List of United States senators in the 64th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 64th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1917.

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 1916 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 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1917[5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1919[6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1921[7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH)March 4, 1891
2Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)March 4, 1893
3Clarence D. Clark (R-WY)[8]January 23, 1895
4Francis E. Warren (R-WY)March 4, 1895Previously a senator
5Knute Nelson (R-MN)Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890)
6Benjamin Tillman (D-SC)Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890)
7Thomas S. Martin (D-VA)
8Boies Penrose (R-PA)March 4, 1897
9Charles A. Culberson (D-TX)March 4, 1899Former governor
10Porter McCumber (R-ND)
11William P. Dillingham (R-VT)October 18, 1900
12Moses Clapp (R-VT)[8]January 23, 1901
13Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)March 4, 1901
14Francis Newlands (D-NV)March 4, 1903Former representative
15William J. Stone (D-MO)Former governor, Missouri 5th in population (1900)
16James P. Clarke (D-AR)[9]Former governor, Arkansas 25th in population (1900)
17Lee S. Overman (D-NC)North Carolina 15th in population (1900)
18Reed Smoot (R-UT)Utah 41st in population (1900)
19George Sutherland (R-UT)March 4, 1905
20Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT)May 10, 1905
21Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI)January 4, 1906
22Henry du Pont (R-DE)[8]June 13, 1906
23William A. Smith (R-MI)February 9, 1907
24William Borah (R-ID)March 4, 1907
25John H. Bankhead (D-AL)June 18, 1907
26Thomas Gore (D-OK)December 11, 1907
27Robert Owen (D-OK)
28John Walter Smith (D-MD)March 25, 1908
29Carroll S. Page (R-VT)October 21, 1908
30Albert B. Cummins (R-IA)November 24, 1908
31Wesley Jones (R-WA)March 4, 1909Former representative (10 years)
32Benjamin Shively (D-IN)[10]Former representative (7 years)
33Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)South Carolina 24th in population (1900)
34Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)Florida 33rd in population (1900)
35George Chamberlain (D-OR)Oregon 36th in population (1900)
36George T. Oliver (R-PA)[8]March 17, 1909
37Claude A. Swanson (D-VA)August 1, 1910
38Asle Gronna (R-ND)February 2, 1911
39John S. Williams (D-MS)March 4, 1911Former representative (16 years)
40Charles Townsend (R-MI)Former representative (8 years)
41Gilbert Hitchcock (D-NE)Former representative (6 years)
42Miles Poindexter (R-WA)Former representative (2 years)
43George P. McLean (R-CT)Former governor
44Atlee Pomerene (D-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1910)
45James A. Reed (D-MO)Missouri 7th in population (1910)
46John W. Kern (D-IN)[8]Indiana 9th in population (1910)
47James E. Martine (D-NJ)[8]New Jersey 11th in population (1910)
48John D. Works (R-CA)[8]California 12th in population (1910)
49Luke Lea (D-TN)[8]Tennessee 17th in population (1910)
50William E. Chilton (D-WV)[8]West Virginia 28th in population (1910)
51Nathan Bryan (D-FL)[8]Florida 33rd in population (1910)
52Charles F. Johnson (D-ME)[8]Maine 34th in population (1910)
53Henry F. Lippitt (R-RI)[8]Rhode Island 38th in population (1910)
54Henry L. Myers (D-MT)Montana 40th in population (1910)
55James O'Gorman (D-NY)[8]April 4, 1911
56William S. Kenyon (R-IA)April 12, 1911
57Hoke Smith (D-GA)November 16, 1911
58Thomas B. Catron (R-NM)April 2, 1912[11]Former delegate, New Mexico 43rd in population (1910)
59Marcus A. Smith (D-AZ)Former delegate, Arizona 45th in population (1910)
60Albert B. Fall (R-NM)New Mexico 43rd in population (1910)
61Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)Arizona 45th in population (1910)
62Charles Thomas (D-CO)January 15, 1913
63James Brady (R-ID)January 24, 1913
64Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
65Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913
66Edwin Burleigh (R-ME)March 4, 1913Former representative (14 years), former governor
67Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA)Former representative (14 years)
68Joseph Robinson (R-AR)Former representative (10 years), former governor
69Ollie James (R-KY)Former representative (10 years), Kentucky 14th in population (1910)
70George W. Norris (R-NE)Former representative (10 years), Nebraska 29th in population (1910)
71John F. Shafroth (D-CO)Former representative (9 years), former governor
72William Hughes (D-NJ)Former representative (9 years)
73John W. Weeks (R-MA)Former representative (8 years)
74Nathan Goff (R-WV)Former representative (6 years), former cabinet member
75James K. Vardaman (D-MS)Former governor
76John Shields (D-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1910)
77William H. Thompson (D-KS)Kansas 22nd in population (1910)
78Harry Lane (D-OR)Oregon 35th in population (1910)
79Thomas Sterling (R-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1910)
80LeBaron Colt (R-RI)Rhode Island 38th in population (1910)
81Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT)Montana 40th in population (1910)
82Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D-DE)Delaware 46th in population (1910)
83Henry F. Hollis (D-NH)March 13, 1913
84J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)March 26, 1913
85Lawrence Sherman (R-IL)March 26, 1913
86Blair Lee (D-MD)January 29, 1914
87Thomas W. Hardwick (D-GA)November 4, 1914
88Charles Curtis (R-KS)March 4, 1915Previously a senator
89Oscar Underwood (D-AL)Former representative (19 years)
90Robert F. Broussard (D-LA)Former representative (18 years)
91John C. W. Beckham (D-KY)Former governor
92James Wadsworth, Jr. (R-NY)New York 1st in population (1910)
93Warren G. Harding (R-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1910)
94James D. Phelan (D-CA)California 12th in population (1910)
95Paul Husting (D-WI)Wiscontin 13th in population (1910)
96Edwin S. Johnson (D-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1910)
Thomas Taggart (D-IN)[12]March 20, 1916
Bert Fernald (R-ME)September 12, 1916
James Watson (R-IN)November 8, 1916Former representative
William F. Kirby (D-AR)

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
  3. 1901 U.S Census Report Contains 1900 Census results
  4. 1911 U.S Census Report Contains 1910 Census results
  5. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1917.
  6. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1919.
  7. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1921.
  8. Retired or defeated after 1916 Election
  9. Senator Clarke died October 1, 1916.
  10. Senator Shively died March 14, 1916.
  11. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  12. Senator Taggart resigned November 7, 1916.
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