List of United States Senators in the 55th Congress by seniority




This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 55th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1899.


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 1898 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 1 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1899[5]
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1901[6]
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1903[7]


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U.S. Senate seniority
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 representative
3
John P. Jones (R-NV)

4
Francis Cockrell (D-MO)
March 4, 1875
5
George F. Hoar (R-MA)
March 4, 1877 Former representative
6
Isham G. Harris (D-TN)
Former governor
7
John Tyler Morgan (D-AL)

8
George G. Vest (D-MO)
March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870)
9
Orville H. Platt (R-CT)
Connecticut 25th in population (1870)
10
John Sherman (R-OH)
March 4, 1881 Previously a senator
11
Eugene Hale (R-ME)
Former representative (10 years)
12
Joseph Hawley (R-CT)
Former representative (5 years)
13
James Z. George (D-MS)
Mississippi 18th in population (1870)
14
Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD)
Maryland 20th in population (1870)
15
William P. Frye (R-ME)
March 18, 1881
16
Nelson Aldrich (R-RI)
October 5, 1881
17
Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL)
March 4, 1883
18
Henry M. Teller (D-CO)
March 4, 1885 Previously a senator
19
James K. Jones (D-AR)

20
George Gray (D-DE)
March 18, 1885
21
James H. Berry (D-AR)
March 20, 1885
22
William M. Stewart (R-NV)
March 4, 1887 Previously a senator (11 years)
23
David Turpie (D-IN)
Previously a senator (1 month)
24
John W. Daniel (D-VA)
Former representative
25
William B. Bate (D-TN)
Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880)
26
Cushman Davis (R-MN)
Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880)
27
Matthew Quay (R-PA)
Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880)
28
Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV)
West Virginia 29th in population (1880)
29
Samuel Pasco (D-FL)
May 19, 1887
30
James McMillan (R-MI)
March 4, 1889 Michigan 9th in population (1880)
31
Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO)
Colorado 35th in population (1880)
32
William E. Chandler (R-NH)
June 18, 1889
33
Richard F. Pettigrew (SR-SD)
November 2, 1889
34
George L. Shoup (R-ID)
December 18, 1890
35
Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH)
March 4, 1891 Former representative (4 years)
36
Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND)
Former representative (2 years)
37
James H. Kyle (R-SD)

38
Redfield Proctor (R-VT)
November 2, 1891
39
Roger Q. Mills (D-TX)
March 23, 1892
40
Donelson Caffery (D-LA)
December 31, 1892
41
William Lindsay (D-KY)
February 15, 1893
42
Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)
March 4, 1893 Former representative (6 years)
43
John L. Mitchell (D-WI)
Former representative (2 years)
44
Edward Murphy, Jr. (D-NY)
New York 1st in population (1890)
45
James Smith, Jr. (D-NJ)
New Jersey 18th in population (1890)
46
Stephen M. White (D-CA)
California 22nd in population (1890)
47
William V. Allen (Pop-NE)
Nebraska 26th in population (1890)
48
William N. Roach (D-ND)
North Dakota 41st in population (1890)
49
George C. Perkins (R-CA)
July 26, 1893
50
Lee Mantle (SR-MT)
January 16, 1895
51
Julius C. Burrows (R-MI)
January 23, 1895
52
Clarence D. Clark (R-WY)
January 24, 1895 Former representative
53
Jeter C. Pritchard (R-NC)

54
John L. Wilson (R-WA)
February 19, 1895
55
Edward C. Walthall (D-MS)
March 4, 1895 Previously a senator (9 years)
56
William J. Sewell (R-NJ)
Previously a senator (6 years)
57
Francis E. Warren (R-WY)
Previously a senator (3 years)
58
Horace Chilton (D-TX)
Previously a senator (2 years)
59
Thomas Carter (R-MT)
Former delegate, former representative
60
Stephen Elkins (R-WV)
Former delegate, former cabinet member
61
John H. Gear (R-IA)
Former governor, Iowa 10th in population (1890)
62
Knute Nelson (R-MN)
Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890)
63
Benjamin Tillman (D-SC)
Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890)
64
George P. Wetmore (R-RI)
Former governor, Rhode Island 36th in population (1890)
65
Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA)
Georgia 12th in population (1890)
66
Thomas S. Martin (D-VA)
Virginia 15th in population (1890)
67
Marion Butler (Pop-NC)
North Carolina 16th in population (1890)
68
Lucien Baker (Pop-KS)
Kansas 19th in population (1890)
69
John M. Thurston (R-NE)
Nebraska 26th in population (1890)
70
George McBride (R-OR)
Oregon 38th in population (1890)
71
Frank Cannon (SR-UT)
January 22, 1896
72
Richard Kenney (D-DE)
January 19, 1897
73
John C. Spooner (R-WI)
March 4, 1897 Previously a senator (6 years)
74
Thomas C. Platt (R-NY)
Previously a senator (2 months)
75
William E. Mason (R-IL)
Former representative (4 years)
76
William A. Harris (Pop-KS)
Former representative (2 years), Kansas 19th in population (1890)
77
George L. Wellington (R-MD)
Former representative (2 years), Maryland 27th in population (1890)
78
Joseph Rawlins (R-UT)
Former delegate
79
Joseph Foraker (R-OH)
Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1890)
80
Samuel McEnery (D-LA)
Former governor, Louisiana 25th in population (1890)
81
Boies Penrose (R-PA)
Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1890)
82
Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN)
Indiana 8th in population (1890)
83
William Deboe (R-KY)
Kentucky 11th in population (1890)
84
Alexander Clay (D-GA)
Georgia 12th in population (1890)
85
Edmund Pettus (D-AL)
Alabama 17th in population (1890)
86
Joseph H. Earle (D-SC)
South Carolina 23rd in population (1890)
87
George Turner (SR-WA)
Washington 34th in population (1890)
88
Henry Heitfeld (Pop-ID)
Idaho 43rd in population (1890)

Mark Hanna (R-OH)
March 6, 1897
89
Stephen Mallory (D-FL)
May 15, 1897

John L. McLaurin (D-SC)
June 1, 1897

Thomas B. Turley (D-TN)
July 20, 1897

Hernando Money (D-MS)
October 8, 1897

William V. Sullivan (D-MS)
May 31, 1898
90
Joseph Simon (R-OR)
October 8, 1898

Jonathan Ross (R-VT)
January 11, 1899


See also



  • 55th United States Congress

  • List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 55th 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 1899.


  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1901.


  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1903.




External links


  • Senate Seniority List










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