This is a complete list of United States senators during the 86th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1961.

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.gov1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 census results1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 census results1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 census results

In this congress, J. William Fulbright was the most senior junior senator and Edward L. Bartlett was the most junior senior senator at the start of the congress until Oren E. Long became the junior senior senator when Hawaii joined statehood on August 21, 1959.

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 1960 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 1961 (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 1961.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, and WY.)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.

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 James Murray (D-MT) November 7, 1934 5 Dennis Chavez (D-NM) May 11, 1935 6 Theodore F. Green (D-RI) January 3, 1937 Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 7 Styles Bridges (R-NH) Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 8 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) 9 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 10 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) January 3, 1939 11 William LangerSenator Langer died on November 8, 1959 (R-ND) January 3, 1941 12 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 13 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator 14 John Little McClellan (D-AR) 15 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 16 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) January 3, 1945 Former representative 17 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) 18 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) 19 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) Indiana 12th in population (1940) 20 Wayne Morse (D-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1940) 21 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) January 4, 1945 22 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 23 Spessard Holland (D-FL) September 24, 1946 24 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) November 6, 1946 Former representative (13 years, 10 months) 25 John Sparkman (D-AL) Former representative (9 years, 10 months) 26 John J. Williams (R-DE) January 3, 1947 27 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 28 Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative 29 Russell B. Long (D-LA) 30 Lyndon JohnsonSenator Johnson stepped down on January 3, 1961 to become Vice President of the United States. (D-TX) January 3, 1949 Former representative (12 years) 31 Estes Kefauver (D-TN) Former representative (10 years) 32 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) Former representative (8 years, 7 months) 33 Clinton Anderson (D-NM) Former representative (4 years, 5 months) 34 Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) 35 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS) Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) 36 Paul Douglas (D-IL) Illinois 3rd in population (1940) 37 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 38 Joseph Frear, Jr. (D-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 39 Henry Dworshak (R-ID) October 14, 1949 40 Frank Carlson (R-KS) November 27, 1950 41 John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950 42 Everett Dirksen (R-IL) January 3, 1951 Former representative (16 years) 43 Francis H. Case (R-SD) Former representative (14 years) 44 Almer Monroney (D-OK) Former representative (12 years) 45 Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.Senator Hennings died on September 13, 1960 (D-MO) Former representative (6 years) 46 George Smathers (D-FL) Former representative (4 years) 47 John M. Butler (R-MD) Maryland 28th in population (1940) 48 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 49 Prescott Bush (R-CT) November 5, 1952 50 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) January 2, 1953 51 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) January 3, 1953 Former representative (14 years) 52 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) Former representative (12 years) 53 James Glenn Beall (R-MD) Former representative (10 years), Maryland 24th in population (1950) 54 Mike Mansfield (D-MT) Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950) 55 John F. KennedySenator Kennedy stepped down on December 22, 1960 to become President of the United States. (D-MA) Former representative (6 years) 56 Stuart Symington (D-MO) Missouri 12th in population (1950) 57 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) Arizona 37th in population (1950) 58 Sam Ervin (D-NC) June 5, 1954 59 Norris Cotton (R-NH) November 8, 1954 Former representative (7 years, 10 months) 60 Roman Hruska (R-NE) Former representative (1 year, 10 months) 61 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) November 29, 1954 62 Alan Bible (D-NV) December 2, 1954 63 Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955 64 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) January 3, 1955 Former representative (8 years) 65 Thomas Martin (R-IA) Former representative (6 years) 66 Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) Maryland 24th in population (1950) 67 Richard L. NeubergerSenator Neuberger died on March 9, 1960 (D-OR) Oregon 31st in population (1950) 68 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) Colorado 32nd in population (1950) 69 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) November 7, 1956 Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months) 70 Strom Thurmond (D-SC) Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months) 71 Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY) January 3, 1957 Former representative (6 years) 72 John A. Carroll (D-CO) Former representative (4 years) 73 Frank J. Lausche (D-OH) Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950) 74 Herman Talmadge (D-GA) Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950) 75 Joseph S. Clark (D-PA) Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950) 76 Frank Church (D-ID) Idaho 43rd in population (1950) 77 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) January 9, 1957 78 Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) April 29, 1957 79 William Proxmire (D-WI) August 28, 1957 80 Ben Jordan (D-NC) April 19, 1958 81 Jennings Randolph (D-WV) November 5, 1958 82 Hugh Scott (R-PA) January 3, 1959 Former representative (18 years) 83 Clair Engle (D-CA) Former representative (15 years, 4 months) 84 Kenneth Keating (R-NY) Former representative (12 years) 85 Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) Former representative (10 years) 86 Stephen Young (D-OH) Former representative (8 years), Ohio 5th in population (1950) 87 Winston L. Prouty (R-VT) Former representative (8 years), Vermont 46th in population (1950) 88 Robert Byrd (D-WV) Former representative (6 years) 89 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) Former representative (4 years), New Jersey 8th in population (1950) 90 Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) Former representative (4 years), Connecticut 34th in population (1950) 91 Edward L. Bartlett (D-AK) Former delegate 92 Edmund Muskie (D-ME) Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950) 93 Ernest Gruening (D-AK) Former Territorial Governor, Alaska 50th in population (1950) 94 Philip Hart (D-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1950) 95 Vance Hartke (D-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1950) 96 Frank Moss (D-UT) Utah 38th in population (1950) 97 Gale W. McGee (D-WY) Wyoming 48th in population (1950) 98 Howard Cannon (D-NV) Nevada 49th in population (1950) 99 Oren E. Long (D-HI) August 21, 1959 Former Territorial Governor 100 Hiram Fong (R-HI) C. Norman BrunsdaleSenator Brunsdale lost a special election and stepped down on August 7, 1960 (R-ND) November 19, 1959 Hall S. Lusk (D-OR) March 16, 1960 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) August 8, 1960 Edward V. Long (D-MO) September 23, 1960 Maurine Neuberger (D-OR) November 9, 1960 Benjamin A. Smith II (D-MA) December 27, 1960

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 86th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 86th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List