governor, Ohio 5th Population (1950) | |
49 | Herman Talmadge (D-GA) | Former Governor, Georgia 13th Population (1950) | |
50 | Joseph S. Clark (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 3rd Population (1950) | |
51 | Frank Church (D-ID) | Idaho 43rd Population (1950) | |
52 | Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) | January 9, 1957 | |
53 | Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) | April 29, 1957 | |
54 | William Proxmire (D-WI) | August 28, 1957 | |
55 | Ben Jordan (D-NC) | April 19, 1958 | |
56 | Jennings Randolph (D-WV) | November 5, 1958 | |
57 | Hugh Scott (R-PA) | January 3, 1959 | Former Rep (18 Years) |
58 | Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) | Former Rep (10 Years) | |
59 | Stephen Young (D-OH) | Former Rep (8 Years), Ohio 5th Population (1950) | |
60 | Winston L. Prouty (R-VT) | Former Rep (8 Years), Vermont 46th Population (1950) | |
61 | Robert Byrd (D-WV) | Former Rep (6 years) | |
62 | Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) | Former Rep (4 years), New Jersey 8th Population (1950) | |
63 | Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) | Former Rep (4 years), Connecticut 34th Population (1950) | |
64 | Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK) | Former Delegate | |
65 | Edmund Muskie (D-ME) | Former Governor, Maine 35th Population (1950) | |
66 | Ernest Gruening (D-AK) | Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th Population (1950) | |
67 | Philip Hart (D-MI) | Michigan 7th Population (1950) | |
68 | Vance Hartke (D-IN) | Indiana 11th Population (1950) | |
69 | Frank Moss (D-UT) | Utah 38th Population (1950) | |
70 | Gale W. McGee (D-WY) | Wyoming 48th Population (1950) | |
71 | Howard Cannon (D-NV) | Nevada 49th Population (1950) | |
72 | Hiram Fong (R-HI) | August 21, 1959 | |
73 | Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) | August 8, 1960 | |
74 | Edward V. Long (D-MO) | September 23, 1960 | |
75 | Maurine Neuberger (D-OR) | November 9, 1960 | |
76 | Lee Metcalf (D-MT) | January 3, 1961 | Former Rep (8 years) |
77 | James Boggs (R-DE) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
78 | Jack Miller (R-IA) | Iowa 22nd Population (1950) | |
79 | Claiborne Pell (D-RI) | Rhode Island 36th Population (1950) | |
80 | John Tower (R-TX) | June 15, 1961 | |
81 | James B. Pearson (R-KS) | January 31, 1962 | |
82 | Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID) | August 6, 1962 | |
83 | Milward L. Simpson (R-WY) | November 7, 1962 | Former Governor |
84 | Ted Kennedy (D-MA) | Massachusetts 9th Population (1960) | |
85 | Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) | New Hampshire 45th Population (1960) | |
86 | Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) | January 3, 1963 | Former Rep (4 Years), Former Cabinet Secretary, Former Governor |
87 | Daniel Brewster (D-MD) | Former Rep (4 Years) - Maryland 21st Population (1960) | |
88 | George McGovern (D-SD) | Former Rep (4 Years) - South Dakota 40th Population (1960) | |
89 | Daniel Inouye (D-HI) | Former Rep (4 Years) | |
90 | Peter H. Dominick (R-CO) | Former Rep (2 Years) | |
91 | Birch Bayh (D-IN) | ||
92 | Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) | January 7, 1963 | |
93 | Ross Bass (D-TN) | November 4, 1964 | Former Rep (9 Years, 10 months) |
94 | Joseph Montoya (D-NM) | Former Rep (7 Years) | |
95 | Fred R. Harris (D-OK) | ||
96 | Walter Mondale (D-MN) | December 30, 1964 | |
97 | George Murphy (R-CA) | January 1, 1965 | |
98 | Joseph Tydings (D-MD) | January 3, 1965 | Former Rep (2 Years) |
99 | Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) | Former Cabinet Member | |
100 | Paul Fannin (R-AZ) | Former Governor | |
Donald S. Russell (D-SC) | April 22, 1965 | ||
Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D-VA) | November 12, 1965 | ||
Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) | May 11, 1966 | ||
Ernest Hollings (D-SC) | November 9, 1966 | ||
William B. Spong, Jr. (D-VA) | December 31, 1966 |