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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS 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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(58,647 posts)20)Murray (D-WA)S (1993-present)24.75 years.
32)Cantwell (D-WA)H (1993-1995) S (2001-present) 18.75 years.
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(8,617 posts)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.