List of United States senators in the 51st Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 51st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1891.

Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as vice president, a House member, a cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor is the population of the senator's state.[1][2][3][4]

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1890 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1891[5]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1893[6]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1895[7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
2Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)March 4, 1867
3Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)January 30, 1872
4William B. Allison (R-IA)March 4, 1873Former representative
5John J. Ingalls (R-KS)
6John P. Jones (R-NV)
7Francis Cockrell (D-MO)March 4, 1875
8Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)
9George F. Hoar (R-MA)March 4, 1877Former representative
10Isham G. Harris (D-TN)Former governor
11John Tyler Morgan (D-AL)
12John R. McPherson (D-NJ)
13Matthew Butler (D-SC)
14Richard Coke (D-TX)
15Preston B. Plumb (R-KS)
16James B. Beck (D-KY)
17J. Donald Cameron (R-PA)March 20, 1877
18Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN)November 6, 1877
19George G. Vest (D-MO)March 4, 1879Missouri 5th in population (1870)
20Orville H. Platt (R-CT)Connecticut 25th in population (1870)
21Wilkinson Call (D-FL)[8]Florida 33rd in population (1870)
22Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC)
23Wade Hampton III (R-SC)
24Joseph E. Brown (D-GA)[9]May 26, 1880
25James L. Pugh (D-AL)November 24, 1880
26John Sherman (R-OH)March 4, 1881Previously a senator
27Eugene Hale (R-ME)Former representative (10 years)
28Joseph Hawley (R-CT)Former representative (5 years)
29James Z. George (D-MS)Mississippi 18th in population (1880)
30Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD)Maryland 20th in population (1880)
31Philetus Sawyer (R-WI)
32William P. Frye (R-ME)March 18, 1881
33Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI)October 5, 1881
34Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA)March 4, 1883
35Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL)Former governor
36James F. Wilson (R-IA)
37Charles F. Manderson (R-NE)
38Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR)
39Randall L. Gibson (D-LA)
40John E. Kenna (D-WV)
41Jonathan Chace (R-RI)January 20, 1885
42Henry M. Teller (R-CO)March 4, 1885Previously a senator
43Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY)Former representative
44James K. Jones (D-AR)
45Leland Stanford (R-CA)Former governor
46William M. Evarts (R-NY)[10]
47Henry B. Payne (D-OH)[11]
48John Coit Spooner (R-WI)[12]
49Ephraim King Wilson II (D-MD)[13]
50Henry W. Blair (R-NH)March 5, 1885Former representative
51Edward C. Walthall (D-MS)March 9, 1885
52George Gray (D-DE)March 18, 1885
53James H. Berry (D-AR)March 20, 1885
54John H. Mitchell (R-OR)November 18, 1885Previously a senator
55Charles B. Farwell (R-IL)[14]January 19, 1887
56William M. Stewart (R-NV)March 4, 1887Previously a senator (11 years)
57David Turpie (D-IN)Previously a senator (1 month)
58John W. Daniel (D-VA)Former representative
59Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI)
60William B. Bate (D-TN)Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880)
61Cushman Davis (R-MN)Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880)
62Matthew Quay (R-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880)
63Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV)West Virginia 29th in population (1880)
64Algernon Paddock (R-NE)
65Rufus Blodgett (R-NJ)
66Frank Hiscock (R-NY)
67John Henninger Reagan (D-TX)
68George Hearst (D-CA)[15]
69Samuel Pasco (D-FL)May 19, 1887
70James McMillan (R-MI)March 4, 1889
71Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO)
72Anthony C. Higgins (R-DE)
73William D. Washburn (R-MN)
74John S. Barbour, Jr. (D-VA)
75Gilman Marston (R-NH)[16]
Nathan F. Dixon III (R-RI)April 10, 1889
William E. Chandler (R-NH)June 18, 1889
Richard F. Pettigrew (R-SD)November 2, 1889
Gideon C. Moody (R-SD)[17]
Watson C. Squire (R-WA)November 20, 1889
John Beard Allen (R-WA)
Gilbert A. Pierce (R-ND)[18]November 21, 1889
Lyman R. Casey (R-ND)November 25, 1889
Wilbur F. Sanders (R-MT)January 1, 1890
Thomas C. Power (R-MT)January 2, 1890
John G. Carlisle (D-KS)May 26, 1890
Joseph M. Carey (R-WY)November 15, 1890
Francis E. Warren (R-WY)November 24, 1890
George L. Shoup (R-ID)December 18, 1890
William J. McConnell (R-ID)[19]

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
  3. 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
  4. 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
  5. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1891.
  6. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1893.
  7. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1895.
  8. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  9. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  10. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  11. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  12. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  13. Senator Wilson died on February 24, 1891
  14. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  15. Senator Hearst died February 28, 1891
  16. Senator Marston resigned on June 18, 1889
  17. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  18. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  19. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
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