United States Senators by seniority (1953, 1954)
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This is a classification of U.S. Senators by seniority from January 3rd, 1953 to November 28th, 1954.
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][4]
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 1954 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Rank | Name | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 2 | Carl T. Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | |
| 3 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 4 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) | March 4, 1933 | Former Governor |
| 5 | Pat McCarran[5] (D-NV) | ||
| 6 | James Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 7 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
| 8 | Edwin C. Johnson[6] (D-CO) | January 3, 1937 | Former Governor, Colorado 33rd Population (1930) |
| 9 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former Governor, Rhode Island 37th Population (1930) | |
| 10 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former Governor, New Hampshire 41st Population (1930) | |
| 11 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | ||
| 12 | Joseph Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
| 13 | Charles W. Tobey[7] (R-NH) | January 3, 1939 | Former Rep (2 Years), Former Governor |
| 14 | Robert Taft[8] (R-OH) | Ohio 4th Population (1930) | |
| 15 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th Population (1930) | |
| 16 | William Langer (R-ND) | January 3, 1941 | Former Governor |
| 17 | Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) | West Virginia 27th Population (1930) | |
| 18 | Hugh A. Butler[9] (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd Population (1930) | |
| 19 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | |
| 20 | Burnet R. Maybank[10] (D-SC) | November 5, 1941 | |
| 21 | Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) | December 20, 1941 | |
| 22 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously A Senator |
| 23 | Homer S. Ferguson[6] (R-MI) | Michigan 7th Population (1940) | |
| 24 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | Arkansas 25th Population (1940) | |
| 25 | Guy Cordon[6] (R-OR) | March 4, 1944 | |
| 26 | Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) | December 7, 1944 | |
| 27 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | |
| 28 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former Rep (2 Years) |
| 29 | Clyde R. Hoey[11] (D-NC) | Former Governor | |
| 30 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) | Former Governor, Iowa 20th Population (1940) | |
| 31 | Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) | Former Governor, South Carolina 26th Population (1940) | |
| 32 | Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) | Indiana 12th Population (1940) | |
| 33 | Wayne Morse (D-OR) | Oregon 34th Population (1940) | |
| 34 | Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) | January 10, 1945 | |
| 35 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
| 36 | William F. Knowland (R-CA) | August 26, 1945 | |
| 37 | Spessard Holland (D-FL) | September 24, 1946 | |
| 38 | Ralph Flanders (R-VT) | November 1, 1946 | |
| 39 | A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) | November 6, 1946 | Former Rep (13 Years, 10 Months) |
| 40 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | Former Rep (9 Years, 10 Months) | |
| 41 | William E. Jenner (R-IN) | January 3, 1947 | Previously a Senator |
| 42 | Edward Martin (R-PA) | Former Governor, Pennsylvania 2nd Populaton (1940) | |
| 43 | John W. Bricker (R-OH) | Former Goveror, Ohio 4th Population (1940) | |
| 44 | Edward John Thye (R-MN) | Former Goveror, Minnesota 18th Population (1940) | |
| 45 | Irving Ives (R-NY) | New York 1st Population (1940) | |
| 46 | Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th Population (1940) | |
| 47 | Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) | Utah 40th Population (1940) | |
| 48 | John J. Williams (R-DE) | Delaware 47th Population (1940) | |
| 49 | George W. Malone (R-NV) | Nevada 48th Population (1940) | |
| 50 | John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
| 51 | Karl Mundt (R-SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former Rep (9 Years) |
| 52 | Russell B. Long (D-LA) | ||
| 53 | Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) | January 3, 1949 | Previously a Senator (twice) (total tenure 15 Years, 10 Months) |
| 54 | Guy Mark Gillette[6] (D-IA) | Previously a Senator (8 Years, 2 Months) | |
