List of United States senators in the 77th Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 77th United States Congress''' listed by seniority, from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1943.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 1942 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 1943Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1945Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1947
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank  Senator (party-state)  Seniority date  Other factors 1  Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)  March 4, 1909   2  Morris Sheppard (D-TX)   February 3, 1913  Former representative  3  George W. Norris (I-NE)   March 4, 1913  Former representative (10 years) 4  Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)  March 4, 1917  Former representative (6 years) 5  Hiram Johnson (R-CA)  March 16, 1917  6  Charles L. McNary (R-OR)  December 18, 1918  Previously a senator  7  Arthur Capper (R-KS)  March 4, 1919  Former governor 8  Pat Harrison (D-MS)   March 5, 1919  9  Carter Glass (D-VA)  February 2, 1920  10  Walter F. George (D-GA)  November 22, 1922 11  Henrik Shipstead (R-MN)  March 4, 1923  Minnesota 17th in population (1920) 12  Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)  Montana 39th in population (1920) 13  Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI)  September 30, 1925  14  Gerald Nye (R-ND)   November 14, 1925 15  David I. Walsh (D-MA)  December 6, 1926  Former governor, Previously a senator  16  Carl Hayden (D-AZ)  March 4, 1927  Former representative (15 years) 17  Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)  Former representative (14 years) 18  Elmer Thomas (D-OK)  Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 19  Millard Tydings (D-MD)  Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) 20  Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)   21  Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)  March 31, 1928   22  Tom Connally (D-TX)  March 4, 1929  Former representative  23  James J. Davis (R-PA)  December 2, 1930 24  Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)   March 4, 1931  Former representative, Previously a senator 25  James F. Byrnes (D-SC)   Former representative, South Carolina 26th in population (1930) 26  Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME)  Former representative, Maine 35th in population (1930) 27  William J. Bulow (D-SD)   Former governor 28  Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)  North Carolina 12th in population (1930) 29  John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)  Alabama 15th in population (1930) 30  Warren Austin (R-VT)  April 1, 1931   31  Hattie Caraway (D-AR)  November 13, 1931 32  Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC)  December 5, 1932 33  Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA)  January 12, 1933  Former governor 34  Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)  February 4, 1933 35  Alva B. Adams (D-CO)   March 4, 1933  Previously a senator 36  John H. Overton (D-LA)  Former representative 37  Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA)  Former governor 38  Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN)  Indiana 11th in population (1930) 39  Homer T. Bone (D-WA)  Washington 30th in population (1930) 40  Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)  Utah 40th in population (1930) 41  Pat McCarran (D-NV)  Nevada 48th in population (1930) 42  Carl Hatch (D-NM)  October 10, 1933  43  Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)  January 1, 1934 44  James Murray (D-MT)  November 7, 1934 45  Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)  January 3, 1935  Previously a senator 46  Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)  Former representative 47  Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)  Former governor (twice) 48  Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)  Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) 49  Harry S. Truman (D-MO)  Missouri 10th in population (1930) 50  George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)  Maryland 28th in population (1930) 51  Dennis Chavez (D-NM)  May 11, 1935  Former representative (4 years) 52  Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA)  November 4, 1936  Former representative 53  Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)  54  Claude Pepper (D-FL)  55  Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI)   November 19, 1936   56  Joshua B. Lee (D-OK)   January 3, 1937  Former representative  57  Clyde L. Herring (D-IA)   Former governor, Iowa 19th in population (1930) 58  Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)  Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) 59  Theodore F. Green (D-RI)  Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 60  Styles Bridges (R-NH)  Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 61  Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)  Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) 62  Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)  Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) 63  James H. Hughes (D-DE)   Delaware 46th in population (1930) 64  Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY)   Wyoming 47th in population (1930) 65  William H. Smathers (D-NJ)   April 15, 1937  66  John E. Miller (D-AR)   November 15, 1937 67  Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)  January 11, 1938  Former representative (15 years) 68  William Warren Barbour (R-NJ) November 9, 1938  Previously a senator  69  Tom Stewart (D-TN)   70  James M. Mead (D-NY)  December 3, 1938  71  Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)   January 3, 1939  Former representative (6 years) 72  Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)  Former representative (4 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) 73  D. Worth Clark (D-ID)  Former representative (4 years), Idaho 42nd in population (1930) 74  Clyde M. Reed (R-KS)  Former governor 75  Robert A. Taft (R-OH)  Ohio 4th in population (1930) 76  Sheridan Downey (D-CA)  California 6th in population (1930) 77  Alexander Wiley (R-WI)  Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) 78  John A. Danaher (R-CT)  Connecticut 29th in population (1930) 79  Rufus C. Holman (R-OR)  Oregon 34th in population (1930) 80  John Chandler Gurney (R-SD)  South Dakota 36th in population (1930) 81  Albert B. Chandler (D-KY)  October 9, 1939 82  John Thomas (R-ID)  January 27, 1940  Previously a senator  83  Joseph H. Ball (R-MN)   October 14, 1940 84  C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL)  November 22, 1940 85  Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV)   November 27, 1940 86  Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA)  December 19, 1940 87  Abe Murdock (D-UT)  January 3, 1941  Former representative (8 years) 88  Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME)  Former representative (6 years) 89  William Langer (R-ND)  Former governor  90  Harold H. Burton (R-OH)  Ohio 4th in population (1940) 91  Raymond E. Willis (R-IN)   Indiana 12th in population (1940) 92  Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV)  West Virginia 24th in population (1940) 93  Hugh A. Butler (R-NE)  Nebraska 32nd in population (1940) 94  Ernest McFarland (D-AZ)  Arizona 43rd in population (1940) 95  James M. Tunnell (D-DE)  Delaware 47th in population (1940)     George Aiken (R-VT)  January 10, 1941  Former governor     Joseph Rosier (D-WV)   January 13, 1941      G. Lloyd Spencer (D-AR)   April 1, 1941     Andrew Jackson Houston (D-TX)   April 21, 1941     James Eastland (D-MS)   June 30, 1941     Alva M. Lumpkin (D-SC)   July 22, 1941     W. Lee O'Daniel (D-TX)  August 4, 1941     Roger C. Peace (D-SC)   August 5, 1941     Wall Doxey (D-MS)   September 29, 1941     Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC)  November 5, 1941     Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO)  December 20, 1941     Arthur E. Nelson (R-MN)   November 18, 1942  Minnesota 18th in population (1940)     Hugh I. Shott (R-WV)   West Virginia 24th in population (1940)     James G. Scrugham (D-NV)  December 7, 1942
See also *77th United States Congress*List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 77th Congress by seniority
Notes
External links * Senate Seniority List