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 in 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

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