List of United States senators in the 47th Congress

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate 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 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 1882 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

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Class Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 2 Terms 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.)[5]
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, OH, OR, PA, SC, VT, and WI.)[6]
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.)[7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ^ 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
  3. ^ 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
  4. ^ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
  5. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1883.
  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1885.
  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1887.
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