This is a complete list of United States senators during the 99th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1985, to January 3, 1987.

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 their 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.A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 census results.1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 census results.1981 U.S Census Report Contains 1980 census results.

Senators who were sworn in during the two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1986 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

The most senior junior senator was Ernest Hollings of South Carolina. The most junior senior senator was Slade Gorton of Washington.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1987 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1987.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1989 (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.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1989.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1991 (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.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1991.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 2 Russell B. Long (D-LA) December 31, 1948 3 Strom Thurmond (R-SC) November 7, 1956 4 William Proxmire (D-WI) August 28, 1957 5 Robert Byrd (D-WV) January 3, 1959 6 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) August 8, 1960 7 Claiborne Pell (D-RI) January 3, 1961 8 Ted Kennedy (D-MA) November 7, 1962 9 Daniel Inouye (D-HI) January 3, 1963 10 Fritz Hollings (D-SC) November 9, 1966 11 Mark Hatfield (R-OR) January 10, 1967 12 Ted Stevens (R-AK) December 24, 1968 13 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO) December 28, 1968 14 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) January 3, 1969 Previously a senator 15 Charles Mathias (R-MD) Former representative (8 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960) 16 Bob Dole (R-KS) Former representative (8 years) - Kansas 29th in population (1960) 17 Alan Cranston (D-CA) California 2nd in population (1960) 18 Bob Packwood (R-OR) Oregon 32nd in population (1960) 19 Bill Roth (R-DE) January 1, 1971 20 Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) January 3, 1971 Former representative (6 years) 21 Lowell Weicker (R-CT) Former representative (2 years) 22 Lawton Chiles (D-FL) 23 Robert Stafford (R-VT) September 16, 1971 24 Sam Nunn (D-GA) November 8, 1972 25 Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA) November 14, 1972 26 James A. McClure (R-ID) January 3, 1973 Former representative 27 Jesse Helms (R-NC) North Carolina 12th in population (1970) 28 Pete Domenici (R-NM) New Mexico 37th in population (1970) 29 Joe Biden (D-DE) Delaware 46th in population (1970) 30 Paul Laxalt (R-NV) December 18, 1974 31 Jake Garn (R-UT) December 21, 1974 32 John Glenn (D-OH) December 24, 1974 33 Wendell H. Ford (D-KY) December 28, 1974 34 Dale Bumpers (D-AR) January 3, 1975 Former governor 35 Gary Hart (D-CO) Colorado 30th in population (1970) 36 Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Vermont 48th in population (1970) 37 John Danforth (R-MO) December 27, 1976 38 Edward Zorinsky (D-NE) December 28, 1976 39 Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) December 29, 1976 Previously a senator 40 John Chafee (R-RI) 41 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D-MI) December 30, 1976 42 Spark Matsunaga (D-HI) January 3, 1977 Former representative (14 years) 43 John Melcher (D-MT) Former representative (7 years, 7 months) 44 H. John Heinz III (R-PA) Former representative (6 years) 45 Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Former representative (6 years) 46 Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) New York 2nd in population (1970) 47 Richard Lugar (R-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1970) 48 Jim Sasser (D-TN) Tennessee 17th in population (1970) 49 Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) Arizona 22nd in population (1970) 50 Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Utah 36th in population (1970) 51 Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) Wyoming 49th in population (1970) 52 David Durenberger (R-MN) November 8, 1978 53 Max Baucus (D-MT) December 15, 1978 54 Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) December 23, 1978 55 Thad Cochran (R-MS) December 27, 1978 56 Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN) December 30, 1978 57 Alan K. Simpson (R-WY) January 1, 1979 58 John Warner (R-VA) January 2, 1979 59 David Pryor (D-AR) January 3, 1979 Former representative (6 years, 2 months) 60 William Cohen (R-ME) Former representative (6 years) 61 William L. Armstrong (R-CO) Former representative (4 years) - Colorado 30th in population (1970) 62 Larry Pressler (R-SD) Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 44th in population (1970) 63 David L. Boren (D-OK) Former governor - Oklahoma 27th in population (1970) 64 J. James Exon (D-NE) Former governor - Nebraska 35th in population (1970) 65 Carl Levin (D-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1970) 66 Bill Bradley (D-NJ) New Jersey 8th in population (1970) 67 Howell Heflin (D-AL) Alabama 21st in population (1970) 68 Gordon J. Humphrey (R-NH) New Hampshire 41st in population (1970) 69 George J. Mitchell (D-ME) May 17, 1980 70 Warren Rudman (R-NH) December 31, 1980 71 Paula Hawkins (R-FL) January 1, 1981 72 Jeremiah Denton (R-AL) January 2, 1981 73 Mark Andrews (R-ND) January 3, 1981 Former representative (16 years) 74 Steve Symms (R-ID) Former representative (12 years) 75 James Abdnor (R-SD) Former representative (8 years) 76 Chris Dodd (D-CT) Former representative (6 years) - Connecticut 24th in population (1970) 77 Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Former representative (6 years) - Iowa 25th in population (1970) 78 Dan Quayle (R-IN) Former representative (4 years) - Indiana 11th in population (1970) 79 Bob Kasten (R-WI) Former representative (4 years) - Wisconsin 16th in population (1970) 80 Al D'Amato (R-NY) New York 2nd in population (1970) 81 Arlen Specter (R-PA) Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1970) 82 Alan J. Dixon (D-IL) Illinois 5th in population (1970) 83 John Porter EastSenator East died on June 28, 1986 (R-NC) North Carolina 12th in population (1970) 84 Mack Mattingly (R-GA) Georgia 15th in population (1970) 85 Slade Gorton (R-WA) Washington 22nd in population (1970) 86 Don Nickles (R-OK) Oklahoma 27th in population (1970) 87 Frank Murkowski (R-AK) Alaska 50th in population (1970) 88 Frank LautenbergSenator Lautenberg left the Senate but returned in 2003, he cannot regain his previous seniority according to Senate rules. (D-NJ) December 27, 1982 89 Paul Trible (R-VA) January 3, 1983 Former representative 90 Pete Wilson (R-CA) California 1st in population (1980) 91 Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) New Mexico 37th in population (1980) 92 Chic Hecht (R-NV) Nevada 43rd in population (1980) 93 Daniel J. Evans (R-WA) September 12, 1983 94 John Kerry (D-MA) January 2, 1985 95 Paul Simon (D-IL) January 3, 1985 Former representative (10 years) - Illinois 5th in population (1980) 96 Tom Harkin (D-IA) Former representative (10 years) - Iowa 27th in population (1980) 97 Al Gore (D-TN) Former representative (8 years) 98 Phil Gramm (R-TX) Former representative (6 years) 99 Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 100 Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) January 15, 1985Rockefeller finished his term as Governor of West Virginia before taking the oath Jim Broyhill (R-NC) July 14, 1986 Terry Sanford (D-NC) November 5, 1986

The most senior senators by class were John C. Stennis (D-Mississippi) from Class 1, Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) from Class 2, and Russell B. Long (D-Louisiana) from Class 3.

See also 99th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 99th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List