This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 50th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1889.
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.
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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]
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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 1888 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 1889 [5] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1891 [6] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1893 [7] |
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
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1 | George F. Edmunds (R-VT) | April 3, 1866 | |
2 | Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) | March 4, 1867 | |
3 | Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE) | March 4, 1871 | |
4 | Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) | January 30, 1872 | |
5 | William B. Allison (R-IA) | March 4, 1873 | Former representative |
6 | John J. Ingalls (R-KS) | ||
7 | John P. Jones (R-NV) | ||
8 | Francis Cockrell (D-MO) | March 4, 1875 | |
9 | Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) | ||
10 | George F. Hoar (R-MA) | March 4, 1877 | Former representative |
11 | Isham G. Harris (D-TN) | Former governor | |
12 | John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) | ||
13 | John R. McPherson (D-NJ) | ||
14 | Matthew Butler (D-SC) | ||
15 | Richard Coke (D-TX) | ||
16 | Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) | ||
17 | James B. Beck (D-KY) | ||
18 | J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) | March 20, 1877 | |
19 | Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) | November 6, 1877 | |
20 | George G. Vest (D-MO) | March 4, 1879 | Missouri 5th in population (1870) |
21 | Orville H. Platt (R-CT) | Connecticut 25th in population (1870) | |
22 | Wilkinson Call (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1870) | |
23 | Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC) | ||
24 | Wade Hampton III (R-SC) | ||
25 | Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) | May 26, 1880 | |
26 | James L. Pugh (D-AL) | November 24, 1880 | |
27 | John Sherman (R-OH) | March 4, 1881 | Previously a senator |
28 | Eugene Hale (R-ME) | Former representative (10 years) | |
29 | Joseph Hawley (R-CT) | Former representative (5 years) | |
30 | James Z. George (D-MS) | Mississippi 18th in population (1880) | |
31 | Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) | Maryland 20th in population (1880) | |
32 | Philetus Sawyer (R-WI) | ||
33 | William P. Frye (R-ME) | March 18, 1881 | |
34 | Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) | October 5, 1881 | |
35 | Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA) | March 4, 1883 | |
36 | Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) | Former governor | |
37 | James F. Wilson (R-IA) | ||
38 | Charles F. Manderson (R-NE) | ||
39 | Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR) | ||
40 | Randall L. Gibson (D-LA) | ||
41 | John E. Kenna (D-WV) | ||
42 | Thomas M. Bowen (R-CO) | ||
43 | Thomas W. Palmer (R-MI) | ||
44 | Dwight M. Sabin (R-MN) | ||
45 | Harrison H. Riddleberger (Re-Ad.-VA) | ||
46 | Jonathan Chace (R-RI) | January 20, 1885 | |
47 | Henry M. Teller (R-CO) | March 4, 1885 | Previously a senator |
48 | Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) | Former representative | |
49 | James K. Jones (D-AR) | ||
50 | Leland Stanford (R-CA) | Former governor | |
51 | William M. Evarts (R-NY) | ||
52 | Henry B. Payne (D-OH) | ||
53 | John Coit Spooner (R-WI) | ||
54 | Ephraim King Wilson II (D-MD) | ||
55 | Henry W. Blair (R-NH) | March 5, 1885 | Former representative |
56 | Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) | March 9, 1885 | |
57 | George Gray (D-DE) | March 18, 1885 | |
58 | James H. Berry (D-AR) | March 20, 1885 | |
59 | John H. Mitchell (R-OR) | November 18, 1885 | Previously a senator |
60 | Person C. Cheney (R-NH) | November 24, 1886 | |
61 | Charles B. Farwell (R-IL) | January 19, 1887 | |
62 | William M. Stewart (R-NV) | March 4, 1887 | Previously a senator (11 years) |
63 | David Turpie (D-IN) | Previously a senator (1 month) | |
64 | John W. Daniel (D-VA) | Former representative | |
65 | Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI) | ||
66 | William B. Bate (D-TN) | Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880) | |
67 | Cushman Davis (R-MN) | Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880) | |
68 | Matthew Quay (R-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880) | |
69 | Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) | West Virginia 29th in population (1880) | |
70 | Algernon Paddock (R-NE) | ||
71 | Rufus Blodgett (D-NJ) | ||
72 | Frank Hiscock (R-NY) | ||
73 | John Henninger Reagan (D-TX) | ||
74 | George Hearst (D-CA) | ||
Samuel Pasco (D-FL) | May 19, 1887 | ||
William E. Chandler (R-NH) | June 14, 1887 | ||