This is a complete list of United States senators during the 80th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949.

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 1948 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

In this congress, Richard Russell Jr. was the most senior junior senator and Leverett Saltonstall was the junior senior senator.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1949 (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 1949.Class 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.

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 Arthur Capper (R-KS) March 4, 1919 3 Walter F. George (D-GA) November 22, 1922 4 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 Former representative (15 years) 5 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) Former representative (14 years) 6 Elmer Thomas (D-OK) Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 7 Millard Tydings (D-MD) Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) 8 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) 9 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) March 31, 1928 10 Tom Connally (D-TX) March 4, 1929 11 Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME) March 4, 1931 12 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 13 John H. OvertonSenator Overton died on May 14, 1948 (D-LA) March 4, 1933 Former representative 14 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) Former governor 15 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) Utah 40th in population (1930) 16 Pat McCarran (D-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1930) 17 Carl Hatch (D-NM) October 10, 1933 18 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) January 1, 1934 19 James Murray (D-MT) November 7, 1934 20 Theodore G. BilboSenator Bilbo died on August 21, 1947. (D-MS) January 3, 1935 21 Dennis Chavez (D-NM) May 11, 1935 22 Claude Pepper (D-FL) November 4, 1936 23 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) January 3, 1937 Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) 24 Theodore F. Green (D-RI) Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 25 Styles Bridges (R-NH) Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 26 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) 27 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 28 Tom Stewart (D-TN) November 9, 1938 29 Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) January 3, 1939 Former representative (4 years) 30 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) Former representative (2 years) 31 Clyde M. Reed (R-KS) Former governor 32 Robert A. Taft (R-OH) Ohio 4th in population (1930) 33 Sheridan Downey (D-CA) California 6th in population 34 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) 35 John Chandler Gurney (R-SD) South Dakota 36th in population (1930) 36 C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) November 22, 1940 37 Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME) January 3, 1941 Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1940) 38 William Langer (R-ND) Former governor, North Dakota 38th in population (1940) 39 Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) West Virginia 27th in population (1930) 40 Hugh A. Butler (R-NE) Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) 41 Ernest McFarland (D-AZ) Arizona 43rd in population (1930) 42 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 43 W. Lee O'Daniel (D-TX) August 4, 1941 44 Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC) November 5, 1941 45 Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO) December 20, 1941 46 Joseph H. Ball (R-MN) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator (2 years) 47 James Eastland (D-MS) Previously a senator (1 year) 48 John Little McClellan (D-AR) Former representative 49 Harlan J. BushfieldSenator Bushfield died on September 27, 1948 (R-SD) Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1940) 50 C. Douglass Buck (R-DE) Former governor, Delaware 47th in population (1940) 51 Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1940) 52 Albert W. Hawkes (R-NJ) New Jersey 9th in population (1940) 53 Edward H. Moore (R-OK) Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) 54 W. Chapman Revercomb (R-WV) West Virginia 24th in population (1940) 55 Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE) Nebraska 32nd in population (1940) 56 Edward V. Robertson (R-WY) Wyoming 46th in population (1940) 57 George A. Wilson (R-IA) January 14, 1943 58 Guy Cordon (R-OR) March 4, 1944 59 Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) December 7, 1944 60 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 61 Francis J. Myers (D-PA) January 3, 1945 Former representative (6 years) 62 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) Former representative (2 years) 64 Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) Former representative (1 year, 2 months) 63 Forrest C. Donnell (R-MO) Former governor, Missouri 10th in population (1940) 65 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) 66 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) 67 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) Indiana 12th in population (1940) 68 Brien McMahon (D-CT) Connecticut 31st in population (1940) 69 Wayne Morse (R-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1940) 70 Glen H. Taylor (D-ID) Idaho 42nd in population (1940) 71 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) January 4, 1945 72 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 73 William F. Knowland (R-CA) August 26, 1945 74 Spessard Holland (D-FL) September 24, 1946 75 Ralph Flanders (R-VT) November 1, 1946 76 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) November 6, 1946 Former representative (13 years, 10 months) 77 John Sparkman (D-AL) Former representative (9 years, 10 months) 78 Henry Dworshak (R-ID) Former representative (8 years) 79 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) 80 William B. Umstead (D-NC) December 18, 1946 81 Harry P. Cain (R-WA) December 26, 1946 82 Raymond E. Baldwin (R-CT) December 27, 1946 83 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) January 3, 1947 Previously a senator (7 years, 1 month) 84 William E. Jenner (R-IN) Previously a senator (2 months) 85 Edward Martin (R-PA) Former governor, Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1940) 86 John W. Bricker (R-OH) Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940) 87 Edward John Thye (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 88 Herbert O'Conor (D-MD) Former governor, Maryland 28th in population (1940) 89 Irving Ives (R-NY) New York 1st in population (1940) 90 James P. Kem (R-MO) Missouri 10th in population (1940) 91 Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1940) 92 J. Howard McGrath (R-RI) Rhode Island 36th in population (1940) 93 Zales Ecton (R-MT) Montana 39th in population (1940) 94 Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 95 John J. Williams (R-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 96 George W. Malone (R-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1940) — John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 — William C. Feazel (D-LA) May 18, 1948 — Vera C. Bushfield (R-SD) October 6, 1948 — Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative — J. Melville Broughton (D-NC) Former governor — Russell B. Long (D-LA)

The most senior senators by class were Kenneth McKellar (D-Tennessee) from Class 1, Arthur Capper (R-Kansas) from Class 2, and Walter F. George (D-Georgia) from Class 3.

See also 80th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 80th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List