This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 62nd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1913.
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 1912 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
edit| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1913 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.)[5] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1915 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.)[6] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1917 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.)[7] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
edit| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William P. Frye (R-ME)[8] | March 18, 1881 | Former representative |
| 2 | Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL)[9] | March 4, 1883 | Former representative, Former governor |
| 3 | Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) | March 4, 1891 | Former representative |
| 4 | Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | March 4, 1893 | Former representative |
| 5 | George C. Perkins (R-CA) | July 26, 1893 | Former governor |
| 6 | Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) | January 24, 1895 | |
| 7 | Francis E. Warren (R-WY) | March 4, 1895 | Previously a senator |
| 8 | Knute Nelson (R-MN) | Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) | |
| 9 | Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) | Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) | |
| 10 | Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA) | Georgia 12th in population (1890) | |
| 11 | Thomas S. Martin (D-VA) | Virginia 15th in population (1890) | |
| 12 | Boies Penrose (R-PA) | March 4, 1897 | |
| 13 | Charles A. Culberson (R-TX) | March 4, 1899 | Former governor |
| 14 | Porter McCumber (R-ND) | ||
| 15 | William P. Dillingham (R-VT) | October 18, 1900 | Former governor |
| 16 | Moses Clapp (R-MN) | January 23, 1901 | |
| 17 | Joseph W. Bailey (D-TX)[10] | March 4, 1901 | Former representative (10 years) |
| 18 | Robert J. Gamble (R-SD)[9] | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 19 | Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 20 | Murphy J. Foster (D-LA)[9] | Former governor | |
| 21 | Henry E. Burnham (R-NH)[9] | ||
| 22 | Francis Newlands (D-NV) | March 4, 1903 | Former representative |
| 23 | William J. Stone (D-MO) | Former governor, Missouri 5th in population (1900) | |
| 24 | James P. Clarke (D-AR) | Former governor, Arkansas 25th in population (1900) | |
| 25 | Lee S. Overman (D-NC) | North Carolina 15th in population (1900) | |
| 26 | Reed Smoot (R-UT) | Utah 41st in population (1900) | |
| 27 | Weldon B. Heyburn (R-ID)[11] | Idaho 44th in population (1900) | |
| 28 | Winthrop M. Crane (R-MA)[9] | October 12, 1904 | Former governor |
| 29 | Isidor Rayner (D-MD)[12] | March 4, 1905 | Former representative (6 years) |
| 30 | George Sutherland (R-UT) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 31 | George S. Nixon (R-NV)[13] | ||
| 32 | Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT) | May 10, 1905 | Former representative |
| 33 | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI) | January 4, 1906 | Former representative, Former governor |
| 34 | Henry du Pont (R-DE) | June 13, 1906 | |
| 35 | Charles Curtis (R-KS)[9] | January 29, 1907 | Former representative |
| 36 | William A. Smith (R-MI) | February 9, 1907 | |
| 37 | Robert Love Taylor (D-TN)[14] | March 4, 1907 | Former representative (12 years) |
| 38 | Thomas H. Paynter (D-KY)[9] | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 39 | Joseph M. Dixon (R-MT)[9] | Former representative (4 years) | |
| 40 | Jeff Davis (D-AR)[15] | Former governor | |
| 41 | Frank O. Briggs (R-NJ)[9] | New Jersey 16th in population (1900) | |
| 42 | Norris Brown (R-NE)[9] | Nebraska 27th in population (1900) | |
| 43 | Simon Guggenheim (R-CO)[9] | Colorado 32nd in population (1900) | |
| 44 | Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R-OR)[9] | Oregon 36th in population (1900) | |
| 45 | Harry A. Richardson (R-DE)[9] | Delaware 43rd in population (1900) | |
| 46 | William Borah (R-ID) | Idaho 44th in population (1900) | |
| 47 | Isaac Stephenson (R-WI) | May 17, 1907 | Former representative |
| 48 | John H. Bankhead (D-AL) | June 18, 1907 | Former governor |
| 49 | Joseph F. Johnston (D-AL) | August 6, 1907 | Former governor |
| 50 | Thomas Gore (D-OK) | December 11, 1907 | |
| 51 | Robert Owen (D-OK) | ||
| 52 | George P. Wetmore (D-RI)[9] | January 22, 1908 | Former representative (twice) |
| 53 | John Walter Smith (D-MD) | March 25, 1908 | Former representative, Former governor |
| 54 | Carroll S. Page (R-VT) | October 21, 1908 | Former governor |
| 55 | Albert B. Cummins (R-IA) | November 24, 1908 | Former governor |
