This is a classification of United States Senators by seniority during the 95th Congress from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1979.
Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the Senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as Vice President, a House member, a Cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor is the population of the senator's state.
Senators who were sworn in in the middle of the two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1978 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Rank | Name | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Eastland (D-MS) | January 3, 1943 | Previously A Senator |
| 2 | John Little McClellan (D-AR) | ||
| 3 | Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) | December 14, 1944 | |
| 4 | Milton Young (R-ND) | March 12, 1945 | |
| 5 | John Sparkman (D-AL) | November 6, 1946 | |
| 6 | John C. Stennis (D-MS) | November 17, 1947 | |
| 7 | Russell B. Long (D-LA) | December 31, 1948 | |
| 8 | Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) | January 3, 1953 | |
| 9 | Carl Curtis (R-NE) | January 1, 1955 | |
| 10 | Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) | January 3, 1955 | |
| 11 | Strom Thurmond (R-SC) | November 7, 1956 | |
| 12 | Herman Talmadge (D-GA) | January 3, 1957 | Former Governor |
| 13 | Frank Church (D-ID) | ||
| 14 | Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) | January 9, 1957 | |
| 15 | William Proxmire (D-WI) | August 28, 1957 | |
| 16 | Jennings Randolph (D-WV) | November 5, 1958 | |
| 17 | Robert Byrd (D-WV) | January 3, 1959 | Former Rep (6 years) |
| 18 | Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) | Former Rep (4 years) | |
| 19 | Edmund Muskie (D-ME) | Former Governor | |
| 20 | Howard Cannon (D-NV) | ||
| 21 | Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND) | August 8, 1960 | |
| 22 | Lee Metcalf (D-MT) | January 3, 1961 | Former Rep (8 years) |
| 23 | Claiborne Pell (D-RI) | ||
| 24 | John Tower (R-TX) | June 15, 1961 | |
| 25 | James B. Pearson (R-KS) | January 31, 1962 | |
| 26 | Ted Kennedy (D-MA) | November 7, 1962 | Massachusetts 9th Population (1960) |
| 27 | Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH) | New Hampshire 45th Population (1960) | |
| 28 | Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) | January 3, 1963 | Former Rep (14 Years) - Former Cabinet Secretary - Former Governor |
| 29 | George McGovern (D-SD) | Former Rep (14 Years) | |
| 30 | Daniel Inouye (D-HI) | Former Rep (4 Years) | |
| 31 | Birch Bayh (D-IN) | ||
| 32 | Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) | January 7, 1963 | |
| 33 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I-VA) | November 12, 1965 | |
| 34 | Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) | May 11, 1966 | |
| 35 | Ernest Hollings (D-SC) | November 9, 1966 | |
| 36 | Clifford Hansen (R-WY) | January 3, 1967 | Former Governor |
| 37 | Charles H. Percy (R-IL) | Illinois 4th Population (1960) | |
| 38 | Edward Brooke (R-MA) | Massachusetts 9th Population (1960) | |
| 39 | Howard Baker (R-TN) | Tennessee 17th Population (1960) | |
| 40 | Mark Hatfield (R-OR) | January 10, 1967 | |
| 41 | Ted Stevens (R-AK) | December 24, 1968 | |
| 42 | Thomas Eagleton (D-MO) | December 28, 1968 | |
| 43 | Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) | January 3, 1969 | Previously A Senator |
| 44 | Richard Schweiker (R-PA) | Former Rep (8 years) - Pennsylvania 3rd Population (1960) | |
| 45 | Charles Mathias (R-MD) | Former Rep (8 years) - Maryland 21st Population (1960) | |
| 46 | Bob Dole (R-KS) | Former Rep (8 years) - Kansas 29th Population (1960) | |
| 47 | Henry Bellmon (R-OK) | Former Governor | |
