Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Senate seniority table sandbox
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Notes
[edit]- This sandbox is designed to craft the table for the next Congress. In this case, the 119th United States Congress beginning January 3, 2025.
- This list assumes all incumbents are re-elected unless they are retiring.
Current seniority list
[edit]The president pro tempore of the Senate is traditionally the most senior member of the majority party. Only relevant factors are listed below. For senators whose seniority is based on their states' respective populations, the state population ranking is given as determined by the relevant United States Census.[1][2][3][4]
Current rank |
Historical rank[a][5] |
Senator | Party | State | Seniority date | Other factors | Committee and leadership positions
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1 | 1743 | Chuck Grassley | Republican | Iowa | January 3, 1981 | President pro tempore emeritus Ranking Member: Budget Ranking Member: Narcotics Caucus | ||
2 | 1766 | Mitch McConnell | Kentucky | January 3, 1985 | Senate Minority Leader | |||
3 | 1810 | Patty Murray | Democratic | Washington | January 3, 1993 | President pro tempore Chair: Appropriations | ||
4 | 1827 | Ron Wyden | Oregon | February 6, 1996 | Chair: Finance | |||
5 | 1831 | Dick Durbin | Illinois | January 3, 1997 | Former House member (14 years) | Senate Majority Whip Chair: Judiciary | ||
6 | 1835 | Jack Reed | Rhode Island | Former House member (6 years) | Chair: Armed Services | |||
7 | 1842 | Susan Collins | Republican | Maine | Ranking Member: Appropriations | |||
8 | 1844 | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | New York | January 3, 1999 | Former House member (18 years) | Senate Majority Leader | |
9 | 1846 | Mike Crapo | Republican | Idaho | Former House member (6 years) | Republican Chief Deputy Whip Ranking Member: Finance | ||
10 | 1859 | Maria Cantwell[b] | Democratic | Washington | January 3, 2001 | Chair: Commerce | ||
11 | 1867 | John Cornyn | Republican | Texas | December 2, 2002 | |||
12 | 1868 | Lisa Murkowski | Alaska | December 20, 2002[c] | Ranking Member: Indian Affairs | |||
13 | 1870 | Lindsey Graham | South Carolina | January 3, 2003 | Ranking Member: Judiciary | |||
14 | 1879 | John Thune | South Dakota | January 3, 2005 | Senate Minority Whip | |||
15 | 1885 | Bob Menendez | Democratic | New Jersey | January 17, 2006[c] | |||
16 | 1887 | Bernie Sanders | Independent | Vermont | January 3, 2007 | Former House member (16 years) | Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee Chair: HELP | |
17 | 1888 | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | Ohio | Former House member (14 years) | Chair: Banking | ||
18 | 1890 | Bob Casey Jr. | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania 6th in population (2000) | Chair: Aging | |||
19 | 1893 | Amy Klobuchar | Minnesota | Minnesota 21st in population (2000) | Chair: Democratic Steering Committee Chair: Rules | |||
20 | 1894 | Sheldon Whitehouse | Rhode Island | Rhode Island 43rd in population (2000) | Chair: Budget Chair: Narcotics Caucus | |||
21 | 1895 | Jon Tester | Montana | Montana 44th in population (2000) | Chair: Veterans' Affairs | |||
22 | 1896 | John Barrasso | Republican | Wyoming | June 22, 2007[c] | Chair: Republican Conference Ranking Member: Energy | ||
23 | 1897 | Roger Wicker | Mississippi | December 31, 2007[c] | Ranking Member: Armed Services | |||
24 | 1901 | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | New Hampshire | January 3, 2009 | Former governor (6 years) | Vice Chair: Democratic Steering Committee Chair: Small Business | |
25 | 1902 | Mark Warner | Virginia | Former governor (4 years) | Vice Chair: Democratic Caucus Chair: Intelligence | |||
26 | 1903 | Jim Risch | Republican | Idaho | Former governor (7 months) | Ranking Member: Foreign Relations | ||
27 | 1905 | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | Oregon | Democratic Chief Deputy Whip | |||
28 | 1909 | Michael Bennet | Colorado | January 21, 2009[c] | ||||
