List of United States senators in the 76th Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 76th United States Congress''' listed by seniority, from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941.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 1940 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1945
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  George W. Norris (I-NE)  March 4, 1913  Former representative (10 years) 7  Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)  March 4, 1917 Former representative (6 years) 8  William H. King (D-UT)   Former representative (3 years) 9  Frederick Hale (R-ME)   10  Hiram Johnson (R-CA)   March 16, 1917 11  Charles L. McNary (R-OR)  December 18, 1918  Previously a senator  12  Arthur Capper (R-KS)  March 4, 1919  Former governor 13  Pat Harrison (D-MS)  March 5, 1919  14  Carter Glass (D-VA)  February 2, 1920  15  Walter F. George (D-GA)  November 22, 1922 16  Lynn Frazier (R-ND)      March 4, 1923  Former governor 17  Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN)  Minnesota 17th in population (1920) 18  Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)  Montana 39th in population (1920) 19  Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI)  September 30, 1925  20  Gerald Nye (R-ND)  November 14, 1925 21  David I. Walsh (D-MA)  December 6, 1926  Former governor, Previously a senator  22  Carl Hayden (D-AZ)  March 4, 1927  Former representative (15 years) 23  Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)  Former representative (14 years) 24  Elmer Thomas (D-OK)  Former representative, Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) 25  Millard Tydings (D-MD)  Former representative, Maryland 28th in population (1920) 26  Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)   27  Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)  March 31, 1928  28  Tom Connally (D-TX)  March 4, 1929  Former representative 29  John G. Townsend Jr. (R-DE)  30  James J. Davis (R-PA)  December 2, 1930  31  Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)  March 4, 1931  Previously a senator, former representative (8 years) 32  J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)   Previously a senator, former representative (2 years) 33  James F. Byrnes (D-SC)  Former representative, South Carolina 26th in population (1930) 34  Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME)  Former representative, Maine 35th in population (1930) 35  William J. Bulow (D-SD)  Former governor 36  Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC)  North Carolina 12th in population (1930) 37  John H. Bankhead II (D-AL)  Alabama 15th in population (1930) 38  Marvel M. Logan (D-KY)   Kentucky 17th in population (1930) 39  Warren Austin (R-VT)  April 1, 1931   40  Hattie Caraway (D-AR)  November 13, 1931 41  Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC)  December 5, 1932 42  Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA)  January 12, 1933  Former governor 43  Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO)  February 4, 1933 44  Alva B. Adams (D-CO)  March 4, 1933  Previously a senator 45  John H. Overton (D-LA)  Former representative 46  Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA)  Former governor 47  Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN)  Indiana 11th in population (1930) 48  Homer T. Bone (D-WA)  Washington 30th in population (1930) 49  Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)  Utah 40th in population (1930) 50  Pat McCarran (D-NV)  Nevada 48th in population (1930) 51  Carl Hatch (D-NM)  October 10, 1933  52  Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT)   November 21, 1933 53  Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)  January 1, 1934 54  James Murray (D-MT)  November 7, 1934 55  Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)  January 3, 1935  Previously a senator 56  Francis T. Maloney (D-CT)  Former representative, Connecticut 29th in population (1930) 57  Edward R. Burke (D-NE)   Former representative, Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) 58  Vic Donahey (D-OH)   Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1930) 59  Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS)  Former governor (twice), Mississippi 23rd in population (1930) 60  Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)  Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) 61  Harry S. Truman (D-MO)  Missouri 10th in population (1930) 62  Sherman Minton (D-IN)   Indiana 11th in population (1930) 63  George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD)  Maryland 28th in population (1930) 64  Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA)   Washington 30th in population (1930) 65  Dennis Chavez (D-NM)  May 11, 1935  Former representative (4 years) 66  Rush D. Holt (D-WV)   June 21, 1935  67  Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA)  November 4, 1936  Former representative 68  Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)   69  Claude Pepper (D-FL)  70  Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI)  November 19, 1936  71  Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN)   January 3, 1937  Former representative (6 years) 72  Joshua B. Lee (D-OK)  Former representative (2 years) 73  Clyde L. Herring (D-IA)  Former governor, Iowa 19th in population (1930) 74  Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO)  Former governor, Colorado 33rd in population (1930) 75  Theodore F. Green (D-RI)  Former governor, Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) 76  Styles Bridges (R-NH)  Former governor, New Hampshire 41st in population (1930) 77  Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)  Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) 78  Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)  Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) 79  James H. Hughes (D-DE)  Delaware 46th in population (1930) 80  Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY)  Wyoming 47th in population (1930) 81  William H. Smathers (D-NJ)  April 15, 1937  82  John E. Miller (D-AR)  November 15, 1937 83  Joseph L. Hill (D-AL)  January 11, 1938 84  William Warren Barbour (R-NJ)  November 9, 1938 85  Tom Stewart (D-TN)   86  James M. Mead (D-NY)  December 3, 1938  87  Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)  January 3, 1939  Former representative (6 years) 88  Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)  Former representative (4 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) 89  D. Worth Clark (D-ID)  Former representative (4 years), Idaho 42nd in population (1930) 90  Clyde M. Reed (R-KS)  Former governor 91  Robert A. Taft (R-OH)  Ohio 4th in population (1930) 92  Sheridan Downey (D-CA)  California 6th in population (1930) 93  John A. Danaher (R-CT)  Connecticut 29th in population (1930) 94  Alexander Wiley (R-WI)  Wisconsin 30th in population (1930) 95  Rufus C. Holman (R-OR)  Oregon 34th in population (1930) 96  John Chandler Gurney (R-SD)  South Dakota 36th in population (1930)     James M. Slattery (D-IL)   April 14, 1939     Albert B. Chandler (D-KY)  October 9, 1939     John Thomas (R-ID)  January 27, 1940     Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R-VT)   June 24, 1940     Joseph H. Ball (R-MN)  October 14, 1940     C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL)  November 22, 1940     Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV)  November 27, 1940     Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA)  December 19, 1940
See also *76th United States Congress*List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 76th Congress by seniority
Notes
External links * Senate Seniority List