This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 65th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1917, to March 3, 1919.
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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 1918 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 1919 [5] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1921 [6] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1923 [7] |
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
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1 | Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) [8] | March 4, 1891 | |
2 | Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | March 4, 1893 | |
3 | Francis E. Warren (R-WY) | March 4, 1895 | Previously a senator |
4 | Knute Nelson (R-MN) | Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) | |
5 | Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) [9] | Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) | |
6 | Thomas S. Martin (D-VA) | ||
7 | Boies Penrose (R-PA) | March 4, 1897 | |
8 | Charles A. Culberson (D-TX) | March 4, 1899 | Former governor |
9 | Porter McCumber (R-ND) | ||
10 | William P. Dillingham (R-VT) | October 18, 1900 | |
11 | Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) | March 4, 1901 | |
12 | Francis Newlands (D-NV) [10] | March 4, 1903 | Former representative |
13 | William J. Stone (D-MO) [11] | Former governor | |
14 | Lee S. Overman (D-NC) | North Carolina 15th in population (1900) | |
15 | Reed Smoot (R-UT) | Utah 41st in population (1900) | |
16 | Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT) | May 10, 1905 | |
17 | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI) | January 4, 1906 | |
18 | William A. Smith (R-MI) [12] | February 9, 1907 | |
19 | William Borah (R-ID) | March 4, 1907 | |
20 | John H. Bankhead (D-AL) | June 18, 1907 | |
21 | Thomas Gore (D-OK) | December 11, 1907 | |
22 | Robert Owen (D-OK) | ||
23 | John Walter Smith (D-MD) | March 25, 1908 | |
24 | Carroll S. Page (R-VT) | October 21, 1908 | |
25 | Albert B. Cummins (R-IA) | November 24, 1908 | |
26 | Wesley Jones (R-WA) | March 4, 1909 | Former representative |
27 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | South Carolina 24th in population (1900) | |
28 | Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1900) | |
29 | George Chamberlain (D-OR) | Oregon 36th in population (1900) | |
30 | Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) | August 1, 1910 | |
31 | Asle Gronna (R-ND) | February 2, 1911 | |
32 | John S. Williams (D-MS) | March 4, 1911 | Former representative (16 years) |
33 | Charles Townsend (R-MI) | Former representative (8 years) | |
34 | Gilbert Hitchcock (D-NE) | Former representative (6 years) | |
35 | Miles Poindexter (R-WA) | Former representative (2 years) | |
36 | George P. McLean (R-CT) | Former governor | |
37 | Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1910) | |
38 | James A. Reed (D-MO) | Missouri 7th in population (1910) | |
39 | Henry L. Myers (D-MT) | Montana 40th in population (1910) | |
40 | William S. Kenyon (R-IA) | April 12, 1911 | |
41 | Hoke Smith (D-GA) | November 16, 1911 | |
42 | Marcus A. Smith (D-AZ) | April 2, 1912 [13] | Former delegate |
43 | Albert B. Fall (R-NM) | New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) | |
44 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | Arizona 45th in population (1910) | |
45 | Charles Thomas (D-CO) | January 15, 1913 | |
46 | James Brady (R-ID) [14] | January 24, 1913 | |
47 | Key Pittman (D-NV) | January 29, 1913 | |
48 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | |
49 | Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA) | March 4, 1913 | Former representative (14 years) |
50 | Joseph Robinson (R-AR) | Former representative (10 years), former governor | |
51 | Ollie James (R-KY) [15] | Former representative (10 years), Kentucky 14th in population (1910) | |
52 | George W. Norris (R-NE) | Former representative (10 years), Nebraska 29th in population (1910) | |
