List of United States senators in the 94th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 94th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1977.

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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]

The most senior junior senator in this Congress was John Stennis. The most junior senior senator in this Congress was Floyd Haskell until Robert Taft resigned on December 28, 1976, after which the distinction was held by John Glenn.

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 1976 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 1977 (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.) [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1979 (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.) [6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1981 (AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
2 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Former representative (4 years)
3 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
4 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
5 John Sparkman (D-AL)November 6, 1946Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
6 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
7 Russell B. Long (D-LA)December 31, 1948
8 John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950
9 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)January 3, 1953Former representative (12 years)
10 Mike Mansfield (D-MT)Former representative (10 years)
11 Stuart Symington (D-MO)
12 Roman Hruska (R-NE)November 8, 1954
13 Carl Curtis (R-NE)January 1, 1955Former representative (15 years)
14 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955
15 Strom Thurmond (R-SC)November 7, 1956
16 Herman Talmadge (D-GA)January 3, 1957Former governor
17 Frank Church (D-ID)
18 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)January 9, 1957Former representative (7 years)
19 William Proxmire (D-WI)August 28, 1957
20 Jennings Randolph (D-WV)November 5, 1958Former representative (14 years)
21 Hugh Scott (R-PA)January 3, 1959Former representative (18 years)
22 Robert Byrd (D-WV)Former representative (6 years)
23 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ)Former representative (4 years)
24 Edmund Muskie (D-ME)Former governor
25 Philip Hart [8] (D-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1950)
26 Vance Hartke (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1950)
27 Frank Moss (D-UT)Utah 38th in population (1950)
28 Gale W. McGee (D-WY)Wyoming 48th in population (1950)
29 Howard Cannon (D-NV)Nevada 49th in population (1950)
30 Hiram Fong (R-HI)August 21, 1959
31 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960Former representative
32 Lee Metcalf (D-MT)January 3, 1961Former representative
33 Claiborne Pell (D-RI)
34 John Tower (R-TX)June 15, 1961
35 James B. Pearson (R-KS)January 31, 1962
36 Ted Kennedy (D-MA)November 7, 1962Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
37 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH)New Hampshire 45th in population (1960)
38 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT)January 3, 1963Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary, former governor
39 George McGovern (D-SD)Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960)
40 Daniel Inouye (D-HI)Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960)
41 Birch Bayh (D-IN)
42 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)January 7, 1963Former governor
43 Joseph Montoya (D-NM)November 4, 1964
44 Walter Mondale (D-MN)December 30, 1964
45 Paul Fannin (R-AZ)January 3, 1965Former governor
46 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I-VA)November 12, 1965
47 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI)May 11, 1966
48 Ernest Hollings (D-SC)November 9, 1966Former governor
49 Clifford Hansen (R-WY)January 3, 1967Former governor
50 Charles H. Percy (R-IL)Illinois 4th in population (1960)
51 Edward Brooke (R-MA)Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
52 Howard Baker (R-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1960)
53 Mark Hatfield (R-OR)January 10, 1967Former governor
54 Ted Stevens (R-AK)December 24, 1968
55 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)December 28, 1968
56 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)January 3, 1969Previously a senator
57 Richard Schweiker (R-PA)Former representative (8 years) - Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1960)
58 Charles Mathias (R-MD)Former representative (8 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
59 Bob Dole (R-KS)Former representative (8 years) - Kansas 29th in population (1960)
60 Henry Bellmon (R-OK)Former governor
61 Alan Cranston (D-CA)California 2nd in population (1960)
62 James Allen (D-AL)Alabama 19th in population (1960)
63 Bob Packwood (R-OR)Oregon 32nd in population (1960)
64 Mike Gravel (D-AK)Alaska 50th in population (1960)
65 Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL)November 17, 1970
66 Bill Roth (R-DE)January 1, 1971Former representative
67 John V. Tunney (D-CA)January 2, 1971Former representative (6 years)
68 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)January 3, 1971Previously a senator, former VP
69 Robert Taft, Jr. (R-OH)Former representative (8 years) - Ohio 5th in population (1960)
70 Bill Brock (R-TN)Former representative (8 years) - Tennessee 17th in population (1960)
71 Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)Former representative (6 years)
72 John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-MD)Former representative (2 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
73 Lowell Weicker (R-CT)Former representative (2 years) - Connecticut 25th in population (1960)
74 James L. Buckley (C/R-NY)New York 1st in population (1960)
75 Lawton Chiles (D-FL)Florida 10th in population (1960)
76 Robert Stafford (R-VT)September 16, 1971Former governor, Former representative (10 years)
77 Sam Nunn (D-GA)November 8, 1972
78 Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA)November 14, 1972
79 William Hathaway (D-ME)January 3, 1973Former representative (8 years)
80 William L. Scott (R-VA)Former representative (6 years)
81 James A. McClure (R-ID)Former representative (4 years)
82 James Abourezk (D-SD)Former representative (2 years)
83 Dewey F. Bartlett (R-OK)Former governor
84 Jesse Helms (R-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1970)
85 Walter Huddleston (D-KY)Kentucky 23rd in population (1970)
86 Richard C. Clark (D-IA)Iowa 25th in population (1970)
87 Floyd K. Haskell (D-CO)Colorado 30th in population (1970)
88 Pete Domenici (R-NM)New Mexico 37th in population (1970)
89 Joe Biden (D-DE)Delaware 46th in population (1970)
90 Paul Laxalt (R-NV)December 18, 1974
91 Jake Garn (R-UT)December 21, 1974
92 John Glenn (D-OH)December 24, 1974
93 Wendell H. Ford (D-KY)December 28, 1974
94 Richard Stone (D-FL)January 1, 1975
95 John Culver (D-IA)January 3, 1975Former representative
96 Dale Bumpers (D-AR)Former governor
97 Robert Burren Morgan (D-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1970)
98 Gary Hart (D-CO)Colorado 30th in population (1970)
99 Patrick Leahy (D-VT)Vermont 48th in population (1970)
100 Norris Cotton [9] (R-NH)August 8, 1975
101 John Durkin (D-NH)September 18, 1975
102 John Danforth (R-MO)December 27, 1976
103 Edward Zorinsky (D-NE)December 28, 1976
104 Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)December 29, 1976Previously a senator
105 John Chafee (R-RI)
106 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D-MI)December 30, 1976Former representative
107 Wendell Anderson (D-MN)
108 Samuel Hayakawa (R-CA)January 2, 1977

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. 1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 Census results.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1977.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1979.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1981.
  8. Senator Hart died on December 26, 1976 just a few days before his term would have expired and would have retired as he did not run for re-election to the Senate.
  9. Although he had planned on retiring. Senator Cotton was asked/appointed to briefly retake his Senate seat a few months after Senator Wyman stepped down. Senator Cotton left the Senate again September 18, 1975 once a new special election had concluded.