List of United States senators in the 74th Congress
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This is a complete list of United States senators during the 74th United States Congress listed by seniority from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1937.
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 their 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.[1][2][3][4][5]
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 1936 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
In this Congress, Park Trammel was the most senior junior senator until his death on May 8, 1936, after which it was Gerald Nye. Four senators held the distinction of most junior senior senator during this Congress: Homer Bone from January 3 to May 6, 1935; Carl Hatch from May 6, 1935 to June 17, 1936; Scott Loftin from June 17 to November 4, 1936; and Charles Andrews from November 4, 1936 to the end of this Congress.
Terms of service
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1937 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.)[6] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1939 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)[7] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.)[8] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| 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 | South Carolina 24th in population (1900) |
| 3 | Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) [9] | Florida 33rd in population (1900) | |
| 4 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | April 2, 1912[10] | |
| 5 | Key Pittman (D-NV) | January 29, 1913 | |
| 6 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | |
| 7 | Joseph Robinson (D-AR) | March 4, 1913 | Former representative (10 years), Former governor |
| 8 | George W. Norris (R-NE) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 9 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 10 | William H. King (D-UT) | Former representative (3 years) | |
| 11 | Park Trammell (D-FL) [11] | Former governor | |
| 12 | Frederick Hale (R-ME) | ||
| 13 | Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
| 14 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | December 18, 1918 | |
| 15 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | Former governor (4 years) |
| 16 | Henry W. Keyes[12] (R-NH) | Former governor (2 years) | |
| 17 | Pat Harrison (D-MS) | March 5, 1919 | |
| 18 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
| 19 | Peter Norbeck (R-SD) [13] | March 4, 1921 | |
| 20 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 21 | James Couzens (R-MI) [14] | November 29, 1922 | |
| 22 | Lynn Frazier (R-ND) | March 4, 1923 | Former governor |
| 23 | Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) | New York 1st in population (1920) | |
| 24 | Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) | Minnesota 17th in population (1920) | |
| 25 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | Montana 39th in population (1920) | |
| 26 | Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI) [12] | November 4, 1924 | |
| 27 | Thomas D. Schall (R-MN) [15] | March 4, 1925 | |
| 28 | Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (WP-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
| 29 | Gerald Nye (R-ND) | November 14, 1925 | |
| 30 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | |
| 31 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 32 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 33 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | Former representative (4 years), Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) | |
| 34 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | Former representative (4 years), Maryland 28th in population (1920) | |
| 35 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | New York 1st in population (1920) | |
| 36 | Hugo Black (D-AL) | Alabama 18th in population (1920) | |
| 37 | Frederick Steiwer (R-OR) | Oregon 34th in population (1920) | |
| 38 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 39 | Daniel Hastings (R-DE) [12] | December 10, 1928 | |
| 40 | Bronson Cutting (R-NM) [16] | March 4, 1929 | Previously a senator |
| 41 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | Former representative | |
| 42 | John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE) | Former governor | |
| 43 | Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH) | December 1, 1930 | Former representative |
| 44 | Robert D. Carey (R-WY) [12] | Former governor | |
| 45 | George McGill (D-KS) | ||
| 46 | James J. Davis (R-PA) | December 2, 1930 | |
| 47 | Thomas Gore (D-OK) [12] | March 4, 1931 | Previously a senator (14 years) |
| 48 | Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) | Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (8 years) | |
