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Current seniority list

Only relevant factors are listed below. For senators whose seniority is based on their state's respective population, the state population ranking is given as determined by the relevant United States census current at the time that they began service.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Republican (49) Democratic (48) Independent (3)

Current rank	Historical rank^[a]^[4]	Senator	Party		State	Seniority date	Other factors	Committee and leadership positions
1	1743	Chuck Grassley		Republican	Iowa	January 3, 1981
2	1766	Mitch McConnell		Republican	Kentucky	January 3, 1985
3	1810	Patty Murray		Democratic	Washington	January 3, 1993
4	1827	Ron Wyden			Oregon	February 6, 1996
5	1831	Dick Durbin			Illinois	January 3, 1997	Former House member (14 years)
6	1835	Jack Reed			Rhode Island		Former House member (6 years)
7	1842	Susan Collins		Republican	Maine
8	1844	Chuck Schumer		Democratic	New York	January 3, 1999	Former House member (18 years)
9	1846	Mike Crapo		Republican	Idaho	January 3, 1999	Former House member (6 years)
10	1859	Maria Cantwell^[b]		Democratic	Washington	January 3, 2001
11	1867	John Cornyn		Republican	Texas	December 2, 2002
12	1868	Lisa Murkowski			Alaska	December 20, 2002^[c]
13	1870	Lindsey Graham			South Carolina	January 3, 2003
14	1879	John Thune			South Dakota	January 3, 2005
15	1887	Bernie Sanders		Independent	Vermont	January 3, 2007	Former House member (16 years)
16	1888	Sherrod Brown		Democratic	Ohio		Former House member (14 years)
17	1890	Bob Casey Jr.			Pennsylvania		Pennsylvania 6th in population (2000)
18	1893	Amy Klobuchar			Minnesota		Minnesota 21st in population (2000)
19	1894	Sheldon Whitehouse			Rhode Island		Rhode Island 43rd in population (2000)
20	1895	Jon Tester			Montana		Montana 44th in population (2000)
21	1896	John Barrasso		Republican	Wyoming	June 22, 2007^[c]
22	1897	Roger Wicker		Republican	Mississippi	December 31, 2007^[c]
23	1901	Jeanne Shaheen		Democratic	New Hampshire	January 3, 2009	Former governor (6 years)
24	1902	Mark Warner		Democratic	Virginia		Former governor (4 years)
25	1903	Jim Risch		Republican	Idaho		Former governor (7 months)
26	1905	Jeff Merkley		Democratic	Oregon
27	1909	Michael Bennet			Colorado	January 21, 2009^[c]
28	1910	Kirsten Gillibrand			New York	January 26, 2009^[c]
29	1917	Chris Coons			Delaware	November 15, 2010
30	1920	Jerry Moran		Republican	Kansas	January 3, 2011	Former House member (14 years)
31	1922	John Boozman			Arkansas		Former House member (9 years)
32	1924	John Hoeven			North Dakota		Former governor
33	1925	Marco Rubio			Florida		Florida 4th in population (2000)
34	1926	Ron Johnson			Wisconsin		Wisconsin 20th in population (2000)
35	1927	Rand Paul			Kentucky		Kentucky 25th in population (2000)
36	1928	Richard Blumenthal		Democratic	Connecticut		Connecticut 29th in population (2000)
37	1929	Mike Lee		Republican	Utah		Utah 34th in population (2000)
38	1932	Brian Schatz		Democratic	Hawaii	December 26, 2012^[c]
39	1933	Tim Scott		Republican	South Carolina	January 2, 2013^[c]
40	1934	Tammy Baldwin		Democratic	Wisconsin	January 3, 2013	Former House member (14 years)
41	1937	Chris Murphy			Connecticut		Former House member (6 years); Connecticut 29th in population (2010)
42	1938	Mazie Hirono			Hawaii		Former House member (6 years); Hawaii 40th in population (2010)
43	1939	Martin Heinrich			New Mexico		Former House member (4 years)
44	1940	Angus King		Independent	Maine		Former governor (8 years)
45	1941	Tim Kaine		Democratic	Virginia		Former governor (4 years)
46	1942	Ted Cruz		Republican	Texas		Texas 2nd in population (2010)
47	1943	Elizabeth Warren		Democratic	Massachusetts		Massachusetts 14th in population (2010)
48	1944	Deb Fischer		Republican	Nebraska		Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
49	1948	Ed Markey		Democratic	Massachusetts	July 16, 2013
50	1949	Cory Booker		Democratic	New Jersey	October 31, 2013
51	1951	Shelley Moore Capito		Republican	West Virginia	January 3, 2015	Former House member (14 years)
52	1952	Gary Peters		Democratic	Michigan		Former House member (6 years); Michigan 8th in population (2010)
53	1953	Bill Cassidy		Republican	Louisiana		Former House member (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
54	1955	James Lankford			Oklahoma		Former House member (4 years)
55	1956	Tom Cotton			Arkansas		Former House member (2 years); Arkansas 32nd in population (2010)
56	1957	Steve Daines			Montana		Former House member (2 years); Montana 44th in population (2010)
57	1958	Mike Rounds			South Dakota		Former governor
58	1960	Thom Tillis			North Carolina		North Carolina 10th in population (2010)
59	1961	Joni Ernst			Iowa		Iowa 30th in population (2010)
60	1963	Dan Sullivan			Alaska		Alaska 47th in population (2010)
61	1964	Chris Van Hollen		Democratic	Maryland	January 3, 2017	Former House member (14 years)
62	1965	Todd Young		Republican	Indiana		Former House member (6 years)
63	1966	Tammy Duckworth		Democratic	Illinois		Former House member (4 years)
64	1967	Maggie Hassan		Democratic	New Hampshire		Former governor
65	1969	John Neely Kennedy		Republican	Louisiana		Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
66	1970	Catherine Cortez Masto		Democratic	Nevada		Nevada 35th in population (2010)
67	1972	Tina Smith		Democratic	Minnesota	January 3, 2018^[c]
68	1974	Cindy Hyde-Smith		Republican	Mississippi	April 2, 2018^[c]
69	1975	Marsha Blackburn		Republican	Tennessee	January 3, 2019	Former House member (16 years)
70	1977	Kevin Cramer		Republican	North Dakota		Former House member (6 years)
71	1979	Jacky Rosen		Democratic	Nevada		Former House member (2 years)
72	1982	Josh Hawley		Republican	Missouri
73	1983	Rick Scott		Republican	Florida	January 8, 2019
74	1985	Mark Kelly		Democratic	Arizona	December 2, 2020
75	1986	Ben Ray Luján		Democratic	New Mexico	January 3, 2021	Former House member (12 years)
76	1987	Cynthia Lummis		Republican	Wyoming		Former House member (8 years)
77	1988	Roger Marshall		Republican	Kansas		Former House member (4 years)
78	1989	John Hickenlooper		Democratic	Colorado		Former governor
79	1990	Bill Hagerty		Republican	Tennessee		Tennessee 17th in population (2010)
80	1991	Tommy Tuberville		Republican	Alabama		Alabama 23rd in population (2010)
81	1992	Alex Padilla		Democratic	California	January 18, 2021^[c]
82	1993	Jon Ossoff^[d]			Georgia	January 20, 2021	'O' 15th letter of the alphabet^[5]
83	1994	Raphael Warnock			Georgia	January 20, 2021	'W' 23rd letter of the alphabet^[5]
84	1995	Peter Welch			Vermont	January 3, 2023	Former House member (16 years)
85	1996	Markwayne Mullin		Republican	Oklahoma		Former House member (10 years)
86	1997	Ted Budd		Republican	North Carolina		Former House member (6 years)
87	1998	John Fetterman		Democratic	Pennsylvania		Pennsylvania 5th in population (2020)
88	1999	James David Vance		Republican	Ohio		Ohio 7th in population (2020)
89	2000	Eric Schmitt			Missouri		Missouri 19th in population (2020)
90	2001	Katie Britt			Alabama		Alabama 24th in population (2020)
91	2002	Pete Ricketts			Nebraska	January 12, 2023^[c]
92	2003	Adam Schiff		Democratic	California
93					Arizona
94		Lisa Blunt Rochester			Delaware
95			Michigan
96			Maryland
97		John Curtis	Utah
98		Jim Banks	Indiana
99		Jim Justice	West Virginia
100		Andy Kim	New Jersey
Rank	Historical rank^[a]^[4]	Senator	Party		State	Seniority date	Other factors	Committee and leadership positions

