List of United States senators in the 90th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 90th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1969.

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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 (Arkansas) was the senior junior senator and Harry F. Byrd Jr. (Virginia) was the 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 1968 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 1969 [4]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1971 [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1973 [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 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)January 3, 1937
4 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)January 11, 1938Former representative (15 years)
5 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
6 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
7 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Former representative (4 years)
8 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
9 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)January 3, 1945Former representative
10 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA)Former governor
11 Wayne Morse (D-OR)
12 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
13 Spessard Holland (D-FL)September 24, 1946Former governor
14 John Sparkman (D-AL)November 6, 1946Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
15 John J. Williams (R-DE)January 3, 1947
16 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
17 Karl Mundt (R-SD)December 31, 1948Former representative
18 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
19 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME)January 3, 1949Former representative
20 Clinton Anderson (D-NM)
21 Frank Carlson (R-KS)November 27, 1950Former representative (12 years), Former governor
22 John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950
23 Everett Dirksen (R-IL)January 3, 1951Former representative (16 years)
24 Almer Monroney (D-OK)Former representative (12 years)
25 George Smathers (D-FL)Former representative (4 years)
26 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT)
27 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA)January 2, 1953
28 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN)January 3, 1953Former representative (14 years)
29 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)Former representative (12 years)
30 Mike Mansfield (D-MT)Former representative (10 years)
31 Stuart Symington (D-MO)
32 Sam Ervin (D-NC)June 5, 1954Former representative
33 Norris Cotton (R-NH)November 8, 1954Former representative (7 years, 10 months)
34 Roman Hruska (R-NE)Former representative (1 year, 10 months)
35 Alan Bible (D-NV)December 2, 1954
36 Carl Curtis (R-NE)January 1, 1955Former representative (15 years)
37 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955Former representative
38 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO)
39 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)November 7, 1956Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months)
40 Strom Thurmond (R-SC)Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months)
41 Thruston Ballard Morton [7] (R-KY)January 3, 1957Former representative
42 Frank J. Lausche (D-OH)Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950)
43 Herman Talmadge (D-GA)Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950)
44 Joseph S. Clark (D-PA)Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950)
45 Frank Church (D-ID)Idaho 43rd in population (1950)
46 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)January 9, 1957Former representative (7 years)
47 Ralph Yarborough (D-TX)April 29, 1957
48 William Proxmire (D-WI)August 28, 1957
49 B. Everett Jordan (D-NC)April 19, 1958
50 Jennings Randolph (D-WV)November 5, 1958Former representative (14 years)
51 Hugh Scott (R-PA)January 3, 1959Former representative (18 years)
52 Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)Former representative (10 years)
53 Stephen Young (D-OH)Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950)
54 Winston L. Prouty (R-VT)Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950)
55 Robert Byrd (D-WV)Former representative (6 years)
56 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ)Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950)
57 Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT)Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950)
58 Edward L. Bartlett [8] (D-AK)Former delegate
59 Edmund Muskie (D-ME)Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950)
60 Ernest Gruening (D-AK)Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950)
61 Philip Hart (D-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1950)
62 Vance Hartke (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1950)
63 Frank Moss (D-UT)Utah 38th in population (1950)
64 Gale W. McGee (D-WY)Wyoming 48th in population (1950)
65 Howard Cannon (D-NV)Nevada 49th in population (1950)
66 Hiram Fong (R-HI)August 21, 1959
67 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960Former representative
68 Edward V. Long (D-MO)September 23, 1960
69 Lee Metcalf (D-MT)January 3, 1961Former representative (8 years)
70 James Boggs (R-DE)Former representative (6 years)
71 Jack Miller (R-IA)Iowa 22nd in population (1950)
72 Claiborne Pell (D-RI)Rhode Island 36th in population (1950)
73 John Tower (R-TX)June 15, 1961
74 James B. Pearson (R-KS)January 31, 1962
75 Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID)August 6, 1962
76 Ted Kennedy (D-MA)November 7, 1962Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
77 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH)New Hampshire 45th in population (1960)
78 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT)January 3, 1963Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary, former governor
79 Daniel Brewster (D-MD)Former representative (4 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
89 George McGovern (D-SD)Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960)
81 Daniel Inouye (D-HI)Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960)
82 Peter H. Dominick (R-CO)Former representative (2 years)
83 Birch Bayh (D-IN)
84 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)January 7, 1963Former governor
85 Joseph Montoya (D-NM)November 4, 1964Former representative
86 Fred R. Harris (D-OK)
87 Walter Mondale (D-MN)December 30, 1964
88 George Murphy (R-CA)January 1, 1965
89 Joseph Tydings (D-MD)January 3, 1965Former representative
90 Robert F. Kennedy [9] (D-NY)Former cabinet member
91 Paul Fannin (R-AZ)Former governor
92 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D-VA)November 12, 1965
93 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI)May 11, 1966
94 Ernest Hollings (D-SC)November 9, 1966Former governor
95 William B. Spong, Jr. (D-VA)December 31, 1966
96 Clifford Hansen (R-WY)January 3, 1967Former governor
97 Charles H. Percy (R-IL)Illinois 4th in population (1960)
98 Edward Brooke (R-MA)Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
99 Howard Baker (R-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1960)
100 Mark Hatfield (R-OR)January 10, 1967Former governor
101 Charles Goodell (R-NY)September 10, 1968
102 Marlow Cook (R-KY)December 17, 1968
103 Ted Stevens (R-AK)December 24, 1968
104 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)December 28, 1968

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
  3. 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results.
  4. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1969.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1971.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1973.
  7. Senator Morton Stepped down on December 16, 1968
  8. Senator Bartlett died on December 11, 1968.
  9. RFK was assassinated on June 6, 1968.