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.
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.
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 1 | Terms 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 2 | Terms 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 3 | Terms 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] |
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously a senator |
| 2 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 3 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 4 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
| 5 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | November 6, 1946 | Former 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, 1953 | Former 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, 1955 | Former 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, 1957 | Former governor |
| 17 | Frank Church (D-ID) | ||
| 18 | Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) | January 9, 1957 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 19 | William Proxmire (D-WI) | August 28, 1957 | |
| 20 | Jennings Randolph (D-WV) | November 5, 1958 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 21 | Hugh Scott (R-PA) | January 3, 1959 | Former 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, 1960 | Former representative |
| 32 | Lee Metcalf (D-MT) | January 3, 1961 | Former 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, 1962 | Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) |
| 37 | Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) | New Hampshire 45th in population (1960) | |
| 38 | Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) | January 3, 1963 | Former 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, 1963 | Former governor |
| 43 | Joseph Montoya (D-NM) | November 4, 1964 | |
| 44 | Walter Mondale (D-MN) | December 30, 1964 | |
| 45 | Paul Fannin (R-AZ) | January 3, 1965 | Former 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, 1966 | Former governor |
| 49 | Clifford Hansen (R-WY) | January 3, 1967 | Former 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, 1967 | Former governor |
| 54 | Ted Stevens (R-AK) | December 24, 1968 | |
| 55 | Thomas Eagleton (D-MO) | December 28, 1968 | |
| 56 | Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) | January 3, 1969 | Previously 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, 1971 | Former representative |
| 67 | John V. Tunney (D-CA) | January 2, 1971 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 68 | Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | January 3, 1971 | Previously 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, 1971 | Former 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, 1973 | Former 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, 1975 | Former 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, 1976 | Previously a senator |
| 105 | John Chafee (R-RI) | ||
| 106 | Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D-MI) | December 30, 1976 | Former representative |
| 107 | Wendell Anderson (D-MN) | ||
| 108 | Samuel Hayakawa (R-CA) | January 2, 1977 |