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List of senators in the "Best Congress"
Count
- Majority (53)
- Minority (47)
Republican (32)
Statistics
- Within the Democratic majority (53)
- Liberal faction: 17/53
- Conservative faction: 15/53
- Moderate faction: 14/53
- Progressive, populist faction: 7/53
- Within the Republican minority (47)
- Moderate faction: 17/47
- Conservative faction: 13/47
- Liberal, progressive faction: 8/47
- Deep South (Dixiecrat) faction: 8/47
- Libertarian faction: 1/47
Roles in party conferences
Senate Democratic Caucus
Effective with the start of the 105th Congress, the caucus leadership is as follows:
- Senate Majority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas)
- Senate Majority Whip: Mike Mansfield (Montana)
- President pro tempore: Oliver Ellsworth (Connecticut)
- Caucus Vice Chairs: Robert F. Wagner (New York) and J. Lister Hill (Alabama)
- Emeritus Caucus Chair: Arthur P. Gorman (Maryland)
- Steering Committee Chair: Carl Hayden (Arizona)
- Deputy president pro tempore/Outreach Committee Chair: Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota)
- Campaign Committee Chair: Russell B. Long (Louisiana)
- Policy Committee Chair: Daniel Inouye (Hawaii)
- Chief Deputy Whip: Ted Kennedy (Massachusetts)
- Policy Committee Vice Chair: Gary Hart (Colorado)
- Outreach Committee Vice Chairs: Stuart Symington (Missouri) and Barbara Mikulski (Maryland)
- Caucus Secretary: Robert Byrd (West Virginia)
- Caucus Deputy Secretary: Joe Biden (Delaware)
- Campaign Committee Vice Chair: Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey)
Senate Republican Conference
Effective with the start of the 105th Congress, the conference leadership is as follows:
- Senate Minority Leader: Everett Dirksen (Illinois)
- Senate Minority Whip: Margaret Chase Smith (Maine)
- President pro tempore emeritus: Henry Clay (Kentucky)
- Policy Committee Chair: Arthur Vandenberg (Michigan)
- Conference Chair: Barry Goldwater (Arizona)
- Campaign Committee Chair: Simon Cameron (Pennsylvania)
- Steering Committee Chair: John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky)
- Conference Vice Chair: Howard Baker (Tennessee)
- Emeritus Conference Chair: John P. Hale (New Hampshire)
- Chief Deputy Whip: Bob Dole (Kansas)
- Policy Committee Vice Chair: Richard Shelby (Alabama)
- Honorary Advisors: Daniel Webster (Massachusetts), William H. Seward (New York), William P. Fessenden (Maine), Nelson W. Aldrich (Rhode Island)
- Co-opted
- Deputy president pro tempore emeritus: John C. Calhoun (Dixiecrat, South Carolina)
- Members: Richard Russell Jr. (Dixiecrat, Georgia), Robert M. La Follette (Progressive, Wisconsin), William Borah (Independent Republican, Idaho)
List
| State | Portrait | Senator | Party (ideological lean) |
Born | Assumed office | Positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 
|
J. Lister Hill | Democratic (Southern conservative) |
December 29, 1894 (aged 102) | January 11, 1938 (58 years, 358 days) |
| |
|
Richard Shelby | Republican (conservative) |
May 6, 1934 (aged 62) | January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days) |
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| Alaska | 
|
Bob Bartlett | Democratic (moderate) |
April 20, 1904 (aged 92) | January 3, 1959 (38 years, 0 days) |
| |
|
Ted Stevens | Republican (Rockefeller moderate) |
November 18, 1923 (aged 73) | December 24, 1968 (28 years, 10 days) |
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| Arizona | 
|
Carl Hayden | Democratic (moderate) |
October 2, 1877 (aged 119) | March 4, 1927 (69 years, 305 days) |
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|
Barry Goldwater | Republican (libertarian) |
January 2, 1909 (aged 88) | January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days) |
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| Arkansas | 
|
John L. McClellan | Democratic (Southern conservative) |
February 25, 1896 (aged 100) | January 3, 1943 (54 years, 0 days) |
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|
J. William Fulbright | Democratic (Southern conservative) |
April 9, 1905 (aged 91) | January 3, 1945 (52 years, 0 days) |
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| California | 
|
Hiram Johnson | Independent Republican (isolationist progressive) |
September 2, 1866 (aged 130) | March 16, 1917 (79 years, 293 days) |
