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The most senior senators by class are Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) from Class 1, Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) from Class 2, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) from Class 3. Cantwell is the most senior senator from her class while being the junior senator from her state. Republican (53) Democratic (45) Independent (2)
The classes only apply to the regular fixed-term elections of the Senate. A special election to fill a vacancy, usually either due to the incumbent resigning or dying while in office, may happen in any given year regardless of the seat's class. [3] A senator's description as junior or senior senator is also not related to their class.
On December 1, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama announced his choice of Hillary Clinton, the junior U.S. senator from New York, as Secretary of State. Clinton was confirmed by a vote of 94–2 on January 21, 2009. Just hours before being sworn in as Secretary of State, Clinton resigned her Senate seat, effective immediately.
Katie Elizabeth Boyd Britt [1] [2] (née Boyd; born February 2, 1982) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Alabama. A member of the Republican Party, Britt is the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and the youngest Republican woman to be elected to the Senate. [3]
Jon Ossoff is the youngest sitting senator at 38, [3] replacing Josh Hawley, who at 41 was the youngest senator of the 116th Congress. [4] Ossoff is the youngest person elected to the U.S. Senate since Don Nickles in 1980. [5] [6] The average age of senators is higher now than in the past. [7]
Eric Stephen Schmitt [1] (born June 20, 1975) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Missouri since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Schmitt served from 2017 to 2019 as the 46th State Treasurer of Missouri and from 2019 to 2023 as the 43rd Missouri Attorney General.
William Francis Hagerty IV (/ ˈ h æ ɡ ə r t i / HAG-ər-tee; born August 14, 1959) is an American politician, businessman, and diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 30th United States ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2019 under President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON − Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., will not seek reelection in 2026. The junior senator from Minnesota first won her seat in 2018 in a special election. Smith won reelection and a full six ...