List of United States senators in the 49th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 49th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1887.

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 1886 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 1887 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, and WV.)Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1889 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, 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.)

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 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) March 4, 1869 4 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 5 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 6 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 7 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 8 John P. Jones (R-NV) 9 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 10 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) 11 Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 12 Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) 13 Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) 14 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 15 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor 16 John T. Morgan (D-AL) 17 John R. McPherson (D-NJ) 18 Matthew Butler (D-SC) 19 Richard Coke (D-TX) 20 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) 21 James B. Beck (D-KY) 22 Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS) 23 Augustus H. Garland (D-AR) Former governor 24 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877 25 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877 26 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870) 27 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870) 28 Wilkinson Call (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1870) 29 Zebulon Vance (D-NC) 30 Wade Hampton III (R-SC) 31 John A. Logan (R-IL) 32 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) May 26, 1880 33 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880 34 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a senator 35 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former representative (10 years) 36 Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years) 37 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1880) 38 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1880) 39 Philetus Sawyer (R-WI) 40 Benjamin Harrison (R-IN) 41 Omar D. Conger (R-MI) 42 John F. Miller (R-CA) 43 Charles Van Wyck (R-NE) 44 James G. Fair (D-NV) 45 William J. Sewell (R-NJ) 46 John I. Mitchell (R-PA) 47 William Mahone (RA-VA) 48 Howell E. Jackson (D-TN) 49 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881 50 Warner Miller (R-NY) July 27, 1881 51 Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881 52 Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA) March 4, 1883 53 Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) Former governor 54 James F. Wilson (R-IA) 55 Charles F. Manderson (R-NE) 56 Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR) 57 Randall L. Gibson (D-LA) 58 John E. Kenna (D-WV) 59 Thomas M. Bowen (R-CO) 60 Thomas W. Palmer (R-MI) 61 Dwight M. Sabin (R-MN) 62 Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA-VA) 63 Austin F. Pike (R-NH) August 2, 1883 64 Jonathan Chace (R-RI) January 20, 1885 65 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a senator 66 J. C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) Former representative 67 James K. Jones (D-AR) 68 Leland Stanford (R-CA) Former governor 69 William M. Evarts (R-NY) 70 Henry B. Payne (D-OH) 71 John C. Spooner (R-WI) 72 Ephraim K. Wilson II (D-MD) Henry W. Blair (R-NH) March 5, 1885 Former representative Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) March 9, 1885 George Gray (D-DE) March 18, 1885 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) November 18, 1885 Previously a senator George Hearst (D-CA) March 23, 1886 Washington C. Whitthorne (D-TN) April 16, 1886 Abram Williams (R-CA) August 4, 1886 Person C. Cheney (R-NH) November 24, 1886 Charles B. Farwell (R-IL) January 19, 1887

See also 49th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 49th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List