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.
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 1882 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1883 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV.) [5] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1885 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, VT, and WI.) [6] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1887 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, and WV.) [7] |
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Saulsbury (D-DE) | March 4, 1871 | |
| 7 | Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) | Former representative | |
| 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 (RA-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 | ||
| Elbridge G. Lapham (R-NY) | August 2, 1881 | ||
| Nelson Aldrich (R-RI) | October 5, 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 | ||