| 49 | J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) | Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (2 years) | |
| 50 | James F. Byrnes (D-SC) | Former representative (14 years), South Carolina 26th in population (1930) | |
| 51 | Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME) | Former representative (14 years), Maine 35th in population (1930) | |
| 52 | L. J. Dickinson (R-IA) [12] | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 53 | William J. Bulow (D-SD) | Former governor | |
| 54 | Marcus A. Coolidge (D-MA) [12] | Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) | |
| 55 | Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | North Carolina 12th in population (1930) | |
| 56 | John H. Bankhead II (D-AL) | Alabama 15th in population (1930) | |
| 57 | Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | Kentucky 17th in population (1930) | |
| 58 | Edward Costigan (D-CO) | Colorado 33rd in population (1930) | |
| 59 | Warren Austin (R-VT) | April 1, 1931 | |
| 60 | Hattie Caraway (D-AR) | November 13, 1931 | |
| 61 | William Warren Barbour (D-NJ) [12] | December 1, 1931 | |
| 62 | Huey Long (D-LA) [17] | January 25, 1932 | |
| 63 | Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) | December 5, 1932 | |
| 64 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 65 | Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) | February 4, 1933 | |
| 66 | Alva B. Adams (D-CO) | March 4, 1933 | Previously a senator |
| 67 | Augustine Lonergan (D-CT) | Former representative (8 years) | |
| 68 | William H. Dieterich (D-IL) | Former representative (2 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) | |
| 69 | John H. Overton (D-LA) | Former representative (2 years), Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) | |
| 70 | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (D-VA) | Former governor (4 years) | |
| 71 | Fred H. Brown (D-NH) | Former governor (2 years) | |
| 72 | William Gibbs McAdoo (D-CA) | California 6th in population (1930) | |
| 73 | Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) | Indiana 11th in population (1930) | |
| 74 | F. Ryan Duffy (D-WI) | Wisconsin 13th in population (1930) | |
| 75 | Nathan L. Bachman (D-TN) | Tennessee 16th in population (1930) | |
| 76 | Louis Murphy[18] (D-IA) | Iowa 19th in population (1930) | |
| 77 | Homer T. Bone (D-WA) | Washington 30th in population (1930) | |
| 78 | Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) | Utah 40th in population (1930) | |
| 79 | James Pope (D-ID) | Idaho 42nd in population (1930) | |
| 80 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1930) | |
| 81 | Carl Hatch (D-NM) | October 10, 1933 | |
| 82 | Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT) | November 21, 1933 | |
| 83 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
| 84 | James Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 85 | Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) | January 3, 1935 | Previously a senator |
| 86 | Francis T. Maloney (D-CT) | Former representative (2 years), Connecticut 29th in population (1930) | |
| 87 | Edward R. Burke (D-NE) | Former representative (2 years), Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) | |
| 88 | Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) | Former governor (8 years) | |
| 89 | Vic Donahey (D-OH) | Former governor (6 years), Ohio 4th in population (1930) | |
| 90 | A. Harry Moore (D-NJ) | Former governor (6 years), New Jersey 9th in population (1930) | |
| 91 | Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) | |
| 92 | Harry S. Truman (D-MO) | Missouri 10th in population (1930) | |
| 93 | Sherman Minton (D-IN) | Indiana 11th in population (1930) | |
| 94 | George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD) | Maryland 28th in population (1930) | |
| 95 | Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA) | Washington 30th in population (1930) | |
| Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | ||
| 96 | Rush D. Holt (D-WV) | June 21, 1935 | |
| Elmer Benson (FL-MN) [19] | December 27, 1935 | ||
| Rose McConnell Long (D-LA) [12] | January 31, 1936 | ||
| Scott Loftin (D-FL) [20] | May 26, 1936 | ||
| William L. Hill (D-FL) [21] | July 1, 1936 | ||
| Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) | November 4, 1936 | Former representative | |
| Guy Howard (R-MN) [12] | Minnesota 18th in population (1930) | ||
| Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) | Florida 31st in population (1930); "A" 1st in alphabet | ||
| Claude Pepper (D-FL) | Florida 31st in population (1930); "P" 16th in alphabet | ||
| Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI) | November 19, 1936 | ||
| Herbert E. Hitchcock (D-SD) | December 29, 1936 | ||
The most senior senators by class were Henry F. Ashurst (R-Arizona) from Class 1, William Borah (R-Idaho) from Class 2, and Ellison D. Smith (D-South Carolina) from Class 3.