Senate Seniority List: 117th Congress
Source: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/chronlist.pdf
Senate rank is first determined by the length of consecutive service in the Senate. For senators who entered the Senate on the same day, several tie-breaking procedures determine seniority. In order of precedence, these factors are: previous Senate service, service as the vice president, previous House service; service in the Cabinet, service as a state governor. If a tie still exists, senators are ranked according to the population of their state at the time of swearing in.
Rank | All 100 Senators | Date Service Began |
1 | Patrick J. Leahy, D-VT | Jan. 3, 1975 |
2 | Charles E. Grassley, R-IA | Jan. 3, 1981 |
3 | Mitch McConnell, R-KY | Jan. 3, 1985 |
4 | Richard C. Shelby, R-AL | Jan. 3, 1987 |
5 | Dianne Feinstein, D-CA | Nov. 4, 1992 |
6 | Patty Murray, D-WA | Jan. 3, 1993 |
7 | James M. Inhofe, R-OK | Nov. 16, 1994 |
8 | Ron Wyden, D-OR | Feb. 6, 1996 |
9 | Richard J. Durbin, D-IL | Jan. 3, 1997 |
10 | Jack Reed, D-RI | Jan. 3, 1997 |
11 | Susan Collins, R-ME | Jan. 3, 1997 |
12 | Charles E. Schumer, D-NY | Jan. 3, 1999 |
13 | Michael D. Crapo, R-ID | Jan. 3, 1999 |
14 | Thomas R. Carper, D-DE | Jan. 3, 2001 |
15 | Debbie Stabenow, D-MI | Jan. 3, 2001 |
16 | Maria Cantwell, D-WA | Jan. 3, 2001 |
17 | John Cornyn, R-TX | Dec. 2, 2002 |
18 | Lisa Murkowski, R-AK | Dec. 20, 2002 |
19 | Lindsey Graham, R-SC | Jan. 3, 2003 |
20 | Richard M. Burr, R-NC | Jan. 3, 2005 |
21 | John Thune, R-SD | Jan. 3, 2005 |
22 | Robert Menendez, D-NJ | Jan. 17, 2006 |
23 | Benjamin L. Cardin, D-MD | Jan. 3, 2007 |
24 | Bernie Sanders, I-VT | Jan. 3, 2007 |
25 | Sherrod Brown, D-OH | Jan. 3, 2007 |
26 | Bob Casey, D-PA | Jan. 3, 2007 |
27 | Amy Klobuchar, D-MN | Jan. 3, 2007 |
28 | Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI | Jan. 3, 2007 |
29 | Jon Tester, D-MT | Jan. 3, 2007 |
30 | John A. Barrasso, R-WY | Jun. 22, 2007 |
31 | Roger Wicker, R-MS | Dec. 31, 2007 |
32 | Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH | Jan. 3, 2009 |
33 | Mark Warner, D-VA | Jan. 3, 2009 |
34 | Jim Risch, R-ID | Jan. 3, 2009 |
35 | Jeff Merkley, D-OR | Jan. 3, 2009 |
36 | Michael Bennet, D-CO | Jan. 21, 2009 |
37 | Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY | Jan. 26, 2009* |
38 | Joe Manchin, D-WV | Nov. 15, 2010 |
39 | Chris Coons, D-DE | Nov. 15, 2010 |
40 | Roy Blunt, R-MO | Jan. 3, 2011 |
41 | Jerry Moran, R-KS | Jan. 3, 2011 |
42 | Rob Portman, R-OH | Jan. 3, 2011 |
43 | John Boozman, R-AR | Jan. 3, 2011 |
44 | Pat Toomey, R-PA | Jan. 3, 2011 |
45 | John Hoeven, R-ND | Jan. 3, 2011 |
