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List of United States senators in the 51st Congress

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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 during 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.

Terms of service[edit]

This article is about the terms of service of senators that expired in years. For a list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.
Class Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1891 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, VT, WA, and WI.)
Class 1 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1893 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.)
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1895 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.)

U.S. Senate seniority list[edit]

U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866
2 Justin S. 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 representative
5 John J. Ingalls (R-KS)
6 John P. Jones (R-NV)
7 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875
8 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)
9 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative
10 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor
11 John T. Morgan (D-AL)
12 John R. McPherson (D-NJ)
13 Matthew Butler (D-SC)
14 Richard Coke (D-TX)
15 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS)
16 James B. Beck (D-KY)
17 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877
18 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877
19 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870)
20 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870)
21 Wilkinson Call (D-FL)[a] Florida 33rd in population (1870)
22 Zebulon Vance (D-NC)
23 Wade Hampton III (R-SC)
24 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA)[a] 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 representative (10 years)
28 Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years)
29 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1880)
30 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1880)
31 Philetus Sawyer (R-WI)
32 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881
33 Nelson 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 (R-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a senator
43 J. C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) Former representative
44 James K. Jones (D-AR)
45 Leland Stanford (R-CA) Former governor
46 William M. Evarts (R-NY)[a]
47 Henry B. Payne (D-OH)[a]
48 John C. Spooner (R-WI)[a]
49 Ephraim K. Wilson II (D-MD)[b]
50 Henry W. Blair (R-NH) March 5, 1885 Former representative
51 Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) March 9, 1885
52 George Gray (D-DE) March 18, 1885
53 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885
54 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) November 18, 1885 Previously a senator
55 Charles B. Farwell (R-IL)[a] January 19, 1887
56 William M. Stewart (R-NV) March 4, 1887 Previously a senator (11 years)
57 David Turpie (D-IN) Previously a senator (1 month)
58 John W. Daniel (D-VA) Former representative
59 Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI)
60 William B. Bate (D-TN) Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880)
61 Cushman K. Davis (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880)
62 Matthew Quay (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880)
63 Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) West Virginia 29th in population (1880)
64 Algernon Paddock (R-NE)
65 Rufus Blodgett (R-NJ)
66 Frank Hiscock (R-NY)
67 John H. Reagan (D-TX)
68 George Hearst (D-CA)[c]
69 Samuel Pasco (D-FL) May 19, 1887
70 James McMillan (R-MI) March 4, 1889
71 Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO)
72 Anthony Higgins (R-DE)
73 William D. Washburn (R-MN)
74 John S. Barbour Jr. (D-VA)
75 Gilman Marston (R-NH)[d]
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)[a]
Watson C. Squire (R-WA) November 20, 1889
John B. Allen (R-WA)
Gilbert A. Pierce (R-ND)[a] November 21, 1889
Lyman R. Casey (R-ND) November 25, 1889
Wilbur F. Sanders (R-MT) January 1, 1890
Thomas C. Power (R-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)

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Retired or defeated after 1890 election.
  2. ^ Senator Wilson died on February 24, 1891.
  3. ^ Senator Hearst died February 28, 1891.
  4. ^ Senator Marston resigned on June 18, 1889.

References[edit]

  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

External links[edit]

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