This is a complete list of United States senators during the 82nd United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1953.

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 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 1952 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

In this Congress, the most senior junior senator was Richard Russell. The most junior senior senator was Henry Dworshak until March 8, 1951, after which it was Earle Clements.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1953 (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 1953.Class 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.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) March 4, 1917 2 Walter F. George (D-GA) November 22, 1922 3 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 4 Arthur H. VandenbergSenator Vandenberg died on April 18, 1951. (R-MI) March 31, 1928 5 Tom Connally (D-TX) March 4, 1929 6 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 7 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) March 4, 1933 Former governor 8 Pat McCarran (D-NV) 9 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) January 1, 1934 10 James Murray (D-MT) November 7, 1934 11 Dennis Chavez (D-NM) May 11, 1935 12 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) January 3, 1937 Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) 13 Theodore F. Green (D-RI) Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 14 Styles Bridges (R-NH) Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 15 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) 16 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 17 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) January 3, 1939 Former representative 18 Robert A. Taft (R-OH) Ohio 4th in population (1930) 19 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) 20 Ralph Owen BrewsterSenator Brewster resigned December 31, 1952. (R-ME) January 3, 1941 Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1930) 21 William Langer (R-ND) Former governor, North Dakota 38th in population (1930) 22 Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) West Virginia 27th in population (1930) 23 Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) 24 Ernest McFarland (D-AZ) Arizona 43rd in population (1930) 25 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 26 Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) November 5, 1941 27 Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) December 20, 1941 28 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator 29 John Little McClellan (D-AR) Former representative 30 Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1940) 31 Kenneth S. WherrySenator Wherry died on November 2, 1951. (R-NE) Nebraska 32nd in population (1940) 32 Guy Cordon (R-OR) March 4, 1944 33 Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) December 7, 1944 34 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 35 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) January 3, 1945 Former representative (2 years) 36 Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) Former representative (1 year, 2 months) 37 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) 38 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) 39 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) Indiana 12th in population (1940) 40 Brien McMahonSenator McMahon died on July 28, 1952. (D-CT) Connecticut 31st in population (1940) 41 Wayne Morse (I/R-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1940) 42 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) January 4, 1945 43 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 44 William F. Knowland (R-CA) August 26, 1945 45 Spessard Holland (D-FL) September 24, 1946 46 Ralph Flanders (R-VT) November 1, 1946 47 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) November 6, 1946 Former representative (13 years, 10 months) 48 John Sparkman (D-AL) Former representative (9 years, 10 months) 49 Harry P. Cain (R-WA) December 26, 1946 50 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) January 3, 1947 Previously a senator (7 years, 1 month) 51 William E. Jenner (R-IN) Previously a senator (2 months) 52 Edward Martin (R-PA) Former governor, Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1940) 53 John W. Bricker (R-OH) Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940) 54 Edward John Thye (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 55 Herbert O'Conor (D-MD) Former governor, Maryland 28th in population (1940) 56 Irving Ives (R-NY) New York 1st in population (1940) 57 James P. Kem (R-MO) Missouri 10th in population (1940) 58 Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1940) 59 Zales Ecton (R-MT) Montana 39th in population (1940) 60 Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 61 John J. Williams (R-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 62 George W. Malone (R-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1940) 63 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 64 Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative 65 Russell B. Long (D-LA) 66 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) January 3, 1949 Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 15 years, 10 months) 67 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) Previously a senator (8 years, 2 months) 68 Virgil ChapmanSenator Chapman died on March 8, 1951. (D-KY) Former representative (24 years) 69 Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) Former representative (12 years) 70 Estes Kefauver (D-TN) Former representative (10 years) 71 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) Former representative (8 years, 7 months) 72 Clinton Anderson (D-NM) Former representative (4 years, 5 months) 73 Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) 74 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS) Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) 75 Lester C. Hunt (D-WY) Former governor, Wyoming 46th in population (1940) 76 Paul Douglas (D-IL) Illinois 3rd in population (1940) 77 Robert C. Hendrickson (R-NJ) New Jersey 9th in population (1940) 78 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 79 Joseph Frear Jr. (D-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 80 Henry Dworshak (R-ID) October 14, 1949 81 Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY) November 9, 1949 82 William Benton (D-CT) December 17, 1949 83 Frank Carlson (R-KS) November 27, 1950 Former representative (12 years) 84 Earle C. Clements (D-KY) Former representative (3 years) 85 Willis Smith (D-NC) 86 Richard NixonSenator Nixon stepped down on January 1, 1953 to become Vice President of the United States. (R-CA) December 1, 1950 87 John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950 88 Everett Dirksen (R-IL) January 3, 1951 Former representative (16 years) 89 Francis H. Case (R-SD) Former representative (14 years) 90 Almer Monroney (D-OK) Former representative (12 years) 91 Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D-MO) Former representative (6 years) 92 George Smathers (D-FL) Former representative (4 years) 93 John M. Butler (R-MD) Maryland 28th in population (1940) 94 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 95 Herman Welker (R-ID) Idaho 43rd in population (1940) 96 James H. Duff (R-PA) January 16, 1951 97 Thomas R. Underwood (D-KY) March 19, 1951 98 Blair Moody (D-MI) April 23, 1951 99 Fred Andrew Seaton (R-NE) December 10, 1951 100 William A. PurtellWilliam Purtell was appointed to Connecticut's Class 3 Senate seat but ran for and won the states open Class 1 Senate seat in 1952. As is customary, he stepped down early once Prescott Bush won the election to fill the Class 3 Seat. The gap in his service caused him to lose some seniority when he retook the oath on January 3, 1953 (R-CT) August 29, 1952 101 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) November 5, 1952 Previously a senator 102 Charles E. Potter (R-MI) Former representative 103 Dwight Griswold (R-NE) Former governor 104 Prescott Bush (R-CT) 105 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) January 2, 1953

The most senior senators by class were Kenneth McKellar (D-Tennessee) 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 82nd United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 82nd Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List