List of United States senators in the 81st Congress

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate 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 his or her 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.[1][2][3][4]

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

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Class Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 3 Terms 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.)[5]
Class 1 Terms 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.)[6]
Class 2 Terms 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.)[7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

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U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) March 4, 1917 Former representative (6 years)
2 Walter F. George (D-GA) November 22, 1922
3 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 Former representative (15 years), Maryland
4 Alben W. Barkley[8] (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. Wagner[9] (D-NY)
8 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) March 31, 1928
9 Tom Connally (D-TX) March 4, 1929 Former representative (12 years)
10 Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 Former governor
11 Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) March 4, 1933 Former governor
12 Pat McCarran (D-NV)
13 Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)
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 Former representative (4 years)
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 Former representative (15 years)
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. Reed[10] (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 Former governor
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 Homer S. Ferguson (R-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1940)
40 John Little McClellan (D-AR) Former representative (4 years), Arkansas 25th 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 Former representative (7 years)
45 Francis J. Myers (D-PA) January 3, 1945 Former representative (6 years)
46 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) Former representative (2 years)
47 Forrest C. Donnell (R-MO) Former governor, Missouri 10th in population (1940)
48 Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) Former governor, North Carolina 11th 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 Former governor, Massachusetts 8th in population (1940)
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 Former governor
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. Baldwin[11] (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 McGrath[12] (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 Broughton[13] (D-NC) Former governor
81 Russell B. Long (D-LA)
82 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) January 3, 1949 Former representative (twice), Former governor, Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 15 years, 10 months)
83 Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) Former representative, 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), former cabinet secretary
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. Miller[14] (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 Previously a senator
 — Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY) November 9, 1949 Former governor
 — 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), Former governor
 — Earle C. Clements (D-KY) Former representative (3 years), Former governor
 — Willis Smith (D-NC)
 — Richard Nixon (R-CA) December 1, 1950 Former representative (3 years)
 — John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ^ 1921 U.S Census Report Contains 1920 Census results
  3. ^ 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
  4. ^ 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
  5. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1951.
  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1953.
  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1955.
  8. ^ Senator Barkley resigned January 19, 1949.
  9. ^ Senator Wagner resigned June 28, 1949
  10. ^ Senator Reed died November 8, 1949.
  11. ^ Senator Baldwin resigned December 16, 1949
  12. ^ Senator McGrath resigned August 23, 1949.
  13. ^ Senator Broughton died March 6, 1949.
  14. ^ Senator Miller died October 8, 1949.
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