| 55 | Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) | Former Rep (12 Years) | |
| 56 | Estes Kefauver (D-TN) | Former Rep (10 Years) | |
| 57 | Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) | Former Rep (8 Years, 7 Months) | |
| 58 | Clinton Anderson (D-NM) | Former Cabinet Secretary | |
| 59 | Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) | Former Governor, Oklahoma 22nd Population (1940) | |
| 60 | Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS) | Former Governor, Kansas 29th Population (1940) | |
| 61 | Lester C. Hunt[12] (D-WY) | Former Governor, Wyoming 46th Population (1940) | |
| 62 | Paul Douglas (D-IL) | Illinois 3rd Population (1940) | |
| 63 | Robert C. Hendrickson[6] (R-NJ) | New Jersey 9th Population (1940) | |
| 64 | Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | Minnesota 18th Population (1940) | |
| 65 | Joseph Frear, Jr. (D-DE) | Delaware 47th Population (1940) | |
| 66 | Henry Dworshak (R-ID) | October 14, 1949 | |
| 67 | Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY) | November 9, 1949 | |
| 68 | Frank Carlson (R-KS) | November 27, 1950 | Former Rep (12 Years), Former Governor |
| 69 | Earle C. Clements (D-KY) | Former Rep (3 Years), Former Governor | |
| 70 | Willis Smith[13] (D-NC) | ||
| 71 | John O. Pastore (D-RI) | December 19, 1950 | |
| 72 | Everett Dirksen (R-IL) | January 3, 1951 | Former Rep (16 Years) |
| 73 | Francis H. Case (R-SD) | Former Rep (14 Years) | |
| 74 | Almer Monroney (D-OK) | Former Rep (12 years) | |
| 75 | Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D-MO) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
| 76 | George Smathers (D-FL) | Former Rep (4 Years) | |
| 77 | John M. Butler (R-MD) | Maryland 28th Population (1940) | |
| 78 | Herman Welker (R-ID) | Idaho 43rd Population (1940) | |
| 79 | Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) | Utah 40th Population (1940) | |
| 80 | James H. Duff (R-PA) | January 16, 1951 | |
| 81 | John Sherman Cooper[6] (R-KY) | November 5, 1952 | Previously A Senator |
| 82 | Charles E. Potter (R-MI) | Former Rep (5 Years, 2 Months) | |
| 83 | Dwight Griswold[14] (R-NE) | Former Governor | |
| 84 | Prescott Bush (R-CT) | ||
| 85 | Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) | January 2, 1953 | |
| 86 | William A. Purtell (R-CT) | January 3, 1953 | Previously A Senator |
| 87 | Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) | Former Rep (14 Years) | |
| 88 | Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) | Former Rep (12 Years) | |
| 89 | James Glenn Beall (D-MD) | Former Rep (10 Years), Maryland 24th Population (1950) | |
| 90 | Mike Mansfield (D-MT) | Former Rep (10 Years), Montana 42nd Population (1950) | |
| 91 | John F. Kennedy (D-MA) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
| 92 | Frederick G. Payne (R-ME) | Former Governor, Maine 35th Population (1950) | |
| 93 | Frank A. Barrett (R-WY) | Former Governor, Wyoming 48th Population (1950) | |
| 94 | Price Daniel (D-TX) | Texas 6th Population (1950) | |
| 95 | Stuart Symington (D-MO) | Missouri 12th Population (1950) | |
| 96 | Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) | Arizona 37th Population (1950) | |
| Alton Asa Lennon[6] (D-NC) | July 10, 1953 | ||
| Robert W. Upton[6] (R-NH) | August 14, 1953 | ||
| Thomas A. Burke[6] (D-OH) | November 10, 1953 | ||
| Eva Bowring[15] (R-NE) | April 16, 1954 | ||
| Sam Ervin (D-NC) | June 5, 1954 | ||
| Edward D. Crippa[6] (R-WY) | June 24, 1954 | ||
| Samuel W. Reynolds[6] (R-NE) | July 3, 1954 | ||
| Charles E. Daniel[6] (D-SC) | September 6, 1954 | ||
| Ernest S. Brown[6] (R-NV) | October 1, 1954 | ||
| Norris Cotton (R-NH) | November 8, 1954 | Former Rep (7 Years, 10 Months) | |
| Roman Hruska (R-NE) | Former Rep (1 Year, 10 Months) | ||
| Hazel Abel[16] (R-NE) |
[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
- ^ 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
- ^ Senator McCarran died on September 28, 1954
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Retired or defeated after 1954 Election
- ^ Senator Tobey died on July 24, 1953.
- ^ Senator Taft died on July 31, 1953.
- ^ Senator Butler died on July 1, 1954.
- ^ Senator Maybank died on September 1, 1954.
- ^ Senator Hoey died on May 12, 1954
- ^ Senator Hunt died on June 19, 1954.
- ^ Senator Smith died on June 26, 1953
- ^ Senator Griswold died on April 12, 1954
- ^ Eva Bowring lost a special off year election to Hazel Abel.
- ^ Senator Abel stepped down on December 31, 1954, 53 days after taking office.
[edit] External link
| List of current United States Senators by seniority (and years begun) |
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