United States Senators by seniority (1951, 1952)
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This is a classification of U.S. Senators by seniority from January 16th, 1951 to November 4th, 1952.
Order of service is based on the commencement of the Senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a U.S. Senator (only giving the Senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as U.S. Vice President, a House member, a cabinet secretary, a state governor, and then by their state's population, respectively.[1][2][3]
Senators who were sworn in in the middle of the 2 year Congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1952 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Rank | Name | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth McKellar[4] (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | |
| 2 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 3 | Carl T. Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | |
| 4 | Arthur H. Vandenberg[5] (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 5 | Tom Connally[4] (D-TX) | March 4, 1929 | |
| 6 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 7 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) | March 4, 1933 | Former Governor |
| 8 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | ||
| 9 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney[4] (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
| 10 | James Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 11 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
| 12 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | January 3, 1937 | Former Governor, Colorado 33rd Population (1930) |
| 13 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former Governor, Rhode Island 37th Population (1930) | |
| 14 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former Governor, New Hampshire 41st Population (1930) | |
| 15 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | ||
| 16 | Joseph Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
| 17 | Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) | January 3, 1939 | Former Rep (2 Years), Former Governor |
| 18 | Robert Taft (R-OH) | Ohio 4th Population (1930) | |
| 19 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th Population (1930) | |
| 20 | Ralph Owen Brewster[4] (R-ME) | January 3, 1941 | Former Governor, Maine 35th Population (1930) |
| 21 | William Langer (R-ND) | Former Governor, North Dakota 38th Population (1930) | |
| 22 | Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) | West Virginia 27th Population (1930) | |
| 23 | Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd Population (1930) | |
| 24 | Ernest McFarland[4] (D-AZ) | Arizona 43rd Population (1930) | |
| 25 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | |
| 26 | Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) | November 5, 1941 | |
| 27 | Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) | December 20, 1941 | |
| 28 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously A Senator |
| 29 | Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI) | Michigan 7th Population (1940) | |
| 30 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | Arkansas 25th Population (1940) | |
| 31 | Kenneth S. Wherry[6] (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd Population (1940) | |
| 32 | Guy Cordon (R-OR) | March 4, 1944 | |
| 33 | Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) | December 7, 1944 | |
| 34 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | |
| 35 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former Rep (2 Years) |
| 36 | Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) | Former Governor | |
| 37 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) | Former Governor, Iowa 20th Population (1940) | |
| 38 | Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) | Former Governor, South Carolina 26th Population (1940) | |
| 39 | Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) | Indiana 12th Population (1940) | |
| 40 | Brien McMahon[7] (D-CT) | Connecticut 31st Population (1940) | |
| 41 | Wayne Morse (D-OR) | Oregon 34th Population (1940) | |
| 42 | Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) | January 10, 1945 | |
| 43 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
| 44 | William F. Knowland (R-CA) | August 26, 1945 | |
| 45 | Spessard Holland (D-FL) | September 24, 1946 | |
| 46 | Ralph Flanders (R-VT) | November 1, 1946 | |
| 47 | A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) | November 6, 1946 | Former Rep (13 Years, 10 Months) |
| 48 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | Former Rep (9 Years, 10 Months) | |
| 49 | Harry P. Cain[4] (R-WA) | December 26, 1946 | |
