- List of United States Senators in the 84th Congress by seniority
This is a classification of
U.S. Senators by seniority fromJanuary 3 rd,1955 toNovember 6 th,1956 .Order of service is based on the commencement of the Senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a U.S. Senator (only giving the Senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as
U.S. Vice President , a House member, a cabinet secretary, astate governor , and then by their state's population, respectively. [ [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/senators_chronological.htm A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present] , via www.Senate.gov ] [ [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1931-02.pdf 1931 U.S Census Report] Contains 1930 Census results] [ [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1941-02.pdf 1941 U.S Census Report] Contains 1940 Census results] [ [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1951-02.pdf 1951 U.S Census Report] Contains 1950 Census results]Senators who were sworn in in the middle of the 2 year Congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1956 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
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External links
* [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/chronlist.pdf Senate Seniority List]
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