List of United States senators in the 75th Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 75th United States Congress''' listed by seniority, from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939.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 1938 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1939Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank  Senator (party-state)  Seniority date  Other factors 1  William Borah (R-ID)  March 4, 1907   2  Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)  March 4, 1909 3  Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)  April 2, 1912 4  Key Pittman (D-NV)  January 29, 1913  5  Morris Sheppard (D-TX)  February 3, 1913  Former representative  6  Joseph Robinson (D-AR)  March 4, 1913  Former representative (10 years), former governor 7  George W. Norris (I-NE)  Former representative (10 years) 8  Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)  March 4, 1917  Former representative (6 years) 9  William H. King (D-UT)  Former representative (3 years) 10  Frederick Hale (R-ME)  11  Hiram Johnson (R-CA)  March 16, 1917  12  Charles L. McNary (R-OR)  December 18, 1918  Previously a senator  13  Arthur Capper (R-KS)  March 4, 1919  Former governor 13  Pat Harrison (D-MS)  March 5, 1919  Former representative 15  Carter Glass (D-VA)  February 2, 1920  16  Walter F. George (D-GA)  November 22, 1922 17  Lynn Frazier (R-ND)  March 4, 1923  Former governor 18  Royal S. Copeland (D-NY)  New York 1st in population (1920) 19  Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)  Minnesota 17th in population (1920) 20  Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)  Montana 39th in population (1920) 21  Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI)  September 30, 1925  22  Gerald Nye (R-ND)  November 14, 1925 23  David I. Walsh (D-MA)  December 6, 1926  Former governor, Previously a senator  24  Carl Hayden (D-AZ)  March 4, 1927  Former representative (15 years) 25  Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)  Former representative (14 years) 26  Elmer Thomas (D-OK)  Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 27  Millard Tydings (D-MD)  Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) 28  Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)  New York 1st in population (1920) 29  Hugo Black (D-AL)  Alabama 18th in population (1920) 30  Frederick Steiwer (R-OR)  Oregon 34th in population (1920) 31  Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)  March 31, 1928  32  Tom Connally (D-TX)  March 4, 1929  Former representative 33  John G. Townsend Jr. (R-DE) 34  Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH)  December 1, 1930  Former representative 35  George McGill (D-KS)   36  James J. Davis (R-PA)  December 2, 1930  37  Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)  March 4, 1931  Previously a senator, former representative (8 years) 38  J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)  Previously a senator, former representative (2 years) 39  James F. Byrnes (D-SC)  Former representative, South Carolina 26th in population (1930) 40  Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME)  Former representative, Maine 35th in population (1930) 41  William J. Bulow (D-SD)  Former governor 42  Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)  North Carolina 12th in population (1930) 43  John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)  Alabama 15th in population (1930) 44  Marvel M. Logan (D-KY)  Kentucky 17th in population (1930) 45  Warren Austin (R-VT)  April 1, 1931  46  Hattie Caraway (D-AR)  November 13, 1931 47  Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC)  December 5, 1932 48  Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA)  January 12, 1933  Former governor  49  Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)  February 4, 1933 50  Alva B. Adams (D-CO)  March 4, 1933  Previously a senator 51  Augustine Lonergan (D-CT)  Former representative (8 years) 52  William H. Dieterich (D-IL)  Former representative (2 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) 53  John H. Overton (D-LA)  Former representative (2 years), Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) 54  Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA)  Former governor, Virginia 20th in population (1930) 55  Fred H. Brown (D-NH)  Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 56  William Gibbs McAdoo (D-CA)  California 6th in population (1930) 57  Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN)  Indiana 11th in population (1930) 58  F. Ryan Duffy (D-WI)  Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) 59  Nathan L. Bachman (D-TN)  Tennessee 16th in population (1930) 60  Homer T. Bone (D-WA)  Washington 30th in population (1930) 61  Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)  Utah 40th in population (1930) 62  James Pope (D-ID)  Idaho 42nd in population (1930) 63  Pat McCarran (D-NV)  Nevada 48th in population (1930) 64  Carl Hatch (D-NM)  October 10, 1933  65  Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT)  November 21, 1933 66  Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)  January 1, 1934 67  James Murray (D-MT)  November 7, 1934 68  Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)  January 3, 1935  Previously a senator 69  Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)  Former representative, Connecticut 29th in population (1930) 70  Edward R. Burke (D-NE)  Former representative, Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) 71  Vic Donahey (D-OH)  Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1930) 72  A. Harry Moore (D-NJ)  Former governor, New Jersey 9th in population (1930) 73  Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)  Former governor (twice), Mississippi 23rd in population (1930) 74  Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)  Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) 75  Harry S. Truman (D-MO)  Missouri 10th in population (1930) 76  Sherman Minton (D-IN)  Indiana 11th in population (1930) 77  George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)  Maryland 28th in population (1930) 78  Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA)  Washington 30th in population (1930) 79  Dennis Chavez (D-NM)  May 11, 1935  Former representative (4 years) 80  Rush D. Holt (D-WV)  June 21, 1935 81  Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA)  November 4, 1936  Former representative 82  Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)  83  Claude Pepper (D-FL)   84  Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI)  November 19, 1936  85  Herbert E. Hitchcock (D-SD)  December 29, 1936 86  Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN)  January 3, 1937  Former representative (6 years) 87  Joshua B. Lee (D-OK)  Former representative (2 years) 88  Clyde L. Herring (D-IA)  Former governor, Iowa 19th in population (1930) 89  Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)  Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) 90  Theodore F. Green (D-RI)  Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 91  Styles Bridges (R-NH)  Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 92  Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)  Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) 93  Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)  Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) 94  James H. Hughes (D-DE)  Delaware 46th in population (1930) 95  Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY)  Wyoming 47th in population (1930) 96  William H. Smathers (D-NJ)  April 15, 1937      George L. Berry (D-TN)  May 6, 1937     Dixie Bibb Graves (D-AL)  August 20, 1937     John E. Miller (D-AR)  November 15, 1937     Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)  January 11, 1938     John Milton (D-NJ)  January 18, 1938     Alfred E. Reames (D-OR)  February 1, 1938      William Warren Barbour (R-NJ)  November 9, 1938  Previously a senator     Thomas M. Storke (D-CA)   California 6th in population (1930)     Tom Stewart (D-TN)  Tennessee 16th in population (1930)     Alexander G. Barry (R-OR)   Oregon 34th in population (1930)     Gladys Pyle (R-SD)  South Dakota 36th in population (1930)     James M. Mead (D-NY)  December 3, 1938
See also *75th United States Congress*List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 75th Congress by seniority
Notes
External links * Senate Seniority List