List of United States senators in the 86th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 86th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1961.

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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]

In this congress, J. William Fulbright was the most senior junior senator and Edward L. Bartlett was the most junior senior senator at the start of the congress until Oren E. Long became the junior senior senator when Hawaii joined statehood on August 21, 1959.

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 1960 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 1961 (AK, 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 1963 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI , IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, and WY.) [6]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, 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 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former representative (15 years)
2 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933Former governor
3 Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA)March 4, 1933Former governor
4 James Murray (D-MT)November 7, 1934
5 Dennis Chavez (D-NM)May 11, 1935Former representative (4 years)
6 Theodore F. Green (D-RI)January 3, 1937Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930)
7 Styles Bridges (R-NH)Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930)
8 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)
9 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938Former representative (15 years)
10 Alexander Wiley (R-WI)January 3, 1939
11 William Langer [8] (R-ND)January 3, 1941Former governor
12 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
13 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
14 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Former representative (4 years)
15 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
16 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)January 3, 1945Former representative
17 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA)Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940)
18 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC)Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940)
19 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN)Indiana 12th in population (1940)
20 Wayne Morse (D-OR)Oregon 34th in population (1940)
21 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA)January 4, 1945Former governor
22 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
23 Spessard Holland (D-FL)September 24, 1946Former governor
24 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA)November 6, 1946Former representative (13 years, 10 months)
25 John Sparkman (D-AL)Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
26 John J. Williams (R-DE)January 3, 1947
27 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
28 Karl Mundt (R-SD)December 31, 1948Former representative
29 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
30 Lyndon Johnson [9] (D-TX)January 3, 1949Former representative (12 years)
31 Estes Kefauver (D-TN)Former representative (10 years)
32 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME)Former representative (8 years, 7 months)
33 Clinton Anderson (D-NM)Former cabinet secretary, Former representative (4 years, 5 months)
34 Robert S. Kerr (D-OK)Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940)
35 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS)Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940)
36 Paul Douglas (D-IL)Illinois 3rd in population (1940)
37 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)Minnesota 18th in population (1940)
38 Joseph Frear, Jr. (D-DE)Delaware 47th in population (1940)
39 Henry Dworshak (R-ID)October 14, 1949Previously a senator
40 Frank Carlson (R-KS)November 27, 1950Former representative (12 years), Former governor
41 John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950
42 Everett Dirksen (R-IL)January 3, 1951Former representative (16 years)
43 Francis H. Case (R-SD)Former representative (14 years)
44 Almer Monroney (D-OK)Former representative (12 years)
45 Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. [10] (D-MO)Former representative (6 years)
46 George Smathers (D-FL)Former representative (4 years)
47 John M. Butler (R-MD)Maryland 28th in population (1940)
48 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT)Utah 40th in population (1940)
49 Prescott Bush (R-CT)November 5, 1952
50 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA)January 2, 1953
51 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN)January 3, 1953Former representative (14 years)
52 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)Former representative (12 years)
53 James Glenn Beall (R-MD)Former representative (10 years), Maryland 24th in population (1950)
54 Mike Mansfield (D-MT)Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950)
55 John F. Kennedy [11] (D-MA)Former representative (6 years)
56 Stuart Symington (D-MO)Missouri 12th in population (1950)
57 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)Arizona 37th in population (1950)
58 Sam Ervin (D-NC)June 5, 1954Former representative
59 Norris Cotton (R-NH)November 8, 1954Former representative (7 years, 10 months)
60 Roman Hruska (R-NE)Former representative (1 year, 10 months)
61 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)November 29, 1954
62 Alan Bible (D-NV)December 2, 1954
63 Carl Curtis (R-NE)January 1, 1955Former representative (15 years)
64 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955Former representative (8 years)
65 Thomas Martin (R-IA)Former representative (6 years)
66 Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI)Maryland 24th in population (1950)
67 Richard L. Neuberger [12] (D-OR)Oregon 31st in population (1950)
68 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO)Colorado 32nd in population (1950)
69 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)November 7, 1956Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months)
70 Strom Thurmond (D-SC)Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months)
71 Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY)January 3, 1957Former representative (6 years)
72 John A. Carroll (D-CO)Former representative (4 years)
73 Frank J. Lausche (D-OH)Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950)
74 Herman Talmadge (D-GA)Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950)
75 Joseph S. Clark (D-PA)Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950)
76 Frank Church (D-ID)Idaho 43rd in population (1950)
77 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)January 9, 1957
78 Ralph Yarborough (D-TX)April 29, 1957
79 William Proxmire (D-WI)August 28, 1957
80 Ben Jordan (D-NC)April 19, 1958
81 Jennings Randolph (D-WV)November 5, 1958Former representative (14 years)
82 Hugh Scott (R-PA)January 3, 1959Former representative (18 years)
83 Clair Engle (D-CA)Former representative (15 years, 4 months)
84 Kenneth Keating (R-NY)Former representative (12 years)
85 Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)Former representative (10 years)
86 Stephen Young (D-OH)Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950)
87 Winston L. Prouty (R-VT)Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950)
88 Robert Byrd (D-WV)Former representative (6 years)
89 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ)Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950)
90 Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT)Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950)
91 Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK)Former delegate
92 Edmund Muskie (D-ME)Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950)
93 Ernest Gruening (D-AK)Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950)
94 Philip Hart (D-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1950)
95 Vance Hartke (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1950)
96 Frank Moss (D-UT)Utah 38th in population (1950)
97 Gale W. McGee (D-WY)Wyoming 48th in population (1950)
98 Howard Cannon (D-NV)Nevada 49th in population (1950)
99 Oren E. Long (D-HI)August 21, 1959Former Territorial Governor
100 Hiram Fong (R-HI)
101 C. Norman Brunsdale [13] (R-ND)November 19, 1959
102 Hall S. Lusk (D-OR)March 16, 1960
103 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960Former representative
104 Edward V. Long (D-MO)September 23, 1960
105 Maurine Neuberger (D-OR)November 9, 1960
106 Benjamin A. Smith II (D-MA)December 27, 1960

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
  3. 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
  4. 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1961.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965.
  8. Senator Langer died on November 8, 1959
  9. Senator Johnson stepped down on January 3, 1961 to become Vice President of the United States.
  10. Senator Hennings died on September 13, 1960
  11. Senator Kennedy stepped down on December 22, 1960 to become President of the United States.
  12. Senator Neuberger died on March 9, 1960
  13. Senator Brunsdale lost a special election and stepped down on August 7, 1960