List of United States senators in the 71st Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 71st United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1929, to March 3, 1931.

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 1930 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 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.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1935 (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 1935.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Francis E. Warren (R-WY) Senator Warren died on November 24, 1929 March 4, 1895 2 Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) Retired or defeated after 1930 election. March 4, 1901 3 Lee S. Overman (D-NC) Senator Overman died on December 12, 1930 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 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) April 2, 1912 11 Key Pittman (D-NV) January 29, 1913 12 Morris Sheppard (D-TX) February 3, 1913 13 Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA) March 4, 1913 Former representative (14 years) 14 Joseph Robinson (R-AR) Former representative (10 years), former governor 15 George W. Norris (R-NE) Former representative (10 years) 16 Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) 17 James Watson (R-IN) November 8, 1916 18 Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) March 4, 1917 Former representative (6 years) 19 William H. King (D-UT) Former representative (3 years) 20 Park Trammell (D-FL) Former governor, Florida 33rd in population (1910) 21 John B. Kendrick (D-WY) Former governor, Wyoming 47th in population (1910) 22 Frederick Hale (R-ME) 23 Hiram Johnson (R-CA) March 16, 1917 24 George H. Moses (R-NH) November 6, 1918 25 Charles L. McNary (R-OR) December 18, 1918 26 Arthur Capper (R-KS) March 4, 1919 Former governor, Kansas 22nd in population (1910) 27 Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) Former governor, New Hampshire 39th in population (1910) 28 William J. Harris (D-GA) Georgia 10th in population (1910) 29 Lawrence C. Phipps (R-CO) Colorado 32nd in population (1910) 30 Pat Harrison (D-MS) March 5, 1919 31 Walter E. Edge (R-NJ) May 19, 1919Senator Edge resigned on November 21, 1929 to become United States Ambassador to France 32 Carter Glass (D-VA) February 2, 1920 33 James Thomas Heflin (D-AL) November 2, 1920 34 Thaddeus H. Caraway (D-AR) March 4, 1921 Former representative 35 Peter Norbeck (R-SD) Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1920) 36 Samuel M. Shortridge (R-CA) California 8th in population (1920) 37 Edwin S. Broussard (D-LA) Louisiana 22nd in population (1920) 38 Tasker Oddie (R-NV) Nevada 48th in population (1920) 39 David A. Reed (R-PA) August 8, 1922 40 Walter F. George (D-GA) November 22, 1922 41 James Couzens (R-MI) November 29, 1922 42 Frank L. Greene (R-VT) Senator Greene died on December 17, 1930 March 4, 1923 Former representative (11 years) 43 Simeon Fess (R-OH) Former representative (10 years), Ohio 4th in population (1920) 44 Hubert D. Stephens (D-MS) Former representative (10 years), Mississippi 23rd in population (1920) 45 Clarence Dill (D-WA) Former representative (4 years) 46 Lynn Frazier (R-ND) Former governor 47 Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) New York 1st in population (1920) 48 Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) Minnesota 17th in population (1920) 49 Robert B. Howell (R-NE) Nebraska 31st in population (1920) 50 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) Montana 39th in population (1920) 51 Porter H. Dale (R-VT) November 7, 1923 52 Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI) November 4, 1924 53 Hiram Bingham (R-CT) December 17, 1924 54 Charles S. Deneen (R-IL) February 26, 1925 55 Frederick H. Gillett (R-MA) March 4, 1925 Former representative (32 years) 56 Thomas D. Schall (R-MN) Former representative (10 years) 57 Coleman L. Blease (R-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 26th in population (1920) 58 William McMaster (R-SD) Former governor, South Dakota 37th in population (1920) 59 Frederic Sackett (R-KY) Senator Sackett resigned on January 9, 1930 to become United States Ambassador to Germany Kentucky 15th in population (1920) 60 Lawrence Tyson (R-TN) Senator Tyson died on August 24, 1929 Tennessee 19th in population (1920) 61 William B. Pine (R-OK) Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 62 Guy D. Goff (R-WV) West Virginia 27th in population (1920) 63 Sam G. Bratton (D-NM) New Mexico`43rd in population (1920) 64 Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R-WI) September 30, 1925 65 Arthur Robinson (R-IN) October 20, 1925 66 Gerald Nye (R-ND) November 14, 1925 67 Daniel F. Steck (D-IA) April 12, 1926 68 Arthur R. Gould (R-ME) November 30, 1926 69 David I. Walsh (D-MA) December 6, 1926 Previously a senator 70 Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) 71 Smith W. Brookhart (R-IA) March 4, 1927 Previously a senator 72 William S. Vare (R-PA) Senator Vare was unseated on December 6, 1929 Former representative (15 years), Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1920) 73 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) Former representative (15 years), Arizona 45th in population (1920) 74 Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) Former representative (14 years) 75 Elmer Thomas (D-OK) Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 76 Millard Tydings (D-MD) Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) 77 John J. Blaine (R-WI) Former governor 78 Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) New York 1st in population (1920) 79 Hugo Black (D-AL) Alabama 18th in population (1920) 80 Charles Waterman (R-CO) Colorado 33rd in population (1920) 81 Frederick Steiwer (R-OR) Oregon 34th in population (1920) 82 Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) March 31, 1928 83 John Thomas (R-ID) June 30, 1928 84 Otis F. Glenn (R-IL) November 7, 1928 85 Daniel Hastings (R-DE) December 10, 1928 86 Theodore E. Burton (R-OH) Senator Burton died on October 28, 1929 December 15, 1928 87 Bronson Cutting (R-NM) March 4, 1929 Previously a senator 88 Tom Connally (D-TX) Former representative (12 years) 89 Roscoe C. Patterson (R-MO) Former representative (2 years) 90 Henry D. Hatfield (R-WV) Former governor, West Virginia 27th in population (1920) 91 Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R-MD) Former governor, Maryland 28th in population (1920) 92 John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE) Former governor, Delaware 46th in population (1920) 93 Hamilton Kean (R-NJ) New Jersey 10th in population (1920) 94 Frederic Walcott (R-CT) Connecticut 29th in population (1920) 95 Felix Hebert (R-RI) Rhode Island 38th in population (1920) 96 Henry J. Allen (R-KS) Senator Allen resigned on November 30, 1930 April 1, 1929 William Brock (D-TN) September 2, 1929 Roscoe C. McCulloch (R-OH) Senator McCulloch resigned on November 30, 1930 November 5, 1929 David Baird, Jr. (R-NJ) Senator Baird resigned on December 2, 1930 November 30, 1929 Patrick J. Sullivan (R-WY) Senator Sullivan resigned on November 20, 1930 December 5, 1929 Joseph R. Grundy (R-PA) Senator Grundy resigned on December 1, 1930 December 11, 1929 John M. Robsion (R-KY) Senator Robsion resigned on November 30, 1930 January 11, 1930 Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH) December 1, 1930 Former representative Robert D. Carey (R-WY) Former governor Ben M. Williamson (D-KY) Kentucky 15th in population (1920) George McGill (D-KS) Kansas 24th in population (1920) James J. Davis (R-PA) December 2, 1930 Dwight Morrow (R-NJ) December 3, 1930 Cameron A. Morrison (D-NC) December 13, 1930 Frank C. Partridge (R-VT) December 23, 1930

See also 72nd United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 72nd Congress

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External links Senate Seniority List