List of United States senators in the 107th Congress
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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 107th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2003.
Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a U.S. senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as U.S. Vice President, a House member, a cabinet secretary, a state governor, and then by their state's population, respectively.[1][2][3][4]
In this congress, Ernest Hollings (D-South Carolina) was the most senior junior senator and Chuck Schumer (D-New York) was the most junior senior senator until Paul Wellstone's death from a plane crash on October 25, 2002, Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota) took this distinction until the end of the congress.
Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 2002 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
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| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 2003 (AK, 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.)[5] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 2005 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)[6] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 2007 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, and WY.)[7] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Strom Thurmond[8] (R-SC) | November 7, 1956 | |
| 2 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert Byrd (D-WV) | January 3, 1959 | |
| 3 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ted Kennedy (D-MA) | November 7, 1962 | |
| 4 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Daniel Inouye (D-HI) | January 3, 1963 | |
| 5 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ernest Hollings (D-SC) | November 9, 1966 | |
| 6 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ted Stevens (R-AK) | December 24, 1968 | |
| 7 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jesse Helms[8] (R-NC) | January 3, 1973 | North Carolina 12th in population (1970) |
| 8 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Pete Domenici (R-NM) | New Mexico 37th in population (1970) | |
| 9 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joe Biden (D-DE) | Delaware 46th in population (1970) | |
| 10 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Patrick Leahy (D-VT) | January 3, 1975 | |
| 11 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) | January 3, 1977 | Former representative |
| 12 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard Lugar (R-IN) | Indiana 11th in population (1970) | |
| 13 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Orrin Hatch (R-UT) | Utah 36th in population (1970) | |
| 14 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Max Baucus (D-MT) | December 15, 1978 | |
| 15 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thad Cochran (R-MS) | December 27, 1978 | |
| 16 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Warner (R-VA) | January 2, 1979 | |
| 17 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Carl Levin (D-MI) | January 3, 1979 | |
| 18 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Chris Dodd (D-CT) | January 3, 1981 | Former representative (6 years) - Connecticut 24th in population (1970) |
| 19 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Chuck Grassley (R-IA) | Former representative (6 years) - Iowa 25th in population (1970) | |
| 20 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Arlen Specter (R-PA) | Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1970) | |
| 21 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Don Nickles (R-OK) | Oklahoma 27th in population (1970) | |
| 22 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frank Murkowski[9] (R-AK) | Alaska 50th in population (1970) | |
| 23 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) | January 3, 1983 | |
| 24 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Kerry (D-MA) | January 2, 1985 | |
| 25 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tom Harkin (D-IA) | January 3, 1985 | Former representative (10 years) |
| 26 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Phil Gramm[8] (R-TX) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 27 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mitch McConnell (R-KY) | ||
| 28 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) | January 15, 1985 | |
| 29 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Breaux (D-LA) | January 3, 1987 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 30 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 31 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard Shelby (R-AL) | Former representative (8 years) - Alabama 22nd in population (1980) | |
| 32 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tom Daschle (D-SD) | Former representative (8 years) - South Dakota 45th in population (1980) | |
| 33 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John McCain (R-AZ) | Former representative (4 years) - Arizona 29th in population (1980) | |
| 34 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harry Reid (D-NV) | Former representative (4 years) - Nevada 43rd in population (1980) | |
| 35 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Graham (D-FL) | Former governor - Florida 7th in population (1980) | |
| 36 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kit Bond (R-MO) | Former governor - Missouri 15th in population (1980) | |
| 37 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kent Conrad (D-ND) | ||
| 38 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Trent Lott (R-MS) | January 3, 1989 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 39 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Jeffords (R-VT)(I-VT) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 40 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Herb Kohl (D-WI) | Wisconsin 16th in population (1980) | |
| 41 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joe Lieberman (D-CT) | Connecticut 25th in population (1980) | |
| 42 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Conrad Burns (R-MT) | Montana 44th in population (1980) | |
| 43 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Daniel Akaka (D-HI) | May 16, 1990 | |
| 44 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Smith[8] (R-NH) | December 7, 1990 | |
| 45 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Larry Craig (R-ID) | January 3, 1991 | Former representative |
| 46 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Paul Wellstone[10] (D-MN) | ||
| 47 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) | November 10, 1992 | |
| 48 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Byron Dorgan (D-ND) | December 15, 1992 | |
| 49 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Barbara Boxer (D-CA) | January 3, 1993 | Former representative (10 years) |
| 50 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Judd Gregg (R-NH) | Former representative (8 years) | |
| 51 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 52 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Russ Feingold (D-WI) | Wisconsin 16th in population (1990) | |
| 53 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Patty Murray (D-WA) | Washington 18th in population (1990) | |
| 54 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Bennett (R-UT) | Utah 35th in population (1990) | |
