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
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, a
cabinet secretary, a
state governor. Others are separated by his or her state's population.
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
Amy Jean Klobuchar ( ; born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minne ...
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
Kenneth Lee Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Mexico. He previously served as the 50th United States Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President Ba ...
's resignation in late January 2009 to become
Interior Secretary
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.
Terms of service
U.S. Senate seniority list
See also
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111th United States Congress
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List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 111th Congress by seniority
Notes
External links
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