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Philippines	AVC	Host country	20 March 2024	0	None		None
Italy	CEV	Defending champions	11 September 2022	18	1949	2022	Champions (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022)
Japan	AVC	2023 Asian champions	25 August 2023	16	1960	2022	3rd place (1970, 1974)
Iran	AVC	2023 Asian runners-up	25 August 2023	7	1970	2022	6th place (2014)
Qatar	AVC	2023 Asian 3rd placers	26 August 2023	1	2022		21st place (2022)
Brazil	CSV	2023 South American runners-up	28 August 2023	18	1956	2022	Champions (2002, 2006, 2010)
Argentina	CSV	2023 South American champions	29 August 2023	13	1960	2022	3rd place (1982)
Colombia	CSV	2023 South American 3rd placers	29 August 2023	0	None		None
United States	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA champions	9 September 2023	17	1956	2022	Champions (1986)
Canada	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA runners-up	9 September 2023	12	1974	2022	7th place (2014)
Cuba	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA 3rd placers	10 September 2023	16	1956	2022	Runners-up (1990, 2010)
Egypt	CAVB	2023 African champions	11 September 2023	10	1974	2022	13th place (2010)
Algeria	CAVB	2023 African runners-up	11 September 2023	2	1994	1998	13th place (1994)
Poland	CEV	2023 European champions	12 September 2023	18	1949	2022	Champions (1974, 2014, 2018)
Slovenia	CEV	2023 European 3rd placers	12 September 2023	2	2018	2022	4th place (2022)
France	CEV	2023 European 4th placers^a	12 September 2023	17	1949	2022	3rd place (2002)
Libya	CAVB	2023 African 3rd placers	13 September 2023	1	1982		24th place (1982)
Germany	CEV	1st World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	12^b	1956	2022
Serbia	CEV	2nd World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	11^c	1956	2022
Netherlands	CEV	3rd World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	13	1949	2022
Ukraine	CEV	4th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	2	1998	2022
Belgium	CEV	5th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	9	1949	2018
Turkey	CEV	6th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	4	1956	2022
Czech Republic	CEV	7th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	16^d	1949	2010
Bulgaria	CEV	8th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	19	1949	2022
Portugal	CEV	9th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	2	1956	2002
Finland	CEV	10th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	8	1952	2018
Tunisia	CAVB	11th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	11	1962	2022
China	AVC	12th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	15	1956	2022
Romania	CEV	13th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	10	1949	1982
Croatia	CEV	14th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	1	2002
Chile	CSV	15th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	1	1982

