# List of United States senators in the 76th Congress

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 76th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941.
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.
Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1940 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
In this Congress, the most senior junior senator was Gerald Nye. The distinction of most junior senior senator was held by three different individuals: William Smathers from the start of the 76th Congress until April 9, 1939; Scott Lucas from April 9, 1939 to January 19, 1940; and D. Worth Clark from January 19, 1940 to the end of the 76th Congress.

## Terms of service

| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1941 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.) |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1943 (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.) |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1945 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) |

## U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority :
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
| 1 | William Borah (R-ID) | March 4, 1907 | |
| 2 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | March 4, 1909 | |
| 3 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | April 2, 1912 | |
| 4 | Key Pittman (D-NV) | January 29, 1913 | |
| 5 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | |
| 6 | George W. Norris (I-NE) | March 4, 1913 | |
| 7 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | March 4, 1917 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 8 | William H. King (D-UT) | March 4, 1917 | Former representative (3 years) |
| 9 | Frederick Hale (R-ME) | March 4, 1917 | |
| 10 | Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
| 11 | Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | December 18, 1918 | |
| 12 | Arthur Capper (R-KS) | March 4, 1919 | |
| 13 | Pat Harrison (D-MS) | March 5, 1919 | |
| 14 | Carter Glass (D-VA) | February 2, 1920 | |
| 15 | Walter F. George (D-GA) | November 22, 1922 | |
| 16 | Lynn Frazier (R-ND) | March 4, 1923 | Former governor |
| 17 | Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) | March 4, 1923 | Minnesota 17th in population (1920) |
| 18 | Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) | March 4, 1923 | Montana 39th in population (1920) |
| 19 | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP-WI) | September 30, 1925 | |
| 20 | Gerald Nye (R-ND) | November 14, 1925 | |
| 21 | David I. Walsh (D-MA) | December 6, 1926 | |
| 22 | Carl Hayden (D-AZ) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (15 years) |
| 23 | Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative (14 years) |
| 24 | Elmer Thomas (D-OK) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative, Oklahoma 21st in population (1920) |
| 25 | Millard Tydings (D-MD) | March 4, 1927 | Former representative, Maryland 28th in population (1920) |
| 26 | Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | March 4, 1927 | |
| 27 | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) | March 31, 1928 | |
| 28 | Tom Connally (D-TX) | March 4, 1929 | Former representative |
| 29 | John G. Townsend Jr. (R-DE) | March 4, 1929 | |
| 30 | James J. Davis (R-PA) | December 2, 1930 | |
| 31 | Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) | March 4, 1931 | Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (8 years) |
| 32 | J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) | March 4, 1931 | Previously a senator (6 years), former representative (2 years) |
| 33 | James F. Byrnes (D-SC) | March 4, 1931 | Former representative (14 years), South Carolina 26th in population (1930) |
| 34 | Wallace H. White Jr. (R-ME) | March 4, 1931 | Former representative (14 years), Maine 35th in population (1930) |
| 35 | William J. Bulow (D-SD) | March 4, 1931 | Former governor |
| 36 | Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | March 4, 1931 | North Carolina 12th in population (1930) |
| 37 | John H. Bankhead II (D-AL) | March 4, 1931 | Alabama 15th in population (1930) |
| 38 | Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | March 4, 1931 | Kentucky 17th in population (1930) |
| 39 | Warren Austin (R-VT) | April 1, 1931 | |
| 40 | Hattie Caraway (D-AR) | November 13, 1931 | |
| 41 | Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC) | December 5, 1932 | |
| 42 | Richard Russell Jr. (D-GA) | January 12, 1933 | |
| 43 | Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) | February 4, 1933 | |
| 44 | Alva B. Adams (D-CO) | March 4, 1933 | Previously a senator |
| 45 | John H. Overton (D-LA) | March 4, 1933 | Former representative |
| 46 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D-VA) | March 4, 1933 | Former governor |
| 47 | Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) | March 4, 1933 | Indiana 11th in population (1930) |
| 48 | Homer T. Bone (D-WA) | March 4, 1933 | Washington 30th in population (1930) |
