List of United States senators in the 88th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 88th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1965.

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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 (D-Arkansas) was the most senior junior senator and Hiram Fong (R-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 1964 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 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965 [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967 [6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1969 [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 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)January 3, 1937
5 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938Former representative (15 years)
6 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
7 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
8 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Former representative (4 years)
9 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
10 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)January 3, 1945Former representative
11 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA)Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940)
12 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC)Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940)
13 Wayne Morse (D-OR)
14 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA)January 4, 1945Former governor
15 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
16 Spessard Holland (D-FL)September 24, 1946Former governor
17 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA)November 6, 1946Former representative (13 years, 10 months)
18 John Sparkman (D-AL)Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
19 John J. Williams (R-DE)January 3, 1947
20 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
21 Karl Mundt (R-SD)December 31, 1948Former representative
22 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
23 Estes Kefauver [8] (D-TN)January 3, 1949Former representative (10 years)
24 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME)Former representative (8 years, 7 months)
25 Clinton Anderson (D-NM)Former cabinet secretary, Former representative (4 years, 5 months)
26 Paul Douglas (D-IL)Illinois 3rd in population (1940)
27 Hubert Humphrey [9] (D-MN)Minnesota 18th in population (1940)
28 Frank Carlson (R-KS)November 27, 1950Former representative (12 years), Former governor
29 John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950
30 Everett Dirksen (R-IL)January 3, 1951Former representative (16 years)
31 Almer Monroney (D-OK)Former representative (12 years)
32 George Smathers (D-FL)Former representative (4 years)
33 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT)
34 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA)January 2, 1953
35 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN)January 3, 1953Former representative (14 years)
36 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)Former representative (12 years)
37 James Glenn Beall (R-MD)Former representative (10 years), Maryland 28th in population (1950)
38 Mike Mansfield (D-MT)Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950)
39 Stuart Symington (D-MO)Missouri 12th in population (1950)
40 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)Arizona 37th in population (1950)
41 Sam Ervin (D-NC)June 5, 1954Former representative
42 Norris Cotton (R-NH)November 8, 1954Former representative (7 years, 10 months)
43 Roman Hruska (R-NE)Former representative (1 year, 10 months)
44 Alan Bible (D-NV)December 2, 1954
45 Carl Curtis (R-NE)January 1, 1955Former representative (15 years)
46 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955Former representative
47 Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI)Maryland 24th in population (1950)
48 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO)Colorado 32nd in population (1950)
49 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)November 7, 1956Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months)
50 Strom Thurmond [10] (D-SC)Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months)
51 Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY)January 3, 1957Former representative
52 Frank J. Lausche (D-OH)Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950)
53 Herman Talmadge (D-GA)Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950)
54 Joseph S. Clark (D-PA)Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950)
55 Frank Church (D-ID)Idaho 43rd in population (1950)
56 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)January 9, 1957Former representative (7 years)
57 Ralph Yarborough (D-TX)April 29, 1957
58 William Proxmire (D-WI)August 28, 1957
59 Ben Jordan (D-NC)April 19, 1958
60 Jennings Randolph (D-WV)November 5, 1958Former representative (14 years)
61 Hugh Scott (R-PA)January 3, 1959Former representative (18 years)
62 Clair Engle (D-CA)Former representative (15 years, 4 months)
63 Kenneth Keating (R-NY)Former representative (12 years)
64 Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)Former representative (10 years)
65 Stephen Young (D-OH)Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950)
66 Winston L. Prouty (R-VT)Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950)
67 Robert Byrd (D-WV)Former representative (6 years)
68 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ)Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950)
69 Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT)Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950)
70 Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK)Former delegate
71 Edmund Muskie (D-ME)Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950)
72 Ernest Gruening (D-AK)Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950)
73 Philip Hart (D-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1950)
74 Vance Hartke (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1950)
75 Frank Moss (D-UT)Utah 38th in population (1950)
76 Gale W. McGee (D-WY)Wyoming 48th in population (1950)
77 Howard Cannon (D-NV)Nevada 49th in population (1950)
78 Hiram Fong (R-HI)August 21, 1959
79 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960Former representative
80 Edward V. Long (D-MO)September 23, 1960
81 Maurine Neuberger (D-OR)November 9, 1960
82 Lee Metcalf (D-MT)January 3, 1961Former representative (8 years)
83 James Boggs (R-DE)Former representative (6 years)
84 Jack Miller (R-IA)Iowa 22nd in population (1950)
85 Claiborne Pell (D-RI)Rhode Island 36th in population (1950)
86 John Tower (R-TX)June 15, 1961
87 James B. Pearson (R-KS)January 31, 1962
88 Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID)August 6, 1962
89 Milward L. Simpson (R-WY)November 7, 1962Former governor
90 Ted Kennedy (D-MA)Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
91 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH)New Hampshire 45th in population (1960)
92 Edwin L. Mechem (R-NM)November 30, 1962
93 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT)January 3, 1963Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary, former governor
94 Daniel Brewster (D-MD)Former representative (4 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
95 George McGovern (D-SD)Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960)
96 Daniel Inouye (D-HI)Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960)
97 Peter H. Dominick (R-CO)Former representative (2 years)
98 Birch Bayh (D-IN)
99 J. Howard Edmondson (D-OK)January 7, 1963Former governor
100 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)January 8, 1963Former governor
101 Herbert S. Walters (D-TN)August 20, 1963
102 Pierre Salinger (D-CA)August 4, 1964
103 Ross Bass (D-TN)November 4, 1964Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
104 Joseph Montoya (D-NM)Former representative (7 years)
105 Fred R. Harris (D-OK)
106 Walter Mondale (D-MN)December 30, 1964
107 George Murphy (R-CA)January 1, 1965

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. 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1969.
  8. Senator Kefauver died on August 10, 1963.
  9. Hubert Humphrey stepped down on December 29, 1964 to become Vice President of the United States.
  10. Senator Thurmond switched to the Republican party on September 16, 1964.