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[[United States senator]]s 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 [[United States Senate committee|committee assignments]] and physical offices. When senators have been in office for the same length of time, a number of tiebreakers, including previous offices held, are used to determine seniority. Per traditions, the longest serving Senator of the majority party is named [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore of the Senate]], the second-highest office in the Senate and the third in the line of succession to the [[President of the United States|Presidency of the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kilgore|first=Ed|date=2021-11-17|title=Californians Move Toward Lock on Presidential Succession|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/californians-move-toward-lock-on-presidential-succession.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Intelligencer|language=en-us}}</ref>

== Benefits of seniority ==