| 49 | Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) | March 4, 1933 | Utah 40th in population (1930) |
| 50 | Pat McCarran (D-NV) | March 4, 1933 | Nevada 48th in population (1930) |
| 51 | Carl Hatch (D-NM) | October 10, 1933 | |
| 52 | Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT) | November 21, 1933 | |
| 53 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) | January 1, 1934 | |
| 54 | James Murray (D-MT) | November 7, 1934 | |
| 55 | Peter G. Gerry (D-RI) | January 3, 1935 | Previously a senator |
| 56 | Francis T. Maloney (D-CT) | January 3, 1935 | Former representative (2 years), Connecticut 29th in population (1930) |
| 57 | Edward R. Burke (D-NE) | January 3, 1935 | Former representative (2 years), Nebraska 32nd in population (1930) |
| 58 | Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) | January 3, 1935 | Former governor (8 years) |
| 59 | Vic Donahey (D-OH) | January 3, 1935 | Former governor (6 years) |
| 60 | Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) | January 3, 1935 | Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1930) |
| 61 | Harry S. Truman (D-MO) | January 3, 1935 | Missouri 10th in population (1930) |
| 62 | Sherman Minton (D-IN) | January 3, 1935 | Indiana 11th in population (1930) |
| 63 | George L. P. Radcliffe (D-MD) | January 3, 1935 | Maryland 28th in population (1930) |
| 64 | Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D-WA) | January 3, 1935 | Washington 30th in population (1930) |
| 65 | Dennis Chavez (D-NM) | May 11, 1935 | |
| 66 | Rush D. Holt (D-WV) | June 21, 1935 | |
| 67 | Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) | November 4, 1936 | Former representative |
| 68 | Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) | November 4, 1936 | "A" 1st in alphabet |
| 69 | Claude Pepper (D-FL) | November 4, 1936 | "P" 16th in alphabet |
| 70 | Prentiss M. Brown (D-MI) | November 19, 1936 | |
| 71 | Ernest Lundeen (FL-MN) | January 3, 1937 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 72 | Joshua B. Lee (D-OK) | January 3, 1937 | Former representative (2 years) |
| 73 | Clyde L. Herring (D-IA) | January 3, 1937 | Former governor (4 years), Iowa 19th in population (1930) |
| 74 | Edwin C. Johnson (D-CO) | January 3, 1937 | Former governor (4 years), Colorado 33rd in population (1930) |
| 75 | Theodore F. Green (D-RI) | January 3, 1937 | Former governor (4 years), Rhode Island 37th in population (1930) |
| 76 | Styles Bridges (R-NH) | January 3, 1937 | Former governor (2 years) |
| 77 | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) | January 3, 1937 | Massachusetts 8th in population (1930) |
| 78 | Allen J. Ellender (D-LA) | January 3, 1937 | Louisiana 22nd in population (1930) |
| 79 | James H. Hughes (D-DE) | January 3, 1937 | Delaware 46th in population (1930) |
| 80 | Henry H. Schwartz (D-WY) | January 3, 1937 | Wyoming 47th in population (1930) |
| 81 | William H. Smathers (D-NJ) | April 15, 1937 | |
| 82 | John E. Miller (D-AR) | November 15, 1937 | |
| 83 | Joseph L. Hill (D-AL) | January 11, 1938 | |
| 84 | William Warren Barbour (R-NJ) | November 9, 1938 | |
| 85 | Tom Stewart (D-TN) | November 9, 1938 | |
| 86 | James M. Mead (D-NY) | December 3, 1938 | |
| 87 | Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) | January 3, 1939 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 88 | Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) | January 3, 1939 | Former representative (4 years), Illinois 3rd in population (1930) |
| 89 | D. Worth Clark (D-ID) | January 3, 1939 | Former representative (4 years), Idaho 42nd in population (1930) |
| 90 | Clyde M. Reed (R-KS) | January 3, 1939 | Former governor |
| 91 | Robert A. Taft (R-OH) | January 3, 1939 | Ohio 4th in population (1930) |
| 92 | Sheridan Downey (D-CA) | January 3, 1939 | California 6th in population (1930) |
| 93 | John A. Danaher (R-CT) | January 3, 1939 | Connecticut 29th in population (1930) |
| 94 | Alexander Wiley (R-WI) | January 3, 1939 | Wisconsin 30th in population (1930) |
| 95 | Rufus C. Holman (R-OR) | January 3, 1939 | Oregon 34th in population (1930) |
| 96 | John Chandler Gurney (R-SD) | January 3, 1939 | South Dakota 36th in population (1930) |
| | James M. Slattery (D-IL) | April 14, 1939 | |
| | Albert B. Chandler (D-KY) | October 9, 1939 | |
| | John Thomas (R-ID) | January 27, 1940 | |
| | Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R-VT) | June 24, 1940 | |
| | Joseph H. Ball (R-MN) | October 14, 1940 | |
| | C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) | November 22, 1940 | |
| | Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV) | November 27, 1940 | |
| | Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA) | December 19, 1940 | |
The senior senators by class were Henry F. Ashurst (R-Arizona) from Class 1, William Borah (R-Idaho) from Class 2, and Ellison D. Smith (D-South Carolina) from Class 3. Borah died on January 19, 1940 with Morris Sheppard (D-Texas) became the senior senator from his class.