List of United States senators in the 65th Congress

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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]

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.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
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.) [5]
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.) [6]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1923 (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.) [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) [8] March 4, 1891Former representative
2 Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)March 4, 1893Former representative
3 Francis E. Warren (R-WY)March 4, 1895Previously 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, 1899Former governor
9 Porter McCumber (R-ND)
10 William P. Dillingham (R-VT)October 18, 1900Former governor
11 Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)March 4, 1901Former representative
12 Francis Newlands (D-NV) [10] March 4, 1903Former 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, 1905Former representative
17 Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI)January 4, 1906Former representative, Former governor
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, 1907Former representative
21 Thomas Gore (D-OK)December 11, 1907
22 Robert Owen (D-OK)
23 John Walter Smith (D-MD)March 25, 1908Former representative, Former governor
24 Carroll S. Page (R-VT)October 21, 1908Former governor
25 Albert B. Cummins (R-IA)November 24, 1908Former governor
26 Wesley Jones (R-WA)March 4, 1909Former 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, 1910Former governor, Former representative
31 Asle Gronna (R-ND)February 2, 1911Former representative
32 John S. Williams (D-MS)March 4, 1911Former 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, 1913Former governor
46 James Brady (R-ID) [14] January 24, 1913
47 Key Pittman (D-NV)January 29, 1913
48 Morris Sheppard (D-TX)February 3, 1913Former governor
49 Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA)March 4, 1913Former 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, Jr. (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 26, 1913Former representative (2 years)
67 Lawrence Sherman (R-IL)March 26, 1913
68 Thomas W. Hardwick (D-GA) [12] November 4, 1914Former representative
69 Charles Curtis (R-KS)March 4, 1915Former representative, 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, 1916Former governor
79 James Watson (R-IN)November 8, 1916Former representative
80 William F. Kirby (D-AR)
81 Philander C. Knox (R-PA)March 4, 1917Previously 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 G. 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, 1918Former 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, 1918Previously a senator

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 1919.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1921.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1923.
  8. Senator Gallinger died August 17, 1918.
  9. Senator Tillman died July 3, 1918.
  10. Senator Newlands died December 24, 1917.
  11. Senator Stone died April 14, 1918.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Retired or defeated after 1918 Election
  13. "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
  14. Senator Brady died January 13, 1918.
  15. Senator James died August 28, 1918.
  16. Senator Hughes died January 30, 1918.
  17. Senator Lane died May 23, 1917.
  18. Senator Broussard died April 12, 1918.
  19. Senator Harding resigned January 13, 1921 to become President of the United States.
  20. Senator Husting died October 21, 1917.
  21. Senator Guion resigned November 5, 1918.
  22. Senator Wilfley resigned November 5, 1918.
  23. Senator Benet resigned November 5, 1918.
  24. Senator Drew resigned November 5, 1918.
  25. Senator Mulkey resigned December 17, 1918.