53 | John F. Shafroth (D-CO) [12] | Former representative (9 years), former governor | |
54 | William Hughes (D-NJ) [16] | Former representative (9 years) | |
55 | John W. Weeks (R-MA) [12] | Former representative (8 years) | |
56 | Nathan Goff (R-WV) [12] | Former representative (6 years), former cabinet member | |
57 | James K. Vardaman (D-MS) [12] | Former governor | |
58 | John Shields (D-TN) | Tennessee 17th in population (1910) | |
59 | William H. Thompson (D-KS) [12] | Kansas 22nd in population (1910) | |
60 | Harry Lane (D-OR) [17] | Oregon 35th in population (1910) | |
61 | Thomas Sterling (R-SD) | South Dakota 36th in population (1910) | |
62 | LeBaron Colt (R-RI) | Rhode Island 38th in population (1910) | |
63 | Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | Montana 40th in population (1910) | |
64 | Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D-DE) [12] | Delaware 46th in population (1910) | |
65 | Henry F. Hollis (D-NH) [12] | March 13, 1913 | |
66 | J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) [12] | March 23, 1913 | |
67 | Lawrence Sherman (R-IL) | March 26, 1913 | |
68 | Thomas W. Hardwick (D-GA) [12] | November 4, 1914 | |
69 | Charles Curtis (R-KS) | March 4, 1915 | Previously a senator |
70 | Oscar Underwood (D-AL) | Former representative (19 years) | |
71 | Robert F. Broussard (D-LA) [18] | Former representative (18 years) | |
72 | John C. W. Beckham (D-KY) | Former governor | |
73 | James Wadsworth, Jr. (R-NY) | New York 1st in population (1910) | |
74 | Warren G. Harding (R-OH) [19] | Ohio 4th in population (1910) | |
75 | James D. Phelan (D-CA) | California 12th in population (1910) | |
76 | Paul Husting (D-WI) [20] | Wiscontin 13th in population (1910) | |
77 | Edwin S. Johnson (D-SD) | South Dakota 36th in population (1910) | |
78 | Bert Fernald (R-ME) | September 12, 1916 | |
79 | James Watson (R-IN) | November 8, 1916 | Former representative |
80 | William F. Kirby (D-AR) | ||
81 | Philander C. Knox (R-PA) | March 4, 1917 | Previously a senator |
82 | William M. Calder (R-NY) | Former representative (10 years) | |
83 | Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | Former representative (6 years) | |
84 | Howard Sutherland (R-WV) | Former representative (4 years) | |
85 | William H. King (D-UT) | Former representative (3 years) | |
86 | Peter Gerry (D-RI) | Former representative (2 years) | |
87 | Park Trammell (D-FL) | Former governor, Florida 33rd in population (1910) | |
88 | John B. Kendrick (D-WY) | Former governor, Wyoming 47th in population (1910) | |
89 | Harry S. New (R-IN) | Indiana 9th in population (1910) | |
90 | Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) | New Jersey 11th in population (1910) | |
91 | Frank B. Kellogg (R-MN) | Minnesota 19th in population (1910) | |
92 | Joseph I. France (R-MD) | Maryland 27th in population (1910) | |
93 | Frederick Hale (R-ME) | Maine 34th in population (1910) | |
94 | Andrieus Jones (R-NM) | New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) | |
95 | Josiah Wolcott (D-DE) | Delaware 46th in population (1910) | |
96 | Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | March 16, 1917 | |
Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | May 29, 1917 | ||
Charles Henderson (D-NV) | January 12, 1918 | ||
John F. Nugent (D-ID) | January 22, 1918 | ||
David Baird (R-NJ) [12] | February 23, 1918 | ||
Irvine Lenroot (R-WI) | April 18, 1918 | ||
Walter Guion (D-LA) [21] | April 22, 1918 | ||
Xenophon P. Wilfley (D-MO) [22] | April 30, 1918 | ||
Christie Benet (D-SC) [23] | July 6, 1918 | ||
Irving Drew (R-NH) [24] | September 2, 1918 | ||
George B. Martin (R-KY) [12] | September 7, 1918 | ||
Frederick Mulkey (R-OR) [25] | November 6, 1918 | Former senator | |
Selden P. Spencer (R-MO) | Missouri 7th in population (1910) | ||
Edward J. Gay (R-LA) | Louisiana 24th in population (1910) | ||
William P. Pollock (D-SC) [12] | South Carolina 26th in population (1910) | ||
George H. Moses (R-NH) | New Hampshire 39th in population (1910) | ||
Charles L. McNary (R-OR) | December 18, 1918 | ||