1925 Seanad

The 1925 Seanad was the part of the Seanad of the Irish Free State (1922–1936) in office from the 1925 Seanad election to the 1928 Seanad election. Elections to the Seanad, the Senate of the Oireachtas (parliament of the Irish Free State), took place on a triennial basis, with senators elected in stages. The 1925 Seanad included members nominated and elected in 1922, members elected in the 1925 Seanad election, and members elected to fill vacancies.

1925 Seanad
← 1922 Seanad 1928 Seanad →
Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Irish Free State
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	6 December 1925 – 5 December 1928
Government	2nd Executive Council (1923–1927) 3rd Executive Council (1927) 4th Executive Council (1927–1930)
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Lord Glenavy (Ind)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG)

It sat as a second chamber to the 4th Dáil elected at the 1923 general election, the 5th Dáil elected at the June 1927 general election, and the 6th Dáil elected at the September 1927 general election. The Seanad of the Irish Free State was not numbered after each election, with the whole period later considered the First Seanad.

Composition of the 1925 Seanad

There were a total of 60 seats in the Free State Seanad. 19 Senators were elected at the 1925 Seanad election, which was the only Seanad popular election. In 1922, 30 Senators had been elected by Dáil Éireann, and 30 had been nominated by the President of the Executive Council, W. T. Cosgrave.^[1]

The following table shows the composition by party when the 1925 Seanad first met on 9 December 1925.^[2]

Party		Seats
	Cumann na nGaedheal	15
	Labour	5
	Farmers' Party	3
	Independent	37
Total		60

List of senators

• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Name		Party	Entered Office	Term	Notes
William Barrington		Independent	Elected in 1922	9 years
Eileen Costello		Independent	Elected in 1922	9 years
James G. Douglas		Independent	Elected in 1922	9 years
Michael Duffy		Labour	Elected in 1922	9 years
Thomas Farren		Labour	Elected in 1922	9 years
Alice Stopford Green		Independent	Elected in 1922	9 years
Sir John Griffith		Independent	Elected in 1922	9 years
Patrick W. Kenny		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1922	9 years
James J. MacKean		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1922	9 years
John MacLoughlin		Independent	Elected in 1922	9 years
William Molloy		Independent	Elected in 1922	9 years
Maurice George Moore		Independent	Elected in 1922	9 years
Brian O'Rourke		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1922	9 years
William O'Sullivan		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1922	9 years
John Philip Bagwell		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Henry Givens Burgess		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Lord Glenavy		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years	Cathaoirleach
Sir Nugent Everard		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Edmund W. Eyre		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Oliver St. John Gogarty		Cumann na nGaedheal	Nominated in 1922	6 years
James Perry Goodbody		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Henry Greer		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Benjamin Haughton		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Earl of Wicklow		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Arthur Jackson		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Andrew Jameson		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Sir Bryan Mahon		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Marquess of Headfort		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
W. B. Yeats		Independent	Nominated in 1922	6 years
Earl of Mayo		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years	Died on 31 December 1927[3]
Countess of Desart		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
James Charles Dowdall		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
Sir Thomas Esmonde		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
Martin Fitzgerald		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years	Died on 9 March 1927[4]
Earl of Granard		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
Henry Guinness		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
Sir John Keane		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
James Moran		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
Earl of Kerry		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years	Resigned on 27 January 1926[5]
Jennie Wyse Power		Independent	Nominated in 1922	12 years
John Counihan		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	6 years
Thomas Westropp Bennett		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	9 years
Sir Edward Coey Bigger		Independent	Elected in 1925	9 years
Francis McGuinness		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	9 years
Henry Barniville		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	12 years
Sir Edward Bellingham		Independent	Elected in 1925	12 years
William Cummins		Labour	Elected in 1925	12 years
James Dillon		Farmers' Party	Elected in 1925	12 years
Michael Fanning		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	12 years
Thomas Foran		Labour	Elected in 1925	12 years
Sir William Hickie		Independent	Elected in 1925	12 years
Cornelius Kennedy		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	12 years
Thomas Linehan		Farmers' Party	Elected in 1925	12 years
Joseph O'Connor		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	12 years
J. T. O'Farrell		Labour	Elected in 1925	12 years
Michael F. O'Hanlon		Farmers' Party	Elected in 1925	12 years	Resigned from the Farmers' Party in Spring 1927 and joined Cumann na nGaedheal.[6]
Stephen O'Mara		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	12 years	Died on 26 July 1926[7]
James Parkinson		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	12 years
Thomas Toal		Cumann na nGaedheal	Elected in 1925	12 years
Samuel Lombard Brown		Independent	Elected in 1926	12 years	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 10 February 1926, replacing the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl[8]
P. J. Brady		Independent	Elected in 1927	Until 1928 election	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 26 January 1927, replacing Stephen O'Mara[9]
Patrick Hooper		Independent	Elected in 1927	Until 1934 election	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 23 March 1927, replacing Martin Fitzgerald[10]
Sir Walter Nugent		Independent	Elected in 1928	Until 1928 election	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 1 March 1928, replacing the Earl of Mayo[11]

Changes

Date	Loss		Gain		Note
27 January 1926		Independent			Resignation of Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl[5]
10 February 1926				Independent	Samuel Lombard Brown elected at a by-election to replace the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl[8]
26 July 1926		Cumann na nGaedheal			Death of Stephen O'Mara[7]
26 January 1927				Independent	P. J. Brady elected at a by-election to replace Stephen O'Mara[9]
1 March 1927		Farmers' Party		Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael F. O'Hanlon resigned from the Farmers' Party in Spring 1927 and joined Cumann na nGaedheal.[6]
9 March 1927		Independent			Death of Martin Fitzgerald[4]
23 March 1927				Independent	Patrick Hooper elected at a by-election to replace Martin Fitzgerald[10]
31 December 1927		Independent			Death of Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo[3]
1 March 1928				Independent	Sir Walter Nugent elected at a by-election to replace the Earl of Mayo[11]