Serving since 1993, who is the senior Senator from the great State of Washington?
United States Senate Ohio Legislature to fill a Senate vacancy. According to the convention of Senate seniority, the senator with the longer tenure in each state is known as the "senior senator"; the other is the "junior senator". This convention does not have official significance, though seniority generally is a factor in the selection of physical offices. In the 115th Congress, the most-senior "junior senator" is Maria Cantwell of Washington, who was sworn in on January 3, 2001, and is currently 20th in seniority, behind Patty Murray who was sworn in on January 3, 1993, and is currently 7th in seniority. The most-junior
Earliest serving United States Senator Earliest serving United States Senator This page contains a list of the earliest serving United States Senators among those currently living (sitting or former) and a list of the individuals who, at the time of their deaths, had served at the earliest date in the United States Senate among those current or former senators then living. Of those living, the earliest-serving senator is Birch Bayh. He was sworn in as a senator on January 3, 1963. This is a list of the senators who were, while in office or after, the earliest-serving living before they died. This is a list