List of United States senators in the 51st Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 51st United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1891.

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 1890 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1891 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, VT, WA, and WI.)Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1893 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.)Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1895 (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.)

U.S. Senate seniority list +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 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 4 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 5 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 6 John P. Jones (R-NV) 7 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 8 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) 9 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 10 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor 11 John T. Morgan (D-AL) 12 John R. McPherson (D-NJ) 13 Matthew Butler (D-SC) 14 Richard Coke (D-TX) 15 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) 16 James B. Beck (D-KY) 17 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877 18 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877 19 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870) 20 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870) 21 Wilkinson Call (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1870) 22 Zebulon Vance (D-NC) 23 Wade Hampton III (R-SC) 24 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) May 26, 1880 25 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880 26 John Sherman (R-OH) March 4, 1881 Previously a senator 27 Eugene Hale (R-ME) Former representative (10 years) 28 Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) Former representative (5 years) 29 James Z. George (D-MS) Mississippi 18th in population (1880) 30 Arthur P. Gorman (D-MD) Maryland 20th in population (1880) 31 Philetus Sawyer (R-WI) 32 William P. Frye (R-ME) March 18, 1881 33 Nelson Aldrich (R-RI) October 5, 1881 34 Alfred H. Colquitt (D-GA) March 4, 1883 35 Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) Former governor 36 James F. Wilson (R-IA) 37 Charles F. Manderson (R-NE) 38 Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR) 39 Randall L. Gibson (D-LA) 40 John E. Kenna (D-WV) 41 Jonathan Chace (R-RI) January 20, 1885 42 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) March 4, 1885 Previously a senator 43 J. C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) Former representative 44 James K. Jones (D-AR) 45 Leland Stanford (R-CA) Former governor 46 William M. Evarts (R-NY) 47 Henry B. Payne (D-OH) 48 John C. Spooner (R-WI) 49 Ephraim K. Wilson II (D-MD) 50 Henry W. Blair (R-NH) March 5, 1885 Former representative 51 Edward C. Walthall (D-MS) March 9, 1885 52 George Gray (D-DE) March 18, 1885 53 James H. Berry (D-AR) March 20, 1885 54 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) November 18, 1885 Previously a senator 55 Charles B. Farwell (R-IL) January 19, 1887 56 William M. Stewart (R-NV) March 4, 1887 Previously a senator (11 years) 57 David Turpie (D-IN) Previously a senator (1 month) 58 John W. Daniel (D-VA) Former representative 59 Francis B. Stockbridge (R-MI) 60 William B. Bate (D-TN) Former governor, Tennessee 12th in population (1880) 61 Cushman K. Davis (R-MN) Former governor, Minnesota 26th in population (1880) 62 Matthew Quay (R-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1880) 63 Charles J. Faulkner (D-WV) West Virginia 29th in population (1880) 64 Algernon Paddock (R-NE) 65 Rufus Blodgett (R-NJ) 66 Frank Hiscock (R-NY) 67 John H. Reagan (D-TX) 68 George Hearst (D-CA) 69 Samuel Pasco (D-FL) May 19, 1887 70 James McMillan (R-MI) March 4, 1889 71 Edward O. Wolcott (R-CO) 72 Anthony Higgins (R-DE) 73 William D. Washburn (R-MN) 74 John S. Barbour Jr. (D-VA) 75 Gilman Marston (R-NH) Nathan F. Dixon III (R-RI) April 10, 1889 William E. Chandler (R-NH) June 18, 1889 Richard F. Pettigrew (R-SD) November 2, 1889 Gideon C. Moody (R-SD) Watson C. Squire (R-WA) November 20, 1889 John B. Allen (R-WA) Gilbert A. Pierce (R-ND) November 21, 1889 Lyman R. Casey (R-ND) November 25, 1889 Wilbur F. Sanders (R-MT) January 1, 1890 Thomas C. Power (R-MT) January 2, 1890 John G. Carlisle (D-KS) May 26, 1890 Joseph M. Carey (R-WY) November 15, 1890 Francis E. Warren (R-WY) November 24, 1890 George L. Shoup (R-ID) December 18, 1890 William J. McConnell (R-ID)

See also 51st United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 51st Congress

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External links Senate Seniority List