List of United States senators in the 77th Congress

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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.

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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]

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.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
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]
Class 1Terms 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]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)March 4, 1909
2 Morris Sheppard (D-TX) [8] February 3, 1913Former representative
3 George W. Norris (I-NE) [9] March 4, 1913Former representative (10 years)
4 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former representative (6 years)
5 Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
6 Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918Previously a senator
7 Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former governor
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, 1923Minnesota 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, 1926Former governor, Previously a senator
16 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former 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, 1929Former representative
23 James J. Davis (R-PA)December 2, 1930
24 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) [11] March 4, 1931Former representative, Previously a senator
25 James F. Byrnes (D-SC) [12] Former representative, South Carolina 26th in population (1930)
26 Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME)Former representative, Maine 35th in population (1930)
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, 1933Former governor
34 Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)February 4, 1933
35 Alva B. Adams (D-CO) [13] March 4, 1933Previously 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, 1935Previously a senator
46 Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)Former representative
47 Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)Former governor (twice)
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, 1935Former representative (4 years)
52 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA)November 4, 1936Former representative
53 Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)
54 Claude Pepper (D-FL)
55 Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI) [9] November 19, 1936
56 Joshua B. Lee (D-OK) [9] January 3, 1937Former 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, 1938Former representative (15 years)
68 William Warren Barbour (R-NJ)November 9, 1938Previously a senator
69 Tom Stewart (D-TN)
70 James M. Mead (D-NY)December 3, 1938
71 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)January 3, 1939Former 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, 1940Previously a senator
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, 1941Former 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)
George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
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, 1942Minnesota 18th in population (1940)
Hugh I. Shott (R-WV) [9] West Virginia 24th in population (1940)
James G. Scrugham (D-NV)December 7, 1942

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. 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1945.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1947.
  8. Senator Sheppard died on April 9, 1941
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Retired or defeated after 1942 Election.
  10. Senator Harrison died on June 22, 1941
  11. Senator Neely resigned on January 12, 1941
  12. Senator Byrnes resigned on July 17, 1941 to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  13. Senator Adams died on December 1, 1941
  14. Senator Miller resigned on March 31, 1941
  15. Senator Ball resigned on November 17, 1942
  16. Senator Bunker resigned on December 6, 1942
  17. Senator Rosier resigned on November 17, 1942
  18. Senator Houston died on June 26, 1941
  19. Senator Eastland resigned on September 28, 1941
  20. Senator Lumpkin died on August 1, 1941
  21. Senator Peace resigned on November 4, 1941