Seniority in the United States Senate
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title:
Seniority in the United States Senate
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United States senators are conventionally ranked by the length of their tenure in the Senate. The senator in each U.S. state with the longer time in office is known as the senior senator; the other is the junior senator. This convention has no official standing, though seniority confers several benefits, including preference in the choice of committee assignments and physical offices. When senators have been in office for the same length of time, a number of tiebreakers, including previous offic
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Ranking of United States senators by length of service
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seniority_in_the_United_States_Senate
date created:
2006-08-23T19:34:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T02:00:55Z
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