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List of United States senators in the 118th 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 118th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. 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.

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] If two senators are tied on all factors, as in the case of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, the senator elected to the full term is the senior senator.[6][7]

In this Congress, the most junior senior senator is Jon Ossoff, and Maria Cantwell is the most senior junior senator.

Terms of service

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This article is about the terms of service of senators that 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 will expire in years
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.)[8]
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2027 (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.)[9]
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2029 (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.)[10]

U.S. Senate seniority list

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Rank Historical
rank 		Senator Party State Seniority date Other factors
1 1743 Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa January 3, 1981
2 1766 Mitch McConnell Republican Kentucky January 3, 1985  
3 1801 Dianne Feinstein[a] Democratic California November 4, 1992
4 1812 Patty Murray Democratic Washington January 3, 1993
5 1827 Ron Wyden Democratic Oregon February 5, 1996
6 1831 Dick Durbin Democratic Illinois January 3, 1997 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
7 1835 Jack Reed Democratic Rhode Island Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
8 1842 Susan Collins Republican Maine  
9 1844 Chuck Schumer Democratic New York January 3, 1999 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (18 years)
10 1846 Mike Crapo Republican Idaho Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
11 1855 Tom Carper Democratic Delaware January 3, 2001 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
12 1856 Debbie Stabenow Democratic Michigan Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
13 1859 Maria Cantwell Democratic Washington Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
14 1867 John Cornyn Republican Texas December 1, 2002  
15 1868 Lisa Murkowski Republican Alaska December 20, 2002
16 1870 Lindsey Graham Republican South Carolina January 3, 2003
17 1879 John Thune Republican South Dakota January 3, 2005
18 1885 Bob Menendez[b] Democratic New Jersey January 18, 2006
19 1886 Ben Cardin Democratic Maryland January 3, 2007 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (20 years)
20 1887 Bernie Sanders Independent Vermont Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
21 1888 Sherrod Brown Democratic Ohio Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
22 1889 Bob Casey Jr. Democratic Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 6th in population (2000)
23 1893 Amy Klobuchar Democratic Minnesota Minnesota 21st in population (2000)
24 1894 Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Rhode Island Rhode Island 43rd in population (2000)
25 1895 Jon Tester Democratic Montana Montana 44th in population (2000)
26 1896 John Barrasso Republican Wyoming June 25, 2007  
27 1897 Roger Wicker Republican Mississippi December 31, 2007
28 1901 Jeanne Shaheen Democratic New Hampshire January 3, 2009 Former governor (6 years)
29 1902 Mark Warner Democratic Virginia Former governor (4 years)
30 1903 Jim Risch Republican Idaho Former governor (7 months)
31 1905 Jeff Merkley Democratic Oregon  
32 1909 Michael Bennet Democratic Colorado January 21, 2009
33 1910 Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic New York January 26, 2009
34 1916 Joe Manchin Democratic West Virginia November 15, 2010 Former governor
35 1917 Chris Coons Democratic Delaware  
36 1920 Jerry Moran Republican Kansas January 3, 2011 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
37 1922 John Boozman Republican Arkansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (9 years)
38 1924 John Hoeven Republican North Dakota Former governor
39 1925 Marco Rubio Republican Florida Florida 4th in population (2000)
40 1926 Ron Johnson Republican Wisconsin Wisconsin 18th in population (2000)
41 1927 Rand Paul Republican Kentucky Kentucky 25th in population (2000)
42 1928 Richard Blumenthal Democratic Connecticut Connecticut 29th in population (2000)
43 1929 Mike Lee Republican Utah Utah 34th in population (2000)
44 1932 Brian Schatz Democratic Hawaii December 27, 2012  
45 1933 Tim Scott Republican South Carolina January 2, 2013
46 1934 Tammy Baldwin Democratic Wisconsin January 3, 2013 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
47 1937 Chris Murphy Democratic Connecticut Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Connecticut 29th in population (2010)
48 1938 Mazie Hirono Democratic Hawaii Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Hawaii 42nd in population (2010)
49 1939 Martin Heinrich Democratic New Mexico Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
50 1940 Angus King Independent Maine Former governor (8 years)
51 1941 Tim Kaine Democratic Virginia Former governor (4 years)
52 1942 Ted Cruz Republican Texas Texas 2nd in population (2010)
53 1943 Elizabeth Warren Democratic Massachusetts Massachusetts 15th in population (2010)
54 1944 Deb Fischer Republican Nebraska Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
