List of United States Senators in the 36th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 36th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1861.

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.[1][2][3][4]

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 1860 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of Service

ClassTerms of Service of Senators that will expire in years
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1861[5]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1863[6]
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1865[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority DateOther Factors
1James Pearce (D-MD)March 4, 1843
2Jesse D. Bright (D-IN)March 4, 1845
3James M. Mason (D-VA)January 21, 1847
4Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL)March 4, 1847
5Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA)
6William K. Sebastian (D-AR)May 12, 1848
7William H. Seward (R-NY)March 4, 1849
8Solomon Foot (R-VT)March 4, 1851
9James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE)
10Stephen Mallory (D-FL)
11Benjamin Wade (R-OH)March 15, 1851
12Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
13John R. Thomson (D-NJ)March 4, 1853
14Robert Toombs (D-GA)
15Judah P. Benjamin (D-LA)
16Robert Ward Johnson (D-AR)July 6, 1853
17Clement Claiborne Clay (D-AL)November 29, 1853
18John Slidell (D-LA)December 5, 1853
19Albert G. Brown (D-MS)January 7, 1854
20William P. Fessenden (R-ME)February 10, 1854
21Henry Wilson (R-MA)January 31, 1855
22Lyman Trumbull (R-IL)March 4, 1855
23Jacob Collamer (R-VT)
24Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT)
25David Levy Yulee (D-FL)
26Alfred Iverson, Sr. (D-GA)
27John J. Crittenden (A-KY)
28George E. Pugh (D-OH)
29Charles Durkee (R-WI)
30John P. Hale (D-NH)July 30, 1855
31Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL)November 26, 1855
32William Bigler (D-PA)January 14, 1856
33James S. Green (D-MO)January 12, 1857
34William M. Gwin (D-CA)January 13, 1857
35James Harlan (R-IA)January 29, 1857
36Graham N. Fitch (D-IN)February 4, 1857
37Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
38James Dixon (R-CT)
39James R. Doolittle (R-WI)
40Anthony Kennedy (KN-MD)
41Trusten Polk (D-MO)
42Preston King (D-NY)
43James F. Simmons (R-RI)
44Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
45David C. Broderick (D-CA)
46Jefferson Davis (D-MS)
47Simon Cameron (R-PA)
48Daniel Clark (R-NH)June 27, 1857
49Andrew Johnson (D-TN)October 8, 1857
50James H. Hammond (D-SC)December 7, 1857
51Thomas Lanier Clingman (D-NC)May 7, 1858
52Henry Mower Rice (D-MN)May 11, 1858
53Matthias Ward (D-TX)September 27, 1858
54James Chesnut, Jr. (D-SC)December 3, 1858
55Joseph Lane (D-OR)February 14, 1859
56Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former Governor
57Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
58James W. Grimes (R-IA)
59Lazarus W. Powell (D-KY)
60Morton S. Wilkinson (R-MN)
61John C. Ten Eyck (R-NJ)
62Kinsley S. Bingham (D-MI)
63Thomas Bragg (D-NC)
64John Hemphill (D-TX)
65Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D-TN)
Henry P. Haun (D-CA)November 3, 1859
Louis Wigfall (D-TX)December 5, 1859
Milton Latham (LD-CA)March 5, 1860
Edward D. Baker (R-OR)October 2, 1860

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ↑ 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
  3. ↑ 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
  4. ↑ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
  5. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1861.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1863.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1865.
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