List of United States senators in the 61st Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 61st United States Congress''' listed by seniority, from March 4, 1909, to March 3, 1911.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 1910 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1911Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1913Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1915
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank  Senator (party-state)  Seniority date  Other factors 1  Eugene Hale (R-ME)  March 4, 1881  Former representative  2  William P. Frye (R-ME)  March 18, 1881  Former representative  3  Nelson Aldrich (R-RI)  October 5, 1881  Former representative  4  Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL)  March 4, 1883  Former governor, Former representative  5  John W. Daniel (D-VA)  March 4, 1887  Former representative  6  Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH)  March 4, 1891  Former representative  7  Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)  March 4, 1893  Former representative  8  George C. Perkins (R-CA)  July 26, 1893  Former governor  9  Julius C. Burrows (R-MI)  January 23, 1895  Former representative (3 times) 10  Clarence D. Clark (R-WY)  January 24, 1895 11  Francis E. Warren (R-WY)  March 4, 1895  Previously a senator 12  Stephen Elkins (R-WV)  Former delegate, former cabinet member 13  Knute Nelson (R-MN)  Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) 14  Benjamin Tillman (D-SC)  Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) 15  Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA)  Georgia 12th in population (1890) 16  Thomas S. Martin (D-VA)  Virginia 15th in population (1890) 17  Samuel McEnery (D-LA)  March 4, 1897  Former governor 18  Boies Penrose (R-PA)  Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1890) 19  Alexander Clay (D-GA)  Georgia 12th in population (1890) 20  Hernando Money (D-MS)  October 8, 1897  Former representative  21  John Kean (R-NJ)  March 4, 1899  Former representative 22  Charles A. Culberson (D-TX)  Former governor 23  Chauncey Depew (R-NY)  New York 1st in population (1890) 24  Albert J. Beveridge (R-IN)  Indiana 8th in population (1890) 25  Nathan B. Scott (R-WV)  West Virginia 28th in population (1890) 26  Porter McCumber (R-ND)  North Dakota 41st in population (1890) 27  James Taliaferro (D-FL)  April 20, 1899  28  Jonathan P. Dolliver (R-IA)  August 22, 1900  Former representative  29  William P. Dillingham (R-VT)  October 18, 1900  Former governor 30  Moses Clapp (R-MN)  January 23, 1901 31  Anselm J. McLaurin (R-MS)  March 4, 1901  Previously a senator 32  Joseph W. Bailey (D-TX)  Former representative (10 years) 33  Robert J. Gamble (R-SD)  Former representative (4 years) 34  Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)  Former representative (2 years) 35  Murphy J. Foster (D-LA)  Former governor 36  Henry E. Burnham (R-NH)   37  Francis Newlands (D-NV)  March 4, 1903  Former representative 38  William J. Stone (D-MO)  Former governor, Missouri 5th in population (1900) 39  James P. Clarke (D-AR)  Former governor, Arkansas 25th in population (1900) 40  Lee S. Overman (D-NC)  North Carolina 15th in population (1900) 41  Reed Smoot (R-UT)  Utah 41st in population (1900) 42  Weldon B. Heyburn (R-ID)  Idaho 44th in population (1900) 43  Charles Dick (R-OH)  March 23, 1904  Former representative  44  Winthrop M. Crane (R-MA)  October 12, 1904  Former governor 45  Thomas Carter (R-MT)  March 4, 1905  46  Isidor Rayner (D-MD)  Former representative (6 years), Maryland 26th in population (1900) 47  Elmer Burkett (R-NE)  Former representative (6 years), Nebraska 27th in population (1900) 49  George Sutherland (R-UT)  Former representative (2 years) 50  Morgan Bulkeley (R-CT)  Former governor 51  Frank P. Flint (R-CA)  California 21st in population (1900) 52  Samuel H. Piles (R-WA)  Washington 34th in population (1900) 53  George S. Nixon (R-NV)  Nevada 46th in population (1900) 54  William Warner (R-MO)  March 18, 1905   55  James B. Frazier (D-TN)  March 21, 1905 56  Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT)  May 10, 1905  Former representative  57  Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI)  January 4, 1906  Former governor, Former representative  58  Henry du Pont (R-DE)  June 13, 1906  59  Charles Curtis (R-KS)  January 29, 1907  Former representative  60  William A. Smith (R-MI)   February 9, 1907  61  Robert Love Taylor (D-TN)  March 4, 1907  Former representative (12 years) 62  Thomas H. Paynter (D-KY)  Former representative (6 years) 63  Joseph M. Dixon (R-MT)  Former representative (4 years) 64  Jeff Davis (D-AR)  Former governor 65  Frank O. Briggs (R-NJ)  New Jersey 16th in population (1900) 66  Norris Brown (R-NE)  Nebraska 27th in population (1900) 67  Simon Guggenheim (R-CO)  Colorado 32nd in population (1900) 68  Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R-OR)  Oregon 36th in population (1900) 69  Harry A. Richardson (R-DE)  Delaware 43rd in population (1900) 70  William Borah (R-ID)  Idaho 44th in population (1900) 71  Isaac Stephenson (R-WI)  May 17, 1907  Former representative  72  John H. Bankhead (D-AL)  June 18, 1907  Former representative  73  Joseph F. Johnston (D-AL)  August 6, 1907  Former governor 74  Thomas Gore (D-OK)  December 11, 1907  75  Robert Owen (D-OK) 76  George P. Wetmore (R-RI)  January 22, 1908  Former governor, Previously a senator  77  John Walter Smith (D-MD)  March 25, 1908  Former representative, Former governor  78  Carroll S. Page (R-VT)  October 21, 1908  Former governor  79  Albert B. Cummins (R-IA)  November 24, 1908  Former governor 80  Theodore E. Burton (R-OH)  March 4, 1909  Former representative (16 years) 81  Wesley Jones (R-WA)  Former representative (10 years) 82  Martin N. Johnson (R-ND)  Former representative (8 years) 83  Benjamin Shively (D-IN)  Former representative (7 years) 84  Elihu Root (R-NY)  Former cabinet member 85  William O. Bradley (R-KY)  Former governor, Kentucky 12th in population (1900) 86  Coe Crawford (R-SD)  Former governor, South Dakota 38th in population (1900) 87  Joseph Bristow (R-KS)  Kansas 22nd in population (1900) 88  Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)  South Carolina 24th in population (1900) 89  Charles J. Hughes (D-CO)  Colorado 32nd in population (1900) 90  Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)  Florida 33rd in population (1900) 91  George Chamberlain (D-OR)  Oregon 36th in population (1900)     George T. Oliver (R-PA)  March 17, 1909   92  William Lorimer (D-IL)  June 18, 1909  Former representative (twice)     Fountain L. Thompson (D-ND)  November 10, 1909     James Gordon (D-MS)  December 27, 1909     William Purcell (D-ND)  February 1, 1910     LeRoy Percy (D-MS)  February 24, 1910      Claude A. Swanson (D-VA)  August 1, 1910  Former governor, Former representative      Lafayette Young (D-IA)  November 12, 1910      Joseph M. Terrell (D-GA)  November 17, 1910  Former governor     John Thornton (D-LA)  December 7, 1910     Davis Elkins (D-WV)  January 9, 1911     Asle Gronna (R-ND)  February 2, 1911  Former representative     Clarence W. Watson (D-WV)
See also *61st United States Congress*List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 61st Congress by seniority
Notes
External links * Senate Seniority List