List of United States Senators in the 43rd Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 43rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875.

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 1874 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 1875[5]
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1877[6]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1879[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority DateOther Factors
1Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
2Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
3Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former Governor
4Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
5John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
6Alexander Ramsey (R-MN)March 4, 1863
7William Sprague IV (R-RI)
8William M. Stewart (R-NV)December 15, 1864
9Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH)March 4, 1865
10George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
11Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)March 4, 1867
12Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
13Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
14Simon Cameron (R-PA)
15Orris S. Ferry (R-CT)
16Thomas Tipton (R-NE)
17George E. Spencer (R-AL)July 13, 1868
18Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC)July 15, 1868
19Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)March 4, 1869
20Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
21Allen G. Thurman (D-OH)
22Eugene Casserly (D-CA)
23William A. Buckingham (R-CT)
24Abijah Gilbert (R-FL)
25Daniel D. Pratt (R-IN)
26William T. Hamilton (D-MD)
27Carl Schurz (R-MO)
28John P. Stockton (D-NJ)
29Reuben Fenton (R-NY)
30John Scott (R-PA)
31William G. Brownlow (R-TN)
32Arthur I. Boreman (R-WV)
33Matthew H. Carpenter (R-WI)
34Lot M. Morrill (D-ME)October 30, 1869
35John W. Johnston (D-VA)January 26, 1870
36John F. Lewis (R-VA)
37Adelbert Ames (R-MS)February 23, 1870
38James W. Flanagan (R-TX)March 30, 1870
39Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX)March 31, 1870
40Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE)March 4, 1871
41Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI)
42William Windom (R-MN)Former Rep.
43Henry G. Davis (D-WV)
44George Goldthwaite (D-AL)
45Powell Clayton (R-AR)
46John A. Logan (R-IL)
47George G. Wright (R-IA)
48John W. Stevenson (D-KY)
49Joseph R. West (R-LA)
50Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE)
51Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
52James K. Kelly (D-OR)
53Henry Cooper (D-TN)
54Alexander Caldwell (R-KS)
55Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA)November 14, 1871
56James L. Alcorn (R-MS)December 1, 1871
57Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)January 30, 1872
58William B. Allison (R-IA)March 4, 1873Former Rep.
59John P. Jones (R-NV)
60John B. Gordon (D-GA)
61Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR)
62Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA)
63Simon B. Conover (R-FL)
64Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL)
65Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY)
66George R. Dennis (D-MD)
67Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO)
68Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH)
69Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC)
70John H. Mitchell (R-OR)
71John J. Patterson (R-SC)
George S. Boutwell (R-MA)March 17, 1873
Robert Crozier (R-KS)November 24, 1873
John S. Hager (D-CA)December 23, 1873
Henry R. Pease (R-MS)February 3, 1874
James M. Harvey (R-KS)February 8, 1874
William B. Washburn (R-MA)April 17, 1874
William W. Eaton (D-CT)February 5, 1875

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 1875.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1877.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1879.
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