Described as "Imperialists and Freemasons" by the anti-Treatyites, the Members of the First Seanad represented a minority voice in Saorstát Éireann. Their ranks included former Unionists MPs, holders of British hereditary titles and four women.
Half of the 60 Members of the 1922 Seanad were nominated by the President of the Executive Council, W.T. Cosgrave. The other 30 Senators were elected by Dáil Éireann.
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The Senators' signatures on this page are from an original manuscript held by the National Library of Ireland. The manuscript was originally held in the Senate Casket, commissioned by Senator Alice Stopford Green and presented to the Seanad on 26 November 1924.