List of United States senators in the 116th Congress

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This is a complete list of United States senators during the 116th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2021. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.

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In this Congress, Kyrsten Sinema is the most junior senior senator and Maria Cantwell is the most senior junior senator.

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] [5]

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired or will expire in years
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 2021 (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.)
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 2023 (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.)
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2025 (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.)

U.S. Senate seniority list

RankHistorical
rank		SenatorPartyStateSeniority dateOther factors
11692 Patrick Leahy Democratic Vermont January 3, 1975 
21743 Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa January 3, 1981 
31766 Mitch McConnell Republican Kentucky January 3, 1985 
41775 Richard Shelby Republican Alabama January 3, 1987 
51801 Dianne Feinstein Democratic California November 10, 1992 
61812 Patty Murray Democratic Washington January 3, 1993 
71816 Jim Inhofe Republican Oklahoma November 17, 1994 
81827 Ron Wyden Democratic Oregon February 6, 1996 
91830 Pat Roberts Republican Kansas January 3, 1997Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
101831 Dick Durbin Democratic Illinois Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
111835 Jack Reed Democratic Rhode Island Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
121842 Susan Collins Republican Maine Maine 38th in population (1990)
131843 Mike Enzi Republican Wyoming Wyoming 50th in population (1990)
141844 Chuck Schumer Democratic New York January 3, 1999Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (18 years)
151846 Mike Crapo Republican Idaho Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
161855 Tom Carper Democratic Delaware January 3, 2001Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
171856 Debbie Stabenow Democratic Michigan Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
181859 Maria Cantwell Democratic Washington Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
191873 John Cornyn Republican Texas December 1, 2002 
201867 Lisa Murkowski Republican Alaska December 20, 2002 
211869 Lindsey Graham Republican South Carolina January 3, 2003Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
221871 Lamar Alexander Republican Tennessee
231876 Richard Burr Republican North Carolina January 3, 2005Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
241879 John Thune Republican South Dakota Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
251880 Johnny Isakson [lower-alpha 1] Republican Georgia Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (5 years, 10 months)
261885 Bob Menendez Democratic New Jersey January 18, 2006 
271886 Ben Cardin Democratic Maryland January 3, 2007Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (20 years)
281887 Bernie Sanders Independent Vermont Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years) [lower-alpha 2]
291888 Sherrod Brown Democratic Ohio Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
301889 Bob Casey Jr. Democratic Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 6th in population (2000)
311893 Amy Klobuchar Democratic Minnesota Minnesota 21st in population (2000)
321894 Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Rhode Island Rhode Island 43rd in population (2000)
331895 Jon Tester Democratic Montana Montana 44th in population (2000)
341896 John Barrasso Republican Wyoming June 25, 2007 
351897 Roger Wicker Republican Mississippi December 31, 2007 
361899 Tom Udall Democratic New Mexico January 3, 2009Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
371901 Jeanne Shaheen Democratic New Hampshire Former governor (6 years)
381902 Mark Warner Democratic Virginia Former governor (4 years)
391903 Jim Risch Republican Idaho Former governor (7 months)
401905 Jeff Merkley Democratic Oregon  
411909 Michael Bennet Democratic Colorado January 21, 2009 
421910 Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic New York January 26, 2009 
431916 Joe Manchin Democratic West Virginia November 15, 2010Former governor
441917 Chris Coons Democratic Delaware  
451919 Roy Blunt Republican Missouri January 3, 2011Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years); Missouri 17th in population (2000)
461920 Jerry Moran Republican Kansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years); Kansas 32nd in population (2000)
471921 Rob Portman Republican Ohio Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (12 years)
481922 John Boozman Republican Arkansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (9 years)
491923 Pat Toomey Republican Pennsylvania Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
501924 John Hoeven Republican North Dakota Former governor
511925 Marco Rubio Republican Florida Florida 4th in population (2000)
521926 Ron Johnson Republican Wisconsin Wisconsin 18th in population (2000)
531927 Rand Paul Republican Kentucky Kentucky 25th in population (2000)
541928 Richard Blumenthal Democratic Connecticut Connecticut 29th in population (2000)
551929 Mike Lee Republican Utah Utah 34th in population (2000)
561932 Brian Schatz Democratic Hawaii December 27, 2012 
571933 Tim Scott Republican South Carolina January 2, 2013 
581934 Tammy Baldwin Democratic Wisconsin January 3, 2013Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
591937 Chris Murphy Democratic Connecticut Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Connecticut 29th in population (2010)
601938 Mazie Hirono Democratic Hawaii Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Hawaii 42nd in population (2010)
611939 Martin Heinrich Democratic New Mexico Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
621940 Angus King Independent Maine Former governor (8 years)
631941 Tim Kaine Democratic Virginia Former governor (4 years)
641942 Ted Cruz Republican Texas Texas 2nd in population (2010)
651943 Elizabeth Warren Democratic Massachusetts Massachusetts 15th in population (2010)
661944 Deb Fischer Republican Nebraska Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
671948 Ed Markey Democratic Massachusetts July 16, 2013Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
681949 Cory Booker Democratic New Jersey October 31, 2013 
691951 Shelley Moore Capito Republican West Virginia January 3, 2015Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
701952 Gary Peters Democratic Michigan Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Michigan 9th in population (2010)
711953 Bill Cassidy Republican Louisiana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
721954 Cory Gardner Republican Colorado Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years); Colorado 22nd in population (2010)
731955 James Lankford Republican Oklahoma Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years); Oklahoma 28th in population (2010)
741956 Tom Cotton Republican Arkansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Arkansas 32nd in population (2010)
751957 Steve Daines Republican Montana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Montana 44th in population (2010)
761958 Mike Rounds Republican South Dakota Former governor
771959 David Perdue Republican Georgia Georgia 8th in population (2010)
781960 Thom Tillis Republican North Carolina North Carolina 10th in population (2010)
791961 Joni Ernst Republican Iowa Iowa 30th in population (2010)
801962 Ben Sasse Republican Nebraska Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
811963 Dan Sullivan Republican Alaska Alaska 47th in population (2010)
821964 Chris Van Hollen Democratic Maryland January 3, 2017Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
831965 Todd Young Republican Indiana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
841966 Tammy Duckworth Democratic Illinois Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
851967 Maggie Hassan Democratic New Hampshire Former governor
861968 Kamala Harris Democratic California California 1st in population (2010)
871969 John Neely Kennedy Republican Louisiana Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
881970 Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic Nevada Nevada 35th in population (2010)
891972 Tina Smith Democratic Minnesota January 3, 2018Minnesota 21st in population (2010)
901973 Doug Jones Democratic Alabama Alabama 23rd in population (2010)
911974 Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Mississippi April 2, 2018
921975 Marsha Blackburn Republican Tennessee January 3, 2019Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
931976 Kyrsten Sinema Democratic Arizona Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Arizona 16th in population (2010)
941977 Kevin Cramer Republican North Dakota Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); North Dakota 48th in population (2010)
951978 Martha McSally [lower-alpha 3] Republican Arizona Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
961979 Jacky Rosen Democratic Nevada Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
971980 Mitt Romney Republican Utah Former governor
981981 Mike Braun Republican Indiana Indiana 15th in population (2010)
991982 Josh Hawley Republican Missouri Missouri 18th in population (2010)
1001983 Rick Scott Republican Florida January 8, 2019
1011984 Kelly Loeffler [lower-alpha 1] Republican Georgia January 6, 2020
1021985 Mark Kelly [lower-alpha 3] Democratic Arizona December 2, 2020