Notes: ^a France, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Italy, the runners-up of this tournament were the defending world champions.; ^b Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1982 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1966 (2 times); 5 appearances as Germany.; ^c Competed as SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1970 (4 times) and as Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 to 2006 (4 times); 3 appearances as Serbia.; ^d Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1949 to 1990 (12 times); 4 appearances as Czech Republic.

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Serbia	CEV	Defending champions	15 October 2022	6^a	1978	2022	Champions (2018, 2022)
Brazil	CSV	2023 South American champions	22 August 2023	17	1956	2022	Runners-up (1994, 2006, 2010, 2022)
Argentina	CSV	2023 South American runners-up	22 August 2023	7	1960	2022	8th place (1960)
Colombia	CSV	2023 South American 3rd placers	22 August 2023	1	2022		21st place (2022)
Kenya	CAVB	2023 African champions	23 August 2023	7	1994	2022	13th place (1994, 1998)
Egypt	CAVB	2023 African runners-up	23 August 2023	3	1990	2006	16th place (1990)
Cameroon	CAVB	2023 African 3rd placers	24 August 2023	4	2006	2022	21st place (2006, 2014, 2018)
Turkey	CEV	2023 European champions	30 August 2023	5	2006	2022	6th place (2010)
Netherlands	CEV	2023 European 3rd placers	30 August 2023	15	1956	2022	4th place (2018)
Italy	CEV	2023 European 4th placers^b	30 August 2023	12	1978	2022	Champions (2002)
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA champions	2 September 2023	9	1974	2022	5th place (2014)
United States	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA runners-up	2 September 2023	17	1956	2022	Champions (2014)
Canada	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA 3rd placers	3 September 2023	10	1974	2022	10th place (2022)
Thailand	AVC	2023 Asian champions	5 September 2023	6	1998	2022	13th place (1998, 2010, 2018, 2022)
China	AVC	2023 Asian runners-up	5 September 2023	15	1956	2022	Champions (1982, 1986)
Japan	AVC	2023 Asian 3rd placers	6 September 2023	17	1960	2022	Champions (1962, 1967, 1974)
Poland	CEV	1st World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	11	1952	2022
Germany	CEV	2nd World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	17^c	1956	2022
Belgium	CEV	3rd World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	4	1956	2022
Czech Republic	CEV	4th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	12^d	1952	2022
Puerto Rico	NORCECA	5th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	8	1974	2022
Ukraine	CEV	6th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	1	1994
France	CEV	7th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	3	1952	1974
Bulgaria	CEV	8th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	13	1952	2022
Cuba	NORCECA	9th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	13	1970	2018
Sweden	CEV	10th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	0	None
Mexico	NORCECA	11th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	8	1970	2018
Slovakia	CEV	12th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	0	None
Slovenia	CEV	13th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024	0	None
		14th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024
		15th World ranked non-qualified team	30 August 2024
		Host country

Notes: ^a Competed as SFR Yugoslavia in 1978 (1 time) and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (1 time); 4 appearances as Serbia.; ^b Italy, 4th placers of the tournament qualified since Serbia, the runners-up of this tournament were the defending world champions.; ^c Competed as East Germany from 1956 to 1982 (7 times) and as West Germany from 1956 to 1966 (2 times); 5 appearances as Germany.; ^d Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1949 to 1990 (12 times); 4 appearances as Czech Republic.

^ "1991 U.S Census Report" (PDF).
^ American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau. "2000 Census State Population Rankings". Factfinder.census.gov. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
^ "Resident Population Data (Text Version) – 2010 Census, by state and census region".
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference chronolist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Wooten, Nick (January 20, 2021). "Will Ossoff or Warnock be Georgia's senior senator? The answer is a simple one". Ledger-Enquirer. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

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[1] "1991 U.S Census Report" (PDF).

[2] American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau. "2000 Census State Population Rankings". Factfinder.census.gov. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2010.

[3] "Resident Population Data (Text Version) – 2010 Census, by state and census region".

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[Georgia-9] Wooten, Nick (January 20, 2021). "Will Ossoff or Warnock be Georgia's senior senator? The answer is a simple one". Ledger-Enquirer. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

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