This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 62nd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1913.
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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 1912 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 1913 [5] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1915 [6] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1917 [7] |
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
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1 | William P. Frye (R-ME) [8] | March 18, 1881 | |
2 | Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL) [9] | March 4, 1883 | |
3 | Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) | March 4, 1891 | |
4 | Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | March 4, 1893 | |
5 | George C. Perkins (R-CA) | July 26, 1893 | |
6 | Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) | January 24, 1895 | |
7 | Francis E. Warren (R-WY) | March 4, 1895 | Previously a senator |
8 | Knute Nelson (R-MN) | Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) | |
9 | Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) | Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) | |
10 | Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA) | Georgia 12th in population (1890) | |
11 | Thomas S. Martin (D-VA) | Virginia 15th in population (1890) | |
12 | Boies Penrose (R-PA) | March 4, 1897 | |
13 | Charles A. Culberson (R-TX) | March 4, 1899 | Former governor |
14 | Porter McCumber (R-ND) | ||
15 | William P. Dillingham (R-VT) | October 18, 1900 | |
16 | Moses Clapp (R-MN) | January 23, 1901 | |
17 | Joseph W. Bailey (D-TX) [10] | March 4, 1901 | Former representative (10 years) |
18 | Robert J. Gamble (R-SD) [9] | Former representative (4 years) | |
19 | Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) | Former representative (2 years) | |
20 | Murphy J. Foster (D-LA) [9] | Former governor | |
21 | Henry E. Burnham (R-NH) [9] | ||
22 | Francis Newlands (D-NV) | March 4, 1903 | Former representative |
23 | William J. Stone (D-MO) | Former governor, Missouri 5th in population (1900) | |
24 | James P. Clarke (D-AR) | Former governor, Arkansas 25th in population (1900) | |
25 | Lee S. Overman (D-NC) | North Carolina 15th in population (1900) | |
26 | Reed Smoot (R-UT) | Utah 41st in population (1900) | |
27 | Weldon B. Heyburn (R-ID) [11] | Idaho 44th in population (1900) | |
28 | Winthrop M. Crane (R-MA) [9] | October 12, 1904 | |
29 | Isidor Rayner (D-MD) [12] | March 4, 1905 | Former representative (6 years) |
30 | George Sutherland (R-UT) | Former representative (2 years) | |
31 | George S. Nixon (R-NV) [13] | ||
32 | Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT) | May 10, 1905 | |
33 | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI) | January 4, 1906 | |
34 | Henry du Pont (R-DE) | June 13, 1906 | |
35 | Charles Curtis (R-KS) [9] | January 29, 1907 | |
36 | William A. Smith (R-MI) | February 9, 1907 | |
37 | Robert Love Taylor (D-TN) [14] | March 4, 1907 | Former representative (12 years) |
38 | Thomas H. Paynter (D-KY) [9] | Former representative (6 years) | |
39 | Joseph M. Dixon (R-MT) [9] | Former representative (4 years) | |
40 | Jeff Davis (D-AR) [15] | Former governor | |
41 | Frank O. Briggs (R-NJ) [9] | New Jersey 16th in population (1900) | |
42 | Norris Brown (R-NE) [9] | Nebraska 27th in population (1900) | |
43 | Simon Guggenheim (R-CO) [9] | Colorado 32nd in population (1900) | |
44 | Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R-OR) [9] | Oregon 36th in population (1900) | |
45 | Harry A. Richardson (R-DE) [9] | Delaware 43rd in population (1900) | |
46 | William Borah (R-ID) | Idaho 44th in population (1900) | |
47 | Isaac Stephenson (R-WI) | May 17, 1907 | |
48 | John H. Bankhead (D-AL) | June 18, 1907 | |
49 | Joseph F. Johnston (D-AL) | August 6, 1907 | |