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|
Dianne Feinstein | Democratic (moderate) |
June 22, 1933 (aged 63) | November 4, 1992 (4 years, 60 days) |
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| Colorado | 
|
Henry M. Teller | Democratic (liberal) |
May 23, 1830 (aged 166) | November 15, 1876 (120 years, 49 days) |
| |
|
Gary Hart | Democratic (liberal) |
November 28, 1936 (aged 60) | January 3, 1975 (22 years, 0 days) |
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| Connecticut | 
|
Oliver Ellsworth | Democratic (Federalist conservative) |
April 29, 1745 (aged 251) | March 4, 1789 (207 years, 305 days) |
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|
Joe Lieberman | Independent Democrat (neoconservative) |
February 24, 1942 (aged 54) | January 3, 1989 (8 years, 0 days) |
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| Delaware | 
|
Thomas F. Bayard | Democratic (conservative) |
October 29, 1828 (aged 168) | March 4, 1869 (127 years, 305 days) |
| |
|
Joe Biden | Democratic (moderate) |
November 20, 1942 (aged 54) | January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days) |
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| Florida | 
|
Claude Pepper | Democratic (liberal) |
September 8, 1900 (aged 96) | November 4, 1936 (60 years, 60 days) |
| |
|
Bob Graham | Democratic (moderate) |
November 9, 1936 (aged 60) | January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days) |
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| Georgia | 
|
Richard Russell Jr. | States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative) |
November 2, 1897 (aged 99) | January 12, 1933 (63 years, 357 days) |
| |
|
Sam Nunn | Democratic (Southern conservative) |
September 8, 1938 (aged 58) | November 8, 1972 (24 years, 56 days) |
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| Hawaii | 
|
Daniel Inouye | Democratic (moderate) |
September 7, 1924 (aged 72) | January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days) |
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|
Daniel Akaka | Democratic (liberal) |
September 11, 1924 (aged 72) | May 16, 1990 (6 years, 232 days) |
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| Idaho | 
|
William Borah | Independent Republican (isolationist progressive) |
June 29, 1865 (aged 131) | March 4, 1907 (89 years, 305 days) |
| |
|
Frank Church | Democratic (liberal) |
July 25, 1924 (aged 72) | January 3, 1957 (40 years, 0 days) |
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| Illinois | 
|
Stephen A. Douglas | Independent (conservative, caucus w. Democrats) |
April 23, 1813 (aged 183) | March 4, 1847 (149 years, 305 days) |
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|
Everett Dirksen | Republican (conservative) |
January 4, 1896 (aged 100) | January 3, 1951 (46 years, 0 days) |
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| Indiana | 
|
Birch Bayh | Democratic (moderate) |
January 22, 1928 (aged 68) | January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days) |
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|
Richard Lugar | Republican (moderate) |
April 4, 1932 (aged 64) | January 3, 1977 (20 years, 0 days) |
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| Iowa | 
|
William B. Allison | Republican (protectionist conservative) |
March 2, 1829 (aged 167) | March 4, 1873 (123 years, 305 days) |
| |
|
Chuck Grassley | Republican (conservative) |
September 17, 1933 (aged 63) | January 3, 1981 (16 years, 0 days) |
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| Kansas | 
|
Bob Dole | Republican (conservative) |
July 22, 1923 (aged 73) | January 3, 1969 (28 years, 0 days) |
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|
Nancy Kassebaum | Republican (moderate) |
July 29, 1932 (aged 64) | December 23, 1978 (18 years, 11 days) |
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| Kentucky | 
|
Henry Clay | Republican (Whig moderate) |
April 12, 1777 (aged 219) | December 29, 1806 (190 years, 5 days) |
| |
|
John Sherman Cooper | Republican (moderate) |
August 23, 1901 (aged 95) | November 6, 1946 (50 years, 58 days) |
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| Louisiana | 
|
Huey Long | Independent Democrat (left-wing populist) |
August 30, 1893 (aged 103) | January 25, 1932 (64 years, 344 days) |
