List of United States senators in the 118th Congress

For a full description of seniority, an explanation of its rules, and the current list, see Seniority in the United States Senate.

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 118th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. 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.

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]} If two senators are tied on all factors, as in the case of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, the senator elected to the full term is the senior senator. ^{[6] [7]}

In this Congress, the most junior senior senator is Jon Ossoff, and Maria Cantwell is the most senior junior senator.

Terms of service

This article is about the terms of service of senators that will expire in years. For a list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.

Class	Terms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 1	Terms of service of senators that expired 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.) [8]
Class 2	Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2027 (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.) [9]
Class 3	Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2029 (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.) [10]

U.S. Senate seniority list

Rank	Historical rank	Senator	Party	State	Seniority date	Other factors
1	1743	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	January 3, 1981
2	1766	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	January 3, 1985
3	1801	Dianne Feinstein [a]	Democratic	California	November 4, 1992
4	1812	Patty Murray	Democratic	Washington	January 3, 1993
5	1827	Ron Wyden	Democratic	Oregon	February 5, 1996
6	1831	Dick Durbin	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 1997	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
7	1835	Jack Reed	Democratic	Rhode Island		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
8	1842	Susan Collins	Republican	Maine
9	1844	Chuck Schumer	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1999	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (18 years)
10	1846	Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
11	1855	Tom Carper	Democratic	Delaware	January 3, 2001	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
12	1856	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Michigan		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
13	1859	Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Washington		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
14	1867	John Cornyn	Republican	Texas	December 1, 2002
15	1868	Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Alaska	December 20, 2002
16	1870	Lindsey Graham	Republican	South Carolina	January 3, 2003
17	1879	John Thune	Republican	South Dakota	January 3, 2005
18	1885	Bob Menendez [b]	Democratic	New Jersey	January 18, 2006
19	1886	Ben Cardin	Democratic	Maryland	January 3, 2007	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (20 years)
20	1887	Bernie Sanders	Independent	Vermont		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
21	1888	Sherrod Brown	Democratic	Ohio		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
22	1889	Bob Casey Jr.	Democratic	Pennsylvania		Pennsylvania 6th in population (2000)
23	1893	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Minnesota		Minnesota 21st in population (2000)
24	1894	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Rhode Island		Rhode Island 43rd in population (2000)
25	1895	Jon Tester	Democratic	Montana		Montana 44th in population (2000)
26	1896	John Barrasso	Republican	Wyoming	June 25, 2007
27	1897	Roger Wicker	Republican	Mississippi	December 31, 2007
28	1901	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	New Hampshire	January 3, 2009	Former governor (6 years)
29	1902	Mark Warner	Democratic	Virginia		Former governor (4 years)
30	1903	Jim Risch	Republican	Idaho		Former governor (7 months)
31	1905	Jeff Merkley	Democratic	Oregon
32	1909	Michael Bennet	Democratic	Colorado	January 21, 2009
33	1910	Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	New York	January 26, 2009
34	1916	Joe Manchin	Democratic	West Virginia	November 15, 2010	Former governor
35	1917	Chris Coons	Democratic	Delaware
36	1920	Jerry Moran	Republican	Kansas	January 3, 2011	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
37	1922	John Boozman	Republican	Arkansas		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (9 years)
38	1924	John Hoeven	Republican	North Dakota		Former governor
39	1925	Marco Rubio	Republican	Florida		Florida 4th in population (2000)
40	1926	Ron Johnson	Republican	Wisconsin		Wisconsin 18th in population (2000)
41	1927	Rand Paul	Republican	Kentucky		Kentucky 25th in population (2000)
42	1928	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Connecticut		Connecticut 29th in population (2000)
43	1929	Mike Lee	Republican	Utah		Utah 34th in population (2000)
44	1932	Brian Schatz	Democratic	Hawaii	December 27, 2012
45	1933	Tim Scott	Republican	South Carolina	January 2, 2013
46	1934	Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	Wisconsin	January 3, 2013	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
47	1937	Chris Murphy	Democratic	Connecticut		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Connecticut 29th in population (2010)
48	1938	Mazie Hirono	Democratic	Hawaii		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Hawaii 42nd in population (2010)
49	1939	Martin Heinrich	Democratic	New Mexico		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
50	1940	Angus King	Independent	Maine		Former governor (8 years)
51	1941	Tim Kaine	Democratic	Virginia		Former governor (4 years)
52	1942	Ted Cruz	Republican	Texas		Texas 2nd in population (2010)
53	1943	Elizabeth Warren	Democratic	Massachusetts		Massachusetts 15th in population (2010)
54	1944	Deb Fischer	Republican	Nebraska		Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
55	1948	Ed Markey	Democratic	Massachusetts	July 16, 2013	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (36 years)
56	1949	Cory Booker	Democratic	New Jersey	October 31, 2013