50 | Thomas Gore (D-OK) | December 11, 1907 | |
51 | Robert Owen (D-OK) | ||
52 | George P. Wetmore (D-OK) [9] | January 22, 1908 | |
53 | John Walter Smith (D-MD) | March 25, 1908 | |
54 | Carroll S. Page (R-VT) | October 21, 1908 | |
55 | Albert B. Cummins (R-IA) | November 24, 1908 | |
56 | Theodore E. Burton (R-OH) | March 4, 1909 | Former representative (16 years) |
57 | Wesley Jones (R-WA) | Former representative (10 years) | |
58 | Benjamin Shively (D-IN) | Former representative (7 years) | |
59 | Elihu Root (R-NY) | Former cabinet member | |
60 | William O. Bradley (R-KY) | Former governor, Kentucky 12th in population (1900) | |
61 | Coe Crawford (R-SD) | Former governor, South Dakota 38th in population (1900) | |
62 | Joseph Bristow (R-KS) | Kansas 22nd in population (1900) | |
63 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | South Carolina 24th in population (1900) | |
64 | Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1900) | |
65 | George Chamberlain (D-OR) | Oregon 36th in population (1900) | |
66 | George T. Oliver (R-PA) | March 17, 1909 | |
67 | William Lorimer (D-IL) [16] | June 18, 1909 | |
68 | LeRoy Percy (D-MS) [9] | February 23, 1910 | |
69 | Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) | August 1, 1910 | |
70 | Lafayette Young (R-IA) [17] | November 12, 1910 | |
71 | Joseph M. Terrell (D-GA) [18] | November 17, 1910 | |
72 | John Thornton (D-LA) | December 7, 1910 | |
73 | Asle Gronna (R-ND) | February 2, 1911 | Former representative |
74 | Clarence W. Watson (D-WV) | ||
75 | John S. Williams (D-MS) | March 4, 1911 | Former representative (16 years) |
76 | Charles Townsend (R-MI) | Former representative (8 years) | |
77 | Gilbert Hitchcock (D-NE) | Former representative (6 years) | |
78 | Miles Poindexter (R-WA) | Former representative (2 years) | |
79 | George P. McLean (R-CT) | Former governor | |
80 | Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1910) | |
81 | James A. Reed (D-MO) | Missouri 7th in population (1910) | |
82 | John W. Kern (D-IN) | Indiana 9th in population (1910) | |
83 | James E. Martine (D-NJ) | New Jersey 11th in population (1910) | |
84 | John D. Works (R-CA) | California 12th in population (1910) | |
85 | Luke Lea (D-TN) | Tennessee 17th in population (1910) | |
86 | William E. Chilton (D-WV) | West Virginia 28th in population (1910) | |
87 | Nathan Bryan (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1910) | |
88 | Charles F. Johnson (D-ME) | Maine 34th in population (1910) | |
89 | Henry F. Lippitt (R-RI) | Rhode Island 38th in population (1910) | |
90 | Henry L. Myers (D-MT) | Montana 40th in population (1910) | |
91 | James O'Gorman (D-NY) | March 31, 1911 | |
William S. Kenyon (R-IA) | April 12, 1911 | ||
Obadiah Gardner (D-ME) [9] | September 23, 1911 | ||
Hoke Smith (D-GA) | November 16, 1911 | ||
92 | Thomas B. Catron (R-NM) | April 2, 1912 [19] | Former delegate, New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) |
93 | Marcus A. Smith (D-AZ) | Former delegate, Arizona 45th in population (1910) | |
94 | Albert B. Fall (R-NM) | New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) | |
95 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | Arizona 45th in population (1910) | |
Newell Sanders (R-TN) [20] | April 8, 1912 | ||
William Massey (R-NV) [21] | July 1, 1912 | ||
Kirtland Perky (D-ID) [22] | November 18, 1912 | ||
William P. Jackson (R-MD) | November 29, 1912 | ||
Rienzi Johnston (D-TX) [23] | January 4, 1913 | ||
John N. Heiskell (D-AR) [24] | January 6, 1913 | ||
96 | Charles Thomas (D-CO) | January 15, 1913 | |
James Brady (D-ID) | January 24, 1913 | ||
William Webb (D-TN) [9] | |||
William M. Kavanaugh (D-AR) [9] | January 29, 1913 | Arkansas 25th in population (1910) | |
Key Pittman (D-NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1910) | ||
Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | ||