This is a complete list of United States senators during the 108th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2005. In this congress, Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) was the most senior junior senator and Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota) was the most junior senior senator

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 state governor. The final factor is the population of the senator's state.A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 census results.1981 U.S Census Report Contains 1980 census results.1991 U.S Census Report Contains 1990 census results.

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 2004 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 2005 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NV, NH, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 2005.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 2007 (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, WV, WI, and WY.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 2007.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 2009 (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 2009.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Robert Byrd (D-WV) January 3, 1959   2 Ted Kennedy (D-MA) November 7, 1962 3 Daniel Inouye (D-HI) January 3, 1963 4 Fritz HollingsRetired or defeated in the 2004 election. (D-SC) November 9, 1966 5 Ted Stevens (R-AK) December 24, 1968 6 Pete Domenici (R-NM) January 3, 1973 New Mexico 37th in population (1970) 7 Joe Biden (D-DE) Delaware 46th in population (1970) 8 Patrick Leahy (D-VT) January 3, 1975 9 Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) January 3, 1977 Former representative 10 Richard Lugar (R-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1970) 11 Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Utah 36th in population (1970) 12 Max Baucus (D-MT) December 15, 1978   13 Thad Cochran (R-MS) December 27, 1978 14 John Warner (R-VA) January 2, 1979 15 Carl Levin (D-MI) January 3, 1979 16 Chris Dodd (D-CT) January 3, 1981 Former representative (6 years) - Connecticut 24th in population (1970) 17 Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Former representative (6 years) - Iowa 25th in population (1970) 18 Arlen Specter (R-PA) Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1970) 19 Don Nickles (R-OK) Oklahoma 27th in population (1970) 20 Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) January 3, 1983 21 John Kerry (D-MA) January 2, 1985 22 Tom Harkin (D-IA) January 3, 1985 Former representative 23 Mitch McConnell (R-KY)   24 Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) January 15, 1985 25 John Breaux (D-LA) January 3, 1987 Former representative (14 years) 26 Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Former representative (10 years) 27 Richard Shelby (R-AL) Former representative (8 years) - Alabama 22nd in population (1980) 28 Tom Daschle (D-SD) Former representative (8 years) - South Dakota 45th in population (1980) 29 John McCain (R-AZ) Former representative (4 years) - Arizona 29th in population (1980) 30 Harry Reid (D-NV) Former representative (4 years) - Nevada 43rd in population (1980) 31 Bob Graham (D-FL) Former governor - Florida 4th in population (1980) 32 Kit Bond (R-MO) Former governor - Missouri 15th in population (1980) 33 Kent Conrad (D-ND) 34 Trent Lott (R-MS) January 3, 1989 Former representative (16 years) 35 Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Former representative (14 years) 36 Herb Kohl (D-WI) Wisconsin 16th in population (1980) 37 Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1980) 38 Conrad Burns (R-MT) Montana 44th in population (1980) 39 Daniel Akaka (D-HI) May 16, 1990 40 Larry Craig (R-ID) January 3, 1991 41 Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) November 10, 1992 42 Byron Dorgan (D-ND) December 15, 1992 43 Barbara Boxer (D-CA) January 3, 1993 Former representative (10 years) 44 Judd Gregg (R-NH) Former representative (8 years) 45 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) Former representative (6 years) 46 Russ Feingold (D-WI) Wisconsin 16th in population (1990) 47 Patty Murray (D-WA) Washington 18th in population (1990) 48 Bob Bennett (R-UT) Utah 35th in population (1990) 49 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) June 14, 1993 50 Jim Inhofe (R-OK) November 17, 1994 51 Olympia Snowe (R-ME) January 3, 1995 Former representative (16 years) 52 Mike DeWine (R-OH) Former representative (8 years) - Ohio 7th in population (1990) 53 Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Former representative (8 years) - Arizona 24th in population (1990) 54 Craig L. Thomas (R-WY) Former representative (6 years) 55 Rick Santorum (R-PA) Former representative (4 years) 56 Bill Frist (R-TN) 57 Ron Wyden (D-OR) February 6, 1996 58 Sam Brownback (R-KS) November 7, 1996 59 Pat Roberts (R-KS) January 3, 1997 Former representative (16 years) 60 Dick Durbin (D-IL) Former representative (14 years) 61 Tim Johnson (D-SD) Former representative (10 years) 62 Wayne Allard (R-CO) Former representative (6 years) - Colorado 26th in population (1990) 63 Jack Reed (D-RI) Former representative (6 years) - Rhode Island 43rd in population (1990) 64 Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Louisiana 21st in population (1990) 65 Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Alabama 22nd in population (1990) 66 Gordon H. Smith (R-OR) Oregon 29th in population (1990) 67 Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Nebraska 36th in population (1990) 68 Susan Collins (R-ME) Maine 38th in population (1990) 69 Mike Enzi (R-WY) Wyoming 50th in population (1990) 70 Chuck Schumer (D-NY) January 3, 1999 Former representative (18 years) 71 Jim Bunning (R-KY) Former representative (12 years) 72 Mike Crapo (R-ID) Former representative (6 years) 73 Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Former representative (4 years) 74 George Voinovich (R-OH) Former governor - Ohio 7th in population (1990) 75 Evan Bayh (D-IN) Former governor - Indiana 14th in population (1990) 76 Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) Illinois 6th in population (1990) 77 John Edwards (D-NC) North Carolina 10th in population (1990) 78 Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) November 4, 1999 79 Zell Miller (D-GA) July 27, 2000 80 Bill Nelson (D-FL) January 3, 2001 Former representative (12 years) 81 Tom Carper (D-DE) Former representative (10 years) 82 Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Former representative (4 years) - Michigan 8th in population (1990) 83 John Ensign (R-NV) Former representative (4 years) - Nevada 39th in population (1990) 84 George Allen (R-VA) Former representative (2 years) - Former governor 85 Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Former representative (2 years) 86 Ben Nelson (D-NE) Former governor 87 Hillary Clinton (D-NY) New York 2nd in population (1990) 88 Jon Corzine (D-NJ) New Jersey 9th in population (1990) 89 Mark Dayton (D-MN) Minnesota 20th in population (1990) 90 Jim Talent (R-MO) November 25, 2002 91 John Cornyn (R-TX) December 2, 2002 92 Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) December 20, 2002 93 Frank LautenbergFrank Lautenberg served a previous term as U.S. Senator from New Jersey from January 1983 to January 2001, but under the rules, does not retain seniority from that prior service. Lautenberg has sought restoration of his seniority based on his prior service, but has not received it."Lieberman says he has been promised seniority" , via HillNews.com (D-NJ) January 3, 2003 Previously a senator 94 Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Former representative (8 years) - Georgia 9th in population (2000) 95 Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Former representative (8 years) - South Carolina 24th in population (2000) 96 John E. Sununu (R-NH) Former representative (6 years) 97 Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Former cabinet secretary, former governor 98 Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) Former cabinet secretary 99 Norm Coleman (R-MN) Minnesota 21st in population (2000) 100 Mark Pryor (D-AR) Arkansas 32nd in population (2000)

The most senior senators by class were Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) from Class 1, Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) from Class 2, and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) from Class 3.

See also 108th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 108th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List