List of United States Senators in the 41st Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 41st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1871.

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 1870 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 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1871[5]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1873[6]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1875[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority dateOther factors
1Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
2Henry Wilson (R-MA)January 31, 1855
3Lyman Trumbull (R-IL)March 4, 1855
4Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
5Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former governor
6Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
7James W. Grimes (R-IA)
8Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
9John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
10Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS)April 4, 1861
11Garrett Davis (D-KY)December 23, 1861
12Jacob M. Howard (R-MI)January 17, 1862
13Alexander Ramsey (R-MN)March 4, 1863
14William Sprague IV (R-RI)
15Waitman T. Willey (R-VA)August 4, 1863
16William M. Stewart (R-NV)December 15, 1864
17James W. Nye (R-NV)December 16, 1864
18Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH)March 4, 1865
19Richard Yates (R-IL)
20William P. Fessenden (R-MA)
21Daniel S. Norton (R-MN)
22George H. Williams (R-OR)
23George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
24Joseph S. Fowler (R-TN)July 24, 1866
25Edmund G. Ross (R-KS)July 25, 1866
26Alexander G. Cattell (R-NJ)September 19, 1866
27Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)March 4, 1867
28Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
29Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
30Simon Cameron (R-PA)
31Orris S. Ferry (R-CT)
32Thomas Tipton (R-NE)
33Cornelius Cole (R-CA)
34James Harlan (R-IA)
35James W. Patterson (R-NH)
36Henry W. Corbett (R-OR)
37Charles D. Drake (R-MO)
38John Milton Thayer (R-NE)
39Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY)February 19, 1868
40George Vickers (D-MD)March 7, 1868
41Alexander McDonald (R-AR)June 22, 1868
42Benjamin F. Rice (R-AR)June 23, 1868
43Thomas W. Osborn (R-FL)June 25, 1868
44John S. Harris (R-LA)July 8, 1868
45William P. Kellogg (R-LA)July 9, 1868
46George E. Spencer (R-AL)July 13, 1868
47Willard Warner (R-AL)
48John Pool (R-SC)July 14, 1868
49Joseph Carter Abbott (R-NC)
50Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC)July 15, 1868
51Frederick A. Sawyer (R-SC)July 16, 1868
52Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)March 4, 1869
53Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
54Allen G. Thurman (D-OH)
55Eugene Casserly (D-CA)
56William A. Buckingham (R-CT)
57Abijah Gilbert (R-FL)
58Daniel D. Pratt (R-IN)
59William T. Hamilton (D-MD)
60Carl Schurz (R-MO)
61John P. Stockton (D-NJ)
62Reuben Fenton (R-NY)
63John Scott (R-PA)
64William G. Brownlow (R-TN)
65Arthur I. Boreman (R-WV)
66Matthew H. Carpenter (R-WI)
Lot M. Morrill (D-ME)October 30, 1869
James B. Howell (R-IA)January 18, 1870
John W. Johnston (D-VA)January 26, 1870
John F. Lewis (R-VA)
Adelbert Ames (R-MS)February 23, 1870
Hiram R. Revels (R-MS)
James W. Flanagan (R-TX)March 30, 1870
Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX)March 31, 1870
William Windom (R-MN)July 15, 1870
Daniel T. Jewett (R-MO)December 19, 1870
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (D-MO)January 20, 1871
Ozora P. Stearns (R-MN)January 22, 1871
Joshua Hill (R-GA)February 1, 1871
Homer V. M. Miller (D-GA)February 24, 1871

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 1871.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1873.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1875.
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