List of United States senators in the 47th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 47th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1883.

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 1882 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 1883 (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 1883.Class 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, OH, OR, PA, SC, 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.

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 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) March 4, 1867 4 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) 5 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) March 4, 1869 6 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 7 Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) Former representative 8 William Windom (R-MN) Former representative 9 Henry G. Davis (D-WV) 10 John W. Johnston (D-VA) March 15, 1871 11 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 12 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 13 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 14 John P. Jones (R-NV) 15 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 16 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) 17 Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 18 Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) 19 Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) 20 Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) Former governor 21 James G. Blaine (R-ME) July 10, 1876 Former representative 22 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) November 15, 1876 23 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 24 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor 25 John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) 26 John R. McPherson (D-NJ) 27 Matthew Butler (D-SC) 28 Richard Coke (D-TX) 29 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) 30 James B. Beck (D-KY) 31 Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS) 32 Augustus H. Garland (D-AR) 33 Benjamin H. Hill (D-GA) 34 David Davis (I-IL) 35 Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA) 36 Alvin Saunders (R-NE) 37 Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) 38 La Fayette Grover (D-OR) Former governor 39 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877 40 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877 41 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870) 42 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870) 43 Wilkinson Call (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1870) 44 Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC) 45 Wade Hampton III (R-SC) 46 John A. Logan (R-IL) 47 James D. Walker (D-AR) 48 James T. Farley (D-CA) 49 Nathaniel P. Hill (R-CO) 50 John S. Williams (D-KY) 51 Benjamin F. Jonas (D-LA) 52 George H. Pendleton (D-OH) Former representative 53 James H. Slater (D-OR) Former representative 54 James B. Groome (D-MD) Former governor 55 Henry W. Blair (R-NH) June 18, 1879 Former representative 56 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) May 26, 1880 57 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880 58 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a senator 59 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former representative (10 years) 60 Joseph Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years) 61 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1880) 62 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1880) 63 Philetus Sawyer (R-WI) 64 Benjamin Harrison (R-IN) 65 Omar D. Conger (R-MI) 66 John F. Miller (R-CA) 67 Charles Van Wyck (R-NE) 68 James G. Fair (D-NV) 69 William J. Sewell (R-NJ) 70 John I. Mitchell (R-PA) 71 William Mahone (RA-VA) 72 Howell E. Jackson (D-TN) 73 Thomas C. Platt (R-NY) James W. McDill (R-IA) March 8, 1881 Alonzo J. Edgerton (R-MN) March 12, 1881 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 William Windom (R-MN) November 15, 1881 Former representative George M. Chilcott (R-CO) April 17, 1882 Middleton P. Barrow (D-GA) November 15, 1882 Horace Tabor (R-CO) January 27, 1883

See also 47th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 47th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List