List of United States senators in the 50th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 50th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1889.

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 1888 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 1889 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV.)Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1891 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, VT, and WI.)Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1893 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, and WV.)

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866 2 Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) March 4, 1867 3 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 4 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 5 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 6 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 7 John P. Jones (R-NV) 8 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 9 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) 10 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 11 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor 12 John T. Morgan (D-AL) 13 John R. McPherson (D-NJ) 14 Matthew Butler (D-SC) 15 Richard Coke (D-TX) 16 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) 17 James B. Beck (D-KY) 18 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877 19 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877 20 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870) 21 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870) 22 Wilkinson Call (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1870) 23 Zebulon Vance (D-NC) 24 Wade Hampton III (R-SC) 25 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) May 26, 1880 26 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880 27 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a senator 28 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former representative (10 years) 29 Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years) 30 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1880) 31 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1880) 32 Philetus Sawyer (R-WI) 33 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881 34 Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881 35 Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA) March 4, 1883 36 Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) Former governor 37 James F. Wilson (R-IA) 38 Charles F. Manderson (R-NE) 39 Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR) 40 Randall L. Gibson (D-LA) 41 John E. Kenna (D-WV) 42 Thomas M. Bowen (R-CO) 43 Thomas W. Palmer (R-MI) 44 Dwight M. Sabin (R-MN) 45 Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA-VA) 46 Jonathan Chace (R-RI) January 20, 1885 47 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a senator 48 J. C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) Former representative 49 James K. Jones (D-AR) 50 Leland Stanford (R-CA) Former governor 51 William M. Evarts (R-NY) 52 Henry B. Payne (D-OH) 53 John C. Spooner (R-WI) 54 Ephraim K. Wilson II (D-MD) 55 Henry W. Blair (R-NH) March 5, 1885 Former representative 56 Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) March 9, 1885 57 George Gray (D-DE) March 18, 1885 58 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885 59 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) November 18, 1885 Previously a senator 60 Person C. Cheney (R-NH) November 24, 1886 61 Charles B. Farwell (R-IL) January 19, 1887 62 William M. Stewart (R-NV) March 4, 1887 Previously a senator (11 years) 63 David Turpie (D-IN) Previously a senator (1 month) 64 John W. Daniel (D-VA) Former representative 65 Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI) 66 William B. Bate (D-TN) Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880) 67 Cushman K. Davis (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880) 68 Matthew Quay (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880) 69 Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) West Virginia 29th in population (1880) 70 Algernon Paddock (R-NE) 71 Rufus Blodgett (D-NJ) 72 Frank Hiscock (R-NY) 73 John H. Reagan (D-TX) 74 George Hearst (D-CA) Samuel Pasco (D-FL) May 19, 1887 William E. Chandler (R-NH) June 14, 1887

See also 50th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 50th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List