This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 64th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1917.
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.
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 1916 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
This article is about the terms of service of senators that expired in years. For a list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| 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.) |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1919 (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.) |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1921 (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.) |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH) | March 4, 1891 | Former representative |
| 2 | Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | March 4, 1893 | Former representative |
| 3 | Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) | January 23, 1895 | |
| 4 | Francis E. Warren (R-WY) | March 4, 1895 | Previously a senator |
| 5 | Knute Nelson (R-MN) | Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) | |
| 6 | Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) | Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) | |
| 7 | Thomas S. Martin (D-VA) | ||
| 8 | Boies Penrose (R-PA) | March 4, 1897 | |
| 9 | Charles A. Culberson (D-TX) | March 4, 1899 | Former governor |
| 10 | Porter McCumber (R-ND) | ||
| 11 | William P. Dillingham (R-VT) | October 18, 1900 | Former governor |
| 12 | Moses Clapp (R-MN) | January 23, 1901 | |
| 13 | Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC) | March 4, 1901 | Former representative |
| 14 | Francis Newlands (D-NV) | March 4, 1903 | Former representative |
| 15 | William J. Stone (D-MO) | Former governor, Missouri 5th in population (1900) | |
| 16 | James P. Clarke (D-AR) | Former governor, Arkansas 25th in population (1900) | |
| 17 | Lee S. Overman (D-NC) | North Carolina 15th in population (1900) | |
| 18 | Reed Smoot (R-UT) | Utah 41st in population (1900) | |
| 19 | George Sutherland (R-UT) | March 4, 1905 | |
| 20 | Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT) | May 10, 1905 | Former representative |
| 21 | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI) | January 4, 1906 | Former governor, Former representative |
| 22 | Henry du Pont (R-DE) | June 13, 1906 | |
| 23 | William A. Smith (R-MI) | February 9, 1907 | |
| 24 | William Borah (R-ID) | March 4, 1907 | |
| 25 | John H. Bankhead (D-AL) | June 18, 1907 | Former representative |
| 26 | Thomas Gore (D-OK) | December 11, 1907 | |
| 27 | Robert Owen (D-OK) | ||
| 28 | John Walter Smith (D-MD) | March 25, 1908 | Former representative, Former governor |
| 29 | Carroll S. Page (R-VT) | October 21, 1908 | Former governor |
| 30 | Albert B. Cummins (R-IA) | November 24, 1908 | Former governor |
| 31 | Wesley Jones (R-WA) | March 4, 1909 | Former representative (10 years) |
| 32 | Benjamin Shively (D-IN) | Former representative (7 years) | |
| 33 | Ellison D. Smith (D-SC) | South Carolina 24th in population (1900) | |
| 34 | Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1900) | |
| 35 | George Chamberlain (D-OR) | Oregon 36th in population (1900) | |
| 36 | George T. Oliver (R-PA) | March 17, 1909 | |
| 37 | Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) | August 1, 1910 | Former representative, Former governor |
| 38 | Asle Gronna (R-ND) | February 2, 1911 | |
| 39 | John S. Williams (D-MS) | March 4, 1911 | Former representative (16 years) |
| 40 | Charles Townsend (R-MI) | Former representative (8 years) | |
| 41 | Gilbert Hitchcock (D-NE) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 42 | Miles Poindexter (R-WA) | Former representative (2 years) | |
| 43 | George P. McLean (R-CT) | Former governor | |
| 44 | Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1910) | |
| 45 | James A. Reed (D-MO) | Missouri 7th in population (1910) | |
| 46 | John W. Kern (D-IN) | Indiana 9th in population (1910) | |
| 47 | James E. Martine (D-NJ) | New Jersey 11th in population (1910) | |
| 48 | John D. Works (R-CA) | California 12th in population (1910) | |
| 49 | Luke Lea (D-TN) | Tennessee 17th in population (1910) | |
