List of United States Senators in the 51st Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 51st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1891.

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 in the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1890 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
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 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872
4 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former Rep.
5 John P. Jones (R-NV)
6 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875
7 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)
8 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former Rep.
9 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former Governor
10 John Tyler Morgan (D-AL)
11 John R. McPherson (D-NJ)
12 Matthew Butler (D-SC)
13 Richard Coke (D-TX)
14 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS)
15 James B. Beck (D-KY)
16 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877
17 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877
18 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th Population (1870)
19 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th Population (1870)
20 Wilkinson Call (D-FL)[5] Florida 33rd Population (1870)
21 Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC)
22 Wade Hampton III (R-SC)
23 Henry W. Blair (R-NH) June 18, 1879 Former Rep.
24 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA)[6] May 26, 1880
25 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880
26 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a Senator
27 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former Rep. (10 years)
28 Joseph Hawley (R-CT) Former Rep. (5 years)
29 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th Population (1880)
30 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th Population (1880)
31 Philetus Sawyer (R-WI)
32 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881
33 Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881
34 Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA) March 4, 1883
35 Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) Former Governor
36 James F. Wilson (R-IA)
37 Charles F. Manderson (R-NE)
38 Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR)
39 Randall L. Gibson (D-LA)
40 John E. Kenna (D-WV)
41 Jonathan Chace (R-RI) January 20, 1885
42 Henry M. Teller (D-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a Senator
43 Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) Former Rep.
44 James K. Jones (D-AR)
45 Leland Stanford (R-CA) Former Governor
46 William M. Evarts (R-NY)[7]
47 Henry B. Payne (D-OH)[8]
48 John Coit Spooner (R-WI)[9]
49 Ephraim King Wilson II (D-MD)[10]
50 Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) March 9, 1885
51 George Gray (D-DE) March 18, 1885
52 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885
53 John H. Mitchell (D-OR) December 17, 1885 Previously a Senator
54 Charles B. Farwell (R-IL)[11] January 19, 1887
55 William M. Stewart (R-NV) March 4, 1887 Previously a Senator (11 years)
56 David Turpie (D-IN) Previously a Senator (1 month)
57 John W. Daniel (D-VA) Former Rep.
58 Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI)
59 William Morris Stewart (Sil.-NV)
60 William B. Bate (D-TN) Former Governor, Tennessee 12th Population (1880)
61 Cushman Davis (R-MN) Former Governor, Minnesota 26th Population (1880)
62 Matthew Quay (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd Population (1880)
63 Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) West Virginia 29th Population (1880)
64 Algernon Paddock (R-NE)
65 Rufus Blodgett (D-NJ)
66 Frank Hiscock (R-NY)
67 John Henninger Reagan (R-TX)
68 George Hearst (D-CA)[12]
69 Samuel Pasco (D-FL) May 19, 1887
70 James McMillan (R-MI) March 4, 1889
71 Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO)
72 Anthony C. Higgins (R-DE)
73 William D. Washburn (R-MN)
74 John S. Barbour, Jr. (D-VA)
75 Gilman Marston (R-NH)[13]
Nathan F. Dixon III (R-RI) April 10, 1889
William E. Chandler (R-NH) June 18, 1889
Richard F. Pettigrew (R-SD) November 2, 1889
Gideon C. Moody (R-SD)[14]
Watson C. Squire (R-WA) November 20, 1889
John Beard Allen (R-WA)
Gilbert A. Pierce (R-ND)[15] November 21, 1889
Lyman R. Casey (R-ND) November 25, 1889
Wilbur F. Sanders (R-MT) January 1, 1890
Thomas C. Power (D-MT) January 2, 1890
John G. Carlisle (D-KS) May 26, 1890
Joseph M. Carey (R-WY) November 15, 1890
Francis E. Warren (R-WY) November 24, 1890
George L. Shoup (R-ID) December 18, 1890
William J. McConnell (R-ID)[16]

See also

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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. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  6. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  7. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  8. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  9. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  10. Senator Wilson died on February 24, 1891
  11. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  12. Senator Hearst died February 28, 1891
  13. Senator Marston resigned on June 18, 1889
  14. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  15. Retired or defeated after 1890 election
  16. Retired or defeated after 1890 election

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