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Russell B. Long | Democratic (conservative populist) |
November 3, 1918 (aged 78) | December 31, 1948 (48 years, 3 days) |
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| Maine | 
|
William P. Fessenden | Republican (moderate) |
October 16, 1806 (aged 190) | February 10, 1854 (142 years, 328 days) |
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|
Margaret Chase Smith | Republican (moderate) |
December 14, 1897 (aged 99) | January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days) |
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| Maryland | 
|
Arthur P. Gorman | Democratic (conservative) |
March 11, 1839 (aged 157) | March 4, 1881 (115 years, 305 days) |
| |
|
Barbara Mikulski | Democratic (liberal) |
July 20, 1936 (aged 60) | January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days) |
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| Massachusetts | 
|
Daniel Webster | Republican (Whig moderate) |
January 18, 1782 (aged 214) | June 8, 1827 (169 years, 209 days) |
| |
|
Ted Kennedy | Democratic (liberal) |
February 22, 1932 (aged 64) | November 7, 1962 (34 years, 57 days) |
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| Michigan | 
|
Arthur Vandenberg | Republican (moderate) |
March 22, 1884 (aged 112) | March 31, 1928 (68 years, 278 days) |
| |
|
Carl Levin | Democratic (liberal) |
June 28, 1934 (aged 62) | January 3, 1979 (18 years, 0 days) |
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| Minnesota | 
|
Hubert Humphrey | Democratic (DFL) (liberal) |
May 27, 1911 (aged 85) | January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days) |
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Paul Wellstone | Democratic (DFL) (progressive) |
July 21, 1944 (aged 52) | January 3, 1991 (6 years, 0 days) |
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| Mississippi | 
|
John C. Stennis | States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative) |
August 3, 1901 (aged 95) | November 5, 1947 (49 years, 59 days) |
| |
|
Trent Lott | Republican (conservative) |
October 9, 1941 (aged 55) | January 3, 1989 (8 years, 0 days) |
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| Missouri | 
|
Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic (Jacksonian liberal) |
March 14, 1782 (aged 214) | August 10, 1821 (175 years, 146 days) |
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|
Stuart Symington | Democratic (moderate) |
June 26, 1901 (aged 95) | January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days) |
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| Montana | 
|
Burton K. Wheeler | Independent Democrat (isolationist progressive) |
February 27, 1882 (aged 114) | March 4, 1923 (73 years, 305 days) |
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|
Mike Mansfield | Democratic (moderate) |
March 16, 1903 (aged 93) | January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days) |
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| Nebraska | 
|
George W. Norris | Independent (progressive, caucus w. Republicans) |
July 11, 1861 (aged 135) | March 4, 1913 (83 years, 305 days) |
| |
|
Chuck Hagel | Republican (moderate) |
October 4, 1946 (aged 50) | January 3, 1997 (0 days) |
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| Nevada | 
|
Pat McCarran | States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative) |
August 8, 1876 (aged 120) | March 4, 1933 (63 years, 305 days) |
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|
Harry Reid | Democratic (moderate) |
December 2, 1939 (aged 57) | January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days) |
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| New Hampshire | 
|
John P. Hale | Republican (anti-slavery liberal) |
March 31, 1806 (aged 190) | March 4, 1847 (149 years, 305 days) |
| |
|
Warren Rudman | Republican (moderate) |
May 18, 1930 (aged 66) | December 29, 1980 (16 years, 5 days) |
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| New Jersey | 
|
Clifford P. Case | Independent Republican (Rockefeller liberal) |
April 16, 1904 (aged 92) | January 3, 1955 (42 years, 0 days) |
| |
|
Frank Lautenberg | Democratic (liberal) |
January 23, 1924 (aged 72) | December 27, 1982 (14 years, 7 days) |
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| New Mexico | 