| 55 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) | June 14, 1993 | |
| 56 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Inhofe (R-OK) | November 17, 1994 | |
| 57 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fred Thompson[8] (R-TN) | December 2, 1994 | |
| 58 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Olympia Snowe (R-ME) | January 3, 1995 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 59 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mike DeWine (R-OH) | Former representative (8 years) - Ohio 7th in population (1990) | |
| 60 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jon Kyl (R-AZ) | Former representative (8 years) - Arizona 24th in population (1990) | |
| 61 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Craig L. Thomas (R-WY) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 62 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rick Santorum (R-PA) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 63 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bill Frist (R-TN) | ||
| 64 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ron Wyden (D-OR) | February 6, 1996 | |
| 65 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Sam Brownback (R-KS) | November 7, 1996 | |
| 66 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Pat Roberts (R-KS) | January 3, 1997 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 67 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dick Durbin (D-IL) | Former representative (14 years) - Illinois 6th in population (1990) | |
| 68 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert Torricelli[8] (D-NJ) | Former representative (14 years) - New Jersey 9th in population (1990) | |
| 69 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tim Johnson (D-SD) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 70 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wayne Allard (R-CO) | Former representative (6 years) - Colorado 26th in population (1990) | |
| 71 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jack Reed (D-RI) | Former representative (6 years) - Rhode Island 43rd in population (1990) | |
| 72 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tim Hutchinson[8] (R-AR) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 73 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Max Cleland[8] (D-GA) | Georgia 11th in population (1990) | |
| 74 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mary Landrieu (D-LA) | Louisiana 21st in population (1990) | |
| 75 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jeff Sessions (R-AL) | Alabama 22nd in population (1990) | |
| 76 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gordon H. Smith (R-OR) | Oregon 29th in population (1990) | |
| 77 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Chuck Hagel (R-NE) | Nebraska 36th in population (1990) | |
| 78 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Susan Collins (R-ME) | Maine 38th in population (1990) | |
| 79 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mike Enzi (R-WY) | Wyoming 50th in population (1990) | |
| 80 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Chuck Schumer (D-NY) | January 3, 1999 | Former representative (18 years) |
| 81 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Bunning (R-KY) | Former representative (12 years) | |
| 82 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mike Crapo (R-ID) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 83 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 84 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George Voinovich (R-OH) | Former governor - Ohio 7th in population (1990) | |
| 85 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Evan Bayh (D-IN) | Former governor - Indiana 14th in population (1990) | |
| 86 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) | Illinois 6th in population (1990) | |
| 87 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Edwards (D-NC) | North Carolina 10th in population (1990) | |
| 88 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) | November 4, 1999 | |
| 89 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Zell Miller (D-GA) | July 27, 2000 | |
| 90 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bill Nelson (D-FL) | January 3, 2001 | Former representative (12 years) |
| 91 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tom Carper (D-DE) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 92 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) | Former representative (4 years) - Michigan 8th in population (1990) | |
| 93 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Ensign (R-NV) | Former representative (4 years) - Nevada 39th in population (1990) | |
| 94 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George Allen (R-VA) | Former representative (2 years) - Former governor | |
| 95 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Maria Cantwell (D-WA) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 96 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ben Nelson (D-NE) | Former governor | |
| 97 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hillary Clinton (D-NY) | New York 2nd in population (1990) | |
| 98 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jon Corzine (D-NJ) | New Jersey 9th in population (1990) | |
| 99 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jean Carnahan[11][8] (D-MO) | Missouri 15th in population (1990) | |
| 100 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mark Dayton (D-MN) | Minnesota 20th in population (1990) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color" | Dean Barkley[8] (I-MN) | November 5, 2002 | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Talent[11] (R-MO) | November 25, 2002 | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Cornyn (R-TX) | December 2, 2002 | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) | December 20, 2002 |
The most senior senators by class were Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) from Class 1, Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) from Class 2, and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) from Class 3.
See also
- 107th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 107th Congress by seniority
Notes
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- ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ↑ 1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 Census results.
- ↑ 1981 U.S Census Report Contains 1980 Census results.
- ↑ 1991 U.S Census Report Contains 1990 Census results.
- ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 2003.
- ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 2005.
- ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 2007.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Retired or defeated in the 2002 election.
- ↑ Frank Murkowski stepped down on December 2, 2002, after being elected Governor of Alaska.
- ↑ Senator Wellstone died in a plane crash on October 25, 2002.
- ↑ a b Jean Carnahan (D) was appointed to the Senate by Governor Roger B. Wilson when her husband Mel Carnahan (D) died in a plane crash before the 2000 election. He was elected posthumously. She was appointed the same day as the incoming freshmen senators from that election. Carnahan lost the election to finish her husband's term and was replaced November 25, 2002, by Jim Talent (R).
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