List of United States senators in the 64th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 64th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1917.

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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]

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 1916 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1917 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.) [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1919 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.) [6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1921 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH)March 4, 1891Former representative
2 Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)March 4, 1893Former representative
3 Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) [8] January 23, 1895
4 Francis E. Warren (R-WY)March 4, 1895Previously a senator
5 Knute Nelson (R-MN)Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890)
6 Benjamin Tillman (D-SC)Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890)
7 Thomas S. Martin (D-VA)
8 Boies Penrose (R-PA)March 4, 1897
9 Charles A. Culberson (D-TX)March 4, 1899Former governor
10 Porter McCumber (R-ND)
11 William P. Dillingham (R-VT)October 18, 1900Former governor
12 Moses Clapp (R-MN) [8] January 23, 1901
13 Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)March 4, 1901Former representative
14 Francis Newlands (D-NV)March 4, 1903Former representative
15 William J. Stone (D-MO)Former governor, Missouri 5th in population (1900)
16 James P. Clarke (D-AR) [9] Former governor, Arkansas 25th in population (1900)
17 Lee S. Overman (D-NC)North Carolina 15th in population (1900)
18 Reed Smoot (R-UT)Utah 41st in population (1900)
19 George Sutherland (R-UT)March 4, 1905
20 Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT)May 10, 1905Former representative
21 Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI)January 4, 1906Former governor, Former representative
22 Henry du Pont (R-DE) [8] June 13, 1906
23 William A. Smith (R-MI)February 9, 1907
24 William Borah (R-ID)March 4, 1907
25 John H. Bankhead (D-AL)June 18, 1907Former representative
26 Thomas Gore (D-OK)December 11, 1907
27 Robert Owen (D-OK)
28 John Walter Smith (D-MD)March 25, 1908Former representative, Former governor
29 Carroll S. Page (R-VT)October 21, 1908Former governor
30 Albert B. Cummins (R-IA)November 24, 1908Former governor
31 Wesley Jones (R-WA)March 4, 1909Former representative (10 years)
32 Benjamin Shively (D-IN) [10] Former representative (7 years)
33 Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)South Carolina 24th in population (1900)
34 Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)Florida 33rd in population (1900)
35 George Chamberlain (D-OR)Oregon 36th in population (1900)
36 George T. Oliver (R-PA) [8] March 17, 1909
37 Claude A. Swanson (D-VA)August 1, 1910Former representative, Former governor
38 Asle Gronna (R-ND)February 2, 1911
39 John S. Williams (D-MS)March 4, 1911Former representative (16 years)
40 Charles Townsend (R-MI)Former representative (8 years)
41 Gilbert Hitchcock (D-NE)Former representative (6 years)
42 Miles Poindexter (R-WA)Former representative (2 years)
43 George P. McLean (R-CT)Former governor
44 Atlee Pomerene (D-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1910)
45 James A. Reed (D-MO)Missouri 7th in population (1910)
46 John W. Kern (D-IN) [8] Indiana 9th in population (1910)
47 James E. Martine (D-NJ) [8] New Jersey 11th in population (1910)
48 John D. Works (R-CA) [8] California 12th in population (1910)
49 Luke Lea (D-TN) [8] Tennessee 17th in population (1910)
50 William E. Chilton (D-WV) [8] West Virginia 28th in population (1910)
51 Nathan Bryan (D-FL) [8] Florida 33rd in population (1910)
52 Charles F. Johnson (D-ME) [8] Maine 34th in population (1910)
53 Henry F. Lippitt (R-RI) [8] Rhode Island 38th in population (1910)
54 Henry L. Myers (D-MT)Montana 40th in population (1910)
55 James O'Gorman (D-NY) [8] April 4, 1911
56 William S. Kenyon (R-IA)April 12, 1911
57 Hoke Smith (D-GA)November 16, 1911
58 Thomas B. Catron (R-NM)April 2, 1912 [11] Former delegate, New Mexico 43rd in population (1910)
59 Marcus A. Smith (D-AZ)Former delegate, Arizona 45th in population (1910)
60 Albert B. Fall (R-NM)New Mexico 43rd in population (1910)
61 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)Arizona 45th in population (1910)
62 Charles Thomas (D-CO)January 15, 1913Former governor
63 James Brady (R-ID)January 24, 1913
64 Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
65 Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913Former representative
66 Edwin Burleigh (R-ME)March 4, 1913Former representative (14 years), former governor
67 Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA)Former representative (14 years)
68 Joseph Robinson (R-AR)Former representative (10 years), former governor
69 Ollie James (R-KY)Former representative (10 years), Kentucky 14th in population (1910)
70 George W. Norris (R-NE)Former representative (10 years), Nebraska 29th in population (1910)
71 John F. Shafroth (D-CO)Former representative (9 years), former governor
72 William Hughes (D-NJ)Former representative (9 years)
73 John W. Weeks (R-MA)Former representative (8 years)
74 Nathan Goff, Jr. (R-WV)Former representative (6 years), former cabinet member
75 James K. Vardaman (D-MS)Former governor
76 John Shields (D-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1910)
77 William H. Thompson (D-KS)Kansas 22nd in population (1910)
78 Harry Lane (D-OR)Oregon 35th in population (1910)
79 Thomas Sterling (R-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1910)
80 LeBaron Colt (R-RI)Rhode Island 38th in population (1910)
81 Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT)Montana 40th in population (1910)
82 Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D-DE)Delaware 46th in population (1910)
83 Henry F. Hollis (D-NH)March 13, 1913
84 J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)March 26, 1913Former Representative (2 years)
85 Lawrence Sherman (R-IL)March 26, 1913
86 Blair Lee (D-MD)January 29, 1914
87 Thomas W. Hardwick (D-GA)November 4, 1914
88 Charles Curtis (R-KS)March 4, 1915Previously a senator
89 Oscar Underwood (D-AL)Former representative (19 years)
90 Robert F. Broussard (D-LA)Former representative (18 years)
91 John C. W. Beckham (D-KY)Former governor
92 James Wadsworth, Jr. (R-NY)New York 1st in population (1910)
93 Warren G. Harding (R-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1910)
94 James D. Phelan (D-CA)California 12th in population (1910)
95 Paul Husting (D-WI)Wiscontin 13th in population (1910)
96 Edwin S. Johnson (D-SD)South Dakota 36th in population (1910)
Thomas Taggart (D-IN) [12] March 20, 1916
Bert Fernald (R-ME)September 12, 1916Former governor
James Watson (R-IN)November 8, 1916Former representative
William F. Kirby (D-AR)

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
  3. 1901 U.S Census Report Contains 1900 Census results
  4. 1911 U.S Census Report Contains 1910 Census results
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1917.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1919.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1921.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Retired or defeated after 1916 Election
  9. Senator Clarke died October 1, 1916.
  10. Senator Shively died March 14, 1916.
  11. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  12. Senator Taggart resigned November 7, 1916.