List of United States senators in the 87th Congress

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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.

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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]

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.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963 [4]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965 [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967 [6]

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 Dennis Chavez [7] (D-NM)May 11, 1935Former representative (4 years)
5 Styles Bridges [8] (R-NH)January 3, 1937Former governor
6 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)
7 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938Former representative (15 years)
8 Alexander Wiley (R-WI)January 3, 1939
9 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
10 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
11 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Former representative (4 years)
12 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
13 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)January 3, 1945Former 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, 1945Former governor
19 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
20 Spessard Holland (D-FL)September 24, 1946Former governor
21 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA)November 6, 1946Former 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, 1948Former representative
26 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
27 Estes Kefauver (D-TN)January 3, 1949Former 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, 1949Previously a senator
35 Frank Carlson (R-KS)November 27, 1950Former representative (12 years), Former governor
36 John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950
37 Everett Dirksen (R-IL)January 3, 1951Former 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, 1953Former 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, 1954Former representative
52 Norris Cotton (R-NH)November 8, 1954Former 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, 1955Former representative (15 years)
56 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955Former 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, 1956Previously 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, 1957Former 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, 1957Former 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, 1958Former representative (14 years)
72 Hugh Scott (R-PA)January 3, 1959Former 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, 1959Former Territorial Governor
90 Hiram Fong (R-HI)
91 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960Former 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, 1961Previously 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, 1962Former 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

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
  3. 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
  4. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967.
  7. Senator Chavez died on November 18, 1962
  8. Senator Bridges died on November 26, 1961
  9. Senator Kerr died on January 1, 1963
  10. Senator Schoeppel died on January 21, 1962
  11. Senator Dworshak died on July 23, 1962
  12. Senator Case died on June 23, 1962
  13. Senator Blakley lost a special, off year election and stepped down on June 14, 1961
  14. 1 2 John J. Hickey was appointed to the Senate by Governor Jack R. Gage when Senator-elect Edwin Keith Thomson (R) died on December 9, 1960 before congress began. He was appointed the same day as the incoming freshmen senators from that election. Hickey lost the election to finish Thomson's term and was replaced by Milward L. Simpson (R) on November 7, 1962.