This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 47th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1883.
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislature of the United States. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C.
The Forty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1881, to March 4, 1883, during the first and only year of James Garfield's presidency, and the first two years of his successor, Chester Arthur's tenure. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The House had a Republican majority; the Senate was evenly divided.
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]
The vice president of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as President of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president presides over Senate deliberations, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president also presides over joint sessions of Congress.
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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 1882 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Class | Terms of service of senators that will expire in years |
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Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1883 [5] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1885 [6] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1887 [7] |
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
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1 | Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) | March 4, 1859 | Former governor |
2 | George F. Edmunds (R-VT) | April 3, 1866 | |
3 | Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) | March 4, 1867 | |
4 | Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) | ||
5 | Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) | March 4, 1869 | |
6 | Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE) | March 4, 1871 | |
7 | Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) | ||
8 | William Windom (R-MN) | Former representative | |
9 | Henry G. Davis (D-WV) | ||
10 | John W. Johnston (D-VA) | March 15, 1871 | |
11 | Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) | January 30, 1872 | |
12 | William B. Allison (R-IA) | March 4, 1873 | Former representative |
13 | John J. Ingalls (R-KS) | ||
14 | John P. Jones (R-NV) | ||
15 | Francis Cockrell (D-MO) | March 4, 1875 | |
16 | Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) | ||
17 | Charles W. Jones (D-FL) | ||
18 | Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) | ||
19 | Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) | ||
20 | Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) | Former governor | |
21 | James G. Blaine (R-ME) | July 10, 1876 | Former representative |
22 | Henry M. Teller (R-CO) | November 15, 1876 | |
23 | George F. Hoar (R-MA) | March 4, 1877 | Former representative |
24 | Isham G. Harris (D-TN) | Former governor | |
25 | John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) | ||
26 | John R. McPherson (D-NJ) | ||
27 | Matthew Butler (D-SC) | ||
28 | Richard Coke (D-TX) | ||
29 | Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) | ||
30 | James B. Beck (D-KY) | ||
31 | Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS) | ||
32 | Augustus H. Garland (D-AR) | ||
33 | Benjamin H. Hill (D-GA) | ||
34 | David Davis (I-IL) | ||
35 | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA) | ||
36 | Alvin Saunders (R-NE) | ||
37 | Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) | ||
38 | La Fayette Grover (D-OR) | Former governor | |
39 | J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) | March 20, 1877 | |
40 | Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) | November 6, 1877 | |
41 | George G. Vest (D-MO) | March 4, 1879 | Missouri 5th in population (1870) |
42 | Orville H. Platt (R-CT) | Connecticut 25th in population (1870) | |
43 | Wilkinson Call (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1870) | |
44 | Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC) | ||
45 | Wade Hampton III (R-SC) | ||
46 | John A. Logan (R-IL) | ||
47 | James D. Walker (D-AR) | ||
48 | James T. Farley (D-CA) | ||
49 | Nathaniel P. Hill (R-CO) | ||
50 | John S. Williams (D-KY) | ||
51 | Benjamin F. Jonas (D-LA) | ||
52 | George H. Pendleton (D-OH) | Former representative | |
53 | James H. Slater (D-OR) | Former representative | |
54 | James B. Groome (D-MD) | Former governor | |
55 | Henry W. Blair (R-NH) | June 18, 1879 | Former representative |
56 | Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) | May 26, 1880 | |
57 | James L. Pugh (D-AL) | November 24, 1880 | |
58 | John Sherman (R-OH) | March 4, 1881 | Previously a senator |
59 | Eugene Hale (R-ME) | Former representative (10 years) | |
60 | Joseph Hawley (R-CT) | Former representative (5 years) | |
61 | James Z. George (D-MS) | Mississippi 18th in population (1880) | |
62 | Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) | Maryland 20th in population (1880) | |
63 | Philetus Sawyer (R-WI) | ||
64 | Benjamin Harrison (R-IN) | ||
65 | Omar D. Conger (R-MI) | ||
66 | John F. Miller (R-CA) | ||
67 | Charles Van Wyck (R-NE) | ||
68 | James G. Fair (D-NV) | ||
69 | William J. Sewell (R-NJ) | ||
70 | John I. Mitchell (R-PA) | ||
71 | William Mahone (Re-ad.-VA) | ||
72 | Howell E. Jackson (D-TN) | ||
73 | Thomas C. Platt (R-NY) | ||
James W. McDill (R-IA) | March 8, 1881 | ||
Alonzo J. Edgerton (R-MN) | March 12, 1881 | ||
Angus Cameron (R-WI) | March 14, 1881 | ||
William P. Frye (R-ME) | March 18, 1881 | ||
Warner Miller (R-NY) | July 27, 1881 | ||
Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) | October 5, 1881 | ||
Elbridge G. Lapham (R-NY) | October 11, 1881 | ||
William Windom (R-MN) | November 15, 1881 | Former representative | |
George M. Chilcott (R-CO) | April 17, 1882 | ||
Middleton P. Barrow (D-GA) | November 15, 1882 | ||
Horace Tabor (R-CO) | January 27, 1883 | ||