This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 83rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1955.
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.
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 1954 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
This article is about the terms of service of senators that expired in years. For a list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1955 (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.) |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1957 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1959 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, 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.) |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 2 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 3 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | Former governor |
| 4 | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA) | March 4, 1933 | Former governor |
| 5 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | ||
| 6 | James Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 7 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | Former representative (4 years) |
| 8 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | January 3, 1937 | Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) |
| 9 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) | |
| 10 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) | |
| 11 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | ||
| 12 | Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 13 | Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) | January 3, 1939 | Former representative |
| 14 | Robert A. Taft (R-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1930) | |
| 15 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) | |
| 16 | William Langer (R-ND) | January 3, 1941 | Former governor |
| 17 | Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) | West Virginia 27th in population (1930) | |
| 18 | Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) | Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) | |
| 19 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | Former governor |
| 20 | Burnet R. Maybank (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 (R-MI) | Michigan 7th in population (1940) | |
| 24 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | Former representative (4 years), Arkansas 25th in population (1940) | |
| 25 | Guy Cordon (R-OR) | March 4, 1944 | |
| 26 | Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) | December 7, 1944 | |
| 27 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 28 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former representative |
| 29 | Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) | Former representative, Former governor, North Carolina 11th in population (1940) | |
| 30 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) | Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) | |
| 31 | Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) | Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) | |
| 32 | Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) | Indiana 12th in population (1940) | |
| 33 | Wayne Morse (I/D-OR) | Oregon 34th in population (1940) | |
| 34 | Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) | January 4, 1945 | Former governor |
| 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 | Former governor |
| 38 | Ralph Flanders (R-VT) | November 1, 1946 | |
| 39 | A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) | November 6, 1946 | Former representative (13 years, 10 months) |
| 40 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | Former representative (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 in population (1940) | |
| 43 | John W. Bricker (R-OH) | Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940) | |
| 44 | Edward John Thye (R-MN) | Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940) | |
| 45 | Irving Ives (R-NY) | New York 1st in population (1940) | |
| 46 | Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) | Wisconsin 13th in population (1940) | |
| 47 | Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) | Utah 40th in population (1940) | |
| 48 | John J. Williams (R-DE) | Delaware 47th in population (1940) | |
| 49 | George W. Malone (R-NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1940) | |
| 50 | John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
| 51 | Karl Mundt (R-SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former representative |
| 52 | Russell B. Long (D-LA) | ||
| 53 | Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) | January 3, 1949 | Former representative (twice), Former governor, Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 15 years, 10 months) |
| 54 | Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) | Former representative, Previously a senator (8 years, 2 months) | |
| 55 | Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 56 | Estes Kefauver (D-TN) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 57 | Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) | Former representative (8 years, 7 months) | |
| 58 | Clinton Anderson (D-NM) | Former cabinet secretary, Former representative (4 years, 5 months) | |
| 59 | Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) | Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) | |
| 60 | Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS) | Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) | |
| 61 | Lester C. Hunt (D-WY) | Former governor, Wyoming 46th in population (1940) | |
| 62 | Paul Douglas (D-IL) | Illinois 3rd in population (1940) | |
| 63 | Robert C. Hendrickson (R-NJ) | New Jersey 9th in population (1940) | |
| 64 | Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | Minnesota 18th in population (1940) | |
| 65 | Joseph Frear, Jr. (D-DE) | Delaware 47th in population (1940) | |
| 66 | Henry Dworshak (R-ID) | October 14, 1949 | Previously a senator |
| 67 | Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY) | November 9, 1949 | Former governor |
| 68 | Frank Carlson (R-KS) | November 27, 1950 | Former representative (12 years), Former governor |
| 69 | Earle C. Clements (D-KY) | Former representative (3 years), Former governor | |
| 70 | Willis Smith (D-NC) | ||
| 71 | John O. Pastore (D-RI) | December 19, 1950 | |
| 72 | Everett Dirksen (R-IL) | January 3, 1951 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 73 | Francis H. Case (R-SD) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 74 | Almer Monroney (D-OK) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 75 | Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D-MO) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 76 | George Smathers (D-FL) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 77 | John M. Butler (R-MD) | Maryland 28th in population (1940) | |
| 78 | Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) | Utah 40th in population (1940) | |
| 79 | Herman Welker (R-ID) | Idaho 43rd in population (1940) | |
| 80 | James H. Duff (R-PA) | January 16, 1951 | |
| 81 | John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) | November 5, 1952 | Previously a senator |
| 82 | Charles E. Potter (R-MI) | Former representative | |
| 83 | Dwight Griswold (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 representative (14 years) | |
| 88 | Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 89 | James Glenn Beall (R-MD) | Former representative (10 years), Maryland 24th in population (1950) | |
| 90 | Mike Mansfield (D-MT) | Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950) | |
| 91 | John F. Kennedy (D-MA) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 92 | Frederick G. Payne (R-ME) | Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950) | |
| 93 | Frank A. Barrett (R-WY) | Former governor, Wyoming 48th in population (1950) | |
| 94 | Price Daniel (D-TX) | Texas 6th in population (1950) | |
| 95 | Stuart Symington (D-MO) | Missouri 12th in population (1950) | |
| 96 | Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) | Arizona 37th in population (1950) | |
| — | Alton Asa Lennon (D-NC) | July 10, 1953 | |
| — | Robert W. Upton (R-NH) | August 14, 1953 | |
| — | Thomas A. Burke (D-OH) | November 10, 1953 | |
| — | Eva Bowring (D-NE) | April 16, 1954 | |
| — | Sam Ervin (D-NC) | June 5, 1954 | |
| — | Edward D. Crippa (R-WY) | June 24, 1954 | |
| — | Samuel W. Reynolds (R-NE) | July 3, 1954 | |
| — | Charles E. Daniel (D-SC) | September 6, 1954 | |
| — | Ernest S. Brown (R-NV) | October 1, 1954 | |
| — | Norris Cotton (R-NH) | November 8, 1954 | Former representative (7 years, 10 months) |
| — | Roman Hruska (R-NE) | Former representative (1 year, 10 months) | |
| — | Hazel Abel (R-NE) | ||
| — | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | November 29, 1954 | Previously a senator |
| — | W. Kerr Scott (D-NC) | ||
| — | Alan Bible (D-NV) | December 2, 1954 | |
| — | George H. Bender (R-OH) | December 16, 1954 | Former representative (twice) |
| — | Strom Thurmond (I-SC) | December 24, 1954 | Former governor |
| — | Carl Curtis (R-NE) | January 1, 1955 | Former representative (15 years) |
See also
- 83rd United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 83rd Congress by seniority
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
- Terms of service of senators that expired in 1955.
- Terms of service of senators that expired in 1957.
- Terms of service of senators that expired in 1959.
- Senator McCarran died on September 28, 1954
- 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
- Eva Bowring lost a special off year election to Hazel Abel.
- Senator Abel stepped down on December 31, 1954, 53 days after taking office.
- Senator Thurmond was elected as a write in candidate but he vowed to step down and run as a Democrat which he did on April 4, 1956.