This is a complete list of United States senators during the 87th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1963.

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.gov1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 census results1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 census results

In this congress, J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) was the most senior junior senator and Oren E. Long (D-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 1962 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 1963 (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 1963.Class 1Terms 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.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1965.Class 2Terms 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.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1967.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 2 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 3 Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA) March 4, 1933 4 Dennis ChavezSenator Chavez died on November 18, 1962 (D-NM) May 11, 1935 5 Styles BridgesSenator Bridges died on November 26, 1961 (R-NH) January 3, 1937 Former governor 6 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) 7 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 8 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) January 3, 1939 9 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 10 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator 11 John Little McClellan (D-AR) 12 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 13 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) January 3, 1945 Former representative 14 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) 15 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) 16 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) Indiana 12th in population (1940) 17 Wayne Morse (D-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1940) 18 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) January 4, 1945 19 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 20 Spessard Holland (D-FL) September 24, 1946 21 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) November 6, 1946 Former representative (13 years, 10 months) 22 John Sparkman (D-AL) Former representative (9 years, 10 months) 23 John J. Williams (R-DE) January 3, 1947 24 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 25 Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative 26 Russell B. Long (D-LA) 27 Estes Kefauver (D-TN) January 3, 1949 Former representative (10 years) 28 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) Former representative (8 years, 7 months) 29 Clinton Anderson (D-NM) Former representative (4 years, 6 months) 30 Robert S. KerrSenator Kerr died on January 1, 1963 (D-OK) Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) 31 Andrew F. SchoeppelSenator Schoeppel died on January 21, 1962 (R-KS) Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) 32 Paul Douglas (D-IL) Illinois 3rd in population (1940) 33 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 34 Henry DworshakSenator Dworshak died on July 23, 1962 (R-ID) October 14, 1949 35 Frank Carlson (R-KS) November 27, 1950 36 John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950 37 Everett Dirksen (R-IL) January 3, 1951 Former representative (16 years) 38 Francis H. CaseSenator Case died on June 23, 1962 (R-SD) Former representative (14 years) 39 Almer Monroney (D-OK) Former representative (12 years) 40 George Smathers (D-FL) Former representative (4 years) 41 John M. Butler (R-MD) Maryland 28th in population (1940) 42 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 43 Prescott Bush (R-CT) November 5, 1952 44 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) January 2, 1953 45 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) January 3, 1953 Former representative (14 years) 46 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) Former representative (12 years) 47 James Glenn Beall (R-MD) Former representative (10 years), Maryland 28th in population (1950) 48 Mike Mansfield (D-MT) Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950) 49 Stuart Symington (D-MO) Missouri 12th in population (1950) 50 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) Arizona 37th in population (1950) 51 Sam Ervin (D-NC) June 5, 1954 52 Norris Cotton (R-NH) November 8, 1954 Former representative (7 years, 10 months) 53 Roman Hruska (R-NE) Former representative (1 year, 10 months) 54 Alan Bible (D-NV) December 2, 1954 55 Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955 56 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) January 3, 1955 Former representative 57 Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) Maryland 24th in population (1950) 58 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) Colorado 32nd in population (1950) 59 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) November 7, 1956 Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months) 60 Strom Thurmond (D-SC) Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months) 61 Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY) January 3, 1957 Former representative (6 years) 62 John A. Carroll (D-CO) Former representative (4 years) 63 Frank J. Lausche (D-OH) Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950) 64 Herman Talmadge (D-GA) Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950) 65 Joseph S. Clark (D-PA) Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950) 66 Frank Church (D-ID) Idaho 43rd in population (1950) 67 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) January 9, 1957 68 Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) April 29, 1957 69 William Proxmire (D-WI) August 28, 1957 70 Ben Jordan (D-NC) April 19, 1958 71 Jennings Randolph (D-WV) November 5, 1958 72 Hugh Scott (R-PA) January 3, 1959 Former representative (18 years) 73 Clair Engle (D-CA) Former representative (15 years, 4 months) 74 Kenneth Keating (R-NY) Former representative (12 years) 75 Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) Former representative (10 years) 76 Stephen Young (D-OH) Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950) 77 Winston L. Prouty (R-VT) Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950) 78 Robert Byrd (D-WV) Former representative (6 years) 79 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950) 80 Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950) 81 Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK) Former delegate 82 Edmund Muskie (D-ME) Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950) 83 Ernest Gruening (D-AK) Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950) 84 Philip Hart (D-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1950) 85 Vance Hartke (D-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1950) 86 Frank Moss (D-UT) Utah 38th in population (1950) 87 Gale W. McGee (D-WY) Wyoming 48th in population (1950) 88 Howard Cannon (D-NV) Nevada 49th in population (1950) 89 Oren E. Long (D-HI) August 21, 1959 Former Territorial Governor 90 Hiram Fong (R-HI) 91 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) August 8, 1960 92 Edward V. Long (D-MO) September 23, 1960 93 Maurine Neuberger (D-OR) November 9, 1960 94 Benjamin A. Smith II (D-MA) December 27, 1960 95 William A. BlakleySenator Blakley lost a special, off year election and stepped down on June 14, 1961 (D-TX) January 3, 1961 Previously a senator 96 Lee Metcalf (D-MT) Former representative (8 years) 97 James Boggs (R-DE) Former representative (6 years) 98 John J. HickeyJohn J. Hickey was appointed to the Senate by Governor Jack R. Gage when Senator-elect Edwin Keith Thomson (R) died on December 9, 1960 before congress began. He was appointed the same day as the incoming freshmen senators from that election. Hickey lost the election to finish Thomson's term and was replaced by Milward L. Simpson (R) on November 7, 1962. (D-WY) Former governor 99 Jack Miller (R-IA) Iowa 22nd in population (1950) 100 Claiborne Pell (D-RI) Rhode Island 36th in population (1950) John Tower (R-TX) June 15, 1961 Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R-NH) January 10, 1962 James B. Pearson (R-KS) January 31, 1962 Joseph H. Bottum (R-SD) July 9, 1962 Len Jordan (R-ID) August 6, 1962 Milward L. Simpson (R-WY) November 7, 1962 Former governor Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) New Hampshire 45th in population (1960) Edwin L. Mechem (R-NM) November 30, 1962

The most senior senators by class were Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-Virginia) from Class 1, Richard Russell Jr. (D-Georgia) from Class 2, and Carl Hayden (D-Arizona) from Class 3.

See also 87th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 87th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List