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.
U.S. Senate Seniority List
Rank | Senator (Party-State) | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
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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-MA) | 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
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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