List of United States senators in the 74th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 74th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1937.

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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 1936 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 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.) [6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1939 (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]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941 (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.) [8]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 William Borah (R-ID)March 4, 1907
2 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)March 4, 1909South Carolina 24th in population (1900)
3 Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) [9] Florida 33rd in population (1900)
4 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)April 2, 1912 [10]
5 Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
6 Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913Former representative
7 Joseph Robinson (D-AR)March 4, 1913Former representative (10 years), former governor
8 George W. Norris (R-NE)Former representative (10 years)
9 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former representative (6 years)
10 William H. King (D-UT)Former representative (3 years)
11 Park Trammell (D-FL) [11] Former governor
12 Frederick Hale (R-ME)
13 Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
14 Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918Previously a senator
15 Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former governor, Kansas 22nd in population (1910)
16 Henry W. Keyes [12] (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 39th in population (1910)
17 Pat Harrison (D-MS)March 5, 1919
18 Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920
19 Peter Norbeck (R-SD) [13] March 4, 1921
20 Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
21 James Couzens (R-MI) [14] November 29, 1922
22 Lynn Frazier (R-ND)March 4, 1923Former governor
23 Royal S. Copeland (D-NY)New York 1st in population (1920)
24 Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)Minnesota 17th in population (1920)
25 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th in population (1920)
26 Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI) [12] November 4, 1924
27 Thomas D. Schall (R-MN) [15] March 4, 1925
28 Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (WP-WI)September 30, 1925
29 Gerald Nye (R-ND)November 14, 1925
30 David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926Former governor, Previously a senator
31 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former representative (15 years)
32 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former representative (14 years)
33 Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
34 Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920)
35 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)New York 1st in population (1920)
36 Hugo Black (D-AL)Alabama 18th in population (1920)
37 Frederick Steiwer (R-OR)Oregon 34th in population (1920)
38 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
39 Daniel Hastings (R-DE) [12] December 10, 1928
40 Bronson Cutting (R-NM) [16] March 4, 1929Previously a senator
41 Tom Connally (D-TX)Former representative
42 John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE)Former governor
43 Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH)December 1, 1930Former representative
44 Robert D. Carey (R-WY) [12] Former governor
45 George McGill (D-KS)
46 James J. Davis (R-PA)December 2, 1930
47 Thomas Gore (D-OK) [12] March 4, 1931Previously a senator (14 years)
48 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (8 years)
49 J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (2 years)
50 James F. Byrnes (D-SC)Former representative (14 years), South Carolina 26th in population (1930)
51 Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME)Former representative (14 years), Maine 35th in population (1930)
52 L. J. Dickinson (R-IA) [12] Former representative (12 years)
53 William J. Bulow (D-SD)Former governor
54 Marcus A. Coolidge (D-MA) [12] Massachusetts 8th in population (1930)
55 Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1930)
56 John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)Alabama 15th in population (1930)
57 Marvel M. Logan (D-KY)Kentucky 17th in population (1930)
58 Edward Costigan (D-CO)Colorado 33rd in population (1930)
59 Warren Austin (R-VT)April 1, 1931
60 Hattie Caraway (D-AR)November 13, 1931
61 William Warren Barbour (D-NJ) [12] December 1, 1931
62 Huey Long (D-LA) [17] January 25, 1932Former governor
63 Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC)December 5, 1932
64 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933Former governor
65 Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)February 4, 1933
66 Alva B. Adams (D-CO)March 4, 1933Previously a senator
67 Augustine Lonergan (D-CT)Former representative (8 years)
68 William H. Dieterich (D-IL)Former representative (2 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930)
69 John H. Overton (D-LA)Former representative (2 years), Louisiana 22nd in population (1930)
70 Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA)Former governor, Virginia 20th in population (1930)
71 Fred H. Brown (D-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930)
72 William Gibbs McAdoo (D-CA)California 6th in population (1930)
73 Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1930)
74 F. Ryan Duffy (D-WI)Wisconsin 13th in population (1930)
75 Nathan L. Bachman (D-TN)Tennessee 16th in population (1930)
76 Louis Murphy [18] (D-IA)Iowa 19th in population (1930)
77 Homer T. Bone (D-WA)Washington 30th in population (1930)
78 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)Utah 40th in population (1930)
79 James Pope (D-ID)Idaho 42nd in population (1930)
80 Pat McCarran (D-NV)Nevada 48th in population (1930)
81 Carl Hatch (D-NM)October 10, 1933
82 Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT)November 21, 1933
83 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)January 1, 1934
84 James Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
85 Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)January 3, 1935Previously a senator
86 Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)Former representative, Connecticut 29th in population (1930)
87 Edward R. Burke (D-NE)Former representative, Nebraska 32nd in population (1930)
88 Vic Donahey (D-OH)Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1930)
89 A. Harry Moore (D-NJ)Former governor, New Jersey 9th in population (1930)
90 Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)Former governor, Mississippi 23rd in population (1930)
91 Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930)
92 Harry S. Truman (D-MO)Missouri 10th in population (1930)
93 Sherman Minton (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1930)
94 George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)Maryland 28th in population (1930)
95 Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA)Washington 30th in population (1930)
Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935Former representative (4 years)
96 Rush D. Holt (D-WV)June 21, 1935
Elmer Benson (FL-MN) [19] December 27, 1935
Rose McConnell Long (D-LA) [12] January 31, 1936
Scott Loftin (D-FL) [20] May 26, 1936
William L. Hill (D-FL) [21] July 1, 1936
Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA)November 4, 1936Former representative
Guy Howard (R-MN) [12] Minnesota 18th in population (1930)
Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)Florida 31st in population (1930)
Claude Pepper (D-FL)
Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI)November 19, 1936
Herbert E. Hitchcock (D-SD)December 29, 1936

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 1937.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1939.
  8. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941.
  9. Senator Fletcher died on June 17, 1936
  10. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  11. Senator Trammell died on May 8, 1936
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Retired or defeated after 1936 Election.
  13. Senator Norbeck died on December 20, 1936
  14. Senator Couzens died on October 22, 1936
  15. Senator Schall died on December 22, 1935
  16. Senator Cutting died on May 6, 1935
  17. Senator Long was assassinated on September 10, 1935
  18. Senator Murphy died on July 16, 1936
  19. Senator Benson resigned on November 3, 1936
  20. Senator Loftin resigned on November 3, 1936
  21. Senator Hill resigned on November 3, 1936