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List of United States senators in the 111th Congress

List of United States senators in the 111th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 111th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2009, to January 3, 2011. It is a historical listing and contains people who had not served the entire two-year Congress, such as Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.

Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Following this is former service as a U.S. senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as Vice President of the United States, a U.S. Representative, a cabinet secretary, a state governor. Others are separated by his or her state's population.[1][2][3][4][5]

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the two-year Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 2010 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number. However, Roland Burris and Al Franken are listed as numbers 99 and 100. Burris was appointed at the end of the previous Congress, but was blocked from taking his seat until January 12, 2009, and Franken won the United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008, but was unable to take his seat until July 7, 2009 due to an election contest.

John Kerry was the most senior junior senator from the opening of the 111th Congress until the death of Ted Kennedy in August 2009, whereupon Tom Harkin took on the distinction. Amy Klobuchar was the most junior senior senator in the first eighteen days of the Congress until Mark Udall, a freshman, became Colorado's senior senator upon Ken Salazar's resignation in late January 2009 to become Interior Secretary.

Terms of service

This article is about the terms of service of senators that expired in years. For a list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.
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U.S. Senate seniority list

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Notes

  1. [1]
    A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.senate.gov
  2. [2]
    1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 Census results.
  3. [3]
    1981 U.S Census Report Contains 1980 Census results.
  4. [4]
    1991 U.S Census Report Contains 1990 Census results.
  5. [5]
    "2000 Census State Population Rankings". Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  6. [6]
    Terms of service of senators that expired in 2011.
  7. [7]
    Terms of service of senators that expired in 2013.
  8. [8]
    Terms of service of senators that expired in 2015.
  9. [9]
    Robert Byrd died on June 28, 2010.
  10. [10]
    Ted Kennedy died on August 25, 2009.
  11. [11]
    Joe Biden was elected to both the vice-presidency of the United States and a new Senate term. He stepped down from his Senate seat on January 15, 2009.
  12. [12]
    Despite Arlen Specter's 2009 party change, he retained his seniority since there was no break in his Senate service.
  13. [13]
    Despite Joe Lieberman's 2006 party change, he retains his seniority since there is no break in his Senate service.
  14. [14]
    Hillary Clinton's status as a former First Lady, while having some bearing on ceremonial precedence, has no effect on her Seniority within the United states Senate.
  15. [15]
    Hillary Clinton resigned her seat on January 21, 2009, to become secretary of state.
  16. [16]
    Frank Lautenberg served a previous term as U.S. senator from New Jersey from December 1982 to January 2001, but does not retain seniority from that prior service. Lautenberg has sought restoration of his seniority based on his prior service, but has not received it. Second Time Isn't as Lovely for Lautenberg, New York Times
  17. [17]
    Mel Martinez resigned on September 9, 2009.
  18. [18]
    Ken Salazar resigned to become Secretary of the Interior on January 19, 2009
  19. [19]
    Jim Webb's service as Secretary of the Navy does not affect his seniority because it was not a Cabinet-level position during or after his term.
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