29 | 1910 | Kirsten Gillibrand | New York | January 26, 2009[c] | ||||
30 | 1917 | Chris Coons | Delaware | November 15, 2010 | Chair: Ethics | |||
31 | 1920 | Jerry Moran | Republican | Kansas | January 3, 2011 | Former House member (14 years) | Ranking Member: Veterans' Affairs | |
32 | 1922 | John Boozman | Arkansas | Former House member (9 years) | Ranking Member: Agriculture | |||
33 | 1924 | John Hoeven | North Dakota | Former governor | ||||
34 | 1925 | Marco Rubio | Florida | Florida 4th in population (2000) | Vice Chair: Intelligence | |||
35 | 1926 | Ron Johnson | Wisconsin | Wisconsin 20th in population (2000) | ||||
36 | 1927 | Rand Paul | Kentucky | Kentucky 25th in population (2000) | Ranking Member: Homeland Security | |||
37 | 1928 | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | Connecticut | Connecticut 29th in population (2000) | |||
38 | 1929 | Mike Lee | Republican | Utah | Utah 34th in population (2000) | Chair: Republican Steering Committee | ||
39 | 1932 | Brian Schatz | Democratic | Hawaii | December 26, 2012[c] | Deputy Secretary: Democratic Caucus Chair: Indian Affairs | ||
40 | 1933 | Tim Scott | Republican | South Carolina | January 2, 2013[c] | Ranking Member: Banking | ||
41 | 1934 | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | Wisconsin | January 3, 2013 | Former House member (14 years) | Secretary: Democratic Caucus | |
42 | 1937 | Chris Murphy | Connecticut | Former House member (6 years); Connecticut 29th in population (2010) |
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43 | 1938 | Mazie Hirono | Hawaii | Former House member (6 years); Hawaii 40th in population (2010) | ||||
44 | 1939 | Martin Heinrich | New Mexico | Former House member (4 years) | ||||
45 | 1940 | Angus King | Independent | Maine | Former governor (8 years) | |||
46 | 1941 | Tim Kaine | Democratic | Virginia | Former governor (4 years) | |||
47 | 1942 | Ted Cruz | Republican | Texas | Texas 2nd in population (2010) | Ranking Member: Commerce | ||
48 | 1943 | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | Massachusetts | Massachusetts 14th in population (2010) | Vice Chair: Democratic Caucus | ||
49 | 1944 | Deb Fischer | Republican | Nebraska | Nebraska 38th in population (2010) | Ranking Member: Rules | ||
50 | 1948 | Ed Markey | Democratic | Massachusetts | July 16, 2013 | |||
51 | 1949 | Cory Booker | New Jersey | October 31, 2013 | Vice Chair: Democratic Policy Committee | |||
52 | 1951 | Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | West Virginia | January 3, 2015 | Former House member (14 years) | Vice Chair: Republican Conference Ranking Member: Environment | |
53 | 1952 | Gary Peters | Democratic | Michigan | Former House member (6 years); Michigan 8th in population (2010) |
Chair: DSCC Chair: Homeland Security | ||
54 | 1953 | Bill Cassidy | Republican | Louisiana | Former House member (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010) |
Ranking Member: HELP | ||
55 | 1955 | James Lankford | Oklahoma | Former House member (4 years) | Ranking Member: Ethics | |||
56 | 1956 | Tom Cotton | Arkansas | Former House member (2 years); Arkansas 32nd in population (2010) |
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57 | 1957 | Steve Daines | Montana | Former House member (2 years); Montana 44th in population (2010) |
Chair: NRSC | |||
58 | 1958 | Mike Rounds | South Dakota | Former governor | ||||
59 | 1960 | Thom Tillis | North Carolina | North Carolina 10th in population (2010) | ||||
60 | 1961 | Joni Ernst | Iowa | Iowa 30th in population (2010) | Chair: Republican Policy Committee Ranking Member: Small Business | |||
61 | 1963 | Dan Sullivan | Alaska | Alaska 47th in population (2010) | ||||
62 | 1964 | Chris Van Hollen | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 2017 | Former House member (14 years) | ||
63 | 1965 | Todd Young | Republican | Indiana | Former House member (6 years) | |||
64 | 1966 | Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | Illinois | Former House member (4 years) | |||