| 50 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.[4] (R-MA) | January 3, 1947 | Previously a Senator (7 Years, 1 Month) |
| 51 | William E. Jenner (R-IN) | Previously a Senator (2 Months) | |
| 52 | Edward Martin (R-PA) | Former Governor, Pennsylvania 2nd Populaton (1940) | |
| 53 | John W. Bricker (R-OH) | Former Goveror, Ohio 4th Population (1940) | |
| 54 | Edward John Thye (R-MN) | Former Goveror, Minnesota 18th Population (1940) | |
| 55 | Herbert O'Conor[4] (D-MD) | Former Goveror, Maryland 28th Population (1940) | |
| 56 | Irving Ives (R-NY) | New York 1st Population (1940) | |
| 57 | James P. Kem[4] (R-MO) | Missouri 10th Population (1940) | |
| 58 | Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th Population (1940) | |
| 59 | Zales Ecton[4] (R-MT) | Montana 39th Population (1940) | |
| 60 | Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) | Utah 40th Population (1940) | |
| 61 | John J. Williams (R-DE) | Delaware 47th Population (1940) | |
| 62 | George W. Malone (R-NV) | Nevada 48th Population (1940) | |
| 63 | John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
| 64 | Karl Mundt (R-SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former Rep (9 Years) |
| 65 | Russell B. Long (D-LA) | ||
| 66 | Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) | January 3, 1949 | Previously a Senator (twice) (total tenure 15 Years, 10 Months) |
| 67 | Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) | Previously a Senator (8 Years, 2 Months) | |
| 68 | Virgil Chapman[8] (D-KY) | Former Rep (24 Years) | |
| 69 | Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) | Former Rep (12 Years) | |
| 70 | Estes Kefauver (D-TN) | Former Rep (10 Years) | |
| 71 | Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) | Former Rep (8 Years, 7 Months) | |
| 72 | Clinton Anderson (D-NM) | Former Cabinet Secretary | |
| 73 | Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) | Former Governor, Oklahoma 22nd Population (1940) | |
| 74 | Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS) | Former Governor, Kansas 29th Population (1940) | |
| 75 | Lester C. Hunt (D-WY) | Former Governor, Wyoming 46th Population (1940) | |
| 76 | Paul Douglas (D-IL) | Illinois 3rd Population (1940) | |
| 77 | Robert C. Hendrickson (R-NJ) | New Jersey 9th Population (1940) | |
| 78 | Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | Minnesota 18th Population (1940) | |
| 79 | Joseph Frear, Jr. (D-DE) | Delaware 47th Population (1940) | |
| 80 | Henry Dworshak (R-ID) | October 14, 1949 | |
| 81 | Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY) | November 9, 1949 | |
| 82 | William Benton[4] (D-CT) | December 17, 1949 | |
| 83 | Frank Carlson (R-KS) | November 27, 1950 | Former Rep (12 Years), Former Governor |
| 84 | Earle C. Clements (D-KY) | Former Rep (3 Years), Former Governor | |
| 85 | Willis Smith (D-NC) | ||
| 86 | Richard Nixon[9] (R-CA) | December 1, 1950 | |
| 87 | John O. Pastore (D-RI) | December 19, 1950 | |
| 88 | Everett Dirksen (R-IL) | January 3, 1951 | Former Rep (16 Years) |
| 89 | Francis H. Case (R-SD) | Former Rep (14 Years) | |
| 90 | Almer Monroney (D-OK) | Former Rep (12 years) | |
| 91 | Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D-MO) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
| 92 | George Smathers (D-FL) | Former Rep (4 Years) | |
| 93 | John M. Butler (R-MD) | Maryland 28th Population (1940) | |
| 94 | Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) | Utah 40th Population (1940) | |
| 95 | Herman Welker (R-ID) | Idaho 43rd Population (1940) | |
| 96 | James H. Duff (R-PA) | January 16, 1951 | |
| Thomas R. Underwood[4] (D-KY) | March 19, 1951 | ||
| Blair Moody[4] (D-MI) | April 23, 1951 | ||
| Fred Andrew Seaton [4] (R-NE) | December 10, 1951 | ||
| William A. Purtell [10] (R-CT) | August 29, 1952 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ^ 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
- ^ 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Retired or defeated after 1952 Election
- ^ Senator Vandenberg died on April 18, 1951.
- ^ Senator Wherry died on November 2, 1951.
- ^ Senator McMahon died on July 28, 1952.
- ^ Senator Chapman died on March 8, 1951.
- ^ Senator Nixon stepped down on January 1, 1953 to become Vice President of the United States.
- ^ William Purtell was appointed to Connecticut's Class 3 Senate seat but ran for and won the states open Class 1 Senate seat in 1952. As is customary, he stepped down early once Prescott Bush won the election to fill the Class 3 Seat. The gap in his service caused him to lose some seniority when he retook the oath on January 3, 1953
[edit] External link
| List of current United States Senators by seniority (and years begun) |
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