List of United States senators in the 75th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 75th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939.

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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]

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 1938 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 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.) [4]
Class 1Terms 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.) [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943 (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]

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, 1909
3 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)April 2, 1912 [7]
4 Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
5 Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913Former representative
6 Joseph Robinson (D-AR) [8] March 4, 1913Former representative (10 years), former governor
7 George W. Norris (I-NE)Former representative (10 years)
8 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former representative (6 years)
9 William H. King (D-UT)Former representative (3 years)
10 Frederick Hale (R-ME)
11 Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
12 Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918Previously a senator
13 Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former governor
13 Pat Harrison (D-MS)March 5, 1919Former representative
15 Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920
16 Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
17 Lynn Frazier (R-ND)March 4, 1923Former governor
18 Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) [9] New York 1st in population (1920)
19 Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)Minnesota 17th in population (1920)
20 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th in population (1920)
21 Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI)September 30, 1925
22 Gerald Nye (R-ND)November 14, 1925
23 David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926Former governor, Previously a senator
24 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former representative (15 years)
25 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former representative (14 years)
26 Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
27 Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920)
28 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)New York 1st in population (1920)
29 Hugo Black (D-AL) [10] Alabama 18th in population (1920)
30 Frederick Steiwer (R-OR) [11] Oregon 34th in population (1920)
31 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
32 Tom Connally (D-TX)March 4, 1929Former representative
33 John G. Townsend Jr. (R-DE)
34 Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH) [12] December 1, 1930Former representative
35 George McGill (D-KS) [12]
36 James J. Davis (R-PA)December 2, 1930
37 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)March 4, 1931Previously a senator, former representative (8 years)
38 J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)Previously a senator, former representative (2 years)
39 James F. Byrnes (D-SC)Former representative, South Carolina 26th in population (1930)
40 Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME)Former representative, Maine 35th in population (1930)
41 William J. Bulow (D-SD)Former governor
42 Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1930)
43 John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)Alabama 15th in population (1930)
44 Marvel M. Logan (D-KY)Kentucky 17th in population (1930)
45 Warren Austin (R-VT)April 1, 1931
46 Hattie Caraway (D-AR)November 13, 1931
47 Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC)December 5, 1932
48 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933Former governor
49 Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)February 4, 1933
50 Alva B. Adams (D-CO)March 4, 1933Previously a senator
51 Augustine Lonergan (D-CT) [12] Former representative (8 years)
52 William H. Dieterich (D-IL) [12] Former representative (2 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930)
53 John H. Overton (D-LA)Former representative (2 years), Louisiana 22nd in population (1930)
54 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA)Former governor, Virginia 20th in population (1930)
55 Fred H. Brown (D-NH) [12] Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930)
56 William Gibbs McAdoo (D-CA) [12] California 6th in population (1930)
57 Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1930)
58 F. Ryan Duffy (D-WI) [12] Wisconsin 13th in population (1930)
59 Nathan L. Bachman (D-TN) [13] Tennessee 16th in population (1930)
60 Homer T. Bone (D-WA)Washington 30th in population (1930)
61 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)Utah 40th in population (1930)
62 James Pope (D-ID) [12] Idaho 42nd in population (1930)
63 Pat McCarran (D-NV)Nevada 48th in population (1930)
64 Carl Hatch (D-NM)October 10, 1933
65 Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT)November 21, 1933
66 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)January 1, 1934
67 James Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
68 Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)January 3, 1935Previously a senator
69 Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)Former representative, Connecticut 29th in population (1930)
70 Edward R. Burke (D-NE)Former representative, Nebraska 32nd in population (1930)
71 Vic Donahey (D-OH)Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1930)
72 A. Harry Moore (D-NJ) [14] Former governor, New Jersey 9th in population (1930)
73 Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)Former governor (twice), Mississippi 23rd in population (1930)
74 Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930)
75 Harry S. Truman (D-MO)Missouri 10th in population (1930)
76 Sherman Minton (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1930)
77 George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)Maryland 28th in population (1930)
78 Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA)Washington 30th in population (1930)
79 Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935Former representative (4 years)
80 Rush D. Holt (D-WV)June 21, 1935
81 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA)November 4, 1936Former representative
82 Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)
83 Claude Pepper (D-FL)
84 Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI)November 19, 1936
85 Herbert E. Hitchcock (D-SD) [15] December 29, 1936
86 Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN)January 3, 1937Former representative (6 years)
87 Joshua B. Lee (D-OK)Former representative (2 years)
88 Clyde L. Herring (D-IA)Former governor, Iowa 19th in population (1930)
89 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930)
90 Theodore F. Green (D-RI)Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930)
91 Styles Bridges (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930)
92 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)Massachusetts 8th in population (1930)
93 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)Louisiana 22nd in population (1930)
94 James H. Hughes (D-DE)Delaware 46th in population (1930)
95 Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY)Wyoming 47th in population (1930)
96 William H. Smathers (D-NJ)April 15, 1937
George L. Berry (D-TN) [12] May 6, 1937
Dixie Bibb Graves (D-AL) [16] August 20, 1937
John E. Miller (D-AR)November 15, 1937
Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938
John Milton (D-NJ) [17] January 18, 1938
Alfred E. Reames (D-OR) [18] February 1, 1938
William Warren Barbour (R-NJ)November 9, 1938Previously a senator
Thomas M. Storke (D-CA) [12] California 6th in population (1930)
Tom Stewart (D-TN)Tennessee 16th in population (1930)
Alexander G. Barry (R-OR) [12] Oregon 34th in population (1930)
Gladys Pyle (R-SD) [12] South Dakota 36th in population (1930)
James M. Mead (D-NY)December 3, 1938

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 Census results
  3. 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
  4. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1939.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943.
  7. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  8. Senator Robinson died on July 14, 1937
  9. Senator Copeland died on June 17, 1938
  10. Senator Black resigned on August 19, 1937 to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  11. Senator Steiwer resigned on January 31, 1938
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Retired or defeated after 1938 Election.
  13. Senator Bachman died on April 23, 1937
  14. Senator Moore resigned on January 17, 1938
  15. Senator Hitchcock resigned on November 8, 1938
  16. Senator Bibb resigned on January 10, 1938
  17. Senator Milton resigned on November 8, 1938
  18. Senator Reames resigned on November 8, 1938