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List of United States senators in the 85th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate 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 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]

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

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

U.S. Senate seniority list

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U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) March 4, 1927 Former representative (15 years)
2 Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) January 12, 1933 Former governor
3 Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA) March 4, 1933 Former governor
4 James Murray (D-MT) November 7, 1934
5 Dennis Chavez (D-NM) May 11, 1935 Former representative (4 years)
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 Former representative (15 years)
10 Alexander Wiley (R-WI) January 3, 1939
11 William Langer (R-ND) January 3, 1941
12 George Aiken (R-VT) January 10, 1941 Former governor
13 James Eastland (D-MS) January 3, 1943 Previously a senator
14 John Little McClellan (D-AR) Former representative (4 years)
15 Howard A. Smith (R-NJ) December 7, 1944
16 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) December 14, 1944 Former representative (7 years)
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 Former governor
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 Former governor
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 McCarthy[8] (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. Neely[9] (D-WV) January 3, 1949 Former representative (twice), Former governor, Previously a senator (twice)
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 cabinet secretary, 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 Previously a senator
52 Frank Carlson (R-KS) November 27, 1950 Former representative (12 years), Former governor
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 Daniel[10] (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 Former representative
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 Scott[11] (D-NC) Former representative (twice), Former governor
80 Alan Bible (D-NV) December 2, 1954
81 Carl Curtis (R-NE) January 1, 1955 Former representative (15 years)
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 Former representative (7 years)
  William A. Blakley[12] (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 Former representative (14 years)

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. ^ 1931 U.S Census Report Contains 1930 Census results
  3. ^ 1941 U.S Census Report Contains 1940 Census results
  4. ^ 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
  5. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1959.
  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1961.
  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1963.
  8. ^ Joseph McCarthy died on May 2, 1957.
  9. ^ Senator Neely died on January 18, 1958
  10. ^ Senator Price stepped down on January 14, 1957 after being elected Governor of Texas.
  11. ^ Senator Scott died on April 16, 1958.
  12. ^ Senator 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.
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