This is a complete list of United States senators during the 94th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1977.

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.gov1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 census results1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 census results.1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 census results.

The most senior junior senator in this Congress was John Stennis. The most junior senior senator in this Congress was Floyd Haskell until Robert Taft resigned on December 28, 1976, after which the distinction was held by John Glenn.

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 1976 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1977 (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 1977.Class 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 (AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1981.

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 McClellan (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 John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950 9 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) January 3, 1953 Former representative (12 years) 10 Mike Mansfield (D-MT) Former representative (10 years) 11 Stuart Symington (D-MO) 12 Roman Hruska (R-NE) November 8, 1954 13 Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955 14 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) January 3, 1955 15 Strom Thurmond (R-SC) November 7, 1956 16 Herman Talmadge (D-GA) January 3, 1957 Former governor 17 Frank Church (D-ID) 18 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) January 9, 1957 19 William Proxmire (D-WI) August 28, 1957 20 Jennings Randolph (D-WV) November 5, 1958 21 Hugh Scott (R-PA) January 3, 1959 Former representative (18 years) 22 Robert Byrd (D-WV) Former representative (6 years) 23 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) Former representative (4 years) 24 Edmund Muskie (D-ME) Former governor 25 Philip HartSenator Hart died on December 26, 1976 just a few days before his term would have expired and would have retired as he did not run for re-election to the Senate. (D-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1950) 26 Vance Hartke (D-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1950) 27 Frank Moss (D-UT) Utah 38th in population (1950) 28 Gale W. McGee (D-WY) Wyoming 48th in population (1950) 29 Howard Cannon (D-NV) Nevada 49th in population (1950) 30 Hiram Fong (R-HI) August 21, 1959 31 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) August 8, 1960 32 Lee Metcalf (D-MT) January 3, 1961 Former representative 33 Claiborne Pell (D-RI) 34 John Tower (R-TX) June 15, 1961 35 James B. Pearson (R-KS) January 31, 1962 36 Ted Kennedy (D-MA) November 7, 1962 Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) 37 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) New Hampshire 45th in population (1960) 38 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) January 3, 1963 Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary 39 George McGovern (D-SD) Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960) 40 Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960) 41 Birch Bayh (D-IN) 42 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) January 7, 1963 43 Joseph Montoya (D-NM) November 4, 1964 44 Walter Mondale (D-MN) December 30, 1964 45 Paul Fannin (R-AZ) January 3, 1965 46 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I-VA) November 12, 1965 47 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) May 11, 1966 48 Ernest Hollings (D-SC) November 9, 1966 49 Clifford Hansen (R-WY) January 3, 1967 Former governor 50 Charles H. Percy (R-IL) Illinois 4th in population (1960) 51 Edward Brooke (R-MA) Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) 52 Howard Baker (R-TN) Tennessee 17th in population (1960) 53 Mark Hatfield (R-OR) January 10, 1967 54 Ted Stevens (R-AK) December 24, 1968 55 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO) December 28, 1968 56 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) January 3, 1969 Previously a senator 57 Richard Schweiker (R-PA) Former representative (8 years) - Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1960) 58 Charles Mathias (R-MD) Former representative (8 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960) 59 Bob Dole (R-KS) Former representative (8 years) - Kansas 29th in population (1960) 60 Henry Bellmon (R-OK) Former governor 61 Alan Cranston (D-CA) California 2nd in population (1960) 62 James Allen (D-AL) Alabama 19th in population (1960) 63 Bob Packwood (R-OR) Oregon 32nd in population (1960) 64 Mike Gravel (D-AK) Alaska 50th in population (1960) 65 Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL) November 17, 1970 66 Bill Roth (R-DE) January 1, 1971 67 John V. Tunney (D-CA) January 2, 1971 68 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) January 3, 1971 Previously a senator 69 Robert Taft, Jr. (R-OH) Former representative (8 years) - Ohio 5th in population (1960) 70 Bill Brock (R-TN) Former representative (8 years) - Tennessee 17th in population (1960) 71 Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) Former representative (6 years) 72 John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-MD) Former representative (2 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960) 73 Lowell Weicker (R-CT) Former representative (2 years) - Connecticut 25th in population (1960) 74 James L. Buckley (C/R-NY) New York 1st in population (1960) 75 Lawton Chiles (D-FL) Florida 10th in population (1960) 76 Robert Stafford (R-VT) September 16, 1971 77 Sam Nunn (D-GA) November 8, 1972 78 Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA) November 14, 1972 79 William Hathaway (D-ME) January 3, 1973 Former representative (8 years) 80 William L. Scott (R-VA) Former representative (6 years) 81 James A. McClure (R-ID) Former representative (4 years) 82 James Abourezk (D-SD) Former representative (2 years) 83 Dewey F. Bartlett (R-OK) Former governor 84 Jesse Helms (R-NC) North Carolina 12th in population (1970) 85 Walter Huddleston (D-KY) Kentucky 23rd in population (1970) 86 Richard C. Clark (D-IA) Iowa 25th in population (1970) 87 Floyd K. Haskell (D-CO) Colorado 30th in population (1970) 88 Pete Domenici (R-NM) New Mexico 37th in population (1970) 89 Joe Biden (D-DE) Delaware 46th in population (1970) 90 Paul Laxalt (R-NV) December 18, 1974 91 Jake Garn (R-UT) December 21, 1974 92 John Glenn (D-OH) December 24, 1974 93 Wendell H. Ford (D-KY) December 28, 1974 94 Richard Stone (D-FL) January 1, 1975 95 John Culver (D-IA) January 3, 1975 Former representative 96 Dale Bumpers (D-AR) Former governor 97 Robert Burren Morgan (D-NC) North Carolina 12th in population (1970) 98 Gary Hart (D-CO) Colorado 30th in population (1970) 99 Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Vermont 48th in population (1970) 100 Norris CottonAlthough he had planned on retiring. Senator Cotton was asked/appointed to briefly retake his Senate seat a few months after Senator Wyman stepped down. Senator Cotton left the Senate again September 18, 1975 once a new special election had concluded. (R-NH) August 8, 1975 John Durkin (D-NH) September 18, 1975 John Danforth (R-MO) December 27, 1976 Edward Zorinsky (D-NE) December 28, 1976 Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) December 29, 1976 Previously a senator John Chafee (R-RI) Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D-MI) December 30, 1976 Former representative Wendell Anderson (D-MN) Samuel Hayakawa (R-CA) January 2, 1977

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.

See also 94th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 94th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List