NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of current United States Senators by seniority

This is a classification of current U.S. Senators by seniority. The President pro tempore of the Senate is traditionally the most senior member of the majority party. The current President pro tempore is also the Dean of the United States Senate, Robert Byrd. The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia the current President pro tempore of the United States Senate. ... The Dean of the U.S. Senate is the longest-serving (in consecutive terms) member of the United States Senate, which is at present Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. ... Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. ...

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] For Senators who have taken the oath since the last census (2000) the state population ranking is listed.^[2] Dick Cheney 46th and current Vice President (2001- ) The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is a heartbeat from the presidency. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Cabinet meeting on May 16, 2001. ... A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ...

Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Moore Ted Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Daniel Ken Inouye (born September 7, 1924) is a recipient of the Medal of Honor and currently serves as the senior United States Senator from HawaiÊ»i. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Theodore Fulton Ted Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Pietro Pete Vichi Domenici (born May 7, 1932) is a powerful Republican United States senator from New Mexico. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Joseph Robinette Joe Biden, Jr. ... Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Richard Green Dick Lugar (born April 4, 1932) is the senior United States Republican Senator from Indiana. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977. ... Max Sieben Baucus (b. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... William Thad Cochran (born December 7, 1937) is the senior United States Senator from Mississippi. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (362nd in leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... John William Warner (born February 18, 1927) is an American statesman and politician, who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972-1974 and has served as a Republican senator from Virginia since 1979. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... Carl Milton Levin (born June 28, 1934) is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944), is an American politician. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Ernest Chuck Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from Iowa. ... Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. ... Jesse Francis Jeff Bingaman Jr. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Al Gore (born December 11, 1943) is a Vietnam Veteran and the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Richard Tom Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is the junior United States Senator from Iowa. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell Jr. ... John Davison Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937), generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Barbara Ann Mikulski (born July 20, 1936), a member of the Democratic Party, is the current Class 3 United States Senator representing the State of Maryland. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 359 days (360 in leap years) remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Craig Dick Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American politician. ... John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician. ... Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. ... Christopher Samuel Kit Bond (born March 6, 1939 in St. ... Kent Conrad (born on March 12, 1948) is a United States senator from North Dakota. ... Chester Trent Lott, Sr. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article refers to Sen. ... Joseph Isadore Joe Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician from Connecticut. ... Daniel Kahikina Dan Akaka (Chinese: é˜¿å¡å¡ æŽç¢©, Hanyu pinyin: akaka lishuo) (born September 11, 1924) is a U.S. Senator from HawaiÊ»i and a member of the Democratic Party. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Larry Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is the senior United States Senator from Idaho. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is currently the Democratic senior U.S. Senator from California, an office she has held since 1992. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... Media:rofl. ... Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is the junior United States Senator from North Dakota. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Media:rofl. ... Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is a former Governor of New Hampshire and current United States Senator. ... Patricia Lynn Murray (known as Patty Murray) (born October 11, 1950) is a Democratic United States Senator from Washington. ... Russell Dana Russ Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... Robert F. Bennett (born 1933) For other men named Robert Bennett see Robert Bennett (disambiguation). ... Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison, usually known as Kay Bailey Hutchison (born July 22, 1943, in Galveston, Texas), is the senior United States Senator from Texas. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... James Mountain Jim Inhofe (born November 17, 1934) is an American politician from Oklahoma. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe (born February 21, 1947 in Augusta, Maine) is a Republican politician and the senior United States Senator from Maine. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the current Arizona Senator; for his father, a U.S. Representative from Iowa, see John Kyl; for a U.S. Representative from Mississippi with a similar name, see John Kyle. ... Craig Lyle Thomas (born February 17, 1933) is a United States Senator from Wyoming. ... Ronald Lee Wyden (born May 3, 1949) to German American parents, is Oregons senior United States Senator. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Samuel Dale Sam Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is the senior United States senator from the U.S. state of Kansas. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Charles Patrick Pat Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a United States Senator from Kansas. