List of United States senators in the 89th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 89th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967.

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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 Daniel Brewster (D-Maryland) was the most junior senior senator for most of the congress until A. Willis Robertson retired from the senate when Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D-Virginia) took this distinction in the final days of the congress.

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 1966 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 1967 (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 1969 (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 1971 (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
RankHistorical rankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
11248 Carl Hayden (D-AZ)March 4, 1927Former representative (15 years)
21306 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933Former governor
31311 Harry F. Byrd, Sr. [8] (D-VA)March 4, 1933Former governor
41352 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)January 3, 1937
51365 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938Former representative (15 years)
61399 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
71403 [9] James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
81417 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Former representative (4 years)
91430 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
101432 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)January 3, 1945Former representative
111433 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA)Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940)
121435 Olin D. Johnston [10] (D-SC)Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940)
131437 Wayne Morse (D-OR)
141441 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA)January 4, 1945Former governor
151446 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
161454 Spessard Holland (D-FL)September 24, 1946Former governor
171458 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA)November 6, 1946Former representative (13 years, 10 months)
181459 John Sparkman (D-AL)Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
191475 John J. Williams (R-DE)January 3, 1947
201476 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
211480 Karl Mundt (R-SD)December 31, 1948Former representative
221481 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
231485 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME)January 3, 1949Former representative
241486 Clinton Anderson (D-NM)Former cabinet secretary, Former representative (4 years, 5 months)
251490 Paul Douglas (D-IL)
261504 Frank Carlson (R-KS)November 27, 1950Former representative (12 years), Former governor
271506 John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950
281507 Everett Dirksen (R-IL)January 3, 1951Former representative (16 years)
291509 Almer Monroney (D-OK)Former representative (12 years)
301511 George Smathers (D-FL)Former representative (4 years)
311513 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT)
321523 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA)January 2, 1953
331524 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN)January 3, 1953Former representative (14 years)
341525 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)Former representative (12 years)
351528 Mike Mansfield (D-MT)Former representative (10 years)
361533 Stuart Symington (D-MO)
371538 Sam Ervin (D-NC)June 5, 1954
381544 Norris Cotton (R-NH)November 8, 1954Former representative (7 years, 10 months)
391545 Roman Hruska (R-NE)Former representative (1 year, 10 months)
401547 Alan Bible (D-NV)December 2, 1954
411550 Carl Curtis (R-NE)January 1, 1955Former representative (15 years)
421551 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955Former representative
431553 Patrick V. McNamara [11] (D-MI)Maryland 24th in population (1950)
441555 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO)Colorado 32nd in population (1950)
451456 [12] John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)November 7, 1956Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months)
461549 [13] Strom Thurmond (R-SC)Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months)
471559 Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY)January 3, 1957Former representative
481561 Frank J. Lausche (D-OH)Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950)
491562 Herman Talmadge (D-GA)Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950)
501563 Joseph S. Clark (D-PA)Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950)
511564 Frank Church (D-ID)Idaho 43rd in population (1950)
521565 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)January 9, 1957Former representative (7 years)
531567 Ralph Yarborough (D-TX)April 29, 1957
541568 William Proxmire (D-WI)August 28, 1957
551570 Ben Jordan (D-NC)April 19, 1958
561571 Jennings Randolph (D-WV)November 5, 1958Former representative (14 years)
571572 Hugh Scott (R-PA)January 3, 1959Former representative (18 years)
581575 Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)Former representative (10 years)
591576 Stephen Young (D-OH)Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950)
601577 Winston L. Prouty (R-VT)Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950)
611578 Robert Byrd (D-WV)Former representative (6 years)
621579 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ)Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950)
631580 Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT)Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950)
641581 Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK)Former delegate
651582 Edmund Muskie (D-ME)Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950)
661583 Ernest Gruening (D-AK)Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950)
671584 Philip Hart (D-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1950)
681585 Vance Hartke (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1950)
691586 Frank Moss (D-UT)Utah 38th in population (1950)
701587 Gale W. McGee (D-WY)Wyoming 48th in population (1950)
711588 Howard Cannon (D-NV)Nevada 49th in population (1950)
721590 Hiram Fong (R-HI)August 21, 1959
731593 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960Former representative
741594 Edward V. Long (D-MO)September 23, 1960
751595 Maurine Neuberger (D-OR)November 9, 1960
761597 Lee Metcalf (D-MT)January 3, 1961Former representative (8 years)
771598 James Boggs (R-DE)Former representative (6 years)
781600 Jack Miller (R-IA)Iowa 22nd in population (1950)
791601 Claiborne Pell (D-RI)Rhode Island 36th in population (1950)
801602 John Tower (R-TX)June 15, 1961
811604 James B. Pearson (R-KS)January 31, 1962
821606 Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID)August 6, 1962
831607 Milward L. Simpson (R-WY)November 7, 1962Former governor
841608 Ted Kennedy (D-MA)Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
851609 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH)New Hampshire 45th in population (1960)
861611 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT)January 3, 1963Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary, former governor
871612 Daniel Brewster (D-MD)Former representative (4 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
881613 George McGovern (D-SD)Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960)
891614 Daniel Inouye (D-HI)Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960)
901615 Peter H. Dominick (R-CO)Former representative (2 years)
911616 Birch Bayh (D-IN)
921618 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)January 7, 1963Former governor
931621 Ross Bass (D-TN)November 4, 1964Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
941622 Joseph Montoya (D-NM)Former representative (7 years)
951623 Fred R. Harris (D-OK)
961624 Walter Mondale (D-MN)December 30, 1964
971625 George Murphy (R-CA)January 1, 1965
981626 Joseph Tydings (D-MD)January 3, 1965Former representative
991627 Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY)Former cabinet member
1001628 Paul Fannin (R-AZ)Former governor
1011629 Donald S. Russell (D-SC)April 22, 1965
1021630 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D-VA)November 12, 1965
1031631 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI)May 11, 1966
1041632 Ernest Hollings (D-SC)November 9, 1966Former governor
1051633 William B. Spong, Jr. (D-VA)December 31, 1966

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 1967.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1969.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1971.
  8. Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. stepped down for health reasons on October 20, 1965.
  9. Eastland previously served as a U.S. senator from June to September 1941.
  10. Senator Johnston died on April 18, 1965.
  11. Senator McNamara died on April 30, 1966.
  12. Cooper previously served as a U.S. senator twice, from November 1946 to January 1949 and again from November 1952 to January 1955.
  13. Thurmond previously served as a U.S. senator from December 1954 to April 1956.