List of United States senators in the 119th 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 119th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027. 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. For senators beginning their terms on the same day, with the same previous service, representing the same state, they are ranked alphabetically by their surname. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

In this Congress, Maria Cantwell is the most senior junior senator. JD Vance was the junior senior senator at the start of the Congress until his resignation on January 10, 2025, to become vice president, the distinction is now held by Vance's fellow senate colleague, freshman senator Bernie Moreno.

Alex Padilla is the most junior senator to serve as chair or ranking member of a committee. The most senior senator to not serve as chair or ranking member of a committee is John Cornyn.

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 will expire in 2031 [6]
Class 2	Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2027 [7]
Class 3	Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2029 [8]

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	1812	Patty Murray	Democratic	Washington	January 3, 1993
4	1827	Ron Wyden	Democratic	Oregon	February 5, 1996
5	1831	Dick Durbin	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 1997	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
6	1835	Jack Reed	Democratic	Rhode Island		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
7	1842	Susan Collins	Republican	Maine
8	1844	Chuck Schumer	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1999	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (18 years)
9	1846	Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
10	1859	Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Washington	January 3, 2001
11	1867	John Cornyn	Republican	Texas	December 1, 2002
12	1868	Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Alaska	December 20, 2002
13	1870	Lindsey Graham	Republican	South Carolina	January 3, 2003
14	1879	John Thune	Republican	South Dakota	January 3, 2005
15	1887	Bernie Sanders	Independent	Vermont	January 3, 2007	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
16	1893	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Minnesota		Minnesota 21st in population (2000)
17	1894	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Rhode Island		Rhode Island 43rd in population (2000)
18	1896	John Barrasso	Republican	Wyoming	June 25, 2007
19	1897	Roger Wicker	Republican	Mississippi	December 31, 2007
20	1901	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	New Hampshire	January 3, 2009	Former governor (6 years)
21	1902	Mark Warner	Democratic	Virginia		Former governor (4 years)
22	1903	Jim Risch	Republican	Idaho		Former governor (7 months)
23	1905	Jeff Merkley	Democratic	Oregon
24	1909	Michael Bennet	Democratic	Colorado	January 21, 2009
25	1910	Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	New York	January 26, 2009
26	1917	Chris Coons	Democratic	Delaware	November 15, 2010
27	1920	Jerry Moran	Republican	Kansas	January 3, 2011	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
28	1922	John Boozman	Republican	Arkansas		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (9 years)
29	1924	John Hoeven	Republican	North Dakota		Former governor
30	1925	Marco Rubio [a]	Republican	Florida		Florida 4th in population (2000)
31	1926	Ron Johnson	Republican	Wisconsin		Wisconsin 18th in population (2000)
32	1927	Rand Paul	Republican	Kentucky		Kentucky 25th in population (2000)
33	1928	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Connecticut		Connecticut 29th in population (2000)
34	1929	Mike Lee	Republican	Utah		Utah 34th in population (2000)
35	1932	Brian Schatz	Democratic	Hawaii	December 27, 2012
36	1933	Tim Scott	Republican	South Carolina	January 2, 2013
37	1934	Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	Wisconsin	January 3, 2013	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
38	1937	Chris Murphy	Democratic	Connecticut		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Connecticut 29th in population (2010)
39	1938	Mazie Hirono	Democratic	Hawaii		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Hawaii 42nd in population (2010)
40	1939	Martin Heinrich	Democratic	New Mexico		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
41	1940	Angus King	Independent	Maine		Former governor (8 years)
42	1941	Tim Kaine	Democratic	Virginia		Former governor (4 years)
43	1942	Ted Cruz	Republican	Texas		Texas 2nd in population (2010)
44	1943	Elizabeth Warren	Democratic	Massachusetts		Massachusetts 15th in population (2010)
45	1944	Deb Fischer	Republican	Nebraska		Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
46	1948	Ed Markey	Democratic	Massachusetts	July 16, 2013
47	1949	Cory Booker	Democratic	New Jersey	October 31, 2013
48	1951	Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	West Virginia	January 3, 2015	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
49	1952	Gary Peters	Democratic	Michigan		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Michigan 9th in population (2010)
50	1953	Bill Cassidy	Republican	Louisiana		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
51	1955	James Lankford	Republican	Oklahoma		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
52	1956	Tom Cotton	Republican	Arkansas		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Arkansas 32nd in population (2010)
