This is a complete list of United States senators during the 55th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1899.
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 results1881 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 1898 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms 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, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1899.Class 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, ID, IL, IN, IA, 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.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) March 4, 1867 Former representative 2 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 3 John P. Jones (R-NV) 4 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 5 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 6 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor, former representative 7 John T. Morgan (D-AL) 8 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870) 9 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870) 10 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a senator 11 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former representative (10 years) 12 Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years) 13 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1870) 14 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1870) 15 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881 Former representative 16 Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881 Former representative, former governor 17 Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) March 4, 1883 Former representative, former governor 18 Henry M. Teller (D-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a senator 19 James K. Jones (D-AR) 20 George Gray (D-DE) March 18, 1885 21 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885 Former governor 22 William M. Stewart (R-NV) March 4, 1887 Previously a senator (11 years) 23 David Turpie (D-IN) Previously a senator (1 month) 24 John W. Daniel (D-VA) Former representative 25 William B. Bate (D-TN) Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880) 26 Cushman K. Davis (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880) 27 Matthew Quay (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880) 28 Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) West Virginia 29th in population (1880) 29 Samuel Pasco (D-FL) May 19, 1887 30 James McMillan (R-MI) March 4, 1889 Michigan 9th in population (1880) 31 Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO) Colorado 35th in population (1880) 32 William E. Chandler (R-NH) June 18, 1889 33 Richard F. Pettigrew (SR-SD) November 2, 1889 Former delegate 34 George L. Shoup (R-ID) December 18, 1890 Former governor 35 Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) March 4, 1891 Former representative (4 years) 36 Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND) Former representative (2 years) 37 James H. Kyle (R-SD) 38 Redfield Proctor (R-VT) November 2, 1891 Former governor 39 Roger Q. Mills (D-TX) March 23, 1892 40 Donelson Caffery (D-LA) December 31, 1892 41 William Lindsay (D-KY) February 15, 1893 42 Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) March 4, 1893 Former representative (6 years) 43 John L. Mitchell (D-WI) Former representative (2 years) 44 Edward Murphy Jr. (D-NY) New York 1st in population (1890) 45 James Smith Jr. (D-NJ) New Jersey 18th in population (1890) 46 Stephen M. White (D-CA) California 22nd in population (1890) 47 William V. Allen (PP-NE) Nebraska 26th in population (1890) 48 William N. Roach (D-ND) North Dakota 41st in population (1890) 49 George C. Perkins (R-CA) July 26, 1893 Former governor 50 Lee Mantle (SR-MT) January 16, 1895 51 Julius C. Burrows (R-MI) January 23, 1895 Former representative 52 Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) January 24, 1895 Former representative 53 Jeter C. Pritchard (R-NC) 54 John L. Wilson (R-WA) February 19, 1895 55 Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) March 4, 1895 Previously a senator (9 years) 56 William J. Sewell (R-NJ) Previously a senator (6 years) 57 Francis E. Warren (R-WY) Previously a senator (3 years) 58 Horace Chilton (D-TX) Previously a senator (2 years) 59 Thomas H. Carter (R-MT) Former delegate, former representative 60 Stephen B. Elkins (R-WV) Former delegate, former cabinet member 61 John H. Gear (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 10th in population (1890) 62 Knute Nelson (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) 63 Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) 64 George P. Wetmore (R-RI) Former governor, Rhode Island 36th in population (1890) 65 Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA) Georgia 12th in population (1890) 66 Thomas S. Martin (D-VA) Virginia 15th in population (1890) 67 Marion Butler (PP-NC) North Carolina 16th in population (1890) 68 Lucien Baker (PP-KS) Kansas 19th in population (1890) 69 John M. Thurston (R-NE) Nebraska 26th in population (1890) 70 George W. McBride (R-OR) Oregon 38th in population (1890) 71 Frank J. Cannon (SR-UT) January 22, 1896 72 Richard R. Kenney (D-DE) January 19, 1897 73 John C. Spooner (R-WI) March 4, 1897 Previously a senator (6 years) 74 Thomas C. Platt (R-NY) Previously a senator (2 months) 75 William E. Mason (R-IL) Former representative (4 years) 76 William A. Harris (PP-KS) Former representative (2 years), Kansas 19th in population (1890) 77 George L. Wellington (R-MD) Former representative (2 years), Maryland 27th in population (1890) 78 Joseph L. Rawlins (D-UT) Former delegate 79 Joseph B. Foraker (R-OH) Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1890) 80 Samuel D. McEnery (D-LA) Former governor, Louisiana 25th in population (1890) 81 Boies Penrose (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1890) 82 Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN) Indiana 8th in population (1890) 83 William J. Deboe (R-KY) Kentucky 11th in population (1890) 84 Alexander S. Clay (D-GA) Georgia 12th in population (1890) 85 Edmund Pettus (D-AL) Alabama 17th in population (1890) 86 Joseph H. Earle (D-SC) South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) 87 George Turner (SR-WA) Washington 34th in population (1890) 88 Henry Heitfeld (PP-ID) Idaho 43rd in population (1890) Mark Hanna (R-OH) March 6, 1897 89 Stephen Mallory II (D-FL) May 15, 1897 John L. McLaurin (D-SC) June 1, 1897 Thomas B. Turley (D-TN) July 20, 1897 Hernando Money (D-MS) October 8, 1897 William V. Sullivan (D-MS) May 31, 1898 90 Joseph Simon (R-OR) October 8, 1898 Jonathan Ross (R-VT) January 11, 1899
See also 55th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 55th Congress
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