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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 10:05 AM Oct 2017

US Senate Seniority List in 1/2019 based on total number of years served in US House and US Senate.

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1)Cochran (R-MS)H (1973-1978)S (1978-present) 46 years
2)Leahy(D-VT)S (1975-present) 44 years
3)Grassley (R-IA)H (1975-1981)S (1981-present) 44 years
4)Markey (D-MA)H (1976 -2013) S (2013- present) 42.25 years.
5)Hatch (R-UT)S (1977-present) 42 years
6)Shelby (R-AL)H (1979-1987)S (1987-present) 40 years
7)Wyden (D-OR)H (1981-1996)S (1996-present) 38 years
8)Roberts (R-KS)H (1981-1997)S (1997-present) 38 years
9)Schumer (D-NY)H (1981-1999)S (1999-present) 38 years
10)Durbin (D-IL)H (1983-1997)S (1997-present) 36 years
11)McConnell (R-KY)S (1985-present) 34 years
12)Inhofe (R-OK)H (1987-1994)S (1994-present) 32 years
13)Cardin (D-MD)H (1987-2007)S (2007-present) 32 years
14)Pallone (D-NJ)H (1988-2018)S (2018-present) 30.25 years
15)Nelson (D-FL)H (1979-1991)S (2001-present) 30 years
16)Reed (D-RI)H (1991-1997)S (1997-present) 28 years
17)Carper (D-DE)H (1983-1993)S (2001-present)28 years
18)Sanders (I-VT)H (1991-2007)S (2007-present)28 years
19)Feinstein (D-CA)S (1992-present)26.25 years.
20)Murray (D-WA)S (1993-present)26years.
21)Crapo (R-ID)H (1993-1999)S (1999-present)26 years.
22)Brown (D-OH)H (1993-2007)S (2007-present) 26 years.
23)Graham (R-SC)H (1995-2003)S (2003-present) 24 years.
24)Burr (R-NC)H (1995-2005)S (2005-present) 24 years.
25)Wicker (R-MS)H (1995-2007)S (2007-present) 24 years.
26)Collins (R-ME)S (1997-present) 22 years.
27)Enzi (R-WY)S (1997-present) 22 years.
28)Stabenow (D-MI)H (1997-2001) S (2001-present) 22 years.
29)Blunt (R-MO)H (1997-2011) S (2011-present)22 years.
30)Moran (R-KS)H (1997-2011) S (2011-present)22 years
31)Cantwell (D-WA)H (1993-1995) S (2001-present) 20 years.
32)Thune (R-SD)H (1997-2003) S (2005-present) 20 years.
33)Udall (D-NM)H (1999-2009 S (2009-present) 20 years.
34)Portman (R-OH) H (1993-2005)S (2011-present)20 years
35)Baldwin (D-WI)H (1999-2013)S (2013-present) 20 years.
36)Isakson (R-GA)H (1999-2005) S (2005-present) 19.75 years.
37)Moore Capito (R-WV) H (2001-2015) S (2015-present) 18 years
38)Boozman (R-AR)H (2001-2011)S (2011-present) 17.25 years.
39)Murkowski (R-AK)S (2002-present) 16 years.
40)Alexander (R-TN)S (2003-present) 16 years.
41)Cornyn (R-TX)S (2003-present) 16 years.
42)Van Hollen (D-MD)H (2003-2017)S (2017-present) 16 years.
43)Blackburn (R-TN)H (2003-2019)S (2019-present)16 years
44)Toomey (R-PA)H (1999-2005)S (2011-present) 14 years.
45)Casey (D-PA)S (2007-present) 12 years.
46)Klobuchar (D-MN)S (2007-present) 12 years.
47)Whitehouse (D-RI)S (2007-present) 12 years.
48)Tester (D-MT)S (2007-present) 12 years.
49)Gillibrand (D-NY)H (2007-2009)S (2009-present) 12 years.
50)Murphy (D-CT)H (2007-2013)S (2013-present) 12 years.
51)Hirono (D-HI)H (2007-2013)S (2013-present) 12 years.
52)Barrasso (R-WY) S (2007-present) 11.5 years.
53)Shaheen (D-NH) S (2009-present) 10 years.
54)Warner (D-VA)S (2009-present) 10 years.
55)Risch (R-ID)S (2009-present) 10 years.
56)Merkley (D-OR)S (2009-present) 10 years.
57)Heinrich (D-NM)H (2009-2013) S (2013-present) 10 years
58)Peters (D-MI)H (2009-2015)S (2015-present) 10 years.
59)Cassidy (R-LA)H (2009-2015)S (2015-present) 10 years
60)Bennett (D-CO)S (2009-present) 10 years.
61)Franken (D-MN) S (2009-present) 9.5 years.
62)Manchin (D-WV) S (2010-present) 8.25 years.
