List of United States Senators in the 50th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 50th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889.

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 1888 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 1889[5]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1891[6]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1893[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
3Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE)March 4, 1871
4Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)January 30, 1872
5William B. Allison (R-IA)March 4, 1873Former Rep.
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 Rep.
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
19Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN)November 6, 1877
20George G. Vest (D-MO)March 4, 1879Missouri 5th Population (1870)
21Orville H. Platt (R-CT)Connecticut 25th Population (1870)
22Wilkinson Call (D-FL)Florida 33rd Population (1870)
23Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC)
24Wade Hampton III (R-SC)
25Henry W. Blair (R-NH)June 18, 1879Former Rep.
26Joseph E. Brown (D-GA)May 26, 1880
27James L. Pugh (D-AL)November 24, 1880
28John Sherman (R-OH)March 4, 1881Previously a Senator
29Eugene Hale (R-ME)Former Rep. (10 years)
30Joseph Hawley (R-CT)Former Rep. (5 years)
31James Z. George (D-MS)Mississippi 18th Population (1880)
32Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD)Maryland 20th Population (1880)
33Philetus Sawyer (R-WI)
34William P. Frye (R-ME)March 18, 1881
35Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI)October 5, 1881
36Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA)March 4, 1883
37Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL)Former Governor
38James F. Wilson (R-IA)
39Charles F. Manderson (R-NE)
40Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR)
41Randall L. Gibson (D-LA)
42John E. Kenna (D-WV)
43Thomas M. Bowen (R-CO)
44Thomas W. Palmer (R-MI)
45Dwight M. Sabin (R-MN)
46Harrison H. Riddleberger (Re-Ad.-VA)
47Jonathan Chace (R-RI)January 20, 1885
48Henry M. Teller (D-CO)March 4, 1885Previously a Senator
49Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY)Former Rep.
50James K. Jones (D-AR)
51Leland Stanford (R-CA)Former Governor
52William M. Evarts (R-NY)
53Henry B. Payne (D-OH)
54John Coit Spooner (R-WI)
55Ephraim King Wilson II (D-MD)
56Edward C. Walthall (D-MS)March 9, 1885
57George Gray (D-DE)March 18, 1885
58James H. Berry (D-AR)March 20, 1885
59John H. Mitchell (R-OR)December 17, 1885Previously a Senator
60Person C. Cheney (R-NH)November 24, 1886
61Charles B. Farwell (R-IL)January 19, 1887
62William M. Stewart (R-NV)March 4, 1887Previously a Senator (11 years)
63David Turpie (D-IN)Previously a Senator (1 month)
64John W. Daniel (D-VA)Former Rep.
65Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI)
66William Morris Stewart (Sil.-NV)
67William B. Bate (D-TN)Former Governor, Tennessee 12th Population (1880)
68Cushman Davis (R-MN)Former Governor, Minnesota 26th Population (1880)
69Matthew Quay (R-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1880)
70Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV)West Virginia 29th Population (1880)
71Algernon Paddock (R-NE)
72Rufus Blodgett ((D-NJ)
73Frank Hiscock (R-NY)
74John Henninger Reagan (R-TX)
75George Hearst (D-CA)
Samuel Pasco (D-FL)May 19, 1887
William E. Chandler (R-NH)June 14, 1887

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 1889.
  6. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1891.
  7. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1893.
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