This is a complete list of United States senators during the 76th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941.

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 results

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1940 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

In this Congress, the most senior junior senator was Gerald Nye. The distinction of most junior senior senator was held by three different individuals: William Smathers from the start of the 76th Congress until April 9, 1939; Scott Lucas from April 9, 1939 to January 19, 1940; and D. Worth Clark from January 19, 1940 to the end of the 76th Congress.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941 (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 1941.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943 (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 1943.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1945 (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 1945.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 William Borah (R-ID)Senator Borah died on January 19, 1940 March 4, 1907 2 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) March 4, 1909 3 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) Retired or defeated after 1940 election. April 2, 1912 4 Key Pittman (D-NV) Senator Pittman died on November 10, 1940 January 29, 1913 5 Morris Sheppard (D-TX) February 3, 1913 6 George W. Norris (I-NE) March 4, 1913 7 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) March 4, 1917 Former representative (6 years) 8 William H. King (D-UT) Former representative (3 years) 9 Frederick Hale (R-ME) 10 Hiram Johnson (R-CA) March 16, 1917 11 Charles L. McNary (R-OR) December 18, 1918 12 Arthur Capper (R-KS) March 4, 1919 13 Pat Harrison (D-MS) March 5, 1919 14 Carter Glass (D-VA) February 2, 1920 15 Walter F. George (D-GA) November 22, 1922 16 Lynn Frazier (R-ND) March 4, 1923 Former governor 17 Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) Minnesota 17th in population (1920) 18 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) Montana 39th in population (1920) 19 Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI) September 30, 1925 20 Gerald Nye (R-ND) November 14, 1925 21 David I. Walsh (D-MA) December 6, 1926 22 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 Former representative (15 years) 23 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) Former representative (14 years) 24 Elmer Thomas (D-OK) Former representative, Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 25 Millard Tydings (D-MD) Former representative, Maryland 28th in population (1920) 26 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) 27 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) March 31, 1928 28 Tom Connally (D-TX) March 4, 1929 Former representative 29 John G. Townsend Jr. (R-DE) 30 James J. Davis (R-PA) December 2, 1930 31 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) March 4, 1931 Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (8 years) 32 J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) Senator Lewis died on April 9, 1939 Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (2 years) 33 James F. Byrnes (D-SC) Former representative (14 years), South Carolina 26th in population (1930) 34 Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME) Former representative (14 years), Maine 35th in population (1930) 35 William J. Bulow (D-SD) Former governor 36 Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) North Carolina 12th in population (1930) 37 John H. Bankhead II (D-AL) Alabama 15th in population (1930) 38 Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) Senator Logan died on October 3, 1939 Kentucky 17th in population (1930) 39 Warren Austin (R-VT) April 1, 1931 40 Hattie Caraway (D-AR) November 13, 1931 41 Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) December 5, 1932 42 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 43 Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) February 4, 1933 44 Alva B. Adams (D-CO) March 4, 1933 Previously a senator 45 John H. Overton (D-LA) Former representative 46 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) Former governor 47 Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1930) 48 Homer T. Bone (D-WA) Washington 30th in population (1930) 49 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) Utah 40th in population (1930) 50 Pat McCarran (D-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1930) 51 Carl Hatch (D-NM) October 10, 1933 52 Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT) Senator Gibson died on June 20, 1940 November 21, 1933 53 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) January 1, 1934 54 James Murray (D-MT) November 7, 1934 55 Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) January 3, 1935 Previously a senator 56 Francis T. Maloney (D-CT) Former representative (2 years), Connecticut 29th in population (1930) 57 Edward R. Burke (D-NE) Former representative (2 years), Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) 58 Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) Former governor (8 years) 59 Vic Donahey (D-OH) Former governor (6 years) 60 Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) 61 Harry S. Truman (D-MO) Missouri 10th in population (1930) 62 Sherman Minton (D-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1930) 63 George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD) Maryland 28th in population (1930) 64 Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA) Washington 30th in population (1930) 65 Dennis Chavez (D-NM) May 11, 1935 66 Rush D. Holt (D-WV) June 21, 1935 67 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) November 4, 1936 Former representative 68 Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) "A" 1st in alphabet 69 Claude Pepper (D-FL) "P" 16th in alphabet 70 Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI) November 19, 1936 71 Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN) Senator Lundeen died on August 31, 1940 January 3, 1937 Former representative (6 years) 72 Joshua B. Lee (D-OK) Former representative (2 years) 73 Clyde L. Herring (D-IA) Former governor (4 years), Iowa 19th in population (1930) 74 Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) Former governor (4 years), Colorado 33rd in population (1930) 75 Theodore F. Green (D-RI) Former governor (4 years), Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 76 Styles Bridges (R-NH) Former governor (2 years) 77 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) 78 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) 79 James H. Hughes (D-DE) Delaware 46th in population (1930) 80 Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY) Wyoming 47th in population (1930) 81 William H. Smathers (D-NJ) April 15, 1937 82 John E. Miller (D-AR) November 15, 1937 83 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 84 William Warren Barbour (R-NJ) November 9, 1938 85 Tom Stewart (D-TN) 86 James M. Mead (D-NY) December 3, 1938 87 Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) January 3, 1939 Former representative (6 years) 88 Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) Former representative (4 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) 89 D. Worth Clark (D-ID) Former representative (4 years), Idaho 42nd in population (1930) 90 Clyde M. Reed (R-KS) Former governor 91 Robert A. Taft (R-OH) Ohio 4th in population (1930) 92 Sheridan Downey (D-CA) California 6th in population (1930) 93 John A. Danaher (R-CT) Connecticut 29th in population (1930) 94 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) Wisconsin 30th in population (1930) 95 Rufus C. Holman (R-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1930) 96 John Chandler Gurney (R-SD) South Dakota 36th in population (1930) James M. Slattery (D-IL) Senator Slattery resigned on November 21, 1940 April 14, 1939 Albert B. Chandler (D-KY) October 9, 1939 John Thomas (R-ID) January 27, 1940 Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R-VT) June 24, 1940 Joseph H. Ball (R-MN) October 14, 1940 C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) November 22, 1940 Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV) November 27, 1940 Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA) December 19, 1940

The senior senators by class were Henry F. Ashurst (R-Arizona) from Class 1, William Borah (R-Idaho) from Class 2, and Ellison D. Smith (D-South Carolina) from Class 3. Borah died on January 19, 1940 with Morris Sheppard (D-Texas) became the senior senator from his class.

See also 76th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 76th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List