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 In Georgia, Johnny Isakson (R) resigned December 31, 2019. He was replaced on January 6, 2020, by Kelly Loeffler (R), who was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp. [6]
  2. ↑ Although Sanders was a candidate for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, and votes with the Democrats for organizational purposes, he has been elected and classified as an Independent throughout his time in Congress.
  3. 1 2 In Arizona, John McCain (R) had died August 25, 2018. Governor Doug Ducey appointed retired U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R) as McCain's replacement on September 4, 2018, [7] [8] but Kyl only agreed to serve until December 31, 2018. [9] In the regular November 2018 election to replace Jeff Flake (R), who had declined to run for reelection, Martha McSally (R) lost to Kyrsten Sinema (D), but was instead appointed by Governor Ducey to replace Kyl on January 3, 2019. [10] Sinema and McSally were sworn in on the same day. In the 2020 special election required by Arizona law to finish McCain's term, McSally lost to Mark Kelly (D), who was sworn in as her replacement on December 2, 2020.

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References

  1. ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.senate.gov
  2. ↑ 1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 census results.
  3. ↑ 1981 U.S Census Report Contains 1980 census results.
  4. ↑ 1991 U.S Census Report Contains 1990 census results.
  5. ↑ "2000 Census State Population Rankings". Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  6. ↑ Bluestein, Greg (December 4, 2019). "Kemp taps Kelly Loeffler, financial exec, to US Senate seat". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will be John McCain's successor in the U.S. Senate". The Arizona Republic . September 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jon Kyl, Former Senator, Will Replace McCain in Arizona". The New York Times . September 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ Wingett Sanchez, Yvonne (December 14, 2018). "Jon Kyl will resign from the U.S. Senate on Dec. 31, setting up another appointment by Ducey to John McCain's seat". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ Wingett Sanchez, Yvonne (December 18, 2018). "Martha McSally appointed to John McCain's Senate seat". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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