List of United States senators in the 59th Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 59th United States Congress''' listed by seniority, from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1907.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 1906 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 1907Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1909Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1911
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank  Senator (party-state)  Seniority date  Other factors 1  William B. Allison (R-IA)  March 4, 1873  Former representative 2  John Tyler Morgan (D-AL)  March 4, 1877 3  Orville H. Platt (R-CT)  March 4, 1879 4  Eugene Hale (R-ME)  March 4, 1881  Former representative  5  William P. Frye (R-ME)  March 18, 1881  Former representative  6  Nelson Aldrich (R-RI)  October 5, 1881  Former representative  7  Shelby Moore Cullom (R-IL)  March 4, 1883  Former governor, Former representative  8  Henry M. Teller (D-CO)  March 4, 1885  Previously a senator  9  James H. Berry (D-AR)  March 20, 1885  Former governor 10  John W. Daniel (D-VA)  March 4, 1887  Former representative 11  William B. Bate (D-TN)  Former governor 12  Jacob H. Gallinger (R-NH)  March 4, 1891  Former representative (4 years) 13  Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND)  Former representative (2 years) 14  Redfield Proctor (R-VT)  November 2, 1891  Former governor 15  Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)  March 4, 1893  Former representative  16  George C. Perkins (R-CA)  July 26, 1893  Former governor  17  Julius C. Burrows (R-MI)  January 23, 1895  Former representative  18  Clarence D. Clark (R-WY)  January 24, 1895 19  Francis E. Warren (R-WY)  March 4, 1895  Previously a senator 20  Stephen Elkins (R-WV)  Former delegate, former cabinet member 21  Knute Nelson (R-MN)  Former governor, Minnesota 20th in population (1890) 22  Benjamin Tillman (D-SC)  Former governor, South Carolina 23rd in population (1890) 23  George P. Wetmore (R-RI)  Former governor, Rhode Island 36th in population (1890) 24  Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA)  Georgia 12th in population (1890) 25  Thomas S. Martin (D-VA)  Virginia 15th in population (1890) 26  John C. Spooner (R-WI)  March 4, 1897  Previously a senator (6 years) 27  Thomas C. Platt (R-NY)  Previously a senator (2 months) 28  Joseph Foraker (R-OH)  Former governor, Ohio 4th in population (1890) 29  Samuel McEnery (D-LA)  Former governor, Louisiana 25th in population (1890) 30  Boies Penrose (R-PA)  Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1890) 31  Alexander Clay (D-GA)  Georgia 12th in population (1890) 32  Edmund Pettus (D-AL)  Alabama 17th in population (1890) 33  Stephen Mallory (D-FL)  May 15, 1897  Former representative  34  Hernando Money (D-MS)  October 8, 1897  Former representative  35  John Kean (R-NJ)  March 4, 1899  Former representative 36  Charles A. Culberson (D-TX)  Former governor 37  Chauncey Depew (R-NY)  New York 1st in population (1890) 38  Albert J. Beveridge (R-IN)  Indiana 8th in population (1890) 39  Nathan B. Scott (R-WV)  West Virginia 28th in population (1890) 40  Porter McCumber (R-ND)  North Dakota 41st in population (1890) 41  James Taliaferro (D-FL)  April 20, 1899   42  Jonathan P. Dolliver (R-IA)  August 22, 1900  Former representative  43  William P. Dillingham (R-VT)  October 18, 1900  Former governor 44  Moses Clapp (R-MN)  January 23, 1901 45  John H. Mitchell (R-OR)  March 4, 1901  Previously a senator (18 years) 46  Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY)  Previously a senator (12 years) 47  Fred Dubois (D-ID)  Previously a senator (6 years) 48  William A. Clark (D-MT)  Previously a senator (1 year, 2 months) 49  Anselm J. McLaurin (D-MS)  Previously a senator (1 year, 1 month) 50  Joseph W. Bailey (D-TX)  Former representative (10 years) 51  Edward W. Carmack (D-TN)  Former representative (4 years), Tennessee 13th in population (1890) 52  Robert J. Gamble (R-SD)  Former representative (4 years), South Dakota 35th in population (1890) 53  Furnifold M. Simmons (D-NC)  Former representative (2 years), North Carolina 16th in population (1890) 54  Thomas Patterson (D-CO)  Former representative (2 years), Colorado 31st in population (1890) 55  Murphy J. Foster (D-LA)  Former governor 56  Joseph Burton (R-KS)  Kansas 19th in population (1890) 57  Henry E. Burnham (R-NH)  New Hampshire 33rd in population (1890) 58  Joseph Millard (R-NE)  March 28, 1901  59  Alfred B. Kittredge (R-SD)  July 1, 1901 60  John F. Dryden (R-NJ)  January 29, 1902 61  Russell A. Alger (R-MI)  September 27, 1902 62  Frank Allee (R-DE)  March 2, 1903 63  Arthur P. Gorman (R-MD)  March 4, 1903  Previously a senator 64  Albert J. Hopkins (R-IL)  Former representative (18 years) 65  James B. McCreary (D-KY)  Former representative (12 years) 66  Asbury Latimer (D-SC)  Former representative (10 years), South Carolina 24th in population (1900) 67  Francis Newlands (D-NV)  Former representative (10 years), Nevada 46th in population (1900) 68  Chester Long (R-KS)  Former representative (6 years) 69  William J. Stone (D-MO)  Former governor, Missouri 5th in population (1900) 70  James P. Clarke (D-AR)  Former governor, Arkansas 25th in population (1900) 71  Lee S. Overman (D-NC)  North Carolina 15th in population (1900) 72  Levi Ankeny (R-WA)  Washington 34th in population (1900) 73  Charles W. Fulton (R-OR)  Oregon 36th in population (1900) 74  Reed Smoot (R-UT)  Utah 41st in population (1900) 75  Weldon B. Heyburn (R-ID)  Idaho 44th in population (1900) 76  Charles Dick (R-OH)  March 23, 1904  Former representative  77  Philander C. Knox (R-PA)  June 10, 1904 78  Winthrop M. Crane (R-MA)  October 12, 1904  Former governor  79  Thomas Carter (R-MT)  March 4, 1905  Previously a senator 80  James Hemenway (R-IN)  Former representative (10 years) 81  Isidor Rayner (D-MD)  Former representative (6 years), Maryland 26th in population (1900) 82  Elmer Burkett (R-NE)  Former representative (6 years), Nebraska 27th in population (1900) 83  George Sutherland (R-UT)  Former representative (2 years) 84  Morgan Bulkeley (R-CT)  Former governor 85  Frank P. Flint (R-CA)  California 21st in population (1900) 86  Samuel H. Piles (R-WA)  Washington 34th in population (1900) 87  George S. Nixon (R-NV)  Nevada 46th in population (1900) 88  William Warner (R-MO)  March 18, 1905  Former representative      James B. Frazier (D-TN)  March 21, 1905      Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT)  May 10, 1905      John M. Gearin (D-OR)  December 13, 1905  89  Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R-WI)  January 4, 1906  Former representative, Former governor     William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD)  June 8, 1906  Former governor, Previously a senator (twice)     Alfred Benson (R-KS)  June 11, 1906  90  Henry du Pont (R-DE)  June 13, 1906      Frederick Mulkey (R-OR)  January 23, 1907      Charles Curtis (R-KS)  January 29, 1907  Former representative      William A. Smith (R-MI)  February 9, 1907
See also *59th United States Congress*List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 59th Congress by seniority
Notes
External links * Senate Seniority List