List of United States Senators in the 47th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 47th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883.

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 1882 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 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1883[5]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1885[6]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1887[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority DateOther Factors
1Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former Governor
2George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
3Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)March 4, 1867
4Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
5Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)March 4, 1869
6John W. Johnston (D-VA)January 26, 1870
7Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE)March 4, 1871
8Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI)
9William Windom (R-MN)Former Rep.
10Henry G. Davis (D-WV)
11Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)January 30, 1872
12William B. Allison (R-IA)March 4, 1873Former Rep.
13John P. Jones (R-NV)
14Francis Cockrell (D-MO)March 4, 1875
15Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)
16Charles W. Jones (D-FL)
17Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN)
18Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX)
19Ambrose Burnside (R-RI)Former Governor
20James G. Blaine (R-ME)July 10, 1876Former Rep.
21Henry M. Teller (R-CO)November 15, 1876
22George F. Hoar (R-MA)March 4, 1877Former Rep.
23Isham G. Harris (D-TN)Former Governor
24John Tyler Morgan (D-AL)
25John R. McPherson (D-NJ)
26Matthew Butler (D-SC)
27Richard Coke (D-TX)
28Preston B. Plumb (R-KS)
29James B. Beck (D-KY)
30Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS)
31Augustus H. Garland (D-AR)
32Benjamin H. Hill (D-GA)
33David Davis (I-IL)
34Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA)
35Alvin Saunders (R-NE)
36Edward H. Rollins (R-NH)
37La Fayette Grover (D-OR)Former Governor
38J. Donald Cameron (R-PA)March 20, 1877
39Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN)November 6, 1877
40George G. Vest (D-MO)March 4, 1879Missouri 5th Population (1870)
41Orville H. Platt (R-CT)Connecticut 25th Population (1870)
42Wilkinson Call (D-FL)Florida 33rd Population (1870)
43Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC)
44Wade Hampton III (R-SC)
45John A. Logan (R-IL)
46James D. Walker (D-AR)
47James T. Farley (D-CA)
48Nathaniel P. Hill (R-CO)
49John S. Williams (D-KY)
50Benjamin F. Jonas (D-LA)
51George H. Pendleton (D-OH)Former Rep.
52James H. Slater (D-OR)Former Rep.
53James B. Groome (D-MD)Former Governor
54Henry W. Blair (R-NH)June 18, 1879Former Rep.
55Joseph E. Brown (D-GA)May 26, 1880
56James L. Pugh (D-AL)November 24, 1880
57John Sherman (R-OH)March 4, 1881Previously a Senator
58Eugene Hale (R-ME)Former Rep. (10 years)
59Joseph Hawley (R-CT)Former Rep. (5 years)
60James Z. George (D-MS)Mississippi 18th Population (1880)
61Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD)Maryland 20th Population (1880)
62Philetus Sawyer (R-WI)
63Benjamin Harrison (R-IN)
64Omar D. Conger (R-MI)
65John F. Miller (R-CA)
66Charles Van Wyck (R-NE)
67James G. Fair (D-NV)
68William J. Sewell (R-NJ)
69John I. Mitchell (R-PA)
70William Mahone (Re-ad.-VA)
71Howell E. Jackson (R-TN)
72Thomas C. Platt (R-NY)
James W. McDill (R-IA)March 8, 1881
Alonzo J. Edgerton (R-MN)March 12, 1881
Angus Cameron (R-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
William Windom (R-MN)November 15, 1881Former Rep.
George M. Chilcott (R-CO)April 17, 1882
Middleton P. Barrow (D-GA)November 15, 1882
Horace Tabor (R-CO)January 27, 1883

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 1883.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1885.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1887.
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