List of United States Senators in the 54th Congress by seniority
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 54th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897.
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 in the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1896 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
U.S. Senate Seniority List
Rank | Senator (Party-State) | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) | March 4, 1867 | |
2 | William B. Allison (R-IA) | March 4, 1873 | Former Rep. |
3 | John P. Jones (R-NV) | ||
4 | Francis Cockrell (D-MO) | March 4, 1875 | |
5 | George F. Hoar (R-MA) | March 4, 1877 | Former Rep. |
6 | Isham G. Harris (D-TN) | Former Governor | |
7 | John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) | ||
8 | James Donald Cameron (R-PA) | March 20, 1877 | |
9 | Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) | November 6, 1877 | |
10 | George G. Vest (D-MO) | March 4, 1879 | Missouri 5th Population (1870) |
11 | Orville H. Platt (R-CT) | Connecticut 25th Population (1870) | |
12 | Wilkinson Call (D-FL) | Florida 33rd Population (1870) | |
13 | James L. Pugh (D-AL) | November 24, 1880 | |
14 | John Sherman (R-OH) | March 4, 1881 | Previously a Senator |
15 | Eugene Hale (R-ME) | Former Rep. (10 years) | |
16 | Joseph Hawley (R-CT) | Former Rep. (5 years) | |
17 | James Z. George (D-MS) | Mississippi 18th Population (1870) | |
18 | Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) | Maryland 20th Population (1870) | |
19 | William P. Frye (R-ME) | March 18, 1881 | |
20 | Nelson Aldrich (R-RI) | October 5, 1881 | |
21 | Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL) | March 4, 1883 | |
22 | Henry M. Teller (D-CO) | March 4, 1885 | Previously a Senator |
23 | Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) | Former Rep. | |
24 | James K. Jones (D-AR) | ||
25 | George Gray (D-DE) | March 18, 1885 | |
26 | James H. Berry (D-AR) | March 20, 1885 | |
27 | John H. Mitchell (R-OR) | December 17, 1885 | |
28 | William M. Stewart (R-NV) | March 4, 1887 | Previously a Senator (11 years) |
29 | David Turpie (D-IN) | Previously a Senator (1 month) | |
30 | John W. Daniel (D-VA) | Former Rep. | |
31 | William B. Bate (D-TN) | Former Governor, Tennessee 12th Population (1880) | |
32 | Cushman Davis (R-MN) | Former Governor, Minnesota 26th Population (1880) | |
33 | Matthew Quay (R-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1880) | |
34 | Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) | West Virginia 29th Population (1880) | |
35 | Samuel Pasco (D-FL) | May 19, 1887 | |
36 | James McMillan (R-MI) | March 4, 1889 | Michigan 9th Population (1880) |
37 | Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO) | Colorado 35th Population (1880) | |
38 | William E. Chandler (R-NH) | June 18, 1889 | |
39 | Richard F. Pettigrew (R-SD) | November 2, 1889 | |
40 | Watson C. Squire (R-WA) | November 20, 1889 | |
41 | George L. Shoup (R-ID) | December 18, 1890 | |
42 | John Brown Gordon (D-GA) | March 4, 1891 | Previously a Senator |
43 | Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) | Former Rep. (4 years) | |
44 | Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND) | Former Rep. (2 years) | |
45 | Fred Dubois (R-ID) | Former Delegate | |
46 | William F. Vilas (D-WI) | Former Cabinet member | |
47 | John M. Palmer (D-IL) | Former Governor | |
48 | Calvin S. Brice (D-OH) | Ohio 3rd Population (1880) | |
49 | William A. Peffer (Pop-KS) | Kansas 20th Population (1880) | |
50 | John Irby (D-SC) | South Carolina 21st Population (1880) | |
51 | James H. Kyle (R-SD) | South Dakota 37th Population (1880) | |
52 | Redfield Proctor (R-VT) | November 2, 1891 | |
53 | Charles H. Gibson (D-MD) | November 19, 1891 | |
54 | David B. Hill (D-NY) | January 7, 1892 | |
55 | Roger Q. Mills (D-TX) | March 29, 1892 | |
56 | Donelson Caffery (D-LA) | December 31, 1892 | |
57 | William Lindsay (D-KY) | February 15, 1893 | |
58 | Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | March 4, 1893 | Former Rep. (6 years) |
59 | John L. Mitchell (D-WI) | Former Rep. (2 years) | |
60 | Edward Murphy, Jr. (D-NY) | New York 1st Population (1890) | |
61 | James Smith, Jr. (D-NJ) | New Jersey 18th Population (1890) | |
62 | Stephen M. White (D-CA) | California 22nd Population (1890) | |
63 | William V. Allen (Pop-NE) | Nebraska 26th Population (1890) | |
64 | William N. Roach (D-ND) | North Dakota 41st Population (1890) | |
65 | George C. Perkins (R-CA) | July 26, 1893 | |
66 | Newton C. Blanchard (D-LA) | March 12, 1894 | |
67 | Lee Mantle (SR-MT) | January 16, 1895 | |
68 | Julius C. Burrows (R-MI) | January 23, 1895 | |
69 | Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) | January 24, 1895 | Former Rep. |
70 | Jeter C. Pritchard (R-NC) | ||
71 | John L. Wilson (R-WA) | February 19, 1895 | |
72 | Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) | March 4, 1895 | Previously a Senator (9 years) |
73 | William J. Sewell (R-NJ) | Previously a Senator (6 years) | |
74 | Francis E. Warren (R-WY) | Previously a Senator (3 years) | |
75 | Horace Chilton (D-TX) | Previously a Senator (2 years) | |
76 | Thomas Carter (R-MT) | Former Delegate, Former Rep. | |
77 | Stephen Elkins (R-WV) | Former Delegate, Former Cabinet Member | |
78 | John H. Gear (R-IA) | Former Governor, Iowa 10th Population (1890) | |
79 | Knute Nelson (R-MN) | Former Governor, Minnesota 20th Population (1890) | |
80 | Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) | Former Governor, South Carolina 23rd Population (1890) | |
81 | George P. Wetmore (R-RI) | Former Governor, Rhode Island 36th Population (1890) | |
82 | Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA) | Georgia 12th Population (1890) | |
83 | Thomas S. Martin (D-VA) | Virginia 15th Population (1890) | |
84 | Marion Butler (Pop-NC) | North Carolina 16th Population (1890) | |
85 | Lucien Baker (R-KS) | Kansas 19th Population (1890) | |
86 | John M. Thurston (R-NE) | Nebraska 26th Population (1890) | |
87 | George McBride (R-OR) | Oregon 38th Population (1890) | |
88 | Arthur Brown (R-UT) | January 22, 1896 | |
89 | Frank Cannon (R-UT) | ||
90 | Richard Kenney (D-DE) | January 19, 1897 |
See also
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Notes
- ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ↑ 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
- ↑ 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
- ↑ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results