List of United States Senators in the 78th Congress by seniority
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 78th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1945.
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]
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 1944 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Contents
1 Terms of service
2 U.S. Senate seniority list
3 See also
4 Notes
5 External links
Terms of service
| Class | Terms of service of senators that will expire in years |
|---|---|
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1945[5] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1947[6] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1949[7] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) [8] | March 4, 1909 | |
| 2 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | |
| 3 | Hiram W. Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
| 4 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) [9] | December 18, 1918 | |
| 5 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | |
| 6 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
| 7 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 8 | Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) | March 4, 1923 | Minnesota 17th in population (1920) |
| 9 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | Montana 39th in population (1920) | |
| 10 | Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Prog-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
| 11 | Gerald P. Nye (R-ND) [10] | November 14, 1925 | |
| 12 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | |
| 13 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 14 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 15 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) | |
| 16 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) | |
| 17 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ||
| 18 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 19 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | March 4, 1929 | |
| 20 | James J. Davis (R-PA) [10] | December 2, 1930 | |
| 21 | Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME) | March 4, 1931 | Former representative |
| 22 | Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | North Carolina 12th in population (1930) | |
| 23 | John H. Bankhead (D-AL) | Alabama 15th in population (1930) | |
| 24 | Warren Austin (R-VT) | April 1, 1931 | |
| 25 | Hattie Caraway (D-AR) [10] | November 13, 1931 | |
| 26 | Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) [10] | December 5, 1932 | |
| 27 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 28 | Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) [10] | February 4, 1933 | |
| 29 | John H. Overton (D-LA) | March 4, 1933 | Former representative |
| 30 | Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) | Former governor | |
| 31 | Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) [11] | Indiana 11th in population (1930) | |
| 32 | Homer T. Bone (D-WA) [12] | Washington 30th in population (1930) | |
| 33 | Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) | Utah 40th in population (1930) | |
| 34 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1930) | |
| 35 | Carl A. Hatch (D-NM) | October 10, 1933 | |
| 36 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
| 37 | James E. Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 38 | Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) | January 3, 1935 | Previously a senator |
| 39 | George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD) | Former representative | |
| 40 | Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) | Former governor | |
| 41 | Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) | |
| 42 | Harry S. Truman (D-MO) | Missouri 10th in population (1930) | |
| 43 | Francis T. Maloney (D-CT) | Connecticut 29th in population (1930) | |
| 44 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
| 45 | Guy M. Gillette (D-IA) [10] | November 4, 1936 | Former representative |
| 46 | Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) | ||
| 47 | Claude Pepper (D-FL) | ||
| 48 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | January 3, 1937 | Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) |
| 49 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) | |
| 50 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) | |
| 51 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA) [13] | Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) | |
| 52 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) | |
| 53 | Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
| 54 | William W. Barbour (R-NJ) [14] | November 9, 1938 | |
| 55 | Tom Stewart (D-TN) | ||
| 56 | James M. Mead (D-NY) | December 3, 1938 | |
| 57 | Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) | January 3, 1939 | Former representative (4 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) |
| 58 | D. Worth Clark (D-ID) | Former representative (4 years), Idaho 42nd in population (1930) | |
| 59 | Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) | Former representative (2 years), former governor | |
| 60 | Clyde M. Reed (R-KS) | Former governor | |
| 61 | Robert A. Taft (R-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1930) | |
| 62 | Sheridan Downey (D-CA) | California 6th in population (1930) | |
| 63 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) | |
| 64 | John A. Danaher (R-CT) [10] | Connecticut 29th in population (1930) | |
| 65 | Rufus C. Holman (R-OR) [10] | Oregon 34th in population (1930) | |
| 66 | J. Chandler Gurney (R-SD) | South Dakota 36th in population (1930) | |
| 67 | Albert B. Chandler (D-KY) | October 9, 1939 | |
| 68 | John W. Thomas (R-ID) | January 27, 1940 | |
| 69 | C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) | November 22, 1940 | |
| 70 | Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA) | December 19, 1940 | |
| 71 | Abe Murdock (D-UT) | January 3, 1941 | Former representative (8 years) |
| 72 | Ralph O. Brewster (R-ME) | Former representative (6 years), former governor | |
| 73 | William Langer (R-ND) | Former governor | |
| 74 | Harold H. Burton (R-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1940) | |
| 75 | Raymond E. Willis (R-IN) | Indiana 12th in population (1940) | |
| 76 | Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) | West Virginia 24th in population (1940) | |
| 77 | Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd in population (1940) | |
| 78 | Ernest McFarland (D-AZ) | Arizona 43rd in population (1940) | |
| 79 | James M. Tunnell (D-DE) | Delaware 47th in population (1940) | |
| 80 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | |
| 81 | W. Lee O'Daniel (D-TX) | August 4, 1941 | |
| 82 | Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) | November 5, 1941 | |
| 83 | Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) | December 20, 1941 | |
| 84 | James G. Scrugham (D-NV) | December 7, 1942 | |
| 85 | James O. Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Former senator |
| 86 | Harlan J. Bushfield (R-SD) | Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1940) | |
| 87 | C. Douglass Buck (R-DE) | Former governor, Delaware 47th in population (1940) | |
| 88 | Homer Ferguson (R-MI) | Michigan 7th in population (1940) | |
| 89 | Albert W. Hawkes (R-NJ) | New Jersey 9th in population (1940) | |
| 90 | Joseph H. Ball (R-MI) | Minnesota 18th in population (1940) | |
| 91 | Edward H. Moore (R-OK) | Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) | |
| 92 | W. Chapman Revercomb (R-WV) | West Virginia 24th in population (1940) | |
| 93 | John L. McClellan (D-AR) | Arkansas 25th in population (1940) | |
| 94 | Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd in population (1940) | |
| 95 | Edward V. Robertson (R-WY) | Wyoming 46th in population (1940) | |
| 96 | George A. Wilson (R-IA) | January 14, 1943 | |
Arthur Walsh (R-NJ) [15] | November 26, 1943 | ||
Samuel D. Jackson (D-IN) [16] | January 28, 1944 | ||
Sinclair Weeks (R-MA) [10] | February 8, 1944 | ||
Guy Cordon (R-OR) | March 4, 1944 | ||
William E. Jenner (R-IN) [10] | November 14, 1944 | ||
Wilton E. Hall (D-SC) [10] | November 20, 1944 | ||
H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) | December 7, 1944 | ||
Warren Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 |
See also
- 78th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 78th Congress by seniority
Notes
^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
^ 1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 Census results
^ 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
^ 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1945.
^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1947.
^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1949.
^ Senator Smith died on November 17, 1944
^ Senator McNary died on February 25, 1944
^ abcdefghijk Retired or defeated after 1944 Election.
^ Senator Van Nuys died on January 25, 1944
^ Senator Bone resigned on November 13, 1944
^ Senator Lodge resigned on February 3, 1944
^ Senator Barbour died on November 22, 1943
^ Senator Walsh resigned on December 7, 1944
^ Senator Jackson resigned on November 13, 1944
External links
- Senate Seniority List
