List of United States Senators in the 37th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 37th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863.

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 1862 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 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1863[5]
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1865[6]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1867[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
7Solomon Foot (R-VT)March 4, 1851
8James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE)
9Benjamin Wade (R-OH)March 15, 1851
10Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
11John R. Thomson (D-NJ)March 4, 1853
12William P. Fessenden (R-ME)February 10, 1854
13Henry Wilson (R-MA)January 31, 1855
14Lyman Trumbull (R-IL)March 4, 1855
15Jacob Collamer (R-VT)
16Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT)
17John P. Hale (D-NH)July 30, 1855
18James Harlan (R-IA)January 29, 1857
19Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
20James Dixon (R-CT)
21James R. Doolittle (R-WI)
22Anthony Kennedy (KN-MD)
23Trusten Polk (D-MO)
24Preston King (D-NY)
25James F. Simmons (R-RI)
26Daniel Clark (R-NH)June 27, 1857
27Andrew Johnson (D-TN)October 8, 1857
28Thomas Lanier Clingman (D-NC)May 7, 1858
29Henry Mower Rice (D-MN)May 11, 1858
30Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former Governor
31Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
32James W. Grimes (R-IA)
33Lazarus W. Powell (D-KY)
34Morton S. Wilkinson (R-MN)
35John C. Ten Eyck (R-NJ)
36Kinsley S. Bingham (D-MI)
37Thomas Bragg (D-NC)
38John Hemphill (D-TX)
39Louis Wigfall (D-TX)December 5, 1859
40Milton Latham (LD-CA)March 5, 1860
41Edward D. Baker (R-OR)October 2, 1860
42Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
43James A. McDougall (R-CA)
44Henry S. Lane (R-WI)
45Ira Harris (R-NJ)
46James Nesmith (D-OR)
47Edgar Cowan (R-PA)
48Charles B. Mitchel (D-AR)
49John C. Breckinridge (D-KY)
50Salmon P. Chase (D-OH)
David Wilmot (R-PA)March 14, 1861
Waldo P. Johnson (D-MO)March 17, 1861
John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS)April 4, 1861
James H. Lane (R-KS)
Orville H. Browning (R-IL)June 26, 1861
John S. Carlile (U-VA)July 9, 1861
Waitman T. Willey (U-VA)
Benjamin Stark (D-OR)October 29, 1861
Garrett Davis (U-KY)December 23, 1861
Jacob M. Howard (R-MI)January 17, 1862
John B. Henderson (U-MO)
Robert Wilson (U-MO)
Joseph A. Wright (D-IN)February 24, 1862
Benjamin F. Harding (D-OR)September 12, 1862
Richard Stockton Field (R-NJ)November 21, 1862
Samuel G. Arnold (R-RI)December 1, 1862
Thomas H. Hicks (U-MD)December 29, 1862
William A. Richardson (D-IL)January 12, 1863
David Turpie (D-OH)January 14, 1863
James W. Wall (D-NJ)

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 1863.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1865.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1867.
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