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List of United States senators in the 116th Congress

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For a full description of seniority, an explanation of its rules, and the current list, see Seniority in the United States Senate.

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 116th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2021. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.

In this Congress, Kyrsten Sinema is the most junior senior senator and Maria Cantwell is the most senior junior senator.

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

Terms of service

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This article is about the terms of service of senators that expired or will expire in years. For a list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.
Class Terms of service of senators that expired or will expire in years
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that expired in 2021 (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.)
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that expired in 2023 (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.)
Class 1 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2025 (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.)

U.S. Senate seniority list

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Rank Historical
rank 		Senator Party State Seniority date Other factors
1 1692 Patrick Leahy Democratic Vermont January 3, 1975  
2 1743 Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa January 3, 1981  
3 1766 Mitch McConnell Republican Kentucky January 3, 1985  
4 1775 Richard Shelby Republican Alabama January 3, 1987  
5 1801 Dianne Feinstein Democratic California November 10, 1992  
6 1812 Patty Murray Democratic Washington January 3, 1993  
7 1816 Jim Inhofe Republican Oklahoma November 17, 1994  
8 1827 Ron Wyden Democratic Oregon February 6, 1996  
9 1830 Pat Roberts Republican Kansas January 3, 1997 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
10 1831 Dick Durbin Democratic Illinois Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
11 1835 Jack Reed Democratic Rhode Island Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
12 1842 Susan Collins Republican Maine Maine 38th in population (1990)
13 1843 Mike Enzi Republican Wyoming Wyoming 50th in population (1990)
14 1844 Chuck Schumer Democratic New York January 3, 1999 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (18 years)
15 1846 Mike Crapo Republican Idaho Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
16 1855 Tom Carper Democratic Delaware January 3, 2001 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
17 1856 Debbie Stabenow Democratic Michigan Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
18 1859 Maria Cantwell Democratic Washington Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
19 1873 John Cornyn Republican Texas December 1, 2002  
20 1867 Lisa Murkowski Republican Alaska December 20, 2002  
21 1869 Lindsey Graham Republican South Carolina January 3, 2003 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
22 1871 Lamar Alexander Republican Tennessee
23 1876 Richard Burr Republican North Carolina January 3, 2005 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
24 1879 John Thune Republican South Dakota Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
25 1880 Johnny Isakson[a] Republican Georgia Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (5 years, 10 months)
26 1885 Bob Menendez Democratic New Jersey January 18, 2006  
27 1886 Ben Cardin Democratic Maryland January 3, 2007 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (20 years)
28 1887 Bernie Sanders Independent Vermont Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)[b]
29 1888 Sherrod Brown Democratic Ohio Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
30 1889 Bob Casey Jr. Democratic Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 6th in population (2000)
31 1893 Amy Klobuchar Democratic Minnesota Minnesota 21st in population (2000)
32 1894 Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Rhode Island Rhode Island 43rd in population (2000)
33 1895 Jon Tester Democratic Montana Montana 44th in population (2000)
34 1896 John Barrasso Republican Wyoming June 25, 2007  
35 1897 Roger Wicker Republican Mississippi December 31, 2007  
36 1899 Tom Udall Democratic New Mexico January 3, 2009 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
37 1901 Jeanne Shaheen Democratic New Hampshire Former governor (6 years)
38 1902 Mark Warner Democratic Virginia Former governor (4 years)
39 1903 Jim Risch Republican Idaho Former governor (7 months)
40 1905 Jeff Merkley Democratic Oregon  
41 1909 Michael Bennet Democratic Colorado January 21, 2009  
42 1910 Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic New York January 26, 2009  
43 1916 Joe Manchin Democratic West Virginia November 15, 2010 Former governor
44 1917 Chris Coons Democratic Delaware  
45 1919 Roy Blunt Republican Missouri January 3, 2011 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years); Missouri 17th in population (2000)
46 1920 Jerry Moran Republican Kansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years); Kansas 32nd in population (2000)
47 1921 Rob Portman Republican Ohio Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (12 years)
48 1922 John Boozman Republican Arkansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (9 years)
49 1923 Pat Toomey Republican Pennsylvania Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
50 1924 John Hoeven Republican North Dakota Former governor
51 1925 Marco Rubio Republican Florida Florida 4th in population (2000)
52 1926 Ron Johnson Republican Wisconsin Wisconsin 18th in population (2000)
53 1927 Rand Paul Republican Kentucky Kentucky 25th in population (2000)
54 1928 Richard Blumenthal Democratic Connecticut Connecticut 29th in population (2000)
55 1929 Mike Lee Republican Utah Utah 34th in population (2000)
56 1932 Brian Schatz Democratic Hawaii December 27, 2012  
57 1933 Tim Scott Republican South Carolina January 2, 2013  
58 1934 Tammy Baldwin Democratic Wisconsin January 3, 2013 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
59 1937 Chris Murphy Democratic Connecticut Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Connecticut 29th in population (2010)
60 1938 Mazie Hirono Democratic Hawaii Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Hawaii 42nd in population (2010)
61 1939 Martin Heinrich Democratic New Mexico Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
62 1940 Angus King Independent Maine Former governor (8 years)
63 1941 Tim Kaine Democratic Virginia Former governor (4 years)
64 1942 Ted Cruz Republican Texas Texas 2nd in population (2010)
65 1943 Elizabeth Warren Democratic Massachusetts Massachusetts 15th in population (2010)
66 1944 Deb Fischer Republican Nebraska Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
67 1948 Ed Markey Democratic Massachusetts July 16, 2013 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
68 1949 Cory Booker Democratic New Jersey October 31, 2013  
69 1951 Shelley Moore Capito Republican West Virginia January 3, 2015 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
70 1952 Gary Peters Democratic Michigan Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Michigan 9th in population (2010)
71 1953 Bill Cassidy Republican Louisiana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
72 1954 Cory Gardner Republican Colorado Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years); Colorado 22nd in population (2010)
73 1955 James Lankford Republican Oklahoma Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years); Oklahoma 28th in population (2010)
74 1956 Tom Cotton Republican Arkansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Arkansas 32nd in population (2010)
75 1957 Steve Daines Republican Montana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Montana 44th in population (2010)
76 1958 Mike Rounds Republican South Dakota Former governor
77 1959 David Perdue Republican Georgia Georgia 8th in population (2010)
78 1960 Thom Tillis Republican North Carolina North Carolina 10th in population (2010)
79 1961 Joni Ernst Republican Iowa Iowa 30th in population (2010)
80 1962 Ben Sasse Republican Nebraska Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
81 1963 Dan Sullivan Republican Alaska Alaska 47th in population (2010)
82 1964 Chris Van Hollen Democratic Maryland January 3, 2017 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
83 1965 Todd Young Republican Indiana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
84 1966 Tammy Duckworth Democratic Illinois Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
85 1967 Maggie Hassan Democratic New Hampshire Former governor
86 1968 Kamala Harris Democratic California California 1st in population (2010)
87 1969 John Neely Kennedy Republican Louisiana Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
88 1970 Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic Nevada Nevada 35th in population (2010)
89 1972 Tina Smith Democratic Minnesota January 3, 2018 Minnesota 21st in population (2010)
90 1973 Doug Jones Democratic Alabama Alabama 23rd in population (2010)
91 1974 Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Mississippi April 2, 2018
92 1975 Marsha Blackburn Republican Tennessee January 3, 2019 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
93 1976 Kyrsten Sinema Democratic Arizona Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Arizona 16th in population (2010)
94 1977 Kevin Cramer Republican North Dakota Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); North Dakota 48th in population (2010)
95 1978 Martha McSally[c] Republican Arizona Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
96 1979 Jacky Rosen Democratic Nevada Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
97 1980 Mitt Romney Republican Utah Former governor
98 1981 Mike Braun Republican Indiana Indiana 15th in population (2010)
99 1982 Josh Hawley Republican Missouri Missouri 18th in population (2010)
100 1983 Rick Scott Republican Florida January 8, 2019
101 1984 Kelly Loeffler[a] Republican Georgia January 6, 2020
102 1985 Mark Kelly[c] Democratic Arizona December 2, 2020

