List of United States senators in the 91st Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 91st United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1971.

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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]

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 1970 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1971 [4]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1973 [5]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1975 [6]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA)January 12, 1933
2 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)January 3, 1937
3 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941
4 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
5 John Little McClellan (D-AR)
6 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944
7 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)January 3, 1945
8 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
9 Spessard Holland (D-FL)September 24, 1946
10 John Sparkman (D-AL)November 6, 1946
11 John J. Williams (R-DE)January 3, 1947
12 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
13 Karl Mundt (R-SD)December 31, 1948Former representative
14 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
15 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME)January 3, 1949Former representative
16 Clinton Anderson (D-NM)
17 John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950
18 Everett Dirksen [7] (R-IL)January 3, 1951Former representative
19 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT)
20 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN)January 3, 1953Former representative (14 years)
21 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)Former representative (12 years)
22 Mike Mansfield (D-MT)Former representative (10 years)
23 Stuart Symington (D-MO)
24 Sam Ervin (D-NC)June 5, 1954
25 Norris Cotton (R-NH)November 8, 1954Former representative (7 years, 10 months)
26 Roman Hruska (R-NE)Former representative (1 year, 10 months)
27 Alan Bible (D-NV)December 2, 1954
28 Carl Curtis (R-NE)January 1, 1955
29 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955Former representative
30 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO)
31 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)November 7, 1956Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months)
32 Strom Thurmond (R-SC)Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months)
33 Herman Talmadge (D-GA)January 3, 1957Former governor
34 Frank Church (D-ID)
35 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)January 9, 1957
36 Ralph Yarborough (D-TX)April 29, 1957
37 William Proxmire (D-WI)August 28, 1957
38 Ben Jordan (D-NC)April 19, 1958
39 Jennings Randolph (D-WV)November 5, 1958
40 Hugh Scott (R-PA)January 3, 1959Former representative (18 years)
41 Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)Former representative (10 years)
42 Stephen Young (D-OH)Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950)
43 Winston L. Prouty (R-VT)Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950)
44 Robert Byrd (D-WV)Former representative (6 years)
45 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ)Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950)
46 Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT)Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950)
47 Edmund Muskie (D-ME)Former governor
48 Philip Hart (D-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1950)
49 Vance Hartke (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1950)
50 Frank Moss (D-UT)Utah 38th in population (1950)
51 Gale W. McGee (D-WY)Wyoming 48th in population (1950)
52 Howard Cannon (D-NV)Nevada 49th in population (1950)
53 Hiram Fong (R-HI)August 21, 1959
54 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960
55 Lee Metcalf (D-MT)January 3, 1961Former representative (8 years)
56 James Boggs (R-DE)Former representative (6 years)
57 Jack Miller (R-IA)Iowa 22nd in population (1950)
58 Claiborne Pell (D-RI)Rhode Island 36th in population (1950)
59 John Tower (R-TX)June 15, 1961
60 James B. Pearson (R-KS)January 31, 1962
61 Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID)August 6, 1962
62 Ted Kennedy (D-MA)November 7, 1962Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
63 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH)New Hampshire 45th in population (1960)
64 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT)January 3, 1963Former representative (14 years), former cabinet secretary, former governor
65 George McGovern (D-SD)Former representative (14 years)
66 Daniel Inouye (D-HI)Former representative (4 years)
67 Peter H. Dominick (R-CO)Former representative (2 years)
68 Birch Bayh (D-IN)
69 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)January 7, 1963
70 Joseph Montoya (D-NM)November 4, 1964Former representative
71 Fred R. Harris (D-OK)
72 Walter Mondale (D-MN)December 30, 1964
73 George Murphy (R-CA)January 1, 1965
74 Joseph Tydings (D-MD)January 3, 1965Former representative
75 Paul Fannin (R-AZ)
76 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D-VA)November 12, 1965
77 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI)May 11, 1966
78 Ernest Hollings (D-SC)November 9, 1966
79 William B. Spong, Jr. (D-VA)December 31, 1966
80 Clifford Hansen (R-WY)January 3, 1967Former governor
81 Charles H. Percy (R-IL)Illinois 4th in population (1960)
82 Edward Brooke (R-MA)Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
83 Howard Baker (R-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1960)
84 Mark Hatfield (R-OR)January 10, 1967
85 Charles Goodell (R-NY)September 10, 1968
86 Marlow Cook (R-KY)December 17, 1968
87 Ted Stevens (R-AK)December 24, 1968
88 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)December 28, 1968
89 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)January 3, 1969Previously a senator
90 Richard Schweiker (R-PA)Former representative (8 years) - Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1960)
91 Charles Mathias (R-MD)Former representative (8 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
92 Bob Dole (R-KS)Former representative (8 years) - Kansas 29th in population (1960)
93 Edward J. Gurney (R-FL)Former representative (6 years)
94 Harold Hughes (D-IA)Former governor, Iowa 24th in population (1960)
95 Henry Bellmon (R-OK)Former governor, Oklahoma 27th in population (1960)
96 Alan Cranston (D-CA)California 2nd in population (1960)
97 William B. Saxbe (R-OH)Ohio 5th in population (1960)
98 James Allen (D-AL)Alabama 19th in population (1960)
99 Bob Packwood (R-OR)Oregon 32nd in population (1960)
100 Mike Gravel (D-AK)Alaska 50th in population (1960)
Ralph Smith (R-IL)September 17, 1969
Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL)November 17, 1970
Bill Roth (R-DE)January 1, 1971
John V. Tunney (D-CA)January 2, 1971

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 will expire in 1971.
  5. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1973.
  6. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1975.
  7. Senator Dirksen died on September 7, 1969.