This is a complete list of United States senators during the 92nd United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1973.

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 includes the population of senator's state.A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 census results1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 census results.

In this congress, the most senior junior senator was J. William Fulbright. The most junior senior senator was William Saxbe.

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 1972 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1973 (AK, 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 1973.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1975 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, 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 1975.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1977 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, and WY.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1977.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Richard Russell, Jr.Senator Russell died on January 21, 1971 (D-GA) January 12, 1933 2 Allen J. EllenderSenator Ellender died on July 27, 1972 (D-LA) January 3, 1937 3 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 4 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator 5 John Little McClellan (D-AR) 6 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 7 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) January 3, 1945 8 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 9 John Sparkman (D-AL) November 6, 1946 10 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 11 Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative 12 Russell B. Long (D-LA) 13 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) January 3, 1949 Former representative (8 years, 7 months) 14 Clinton Anderson (D-NM) Former representative (4 years, 5 months) 15 John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950 16 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) January 3, 1951 17 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) January 3, 1953 Former representative (12 years) 18 Mike Mansfield (D-MT) Former representative (10 years) 19 Stuart Symington (D-MO) 20 Sam Ervin (D-NC) June 5, 1954 21 Norris Cotton (R-NH) November 8, 1954 Former representative (7 years, 10 months) 22 Roman Hruska (R-NE) Former representative (1 year, 10 months) 23 Alan Bible (D-NV) December 2, 1954 24 Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955 25 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) January 3, 1955 Former representative 26 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) 27 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) November 7, 1956 Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months) 28 Strom Thurmond (R-SC) Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months) 29 Herman Talmadge (D-GA) January 3, 1957 Former governor 30 Frank Church (D-ID) 31 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) January 9, 1957 32 William Proxmire (D-WI) August 28, 1957 33 Ben Jordan (D-NC) April 19, 1958 34 Jennings Randolph (D-WV) November 5, 1958 35 Hugh Scott (R-PA) January 3, 1959 Former representative (18 years) 36 Winston L. ProutySenator Prouty died on September 10, 1971 (R-VT) Former representative (8 years) 37 Robert Byrd (D-WV) Former representative (6 years) 38 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) Former representative (4 years) 39 Edmund Muskie (D-ME) Former governor 40 Philip Hart (D-MI) Michigan 7th in population (1950) 41 Vance Hartke (D-IN) Indiana 11th in population (1950) 42 Frank Moss (D-UT) Utah 38th in population (1950) 43 Gale W. McGee (D-WY) Wyoming 48th in population (1950) 44 Howard Cannon (D-NV) Nevada 49th in population (1950) 45 Hiram Fong (R-HI) August 21, 1959 46 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) August 8, 1960 47 Lee Metcalf (D-MT) January 3, 1961 Former representative (8 years) 48 James Boggs (R-DE) Former representative (6 years) 49 Jack Miller (R-IA) Iowa 22nd in population (1950) 50 Claiborne Pell (D-RI) Rhode Island 36th in population (1950) 51 John Tower (R-TX) June 15, 1961 52 James B. Pearson (R-KS) January 31, 1962 53 Len Jordan (R-ID) August 6, 1962 54 Ted Kennedy (D-MA) November 7, 1962 Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) 55 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) New Hampshire 45th in population (1960) 56 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) January 3, 1963 Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary 57 George McGovern (D-SD) Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960) 58 Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960) 59 Peter H. Dominick (R-CO) Former representative (2 years) 60 Birch Bayh (D-IN) 61 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) January 7, 1963 62 Joseph Montoya (D-NM) November 4, 1964 Former representative 63 Fred R. Harris (D-OK) 64 Walter Mondale (D-MN) December 30, 1964 65 Paul Fannin (R-AZ) January 3, 1965 66 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I-VA) November 12, 1965 67 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) May 11, 1966 68 Ernest Hollings (D-SC) November 9, 1966 69 William B. Spong, Jr. (D-VA) December 31, 1966 70 Clifford Hansen (R-WY) January 3, 1967 Former governor 71 Charles H. Percy (R-IL) Illinois 4th in population (1960) 72 Edward Brooke (R-MA) Massachusetts 9th in population (1960) 73 Howard Baker (R-TN) Tennessee 17th in population (1960) 74 Mark Hatfield (R-OR) January 10, 1967 75 Marlow Cook (R-KY) December 17, 1968 76 Ted Stevens (R-AK) December 24, 1968 77 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO) December 28, 1968 78 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) January 3, 1969 Previously a senator 79 Richard Schweiker (R-PA) Former representative (8 years) - Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1969) 80 Charles Mathias (R-MD) Former representative (8 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960) 81 Bob Dole (R-KS) Former representative (8 years) - Kansas 29th in population (1960) 82 Edward J. Gurney (R-FL) Former representative (6 years) 83 Harold Hughes (D-IA) Former governor, Iowa 24th in population (1960) 84 Henry Bellmon (R-OK) Former governor, Oklahoma 27th in population (1960) 85 Alan Cranston (D-CA) California 2nd in population (1960) 86 William B. Saxbe (R-OH) Ohio 5th in population (1960) 87 James Allen (D-AL) Alabama 19th in population (1960) 88 Bob Packwood (R-OR) Oregon 32nd in population (1960) 89 Mike Gravel (D-AK) Alaska 50th in population (1960) 90 Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL) November 17, 1970 91 Bill Roth (R-DE) January 1, 1971 92 John V. Tunney (D-CA) January 2, 1971 93 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) January 3, 1971 Previously a senator 94 Robert Taft, Jr. (R-OH) Former representative (8 years) - Ohio 5th in population (1960) 95 Bill Brock (R-TN) Former representative (8 years) - Tennessee 17th in population (1960) 96 Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) Former representative (6 years) 97 John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-MD) Former representative (2 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960) 98 Lowell Weicker (R-CT) Former representative (2 years) - Connecticut 25th in population (1960) 99 James L. Buckley (C/R-NY) New York 1st in population (1960) 100 Lawton Chiles (D-FL) Florida 10th in population (1960) David H. Gambrell (D-GA) February 1, 1971 Robert Stafford (R-VT) September 16, 1971 Elaine S. Edwards (D-LA) August 1, 1972 Sam Nunn (D-GA) November 8, 1972 Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA) November 14, 1972

The senior senators by class were John C. Stennis (D-Mississippi) from Class 1, Richard Russell Jr. (D-Georgia) from Class 2, and George Aiken (R-Vermont) from Class 3. Russell died on January 21, 1971 with Allen J. Ellender (D-Louisiana) became the most senior senator from his class until his death on July 27, 1972, James Eastland (D-Mississippi) became the senior senator from the same class on the second half of the second session. Stennis was the most senior senator from his class while being the junior senator from his state.

See also 92nd United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 92nd Congress

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External links Senate Seniority List