|
Clinton Anderson | Democratic (moderate) |
October 23, 1895 (aged 101) | January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days) |
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|
Pete Domenici | Republican (conservative) |
May 7, 1932 (aged 64) | January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days) |
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| New York | 
|
William H. Seward | Republican (anti-slavery liberal) |
May 16, 1801 (aged 195) | March 4, 1849 (147 years, 305 days) |
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|
Robert F. Wagner | Democratic (liberal) |
June 8, 1877 (aged 119) | March 4, 1927 (69 years, 305 days) |
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| North Carolina | 
|
Sam Ervin | States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative) |
September 27, 1896 (aged 100) | June 5, 1954 (42 years, 212 days) |
| |
|
Jesse Helms | States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative) |
October 18, 1921 (aged 75) | January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days) |
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| North Dakota | 
|
Gerald Nye | Independent Republican (isolationist progressive) |
December 19, 1892 (aged 104) | November 14, 1925 (71 years, 50 days) |
| |
|
Kent Conrad | Democratic (D-NPL) (conservative) |
March 12, 1948 (aged 48) | January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days) |
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| Ohio | 
|
John Sherman | Republican (moderate) |
May 10, 1823 (aged 173) | March 21, 1861 (135 years, 288 days) |
| |
|
Robert A. Taft | Republican (conservative) |
September 8, 1889 (aged 107) | January 3, 1939 (58 years, 0 days) |
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| Oklahoma | 
|
Mike Monroney | Democratic (liberal) |
March 2, 1902 (aged 94) | January 3, 1951 (48 years, 0 days) |
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|
Jim Inhofe | Republican (conservative) |
November 17, 1934 (aged 62) | November 17, 1994 (2 years, 47 days) |
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| Oregon | 
|
Wayne Morse | Independent Democrat (progressive) |
October 20, 1900 (aged 96) | January 3, 1945 (52 years, 0 days) |
| |
|
Ron Wyden | Democratic (liberal) |
May 3, 1949 (aged 47) | February 6, 1996 (332 days) |
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| Pennsylvania | 
|
Simon Cameron | Republican (conservative) |
March 8, 1799 (aged 197) | March 13, 1845 (151 years, 296 days) |
| |
|
Arlen Specter | Independent (centrist, caucus w. Republicans) |
February 12, 1930 (aged 66) | January 3, 1981 (16 years, 0 days) |
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| Rhode Island | 
|
Nelson W. Aldrich | Republican (protectionist conservative) |
November 6, 1841 (aged 155) | October 5, 1881 (115 years, 90 days) |
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|
Claiborne Pell | Democratic (liberal) |
November 22, 1918 (aged 78) | January 3, 1961 (36 years, 0 days) |
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| South Carolina | 
|
John C. Calhoun | States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (pro-slavery conservative) |
March 18, 1782 (aged 214) | December 29, 1832 (164 years, 5 days) |
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|
Strom Thurmond | States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative) |
December 5, 1902 (aged 94) | December 24, 1954 (42 years, 10 days) |
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| South Dakota | 
|
George McGovern | Democratic (liberal) |
July 19, 1922 (aged 74) | January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days) |
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|
Tom Daschle | Democratic (moderate) |
December 9, 1947 (aged 49) | January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days) |
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| Tennessee | 
|
Estes Kefauver | Democratic (progressive) |
July 26, 1903 (aged 93) | January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days) |
| |
|
Howard Baker | Republican (moderate) |
November 5, 1925 (aged 71) | January 3, 1967 (30 years, 0 days) |
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| Texas | 
|
Sam Houston | Democratic (Southern conservative) |