| 56 | Theodore E. Burton (R-OH) | March 4, 1909 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 57 | Wesley Jones (R-WA) | Former representative (10 years) | |
| 58 | Benjamin Shively (D-IN) | Former representative (7 years) | |
| 59 | Elihu Root (R-NY) | Former cabinet member | |
| 60 | William O. Bradley (R-KY) | Former governor, Kentucky 12th in population (1900) | |
| 61 | Coe Crawford (R-SD) | Former governor, South Dakota 38th in population (1900) | |
| 62 | Joseph Bristow (R-KS) | Kansas 22nd in population (1900) | |
| 63 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | South Carolina 24th in population (1900) | |
| 64 | Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1900) | |
| 65 | George Chamberlain (D-OR) | Oregon 36th in population (1900) | |
| 66 | George T. Oliver (R-PA) | March 17, 1909 | |
| 67 | William Lorimer (D-IL)[16] | June 18, 1909 | |
| 68 | LeRoy Percy (D-MS)[9] | February 23, 1910 | |
| 69 | Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) | August 1, 1910 | Former governor, Former representative |
| 70 | Lafayette Young (R-IA)[17] | November 12, 1910 | |
| 71 | Joseph M. Terrell (D-GA)[18] | November 17, 1910 | |
| 72 | John Thornton (D-LA) | December 7, 1910 | |
| 73 | Asle Gronna (R-ND) | February 2, 1911 | Former representative |
| 74 | Clarence W. Watson (D-WV) | ||
| 75 | John S. Williams (D-MS) | March 4, 1911 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 76 | Charles Townsend (R-MI) | Former representative (8 years) | |
| 77 | Gilbert Hitchcock (D-NE) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 78 | Miles Poindexter (R-WA) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 79 | George P. McLean (R-CT) | Former governor | |
| 80 | Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1910) | |
| 81 | James A. Reed (D-MO) | Missouri 7th in population (1910) | |
| 82 | John W. Kern (D-IN) | Indiana 9th in population (1910) | |
| 83 | James E. Martine (D-NJ) | New Jersey 11th in population (1910) | |
| 84 | John D. Works (R-CA) | California 12th in population (1910) | |
| 85 | Luke Lea (D-TN) | Tennessee 17th in population (1910) | |
| 86 | William E. Chilton (D-WV) | West Virginia 28th in population (1910) | |
| 87 | Nathan Bryan (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1910) | |
| 88 | Charles F. Johnson (D-ME) | Maine 34th in population (1910) | |
| 89 | Henry F. Lippitt (R-RI) | Rhode Island 38th in population (1910) | |
| 90 | Henry L. Myers (D-MT) | Montana 40th in population (1910) | |
| 91 | James O'Gorman (D-NY) | March 31, 1911 | |
| William S. Kenyon (R-IA) | April 12, 1911 | ||
| Obadiah Gardner (D-ME) [9] | September 23, 1911 | ||
| Hoke Smith (D-GA) | November 16, 1911 | ||
| 92 | Thomas B. Catron (R-NM) | April 2, 1912[19] | Former delegate, New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) |
| 93 | Marcus A. Smith (D-AZ) | Former delegate, Arizona 45th in population (1910) | |
| 94 | Albert B. Fall (R-NM) | New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) | |
| 95 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | Arizona 45th in population (1910) | |
| Newell Sanders (R-TN)[20] | April 8, 1912 | ||
| William Massey (R-NV)[21] | July 1, 1912 | ||
| Kirtland Perky (D-ID)[22] | November 18, 1912 | ||
| William P. Jackson (R-MD) | November 29, 1912 | ||
| Rienzi Johnston (D-TX)[23] | January 4, 1913 | ||
| John N. Heiskell (D-AR)[24] | January 6, 1913 | ||
| 96 | Charles Thomas (D-CO) | January 15, 1913 | |
| James Brady (D-ID) | January 24, 1913 | ||
| William Webb (D-TN)[9] | |||
| William M. Kavanaugh (D-AR)[9] | January 29, 1913 | Arkansas 25th in population (1910) | |
| Key Pittman (D-NV) | Nevada 48th in population (1910) | ||
| Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | Former representative |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ^ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
- ^ 1901 U.S Census Report Contains 1900 Census results
- ^ 1911 U.S Census Report Contains 1910 Census results
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1913.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1915.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1917.
- ^ Senator Frye died August 8, 1911.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Retired or defeated after 1912 Election
- ^ Senator Bailey resigned January 3, 1913.
- ^ Senator Heyburn died October 17, 1912.
- ^ Senator Rayner died November 25, 1912.
- ^ Senator Nixon died June 5, 1912.
- ^ Senator Taylor died March 31, 1912.
- ^ Senator Davis died January 3, 1913.
- ^ Senator Lorimer died July 13, 1912.
- ^ Senator Young resigned April 11, 1911.
- ^ Senator Terrell resigned July 14, 1911.
- ^ "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
- ^ Senator Sanders resigned January 24, 1913.
- ^ Senator Massey resigned January 29, 1913.
- ^ Senator Perky resigned February 5, 1913.
- ^ Senator Johnston resigned January 29, 1913.
- ^ Senator Heiskell resigned January 29, 1913.