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Statistics & Lists: Freshman Senators
Learn who the
freshman senators were each Congress since
1914. The table includes appointments that occurred
just before (November and December) or after (within one
month) the opening of Congress.
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About Senate Classes
![Image of Tristram Dalton](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121205222554im_/http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/graphic/small/Dalton_Tristram.jpg) |
Tristram Dalton (MA)
Article I, section 3 of the Constitution requires the Senate
to be divided into three classes for purposes of elections.
Senators are elected to six-year terms, and every two years
the members of one class—approximately one-third of the
senators—face election or reelection. Terms for senators
in
Class I expire in 2013,
Class II in 2015, and
Class III in 2017.
Learn about how classes were first assigned.
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Virtual Reference Desk
![Vice President Richard Nixon administers the oath of office to Senator Gale McGee.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121205222554im_/http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/graphic/small/TakingOath.jpg) |
Vice President Richard Nixon administers the oath of office to Senator Gale McGee, 1959.
The Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) organizes Senate information by subject and provides links to related materials.
Traditions is one of more than 50 VRD categories. On this VRD page there are links to information about the oath of office, choosing seats, Seersucker Thursday, Senate bean soup, and much more.
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