March 2, 1793 (aged 203) | February 21, 1846 (150 years, 317 days) |
| |
|
Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic (Southern conservative) |
August 27, 1908 (aged 88) | January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days) |
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| Utah | 
|
Reed Smoot | Republican (protectionist conservative) |
January 10, 1862 (aged 134) | March 4, 1903 (93 years, 305 days) |
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|
Orrin Hatch | Republican (conservative) |
March 22, 1934 (aged 62) | January 3, 1977 (20 years, 0 days) |
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| Vermont | 
|
Justin S. Morrill | Republican (moderate) |
April 14, 1810 (aged 186) | March 4, 1867 (129 years, 305 days) |
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|
Patrick Leahy | Democratic (moderate) |
March 31, 1940 (aged 56) | January 3, 1975 (22 years, 0 days) |
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| Virginia | 
|
Harry F. Byrd | States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative) |
June 10, 1887 (aged 109) | March 4, 1933 (63 years, 305 days) |
| |
|
John Warner | Republican (Rockefeller moderate) |
February 18, 1927 (aged 69) | January 2, 1979 (18 years, 1 day) |
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| Washington | 
|
Warren Magnuson | Democratic (moderate) |
April 12, 1905 (aged 91) | December 14, 1944 (52 years, 20 days) |
| |
|
Henry M. Jackson | Democratic (neoconservative) |
May 31, 1912 (aged 84) | January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days) |
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| West Virginia | 
|
Matthew M. Neely | Democratic (liberal) |
November 9, 1874 (aged 122) | March 4, 1923 (73 years, 305 days) |
| |
|
Robert Byrd | Democratic (Southern conservative) |
November 20, 1917 (aged 79) | January 3, 1959 (38 years, 0 days) |
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| Wisconsin | 
|
Robert M. La Follette | Wisconsin Progressive (progressive, caucus w. Republicans) |
June 14, 1855 (aged 141) | January 4, 1906 (90 years, 365 days) |
| |
|
William Proxmire | Democratic (progressive) |
November 11, 1915 (aged 81) | August 28, 1957 (39 years, 128 days) |
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| Wyoming | 
|
Joseph C. O'Mahoney | Independent Democrat (progressive) |
November 5, 1884 (aged 112) | January 1, 1934 (63 years, 2 days) |
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|
Alan Simpson | Republican (moderate) |
September 2, 1931 (aged 65) | January 1, 1979 (18 years, 2 days) |
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Seniority of senators in the "Best" Congress
- Majority (53)
- Minority (47)
Republican (32)
| Rank | Senator | Party | State | Seniority date | Other factors | Committee and leadership positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Ellsworth | Democratic | Connecticut | March 4, 1789 | President pro tempore Chair: Judiciary | ||
| 2 | Henry Clay | Republican | Kentucky | December 29, 1806 | President pro tempore emeritus Ranking Member: Union | ||
| 3 | Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic | Missouri | August 10, 1821 | Chair: Appropriations | ||
| 4 | Daniel Webster | Republican | Massachusetts | June 8, 1827 | Advisor: Republican Conference Ranking Member: Judiciary | ||
| 5 | John C. Calhoun | Dixiecrat | South Carolina | December 29, 1832 | Former vice president | Deputy president pro tempore emeritus Emeritus Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus | |
| 6 | Simon Cameron | Republican | Pennsylvania | March 13, 1845 | Chair: NRSC Ranking Member: Commerce | ||
| 7 | Sam Houston | Democratic | Texas | February 21, 1846 | Chair: Union | ||
| 8 | Stephen A. Douglas | Independent | Illinois | March 4, 1847 | Former representative (4 years) | ||
| 9 | John P. Hale | Republican | New Hampshire | Former representative (2 years) | Emeritus Chair: Republican Conference | ||
| 10 | William H. Seward | New York | March 4, 1849 | Advisor: Republican Conference | |||
| 11 | William P. Fessenden | Maine | February 10, 1854 | Advisor: Republican Conference | |||
| 12 | John Sherman | Ohio | March 21, 1861 | Ranking Member: Finance | |||
| 13 | Justin S. Morrill | Vermont | March 4, 1867 | ||||
| 14 | Thomas F. Bayard | Democratic | Delaware | March 4, 1869 | Chair: Finance | ||
