This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 77th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1943.
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 1942 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
In this Congress, Tom Connally was the most senior junior senator. The most junior senior Senator was Robert Taft until January 12, 1941, after which Harley Kilgore became the most junior senior senator.
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms 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 3 | Terms 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] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1947 (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 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | March 4, 1909 | |
| 2 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) [8] | February 3, 1913 | |
| 3 | George W. Norris (I-NE) [9] | March 4, 1913 | |
| 4 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | |
| 5 | Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
| 6 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | December 18, 1918 | |
| 7 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | |
| 8 | Pat Harrison (D-MS) [10] | March 5, 1919 | |
| 9 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
| 10 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 11 | Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) | March 4, 1923 | Minnesota 17th in population (1920) |
| 12 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | Montana 39th in population (1920) | |
| 13 | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
| 14 | Gerald Nye (R-ND) | November 14, 1925 | |
| 15 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | |
| 16 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 17 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 18 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) | |
| 19 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) | |
| 20 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ||
| 21 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 22 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | March 4, 1929 | |
| 23 | James J. Davis (R-PA) | December 2, 1930 | |
| 24 | Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) [11] | March 4, 1931 | Previously a senator |
| 25 | James F. Byrnes (D-SC) [12] | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 26 | Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME) | Former representative (7 years) | |
| 27 | William J. Bulow (D-SD) [9] | Former governor | |
| 28 | Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | North Carolina 12th in population (1930) | |
| 29 | John H. Bankhead II (D-AL) | Alabama 15th in population (1930) | |
| 30 | Warren Austin (R-VT) | April 1, 1931 | |
| 31 | Hattie Caraway (D-AR) | November 13, 1931 | |
| 32 | Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) | December 5, 1932 | |
| 33 | Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 34 | Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) | February 4, 1933 | |
| 35 | Alva B. Adams (D-CO) [13] | March 4, 1933 | Previously a senator |
| 36 | John H. Overton (D-LA) | Former representative | |
| 37 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) | Former governor | |
| 38 | Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) | Indiana 11th in population (1930) | |
| 39 | Homer T. Bone (D-WA) | Washington 30th in population (1930) | |
| 40 | Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) | Utah 40th in population (1930) | |
| 41 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1930) | |
| 42 | Carl Hatch (D-NM) | October 10, 1933 | |
| 43 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
| 44 | James Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 45 | Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) | January 3, 1935 | Previously a senator |
| 46 | Francis T. Maloney (D-CT) | Former representative | |
| 47 | Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) | Former governor | |
| 48 | Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) | |
| 49 | Harry S. Truman (D-MO) | Missouri 10th in population (1930) | |
| 50 | George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD) | Maryland 28th in population (1930) | |
| 51 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
| 52 | Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) | November 4, 1936 | Former representative |
| 53 | Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) | Elected to a four-year term | |
| 54 | Claude Pepper (D-FL) | Elected to a two-year term | |
| 55 | Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI) [9] | November 19, 1936 | |
| 56 | Joshua B. Lee (D-OK) [9] | January 3, 1937 | Former representative |
| 57 | Clyde L. Herring (D-IA) [9] | Former governor, Iowa 19th in population (1930) | |
| 58 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) | |
| 59 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) | |
| 60 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) | |
| 61 | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) | Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) | |
| 62 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) | |
| 63 | James H. Hughes (D-DE) [9] | Delaware 46th in population (1930) | |
| 64 | Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY) [9] | Wyoming 47th in population (1930) | |
| 65 | William H. Smathers (D-NJ) [9] | April 15, 1937 | |
| 66 | John E. Miller (D-AR) [14] | November 15, 1937 | |
| 67 | Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
| 68 | William Warren Barbour (R-NJ) | November 9, 1938 | Previously a senator |
| 69 | Tom Stewart (D-TN) | ||
| 70 | James M. Mead (D-NY) | December 3, 1938 | |
| 71 | Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) | January 3, 1939 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 72 | Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) | Former representative (4 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) | |
| 73 | D. Worth Clark (D-ID) | Former representative (4 years), Idaho 42nd in population (1930) | |
| 74 | Clyde M. Reed (R-KS) | Former governor | |
| 75 | Robert A. Taft (R-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1930) | |
| 76 | Sheridan Downey (D-CA) | California 6th in population (1930) | |
| 77 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) | |
| 78 | John A. Danaher (R-CT) | Connecticut 29th in population (1930) | |
| 79 | Rufus C. Holman (R-OR) | Oregon 34th in population (1930) | |
| 80 | John Chandler Gurney (R-SD) | South Dakota 36th in population (1930) | |
| 81 | Albert B. Chandler (D-KY) | October 9, 1939 | |
| 82 | John Thomas (R-ID) | January 27, 1940 | |
| 83 | Joseph H. Ball (R-MN) [15] | October 14, 1940 | |
| 84 | C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) | November 22, 1940 | |
| 85 | Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV) [16] | November 27, 1940 | |
| 86 | Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA) | December 19, 1940 | |
| 87 | Abe Murdock (D-UT) | January 3, 1941 | Former representative (8 years) |
| 88 | Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 89 | William Langer (R-ND) | Former governor | |
| 90 | Harold H. Burton (R-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1940) | |
| 91 | Raymond E. Willis (R-IN) | Indiana 12th in population (1940) | |
| 92 | Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) | West Virginia 24th in population (1940) | |
| 93 | Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd in population (1940) | |
| 94 | Ernest McFarland (D-AZ) | Arizona 43rd in population (1940) | |
| 95 | James M. Tunnell (D-DE) | Delaware 47th in population (1940) | |
| 96 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | |
| Joseph Rosier (D-WV) [17] | January 13, 1941 | ||
| G. Lloyd Spencer (D-AR) [9] | April 1, 1941 | ||
| Andrew Jackson Houston (D-TX) [18] | April 21, 1941 | ||
| James Eastland (D-MS) [19] | June 30, 1941 | ||
| Alva M. Lumpkin (D-SC) [20] | July 22, 1941 | ||
| W. Lee O'Daniel (D-TX) | August 4, 1941 | ||
| Roger C. Peace (D-SC) [21] | August 5, 1941 | ||
| Wall Doxey (D-MS) [9] | September 29, 1941 | ||
| Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) | November 5, 1941 | ||
| Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) | December 20, 1941 | ||
| Arthur E. Nelson (R-MN) [9] | November 18, 1942 | Minnesota 18th in population (1940) | |
| Hugh I. Shott (R-WV) [9] | West Virginia 24th in population (1940) | ||
| James G. Scrugham (D-NV) | December 7, 1942 | ||