This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 71st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1929, to March 3, 1931.
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 1930 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms 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.) [5] |
| Class 3 | Terms 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.) [6] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1935 (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.) [7] |
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis E. Warren (R-WY) [8] | March 4, 1895 | Previously a senator |
| 2 | Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) [9] | March 4, 1901 | Previously a senator |
| 3 | Lee S. Overman (D-NC) [10] | March 4, 1903 | North 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, 1909 | Former 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, 1910 | Former representative, Former governor |
| 10 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | April 2, 1912 [11] | |
| 11 | Key Pittman (D-NV) | January 29, 1913 | |
| 12 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | Former representative |
| 13 | Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA) [9] | March 4, 1913 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 14 | Joseph Robinson (R-AR) | Former representative (10 years), former governor | |
| 15 | George W. Norris (R-NE) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 16 | Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | ||
| 17 | James Watson (R-IN) | November 8, 1916 | Former representative |
| 18 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 19 | William H. King (D-UT) | Former representative (3 years) | |
| 20 | Park Trammell (D-FL) | Former governor, Florida 33rd in population (1910) | |
| 21 | John B. Kendrick (D-WY) | Former governor, Wyoming 47th in population (1910) | |
| 22 | Frederick Hale (R-ME) | ||
| 23 | Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
| 24 | George H. Moses (R-NH) | November 6, 1918 | |
| 25 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | December 18, 1918 | Previously a senator |
| 26 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | Former governor, Kansas 22nd in population (1910) |
| 27 | Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) | Former governor, New Hampshire 39th in population (1910) | |
| 28 | William J. Harris (D-GA) | Georgia 10th in population (1910) | |
| 29 | Lawrence C. Phipps (R-CO) [9] | Colorado 32nd in population (1910) | |
| 30 | Pat Harrison (D-MS) | March 5, 1919 | |
| 31 | Walter E. Edge (R-NJ) | May 19, 1919 [12] | |
| 32 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
| 33 | James Thomas Heflin (D-AL) [9] | November 2, 1920 | |
| 34 | Thaddeus H. Caraway (D-AR) | March 4, 1921 | Former representative |
| 35 | Peter Norbeck (R-SD) | Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1920) | |
| 36 | Samuel M. Shortridge (R-CA) | California 8th in population (1920) | |
| 37 | Edwin S. Broussard (D-LA) | Louisiana 22nd in population (1920) | |
| 38 | Tasker Oddie (R-NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1920) | |
| 39 | David A. Reed (R-PA) | August 8, 1922 | |
| 40 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 41 | James Couzens (R-MI) | November 29, 1922 | |
| 42 | Frank L. Greene (R-VT) [13] | March 4, 1923 | Former representative (11 years) |
| 43 | Simeon Fess (R-OH) | Former representative (10 years), Ohio 4th in population (1920) | |
| 44 | Hubert D. Stephens (D-MS) | Former representative (10 years), Mississippi 23rd in population (1920) | |
| 45 | Clarence Dill (D-WA) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 46 | Lynn Frazier (R-ND) | Former governor | |
| 47 | Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) | New York 1st in population (1920) | |
| 48 | Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) | Minnesota 17th in population (1920) | |
| 49 | Robert B. Howell (R-NE) | Nebraska 31st in population (1920) | |
| 50 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | Montana 39th in population (1920) | |
| 51 | Porter H. Dale (R-VT) | November 7, 1923 | Former representative |
