List of United States Senators in the 44th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 44th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877.

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 1876 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 1877
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1879
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1881

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority DateOther Factors
1Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former Governor
2Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
3John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
4Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH)March 4, 1865
5George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
6Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)March 4, 1867
7Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
8Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
9Simon Cameron (R-PA)
10Orris S. Ferry (R-CT)
11George E. Spencer (R-AL)July 13, 1868
12Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC)July 15, 1868
13Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)March 4, 1869
14Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)Former Governor, Former Rep., Former Vice President
15Allen G. Thurman (D-OH)
16Lot M. Morrill (D-ME)October 30, 1869
17John W. Johnston (D-VA)January 26, 1870
18Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX)March 31, 1870
19Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE)March 4, 1871
20Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI)
21William Windom (R-MN)Former Rep.
22Henry G. Davis (D-WV)
23George Goldthwaite (D-AL)
24Powell Clayton (R-AR)
25John A. Logan (R-IL)
26George G. Wright (R-IA)
27John W. Stevenson (D-KY)
28Joseph R. West (R-LA)
29Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE)Former Del.
30Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
31James K. Kelly (D-OR)
32Henry Cooper (D-TN)
33Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA)November 14, 1871
34James L. Alcorn (R-MS)December 1, 1871
35Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)January 30, 1872
36William B. Allison (R-IA)March 4, 1873Former Rep.
37John P. Jones (R-NV)
38John B. Gordon (D-GA)
39Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR)
40Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA)Former Rep.
41Simon B. Conover (R-FL)
42Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL)
43Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY)
44George R. Dennis (D-MD)
45Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO)
46Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH)
47Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC)
48John H. Mitchell (R-OR)
49John J. Patterson (R-SC)
50George S. Boutwell (R-MA)March 17, 1873
51James M. Harvey (R-KS)February 8, 1874
52William W. Eaton (D-CT)February 5, 1875
53Francis Cockrell (D-MO)March 4, 1875
54Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)
55Charles W. Jones (D-FL)
56Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN)
57Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX)
58Ambrose Burnside (R-RI)Former Governor
59Newton Booth (Anti-Mono.-CA)Former Governor
60Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN)Former Rep.
61William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD)
62Blanche Bruce (R-MS)
63Algernon Paddock (R-NE)
64Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ)Former Governor
65Francis Kernan (D-NY)
66William A. Wallace (D-PA)
67Robert E. Withers (D-VA)
68Isaac P. Christiancy (R-MI)
69Andrew Johnson (D-TN)Former President
70Allen T. Caperton (D-WV)
William Sharon (D-NV)April 2, 1875
David M. Key (D-TN)August 18, 1875
James E. English (D-CT)November 27, 1875Former Rep., Former Governor
James B. Eustis (D-LA)January 12, 1876
William H. Barnum (D-CT)May 18, 1876
James G. Blaine (R-MA)July 10, 1876Former Rep.
Samuel Price (D-TN)August 26, 1876
Henry M. Teller (R-CO)November 15, 1876
Jerome B. Chaffee (R-CO)
James E. Bailey (D-TN)January 19, 1877
Frank Hereford (D-WV)January 31, 1877

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
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