63)Coons (D-DE)S (2010-present) 8.25 years.
64)Hoeven (R-ND)S (2011-present) 8 years
65)Rubio (R-FL)S (2011-present) 8 years
66)Johnson (R-WI)S (2011-present) 8 years
67)Paul (R-KY)S (2011-present) 8 years
68)Blumenthal (D-CT)S (2011-present) 8 years
69)Lee (R-UT)S (2011-present) 8 years
70)Scott (R-SC)H (2011-2013)S (2013-present) 8 years
71)Gardner (R-CO)H (2011-2015) S (2015- present) 8 years
72)Lankford (R-OK)H (2011-2015)S (2015- present) 8 years
73)Young (R-IN)H (2011-2017)S (2017- present) 8 years
74)Rokita (R-IN)H (2011-2019)S (2019-present) 8 years
75)Schatz (D-HI)S (2012-present) 6.25 years
76)King (I-VT)S (2013-present) 6 years
77)Kaine (D-VA)S (2013-present) 6 years
78)Cruz (R-TX)S (2013-present) 6 years
79)Warren (D-MA)S (2013-present) 6 years
80)Fischer (R-NE)S (2013-present) 6 years
81)Heitkamp (D-ND)S (2013-present) 6 years
82)Cotton (R-AR)H (2013-2015)S (2015-present) 6 years
83)Daines (R-MT)H (2013-2015)S (2015-present) 6 years
84)Duckworth (D-IL)H (2013-2017)S (2017-present) 6 years
85)Sinema (D-AZ)H (2013-2019)S (2019-present) 6 years
86)Booker (D-NJ)S (2013-present) 5.25 years
87)Rounds (R-SD)S (2015-present) 4 years
88)Perdue (R-GA)S (2015-present) 4 years
89)Thillis (R-NC)S (2015-present) 4 years
90)Ernst (R-IA)S (2015-present) 4 years
91)Sasse (R-NE)S (2015-present) 4 years
92)Sullivan (R-AK)S (2015-present) 4 years
93)Hassan (D-NH)S (2017-present) 2 years
94)Harris (D-CA)S (2017-present) 2 years
95)Kennedy (R-LA)S (2017-present) 2 years
96)Cortez Masto (D-NV)S (2017-present) 2 years
97)Rosen (D-NV)H (2017-present)S (2019-present) 2 years
98)Moore (R-AL)S (2018-present) 1 year
99)Kelly (D-AZ)S (2018- present) .25 years
100)Hawley (R-MO)S (2019-present)
Menendez (D-NJ) resigns in mid 1/2018 gets replaced by Pallone-D
Corker (R-TN)gets replaced by Blackburn-R
Donnelly (D-IN) loses re-election to Rokita-R
Flake (R-AZ)loses re-election to Sinema-D
Heller (R-NV)loses re-election to Rosen-D
McCaskill (D-MO) loses re-election to Hawley-R
Kelly (D-AZ) wins 2018 special election to replace McCain-R





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US Senate Seniority List in 1/2019 based on total number of years served in US House and US Senate. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Oct 2017 OP
Both of my Senators are on the list... Wounded Bear Oct 2017 #1
I think you said you are in Colorado, right? What's going on in your state? Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #2
Bennett-D is number 65 on the seniority list, been in Congress(Senate) since 2009. nkpolitics1212 Oct 2017 #4
Hi there! You are a LISTS PERSON, right? Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #3

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
1. Both of my Senators are on the list...
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 10:08 AM
Oct 2017

20)Murray (D-WA)S (1993-present)24.75 years.

32)Cantwell (D-WA)H (1993-1995) S (2001-present) 18.75 years.

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
4. Bennett-D is number 65 on the seniority list, been in Congress(Senate) since 2009.
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 11:21 AM
Oct 2017

Gardner-R is number 75 on the seniority list, been in Congress (House and Senate) since 2011.
Neither are up for re-election in 2018. Gardner-R is up for re-election in 2020-potential Democratic candidates are Hickenlooper,Perlmutter,Markey,Hancock,one of the 2018 Gubernatorial candidates- Polis,Johnston,or Kennedy.

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