List of United States senators in the 51st Congress
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]
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1891[5] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1893[6] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1895[7] |
U.S. Senate seniority list[edit]
| 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 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 Tyler 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)[8] | Florida 33rd in population (1870) | |
| 22 | Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC) | ||
| 23 | Wade Hampton III (R-SC) | ||
| 24 | Joseph E. Brown (D-GA)[9] | 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 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 Moore 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 | Joseph 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)[10] | ||
| 47 | Henry B. Payne (D-OH)[11] | ||
| 48 | John C. Spooner (R-WI)[12] | ||
| 49 | Ephraim King Wilson II (D-MD)[13] | ||
| 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)[14] | 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 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 Henninger Reagan (D-TX) | ||
| 68 | George Hearst (D-CA)[15] | ||
| 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)[16] | ||
| 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)[17] | |||
| Watson C. Squire (R-WA) | November 20, 1889 | ||
| John Beard Allen (R-WA) | |||
| Gilbert A. Pierce (R-ND)[18] | 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)[19] |
See also[edit]
- 51st United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 51st Congress by seniority
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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 1891.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1893.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1895.
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election
- ^ Senator Wilson died on February 24, 1891
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election
- ^ Senator Hearst died February 28, 1891
- ^ Senator Marston resigned on June 18, 1889
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1890 election