List of United States senators in the 65th Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 65th United States Congress''' listed by seniority, from March 4, 1917, to March 3, 1919.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 1918 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1919Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1921Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1923
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority 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  Francis E. Warren (R-WY)  March 4, 1895  Previously a senator 4  Knute Nelson (R-MN)  Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) 5  Benjamin Tillman (D-SC)  Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) 6  Thomas S. Martin (D-VA)  7  Boies Penrose (R-PA)  March 4, 1897 8  Charles A. Culberson (D-TX)  March 4, 1899  Former governor 9  Porter McCumber (R-ND)   10  William P. Dillingham (R-VT)  October 18, 1900  Former governor  11  Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)  March 4, 1901  Former representative  12  Francis Newlands (D-NV)  March 4, 1903  Former representative 13  William J. Stone (D-MO)  Former governor 14  Lee S. Overman (D-NC)  North Carolina 15th in population (1900) 15  Reed Smoot (R-UT)  Utah 41st in population (1900) 16  Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT)  May 10, 1905  Former representative  17  Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI)  January 4, 1906  Former representative, Former governor 18  William A. Smith (R-MI)   February 9, 1907 19  William Borah (R-ID)  March 4, 1907 20  John H. Bankhead (D-AL)  June 18, 1907  Former representative  21  Thomas Gore (D-OK)  December 11, 1907 22  Robert Owen (D-OK) 23  John Walter Smith (D-MD)  March 25, 1908  Former representative, Former governor 24  Carroll S. Page (R-VT)  October 21, 1908  Former governor 25  Albert B. Cummins (R-IA)  November 24, 1908  Former governor 26  Wesley Jones (R-WA)  March 4, 1909  Former representative 27  Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)  South Carolina 24th in population (1900) 28  Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)  Florida 33rd in population (1900) 29  George Chamberlain (D-OR)  Oregon 36th in population (1900) 30  Claude A. Swanson (D-VA)  August 1, 1910  Former governor, Former representative  31  Asle Gronna (R-ND)  February 2, 1911  Former representative  32  John S. Williams (D-MS)  March 4, 1911  Former representative (16 years) 33  Charles Townsend (R-MI)  Former representative (8 years) 34  Gilbert Hitchcock (D-NE)  Former representative (6 years) 35  Miles Poindexter (R-WA)  Former representative (2 years) 36  George P. McLean (R-CT)  Former governor 37  Atlee Pomerene (D-OH)  Ohio 4th in population (1910) 38  James A. Reed (D-MO)  Missouri 7th in population (1910) 39  Henry L. Myers (D-MT)  Montana 40th in population (1910) 40  William S. Kenyon (R-IA)  April 12, 1911  41  Hoke Smith (D-GA)  November 16, 1911 42  Marcus A. Smith (D-AZ)   April 2, 1912  Former delegate 43  Albert B. Fall (R-NM)  New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) 44  Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)  Arizona 45th in population (1910) 45  Charles Thomas (D-CO)  January 15, 1913  Former governor 46  James Brady (R-ID)  January 24, 1913 47  Key Pittman (D-NV)  January 29, 1913 48  Morris Sheppard (D-TX)  February 3, 1913  Former governor  49  Joseph E. Ransdell (D-LA)  March 4, 1913  Former representative (14 years) 50  Joseph Robinson (R-AR)  Former representative (10 years), former governor 51  Ollie James (R-KY)  Former representative (10 years), Kentucky 14th in population (1910) 52  George W. Norris (R-NE)  Former representative (10 years), Nebraska 29th in population (1910) 53  John F. Shafroth (D-CO)  Former representative (9 