Senate Seniority List: 115th 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 | Orrin G. Hatch, R-UT | Jan. 3, 1977 |
3 | Thad Cochran, R-MS | Dec. 27, 1978 |
4 | Charles E. Grassley, R-IA | Jan. 3, 1981 |
5 | Mitch McConnell, R-KY | Jan. 3, 1985 |
6 | Richard C. Shelby, R-AL | Jan. 3, 1987 |
7 | John McCain, R-AZ | Jan. 3, 1987 |
8 | Dianne Feinstein, D-CA | Nov. 4, 1992 |
9 | Patty Murray, D-WA | Jan. 3, 1993 |
10 | James M. Inhofe, R-OK | Nov. 16, 1994 |
11 | Ron Wyden, D-OR | Feb. 6, 1996 |
12 | Pat Roberts, R-KS | Jan. 3, 1997 |
13 | Richard J. Durbin, D-IL | Jan. 3, 1997 |
14 | Jack Reed, D-RI | Jan. 3, 1997 |
15 | Jeff Sessions, R-AL | Jan. 3, 1997 |
16 | Susan Collins, R-ME | Jan. 3, 1997 |
17 | Michael B. Enzi, R-WY | Jan. 3, 1997 |
18 | Charles E. Schumer, D-NY | Jan. 3, 1999 |
19 | Michael D. Crapo, R-ID | Jan. 3, 1999 |
20 | Bill Nelson, D-FL | Jan. 3, 2001 |
21 | Thomas R. Carper, D-DE | Jan. 3, 2001 |
22 | Debbie Stabenow, D-MI | Jan. 3, 2001 |
23 | Maria Cantwell, D-WA | Jan. 3, 2001 |
24 | Lisa Murkowski, R-AK | Dec. 20, 2002 |
25 | Lindsey Graham, R-SC | Jan. 3, 2003 |
26 | Lamar Alexander, R-TN | Jan. 3, 2003 |
27 | John Cornyn, R-TX | Dec. 2, 2002* |
28 | Richard M. Burr, R-NC | Jan. 3, 2005 |
29 | John Thune, R-SD | Jan. 3, 2005 |
30 | Johnny Isakson, R-GA | Jan. 3, 2005 |
31 | Robert Menendez, D-NJ | Jan. 18, 2006 |
32 | Benjamin L. Cardin, D-MD | Jan. 3, 2007 |
33 | Bernie Sanders, I-VT | Jan. 3, 2007 |
34 | Sherrod Brown, D-OH | Jan. 3, 2007 |
35 | Bob Casey, D-PA | Jan. 3, 2007 |
36 | Bob Corker, R-TN | Jan. 3, 2007 |
37 | Claire McCaskill, D-MO | Jan. 3, 2007 |
38 | Amy Klobuchar, D-MN | Jan. 3, 2007 |
39 | Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI | Jan. 3, 2007 |
40 | Jon Tester, D-MT | Jan. 3, 2007 |
41 | John A. Barrasso, R-WY | 22-Jun-07 |
42 | Roger Wicker, R-MS | Dec. 31, 2007 |
43 | Tom Udall, D-NM | Jan. 3, 2009 |
44 | Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH | Jan. 3, 2009 |
45 | Mark Warner, D-VA | Jan. 3, 2009 |
46 | Jim Risch, R-ID | Jan. 3, 2009 |
47 | Jeff Merkley, D-OR | Jan. 3, 2009 |
48 | Michael Bennet, D-CO | Jan. 22, 2009 |
49 | Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY | Jan. 27, 2009 |
50 | Al Franken, D-MN | Jul. 7, 2009 |
51 | Joe Manchin, D-WV | Nov. 15, 2010 |
52 | Chris Coons, D-DE | Nov. 15, 2010 |
53 | Roy Blunt, R-MO | Jan. 3, 2011 |
54 | Jerry Moran, R-KS | Jan. 3, 2011 |
55 | Rob Portman, R-OH | Jan. 3, 2011 |
56 | John Boozman, R-AR | Jan. 3, 2011 |
57 | Pat Toomey, R-PA | Jan. 3, 2011 |
58 | John Hoeven, R-ND | Jan. 3, 2011 |
59 | Marco Rubio, R-FL | Jan. 3, 2011 |
60 | Ron Johnson, R-WI | Jan. 3, 2011 |
61 | Rand Paul, R-KY | Jan. 3, 2011 |
62 | Richard Blumenthal, D-CT | Jan. 3, 2011 |
63 | Mike Lee, R-UT | Jan. 3, 2011 |
64 | Dean Heller, R-NV | 9-May-11 |
65 | Brian Schatz, D-HI | Dec. 27, 2012 |
66 | Tim Scott, R-SC | Jan. 3, 2013 |
67 | Tammy Baldwin, D-WI | Jan. 3, 2013 |
68 | Jeff Flake, R-AZ | Jan. 3, 2013 |
69 | Joe Donnelly, D-IN | Jan. 3, 2013 |
70 | Chris Murphy, D-CT | Jan. 3, 2013 |
71 | Mazie Hirono, D-HI | Jan. 3, 2013 |
72 | Martin Heinrich, D-NM | Jan. 3, 2013 |
73 | Angus King, I-ME | Jan. 3, 2013 |
74 | Tim Kaine, D-VA | Jan. 3, 2013 |
75 | Ted Cruz, R-TX | Jan. 3, 2013 |
76 | Elizabeth Warren, D-MA | Jan. 3, 2013 |
77 | Deb Fischer, R-NE | Jan. 3, 2013 |
78 | Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. | Jan. 3, 2013 |
79 | Edward Markey, D-MA | Jul. 16, 2013 |
80 | Cory Booker, D-NJ | Oct. 31, 2013 |
81 | Shelley Moore Capito, R-WV | Jan. 3, 2015 |
82 | Gary Peters, D-MI | Jan. 3, 2015 |
83 | Bill Cassidy, R-LA | Jan. 3, 2015 |
84 | Cory Gardner, R-CO | Jan. 3, 2015 |
85 | James Lankford, R-OK | Jan. 3, 2015 |
86 | Tom Cotton, R-AR | Jan. 3, 2015 |
87 | Steve Daines, R-MT | Jan. 3, 2015 |
88 | Mike Rounds, R-SD | Jan. 3, 2015 |
89 | David Perdue, R-GA | Jan. 3, 2015 |
90 | Thom Tillis, R-NC | Jan. 3, 2015 |
91 | Joni Ernst, R-IA | Jan. 3, 2015 |
92 | Ben Sasse, R-NE | Jan. 3, 2015 |
93 | Dan Sullivan, R-AK | Jan. 3, 2015 |
94 | Chris Van Hollen, D-MD | Jan. 3, 2017 |
95 | Todd Young, R-IN | Jan. 3, 2017 |
96 | Tammy Duckworth, D-IL | Jan. 3, 2017 |
97 | Maggie Hassan, D-NH | Jan. 3, 2017 |
98 | Kamala Harris, D-CA | Jan. 3, 2017 |
99 | John Kennedy, R-LA | Jan. 3, 2017 |
100 | Catherine Cortez Masto, D-NV | Jan. 3, 2017 |
* Phil Gramm resigned early, effective Nov. 30, 2002, so that Cornyn could move into his office suite and begin organizing his staff. Cornyn did not, however, gain seniority, owing to a 1980 Rules Committee policy established by Senator Pell that no longer gave seniority to senators who entered Congress early for the purpose of gaining advantageous office space.