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b In Georgia, Johnny Isakson (R) resigned December 31, 2019. He was replaced on January 6, 2020, by Kelly Loeffler (R), who was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp.[6]
  2. ^ Although Sanders was a candidate for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, and votes with the Democrats for organizational purposes, he has been elected and classified as an Independent throughout his time in Congress.
  3. ^ a b In Arizona, John McCain (R) had died August 25, 2018. Governor Doug Ducey appointed retired U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R) as McCain's replacement on September 4, 2018,[7][8] but Kyl only agreed to serve until December 31, 2018.[9] In the regular November 2018 election to replace Jeff Flake (R), who had declined to run for reelection, Martha McSally (R) lost to Kyrsten Sinema (D), but was instead appointed by Governor Ducey to replace Kyl on January 3, 2019.[10] Sinema and McSally were sworn in on the same day. In the 2020 special election required by Arizona law to finish McCain's term, McSally lost to Mark Kelly (D), who was sworn in as her replacement on December 2, 2020.

References

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  1. ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.senate.gov
  2. ^ 1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 census results.
  3. ^ 1981 U.S Census Report Contains 1980 census results.
  4. ^ 1991 U.S Census Report Contains 1990 census results.
  5. ^ "2000 Census State Population Rankings". Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  6. ^ Bluestein, Greg (December 4, 2019). "Kemp taps Kelly Loeffler, financial exec, to US Senate seat". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will be John McCain's successor in the U.S. Senate". The Arizona Republic. September 4, 2018.
  8. ^ "Jon Kyl, Former Senator, Will Replace McCain in Arizona". The New York Times. September 4, 2018.
  9. ^ Wingett Sanchez, Yvonne (December 14, 2018). "Jon Kyl will resign from the U.S. Senate on Dec. 31, setting up another appointment by Ducey to John McCain's seat". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  10. ^ Wingett Sanchez, Yvonne (December 18, 2018). "Martha McSally appointed to John McCain's Senate seat". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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