46 | Marco Rubio, R-FL | Jan. 3, 2011 |
47 | Ron Johnson, R-WI | Jan. 3, 2011 |
48 | Rand Paul, R-KY | Jan. 3, 2011 |
49 | Richard Blumenthal, D-CT | Jan. 3, 2011 |
50 | Mike Lee, R-UT | Jan. 3, 2011 |
51 | Brian Schatz, D-HI | Dec. 26, 2012 |
52 | Tim Scott, R-SC | Jan. 2, 2013** |
53 | Tammy Baldwin, D-WI | Jan. 3, 2013 |
54 | Chris Murphy, D-CT | Jan. 3, 2013 |
55 | Mazie Hirono, D-HI | Jan. 3, 2013 |
56 | Martin Heinrich, D-NM | Jan. 3, 2013 |
57 | Angus King, I-ME | Jan. 3, 2013 |
58 | Tim Kaine, D-VA | Jan. 3, 2013 |
59 | Ted Cruz, R-TX | Jan. 3, 2013 |
60 | Elizabeth Warren, D-MA | Jan. 3, 2013 |
61 | Deb Fischer, R-NE | Jan. 3, 2013 |
62 | Edward Markey, D-MA | Jul. 16, 2013 |
63 | Cory Booker, D-NJ | Oct. 31, 2013 |
64 | Shelley Moore Capito, R-WV | Jan. 3, 2015 |
65 | Gary Peters, D-MI | Jan. 3, 2015 |
66 | Bill Cassidy, R-LA | Jan. 3, 2015 |
67 | James Lankford, R-OK | Jan. 3, 2015 |
68 | Tom Cotton, R-AR | Jan. 3, 2015 |
69 | Steve Daines, R-MT | Jan. 3, 2015 |
70 | Mike Rounds, R-SD | Jan. 3, 2015 |
71 | Thom Tillis, R-NC | Jan. 3, 2015 |
72 | Joni Ernst, R-IA | Jan. 3, 2015 |
73 | Ben Sasse, R-NE | Jan. 3, 2015 |
74 | Dan Sullivan, R-AK | Jan. 3, 2015 |
75 | Chris Van Hollen, D-MD | Jan. 3, 2017 |
76 | Todd Young, R-IN | Jan. 3, 2017 |
77 | Tammy Duckworth, D-IL | Jan. 3, 2017 |
78 | Maggie Hassan, D-NH | Jan. 3, 2017 |
79 | John Kennedy, R-LA | Jan. 3, 2017 |
80 | Catherine Cortez Masto, D-NV | Jan. 3, 2017 |
81 | Tina Smith, D-MN | Jan. 3, 2018 |
82 | Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-MS | Apr. 2, 2018 |
83 | Marsha Blackburn, R-TN | Jan. 3, 2019 |
84 | Kyrsten Sinema, D-AZ | Jan. 3, 2019 |
85 | Kevin Cramer, R-ND | Jan. 3, 2019 |
86 | Jacky Rosen, D-NV | Jan. 3, 2019 |
87 | Mitt Romney, R-UT | Jan. 3, 2019 |
88 | Mike Braun, R-IN | Jan. 3, 2019 |
89 | Josh Hawley, R-MO | Jan. 3, 2019 |
90 | Rick Scott, R-FL | Jan. 8, 2019 |
91 | Mark Kelly, D-AZ | Dec. 2, 2020 |
92 | Ben Ray Luján, (D-NM) | Jan. 3, 2021 |
93 | Cynthia M. Lummis, (R-WY) | Jan. 3, 2021 |
94 | Roger W. Marshall, (R-KS) | Jan. 3, 2021 |
95 | John W. Hickenlooper, Jr., (D-CO) | Jan. 3, 2021 |
96 | William F.Hagerty, IV, (R-TN) | Jan. 3, 2021 |
97 | Thomas H. Tuberville, (R-AL) | Jan. 3, 2021 |
98 | Alex Padilla, (D-CA) | Jan. 20, 2021 |
99 | Jon Ossoff, (D-GA) | Jan. 20, 2021 |
100 | Raphael G. Warnock, (D-GA) | Jan. 20, 2021 |
* Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed on January 23, 2009. She resigned her House seat on January 26, and was sworn into office on January 27, 2009.
** Tim Scott was appointed on January 2, 2013, and resigned his House seat that same day. He was sworn into office on January 3, 2013.