List of United States senators in the 48th Congress

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.

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 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

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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 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

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 1885.
  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1887.
  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1889.
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