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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate 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 his or her 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.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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.
Class
Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 3
Terms 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 .)[ 5]
Class 1
Terms 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 )[ 6]
Class 2
Terms 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 .)[ 7]
U.S. Senate seniority list [ edit ]
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
