List of United States senators in the 78th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 78th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1945.

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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 two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1944 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 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.) [5]
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.) [6]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1949 (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.) [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) [8] March 4, 1909
2 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)March 4, 1917Former representative (6 years)
3 Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
4 Charles L. McNary (R-OR) [9] December 18, 1918Previously a senator
5 Arthur Capper (R-KS)March 4, 1919Former governor
6 Carter Glass (D-VA)February 2, 1920
7 Walter F. George (D-GA)November 22, 1922
8 Henrik Shipstead (R-MN)March 4, 1923Minnesota 17th in population (1920)
9 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)Montana 39th in population (1920)
10 Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI)September 30, 1925
11 Gerald Nye (R-ND) [10] November 14, 1925
12 David I. Walsh (D-MA)December 6, 1926Former governor, Previously a senator
13 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former representative (15 years)
14 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)Former representative (14 years)
15 Elmer Thomas (D-OK)Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920)
16 Millard Tydings (D-MD)Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920)
17 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)
18 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)March 31, 1928
19 Tom Connally (D-TX)March 4, 1929Former representative (14 years)
20 James J. Davis (R-PA) [10] December 2, 1930
21 Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME)March 4, 1931Former representative
22 Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1930)
23 John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)Alabama 15th in population (1930)
24 Warren Austin (R-VT)April 1, 1931
25 Hattie Caraway (D-AR) [10] November 13, 1931
26 Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) [10] December 5, 1932
27 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933Former governor
28 Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) [10] February 4, 1933
29 John H. Overton (D-LA)March 4, 1933Former representative
30 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA)Former governor
31 Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) [11] Indiana 11th in population (1930)
32 Homer T. Bone (D-WA) [12] Washington 30th in population (1930)
33 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)Utah 40th in population (1930)
34 Pat McCarran (D-NV)Nevada 48th in population (1930)
35 Carl Hatch (D-NM)October 10, 1933
36 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)January 1, 1934
37 James Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
38 Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)January 3, 1935Previously a senator
39 George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)Former representative
40 Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)Former governor (twice)
41 Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930)
42 Harry S. Truman (D-MO)Missouri 10th in population (1930)
43 Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)Connecticut 29th in population (1930)
44 Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935Former representative (4 years)
45 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) [10] November 4, 1936Former representative
46 Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)
47 Claude Pepper (D-FL)
48 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)January 3, 1937Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930)
49 Theodore F. Green (D-RI)Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930)
50 Styles Bridges (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930)
51 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) [13] Massachusetts 8th in population (1930)
52 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)Louisiana 22nd in population (1930)
53 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938
54 William Warren Barbour (R-NJ) [14] November 9, 1938Previously a senator
55 Tom Stewart (D-TN)
56 James M. Mead (D-NY)December 3, 1938
57 Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)January 3, 1939Former representative (4 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930)
58 D. Worth Clark (D-ID)Former representative (4 years), Idaho 42nd in population (1930)
59 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)Former representative (2 years)
60 Clyde M. Reed (R-KS)Former governor
61 Robert A. Taft (R-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1930)
62 Sheridan Downey (D-CA)California 6th in population (1930)
63 Alexander Wiley (R-WI)Wisconsin 13th in population (1930)
64 John A. Danaher (R-CT) [10] Connecticut 29th in population (1930)
65 Rufus C. Holman (R-OR) [10] Oregon 34th in population (1930)
66 John Chandler Gurney (R-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1930)
67 Albert B. Chandler (D-KY)October 9, 1939
68 John Thomas (R-ID)January 27, 1940Previously a senator
69 C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL)November 22, 1940
70 Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA)December 19, 1940
71 Abe Murdock (D-UT)January 3, 1941Former representative (8 years)
72 Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME)Former representative (6 years)
73 William Langer (R-ND)Former governor
74 Harold H. Burton (R-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1940)
75 Raymond E. Willis (R-IN)Indiana 12th in population (1940)
76 Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV)West Virginia 24th in population (1940)
77 Hugh A. Butler (R-NE)Nebraska 32nd in population (1940)
78 Ernest McFarland (D-AZ)Arizona 43rd in population (1940)
79 James M. Tunnell (D-DE)Delaware 47th in population (1940)
80 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
81 W. Lee O'Daniel (D-TX)August 4, 1941
82 Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC)November 5, 1941
83 Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO)December 20, 1941
84 James G. Scrugham (D-NV)December 7, 1942
85 Joseph H. Ball (R-MN)January 3, 1943Former senator (2 years)
86 James Eastland (D-MS)Former senator (1 year)
87 Harlan J. Bushfield (R-SD)Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1940)
88 C. Douglass Buck (R-DE)Former governor, Delaware 47th in population (1940)
89 Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1940)
90 Albert W. Hawkes (R-NJ)New Jersey 9th in population (1940)
91 Edward H. Moore (R-OK)Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940)
92 W. Chapman Revercomb (R-WV)West Virginia 24th in population (1940)
93 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Former representative (4 years), Arkansas 25th in population (1940)
94 Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE)Nebraska 32nd in population (1940)
95 Edward V. Robertson (R-WY)Wyoming 46th in population (1940)
96 George A. Wilson (R-IA)January 14, 1943
Arthur Walsh (R-NJ) [15] November 26, 1943
Samuel D. Jackson (D-IN) [16] January 28, 1944
Sinclair Weeks (R-MA) [10] February 8, 1944
Guy Cordon (R-OR)March 4, 1944
William E. Jenner (R-IN) [10] November 14, 1944
Wilton E. Hall (D-SC) [10] November 20, 1944
Howard A. Smith (R-NJ)December 7, 1944
Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)

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 1945.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1947.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1949.
  8. Senator Smith died on November 17, 1944
  9. Senator McNary died on February 25, 1944
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Retired or defeated after 1944 Election.
  11. Senator Van Nuys died on January 25, 1944
  12. Senator Bone resigned on November 13, 1944
  13. Senator Lodge resigned on February 3, 1944
  14. Senator Barbour died on November 22, 1943
  15. Senator Walsh resigned on December 7, 1944
  16. Senator Jackson resigned on November 13, 1944