List of United States senators in the 54th Congress

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 54th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897.

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 1896 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 3 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1897 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)[5]
Class 1 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1899 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.)[6]
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1901 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.)[7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

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U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1 Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) March 4, 1867 Former representative, former governor
2 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative
3 John P. Jones (R-NV)
4 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875
5 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative
6 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former representative, former governor
7 John T. Morgan (D-AL)
8 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877
9 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877
10 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870)
11 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870)
12 Wilkinson Call (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1870)
13 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880
14 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a senator
15 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former representative (10 years)
16 Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years)
17 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1870)
18 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1870)
19 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881
20 Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881
21 Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) March 4, 1883
22 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a senator
23 J. C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) Former representative
24 James K. Jones (D-AR)
25 George Gray (D-DE) March 18, 1885
26 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885
27 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) November 18, 1885
28 William M. Stewart (R-NV) March 4, 1887 Previously a senator (11 years)
29 David Turpie (D-IN) Previously a senator (1 month)
30 John W. Daniel (D-VA) Former representative
31 William B. Bate (D-TN) Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880)
32 Cushman K. Davis (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880)
33 Matthew Quay (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880)
34 Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) West Virginia 29th in population (1880)
35 Samuel Pasco (D-FL) May 19, 1887
36 James McMillan (R-MI) March 4, 1889 Michigan 9th in population (1880)
37 Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO) Colorado 35th in population (1880)
38 William E. Chandler (R-NH) June 18, 1889
39 Richard F. Pettigrew (SR-SD) November 2, 1889
40 Watson C. Squire (R-WA) November 20, 1889
41 George L. Shoup (R-ID) December 18, 1890
42 John B. Gordon (D-GA) March 4, 1891 Previously a senator
43 Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) Former representative (4 years)
44 Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND) Former representative (2 years)
45 Fred Dubois (R-ID) Former delegate
46 William F. Vilas (D-WI) Former cabinet member
47 John M. Palmer (D-IL) Former governor
48 Calvin S. Brice (D-OH) Ohio 3rd in population (1880)
49 William A. Peffer (PP-KS) Kansas 20th in population (1880)
50 John L. M. Irby (D-SC) South Carolina 21st in population (1880)
51 James H. Kyle (R-SD) South Dakota 37th in population (1880)
52 Redfield Proctor (R-VT) November 2, 1891
53 Charles H. Gibson (D-MD) November 19, 1891
54 David B. Hill (D-NY) January 7, 1892
55 Roger Q. Mills (D-TX) March 29, 1892
56 Donelson Caffery (D-LA) December 31, 1892
57 William Lindsay (D-KY) February 15, 1893
58 Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) March 4, 1893 Former representative (6 years)
59 John L. Mitchell (D-WI) Former representative (2 years)
60 Edward Murphy Jr. (D-NY) New York 1st in population (1890)
61 James Smith Jr. (D-NJ) New Jersey 18th in population (1890)
62 Stephen M. White (D-CA) California 22nd in population (1890)
63 William V. Allen (PP-NE) Nebraska 26th in population (1890)
64 William N. Roach (D-ND) North Dakota 41st in population (1890)
65 George C. Perkins (R-CA) July 26, 1893
66 Newton C. Blanchard (D-LA) March 12, 1894
67 Lee Mantle (SR-MT) January 16, 1895
68 Julius C. Burrows (R-MI) January 23, 1895
69 Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) January 24, 1895 Former representative
70 Jeter C. Pritchard (R-NC)
71 John L. Wilson (R-WA) February 19, 1895
72 Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) March 4, 1895 Previously a senator (9 years)
73 William J. Sewell (R-NJ) Previously a senator (6 years)
74 Francis E. Warren (R-WY) Previously a senator (3 years)
75 Horace Chilton (D-TX) Previously a senator (2 years)
76 Thomas H. Carter (R-MT) Former delegate, former representative
77 Stephen B. Elkins (R-WV) Former delegate, former cabinet member
78 John H. Gear (R-IA) Former governor, Iowa 10th in population (1890)
79 Knute Nelson (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890)
80 Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890)
81 George P. Wetmore (R-RI) Former governor, Rhode Island 36th in population (1890)
82 Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA) Georgia 12th in population (1890)
83 Thomas S. Martin (D-VA) Virginia 15th in population (1890)
84 Marion Butler (PP-NC) North Carolina 16th in population (1890)
85 Lucien Baker (R-KS) Kansas 19th in population (1890)
86 John M. Thurston (R-NE) Nebraska 26th in population (1890)
87 George W. McBride (R-OR) Oregon 38th in population (1890)
88 Arthur Brown (R-UT) January 22, 1896
89 Frank J. Cannon (R-UT)
90 Richard R. Kenney (R-DE) January 19, 1897

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 1897.
  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1899.
  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1901.
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