List of United States senators in the 71st Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate 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 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.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 1931Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1933Class 1Terms 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)   March 4, 1895  Previously a senator 2  Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)   March 4, 1901  Previously a senator 3  Lee S. Overman (D-NC)   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  Former representative, Former governor 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  Former representative  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  Former representative  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  Previously a senator 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, 1919  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)   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  Former representative  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  Former governor 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)   Kentucky 15th in population (1920) 60  Lawrence Tyson (R-TN)   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  Former governor, 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)   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)   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)   April 1, 1929      William Brock (D-TN)   September 2, 1929     Roscoe C. McCulloch (R-OH)   November 5, 1929     David Baird, Jr. (R-NJ)   November 30, 1929     Patrick J. Sullivan (R-WY)   December 5, 1929     Joseph R. Grundy (R-PA)   December 11, 1929     John M. Robsion (R-KY)   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 members of the United States House of Representatives in the 72nd Congress by seniority
Notes
External links * Senate Seniority List