This is a complete list of United States senators during the 83rd United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1955.

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

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 1954 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

In this Congress, Richard Russell Jr. was the most senior junior senator. Four senators held the distinction of being the most junior senior senator throughout this Congress: first, Prescott Bush from the start of the Congress until Clyde Hoey's death in May 1954; then Alton Lennon until July 1, 1954, until the death of Hugh Butler; then Eva Bowring until she vacated office on November 8, 1954; and finally Roman Hruska from his swearing in that day through the remainder of this Congress.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1955 (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 1955.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1957 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, 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 1957.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1959 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, 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 1959.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Walter F. George (D-GA) November 22, 1922 2 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 3 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 4 Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA) March 4, 1933 Former governor 5 Pat McCarranSenator McCarran died on September 28, 1954 (D-NV) 6 James Murray (D-MT) November 7, 1934 7 Dennis Chavez (D-NM) May 11, 1935 8 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) January 3, 1937 Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) 9 Theodore F. Green (D-RI) Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 10 Styles Bridges (R-NH) Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 11 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) 12 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 13 Charles W. TobeySenator Tobey died on July 24, 1953. (R-NH) January 3, 1939 Former representative 14 Robert A. TaftSenator Taft died on July 31, 1953. (R-OH) Ohio 4th in population (1930) 15 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) 16 William Langer (R-ND) January 3, 1941 Former governor 17 Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) West Virginia 27th in population (1930) 18 Hugh A. ButlerSenator Butler died on July 1, 1954. (R-NE) Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) 19 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 20 Burnet R. MaybankSenator Maybank died on September 1, 1954. (D-SC) November 5, 1941 21 Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) December 20, 1941 22 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator 23 John Little McClellan (D-AR) Former representative 24 Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI) 25 Guy Cordon (R-OR) March 4, 1944 26 Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) December 7, 1944 27 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 28 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) January 3, 1945 Former representative (2 years) 29 Clyde R. HoeySenator Hoey died on May 12, 1954 (D-NC) Former representative (1 year, 2 months) 30 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) 31 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) 32 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) Indiana 12th in population (1940) 33 Wayne Morse (I/D-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1940) 34 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) January 4, 1945 35 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 36 William F. Knowland (R-CA) August 26, 1945 37 Spessard Holland (D-FL) September 24, 1946 38 Ralph Flanders (R-VT) November 1, 1946 39 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) November 6, 1946 Former representative (13 years, 10 months) 40 John Sparkman (D-AL) Former representative (9 years, 10 months) 41 William E. Jenner (R-IN) January 3, 1947 Previously a senator 42 Edward Martin (R-PA) Former governor, Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1940) 43 John W. Bricker (R-OH) Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940) 44 Edward John Thye (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 45 Irving Ives (R-NY) New York 1st in population (1940) 46 Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1940) 47 Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 48 John J. Williams (R-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 49 George W. Malone (R-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1940) 50 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 51 Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative 52 Russell B. Long (D-LA) 53 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) January 3, 1949 Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 15 years, 10 months) 54 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) Previously a senator (8 years, 2 months) 55 Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) Former representative (12 years) 56 Estes Kefauver (D-TN) Former representative (10 years) 57 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) Former representative (8 years, 7 months) 58 Clinton Anderson (D-NM) Former representative (4 years, 5 months) 59 Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) 60 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS) Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) 61 Lester C. HuntSenator Hunt died on June 19, 1954. (D-WY) Former governor, Wyoming 46th in population (1940) 62 Paul Douglas (D-IL) Illinois 3rd in population (1940) 63 Robert C. Hendrickson (R-NJ) New Jersey 9th in population (1940) 64 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 65 Joseph Frear, Jr. (D-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 66 Henry Dworshak (R-ID) October 14, 1949 67 Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY) November 9, 1949 68 Frank Carlson (R-KS) November 27, 1950 Former representative (12 years) 69 Earle C. Clements (D-KY) Former representative (3 years) 70 Willis SmithSenator Smith died on June 26, 1953 (D-NC) 71 John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950 72 Everett Dirksen (R-IL) January 3, 1951 Former representative (16 years) 73 Francis H. Case (R-SD) Former representative (14 years) 74 Almer Monroney (D-OK) Former representative (12 years) 75 Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D-MO) Former representative (6 years) 76 George Smathers (D-FL) Former representative (4 years) 77 John M. Butler (R-MD) Maryland 28th in population (1940) 78 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 79 Herman Welker (R-ID) Idaho 43rd in population (1940) 80 James H. Duff (R-PA) January 16, 1951 81 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) November 5, 1952 Previously a senator 82 Charles E. Potter (R-MI) Former representative 83 Dwight Griswold (R-NE) Former governor 84 Prescott Bush (R-CT) 85 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) January 2, 1953 86 William A. Purtell (R-CT) January 3, 1953 Previously a senator 87 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) Former representative (14 years) 88 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) Former representative (12 years) 89 James Glenn Beall (R-MD) Former representative (10 years), Maryland 24th in population (1950) 90 Mike Mansfield (D-MT) Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950) 91 John F. Kennedy (D-MA) Former representative (6 years) 92 Frederick G. Payne (R-ME) Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950) 93 Frank A. Barrett (R-WY) Former governor, Wyoming 48th in population (1950) 94 Price Daniel (D-TX) Texas 6th in population (1950) 95 Stuart Symington (D-MO) Missouri 12th in population (1950) 96 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) Arizona 37th in population (1950)  — Alton Asa Lennon (D-NC) July 10, 1953  — Robert W. Upton (R-NH) August 14, 1953  — Thomas A. Burke (D-OH) November 10, 1953  — Eva Bowring (D-NE) April 16, 1954  — Sam Ervin (D-NC) June 5, 1954  — Edward D. Crippa (R-WY) June 24, 1954  — Samuel W. Reynolds (R-NE) July 3, 1954  — Charles E. Daniel (D-SC) September 6, 1954  — Ernest S. Brown (R-NV) October 1, 1954  — Norris Cotton (R-NH) November 8, 1954 Former representative (7 years, 10 months)  — Roman Hruska (R-NE) Former representative (1 year, 10 months)  — Hazel AbelSenator Abel stepped down on December 31, 1954, 53 days after taking office. (R-NE)  — Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) November 29, 1954 Previously a senator  — W. Kerr Scott (D-NC)  — Alan Bible (D-NV) December 2, 1954  — George H. Bender (R-OH) December 16, 1954  — Strom ThurmondSenator Thurmond was elected as a write in candidate but he vowed to step down and run as a Democrat which he did on April 4, 1956. (I-SC) December 24, 1954  — Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955

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 Walter F. George (D-Georgia) from Class 3. Russell was the most senior senator from his class being the junior senator from his state.

See also 83rd United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 83rd Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List