This is a complete list of United States senators during the 95th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979.

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.

In this congress, John C. Stennis was the most senior junior senator until James Eastland resigned on December 27, 1978, after which it was Henry M. Jackson. Four senators held the distinction of most junior senior senator during this Congress: John Glenn from the start of the congress until John L. McClellan's death on November 28, 1977, Dale Bumpers from then until Lee Metcalf's death on January 12, 1978, John Melcher from then until Wendell Anderson's resignation on December 29, 1978, and finally David Durenberger through the end of the Congress.

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 1978 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1979 (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 1979.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1981 (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 1981.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1983 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IN, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, and WY.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1983.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator 2 John Little McClellanSenator McClellan died on 28 November 1977 (D-AR) 3 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 4 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 5 John Sparkman (D-AL) November 6, 1946 6 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 7 Russell B. Long (D-LA) December 31, 1948 8 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) January 3, 1953 9 Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955 10 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) January 3, 1955 11 Strom Thurmond (R-SC) November 7, 1956 12 Herman Talmadge (D-GA) January 3, 1957 Former governor 13 Frank Church (D-ID) 14 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) January 9, 1957 15 William Proxmire (D-WI) August 28, 1957 16 Jennings Randolph (D-WV) November 5, 1958 17 Robert Byrd (D-WV) January 3, 1959 Former representative (6 years) 18 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) Former representative (4 years) 19 Edmund Muskie (D-ME) Former governor 20 Howard Cannon (D-NV) 21 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) August 8, 1960 22 Lee MetcalfSenator Metcalf died on January 12, 1978 (D-MT) January 3, 1961 Former representative 23 Claiborne Pell (D-RI) 24 John Tower (R-TX) June 15, 1961 25 James B. Pearson (R-KS) January 31, 1962 26 Ted Kennedy (D-MA) November 7, 1962 Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) 27 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) New Hampshire 45th in population (1960) 28 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) January 3, 1963 Former representative (4 years) - Former cabinet secretary 29 George McGovern (D-SD) Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960) 30 Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960) 31 Birch Bayh (D-IN) 32 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) January 7, 1963 33 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I-VA) November 12, 1965 34 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) May 11, 1966 35 Ernest Hollings (D-SC) November 9, 1966 36 Clifford Hansen (R-WY) January 3, 1967 Former governor 37 Charles H. Percy (R-IL) Illinois 4th in population (1960) 38 Edward Brooke (R-MA) Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) 39 Howard Baker (R-TN) Tennessee 17th in population (1960) 40 Mark Hatfield (R-OR) January 10, 1967 41 Ted Stevens (R-AK) December 24, 1968 42 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO) December 28, 1968 43 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) January 3, 1969 Previously a senator 44 Richard Schweiker (R-PA) Former representative (8 years) - Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1960) 45 Charles Mathias (R-MD) Former representative (8 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960) 46 Bob Dole (R-KS) Former representative (8 years) - Kansas 29th in population (1960) 47 Henry Bellmon (R-OK) Former governor 48 Alan Cranston (D-CA) California 2nd in population (1960) 49 James AllenSenator Allen died on June 1, 1978. (D-AL) Alabama 19th in population (1960) 50 Bob Packwood (R-OR) Oregon 32nd in population (1960) 51 Mike Gravel (D-AK) Alaska 50th in population (1960) 52 Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL) November 17, 1970 53 Bill Roth (R-DE) January 1, 1971 54 Hubert HumphreyHubert Humphrey died on January 13, 1978. (D-MN) January 3, 1971 Previously a senator 55 Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) Former representative (6 years) 56 Lowell Weicker (R-CT) Former representative (2 years) 57 Lawton Chiles (D-FL) 58 Robert Stafford (R-VT) September 16, 1971 59 Sam Nunn (D-GA) November 8, 1972 60 Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA) November 14, 1972 61 William Hathaway (D-ME) January 3, 1973 Former representative (8 years) 62 William L. Scott (R-VA) Former representative (6 years) 63 James A. McClure (R-ID) Former representative (4 years) 64 James Abourezk (D-SD) Former representative (2 years) 65 Dewey F. Bartlett (R-OK) Former governor 66 Jesse Helms (R-NC) North Carolina 12th in population (1970) 67 Walter Huddleston (D-KY) Kentucky 23rd in population (1970) 68 Richard C. Clark (D-IA) Iowa 25th in population (1970) 69 Floyd K. Haskell (D-CO) Colorado 30th in population (1970) 70 Pete Domenici (R-NM) New Mexico 37th in population (1970) 71 Joe Biden (D-DE) Delaware 46th in population (1970) 72 Paul Laxalt (R-NV) December 18, 1974 73 Jake Garn (R-UT) December 21, 1974 74 John Glenn (D-OH) December 24, 1974 75 Wendell H. Ford (D-KY) December 28, 1974 76 Richard Stone (D-FL) January 1, 1975 77 John Culver (D-IA) January 3, 1975 Former representative 78 Dale Bumpers (D-AR) Former governor 79 Robert Burren Morgan (D-NC) North Carolina 12th in population (1970) 80 Gary Hart (D-CO) Colorado 30th in population (1970) 81 Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Vermont 48th in population (1970) 82 John Durkin (D-NH) September 18, 1975 83 John Danforth (R-MO) December 27, 1976 84 Edward Zorinsky (D-NE) December 28, 1976 85 Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) December 29, 1976 Previously a senator 86 John Chafee (R-RI) 87 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D-MI) December 30, 1976 Former representative 88 Wendell Anderson (D-MN) 89 Samuel Hayakawa (D-CA) January 2, 1977 90 Spark Matsunaga (D-HI) January 3, 1977 Former representative (14 years) 91 John Melcher (D-MT) Former representative (7 years, 7 months) 92 H. John Heinz III (R-PA) Former representative (6 years) 93 Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Former representative (6 years) 94 Pat Moynihan (D-NY) New York 2nd in population (1970) 95 Richard Lugar (R-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1970) 96 Jim Sasser (D-TN) Tennessee 17th in population (1970) 97 Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) Arizona 33rd in population (1970) 98 Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Utah 36th in population (1970) 99 Harrison Schmitt (R-NM) New Mexico 37th in population (1970) 100 Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) Wyoming 29th in population (1970) Kaneaster Hodges (D-AR) December 10, 1977 Paul G. Hatfield (D-MT) January 22, 1978 Muriel Humphrey (D-MN) January 25, 1978 Maryon Allen (D-AL) June 12, 1978 David Durenberger (R-MN) November 8, 1978 Minnesota 19th in population (1970) Donald W. Stewart (D-AL) Alabama 21st in population (1970) Max Baucus (D-MT) December 15, 1978 Nancy Kassebaum Baker (R-KS) December 23, 1978 Thad Cochran (R-MS) December 27, 1978 Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN) December 30, 1978 Alan K. Simpson (R-WY) January 1, 1979 John Warner (R-VA) January 2, 1979

The most senior senators by class were John C. Stennis (D-Mississippi) from Class 1, James Eastland (D-Mississippi) from Class 2, and Warren G. Magnuson (D-Washington) from Class 3. Stennis was the most senior senator from his class while being the junior senator from his state. Eastland resigned on December 27, 1978 with John Sparkman (D-Alabama) became the senior senator from his class on the final days of Congress.

See also 95th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 95th Congress

References

External links Senate Seniority List