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Joseph Durbin, usually called Dick Durbin, (born November 21, 1944) is currently the senior United States Senator from Illinois and Democratic Whip, the second highest position in the party leadership in the Senate. ... For other persons named Tim Johnson, see Tim Johnson (disambiguation). ... Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is a United States Senator from Colorado and a member of the Republican Party. ... John Francis Jack Reed (b. ... Mary Loretta Landrieu (born November 23, 1955) is the senior Democratic United States Senator for the state of Louisiana. ... Jefferson Beauregard Jeff Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is the junior United States Senator from Alabama. ... Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is a United States Senator from Oregon. ... Charles Timothy Chuck Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is the seniorUnited States Senator from Nebraska. ... With fellow Maine Senator Olympia Snowe Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952 in Caribou, Maine) is an American politician, the junior U.S. Senator from Maine and a Republican. ... Michael Bradley Mike Enzi (born February 1, 1944) is a United States senator from Wyoming. ... Charles Ellis Chuck Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is currently the senior U.S. Senator from the state of New York, serving since 1999. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 359 days (360 in leap years) remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... James Paul David Jim Bunning (born October 23, 1931 in Southgate, Kentucky) is an American politician who was a Hall of Fame pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1971. ... Michael Dean Mike Crapo (pronounced Cray-poe) (born May 20, 1951 in Idaho Falls, Idaho) is the junior United States Senator from Idaho. ... George Victor Voinovich (VojinoviÄ‡ in Serbo-Croatian) (born July 15, 1936) is an American politician of the Republican Party. ... Birch Evans Evan Bayh III (last name pronounced buy) (born December 26, 1955) is an American politician who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Indiana since 1999 and a former Governor of Indiana. ... For other people named Bill Nelson, see Bill Nelson (disambiguation). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Richard Tom Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American economist and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. ... Deborah Ann Debbie Stabenow (born April 29, 1950) is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan. ... John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is the junior United States Senator from Nevada. ... Maria E. Cantwell (born October 13, 1958) is the junior United States Senator from Washington state and is a member of the Democratic Party. ... Earl Benjamin Ben Nelson (born May 17, 1941 in McCook, Nebraska) is an American politician from Nebraska, where he was born and has lived for most of his life. ... Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ... Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is an American politician. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (born January 23, 1924) is a businessman and Democratic Party politician. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clarence Saxby Chambliss (born November 10, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Georgia. ... Lindsey Olin Graham (born July 9, 1955) is an American politician from South Carolina. ... John Edward Sununu (born September 10, 1964) is a United States Senator from New Hampshire. ... Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. ... Elizabeth Hanford Liddy Dole, (born July 29, 1936) was elected to the United States Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina for a term ending in 2009. ... John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Texas. ... Norman Bertram Norm Coleman Jr. ... Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is a politician in Arkansas. ... Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is a United States Senator from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Warren DeMint (born September 2, 1951) has been a U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2005. ... Thomas Allen Tom Coburn, M.D. (born March 14, 1948) is a medical doctor and a Republican U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. ... John Randolph Thune (born January 7, 1961) is the junior U.S. Senator from the state of South Dakota. ... John Hardy Johnny Isakson (born December 28, 1944), American politician, has been a Republican United States Senator from Georgia since 2005. ... David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961), American politician, is a Senator from Louisiana. ... MelquÃades Rafael Mel MartÃnez (born October 23, 1946) is a Cuban-born American politician, currently a United States Senator from Florida and has agreed to head the Republican National Committee, after the partys current chairman, Ken Mehlman, steps down. ... Obama redirects here. ... Kenneth Lee Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is an American politician, rancher, and environmentalist from the U.S. state of Colorado. ... U.S. Representative and Senator-appointee Bob Menendez Robert Menendez (born January 1, 1954) is a Democratic politician from New Jersey. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... Bernard Bernie Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is the current junior United States Senator from Vermont. ... Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952 in Mansfield, Ohio), better known as Sherrod Brown, is the Democratic Junior United States Senator from the state of Ohio. ... Robert Patrick Casey, Jr. ... For the Canadian politician, see Jim Webb (Canada). ... Bob Corker Robert Phillips Bob Corker, Jr. ... Claire McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American Democratic politician, currently the junior United States Senator from the state of Missouri and former State Auditor of Missouri. ... Amy Jean Klobuchar (born May 25, 1960 in Plymouth, Minnesota) is the county attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota and the senator-elect in Minnesota (see 2006 Minnesota United States Senate election). ... Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955 in New York City, New York) is the Junior Senator-elect from the state of Rhode Island. ... Jonathan Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is the Democratic Senator-elect from Montana. ...

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November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy. ... Cabinet meeting on May 16, 2001. ...

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