This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 88th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1965.
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.
In this congress, J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) was the most senior junior senator and Hiram Fong (R-Hawaii) was the most junior senior senator.
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 1964 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 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, 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.) |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967 (AK, 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 1969 (AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 2 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | Former governor |
| 3 | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA) | March 4, 1933 | Former governor |
| 4 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | January 3, 1937 | |
| 5 | Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 6 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | Former governor |
| 7 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously a senator |
| 8 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 9 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 10 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former representative |
| 11 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) | Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) | |
| 12 | Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) | Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) | |
| 13 | Wayne Morse (D-OR) | ||
| 14 | Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) | January 4, 1945 | Former governor |
| 15 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
| 16 | Spessard Holland (D-FL) | September 24, 1946 | Former governor |
| 17 | A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) | November 6, 1946 | Former representative (13 years, 10 months) |
| 18 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | Former representative (9 years, 10 months) | |
| 19 | John J. Williams (R-DE) | January 3, 1947 | |
| 20 | John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
| 21 | Karl Mundt (R-SD) | December 31, 1948 | Former representative |
| 22 | Russell B. Long (D-LA) | ||
| 23 | Estes Kefauver (D-TN) | January 3, 1949 | Former representative (10 years) |
| 24 | Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) | Former representative (8 years, 7 months) | |
| 25 | Clinton Anderson (D-NM) | Former cabinet secretary, Former representative (4 years, 5 months) | |
| 26 | Paul Douglas (D-IL) | Illinois 3rd in population (1940) | |
| 27 | Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | Minnesota 18th in population (1940) | |
| 28 | Frank Carlson (R-KS) | November 27, 1950 | Former representative (12 years), Former governor |
| 29 | John O. Pastore (D-RI) | December 19, 1950 | |
| 30 | Everett Dirksen (R-IL) | January 3, 1951 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 31 | Almer Monroney (D-OK) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 32 | George Smathers (D-FL) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 33 | Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) | ||
| 34 | Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) | January 2, 1953 | |
| 35 | Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) | January 3, 1953 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 36 | Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 37 | James Glenn Beall (R-MD) | Former representative (10 years), Maryland 28th in population (1950) | |
| 38 | Mike Mansfield (D-MT) | Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950) | |
| 39 | Stuart Symington (D-MO) | Missouri 12th in population (1950) | |
| 40 | Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) | Arizona 37th in population (1950) | |
| 41 | Sam Ervin (D-NC) | June 5, 1954 | Former representative |
| 42 | Norris Cotton (R-NH) | November 8, 1954 | Former representative (7 years, 10 months) |
| 43 | Roman Hruska (R-NE) | Former representative (1 year, 10 months) | |
| 44 | Alan Bible (D-NV) | December 2, 1954 | |
| 45 | Carl Curtis (R-NE) | January 1, 1955 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 46 | Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) | January 3, 1955 | Former representative |
| 47 | Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) | Maryland 24th in population (1950) | |
| 48 | Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) | Colorado 32nd in population (1950) | |
| 49 | John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) | November 7, 1956 | Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months) |
| 50 | Strom Thurmond (D-SC) | Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months) | |
| 51 | Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY) | January 3, 1957 | Former representative |
| 52 | Frank J. Lausche (D-OH) | Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950) | |
| 53 | Herman Talmadge (D-GA) | Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950) | |
| 54 | Joseph S. Clark (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950) | |
| 55 | Frank Church (D-ID) | Idaho 43rd in population (1950) | |
| 56 | Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) | January 9, 1957 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 57 | Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) | April 29, 1957 | |
| 58 | William Proxmire (D-WI) | August 28, 1957 | |
| 59 | Ben Jordan (D-NC) | April 19, 1958 | |
| 60 | Jennings Randolph (D-WV) | November 5, 1958 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 61 | Hugh Scott (R-PA) | January 3, 1959 | Former representative (18 years) |
| 62 | Clair Engle (D-CA) | Former representative (15 years, 4 months) | |
| 63 | Kenneth Keating (R-NY) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 64 | Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 65 | Stephen Young (D-OH) | Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950) | |
| 66 | Winston L. Prouty (R-VT) | Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950) | |
| 67 | Robert Byrd (D-WV) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 68 | Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) | Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950) | |
| 69 | Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) | Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950) | |
| 70 | Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK) | Former delegate | |
| 71 | Edmund Muskie (D-ME) | Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950) | |
| 72 | Ernest Gruening (D-AK) | Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950) | |
| 73 | Philip Hart (D-MI) | Michigan 7th in population (1950) | |
| 74 | Vance Hartke (D-IN) | Indiana 11th in population (1950) | |
| 75 | Frank Moss (D-UT) | Utah 38th in population (1950) | |
| 76 | Gale W. McGee (D-WY) | Wyoming 48th in population (1950) | |
| 77 | Howard Cannon (D-NV) | Nevada 49th in population (1950) | |
| 78 | Hiram Fong (R-HI) | August 21, 1959 | |
| 79 | Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) | August 8, 1960 | Former representative |
| 80 | Edward V. Long (D-MO) | September 23, 1960 | |
| 81 | Maurine Neuberger (D-OR) | November 9, 1960 | |
| 82 | Lee Metcalf (D-MT) | January 3, 1961 | Former representative (8 years) |
| 83 | James Boggs (R-DE) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 84 | Jack Miller (R-IA) | Iowa 22nd in population (1950) | |
| 85 | Claiborne Pell (D-RI) | Rhode Island 36th in population (1950) | |
| 86 | John Tower (R-TX) | June 15, 1961 | |
| 87 | James B. Pearson (R-KS) | January 31, 1962 | |
| 88 | Leonard B. Jordan (R-ID) | August 6, 1962 | |
| 89 | Milward L. Simpson (R-WY) | November 7, 1962 | Former governor |
| 90 | Ted Kennedy (D-MA) | Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) | |
| 91 | Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) | New Hampshire 45th in population (1960) | |
| 92 | Edwin L. Mechem (R-NM) | November 30, 1962 | |
| 93 | Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) | January 3, 1963 | Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary, former governor |
| 94 | Daniel Brewster (D-MD) | Former representative (4 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960) | |
| 95 | George McGovern (D-SD) | Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960) | |
| 96 | Daniel Inouye (D-HI) | Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960) | |
| 97 | Peter H. Dominick (R-CO) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 98 | Birch Bayh (D-IN) | ||
| 99 | J. Howard Edmondson (D-OK) | January 7, 1963 | Former governor |
| 100 | Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) | January 8, 1963 | Former governor |
| 101 | Herbert S. Walters (D-TN) | August 20, 1963 | |
| 102 | Pierre Salinger (D-CA) | August 4, 1964 | |
| 103 | Ross Bass (D-TN) | November 4, 1964 | Former representative (9 years, 10 months) |
| 104 | Joseph Montoya (D-NM) | Former representative (7 years) | |
| 105 | Fred R. Harris (D-OK) | ||
| 106 | Walter Mondale (D-MN) | December 30, 1964 | |
| 107 | George Murphy (R-CA) | January 1, 1965 |
See also
- 88th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 88th Congress by seniority
Notes
- A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
- 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
- 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results.
- Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965.
- Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967.
- Terms of service of senators that expired in 1969.
- Senator Kefauver died on August 10, 1963.
- Hubert Humphrey stepped down on December 29, 1964 to become Vice President of the United States.
- Senator Thurmond switched to the Republican party on September 16, 1964.