years), former governor 54  William Hughes (D-NJ)  Former representative (9 years) 55  John W. Weeks (R-MA)  Former representative (8 years) 56  Nathan Goff, Jr. (R-WV)  Former representative (6 years), former cabinet member 57  James K. Vardaman (D-MS)  Former governor 58  John Shields (D-TN)  Tennessee 17th in population (1910) 59  William H. Thompson (D-KS)  Kansas 22nd in population (1910) 60  Harry Lane (D-OR)  Oregon 35th in population (1910) 61  Thomas Sterling (R-SD)  South Dakota 36th in population (1910) 62  LeBaron Colt (R-RI)  Rhode Island 38th in population (1910) 63  Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT)  Montana 40th in population (1910) 64  Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D-DE)  Delaware 46th in population (1910) 65  Henry F. Hollis (D-NH)  March 13, 1913  66  J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL)  March 26, 1913Former representative (2 years) 67  Lawrence Sherman (R-IL)  March 26, 1913 68  Thomas W. Hardwick (D-GA)  November 4, 1914  Former representative  69  Charles Curtis (R-KS)  March 4, 1915  Former representative, Previously a senator 70  Oscar Underwood (D-AL)  Former representative (19 years) 71  Robert F. Broussard (D-LA)  Former representative (18 years) 72  John C. W. Beckham (D-KY)  Former governor 73  James Wadsworth, Jr. (R-NY)  New York 1st in population (1910) 74  Warren G. Harding (R-OH)  Ohio 4th in population (1910) 75  James D. Phelan (D-CA)  California 12th in population (1910) 76  Paul Husting (D-WI)  Wiscontin 13th in population (1910) 77  Edwin S. Johnson (D-SD)  South Dakota 36th in population (1910) 78  Bert Fernald (R-ME)  September 12, 1916  Former governor 79  James Watson (R-IN)  November 8, 1916  Former representative 80  William F. Kirby (D-AR)  81  Philander C. Knox (R-PA)  March 4, 1917  Previously a senator 82  William M. Calder (R-NY)  Former representative (10 years) 83  Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)  Former representative (6 years) 84  Howard Sutherland (R-WV)  Former representative (4 years) 85  William H. King (D-UT)  Former representative (3 years) 86  Peter G. Gerry (D-RI)  Former representative (2 years) 87  Park Trammell (D-FL)  Former governor, Florida 33rd in population (1910) 88  John B. Kendrick (D-WY)  Former governor, Wyoming 47th in population (1910) 89  Harry S. New (R-IN)  Indiana 9th in population (1910) 90  Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)  New Jersey 11th in population (1910) 91  Frank B. Kellogg (R-MN)  Minnesota 19th in population (1910) 92  Joseph I. France (R-MD)  Maryland 27th in population (1910) 93  Frederick Hale (R-ME)  Maine 34th in population (1910) 94  Andrieus Jones (R-NM)  New Mexico 43rd in population (1910) 95  Josiah Wolcott (D-DE)  Delaware 46th in population (1910) 96  Hiram Johnson (R-CA)  March 16, 1917      Charles L. McNary (R-OR)  May 29, 1917     Charles Henderson (D-NV)  January 12, 1918     John F. Nugent (D-ID)  January 22, 1918     David Baird (R-NJ)  February 23, 1918     Irvine Lenroot (R-WI)  April 18, 1918      Walter Guion (D-LA)  April 22, 1918     Xenophon P. Wilfley (D-MO)  April 30, 1918     Christie Benet (D-SC)  July 6, 1918     Irving Drew (R-NH)  September 2, 1918     George B. Martin (R-KY)  September 7, 1918     Frederick Mulkey (R-OR)  November 6, 1918  Former senator     Selden P. Spencer (R-MO)  Missouri 7th in population (1910)     Edward J. Gay (R-LA)  Louisiana 24th in population (1910)     William P. Pollock (D-SC)  South Carolina 26th in population (1910)     George H. Moses (R-NH)  New Hampshire 39th in population (1910)     Charles L. McNary (R-OR)  December 18, 1918  Previously a senator
See also *65th United States Congress*List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 65th Congress by seniority
Notes
External links * Senate Seniority List