List of United States senators in the 72nd Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 72nd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1931, to March 3, 1933.

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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] [5]

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 1932 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 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.) [6]
Class 1Terms 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]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1937 (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.) [8]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Reed Smoot (R-UT) [9] March 4, 1903
2 William Borah (R-ID)March 4, 1907
3 Wesley Jones (R-WA) [10] March 4, 1909Former representative
4 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)South Carolina 24th in population (1900)
5 Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)Florida 33rd in population (1900)
6 Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) [11] August 1, 1910Former representative, Former governor
7 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)April 2, 1912 [12]
8 Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
9 Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913Former representative
10 Joseph Robinson (D-AR)March 4, 1913Former representative (10 years), former governor
11 George W. Norris (R-NE)Former representative (10 years)
12 Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) [13]
13 James Watson (R-IN) [9] November 8, 1916Former representative
14 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former representative (6 years)
15 William H. King (D-UT)Former representative (3 years)
16 Park Trammell (D-FL)Former governor, Florida 33rd in population (1910)
17 John B. Kendrick (D-WY)Former governor, Wyoming 47th in population (1910)
18 Frederick Hale (R-ME)
19 Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
20 George H. Moses (R-NH) [9] November 6, 1918
21 Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918Previously a senator
22 Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former governor, Kansas 22nd in population (1910)
23 Henry W. Keyes (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 39th in population (1910)
24 William J. Harris (D-GA) [14]
25 Pat Harrison (D-MS)March 5, 1919
26 Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920
27 Thaddeus H. Caraway (D-AR) [15] March 4, 1921Former representative
28 Peter Norbeck (R-SD)Former governor
29 Samuel M. Shortridge (R-CA) [9] California 8th in population (1920)
30 Edwin S. Broussard (D-LA) [9] Louisiana 22nd in population (1920)
31 Tasker Oddie (R-NV) [9] Nevada 48th in population (1920)
32 David A. Reed (R-PA)August 8, 1922
33 Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
34 James Couzens (R-MI)November 29, 1922
35 Simeon Fess (R-OH)March 4, 1923Former representative (10 years), Ohio 4th in population (1920)
36 Hubert D. Stephens (D-MS)Former representative (10 years), Mississippi 23rd in population (1920)
37 Clarence Dill (D-WA)Former representative (4 years)
38 Lynn Frazier (R-ND)Former governor
39 Royal S. Copeland (D-NY)New York 1st in population (1920)
40 Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)Minnesota 17th in population (1920)
41 Robert B. Howell (R-NE)Nebraska 31st in population (1920)
42 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th in population (1920)
43 Porter H. Dale (R-VT)November 7, 1923
44 Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI)November 4, 1924
45 Hiram Bingham (R-CT) [9] December 17, 1924
46 Thomas D. Schall (R-MN)March 4, 1925Former representative
47 Sam G. Bratton (D-NM)
48 Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R-WI)September 30, 1925
49 Arthur Robinson (R-IN)October 20, 1925
50 Gerald Nye (R-ND)November 14, 1925
51 David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926Former governor, Previously a senator
52 Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) [16]
53 Smith W. Brookhart (R-IA) [9] March 4, 1927Previously a senator
54 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)Former representative (15 years)
55 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former representative (14 years)
56 Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
57 Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920)
58 John J. Blaine (R-WI) [9] Former governor
59 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)New York 1st in population (1920)
60 Hugo Black (D-AL)Alabama 18th in population (1920)
61 Charles Waterman (R-CO) [17] Colorado 33rd in population (1920)
62 Frederick Steiwer (R-OR)Oregon 34th in population (1920)
63 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
64 John Thomas (R-ID) [9] June 30, 1928
65 Otis F. Glenn (R-IL) [9] November 7, 1928
66 Daniel Hastings (R-DE)December 10, 1928
67 Bronson Cutting (R-NM)March 4, 1929Previously a senator
68 Tom Connally (D-TX)Former representative (12 years)
69 Roscoe C. Patterson (R-MO)Former representative (2 years)
70 Henry D. Hatfield (R-WV)Former governor, West Virginia 27th in population (1920)
71 Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R-MD)Former governor, Maryland 28th in population (1920)
72 John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE)Former governor, Delaware 46th in population (1920)
73 Hamilton Kean (R-NJ)New Jersey 10th in population (1920)
74 Frederic Walcott (R-CT)Connecticut 29th in population (1920)
75 Felix Hebert (R-RI)Rhode Island 38th in population (1920)
76 Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH)December 1, 1930Former representative
77 Robert D. Carey (R-WY)Former governor
78 George McGill (D-KS)
79 James J. Davis (R-PA)December 2, 1930
80 Dwight Morrow (R-NJ) [18] December 3, 1930
81 Cameron A. Morrison (D-NC) [19] December 13, 1930
82 Frank C. Partridge (R-VT) [20] December 23, 1930
83 Thomas Gore (D-OK)March 4, 1931Previously a senator (14 years)
84 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (8 years)
85 J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (2 years)
86 Cordell Hull (D-TN) [21] Former representative (22 years)
87 James F. Byrnes (D-SC)Former representative (14 years), South Carolina 26th in population (1930)
88 Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME)Former representative (14 years), Maine 35th in population (1930)
89 L. J. Dickinson (R-IA)Former representative (12 years)
90 William J. Bulow (D-SD)Former governor
91 Marcus A. Coolidge (D-MA)Massachusetts 8th in population (1930)
92 Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1930)
93 John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)Alabama 15th in population (1930)
94 Marvel M. Logan (D-KY)Kentucky 17th in population (1930)
95 Edward Costigan (D-CO)Colorado 33rd in population (1930)
Warren Austin (R-VT)April 1, 1931
Hattie Caraway (D-AR)November 13, 1931
William Warren Barbour (D-NJ)December 1, 1931
96 Huey Long (D-LA)January 25, 1932Former governor
John S. Cohen (D-GA) [22] April 25, 1932
Walter Walker (D-CO) [23] September 26, 1932
Elijah Grammer (R-WA) [9] November 22, 1932
Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC)December 5, 1932
Karl Schuyler [9] (R-CO)December 7, 1932
Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933Former governor
Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)February 4, 1933

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. 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1933.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1935.
  8. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1937.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Retired or defeated after 1932 Election.
  10. Senator Jones died on November 19, 1932
  11. Senator Swanson resigned on March 3, 1933, to become United States Secretary of the Navy
  12. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  13. Senator Walsh died on March 2, 1933
  14. Senator Harris died on April 18, 1932
  15. Senator Caraway died on November 6, 1931
  16. Senator Hawes resigned on February 3, 1933
  17. Senator Waterman died on August 27, 1932
  18. Senator Morrow died on October 5, 1931
  19. Senator Morrison resigned on December 4, 1932
  20. Senator Partridge resigned on March 31, 1931
  21. Senator Hull resigned on March 3, 1933, to become United States Secretary of State
  22. Senator Cohen resigned on January 11, 1933
  23. Senator Walker resigned on December 6, 1932