65 | 1967 | Maggie Hassan | New Hampshire | Former governor | ||||
66 | 1969 | John Neely Kennedy | Republican | Louisiana | Louisiana 25th in population (2010) | |||
67 | 1970 | Catherine Cortez Masto | Democratic | Nevada | Nevada 35th in population (2010) | Vice Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee | ||
68 | 1972 | Tina Smith | Minnesota | January 3, 2018[c] | Vice Chair: DSCC | |||
69 | 1974 | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Republican | Mississippi | April 2, 2018[c] | |||
70 | 1975 | Marsha Blackburn | Tennessee | January 3, 2019 | Former House member (16 years) | |||
71 | 1976 | Kyrsten Sinema | Independent[d] | Arizona | Former House member (6 years); Arizona 16th in population (2010) | |||
72 | 1977 | Kevin Cramer | Republican | North Dakota | Former House member (6 years); North Dakota 48th in population (2010) | |||
73 | 1979 | Jacky Rosen | Democratic | Nevada | Former House member (2 years) | |||
74 | 1982 | Josh Hawley | Republican | Missouri | ||||
75 | 1983 | Rick Scott | Florida | January 8, 2019 | ||||
76 | 1985 | Mark Kelly | Democratic | Arizona | December 2, 2020 | |||
77 | 1986 | Ben Ray Luján | New Mexico | January 3, 2021 | Former House member (12 years) | |||
78 | 1987 | Cynthia Lummis | Republican | Wyoming | Former House member (8 years) | |||
79 | 1988 | Roger Marshall | Kansas | Former House member (4 years) | ||||
80 | 1989 | John Hickenlooper | Democratic | Colorado | Former governor | |||
81 | 1990 | Bill Hagerty | Republican | Tennessee | Tennessee 17th in population (2010) | |||
82 | 1991 | Tommy Tuberville | Alabama | Alabama 23rd in population (2010) | ||||
83 | 1992 | Alex Padilla | Democratic | California | January 18, 2021[c] | Vice Chair: DSCC | ||
84 | 1993 | Jon Ossoff[e] | Georgia | January 20, 2021 | 'O' 15th letter of the alphabet[6] | |||
85 | 1994 | Raphael Warnock | 'W' 23rd letter of the alphabet[6] | |||||
86 | 1995 | Peter Welch | Vermont | January 3, 2023 | Former House member (16 years) | |||
87 | 1996 | Markwayne Mullin | Republican | Oklahoma | Former House member (10 years) | |||
88 | 1997 | Ted Budd | North Carolina | Former House member (6 years) | ||||
89 | 1998 | John Fetterman | Democratic | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania 5th in population (2020) | |||
90 | 1999 | J. D. Vance | Republican | Ohio | Ohio 7th in population (2020) | |||
91 | 2000 | Eric Schmitt | Missouri | Missouri 19th in population (2020) | ||||
92 | 2001 | Katie Britt | Alabama | Alabama 24th in population (2020) | ||||
93 | 2002 | Pete Ricketts | Nebraska | January 12, 2023[c] | ||||
Rank | Historical rank[a][5] |
Senator | Party | State | Seniority date | Other factors | Committee and leadership positions |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Historical rank" refers to the Senator's seniority over the entire history of the Senate since 1789. This is an absolute number that does not change from one Congress to the next.
- ^ Maria Cantwell (#10) is the Senate's most senior junior senator.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The seniority date for an appointed senator is the date of the appointment, not necessarily the date of taking the oath of office. See Determining the beginning of a term, above.
- ^ Kyrsten Sinema's 2022 exit from the Democratic Party did not break her service or seniority.
- ^ Jon Ossoff (#84) is the Senate's most junior senior senator.
References
[edit]- ^ 1981 U.S Census Report Contains 1980 Census results.
- ^ 1991 U.S Census Report Contains 1990 Census results.
- ^ American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau. "2000 Census State Population Rankings". Factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
- ^ Resident Population Data (Text Version) - 2010 Census Contains 1910 to 2010 results by state and census region
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Wooten, Nick (January 20, 2021). "Will Ossoff or Warnock be Georgia's senior senator? The answer is a simple one". Ledger-Enquirer. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.