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.
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 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1879[5] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1881[6] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1883[7] |
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 | George F. Edmunds (R-VT) | April 3, 1866 | |
| 5 | Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) | March 4, 1867 | |
| 6 | Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) | ||
| 7 | Oliver P. Morton (R-IN) | ||
| 8 | Simon Cameron (R-PA) | ||
| 9 | George E. Spencer (R-AL) | July 13, 1868 | |
| 10 | Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) | March 4, 1869 | |
| 11 | Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) | ||
| 12 | Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) | ||
| 13 | John W. Johnston (D-VA) | January 26, 1870 | |
| 14 | Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE) | March 4, 1871 | |
| 15 | Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) | ||
| 16 | William Windom (R-MN) | Former representative | |
| 17 | Henry G. Davis (D-WV) | ||
| 18 | Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) | January 30, 1872 | |
| 19 | William B. Allison (R-IA) | March 4, 1873 | Former representative |
| 20 | John P. Jones (R-NV) | ||
| 21 | John B. Gordon (D-GA) | ||
| 22 | Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR) | ||
| 23 | Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA) | ||
| 24 | Simon B. Conover (R-FL) | ||
| 25 | Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL) | ||
| 26 | Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY) | ||
| 27 | George R. Dennis (D-MD) | ||
| 28 | Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO) | ||
| 29 | Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH) | ||
| 30 | Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC) | ||
| 31 | John H. Mitchell (R-OR) | ||
| 32 | John J. Patterson (R-SC) | ||
| 33 | William W. Eaton (D-CT) | February 5, 1875 | |
| 34 | Francis Cockrell (D-MO) | March 4, 1875 | |
| 35 | Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) | ||
| 36 | Charles W. Jones (D-FL) | ||
| 37 | Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) | ||
| 38 | Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) | ||
| 39 | Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) | Former governor | |
| 40 | Newton Booth (Anti-Mono.-CA) | Former governor | |
| 41 | Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN) | Former representative | |
| 42 | William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD) | ||
| 43 | Blanche Bruce (R-MS) | ||
| 44 | Algernon Paddock (R-NE) | ||
| 45 | Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ) | Former governor | |
| 46 | Francis Kernan (D-NY) | ||
| 47 | William A. Wallace (D-PA) | ||
| 48 | Robert E. Withers (D-VA) | ||
| 49 | Isaac P. Christiancy (R-MI) | ||
| 50 | William Sharon (D-NV) | April 2, 1875 | |
| 51 | James B. Eustis (D-LA) | January 12, 1876 | |
| 52 | William H. Barnum (D-CT) | May 18, 1876 | |
| 53 | James G. Blaine (R-ME) | July 10, 1876 | Former representative |
| 54 | Henry M. Teller (R-CO) | November 15, 1876 | |
| 55 | Jerome B. Chaffee (R-CO) | ||
| 56 | James E. Bailey (D-TN) | January 19, 1877 | |
| 57 | Frank Hereford (D-WV) | January 31, 1877 | |
| 58 | George F. Hoar (R-MA) | March 4, 1877 | Former representative |
| 59 | Isham G. Harris (D-TN) | Former governor | |
| 60 | John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) | ||
| 61 | John R. McPherson (D-NJ) | ||
| 62 | Matthew Butler (D-SC) | ||
| 63 | Richard Coke (D-TX) | ||
| 64 | Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) | ||
| 65 | James B. Beck (D-KY) | ||
| 66 | Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS) | ||
| 67 | Augustus H. Garland (D-AR) | ||
| 68 | Benjamin H. Hill (D-GA) | ||
| 69 | David Davis (I-IL) | ||
| 70 | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA) | ||
| 71 | Alvin Saunders (R-NE) | ||
| 72 | Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) | ||
| 73 | William P. Kellogg (R-LA) | ||
| 74 | La 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
- 45th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 45th 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
^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1879.
^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1881.
^ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1883.
External links
- Senate Seniority List
