List of United States senators in the 50th Congress

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 50th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1889.

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 1888 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 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.)
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1891 (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.)
Class 1 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1893 (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.)

U.S. Senate seniority list

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U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866
2 Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) March 4, 1867
3 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871
4 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872
5 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative
6 John J. Ingalls (R-KS)
7 John P. Jones (R-NV)
8 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875
9 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)
10 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative
11 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor
12 John T. Morgan (D-AL)
13 John R. McPherson (D-NJ)
14 Matthew Butler (D-SC)
15 Richard Coke (D-TX)
16 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS)
17 James B. Beck (D-KY)
18 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877
19 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877
20 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870)
21 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870)
22 Wilkinson Call (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1870)
23 Zebulon Vance (D-NC)
24 Wade Hampton III (R-SC)
25 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) May 26, 1880
26 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880
27 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a senator
28 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former representative (10 years)
29 Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years)
30 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1880)
31 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1880)
32 Philetus Sawyer (R-WI)
33 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881
34 Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881
35 Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA) March 4, 1883
36 Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) Former governor
37 James F. Wilson (R-IA)
38 Charles F. Manderson (R-NE)
39 Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR)
40 Randall L. Gibson (D-LA)
41 John E. Kenna (D-WV)
42 Thomas M. Bowen (R-CO)
43 Thomas W. Palmer (R-MI)
44 Dwight M. Sabin (R-MN)
45 Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA-VA)
46 Jonathan Chace (R-RI) January 20, 1885
47 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a senator
48 J. C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) Former representative
49 James K. Jones (D-AR)
50 Leland Stanford (R-CA) Former governor
51 William M. Evarts (R-NY)
52 Henry B. Payne (D-OH)
53 John C. Spooner (R-WI)
54 Ephraim K. Wilson II (D-MD)
55 Henry W. Blair (R-NH) March 5, 1885 Former representative
56 Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) March 9, 1885
57 George Gray (D-DE) March 18, 1885
58 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885
59 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) November 18, 1885 Previously a senator
60 Person C. Cheney (R-NH) November 24, 1886
61 Charles B. Farwell (R-IL) January 19, 1887
62 William M. Stewart (R-NV) March 4, 1887 Previously a senator (11 years)
63 David Turpie (D-IN) Previously a senator (1 month)
64 John W. Daniel (D-VA) Former representative
65 Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI)
66 William B. Bate (D-TN) Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880)
67 Cushman K. Davis (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880)
68 Matthew Quay (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880)
69 Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) West Virginia 29th in population (1880)
70 Algernon Paddock (R-NE)
71 Rufus Blodgett (D-NJ)
72 Frank Hiscock (R-NY)
73 John H. Reagan (D-TX)
74 George Hearst (D-CA)
Samuel Pasco (D-FL) May 19, 1887
William E. Chandler (R-NH) June 14, 1887

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
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