This is a complete list of United States senators during the 56th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1901.

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 their 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.A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 census results1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 census results1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 census results

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 1900 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1901 (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.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1901.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1903 (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, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1903.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1905 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1905.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 2 John P. Jones (R-NV) 3 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 4 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 5 John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) 6 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870) 7 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870) 8 Eugene Hale (R-ME) March 4, 1881 Former representative (10 years) 9 Joseph Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years) 10 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881 Former representative 11 Nelson Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881 12 Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL) March 4, 1883 13 Henry M. Teller (D-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a senator 14 James K. Jones (D-AR) 15 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885 16 William M. Stewart (R-NV) March 4, 1887 Previously a senator 17 John W. Daniel (D-VA) Former representative 18 William B. Bate (D-TN) Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880) 19 Cushman Davis (R-MN)Senator Davis died November 27, 1900. Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880) 20 Samuel Pasco (D-FL)Senator Pasco resigned April 18, 1899. May 19, 1887 21 James McMillan (R-MI) March 4, 1889 Michigan 9th in population (1880) 22 Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO)Retired or defeated after 1900 election Colorado 35th in population (1880) 23 William E. Chandler (R-NH) June 18, 1889 24 Richard F. Pettigrew (SR-SD) November 2, 1889 Former delegate 25 George L. Shoup (R-ID) December 18, 1890 Former governor 26 Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) March 4, 1891 Former representative (4 years) 27 Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND) Former representative (2 years) 28 James H. Kyle (R-SD) 29 Redfield Proctor (R-VT) November 2, 1891 Former governor 30 Donelson Caffery (D-LA) December 31, 1892 31 William Lindsay (D-KY) February 15, 1893 32 Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) March 4, 1893 Former representative 33 George C. Perkins (R-CA) July 26, 1893 Former governor 34 Julius C. Burrows (R-MI) January 23, 1895 Former representative (3 times) 35 Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) January 24, 1895 Former representative 36 Jeter C. Pritchard (R-NC) 37 William J. Sewell (R-NJ) March 4, 1895 Previously a senator (6 years) 38 Francis E. Warren (R-WY) Previously a senator (3 years) 39 Horace Chilton (D-TX) Previously a senator (2 years) 40 Thomas Carter (R-MT) Former delegate, former representative 41 Stephen Elkins (R-WV) Former delegate, former cabinet member 42 John H. Gear (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 10th in population (1890) 43 Knute Nelson (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) 44 Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) 45 George P. Wetmore (R-RI) Former governor, Rhode Island 36th in population (1890) 46 Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA) Georgia 12th in population (1890) 47 Thomas S. Martin (D-VA) Virginia 15th in population (1890) 48 Marion Butler (PP-NC) North Carolina 16th in population (1890) 49 Lucien Baker (R-KS) Kansas 19th in population (1890) 50 John M. Thurston (R-NE) Nebraska 26th in population (1890) 51 George McBride (R-OR) Oregon 38th in population (1890) 52 Richard Kenney (D-DE) January 19, 1897 53 John C. Spooner (R-WI) March 4, 1897 Previously a senator (6 years) 54 Thomas C. Platt (R-NY) Previously a senator (2 months) 55 William E. Mason (R-IL) Former representative (4 years) 56 William A. Harris (PP-KS) Former representative (2 years), Kansas 19th in population (1890) 57 George L. Wellington (R-MD) Former representative (2 years), Maryland 27th in population (1890) 58 Joseph Rawlins (D-UT) Former delegate 59 Joseph Foraker (R-OH) Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1890) 60 Samuel McEnery (D-LA) Former governor, Louisiana 25th in population (1890) 61 Boies Penrose (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1890) 62 Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN) Indiana 8th in population (1890) 63 William Deboe (R-KY) Kentucky 11th in population (1890) 64 Alexander Clay (D-GA) Georgia 12th in population (1890) 65 Edmund Pettus (D-AL) Alabama 17th in population (1890) 66 George Turner (SR-WA) Washington 34th in population (1890) 67 Henry Heitfeld (PP-ID) Idaho 43rd in population (1890) 68 Mark Hanna (R-OH) March 6, 1897 69 Stephen Mallory (D-FL) May 15, 1897 70 John L. McLaurin (D-SC) June 1, 1897 71 Thomas B. Turley (D-TN) July 20, 1897 72 Hernando Money (D-MS) October 8, 1897 73 William V. Sullivan (D-MS) May 31, 1898 74 Joseph Simon (R-OR) October 8, 1898 75 Jonathan Ross (R-VT)Senator Ross resigned October 18, 1900. January 11, 1899 76 Louis McComas (R-MD) March 4, 1899 Former representative (8 years) 77 John Kean (R-NJ) Former representative (4 years) 78 Charles A. Culberson (D-TX) Former governor 79 Chauncey Depew (R-NY) New York 1st in population (1890) 80 Albert J. Beveridge (R-IN) Indiana 8th in population (1890) 81 Joseph Quarles (R-WI) Wisconsin 14th in population (1890) 82 Nathan B. Scott (R-WV) West Virginia 28th in population (1890) 83 Addison Foster (R-WA) Washington 34th in population (1890) 84 Porter McCumber (R-ND) North Dakota 41st in population (1890) 85 William A. Clark (D-MT) Montana 44th in population (1890) 86 Monroe Hayward (R-NE)Senator Hayward died December 5, 1899. March 8, 1899 87 James Taliaferro (D-FL) April 20, 1899 William V. Allen (PP-NE) December 13, 1899 88 Thomas R. Bard (R-CA) February 7, 1900 Jonathan P. Dolliver (R-IA) August 22, 1900 Former representative William P. Dillingham (R-VT) October 18, 1900 Charles A. Towne (R-MN) December 5, 1900 Former representative 89 Matthew Quay (R-PA) January 16, 1901 Previously a senator Moses Clapp (R-MN) January 23, 1901 Minnesota 20th in population (1890) 90 Thomas Kearns (R-UT) Utah 40th in population (1890)

See also 56th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 56th Congress

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