This is a complete list of United States senators during the 85th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1959.

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.gov1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 census results1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 census results1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 census results

In this congress, J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) was the most senior junior senator and John Sherman Cooper (R-Kentucky) was the most junior senior senator.

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 1958 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 1959 (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 1959.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1961 (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 1961.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963 (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 1963.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 2 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 3 Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA) March 4, 1933 4 James Murray (D-MT) November 7, 1934 5 Dennis Chavez (D-NM) May 11, 1935 6 Theodore F. Green (D-RI) January 3, 1937 Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 7 Styles Bridges (R-NH) Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 8 Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) 9 Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) January 11, 1938 10 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) January 3, 1939 11 William Langer (R-ND) January 3, 1941 12 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 13 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator 14 John Little McClellan (D-AR) 15 Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) December 7, 1944 16 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 17 J. William Fulbright (D-AR) January 3, 1945 Former representative 18 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 20th in population (1940) 19 Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1940) 20 Homer E. Capehart (R-IN) Indiana 12th in population (1940) 21 Wayne Morse (D-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1940) 22 Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) January 4, 1945 23 Milton Young (R-ND) March 12, 1945 24 William F. Knowland (R-CA) August 26, 1945 25 Spessard Holland (D-FL) September 24, 1946 26 Ralph Flanders (R-VT) November 1, 1946 27 A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) November 6, 1946 Former representative (13 years, 10 months) 28 John Sparkman (D-AL) Former representative (9 years, 10 months) 29 William E. Jenner (R-IN) January 3, 1947 Previously a senator 30 Edward Martin (R-PA) Former governor, Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1940) 31 John W. Bricker (R-OH) Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1940) 32 Edward John Thye (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 33 Irving Ives (R-NY) New York 1st in population (1940) 34 Joseph McCarthyJoseph McCarthy died on May 2, 1957. (R-WI) Wisconsin 13th in population (1940) 35 Arthur Vivian Watkins (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 36 John J. Williams (R-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 37 George W. Malone (R-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1940) 38 John C. Stennis (D-MS) November 17, 1947 39 Karl Mundt (R-SD) December 31, 1948 Former representative 40 Russell B. Long (D-LA) 41 Matthew M. NeelySenator Neely died on January 18, 1958 (D-WV) January 3, 1949 Previously a senator 42 Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) Former representative (12 years) 43 Estes Kefauver (D-TN) Former representative (10 years) 44 Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) Former representative (8 years, 7 months) 45 Clinton Anderson (D-NM) Former representative (4 years, 5 months) 46 Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) Former governor, Oklahoma 22nd in population (1940) 47 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-KS) Former governor, Kansas 29th in population (1940) 48 Paul Douglas (D-IL) Illinois 3rd in population (1940) 49 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) Minnesota 18th in population (1940) 50 Joseph Frear, Jr. (D-DE) Delaware 47th in population (1940) 51 Henry Dworshak (R-ID) October 14, 1949 52 Frank Carlson (R-KS) November 27, 1950 53 John O. Pastore (D-RI) December 19, 1950 54 Everett Dirksen (R-IL) January 3, 1951 Former representative (16 years) 55 Francis H. Case (R-SD) Former representative (14 years) 56 Almer Monroney (D-OK) Former representative (12 years) 57 Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D-MO) Former representative (6 years) 58 George Smathers (D-FL) Former representative (4 years) 59 John M. Butler (R-MD) Maryland 28th in population (1940) 60 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1940) 61 Charles E. Potter (R-MI) November 5, 1952 Former representative 62 Prescott Bush (R-CT) 63 Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) January 2, 1953 64 William A. Purtell (R-CT) January 3, 1953 Previously a senator 65 Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) Former representative (14 years) 66 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) Former representative (12 years) 67 James Glenn Beall (R-MD) Former representative (10 years), Maryland 24th in population (1950) 68 Mike Mansfield (D-MT) Former representative (10 years), Montana 42nd in population (1950) 69 John F. Kennedy (D-MA) Former representative (6 years) 70 Frederick G. Payne (R-ME) Former governor, Maine 35th in population (1950) 71 Frank A. Barrett (R-WY) Former governor, Wyoming 48th in population (1950) 72 Price DanielSenator Price stepped down on January 14, 1957 after being elected Governor of Texas. (D-TX) Texas 6th in population (1950) 73 Stuart Symington (D-MO) Missouri 12th in population (1950) 74 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) Arizona 37th in population (1950) 75 Sam Ervin (D-NC) June 5, 1954 76 Norris Cotton (R-NH) November 8, 1954 Former representative (7 years, 10 months) 77 Roman Hruska (R-NE) Former representative (1 year, 10 months) 78 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) November 29, 1954 Previously a senator 79 W. Kerr ScottSenator Scott died on April 16, 1958. (D-NC) 80 Alan Bible (D-NV) December 2, 1954 81 Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955 82 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) January 3, 1955 Former representative (8 years) 83 Thomas Martin (R-IA) Former representative (6 years) 84 Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) Maryland 24th in population (1950) 85 Richard L. Neuberger (D-OR) Oregon 31st in population (1950) 86 Gordon L. Allott (R-CO) Colorado 32nd in population (1950) 87 W. Chapman Revercomb (R-WV) November 7, 1956 Previously a senator (6 years) 88 John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) Previously a senator (twice) (total tenure 4 years, 4 months) 89 Strom Thurmond (D-SC) Previously a senator (1 year, 3 months) 91 Thruston Ballard Morton (R-KY) January 3, 1957 Former representative (6 years) 90 John A. Carroll (D-CO) Former representative (4 years) 92 Frank J. Lausche (D-OH) Former governor, Ohio 5th in population (1950) 93 Herman Talmadge (D-GA) Former governor, Georgia 13th in population (1950) 94 Joseph S. Clark (D-PA) Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1950) 95 Frank Church (D-ID) Idaho 43rd in population (1950) 96 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) January 9, 1957   William A. BlakleySenator Blakely was appointed to fill a Senate vacancy but did not run in the special election that ensued. He stepped down on April 28, 1957. (D-TX) January 15, 1957   Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) April 29, 1957   William Proxmire (D-WI) August 28, 1957   John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R-WV) January 25, 1958   Ben Jordan (D-NC) April 19, 1958   Jennings Randolph (D-WV) November 5, 1958

The most senior senators by class were Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-Virginia) from Class 1, Richard Russell Jr. (D-Georgia) from Class 2, and Carl Hayden (D-Arizona) from Class 3.

See also 85th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 85th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List