53	1957	Steve Daines	Republican	Montana		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Montana 44th in population (2010)
54	1958	Mike Rounds	Republican	South Dakota		Former governor
55	1960	Thom Tillis	Republican	North Carolina		North Carolina 10th in population (2010)
56	1961	Joni Ernst	Republican	Iowa		Iowa 30th in population (2010)
57	1963	Dan Sullivan	Republican	Alaska		Alaska 47th in population (2010)
58	1964	Chris Van Hollen	Democratic	Maryland	January 3, 2017	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
59	1965	Todd Young	Republican	Indiana		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
60	1966	Tammy Duckworth	Democratic	Illinois		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
61	1967	Maggie Hassan	Democratic	New Hampshire		Former governor
62	1969	John Kennedy	Republican	Louisiana		Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
63	1970	Catherine Cortez Masto	Democratic	Nevada		Nevada 35th in population (2010)
64	1972	Tina Smith	Democratic	Minnesota	January 3, 2018
65	1974	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Republican	Mississippi	April 2, 2018
66	1975	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Tennessee	January 3, 2019	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
67	1977	Kevin Cramer	Republican	North Dakota		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
68	1979	Jacky Rosen	Democratic	Nevada		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
69	1982	Josh Hawley	Republican	Missouri
70	1983	Rick Scott	Republican	Florida	January 8, 2019
71	1985	Mark Kelly	Democratic	Arizona	December 2, 2020
72	1986	Ben Ray Luján	Democratic	New Mexico	January 3, 2021	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (12 years)
73	1987	Cynthia Lummis	Republican	Wyoming		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (8 years)
74	1988	Roger Marshall	Republican	Kansas		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
75	1989	John Hickenlooper	Democratic	Colorado		Former governor
76	1990	Bill Hagerty	Republican	Tennessee		Tennessee 17th in population (2010)
77	1991	Tommy Tuberville	Republican	Alabama		Alabama 23rd in population (2010)
78	1992	Alex Padilla	Democratic	California	January 18, 2021
79	1993	Jon Ossoff	Democratic	Georgia	January 20, 2021	"O" 15th in alphabet
80	1994	Raphael Warnock	Democratic			"W" 23rd in alphabet
81	1995	Peter Welch	Democratic	Vermont	January 3, 2023	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
82	1996	Markwayne Mullin	Republican	Oklahoma		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
83	1997	Ted Budd	Republican	North Carolina		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
84	1998	John Fetterman	Democratic	Pennsylvania		Pennsylvania 5th in population (2020)
85	1999	JD Vance [b]	Republican	Ohio		Ohio 7th in population (2020)
86	2000	Eric Schmitt	Republican	Missouri		Missouri 19th in population (2020)
87	2001	Katie Britt	Republican	Alabama		Alabama 24th in population (2020)
88	2002	Pete Ricketts	Republican	Nebraska	January 23, 2023
89	2005	Adam Schiff	Democratic	California	December 9, 2024	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (24 years)
90	2006	Andy Kim	Democratic	New Jersey		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
91	2007	Ruben Gallego	Democratic	Arizona	January 3, 2025	Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
92	2008	Jim Banks	Republican	Indiana		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (8 years); Indiana 17th in population (2020)
93	2009	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democratic	Delaware		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (8 years); Delaware 45th in population (2020)
94	2010	John Curtis	Republican	Utah		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (7 years)
95	2011	Elissa Slotkin	Democratic	Michigan		Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
96	2012	David McCormick	Republican	Pennsylvania		Pennsylvania 5th in population (2020)
97	2013	Bernie Moreno	Republican	Ohio		Ohio 7th in population (2020)
98	2014	Angela Alsobrooks	Democratic	Maryland		Maryland 18th in population (2020)
99	2015	Tim Sheehy	Republican	Montana		Montana 44th in population (2020)
100	2016	Jim Justice [c]	Republican	West Virginia	January 14, 2025
		TBD [b]	Republican	Ohio	TBD

The most senior senators by class are Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) from Class 1, Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) from Class 2, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) from Class 3. Cantwell is the most senior senator from her class while being the junior senator from her state.

See also

• 119th United States Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 119th Congress by seniority
• Seniority in the United States Senate

Notes

1. In Florida, Marco Rubio (R) is expected to resign after being appointed U.S. Secretary of State. Once he is set to be confirmed, he will vacate his seat and governor Ron DeSantis will appoint an interim successor.
2. In Ohio, JD Vance (R) resigned January 10, 2025 in anticipation of becoming Vice President of the United States. An appointment to fill the vacancy by governor Mike DeWine is pending.
3. In West Virgina, Gov. Jim Justice delayed his US Senate swearing-in.

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 February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
6. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2031.
7. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2027.
8. 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.