| 15 | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | March 4, 1873 | Vice Chair: Appropriations | ||
| 16 | Henry M. Teller | Democratic | Colorado | November 15, 1876 | Chair: Agriculture | ||
| 17 | Arthur P. Gorman | Maryland | March 4, 1881 | Emeritus Chair: Democratic Caucus | |||
| 18 | Nelson W. Aldrich | Republican | Rhode Island | October 5, 1881 | Advisor: Republican Conference | ||
| 19 | Reed Smoot | Utah | March 4, 1903 | ||||
| 20 | Robert M. La Follette | Wisconsin Progressive |
Wisconsin | January 4, 1906 | Co-Chair: Progressive Caucus Ranking Member: Small Business | ||
| 21 | William Borah | Independent Republican |
Idaho | March 4, 1907 | Co-Chair: Progressive Caucus Ranking Member: Energy | ||
| 22 | George W. Norris | Independent | Nebraska | March 4, 1913 | Co-Chair: Progressive Caucus Ranking Member: Agriculture | ||
| 23 | Hiram Johnson | Independent Republican |
California | March 16, 1917 | |||
| 24 | Matthew M. Neely | Democratic | West Virginia | March 4, 1923 | Former representative, former governor | Chair: Rules | |
| 25 | Burton K. Wheeler | Independent Democrat |
Montana | ||||
| 26 | Gerald Nye | Independent Republican |
North Dakota | November 14, 1925 | Ranking Member: Budget | ||
| 27 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | March 4, 1927 | Former representative | Chair: Democratic Steering Committee Chair: Environment | |
| 28 | Robert F. Wagner | New York | Vice Chair: Democratic Caucus Chair: Banking | ||||
| 29 | Arthur Vandenberg | Republican | Michigan | March 31, 1928 | Chair: Republican Policy Committee Ranking Member: Foreign Relations | ||
| 30 | Huey Long | Independent Democrat |
Louisiana | January 25, 1932 | |||
| 31 | Richard Russell Jr. | Dixiecrat | Georgia | January 12, 1933 | Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus Ranking Member: Rules | ||
| 32 | Harry F. Byrd | Virginia | March 4, 1933 | Former governor | Campaign Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus | ||
| 33 | Pat McCarran | Nevada | |||||
| 34 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney | Independent Democrat |
Wyoming | January 1, 1934 | |||
| 35 | Claude Pepper | Democratic | Florida | November 4, 1936 | Chair: Aging | ||
| 36 | J. Lister Hill | Alabama | January 11, 1938 | Vice Chair: Democratic Caucus | |||
| 37 | Robert A. Taft | Republican | Ohio | January 3, 1939 | Ranking Member: Banking | ||
| 38 | John L. McClellan | Democratic | Arkansas | January 3, 1943 | Chair: Homeland Security | ||
| 39 | Warren Magnuson | Washington | December 14, 1944 | Chair: Commerce | |||
| 40 | J. William Fulbright | Arkansas | January 3, 1945 | Former representative | Chair: Foreign Relations | ||
| 41 | Wayne Morse | Independent Democrat |
Oregon | Co-Chair: Progressive Caucus | |||
| 42 | John Sherman Cooper | Republican | Kentucky | November 6, 1946 | Chair: Republican Steering Committee | ||
| 43 | John C. Stennis | Dixiecrat | Mississippi | November 5, 1947 | Ranking Member: Armed Services | ||
| 44 | Russell B. Long | Democratic | Louisiana | December 31, 1948 | Chair: DSCC | ||
| 45 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Texas | January 3, 1949 | Former president, former representative (11 years) | Senate Majority Leader | ||
| 46 | Hubert Humphrey | Minnesota | Former vice president | Deputy president pro tempore Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee Chair: HELP | |||
| 47 | Estes Kefauver | Tennessee | Former representative (9 years) | Chair: Narcotics Caucus | |||
| 48 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | Former representative (8 years) | Senate Minority Whip | ||
| 49 | Clinton Anderson | Democratic | New Mexico | Former representative (4 years), former cabinet member | |||
| 50 | Everett Dirksen | Republican | Illinois | January 3, 1951 | Former representative (15 years, 9 months) | Senate Minority Leader | |
| 51 | Mike Monroney | Democratic | Oklahoma | Former representative (12 years) | |||
| 52 | Henry M. Jackson | Washington | January 3, 1953 | Former representative (12 years) | Chair: Armed Services | ||
| 53 | Mike Mansfield | Montana | Former representative (10 years) | Senate Majority Whip | |||
| 54 | Stuart Symington | Missouri | Missouri 15th in population (1990) | Vice Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee Chair: Small Business | |||