| 48 | Alan Cranston (D-CA) | California 2nd Population (1960) | |
| 49 | James Allen (D-AL) | Alabama 19th Population (1960) | |
| 50 | Bob Packwood (R-OR) | Oregon 32nd Population (1960) | |
| 51 | Mike Gravel (D-AK) | Alaska 50th Population (1960) | |
| 52 | Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL) | November 17, 1970 | |
| 53 | Bill Roth (R-DE) | January 1, 1971 | |
| 54 | Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | January 3, 1971 | Previously a Senator - Former VP |
| 55 | Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
| 56 | Lowell Weicker (R-CT) | Former Rep (2 Years) | |
| 57 | Lawton Chiles (D-FL) | ||
| 58 | Robert Stafford (R-VT) | September 16, 1971 | |
| 59 | Sam Nunn (D-GA) | November 8, 1972 | |
| 60 | Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA) | November 14, 1972 | |
| 61 | William Hathaway (D-ME) | January 3, 1973 | Former Rep (8 Years) |
| 62 | William L. Scott (R-VA) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
| 63 | James A. McClure (R-ID) | Former Rep (4 Years) | |
| 64 | James Abourezk (D-SD) | Former Rep (2 Years) | |
| 65 | Dewey F. Bartlett (R-OK) | Former Governor | |
| 66 | Jesse Helms (R-NC) | North Carolina 12th Population (1970) | |
| 67 | Walter Huddleston (D-KY) | Kentucky 23rd Population (1970) | |
| 68 | Richard C. Clark (D-IA) | Iowa 25th Population (1970) | |
| 69 | Floyd K. Haskell (D-CO) | Colorado 30th Population (1970) | |
| 70 | Pete Domenici (R-NM) | New Mexico 37th Population (1970) | |
| 71 | Joe Biden (D-DE) | Delaware 46th Population (1970) | |
| 72 | Paul Laxalt (R-NV) | December 18, 1974 | |
| 73 | Jake Garn (R-UT) | December 21, 1974 | |
| 74 | John Glenn (D-OH) | December 24, 1974 | |
| 75 | Wendell H. Ford (D-KY) | December 28, 1974 | |
| 76 | Richard Stone (D-FL) | January 1, 1975 | |
| 77 | John Culver (D-IA) | January 3, 1975 | Former Rep (10 years) |
| 78 | Dale Bumpers (D-AR) | Former Governor | |
| 79 | Robert Burren Morgan (D-NC) | North Carolina 12th Population (1970) | |
| 80 | Gary Hart (D-CO) | Colorado 30th Population (1970) | |
| 81 | Patrick Leahy (D-VT) | Vermont 48th Population (1970) | |
| 82 | John Durkin (D-NH) | September 18, 1975 | |
| 83 | John Danforth (R-MO) | December 27, 1976 | |
| 84 | Edward Zorinsky (D-NE) | December 28, 1976 | |
| 85 | Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) | December 29, 1976 | Previously A Senator |
| 86 | John Chafee (R-RI) | ||
| 87 | Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D-MI) | December 30, 1976 | Former Rep (10 years) |
| 88 | Wendell Anderson (D-MN) | ||
| 89 | Samuel Hayakawa (R-CA) | January 2, 1977 | |
| 90 | Spark Matsunaga (D-HI) | January 3, 1977 | Former Rep (14 Years) |
| 91 | John Melcher (D-MT) | Former Rep (7 years, 7 months) | |
| 92 | H. John Heinz III (R-PA) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
| 93 | Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) | Former Rep (6 Years) | |
| 94 | Pat Moynihan (D-NY) | New York 2nd Population (1970) | |
| 95 | Richard Lugar (R-IN) | Indiana 11th Population (1970) | |
| 96 | Jim Sasser (D-TN) | Tennessee 17th Population (1970) | |
| 97 | Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) | Arizona 33rd Population (1970) | |
| 98 | Orrin Hatch (R-UT) | Utah 36th Population (1970) | |
| 99 | Harrison Schmitt (R-NM) | New Mexico 37th Population (1970) | |
| 100 | Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) | Wyoming 29th Population (1970) | |
| Kaneaster Hodges (D-AR) | December 10, 1977 | ||
| Paul G. Hatfield (D-MT) | January 22, 1978 | ||
| Muriel Humphrey (D-MN) | January 25, 1978 | ||
| Maryon Allen (D-AL) | June 12, 1978 |
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