This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 75th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939.
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 Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1938 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
In this Congress, the most senior junior senator was Gerald Nye. The most junior senior senator was Charles Andrews until January 17, 1938, after which it was William Smathers.
Terms of service
edit| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1939 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)[4] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, 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 1943 (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] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
edit| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Borah (R-ID) | March 4, 1907 | |
| 2 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | March 4, 1909 | |
| 3 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | April 2, 1912[7] | |
| 4 | Key Pittman (D-NV) | January 29, 1913 | |
| 5 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | |
| 6 | Joseph Robinson (D-AR)[8] | March 4, 1913 | Former representative (10 years), former governor |
| 7 | George W. Norris (I-NE) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 8 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 9 | William H. King (D-UT) | Former representative (3 years) | |
| 10 | Frederick Hale (R-ME) | ||
| 11 | Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
| 12 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | December 18, 1918 | |
| 13 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | |
| 13 | Pat Harrison (D-MS) | March 5, 1919 | |
| 15 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
| 16 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 17 | Lynn Frazier (R-ND) | March 4, 1923 | Former governor |
| 18 | Royal S. Copeland (D-NY)[9] | New York 1st in population (1920) | |
| 19 | Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) | Minnesota 17th in population (1920) | |
| 20 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | Montana 39th in population (1920) | |
| 21 | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
| 22 | Gerald Nye (R-ND) | November 14, 1925 | |
| 23 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | |
| 24 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 25 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 26 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) | |
| 27 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) | |
| 28 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | New York 1st in population (1920) | |
| 29 | Hugo Black (D-AL)[10] | Alabama 18th in population (1920) | |
| 30 | Frederick Steiwer (R-OR)[11] | Oregon 34th in population (1920) | |
| 31 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 32 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | March 4, 1929 | Former representative |
| 33 | John G. Townsend Jr. (R-DE) | ||
| 34 | Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH)[12] | December 1, 1930 | Former representative |
| 35 | George McGill (D-KS)[12] | ||
| 36 | James J. Davis (R-PA) | December 2, 1930 | |
| 37 | Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) | March 4, 1931 | Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (8 years) |
| 38 | J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) | Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (2 years) | |
| 39 | James F. Byrnes (D-SC) | Former representative (14 years), South Carolina 26th in population (1930) | |
| 40 | Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME) | Former representative (14 years), Maine 35th in population (1930) | |
| 41 | William J. Bulow (D-SD) | Former governor | |
| 42 | Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | North Carolina 12th in population (1930) | |
| 43 | John H. Bankhead II (D-AL) | Alabama 15th in population (1930) | |
| 44 | Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | Kentucky 17th in population (1930) | |
| 45 | Warren Austin (R-VT) | April 1, 1931 | |
| 46 | Hattie Caraway (D-AR) | November 13, 1931 | |
| 47 | Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) | December 5, 1932 | |
| 48 | Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 49 | Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) | February 4, 1933 | |
| 50 | Alva B. Adams (D-CO) | March 4, 1933 | Previously a senator |
| 51 | Augustine Lonergan (D-CT)[12] | Former representative (8 years) | |
| 52 | William H. Dieterich (D-IL)[12] | Former representative (2 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) | |
| 53 | John H. Overton (D-LA) | Former representative (2 years), Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) | |
| 54 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) | Former governor (4 years) | |
| 55 | Fred H. Brown (D-NH)[12] | Former governor (2 years) | |
| 56 | William Gibbs McAdoo (D-CA)[12] | California 6th in population (1930) | |
| 57 | Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) | Indiana 11th in population (1930) | |
| 58 | F. Ryan Duffy (D-WI)[12] | Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) | |
| 59 | Nathan L. Bachman (D-TN)[13] | Tennessee 16th in population (1930) | |
| 60 | Homer T. Bone (D-WA) | Washington 30th in population (1930) | |
| 61 | Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) | Utah 40th in population (1930) | |
| 62 | James Pope (D-ID)[12] | Idaho 42nd in population (1930) | |
| 63 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1930) | |
| 64 | Carl Hatch (D-NM) | October 10, 1933 | |
| 65 | Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT) | November 21, 1933 | |
| 66 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
| 67 | James Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 68 | Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) | January 3, 1935 | Previously a senator |
| 69 | Francis T. Maloney (D-CT) | Former representative, Connecticut 29th in population (1930) | |
| 70 | Edward R. Burke (D-NE) | Former representative, Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) | |
| 71 | Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) | Former governor (8 years) | |
| 72 | Vic Donahey (D-OH) | Former governor (6 years), Ohio 4th in population (1930) | |
| 73 | A. Harry Moore (D-NJ)[14] | Former governor (6 years), New Jersey 9th in population (1930) | |
| 74 | Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) | |
| 75 | Harry S. Truman (D-MO) | Missouri 10th in population (1930) | |
| 76 | Sherman Minton (D-IN) | Indiana 11th in population (1930) | |
| 77 | George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD) | Maryland 28th in population (1930) | |
| 78 | Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA) | Washington 30th in population (1930) | |
| 79 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
| 80 | Rush D. Holt (D-WV) | June 21, 1935 | |
| 81 | Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) | November 4, 1936 | Former representative |
| 82 | Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) | Elected to a four-year term | |
| 83 | Claude Pepper (D-FL) | Elected to a two-year term | |
| 84 | Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI) | November 19, 1936 | |
| 85 | Herbert E. Hitchcock (D-SD)[15] | December 29, 1936 | |
| 86 | Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN) | January 3, 1937 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 87 | Joshua B. Lee (D-OK) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 88 | Clyde L. Herring (D-IA) | Former governor (4 years), Iowa 19th in population (1930) | |
| 89 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | Former governor (4 years), Colorado 33rd in population (1930) | |
| 90 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former governor (4 years), Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) | |
| 91 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former governor (2 years) | |
| 92 | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) | Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) | |
| 93 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) | |
| 94 | James H. Hughes (D-DE) | Delaware 46th in population (1930) | |
| 95 | Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY) | Wyoming 47th in population (1930) | |
| 96 | William H. Smathers (D-NJ) | April 15, 1937 | |
| George L. Berry (D-TN)[12] | May 6, 1937 | ||
| Dixie Bibb Graves (D-AL)[16] | August 20, 1937 | ||
| John E. Miller (D-AR) | November 15, 1937 | ||
| Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | ||
| John Milton (D-NJ)[17] | January 18, 1938 | ||
| Alfred E. Reames (D-OR)[18] | February 1, 1938 | ||
| William Warren Barbour (R-NJ) | November 9, 1938 | Previously a senator | |
| Thomas M. Storke (D-CA) [12] | California 6th in population (1930) | ||
| Tom Stewart (D-TN) | Tennessee 16th in population (1930) | ||
| Alexander G. Barry (R-OR) [12] | Oregon 34th in population (1930) | ||
| Gladys Pyle (R-SD)[12] | South Dakota 36th in population (1930) | ||
| James M. Mead (D-NY) | December 3, 1938 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1939.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943.
- ^ "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
- ^ Senator Robinson died on July 14, 1937
- ^ Senator Copeland died on June 17, 1938
- ^ Senator Black resigned on August 19, 1937 to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- ^ Senator Steiwer resigned on January 31, 1938
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Retired or defeated after 1938 Election.
- ^ Senator Bachman died on April 23, 1937
- ^ Senator Moore resigned on January 17, 1938
- ^ Senator Hitchcock resigned on November 8, 1938
- ^ Senator Bibb resigned on January 10, 1938
- ^ Senator Milton resigned on November 8, 1938
- ^ Senator Reames resigned on November 8, 1938