List of United States senators in the 92nd Congress
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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate 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 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 includes the population of senator's state.[1][2][3]
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[edit]
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1973[4] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1975[5] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1977[6] |
U.S. Senate seniority list[edit]
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Russell, Jr.[7] (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | Former governor |
| 2 | Allen J. Ellender[8] (D-LA) | January 3, 1937 | |
| 3 | George Aiken (R-VT) | January 10, 1941 | Former governor |
| 4 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously a senator |
| 5 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 6 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 7 | J. William Fulbright (D-AR) | January 3, 1945 | Former representative |
| 8 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
| 9 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | November 6, 1946 | Former representative (9 years, 10 months) |
| 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 |
| 14 | Clinton Anderson (D-NM) | Former cabinet secretary, 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 | Former representative |
| 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 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 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 | Former representative (7 years) |
| 32 | William Proxmire (D-WI) | August 28, 1957 | |
| 33 | Ben Jordan (D-NC) | April 19, 1958 | |
| 34 | Jennings Randolph (D-WV) | November 5, 1958 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 35 | Hugh Scott (R-PA) | January 3, 1959 | Former representative (18 years) |
| 36 | Winston L. Prouty[9] (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 | Former representative |
| 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 | Leonard B. 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, former governor |
| 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 | Former governor |
| 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 | Former governor |
| 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 | Former governor |
| 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 | Former governor |
| 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 | Former representative |
| 92 | John V. Tunney (D-CA) | January 2, 1971 | Former representative |
| 93 | Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | January 3, 1971 | Previously a senator, former VP |
| 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) | |
| 101 | David H. Gambrell (D-GA) | February 1, 1971 | |
| 102 | Robert Stafford (R-VT) | September 16, 1971 | Former governor, Former representative (10 years) |
| 103 | Elaine S. Edwards (D-LA) | August 1, 1972 | |
| 104 | Sam Nunn (D-GA) | November 8, 1972 | |
| 105 | Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA) | November 14, 1972 |
See also[edit]
- 92nd United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 92nd Congress by seniority
Notes[edit]
- ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ^ 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
- ^ 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1973.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1975.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1977.
- ^ Senator Russell died on January 21, 1971
- ^ Senator Ellender died on July 27, 1972
- ^ Senator Prouty died on September 10, 1971