55 1948 Ed Markey Democratic Massachusetts July 16, 2013 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (36 years)
56 1949 Cory Booker Democratic New Jersey October 31, 2013
57 1951 Shelley Moore Capito Republican West Virginia January 3, 2015 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
58 1952 Gary Peters Democratic Michigan Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Michigan 9th in population (2010)
59 1953 Bill Cassidy Republican Louisiana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
60 1955 James Lankford Republican Oklahoma Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
61 1956 Tom Cotton Republican Arkansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Arkansas 32nd in population (2010)
62 1957 Steve Daines Republican Montana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); Montana 44th in population (2010)
63 1958 Mike Rounds Republican South Dakota Former governor
64 1960 Thom Tillis Republican North Carolina North Carolina 10th in population (2010)
65 1961 Joni Ernst Republican Iowa Iowa 30th in population (2010)
66 1962 Ben Sasse[c] Republican Nebraska Nebraska 38th in population (2010)
67 1963 Dan Sullivan Republican Alaska Alaska 47th in population (2010)
68 1964 Chris Van Hollen Democratic Maryland January 3, 2017 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years)
69 1965 Todd Young Republican Indiana Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
70 1966 Tammy Duckworth Democratic Illinois Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
71 1967 Maggie Hassan Democratic New Hampshire Former governor
72 1969 John Kennedy Republican Louisiana Louisiana 25th in population (2010)
73 1970 Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic Nevada Nevada 35th in population (2010)
74 1972 Tina Smith Democratic Minnesota January 3, 2018  
75 1974 Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Mississippi April 2, 2018
76 1975 Marsha Blackburn Republican Tennessee January 3, 2019 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
77 1976 Kyrsten Sinema Independent Arizona Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); Arizona 16th in population (2010)
78 1977 Kevin Cramer Republican North Dakota Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years); North Dakota 48th in population (2010)
79 1979 Jacky Rosen Democratic Nevada Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years)
80 1980 Mitt Romney Republican Utah Former governor
81 1981 Mike Braun Republican Indiana Indiana 15th in population (2010)
82 1982 Josh Hawley Republican Missouri Missouri 18th in population (2010)
83 1983 Rick Scott Republican Florida January 8, 2019  
84 1985 Mark Kelly Democratic Arizona December 2, 2020
85 1986 Ben Ray Luján Democratic New Mexico January 3, 2021 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (12 years)
86 1987 Cynthia Lummis Republican Wyoming Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (8 years)
87 1988 Roger Marshall Republican Kansas Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (4 years)
88 1989 John Hickenlooper Democratic Colorado Former governor
89 1990 Bill Hagerty Republican Tennessee Tennessee 17th in population (2010)
90 1991 Tommy Tuberville Republican Alabama Alabama 23rd in population (2010)
91 1992 Alex Padilla Democratic California January 20, 2021 California 1st in population (2010)
92 1993 Jon Ossoff Democratic Georgia Elected to a full six-year term
93 1994 Raphael Warnock Democratic Elected to a partial two-year term
94 1995 Peter Welch Democratic Vermont January 3, 2023 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years)
95 1996 Markwayne Mullin Republican Oklahoma Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years)
96 1997 Ted Budd Republican North Carolina Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)
97 1998 John Fetterman Democratic Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 5th in population (2020)
98 1999 JD Vance Republican Ohio Ohio 7th in population (2020)
99 2000 Eric Schmitt Republican Missouri Missouri 19th in population (2020)
100 2001 Katie Britt Republican Alabama Alabama 24th in population (2020)
2002 Pete Ricketts[c] Republican Nebraska January 23, 2023  
2003 Laphonza Butler[a] Democratic California October 1, 2023  
2004 George Helmy[b] Democratic New Jersey August 20, 2024  
2005 Adam Schiff Democratic California December 8, 2024 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (24 years)
2006 Andy Kim Democratic New Jersey Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b In California, Dianne Feinstein (D) died September 28, 2023. She was replaced by Laphonza Butler (D), who was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
  2. ^ a b In New Jersey, Bob Menendez (D) resigned August 20, 2024, after being convicted on federal bribery and corruption charges. He was replaced by George Helmy (D), who was appointed by Governor Phil Murphy.
  3. ^ a b In Nebraska, Ben Sasse (R) resigned January 8, 2023. He was replaced by Pete Ricketts (R), who was appointed by Governor Jim Pillen.

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. "'A new era': Ossoff, Warnock sworn into office, giving Democrats control of U.S. Senate". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  7. ^ "Why Jon Ossoff will be Georgia's senior U.S. Senator". 11Alive.com. 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  8. ^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2025.
  9. ^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2027.
  10. ^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 2029
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