List of United States senators in the 89th Congress

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 89th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967.

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]

In this congress, J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) was the most senior junior senator and Daniel Brewster (D-Maryland) was the most junior senior senator for most of the congress until A. Willis Robertson retired from the senate when Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D-Virginia) took this distinction in the final days of the congress.

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 1966 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

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Class Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967 (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.)[5]
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1969 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, and WY.)[6]
Class 1 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1971 (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.)[7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

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U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Historical rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1 1248 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 Former representative (15 years)
2 1306 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 Former governor
3 1311 Harry F. Byrd, Sr.[8] (D-VA) March 4, 1933 Former governor
4 1352 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) January 3, 1937
5 1365 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 Former representative (15 years)
6 1399 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 Former governor
7 1403[9] James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator
8 1417 John Little McClellan (D-AR) Former representative (4 years)
9 1430 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 Former representative (7 years)
10 1432 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) January 3, 1945 Former representative
11 1433 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940)
12 1435 Olin D. Johnston[10] (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940)
13 1437 Wayne Morse (D-OR)
14 1441 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) January 4, 1945 Former governor
15 1446 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945
16 1454 Spessard Holland (D-FL) September 24, 1946 Former governor
17 1458 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) November 6, 1946 Former representative (13 years, 10 months)
18 1459 John Sparkman (D-AL) Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
19 1475 John J. Williams (R-DE) January 3, 1947
20 1476 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947
21 1480 Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative
22 1481 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
23 1485 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) January 3, 1949 Former representative
24 1486 Clinton Anderson (D-NM) Former cabinet secretary, Former representative (4 years, 5 months)
25 1490 Paul Douglas (D-IL)
26 1504 Frank Carlson (R-KS) November 27, 1950 Former representative (12 years), Former governor
27 1506 John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950
28 1507 Everett Dirksen (R-IL) January 3, 1951 Former representative (16 years)
29 1509 Almer Monroney (D-OK) Former representative (12 years)
30 1511 George Smathers (D-FL) Former representative (4 years)
31 1513 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT)
32 1523 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) January 2, 1953
33 1524 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) January 3, 1953 Former representative (14 years)
34 1525 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) Former representative (12 years)
35 1528 Mike Mansfield (D-MT) Former representative (10 years)
36 1533 Stuart Symington (D-MO)
37 1538 Sam Ervin (D-NC) June 5, 1954
38 1544 Norris Cotton (R-NH) November 8, 1954 Former representative (7 years, 10 months)
39 1545 Roman Hruska (R-NE) Former representative (1 year, 10 months)
40 1547 Alan Bible (D-NV) December 2, 1954
41 1550 Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955 Former representative (15 years)
42 1551 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) January 3, 1955 Former representative
43 1553 Patrick V. McNamara[11] (D-MI) Maryland 24th in population (1950)
44 1555 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) Colorado 32nd in population (1950)
45 1456[12] John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) November 7, 1956 Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months)
46 1549[13] Strom Thurmond (R-SC) Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months)
47 1559 Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY) January 3, 1957 Former representative
48 1561 Frank J. Lausche (D-OH) Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950)
49 1562 Herman Talmadge (D-GA) Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950)
50 1563 Joseph S. Clark (D-PA) Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950)
51 1564 Frank Church (D-ID) Idaho 43rd in population (1950)
52 1565 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) January 9, 1957 Former representative (7 years)
53 1567 Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) April 29, 1957
54 1568 William Proxmire (D-WI) August 28, 1957
55 1570 Ben Jordan (D-NC) April 19, 1958
56 1571 Jennings Randolph (D-WV) November 5, 1958 Former representative (14 years)
57 1572 Hugh Scott (R-PA) January 3, 1959 Former representative (18 years)
58 1575 Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) Former representative (10 years)
59 1576 Stephen Young (D-OH) Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950)
60 1577 Winston L. Prouty (R-VT) Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950)
61 1578 Robert Byrd (D-WV) Former representative (6 years)
62 1579 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950)
63 1580 Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950)
64 1581 Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK) Former delegate
65 1582 Edmund Muskie (D-ME) Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950)
66 1583 Ernest Gruening (D-AK) Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950)
67 1584 Philip Hart (D-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1950)
68 1585 Vance Hartke (D-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1950)
69 1586 Frank Moss (D-UT) Utah 38th in population (1950)
70 1587 Gale W. McGee (D-WY) Wyoming 48th in population (1950)
71 1588 Howard Cannon (D-NV) Nevada 49th in population (1950)
72 1590 Hiram Fong (R-HI) August 21, 1959
73 1593 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) August 8, 1960 Former representative
74 1594 Edward V. Long (D-MO) September 23, 1960
75 1595 Maurine Neuberger (D-OR) November 9, 1960
76 1597 Lee Metcalf (D-MT) January 3, 1961 Former representative (8 years)
77 1598 James Boggs (R-DE) Former representative (6 years)
78 1600 Jack Miller (R-IA) Iowa 22nd in population (1950)
79 1601 Claiborne Pell (D-RI) Rhode Island 36th in population (1950)
80 1602 John Tower (R-TX) June 15, 1961
81 1604 James B. Pearson (R-KS) January 31, 1962
82 1606 Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID) August 6, 1962
83 1607 Milward L. Simpson (R-WY) November 7, 1962 Former governor
84 1608 Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
85 1609 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) New Hampshire 45th in population (1960)
86 1611 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) January 3, 1963 Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary, former governor
87 1612 Daniel Brewster (D-MD) Former representative (4 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
88 1613 George McGovern (D-SD) Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960)
89 1614 Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960)
90 1615 Peter H. Dominick (R-CO) Former representative (2 years)
91 1616 Birch Bayh (D-IN)
92 1618 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) January 7, 1963 Former governor
93 1621 Ross Bass (D-TN) November 4, 1964 Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
94 1622 Joseph Montoya (D-NM) Former representative (7 years)
95 1623 Fred R. Harris (D-OK)
96 1624 Walter Mondale (D-MN) December 30, 1964
97 1625 George Murphy (R-CA) January 1, 1965
98 1626 Joseph Tydings (D-MD) January 3, 1965 Former representative
99 1627 Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) Former cabinet member
100 1628 Paul Fannin (R-AZ) Former governor
101 1629 Donald S. Russell (D-SC) April 22, 1965
102 1630 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D-VA) November 12, 1965
103 1631 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) May 11, 1966
104 1632 Ernest Hollings (D-SC) November 9, 1966 Former governor
105 1633 William B. Spong, Jr. (D-VA) December 31, 1966

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ^ 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
  3. ^ 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
  4. ^ 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results.
  5. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967.
  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1969.
  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1971.
  8. ^ Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. stepped down for health reasons on October 20, 1965.
  9. ^ Eastland previously served as a U.S. senator from June to September 1941.
  10. ^ Senator Johnston died on April 18, 1965.
  11. ^ Senator McNamara died on April 30, 1966.
  12. ^ Cooper previously served as a U.S. senator twice, from November 1946 to January 1949 and again from November 1952 to January 1955.
  13. ^ Thurmond previously served as a U.S. senator from December 1954 to April 1956.
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