Current seniority list
editOnly 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 | |
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1 | 1743 | Chuck Grassley | Republican | Iowa | January 3, 1981 | |||
2 | 1766 | Mitch McConnell | 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 | 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 | Mississippi | December 31, 2007[c] | ||||
23 | 1901 | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | New Hampshire | January 3, 2009 | Former governor (6 years) | ||
24 | 1902 | Mark Warner | 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) |
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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 | 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) |
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53 | 1953 | Bill Cassidy | Republican | Louisiana | Former House member (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010) |
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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) |
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56 | 1957 | Steve Daines | Montana | Former House member (2 years); Montana 44th in population (2010) |
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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 | 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 | Minnesota | January 3, 2018[c] | ||||
68 | 1974 | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Republican | Mississippi | April 2, 2018[c] | |||
69 | 1975 | Marsha Blackburn | 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 | Florida | January 8, 2019 | ||||
74 | 1985 | Mark Kelly | Democratic | Arizona | December 2, 2020 | |||
75 | 1986 | Ben Ray Luján | 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 | 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 | 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 | '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 | 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
editCountry | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
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Total | First | Last | |||||
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 placersa | 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 | 12b | 1956 | 2022 | |
Serbia | CEV | 2nd World ranked non-qualified team | 30 August 2024 | 11c | 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 | 16d | 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
editCountry | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
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Total | First | Last | |||||
Serbia | CEV | Defending champions | 15 October 2022 | 6a | 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 placersb | 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 | 17c | 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 | 12d | 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.
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- ^ 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".
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