| 52 | Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI) | November 4, 1924 | |
| 53 | Hiram Bingham (R-CT) | December 17, 1924 | |
| 54 | Charles S. Deneen (R-IL) [9] | February 26, 1925 | Former governor |
| 55 | Frederick H. Gillett (R-MA) [9] | March 4, 1925 | Former representative (32 years) |
| 56 | Thomas D. Schall (R-MN) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 57 | Coleman L. Blease (R-SC) [9] | Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1920) | |
| 58 | William McMaster (R-SD) [9] | Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1920) | |
| 59 | Frederic Sackett (R-KY) [14] | Kentucky 15th in population (1920) | |
| 60 | Lawrence Tyson (R-TN) [15] | Tennessee 19th in population (1920) | |
| 61 | William B. Pine (R-OK) [9] | Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) | |
| 62 | Guy D. Goff (R-WV) [9] | West Virginia 27th in population (1920) | |
| 63 | Sam G. Bratton (D-NM) | New Mexico`43rd in population (1920) | |
| 64 | Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
| 65 | Arthur Robinson (R-IN) | October 20, 1925 | |
| 66 | Gerald Nye (R-ND) | November 14, 1925 | |
| 67 | Daniel F. Steck (D-IA) [9] | April 12, 1926 | |
| 68 | Arthur R. Gould (R-ME) [9] | November 30, 1926 | |
| 69 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | Former governor, Previously a senator |
| 70 | Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) | ||
| 71 | Smith W. Brookhart (R-IA) | March 4, 1927 | Previously a senator |
| 72 | William S. Vare (R-PA) [16] | Former representative (15 years), Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1920) | |
| 73 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | Former representative (15 years), Arizona 45th in population (1920) | |
| 74 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 75 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) | |
| 76 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) | |
| 77 | John J. Blaine (R-WI) | Former governor | |
| 78 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | New York 1st in population (1920) | |
| 79 | Hugo Black (D-AL) | Alabama 18th in population (1920) | |
| 80 | Charles Waterman (R-CO) | Colorado 33rd in population (1920) | |
| 81 | Frederick Steiwer (R-OR) | Oregon 34th in population (1920) | |
| 82 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 83 | John Thomas (R-ID) | June 30, 1928 | |
| 84 | Otis F. Glenn (R-IL) | November 7, 1928 | |
| 85 | Daniel Hastings (R-DE) | December 10, 1928 | |
| 86 | Theodore E. Burton (R-OH) [17] | December 15, 1928 | |
| 87 | Bronson Cutting (R-NM) | March 4, 1929 | Previously a senator |
| 88 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 89 | Roscoe C. Patterson (R-MO) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 90 | Henry D. Hatfield (R-WV) | Former governor, West Virginia 27th in population (1920) | |
| 91 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R-MD) | Former governor, Maryland 28th in population (1920) | |
| 92 | John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE) | Former governor, Delaware 46th in population (1920) | |
| 93 | Hamilton Kean (R-NJ) | New Jersey 10th in population (1920) | |
| 94 | Frederic Walcott (R-CT) | Connecticut 29th in population (1920) | |
| 95 | Felix Hebert (R-RI) | Rhode Island 38th in population (1920) | |
| 96 | Henry J. Allen (R-KS) [18] | April 1, 1929 | |
| William Brock (D-TN) [9] | September 2, 1929 | ||
| Roscoe C. McCulloch (R-OH) [19] | November 5, 1929 | ||
| David Baird, Jr. (R-NJ) [20] | November 30, 1929 | ||
| Patrick J. Sullivan (R-WY) [21] | December 5, 1929 | ||
| Joseph R. Grundy (R-PA) [22] | December 11, 1929 | ||
| John M. Robsion (R-KY) [23] | January 11, 1930 | ||
| Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH) | December 1, 1930 | Former representative | |
| Robert D. Carey (R-WY) | Former governor | ||
| Ben M. Williamson (D-KY) [9] | Kentucky 15th in population (1920) | ||
| George McGill (D-KS) | Kansas 24th in population (1920) | ||
| James J. Davis (R-PA) | December 2, 1930 | ||
| Dwight Morrow (R-NJ) | December 3, 1930 | ||
| Cameron A. Morrison (D-NC) | December 13, 1930 | ||
| Frank C. Partridge (R-VT) | December 23, 1930 | ||