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.
Contents
1 Terms of service
2 U.S. Senate seniority list
3 See also
4 Notes
5 External links
Terms of service
| Class | Terms of service of senators that will expire in years |
|---|---|
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1877 |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1879 |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1881 |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) | March 4, 1859 | Former governor |
| 2 | Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) | March 4, 1861 | |
| 3 | John Sherman (R-OH) | March 21, 1861 | |
| 4 | Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH) | March 4, 1865 | |
| 5 | George F. Edmunds (R-VT) | April 3, 1866 | |
| 6 | Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) | March 4, 1867 | |
| 7 | Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) | ||
| 8 | Oliver P. Morton (R-IN) | ||
| 9 | Simon Cameron (R-PA) | ||
| 10 | Orris S. Ferry (R-CT) | ||
| 11 | George E. Spencer (R-AL) | July 13, 1868 | |
| 12 | Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC) | July 15, 1868 | |
| 13 | Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) | March 4, 1869 | |
| 14 | Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) | Former governor, former representative, former vice president | |
| 15 | Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) | ||
| 16 | Lot M. Morrill (D-ME) | October 30, 1869 | |
| 17 | John W. Johnston (D-VA) | January 26, 1870 | |
| 18 | Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX) | March 31, 1870 | |
| 19 | Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE) | March 4, 1871 | |
| 20 | Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) | ||
| 21 | William Windom (R-MN) | Former representative | |
| 22 | Henry G. Davis (D-WV) | ||
| 23 | George Goldthwaite (D-AL) | ||
| 24 | Powell Clayton (R-AR) | ||
| 25 | John A. Logan (R-IL) | ||
| 26 | George G. Wright (R-IA) | ||
| 27 | John W. Stevenson (D-KY) | ||
| 28 | Joseph R. West (R-LA) | ||
| 29 | Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE) | Former delegate | |
| 30 | Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) | ||
| 31 | James K. Kelly (D-OR) | ||
| 32 | Henry Cooper (D-TN) | ||
| 33 | Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA) | November 14, 1871 | |
| 34 | James L. Alcorn (R-MS) | December 1, 1871 | |
| 35 | Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) | January 30, 1872 | |
| 36 | William B. Allison (R-IA) | March 4, 1873 | Former representative |
| 37 | John P. Jones (R-NV) | ||
| 38 | John B. Gordon (D-GA) | ||
| 39 | Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR) | ||
| 40 | Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA) | Former representative | |
| 41 | Simon B. Conover (R-FL) | ||
| 42 | Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL) | ||
| 43 | Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY) | ||
| 44 | George R. Dennis (D-MD) | ||
| 45 | Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO) | ||
| 46 | Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH) | ||
| 47 | Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC) | ||
| 48 | John H. Mitchell (R-OR) | ||
| 49 | John J. Patterson (R-SC) | ||
| 50 | George S. Boutwell (R-MA) | March 17, 1873 | |
| 51 | James M. Harvey (R-KS) | February 8, 1874 | |
| 52 | William W. Eaton (D-CT) | February 5, 1875 | |
| 53 | Francis Cockrell (D-MO) | March 4, 1875 | |
| 54 | Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) | ||
| 55 | Charles W. Jones (D-FL) | ||
| 56 | Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) | ||
| 57 | Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) | ||
| 58 | Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) | Former governor | |
| 59 | Newton Booth (Anti-Mono.-CA) | Former governor | |
| 60 | Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN) | Former representative | |
| 61 | William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD) | ||
| 62 | Blanche Bruce (R-MS) | ||
| 63 | Algernon Paddock (R-NE) | ||
| 64 | Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ) | Former governor | |
| 65 | Francis Kernan (D-NY) | ||
| 66 | William A. Wallace (D-PA) | ||
| 67 | Robert E. Withers (D-VA) | ||
| 68 | Isaac P. Christiancy (R-MI) | ||
| 69 | Andrew Johnson (D-TN) | Former president | |
| 70 | Allen 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, 1875 | Former representative, 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, 1876 | Former representative | |
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
- 44th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 44th Congress by seniority
Notes
^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
^ 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
^ 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
^ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
External links
- Senate Seniority List
