List of United States Senators in the 45th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 45th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1879.

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 1878 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 1879[5]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1881[6]
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1883[7]

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
4George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
5Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)March 4, 1867
6Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
7Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
8Simon Cameron (R-PA)
9George E. Spencer (R-AL)July 13, 1868
10Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)March 4, 1869
11Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
12Allen G. Thurman (D-OH)
13John W. Johnston (D-VA)January 26, 1870
14Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE)March 4, 1871
15Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI)
16William Windom (R-MN)Former Rep.
17Henry G. Davis (D-WV)
18Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)January 30, 1872
19William B. Allison (R-IA)March 4, 1873Former Rep.
20John P. Jones (R-NV)
21John B. Gordon (D-GA)
22Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR)
23Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA)
24Simon B. Conover (R-FL)
25Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL)
26Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY)
27George R. Dennis (D-MD)
28Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO)
29Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH)
30Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC)
31John H. Mitchell (R-OR)
32John J. Patterson (R-SC)
33William W. Eaton (D-CT)February 5, 1875
34Francis Cockrell (D-MO)March 4, 1875
35Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)
36Charles W. Jones (D-FL)
37Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN)
38Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX)
39Ambrose Burnside (R-RI)Former Governor
40Newton Booth (Anti-Mono.-CA)Former Governor
41Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN)Former Rep.
42William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD)
43Blanche Bruce (R-MS)
44Algernon Paddock (R-NE)
45Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ)Former Governor
46Francis Kernan (D-NY)
47William A. Wallace (D-PA)
48Robert E. Withers (D-VA)
49Isaac P. Christiancy (R-MI)
50William Sharon (D-NV)April 2, 1875
51James B. Eustis (D-LA)January 12, 1876
52William H. Barnum (D-CT)May 18, 1876
53James G. Blaine (R-ME)July 10, 1876Former Rep.
54Henry M. Teller (R-CO)November 15, 1876
55Jerome B. Chaffee (R-CO)
56James E. Bailey (D-TN)January 19, 1877
57Frank Hereford (D-WV)January 31, 1877
58George F. Hoar (R-MA)March 4, 1877Former Rep.
59Isham G. Harris (D-TN)Former Governor
60John Tyler Morgan (D-AL)
61John R. McPherson (D-NJ)
62Matthew Butler (D-SC)
63Richard Coke (D-TX)
64Preston B. Plumb (R-KS)
65James B. Beck (D-KY)
66Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS)
67Augustus H. Garland (D-AR)
68Benjamin H. Hill (D-GA)
69David Davis (I-IL)
70Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA)
71Alvin Saunders (R-NE)
72Edward H. Rollins (R-NH)
73William P. Kellogg (R-LA)
74La Fayette Grover (D-OR)Former Governor
Stanley Matthews (R-OH)March 8, 1877
J. Donald Cameron (R-PA)March 20, 1877
David H. Armstrong (R-MO)September 29, 1877
Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN)November 6, 1877
James Shields (R-MO)January 27, 1879
Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)February 22, 1879

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 1879.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1881.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1883.
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