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 in 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

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 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
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 Rep.
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 Rep.
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 Rep.
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 Rep.
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 Rep.
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

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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