57	1951	Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	West Virginia	January 3, 2015	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
58	1952	Gary Peters	Democratic	Michigan		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Michigan 9th in population (2010)
59	1953	Bill Cassidy	Republican	Louisiana		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
60	1955	James Lankford	Republican	Oklahoma		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
61	1956	Tom Cotton	Republican	Arkansas		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Arkansas 32nd in population (2010)
62	1957	Steve Daines	Republican	Montana		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Montana 44th in population (2010)
63	1958	Mike Rounds	Republican	South Dakota		Former governor
64	1960	Thom Tillis	Republican	North Carolina		North Carolina 10th in population (2010)
65	1961	Joni Ernst	Republican	Iowa		Iowa 30th in population (2010)
66	1962	Ben Sasse [c]	Republican	Nebraska		Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
67	1963	Dan Sullivan	Republican	Alaska		Alaska 47th in population (2010)
68	1964	Chris Van Hollen	Democratic	Maryland	January 3, 2017	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
69	1965	Todd Young	Republican	Indiana		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
70	1966	Tammy Duckworth	Democratic	Illinois		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
71	1967	Maggie Hassan	Democratic	New Hampshire		Former governor
72	1969	John Kennedy	Republican	Louisiana		Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
73	1970	Catherine Cortez Masto	Democratic	Nevada		Nevada 35th in population (2010)
74	1972	Tina Smith	Democratic	Minnesota	January 3, 2018
75	1974	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Republican	Mississippi	April 2, 2018
76	1975	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Tennessee	January 3, 2019	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
77	1976	Kyrsten Sinema	Independent	Arizona		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Arizona 16th in population (2010)
78	1977	Kevin Cramer	Republican	North Dakota		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); North Dakota 48th in population (2010)
79	1979	Jacky Rosen	Democratic	Nevada		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
80	1980	Mitt Romney	Republican	Utah		Former governor
81	1981	Mike Braun	Republican	Indiana		Indiana 15th in population (2010)
82	1982	Josh Hawley	Republican	Missouri		Missouri 18th in population (2010)
83	1983	Rick Scott	Republican	Florida	January 8, 2019
84	1985	Mark Kelly	Democratic	Arizona	December 2, 2020
85	1986	Ben Ray Luján	Democratic	New Mexico	January 3, 2021	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (12 years)
86	1987	Cynthia Lummis	Republican	Wyoming		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (8 years)
87	1988	Roger Marshall	Republican	Kansas		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
88	1989	John Hickenlooper	Democratic	Colorado		Former governor
89	1990	Bill Hagerty	Republican	Tennessee		Tennessee 17th in population (2010)
90	1991	Tommy Tuberville	Republican	Alabama		Alabama 23rd in population (2010)
91	1992	Alex Padilla	Democratic	California	January 18, 2021
92	1993	Jon Ossoff	Democratic	Georgia	January 20, 2021	"O" 15th in alphabet
93	1994	Raphael Warnock	Democratic			"W" 23rd in alphabet
94	1995	Peter Welch	Democratic	Vermont	January 3, 2023	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
95	1996	Markwayne Mullin	Republican	Oklahoma		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
96	1997	Ted Budd	Republican	North Carolina		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
97	1998	John Fetterman	Democratic	Pennsylvania		Pennsylvania 5th in population (2020)
98	1999	JD Vance	Republican	Ohio		Ohio 7th in population (2020)
99	2000	Eric Schmitt	Republican	Missouri		Missouri 19th in population (2020)
100	2001	Katie Britt	Republican	Alabama		Alabama 24th in population (2020)
	2002	Pete Ricketts [c]	Republican	Nebraska	January 23, 2023
	2003	Laphonza Butler [a]	Democratic	California	October 1, 2023
	2004	George Helmy [b]	Democratic	New Jersey	August 20, 2024
	2005	Adam Schiff	Democratic	California	December 8, 2024	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (24 years)
	2006	Andy Kim	Democratic	New Jersey		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)

The most senior senators by class were Dianne Feinstein (D-California) from Class 1, Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) from Class 2, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) from Class 3. Feinstein died on September 29, 2023 with Tom Carper (D-Delaware) became the most senior senator from his class.

See also

• 118th United States Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 118th Congress by seniority
• Seniority in the United States Senate

Notes

1. In California, Dianne Feinstein (D) died September 28, 2023. She was replaced by Laphonza Butler (D), who was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
2. In New Jersey, Bob Menendez (D) resigned August 20, 2024, after being convicted on federal bribery and corruption charges. He was replaced by George Helmy (D), who was appointed by Governor Phil Murphy.
3. In Nebraska, Ben Sasse (R) resigned January 8, 2023. He was replaced by Pete Ricketts (R), who was appointed by Governor Jim Pillen.

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. "'A new era': Ossoff, Warnock sworn into office, giving Democrats control of U.S. Senate". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
7. "Why Jon Ossoff will be Georgia's senior U.S. Senator". 11Alive.com. 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
8. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2025.
9. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2027.
10. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2029

External links

• "SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES / 1789–present / A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). senate.gov. United States Senate.