| 50 | William E. Chilton (D-WV) | West Virginia 28th in population (1910) | |
| 51 | Nathan Bryan (D-FL) | Florida 33rd in population (1910) | |
| 52 | Charles F. Johnson (D-ME) | Maine 34th in population (1910) | |
| 53 | Henry F. Lippitt (R-RI) | Rhode Island 38th in population (1910) | |
| 54 | Henry L. Myers (D-MT) | Montana 40th in population (1910) | |
| 55 | James O'Gorman (D-NY) | April 4, 1911 | |
| 56 | William S. Kenyon (R-IA) | April 12, 1911 | |
| 57 | Hoke Smith (D-GA) | November 16, 1911 | |
| 58 | Thomas B. Catron (R-NM) | April 2, 1912 | Former delegate, New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) |
| 59 | Marcus A. Smith (D-AZ) | Former delegate, Arizona 45th in population (1910) | |
| 60 | Albert B. Fall (R-NM) | New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) | |
| 61 | Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) | Arizona 45th in population (1910) | |
| 62 | Charles Thomas (D-CO) | January 15, 1913 | Former governor |
| 63 | James Brady (R-ID) | January 24, 1913 | |
| 64 | Key Pittman (D-NV) | January 29, 1913 | |
| 65 | Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | February 3, 1913 | Former representative |
| 66 | Edwin Burleigh (R-ME) | March 4, 1913 | Former representative (14 years), former governor |
| 67 | Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA) | Former representative (14 years) | |
| 68 | Joseph Robinson (R-AR) | Former representative (10 years), former governor | |
| 69 | Ollie James (R-KY) | Former representative (10 years), Kentucky 14th in population (1910) | |
| 70 | George W. Norris (R-NE) | Former representative (10 years), Nebraska 29th in population (1910) | |
| 71 | John F. Shafroth (D-CO) | Former representative (9 years), former governor | |
| 72 | William Hughes (D-NJ) | Former representative (9 years) | |
| 73 | John W. Weeks (R-MA) | Former representative (8 years) | |
| 74 | Nathan Goff, Jr. (R-WV) | Former representative (6 years), former cabinet member | |
| 75 | James K. Vardaman (D-MS) | Former governor | |
| 76 | John Shields (D-TN) | Tennessee 17th in population (1910) | |
| 77 | William H. Thompson (D-KS) | Kansas 22nd in population (1910) | |
| 78 | Harry Lane (D-OR) | Oregon 35th in population (1910) | |
| 79 | Thomas Sterling (R-SD) | South Dakota 36th in population (1910) | |
| 80 | LeBaron Colt (R-RI) | Rhode Island 38th in population (1910) | |
| 81 | Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | Montana 40th in population (1910) | |
| 82 | Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D-DE) | Delaware 46th in population (1910) | |
| 83 | Henry F. Hollis (D-NH) | March 13, 1913 | |
| 84 | J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) | March 26, 1913 | Former Representative (2 years) |
| 85 | Lawrence Sherman (R-IL) | March 26, 1913 | |
| 86 | Blair Lee (D-MD) | January 29, 1914 | |
| 87 | Thomas W. Hardwick (D-GA) | November 4, 1914 | |
| 88 | Charles Curtis (R-KS) | March 4, 1915 | Previously a senator |
| 89 | Oscar Underwood (D-AL) | Former representative (19 years) | |
| 90 | Robert F. Broussard (D-LA) | Former representative (18 years) | |
| 91 | John C. W. Beckham (D-KY) | Former governor | |
| 92 | James Wadsworth, Jr. (R-NY) | New York 1st in population (1910) | |
| 93 | Warren G. Harding (R-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1910) | |
| 94 | James D. Phelan (D-CA) | California 12th in population (1910) | |
| 95 | Paul Husting (D-WI) | Wiscontin 13th in population (1910) | |
| 96 | Edwin S. Johnson (D-SD) | South Dakota 36th in population (1910) | |
| Thomas Taggart (D-IN) | March 20, 1916 | ||
| Bert Fernald (R-ME) | September 12, 1916 | Former governor | |
| James Watson (R-IN) | November 8, 1916 | Former representative | |
| William F. Kirby (D-AR) |
See also
- 64th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 64th Congress by seniority
Notes
- 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 1917.
- Terms of service of senators that expired in 1919.
- Terms of service of senators that expired in 1921.
- ^ Retired or defeated after 1916 Election
- Senator Clarke died October 1, 1916.
- Senator Shively died March 14, 1916.
- "Four Senators are Sworn In". The Washington Herald. April 3, 1912. p. 3.
- Senator Taggart resigned November 7, 1916.