List of United States senators in the 75th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 75th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939.

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 1938 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

In this Congress, the most senior junior senator was Gerald Nye. The most junior senior senator was Charles Andrews until January 17, 1938, after which it was William Smathers.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1939 (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 1939.Class 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.

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

The most 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.

See also 75th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 75th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List