List of United States senators in the 76th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 76th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941.

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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 1940 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 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.) [4]
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.) [5]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1945 (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]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 William Borah (R-ID) [7] March 4, 1907
2 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)March 4, 1909
3 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) [8] April 2, 1912 [9]
4 Key Pittman (D-NV) [10] January 29, 1913
5 Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913Former representative
6 George W. Norris (I-NE)March 4, 1913Former representative (10 years)
7 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former representative (6 years)
8 William H. King (D-UT) [8] Former representative (3 years)
9 Frederick Hale (R-ME) [8]
10 Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
11 Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918Previously a senator
12 Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former governor
13 Pat Harrison (D-MS)March 5, 1919
14 Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920
15 Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
16 Lynn Frazier (R-ND) [8] March 4, 1923Former governor
17 Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)Minnesota 17th in population (1920)
18 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th in population (1920)
19 Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI)September 30, 1925
20 Gerald Nye (R-ND)November 14, 1925
21 David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926Former governor, Previously a senator
22 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former representative (15 years)
23 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former representative (14 years)
24 Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former representative, Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
25 Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former representative, Maryland 28th in population (1920)
26 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)
27 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
28 Tom Connally (D-TX)March 4, 1929Former representative
29 John G. Townsend Jr. (R-DE) [8]
30 James J. Davis (R-PA)December 2, 1930
31 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)March 4, 1931Previously a senator, former representative (8 years)
32 J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) [11] Previously a senator, former representative (2 years)
33 James F. Byrnes (D-SC)Former representative, South Carolina 26th in population (1930)
34 Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME)Former representative, Maine 35th in population (1930)
35 William J. Bulow (D-SD)Former governor
36 Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1930)
37 John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)Alabama 15th in population (1930)
38 Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) [12] Kentucky 17th in population (1930)
39 Warren Austin (R-VT)April 1, 1931
40 Hattie Caraway (D-AR)November 13, 1931
41 Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC)December 5, 1932
42 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933Former governor
43 Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)February 4, 1933
44 Alva B. Adams (D-CO)March 4, 1933Previously a senator
45 John H. Overton (D-LA)Former representative
46 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA)Former governor
47 Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1930)
48 Homer T. Bone (D-WA)Washington 30th in population (1930)
49 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)Utah 40th in population (1930)
50 Pat McCarran (D-NV)Nevada 48th in population (1930)
51 Carl Hatch (D-NM)October 10, 1933
52 Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT) [13] November 21, 1933
53 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)January 1, 1934
54 James Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
55 Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)January 3, 1935Previously a senator
56 Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)Former representative, Connecticut 29th in population (1930)
57 Edward R. Burke (D-NE) [8] Former representative, Nebraska 32nd in population (1930)
58 Vic Donahey (D-OH) [8] Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1930)
59 Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)Former governor (twice), Mississippi 23rd in population (1930)
60 Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930)
61 Harry S. Truman (D-MO)Missouri 10th in population (1930)
62 Sherman Minton (D-IN) [8] Indiana 11th in population (1930)
63 George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)Maryland 28th in population (1930)
64 Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA) [8] Washington 30th in population (1930)
65 Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935Former representative (4 years)
66 Rush D. Holt (D-WV) [8] June 21, 1935
67 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA)November 4, 1936Former representative
68 Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)
69 Claude Pepper (D-FL)
70 Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI)November 19, 1936
71 Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN) [14] January 3, 1937Former representative (6 years)
72 Joshua B. Lee (D-OK)Former representative (2 years)
73 Clyde L. Herring (D-IA)Former governor, Iowa 19th in population (1930)
74 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930)
75 Theodore F. Green (D-RI)Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930)
76 Styles Bridges (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930)
77 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)Massachusetts 8th in population (1930)
78 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)Louisiana 22nd in population (1930)
79 James H. Hughes (D-DE)Delaware 46th in population (1930)
80 Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY)Wyoming 47th in population (1930)
81 William H. Smathers (D-NJ)April 15, 1937
82 John E. Miller (D-AR)November 15, 1937
83 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938
84 William Warren Barbour (R-NJ)November 9, 1938
85 Tom Stewart (D-TN)
86 James M. Mead (D-NY)December 3, 1938
87 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)January 3, 1939Former representative (6 years)
88 Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)Former representative (4 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930)
89 D. Worth Clark (D-ID)Former representative (4 years), Idaho 42nd in population (1930)
90 Clyde M. Reed (R-KS)Former governor
91 Robert A. Taft (R-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1930)
92 Sheridan Downey (D-CA)California 6th in population (1930)
93 John A. Danaher (R-CT)Connecticut 29th in population (1930)
94 Alexander Wiley (R-WI)Wisconsin 30th in population (1930)
95 Rufus C. Holman (R-OR)Oregon 34th in population (1930)
96 John Chandler Gurney (R-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1930)
James M. Slattery (D-IL) [15] April 14, 1939
Albert B. Chandler (D-KY)October 9, 1939
John Thomas (R-ID)January 27, 1940
Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R-VT) [8] June 24, 1940
Joseph H. Ball (R-MN)October 14, 1940
C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL)November 22, 1940
Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV)November 27, 1940
Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA)December 19, 1940

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 1941.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1945.
  7. Senator Borah died on January 19, 1940
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Retired or defeated after 1940 Election.
  9. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  10. Senator Pittman died on November 10, 1940
  11. Senator Lewis died on April 9, 1939
  12. Senator Logan died on October 3, 1939
  13. Senator Gibson died on June 20, 1940
  14. Senator Lundeen died on August 31, 1940
  15. Senator Slattery resigned on November 21, 1940