List of United States senators in the 65th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 65th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1917, to March 3, 1919.

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 1918 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 1919[5]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1921[6]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1923[7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH)[8]March 4, 1891
2Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)March 4, 1893
3Francis E. Warren (R-WY)March 4, 1895Previously a senator
4Knute Nelson (R-MN)Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890)
5Benjamin Tillman (D-SC)[9]Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890)
6Thomas S. Martin (D-VA)
7Boies Penrose (R-PA)March 4, 1897
8Charles A. Culberson (D-TX)March 4, 1899Former governor
9Porter McCumber (R-ND)
10William P. Dillingham (R-VT)October 18, 1900
11Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)March 4, 1901
12Francis Newlands (D-NV)[10]March 4, 1903Former representative
13William J. Stone (D-MO)[11]Former governor
14Lee S. Overman (D-NC)North Carolina 15th in population (1900)
15Reed Smoot (R-UT)Utah 41st in population (1900)
16Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT)May 10, 1905
17Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI)January 4, 1906
18William A. Smith (R-MI) [12]February 9, 1907
19William Borah (R-ID)March 4, 1907
20John H. Bankhead (D-AL)June 18, 1907
21Thomas Gore (D-OK)December 11, 1907
22Robert Owen (D-OK)
23John Walter Smith (D-MD)March 25, 1908
24Carroll S. Page (R-VT)October 21, 1908
25Albert B. Cummins (R-IA)November 24, 1908
26Wesley Jones (R-WA)March 4, 1909Former representative
27Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)South Carolina 24th in population (1900)
28Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)Florida 33rd in population (1900)
29George Chamberlain (D-OR)Oregon 36th in population (1900)
30Claude A. Swanson (D-VA)August 1, 1910
31Asle Gronna (R-ND)February 2, 1911
32John S. Williams (D-MS)March 4, 1911Former representative (16 years)
33Charles Townsend (R-MI)Former representative (8 years)
34Gilbert Hitchcock (D-NE)Former representative (6 years)
35Miles Poindexter (R-WA)Former representative (2 years)
36George P. McLean (R-CT)Former governor
37Atlee Pomerene (D-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1910)
38James A. Reed (D-MO)Missouri 7th in population (1910)
39Henry L. Myers (D-MT)Montana 40th in population (1910)
40William S. Kenyon (R-IA)April 12, 1911
41Hoke Smith (D-GA)November 16, 1911
42Marcus A. Smith (D-AZ)April 2, 1912[13]Former delegate
43Albert B. Fall (R-NM)New Mexico 43rd in population (1910)
44Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)Arizona 45th in population (1910)
45Charles Thomas (D-CO)January 15, 1913
46James Brady (R-ID)[14]January 24, 1913
47Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
48Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913
49Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA)March 4, 1913Former representative (14 years)
50Joseph Robinson (R-AR)Former representative (10 years), former governor
51Ollie James (R-KY)[15]Former representative (10 years), Kentucky 14th in population (1910)
52George W. Norris (R-NE)Former representative (10 years), Nebraska 29th in population (1910)
53John F. Shafroth (D-CO)[12]Former representative (9 years), former governor
54William Hughes (D-NJ)[16]Former representative (9 years)
55John W. Weeks (R-MA)[12]Former representative (8 years)
56Nathan Goff (R-WV)[12]Former representative (6 years), former cabinet member
57James K. Vardaman (D-MS)[12]Former governor
58John Shields (D-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1910)
59William H. Thompson (D-KS)[12]Kansas 22nd in population (1910)
60Harry Lane (D-OR)[17]Oregon 35th in population (1910)
61Thomas Sterling (R-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1910)
