This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 53rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1895.
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 1894 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 1895 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.) [5] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1897 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, VT, WA, and WI.) [6] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1899 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.) [7] |
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) | March 4, 1867 | |
| 2 | Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) [8] | January 30, 1872 | |
| 3 | William B. Allison (R-IA) | March 4, 1873 | Former representative |
| 4 | John P. Jones (R-NV) | ||
| 5 | Francis Cockrell (D-MO) | March 4, 1875 | |
| 6 | George F. Hoar (R-MA) | March 4, 1877 | Former representative |
| 7 | Isham G. Harris (D-TN) | Former governor | |
| 8 | John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) | ||
| 9 | John R. McPherson (D-NJ) [8] | ||
| 10 | Matthew Butler (D-SC) [8] | ||
| 11 | Richard Coke (D-TX) [8] | ||
| 12 | J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) | March 20, 1877 | |
| 13 | Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) | November 6, 1877 | |
| 14 | George G. Vest (D-MO) | March 4, 1879 | Missouri 5th in population (1870) |
| 15 | Orville H. Platt (R-CT) | Connecticut 25th in population (1870) | |
| 16 | Wilkinson Call (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1870) | |
| 17 | Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC) [9] | ||
| 18 | James L. Pugh (D-AL) | November 24, 1880 | |
| 19 | John Sherman (R-OH) | March 4, 1881 | Previously a senator |
| 20 | Eugene Hale (R-ME) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 21 | Joseph Hawley (R-CT) | Former representative (5 years) | |
| 22 | James Z. George (D-MS) | Mississippi 18th in population (1870) | |
| 23 | Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) | Maryland 20th in population (1870) | |
| 24 | William P. Frye (R-ME) | March 18, 1881 | |
| 25 | Nelson Aldrich (R-RI) | October 5, 1881 | |
| 26 | Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA) | March 4, 1883 | |
| 27 | Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL) | Former governor | |
| 28 | James F. Wilson (R-IA) [8] | ||
| 29 | Charles F. Manderson (R-NE) [8] | ||
| 30 | Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR) [8] | ||
| 31 | Henry M. Teller (R-CO) | March 4, 1885 | Former senator |
| 32 | Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) | Former representative | |
| 33 | James K. Jones (D-AR) | ||
| 34 | Leland Stanford (R-CA) [10] | Former governor | |
| 35 | Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) [11] | March 9, 1885 | |
| 36 | George Gray (D-DE) | March 18, 1885 | |
| 37 | James H. Berry (D-AR) | March 20, 1885 | |
| 38 | John H. Mitchell (R-OR) | November 18, 1885 | Previously a senator |
| 39 | William M. Stewart (R-NV) | March 4, 1887 | Previously a senator (11 years) |
| 40 | David Turpie (D-IN) | Previously a senator (1 month) | |
| 41 | John W. Daniel (D-VA) | Former representative | |
| 42 | Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI) [12] | ||
| 43 | William B. Bate (D-TN) | Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880) | |
| 44 | Cushman Davis (R-MN) | Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880) | |
| 45 | Matthew Quay (R-PA) | Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880) | |
| 46 | Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) | West Virginia 29th in population (1880) | |
| 47 | Samuel Pasco (D-FL) | May 19, 1887 | |
| 48 | James McMillan (R-MI) | March 4, 1889 | |
| 49 | Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO) | ||
| 50 | Anthony C. Higgins (R-DE) [8] | ||
| 51 | William D. Washburn (R-MN) [8] | ||
| 52 | Nathan F. Dixon III (R-RI) [8] | April 10, 1889 | |
| 53 | William E. Chandler (R-NH) | June 18, 1889 | |
| 54 | Richard F. Pettigrew (SR-SD) | November 2, 1889 | |
| 55 | Watson C. Squire (R-WA) | November 20, 1889 | |
| 56 | Thomas C. Power (R-MT) [8] | January 2, 1890 | |
| 57 | Joseph M. Carey (R-WY) [8] | November 15, 1890 | Former delegate |
| 58 | George L. Shoup (R-ID) | December 18, 1890 | |
| 59 | John Brown Gordon (D-GA) | March 4, 1891 | Previously a senator |
| 60 | Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 61 | Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 62 | Fred Dubois (R-ID) | Former delegate | |
| 63 | William F. Vilas (D-WI) | Former cabinet member | |
| 64 | John M. Palmer (D-IL) | Former governor | |
| 65 | Calvin S. Brice (D-OH) | Ohio 3rd in population (1880) | |
| 66 | William A. Peffer (PP-KS) | Kansas 20th in population (1880) | |
| 67 | John Irby (D-SC) | South Carolina 21st in population (1880) | |
| 68 | James H. Kyle (R-SD) | South Dakota 37th in population (1880) | |
| 69 | Edward D. White (D-LA) [13] | ||
| 70 | Redfield Proctor (R-VT) | November 2, 1891 | |
| 71 | Charles Hopper Gibson (D-MD) | November 19, 1891 | |
| 72 | David B. Hill (D-NY) | January 7, 1892 | |
| 73 | Roger Q. Mills (D-TX) | March 23, 1892 | Former representative |
| 74 | Eppa Hunton (D-VA) [8] | May 28, 1892 | |
| 75 | Donelson Caffery (D-LA) | December 31, 1892 | |
| 76 | Johnson N. Camden (D-WV) [8] | January 25, 1893 | Former senator |
| 77 | William Lindsay (D-KY) | February 15, 1893 | |
| 78 | Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | March 4, 1893 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 79 | John Martin (D-KS) [8] | ||
| 80 | John L. Mitchell (D-WI) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 81 | Edward Murphy, Jr. (D-NY) | New York 1st in population (1890) | |
| 82 | James Smith, Jr. (D-NJ) | New Jersey 18th in population (1890) | |
| 83 | Stephen M. White (D-CA) | California 22nd in population (1890) | |
| 84 | William V. Allen (PP-NE) | Nebraska 26th in population (1890) | |
| 85 | William N. Roach (D-ND) | North Dakota 41st in population (1890) | |
| George C. Perkins (R-CA) | July 26, 1893 | ||
| Anselm J. McLaurin (D-MS) [8] | February 7, 1894 | ||
| Newton C. Blanchard (D-LA) | March 12, 1894 | ||
| Patrick Walsh (D-GA) [8] | April 2, 1894 | ||
| Thomas Jordan Jarvis (D-NC) [14] | April 19, 1894 | ||
| John Patton, Jr. (R-MI) [15] | May 5, 1894 | ||
| Lee Mantle (SR-MT) | January 16, 1895 | ||
| Julius C. Burrows (R-MI) | January 23, 1895 | ||
| Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) | January 24, 1895 | Former representative | |
| Jeter C. Pritchard (R-NC) | |||
| John L. Wilson (R-WA) | February 19, 1895 | ||