This is a complete list of United States senators during the 48th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1885.

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 1884 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1885 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, VT, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1885.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1887 (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)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1887.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, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1889.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) March 4, 1859 Former governor 2 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866 3 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) March 4, 1867 4 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) March 4, 1869 5 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 6 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 7 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 8 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 9 John P. Jones (R-NV) 10 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 11 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) 12 Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 13 Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) 14 Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) 15 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 16 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor 17 John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) 18 John R. McPherson (D-NJ) 19 Matthew Butler (D-SC) 20 Richard Coke (D-TX) 21 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) 22 James B. Beck (D-KY) 23 Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS) 24 Augustus H. Garland (D-AR) 25 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877 26 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877 27 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870) 28 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870) 29 Wilkinson Call (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1870) 30 Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC) 31 Wade Hampton III (R-SC) 32 John A. Logan (R-IL) 33 James D. Walker (D-AR) 34 James T. Farley (D-CA) 35 Nathaniel P. Hill (R-CO) 36 John S. Williams (R-KY) 37 Benjamin F. Jonas (D-LA) 38 George H. Pendleton (D-OH) Former representative 39 James H. Slater (D-OR) Former representative 40 James B. Groome (D-MD) Former governor 41 Henry W. Blair (R-NH) June 18, 1879 Former representative 42 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) May 26, 1880 43 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880 44 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a senator 45 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former representative (10 years) 46 Joseph Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years) 47 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1880) 48 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1880) 49 Philetus Sawyer (R-WI) 50 Benjamin Harrison (R-IN) 51 Omar D. Conger (R-MI) 52 John F. Miller (R-CA) 53 Charles Van Wyck (R-NE) 54 James G. Fair (D-NV) 55 William J. Sewell (R-NJ) 56 John I. Mitchell (R-PA) 57 William Mahone (RA-VA) 58 Howell E. Jackson (D-TN) Angus Cameron (R-WI) March 14, 1881 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881 Warner Miller (R-NY) July 27, 1881 Elbridge G. Lapham (R-NY) August 2, 1881 Nelson Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881 54 Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA) March 4, 1883 Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL) Former governor James F. Wilson (R-IA) Charles F. Manderson (R-NE) Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR) Randall L. Gibson (D-LA) John E. Kenna (D-WV) Thomas M. Bowen (R-CO) Thomas W. Palmer (R-MI) Dwight M. Sabin (R-MN) Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA-VA) Austin F. Pike (R-NH) August 2, 1883 William Paine Sheffield, Sr. (R-RI) November 19, 1884 Jonathan Chace (R-RI) January 20, 1885

See also 48th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 48th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List