62LeBaron Colt (R-RI)Rhode Island 38th in population (1910)
63Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT)Montana 40th in population (1910)
64Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D-DE)[12]Delaware 46th in population (1910)
65Henry F. Hollis (D-NH)[12]March 13, 1913
66J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)[12]March 23, 1913
67Lawrence Sherman (R-IL)March 26, 1913
68Thomas W. Hardwick (D-GA)[12]November 4, 1914
69Charles Curtis (R-KS)March 4, 1915Previously a senator
70Oscar Underwood (D-AL)Former representative (19 years)
71Robert F. Broussard (D-LA)[18]Former representative (18 years)
72John C. W. Beckham (D-KY)Former governor
73James Wadsworth, Jr. (R-NY)New York 1st in population (1910)
74Warren G. Harding (R-OH)[19]Ohio 4th in population (1910)
75James D. Phelan (D-CA)California 12th in population (1910)
76Paul Husting (D-WI)[20]Wiscontin 13th in population (1910)
77Edwin S. Johnson (D-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1910)
78Bert Fernald (R-ME)September 12, 1916
79James Watson (R-IN)November 8, 1916Former representative
80William F. Kirby (D-AR)
81Philander C. Knox (R-PA)March 4, 1917Previously a senator
82William M. Calder (R-NY)Former representative (10 years)
83Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)Former representative (6 years)
84Howard Sutherland (R-WV)Former representative (4 years)
85William H. King (D-UT)Former representative (3 years)
86Peter Gerry (D-RI)Former representative (2 years)
87Park Trammell (D-FL)Former governor, Florida 33rd in population (1910)
88John B. Kendrick (D-WY)Former governor, Wyoming 47th in population (1910)
89Harry S. New (R-IN)Indiana 9th in population (1910)
90Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)New Jersey 11th in population (1910)
91Frank B. Kellogg (R-MN)Minnesota 19th in population (1910)
92Joseph I. France (R-MD)Maryland 27th in population (1910)
93Frederick Hale (R-ME)Maine 34th in population (1910)
94Andrieus Jones (R-NM)New Mexico 43rd in population (1910)
95Josiah Wolcott (D-DE)Delaware 46th in population (1910)
96Hiram Johnson (R-CA)March 16, 1917
Charles L. McNary (R-OR)May 29, 1917
Charles Henderson (D-NV)January 12, 1918
John F. Nugent (D-ID)January 22, 1918
David Baird (R-NJ)[12]February 23, 1918
Irvine Lenroot (R-WI)April 18, 1918
Walter Guion (D-LA)[21]April 22, 1918
Xenophon P. Wilfley (D-MO)[22]April 30, 1918
Christie Benet (D-SC)[23]July 6, 1918
Irving Drew (R-NH)[24]September 2, 1918
George B. Martin (R-KY)[12]September 7, 1918
Frederick Mulkey (R-OR)[25]November 6, 1918Former senator
Selden P. Spencer (R-MO)Missouri 7th in population (1910)
Edward J. Gay (R-LA)Louisiana 24th in population (1910)
William P. Pollock (D-SC)[12]South Carolina 26th in population (1910)
George H. Moses (R-NH)New Hampshire 39th in population (1910)
Charles L. McNary (R-OR)December 18, 1918

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 1919.
  6. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1921.
  7. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1923.
  8. Senator Gallinger died August 17, 1918.
  9. Senator Tillman died July 3, 1918.
  10. Senator Newlands died December 24, 1917.
  11. Senator Stone died April 14, 1918.
  12. Retired or defeated after 1918 Election
  13. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  14. Senator Brady died January 13, 1918.
  15. Senator James died August 28, 1918.
  16. Senator Hughes died January 30, 1918.
  17. Senator Lane died May 23, 1917.
  18. Senator Broussard died April 12, 1918.
  19. Senator Harding resigned January 13, 1921 to become President of the United States.
  20. Senator Husting died October 21, 1917.
  21. Senator Guion resigned November 5, 1918.
  22. Senator Wilfley resigned November 5, 1918.
  23. Senator Benet resigned November 5, 1918.
  24. Senator Drew resigned November 5, 1918.
  25. Senator Mulkey resigned December 17, 1918.
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