This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 87th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1963.
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]
In this congress, J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) was the most senior junior senator and Oren E. Long (D-Hawaii) was the most junior senior senator.
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 1962 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963 [4] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965 [5] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967 [6] |
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 2 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | Former governor |
| 3 | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA) | March 4, 1933 | Former governor |
| 4 | Dennis Chavez [7] (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | Former representative (4 years) |
| 5 | Styles Bridges [8] (R-NH) | January 3, 1937 | Former governor |
| 6 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | ||
| 7 | Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 8 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | January 3, 1939 | |
| 9 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | Former governor |
| 10 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously a senator |
| 11 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 12 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 13 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former representative |
| 14 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) | Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) | |
| 15 | Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) | Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) | |
| 16 | Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) | Indiana 12th in population (1940) | |
| 17 | Wayne Morse (D-OR) | Oregon 34th in population (1940) | |
| 18 | Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) | January 4, 1945 | Former governor |
| 19 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
| 20 | Spessard Holland (D-FL) | September 24, 1946 | Former governor |
| 21 | A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) | November 6, 1946 | Former representative (13 years, 10 months) |
| 22 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | Former representative (9 years, 10 months) | |
| 23 | John J. Williams (R-DE) | January 3, 1947 | |
| 24 | John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
| 25 | Karl Mundt (R-SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former representative |
| 26 | Russell B. Long (D-LA) | ||
| 27 | Estes Kefauver (D-TN) | January 3, 1949 | Former representative (10 years) |
| 28 | Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) | Former representative (8 years, 7 months) | |
| 29 | Clinton Anderson (D-NM) | Former representative (4 years, 6 months), Former cabinet secretary | |
| 30 | Robert S. Kerr [9] (D-OK) | Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) | |
| 31 | Andrew F. Schoeppel [10] (R-KS) | Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) | |
| 32 | Paul Douglas (D-IL) | Illinois 3rd in population (1940) | |
| 33 | Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | Minnesota 18th in population (1940) | |
| 34 | Henry Dworshak [11] (R-ID) | October 14, 1949 | Previously a senator |
| 35 | Frank Carlson (R-KS) | November 27, 1950 | Former representative (12 years), Former governor |
| 36 | John O. Pastore (D-RI) | December 19, 1950 | |
| 37 | Everett Dirksen (R-IL) | January 3, 1951 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 38 | Francis H. Case [12] (R-SD) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 39 | Almer Monroney (D-OK) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 40 | George Smathers (D-FL) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 41 | John M. Butler (R-MD) | Maryland 28th in population (1940) | |
| 42 | Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) | Utah 40th in population (1940) | |
| 43 | Prescott Bush (R-CT) | November 5, 1952 | |
| 44 | Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) | January 2, 1953 | |
| 45 | Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) | January 3, 1953 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 46 | Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 47 | James Glenn Beall (R-MD) | Former representative (10 years), Maryland 28th in population (1950) | |
| 48 | Mike Mansfield (D-MT) | Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950) | |
| 49 | Stuart Symington (D-MO) | Missouri 12th in population (1950) | |
| 50 | Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) | Arizona 37th in population (1950) | |
| 51 | Sam Ervin (D-NC) | June 5, 1954 | Former representative |
| 52 | Norris Cotton (R-NH) | November 8, 1954 | Former representative (7 years, 10 months) |
| 53 | Roman Hruska (R-NE) | Former representative (1 year, 10 months) | |
| 54 | Alan Bible (D-NV) | December 2, 1954 | |
| 55 | Carl Curtis (R-NE) | January 1, 1955 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 56 | Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) | January 3, 1955 | Former representative (8 years) |
| 57 | Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) | Maryland 24th in population (1950) | |
| 58 | Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) | Colorado 32nd in population (1950) | |
| 59 | John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) | November 7, 1956 | Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months) |
| 60 | Strom Thurmond (D-SC) | Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months) | |
| 61 | Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY) | January 3, 1957 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 62 | John A. Carroll (D-CO) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 63 | Frank J. Lausche (D-OH) | Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950) | |
| 64 | Herman Talmadge (D-GA) | Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950) | |
| 65 | Joseph S. Clark (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950) | |
| 66 | Frank Church (D-ID) | Idaho 43rd in population (1950) | |
| 67 | Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) | January 9, 1957 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 68 | Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) | April 29, 1957 | |
| 69 | William Proxmire (D-WI) | August 28, 1957 | |
| 70 | Ben Jordan (D-NC) | April 19, 1958 | |
| 71 | Jennings Randolph (D-WV) | November 5, 1958 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 72 | Hugh Scott (R-PA) | January 3, 1959 | Former representative (18 years) |
| 73 | Clair Engle (D-CA) | Former representative (15 years, 4 months) | |
| 74 | Kenneth Keating (R-NY) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 75 | Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 76 | Stephen Young (D-OH) | Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950) | |
| 77 | Winston L. Prouty (R-VT) | Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950) | |
| 78 | Robert Byrd (D-WV) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 79 | Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) | Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950) | |
| 80 | Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) | Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950) | |
| 81 | Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK) | Former delegate | |
| 82 | Edmund Muskie (D-ME) | Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950) | |
| 83 | Ernest Gruening (D-AK) | Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950) | |
| 84 | Philip Hart (D-MI) | Michigan 7th in population (1950) | |
| 85 | Vance Hartke (D-IN) | Indiana 11th in population (1950) | |
| 86 | Frank Moss (D-UT) | Utah 38th in population (1950) | |
| 87 | Gale W. McGee (D-WY) | Wyoming 48th in population (1950) | |
| 88 | Howard Cannon (D-NV) | Nevada 49th in population (1950) | |
| 89 | Oren E. Long (D-HI) | August 21, 1959 | Former Territorial Governor |
| 90 | Hiram Fong (R-HI) | ||
| 91 | Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) | August 8, 1960 | Former representative |
| 92 | Edward V. Long (D-MO) | September 23, 1960 | |
| 93 | Maurine Neuberger (D-OR) | November 9, 1960 | |
| 94 | Benjamin A. Smith II (D-MA) | December 27, 1960 | |
| 95 | William A. Blakley [13] (D-TX) | January 3, 1961 | Previously a senator |
| 96 | Lee Metcalf (D-MT) | Former representative (8 years) | |
| 97 | James Boggs (R-DE) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 98 | John J. Hickey [14] (D-WY) | Former governor | |
| 99 | Jack Miller (R-IA) | Iowa 22nd in population (1950) | |
| 100 | Claiborne Pell (D-RI) | Rhode Island 36th in population (1950) | |
| 101 | John Tower (R-TX) | June 15, 1961 | |
| 102 | Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R-NH) | January 10, 1962 | |
| 103 | James B. Pearson (R-KS) | January 31, 1962 | |
| 104 | Joseph H. Bottum (R-SD) | July 9, 1962 | |
| 105 | Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID) | August 6, 1962 | |
| 106 | Milward L. Simpson [14] (R-WY) | November 7, 1962 | Former governor |
| 107 | Ted Kennedy (D-MA) | Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) | |
| 108 | Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) | New Hampshire 45th in population (1960) | |
| 109 | Edwin L. Mechem (R-NM) | November 30, 1962 |