List of United States senators in the 70th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 70th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1929.

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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]

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1928 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1929 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.) [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1931 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.) [6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1933 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Francis E. Warren (R-WY)March 4, 1895Previously a senator
2 Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)March 4, 1901Former representative
3 Lee S. Overman (D-NC)March 4, 1903North Carolina 15th in population (1900)
4 Reed Smoot (R-UT)Utah 41st in population (1900)
5 William Borah (R-ID)March 4, 1907 
6 Wesley Jones (R-WA)March 4, 1909Former representative
7 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)South Carolina 24th in population (1900)
8 Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)Florida 33rd in population (1900)
9 Claude A. Swanson (D-VA)August 1, 1910Former representative, Former governor
10 George P. McLean (R-CT)March 4, 1911Former governor
11 James A. Reed (D-MO)
12 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)April 2, 1912 [8]
13 Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
14 Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913Former representative
15 Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA)March 4, 1913Former representative (14 years)
16 Joseph Robinson (R-AR)Former representative (10 years), former governor
17 George W. Norris (R-NE)Former representative (10 years)
18 Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT)
19 Charles Curtis (R-KS) [9] March 4, 1915Former representative, Previously a senator
20 James Watson (R-IN)November 8, 1916Former representative
21 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former representative (6 years)
22 William H. King (D-UT)Former representative (3 years)
23 Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)Former representative (2 years)
24 Park Trammell (D-FL)Former governor, Florida 33rd in population (1910)
25 John B. Kendrick (D-WY)Former governor, Wyoming 47th in population (1910)
26 Frederick Hale (R-ME)Maine 34th in population (1910)
27 Andrieus Jones (D-NM) [10] New Mexico 43rd in population (1910)
28 Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917 
29 George H. Moses (R-NH)November 6, 1918
30 Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918Previously a senator
31 Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former governor, Kansas 22nd in population (1910)
32 Henry W. Keyes (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 39th in population (1910)
33 William J. Harris (D-GA)Georgia 10th in population (1910)
34 Lawrence C. Phipps (R-CO)Colorado 32nd in population (1910)
35 Pat Harrison (D-MS)March 5, 1919Former representative
36 Walter E. Edge (R-NJ)May 19, 1919Former governor, New Jersey 11th in population (1910)
37 Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920 
38 James Thomas Heflin (D-AL)November 2, 1920
39 Frank B. Willis (R-OH) [11] January 14, 1921
40 Frank R. Gooding (R-ID) [12] January 15, 1921
41 Thaddeus H. Caraway (D-AR)March 4, 1921Former representative
42 Peter Norbeck (R-SD)Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1920)
43 Samuel M. Shortridge (R-CA)California 8th in population (1920)
44 Edwin S. Broussard (D-LA)Louisiana 22nd in population (1920)
45 Tasker Oddie (R-NV)Nevada 48th in population (1920)
46 David A. Reed (R-PA)August 8, 1922 
47 Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE)November 7, 1922
48 Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
49 James Couzens (R-MI)November 29, 1922
50 Frank L. Greene (R-VT)March 4, 1923Former representative (11 years)
51 Simeon Fess (R-OH)Former representative (10 years), Ohio 4th in population (1920)
52 Hubert D. Stephens (D-MS)Former representative (10 years), Mississippi 23rd in population (1920)
53 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)Former representative (8 years)
54 Clarence Dill (D-WA)Former representative (4 years)
55 Woodbridge N. Ferris (D-MI) [13] Former governor, Michigan 7th in population (1920)
56 Edward I. Edwards (D-NJ)Former governor, New Jersey 10th in population (1920)
57 Lynn Frazier (R-ND)Former governor, North Dakota 36th in population (1920)
58 Royal S. Copeland (D-NY)New York 1st in population (1920)
59 Earle B. Mayfield (D-TX)Texas 5th in population (1920)
60 Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)Minnesota 17th in population (1920)
61 William C. Bruce (D-MD)Maryland 28th in population (1920)
62 Robert B. Howell (R-NE)Nebraska 31st in population (1920)
63 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th in population (1920)
64 Porter H. Dale (R-VT)November 7, 1923Former representative
65 Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI)November 4, 1924
66 Hiram Bingham (R-CT)December 17, 1924
67 Charles S. Deneen (R-IL)February 26, 1925Former representative
68 Coleman du Pont (R-DE) [14] March 4, 1925Previously a senator
69 Frederick H. Gillett (R-MA)Former representative (32 years)
70 Thomas D. Schall (R-MN)Former representative (10 years)
71 Coleman L. Blease (R-SC)Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1920)
72 William McMaster (R-SD)Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1920)
73 Frederic Sackett (R-KY)Kentucky 15th in population (1920)
74 Lawrence Tyson (R-TN)Tennessee 19th in population (1920)
75 William B. Pine (R-OK)Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
76 Guy D. Goff (R-WV)West Virginia 27th in population (1920)
77 Sam G. Bratton (D-NM)New Mexico`43rd in population (1920)
78 Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R-WI)September 30, 1925 
79 Arthur Robinson (R-IN)October 20, 1925
80 Gerald Nye (R-ND)November 14, 1925
81 Daniel F. Steck (D-IA)April 12, 1926
82 Arthur R. Gould (R-ME)November 30, 1926
83 David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926Former governor, Previously a senator
84 Harry B. Hawes (D-MO)Former representative
85 Smith W. Brookhart (R-IA)March 4, 1927Previously a senator
86 William S. Vare (R-PA)Former representative (15 years), Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1920)
87 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)Former representative (15 years), Arizona 45th in population (1920)
88 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former representative (14 years)
89 Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
90 Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920)
91 John J. Blaine (R-WI)Former governor
92 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)New York 1st in population (1920)
93 Hugo Black (D-AL)Alabama 18th in population (1920)
94 Charles Waterman (R-CO)Colorado 33rd in population (1920)
95 Frederick Steiwer (R-OR)Oregon 34th in population (1920)
Bronson Cutting (R-NM) [15] December 29, 1927 
Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
Cyrus Locher (D-OH) [16] April 28, 1928
John Thomas (R-ID)June 30, 1928
96 Otis F. Glenn (R-IL)December 3, 1928
Octaviano Larrazolo (R-NM)December 7, 1928
Daniel Hastings (R-DE)December 10, 1928
Theodore E. Burton (R-OH)December 15, 1928

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1901 U.S Census Report Contains 1900 Census results
  3. 1911 U.S Census Report Contains 1910 Census results
  4. 1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 Census results
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1929.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1931.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1933.
  8. Seniority dates to special election, not oath.
  9. Senator Curtis resigned on March 3, 1929, to become Vice President of the United States
  10. Senator Jones died on December 20, 1927
  11. Senator Willis died on March 30, 1928
  12. Senator Gooding died on June 24, 1928
  13. Senator Ferris died on March 23, 1928
  14. Senator du Pont resigned on December 9, 1928
  15. Senator Cutting resigned on December 6, 1928
  16. Senator Locher resigned on December 14, 1928