This is a complete list of United States senators during the 70th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1929.
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.gov1901 U.S Census Report Contains 1900 census results1911 U.S Census Report Contains 1910 census results1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 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 1928 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1929 (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 1929.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1931 (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 1931.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1933 (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 1933.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Francis E. Warren (R-WY) March 4, 1895 2 Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) March 4, 1901 3 Lee S. Overman (D-NC) March 4, 1903 North Carolina 15th in population (1900) 4 Reed Smoot (R-UT) Utah 41st in population (1900) 5 William Borah (R-ID) March 4, 1907 6 Wesley Jones (R-WA) March 4, 1909 Former representative 7 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) South Carolina 24th in population (1900) 8 Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1900) 9 Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) August 1, 1910 10 George P. McLean (R-CT) March 4, 1911 Former governor 11 James A. Reed (D-MO) 12 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) April 2, 1912Seniority dates to special election, not oath. 13 Key Pittman (D-NV) January 29, 1913 14 Morris Sheppard (D-TX) February 3, 1913 15 Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA) March 4, 1913 Former representative (14 years) 16 Joseph Robinson (R-AR) Former representative (10 years), former governor 17 George W. Norris (R-NE) Former representative (10 years) 18 Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) 19 Charles Curtis (R-KS) Senator Curtis resigned on March 3, 1929, to become Vice President of the United States March 4, 1915 20 James Watson (R-IN) November 8, 1916 21 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) March 4, 1917 Former representative (6 years) 22 William H. King (D-UT) Former representative (3 years) 23 Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) Former representative (2 years) 24 Park Trammell (D-FL) Former governor, Florida 33rd in population (1910) 25 John B. Kendrick (D-WY) Former governor, Wyoming 47th in population (1910) 26 Frederick Hale (R-ME) Maine 34th in population (1910) 27 Andrieus Jones (D-NM) Senator Jones died on December 20, 1927 New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) 28 Hiram Johnson (R-CA) March 16, 1917 29 George H. Moses (R-NH) November 6, 1918 30 Charles L. McNary (R-OR) December 18, 1918 31 Arthur Capper (R-KS) March 4, 1919 Former governor, Kansas 22nd in population (1910) 32 Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) Former governor, New Hampshire 39th in population (1910) 33 William J. Harris (D-GA) Georgia 10th in population (1910) 34 Lawrence C. Phipps (R-CO) Colorado 32nd in population (1910) 35 Pat Harrison (D-MS) March 5, 1919 36 Walter E. Edge (R-NJ) May 19, 1919 37 Carter Glass (D-VA) February 2, 1920 38 James Thomas Heflin (D-AL) November 2, 1920 39 Frank B. Willis (R-OH)Senator Willis died on March 30, 1928 January 14, 1921 40 Frank R. Gooding (R-ID) Senator Gooding died on June 24, 1928 January 15, 1921 41 Thaddeus H. Caraway (D-AR) March 4, 1921 Former representative 42 Peter Norbeck (R-SD) Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1920) 43 Samuel M. Shortridge (R-CA) California 8th in population (1920) 44 Edwin S. Broussard (D-LA) Louisiana 22nd in population (1920) 45 Tasker Oddie (R-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1920) 46 David A. Reed (R-PA) August 8, 1922 47 Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE) November 7, 1922 48 Walter F. George (D-GA) November 22, 1922 49 James Couzens (R-MI) November 29, 1922 50 Frank L. Greene (R-VT) March 4, 1923 Former representative (11 years) 51 Simeon Fess (R-OH) Former representative (10 years), Ohio 4th in population (1920) 52 Hubert D. Stephens (D-MS) Former representative (10 years), Mississippi 23rd in population (1920) 53 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) Former representative (8 years) 54 Clarence Dill (D-WA) Former representative (4 years) 55 Woodbridge N. Ferris (D-MI) Senator Ferris died on March 23, 1928 Former governor, Michigan 7th in population (1920) 56 Edward I. Edwards (D-NJ) Former governor, New Jersey 10th in population (1920) 57 Lynn Frazier (R-ND) Former governor, North Dakota 36th in population (1920) 58 Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) New York 1st in population (1920) 59 Earle B. Mayfield (D-TX) Texas 5th in population (1920) 60 Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) Minnesota 17th in population (1920) 61 William C. Bruce (D-MD) Maryland 28th in population (1920) 62 Robert B. Howell (R-NE) Nebraska 31st in population (1920) 63 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) Montana 39th in population (1920) 64 Porter H. Dale (R-VT) November 7, 1923 65 Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI) November 4, 1924 66 Hiram Bingham (R-CT) December 17, 1924 67 Charles S. Deneen (R-IL) February 26, 1925 68 Coleman du Pont (R-DE) Senator du Pont resigned on December 9, 1928 March 4, 1925 Previously a senator 69 Frederick H. Gillett (R-MA) Former representative (32 years) 70 Thomas D. Schall (R-MN) Former representative (10 years) 71 Coleman L. Blease (R-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1920) 72 William McMaster (R-SD) Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1920) 73 Frederic Sackett (R-KY) Kentucky 15th in population (1920) 74 Lawrence Tyson (R-TN) Tennessee 19th in population (1920) 75 William B. Pine (R-OK) Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 76 Guy D. Goff (R-WV) West Virginia 27th in population (1920) 77 Sam G. Bratton (D-NM) New Mexico`43rd in population (1920) 78 Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R-WI) September 30, 1925 79 Arthur Robinson (R-IN) October 20, 1925 80 Gerald Nye (R-ND) November 14, 1925 81 Daniel F. Steck (D-IA) April 12, 1926 82 Arthur R. Gould (R-ME) November 30, 1926 83 David I. Walsh (D-MA) December 6, 1926 Previously a senator 84 Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) 85 Smith W. Brookhart (R-IA) March 4, 1927 Previously a senator 86 William S. Vare (R-PA) Former representative (15 years), Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1920) 87 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) Former representative (15 years), Arizona 45th in population (1920) 88 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) Former representative (14 years) 89 Elmer Thomas (D-OK) Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 90 Millard Tydings (D-MD) Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) 91 John J. Blaine (R-WI) Former governor 92 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) New York 1st in population (1920) 93 Hugo Black (D-AL) Alabama 18th in population (1920) 94 Charles Waterman (R-CO) Colorado 33rd in population (1920) 95 Frederick Steiwer (R-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1920) — Bronson Cutting (R-NM) Senator Cutting resigned on December 6, 1928 December 29, 1927 — Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) March 31, 1928 — Cyrus Locher (D-OH) Senator Locher resigned on December 14, 1928 April 28, 1928 — John Thomas (R-ID) June 30, 1928 96 Otis F. Glenn (R-IL) December 3, 1928 — Octaviano Larrazolo (R-NM) December 7, 1928 — Daniel Hastings (R-DE) December 10, 1928 — Theodore E. Burton (R-OH) December 15, 1928
See also 70th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 70th Congress
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External links Senate Seniority List