This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 49th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1887.
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 1886 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1887 [5] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1889 [6] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1891 [7] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George F. Edmunds ( R- VT) | April 3, 1866 | |
| 2 | Justin Smith Morrill ( R- VT) | March 4, 1867 | |
| 3 | Thomas F. Bayard ( D- DE) | March 4, 1869 | |
| 4 | Eli Saulsbury ( D- DE) | March 4, 1871 | |
| 5 | Matt W. Ransom ( D- NC) | January 30, 1872 | |
| 6 | William B. Allison ( R- IA) | March 4, 1873 | Former representative |
| 7 | John J. Ingalls ( R- KS) | ||
| 8 | John P. Jones ( R- NV) | ||
| 9 | Francis Cockrell ( D- MO) | March 4, 1875 | |
| 10 | Henry L. Dawes ( R- MA) | ||
| 11 | Charles W. Jones ( D- FL) | ||
| 12 | Samuel J. R. McMillan ( R- MN) | ||
| 13 | Samuel B. Maxey ( D- TX) | ||
| 14 | George F. Hoar ( R- MA) | March 4, 1877 | Former representative |
| 15 | Isham G. Harris ( D- TN) | Former governor | |
| 16 | John Tyler Morgan ( D- AL) | ||
| 17 | John R. McPherson ( D- NJ) | ||
| 18 | Matthew Butler ( D- SC) | ||
| 19 | Richard Coke ( D- TX) | ||
| 20 | Preston B. Plumb ( R- KS) | ||
| 21 | James B. Beck ( D- KY) | ||
| 22 | Lucius Q. C. Lamar ( D- MS) | ||
| 23 | Augustus H. Garland ( D- AR) | Former governor | |
| 24 | J. Donald Cameron ( R- PA) | March 20, 1877 | |
| 25 | Daniel W. Voorhees ( D- IN) | November 6, 1877 | |
| 26 | George G. Vest ( D- MO) | March 4, 1879 | Missouri 5th in population (1870) |
| 27 | Orville H. Platt ( R- CT) | Connecticut 25th in population (1870) | |
| 28 | Wilkinson Call ( D- FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1870) | |
| 29 | Zebulon Baird Vance ( D- NC) | ||
| 30 | Wade Hampton III ( R- SC) | ||
| 31 | John A. Logan ( R- IL) | ||
| 32 | Joseph E. Brown ( D- GA) | May 26, 1880 | |
| 33 | James L. Pugh ( D- AL) | November 24, 1880 | |
| 34 | John Sherman ( R- OH) | March 4, 1881 | Previously a senator |
| 35 | Eugene Hale ( R- ME) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 36 | Joseph Hawley ( R- CT) | Former representative (5 years) | |
| 37 | James Z. George ( D- MS) | Mississippi 18th in population (1880) | |
| 38 | Arthur P. Gorman ( D- MD) | Maryland 20th in population (1880) | |
| 39 | Philetus Sawyer ( R- WI) | ||
| 40 | Benjamin Harrison ( R- IN) | ||
| 41 | Omar D. Conger ( R- MI) | ||
| 42 | John F. Miller ( R- CA) | ||
| 43 | Charles Van Wyck ( R- NE) | ||
| 44 | James G. Fair ( D- NV) | ||
| 45 | William J. Sewell ( R- NJ) | ||
| 46 | John I. Mitchell ( R- PA) | ||
| 47 | William Mahone ( RA- VA) | ||
| 48 | Howell E. Jackson ( D- TN) | ||
| 49 | William P. Frye ( R- ME) | March 18, 1881 | |
| 50 | Warner Miller ( R- NY) | July 27, 1881 | |
| 51 | Nelson Aldrich ( R- RI) | October 5, 1881 | |
| 52 | Alfred H. Colquitt ( D- GA) | March 4, 1883 | |
| 53 | Shelby Moore Cullom ( R- IL) | Former governor | |
| 54 | James F. Wilson ( R- IA) | ||
| 55 | Charles F. Manderson ( R- NE) | ||
| 56 | Joseph N. Dolph ( R- OR) | ||
| 57 | Randall L. Gibson ( D- LA) | ||
| 58 | John E. Kenna ( D- WV) | ||
| 59 | Thomas M. Bowen ( R- CO) | ||
| 60 | Thomas W. Palmer ( R- MI) | ||
| 61 | Dwight M. Sabin ( R- MN) | ||
| 62 | Harrison H. Riddleberger ( RA- VA) | ||
| 63 | Austin F. Pike ( R- NH) | August 2, 1883 | |
| 64 | Jonathan Chace ( R- RI) | January 20, 1885 | |
| 65 | Henry M. Teller ( R- CO) | March 4, 1885 | Previously a senator |
| 66 | Joseph C. S. Blackburn ( D- KY) | Former representative | |
| 67 | James K. Jones ( D- AR) | ||
| 68 | Leland Stanford ( R- CA) | Former governor | |
| 69 | William M. Evarts ( R- NY) | ||
| 70 | Henry B. Payne ( D- OH) | ||
| 71 | John C. Spooner ( R- WI) | ||
| 72 | Ephraim King Wilson II ( D- MD) | ||
| Henry W. Blair ( R- NH) | March 5, 1885 | Former representative | |
| Edward C. Walthall ( D- MS) | March 9, 1885 | ||
| George Gray ( D- DE) | March 18, 1885 | ||
| James H. Berry ( D- AR) | March 20, 1885 | ||
| John H. Mitchell ( R- OR) | November 18, 1885 | Previously a senator | |
| George Hearst ( D- CA) | March 23, 1886 | ||
| Washington C. Whitthorne ( D- TN) | April 16, 1886 | ||
| Abram Williams ( R- CA) | August 4, 1886 | ||
| Person C. Cheney ( R- NH) | November 24, 1886 | ||
| Charles B. Farwell ( R- IL) | January 19, 1887 |
See also
- 49th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 49th Congress by seniority
Notes
- ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ^ 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
- ^ 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
- ^ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1887.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1889.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1891.