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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000898432-08-000354.txt : 20080414
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000898432-08-000354
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-23C-2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080414
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080414
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080414
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20080414

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EATON VANCE SENIOR FLOATING RATE TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001258623
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-23C-2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-00940
		FILM NUMBER:		08754847

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THE EATON VANCE BUILDING
		STREET 2:		255 STATE STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-482-8260

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THE EATON VANCE BUILDING
		STREET 2:		255 STATE STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EATON VANCE SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030806
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

    NOTIFICATION OF REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 23c-2 UNDER THE
                         INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

                       Securities Act File No. 333-111041
                    Investment Company Act File No. 811-21411

                     EATON VANCE SENIOR FLOATING-RATE TRUST
                     --------------------------------------
                               Name of Registrant

                       255 STATE STREET, BOSTON, MA 02109
                       ----------------------------------
                      Address of Principal Executive Office

      The undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies
the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to redeem securities of
which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements
of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act"), and states
that it is filing this notice with the Commission pursuant to permission granted
by the Commission staff fewer than 30 days prior to the date set for the
redemption.

(1)   Title of Class of Securities to be Redeemed:

        AUCTION PREFERRED SHARES ("APS") SERIES A, SERIES B, SERIES C, AND
      SERIES D

(2)   Date on Which the Securities are to be Redeemed:

        THE APS WILL BE REDEEMED ON THE DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE FOR EACH SERIES AS
      FOLLOWS: SERIES A ON MAY 6, 2008, SERIES B ON MAY 6, 2008, SERIES C ON MAY
      20, 2008, AND SERIES D ON MAY 27, 2008.

(3)   Applicable Provisions of the Governing Instrument Pursuant to Which the
      Securities are to be Redeemed:

        ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPHS 4(A)(I), 4(B) AND 4(C) OF THE AMENDED BY-LAWS

(4)   Number of Shares and the Basis Upon Which the Securities to be Redeemed
      are to be Selected:

        SERIES A: 2,627 SHARES SELECTED PRO RATA AMONG THE HOLDERS OF THE SERIES
      A SHARES IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF SERIES A SHARES THEY HOLD.

        SERIES B: 2,627 SHARES SELECTED PRO RATA AMONG THE HOLDERS OF THE SERIES
      B SHARES IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF SERIES B SHARES THEY HOLD.

        SERIES C: 2,627 SHARES SELECTED PRO RATA AMONG THE HOLDERS OF THE SERIES
      C SHARES IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF SERIES C SHARES THEY HOLD.

        SERIES D: 2,627 SHARES SELECTED PRO RATA AMONG THE HOLDERS OF THE SERIES
      D SHARES IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF SERIES D SHARES THEY HOLD.

      Please note that this notice serves only to disclose a proposed
redemption of each of the APS Series. Such redemption remains subject to the
completion of financing.

<PAGE>

                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to Rule 23c-2 under the Act, the registrant has caused this
notification to be duly executed on its behalf in the City of Boston and the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 14th day of April 2008.

                                         EATON VANCE SENIOR FLOATING-RATE TRUST


                                          By: /s/Thomas E. Faust Jr.
                                              ----------------------
                                              Name:  Thomas E. Faust Jr.
                                              Title: President

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