| 55 | Barry Goldwater | Republican | Arizona | Arizona 24th in population (1990) | Chair: Republican Conference Vice Chair: Intelligence | ||
| 56 | Sam Ervin | Dixiecrat | North Carolina | June 5, 1954 | Policy Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus | ||
| 57 | Strom Thurmond | South Carolina | December 24, 1954 | Whip: Dixiecrat Caucus | |||
| 58 | Clifford P. Case | Independent Republican |
New Jersey | January 3, 1955 | Ranking Member: Environment | ||
| 59 | Frank Church | Democratic | Idaho | January 3, 1957 | Chair: Intelligence | ||
| 60 | William Proxmire | Wisconsin | August 28, 1957 | Chair: Budget | |||
| 61 | Robert Byrd | West Virginia | January 3, 1959 | Former representative (6 years) | Secretary: Democratic Caucus | ||
| 62 | Bob Bartlett | Alaska | Chair: Energy | ||||
| 63 | Claiborne Pell | Rhode Island | January 3, 1961 | Chair: Veterans' Affairs | |||
| 64 | Ted Kennedy | Massachusetts | November 7, 1962 | Democratic Chief Deputy Whip | |||
| 65 | Daniel Inouye | Hawaii | January 3, 1963 | Former representative (4 years), Hawaii 41st in population (1990) |
Chair: Democratic Policy Committee | ||
| 66 | George McGovern | South Dakota | Former representative (4 years), South Dakota 45th in population (1990) |
Chair: Indian Affairs | |||
| 67 | Birch Bayh | Indiana | |||||
| 68 | Howard Baker | Republican | Tennessee | January 3, 1967 | Vice Chair: Republican Conference | ||
| 69 | Ted Stevens | Alaska | December 24, 1968 | Vice Chair: NRSC Ranking Member: Homeland Security | |||
| 70 | Bob Dole | Kansas | January 3, 1969 | Republican Chief Deputy Whip | |||
| 71 | Sam Nunn | Democratic | Georgia | November 8, 1972 | |||
| 72 | Jesse Helms | Dixiecrat | North Carolina | January 3, 1973 | North Carolina 10th in population (1990) | Outreach Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus | |
| 73 | Pete Domenici | Republican | New Mexico | New Mexico 37th in population (1990) | |||
| 74 | Joe Biden | Democratic | Delaware | Delaware 46th in population (1990) | Deputy Secretary: Democratic Caucus | ||
| 75 | Gary Hart | Colorado | January 3, 1975 | Colorado 26th in population (1990) | Vice Chair: Democratic Policy Committee | ||
| 76 | Patrick Leahy | Vermont | Vermont 48th in population (1990) | Chair: Ethics | |||
| 77 | Richard Lugar | Republican | Indiana | January 3, 1977 | Indiana 14th in population (1990) | ||
| 78 | Orrin Hatch | Utah | Utah 35th in population (1990) | Ranking Member: HELP | |||
| 79 | Nancy Kassebaum | Kansas | December 23, 1978 | Ranking Member: Aging | |||
| 80 | Alan Simpson | Wyoming | January 1, 1979 | Vice Chair: Indian Affairs | |||
| 81 | John Warner | Virginia | January 2, 1979 | Ranking Member: Veterans' Affairs | |||
| 82 | Carl Levin | Democratic | Michigan | January 3, 1979 | |||
| 83 | Warren Rudman | Republican | New Hampshire | December 29, 1980 | Vice Chair: Ethics | ||
| 84 | Chuck Grassley | Iowa | January 3, 1981 | Former representative (6 years) | Ranking Member: Narcotics Caucus | ||
| 85 | Arlen Specter | Independent | Pennsylvania | ||||
| 86 | Frank Lautenberg | Democratic | New Jersey | December 27, 1982 | Vice Chair: DSCC | ||
| 87 | Barbara Mikulski | Maryland | January 3, 1987 | Former representative (10 years) | Vice Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee | ||
| 88 | Richard Shelby | Republican | Alabama | Former representative (8 years), Alabama 22nd in population (1990) |
Vice Chair: Republican Policy Committee | ||
| 89 | Tom Daschle | Democratic | South Dakota | Former representative (8 years), South Dakota 45th in population (1990) |
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| 90 | Harry Reid | Nevada | Former representative (4 years) | ||||
| 91 | Bob Graham | Florida | Former governor | ||||
| 92 | Kent Conrad | North Dakota | |||||
| 93 | Trent Lott | Republican | Mississippi | January 3, 1989 | Former representative | ||
| 94 | Joe Lieberman | Independent Democrat |
Connecticut | ||||
| 95 | Daniel Akaka | Democratic | Hawaii | May 16, 1990 | |||
| 96 | Paul Wellstone | Minnesota | January 3, 1991 | ||||
| 97 | Dianne Feinstein | California | November 4, 1992 | ||||
| 98 | Jim Inhofe | Republican | Oklahoma | November 17, 1994 | |||
| 99 | Ron Wyden | Democratic | Oregon | February 6, 1996 | |||
| 100 | Chuck Hagel | Republican | Nebraska | January 3, 1997 | |||