This is a complete list of United States senators during the 81st United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951.

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.gov1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 census results1931 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 1950 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 1951 (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 1951.Class 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.

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 Former representative (15 years) 4 Alben W. BarkleySenator Barkley resigned January 19, 1949. (D-KY) Former representative (14 years) 5 Elmer Thomas (D-OK) Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 6 Millard Tydings (D-MD) Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) 7 Robert F. WagnerSenator Wagner resigned June 28, 1949 (D-NY) 8 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) March 31, 1928 9 Tom Connally (D-TX) March 4, 1929 10 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 11 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) March 4, 1933 Former governor 12 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) Utah 40th in population (1930) 13 Pat McCarran (D-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1930) 14 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) January 1, 1934 15 James Murray (D-MT) November 7, 1934 16 Dennis Chavez (D-NM) May 11, 1935 17 Claude Pepper (D-FL) November 4, 1936 18 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) January 3, 1937 Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) 19 Theodore F. Green (D-RI) Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 20 Styles Bridges (R-NH) Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 21 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) 22 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 23 Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) January 3, 1939 Former representative (4 years) 24 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) Former representative (2 years) 25 Clyde M. ReedSenator Reed died November 8, 1949. (R-KS) Former governor 26 Robert A. Taft (R-OH) Ohio 4th in population (1930) 27 Sheridan Downey (D-CA) California 6th in population (1930) 28 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) 29 John Chandler Gurney (R-SD) South Dakota 36th in population (1930) 30 Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME) January 3, 1941 Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1930) 31 William Langer (R-ND) Former governor, North Dakota 38th in population (1930) 32 Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) West Virginia 27th in population (1930) 33 Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) 34 Ernest McFarland (D-AZ) Arizona 43rd in population (1930) 35 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 36 Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) November 5, 1941 37 Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) December 20, 1941 38 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator 39 John Little McClellan (D-AR) Former representative 40 Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1940) 41 Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE) Nebraska 32nd in population (1940) 42 Guy Cordon (R-OR) March 4, 1944 43 Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) December 7, 1944 44 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 45 Francis J. Myers (D-PA) January 3, 1945 Former representative (6 years) 46 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) Former representative (2 years) 47 Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) Former representative (1 year, 2 months) 48 Forrest C. Donnell (R-MO) Former governor, Missouri 10th in population (1940) 49 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) 50 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) 51 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) Indiana 12th in population (1940) 52 Brien McMahon (D-CT) Connecticut 31st in population (1940) 53 Wayne Morse (R-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1940) 54 Glen H. Taylor (D-ID) Idaho 42nd in population (1940) 54 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) January 4, 1945 56 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 57 William F. Knowland (R-CA) August 26, 1945 58 Spessard Holland (D-FL) September 24, 1946 59 Ralph Flanders (R-VT) November 1, 1946 60 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) November 6, 1946 Former representative (13 years, 10 months) 61 John Sparkman (D-AL) Former representative (9 years, 10 months) 62 Harry P. Cain (R-WA) December 26, 1946 63 Raymond E. BaldwinSenator Baldwin resigned December 16, 1949 (R-CT) December 27, 1946 64 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) January 3, 1947 Previously a senator (7 years, 1 month) 65 William E. Jenner (R-IN) Previously a senator (2 months) 66 Edward Martin (R-PA) Former governor, Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1940) 67 John W. Bricker (R-OH) Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940) 68 Edward John Thye (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 69 Herbert O'Conor (D-MD) Former governor, Maryland 28th in population (1940) 70 Irving Ives (R-NY) New York 1st in population (1940) 71 James P. Kem (R-MO) Missouri 10th in population (1940) 72 Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1940) 73 J. Howard McGrathSenator McGrath resigned August 23, 1949. (D-RI) Rhode Island 36th in population (1940) 74 Zales Ecton (R-MT) Montana 39th in population (1940) 75 Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 76 John J. Williams (R-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 77 George W. Malone (R-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1940) 78 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 79 Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative 80 J. Melville BroughtonSenator Broughton died March 6, 1949. (D-NC) Former governor 81 Russell B. Long (D-LA) 82 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) January 3, 1949 Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 15 years, 10 months) 83 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) Previously a senator (8 years, 2 months) 84 Virgil Chapman (D-KY) Former representative (24 years) 85 Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) Former representative (12 years) 86 Estes Kefauver (D-TN) Former representative (10 years) 87 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) Former representative (8 years, 7 months) 88 Clinton Anderson (D-NM) Former representative (4 years) 89 Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) 90 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS) Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) 91 Lester C. Hunt (D-WY) Former governor, Wyoming 46th in population (1940) 92 Paul Douglas (D-IL) Illinois 3rd in population (1940) 93 Robert C. Hendrickson (R-NJ) New Jersey 9th in population (1940) 94 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 95 Bert H. MillerSenator Miller died October 8, 1949. (D-ID) Idaho 42nd in population (1940) 96 Joseph Frear Jr. (D-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940)  — Garrett L. Withers (D-KY) January 20, 1949  — Frank Porter Graham (D-NC) March 29, 1949  — John Foster Dulles (R-NY) July 8, 1949  — Edward L. Leahy (D-RI) August 24, 1949  — Henry Dworshak (R-ID) October 14, 1949  — Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY) November 9, 1949  — Harry Darby (R-KS) December 2, 1949  — William Benton (D-CT) December 17, 1949  — Frank Carlson (R-KS) November 27, 1950 Former representative (12 years)  — Earle C. Clements (D-KY) Former representative (3 years)  — Willis Smith (D-NC)  — Richard Nixon (R-CA) December 1, 1950  — John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950

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 81st United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 81st Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List