List of United States Senators in the 48th Congress by seniority




This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 48th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1885.


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 1884 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.




Contents






  • 1 Terms of service


  • 2 U.S. Senate seniority list


  • 3 See also


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 External links





Terms of service




















Class Terms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1885[5]
Class 1 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1887[6]
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1889[7]


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U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1
Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)
March 4, 1859 Former governor
2
George F. Edmunds (R-VT)
April 3, 1866
3
Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
March 4, 1867
4
Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)
March 4, 1869
5
Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE)
March 4, 1871
6
Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)
January 30, 1872
7
William B. Allison (R-IA)
March 4, 1873 Former representative
8
John P. Jones (R-NV)

9
Francis Cockrell (D-MO)
March 4, 1875
10
Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)

11
Charles W. Jones (D-FL)

12
Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN)

13
Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX)

14
George F. Hoar (R-MA)
March 4, 1877 Former representative
15
Isham G. Harris (D-TN)
Former governor
16
John Tyler Morgan (D-AL)

17
John R. McPherson (D-NJ)

18
Matthew Butler (D-SC)

19
Richard Coke (D-TX)

20
Preston B. Plumb (R-KS)

21
James B. Beck (D-KY)

22
Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS)

23
Augustus H. Garland (D-AR)

24
J. Donald Cameron (R-PA)
March 20, 1877
25
Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN)
November 6, 1877
26
George G. Vest (D-MO)
March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870)
27
Orville H. Platt (R-CT)
Connecticut 25th in population (1870)
28
Wilkinson Call (D-FL)
Florida 33rd in population (1870)
29
Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC)

30
Wade Hampton III (R-SC)

31
John A. Logan (R-IL)

32
James D. Walker (D-AR)

33
James T. Farley (D-CA)

34
Nathaniel P. Hill (R-CO)

35
John S. Williams (R-KY)

36
Benjamin F. Jonas (D-LA)

37
George H. Pendleton (D-OH)
Former representative
38
James H. Slater (D-OR)
Former representative
39
James B. Groome (D-MD)
Former governor
40
Henry W. Blair (R-NH)
June 18, 1879 Former representative
41
Joseph E. Brown (D-GA)
May 26, 1880
42
James L. Pugh (D-AL)
November 24, 1880
43
John Sherman (R-OH)
March 4, 1881 Previously a senator
44
Eugene Hale (R-ME)
Former representative (10 years)
45
Joseph Hawley (R-CT)
Former representative (5 years)
46
James Z. George (D-MS)
Mississippi 18th in population (1880)
47
Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD)
Maryland 20th in population (1880)
48
Philetus Sawyer (R-WI)

49
Benjamin Harrison (R-IN)

50
Omar D. Conger (R-MI)

51
John F. Miller (R-CA)

52
Charles Van Wyck (R-NE)

53
James G. Fair (D-NV)


William J. Sewell (R-NJ)


John I. Mitchell (R-PA)


William Mahone (Re-Ad.-VA)


Howell E. Jackson (TN-TN)


Angus Cameron (TN-WI)
March 14, 1881

William P. Frye (R-ME)
March 18, 1881

Warner Miller (R-NY)
July 27, 1881

Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI)
October 5, 1881

Elbridge G. Lapham (R-NY)
October 11, 1881
54
Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA)
March 4, 1883

Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL)
Former governor

James F. Wilson (R-IA)


Charles F. Manderson (R-NE)


Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR)


Randall L. Gibson (D-LA)


John E. Kenna (D-WV)


Thomas M. Bowen (R-CO)


Thomas W. Palmer (R-MI)


Dwight M. Sabin (R-MN)


Harrison H. Riddleberger (Re-Ad.-VA)


Austin F. Pike (R-NH)
August 2, 1883

William P. Sheffield, Jr. (R-RI)
November 19, 1884

Jonathan Chace (R-RI)
January 20, 1885


See also



  • 48th United States Congress

  • List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 48th Congress by seniority



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 1885.


  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1887.


  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1889.




External links


  • Senate Seniority List










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