List of United States senators in the 37th Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 37th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863.

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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 1862 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1863 [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1865 [6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1867 [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 James Alfred Pearce (D-MD)March 4, 1843
2 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN)March 4, 1845
3 James M. Mason (D-VA)January 21, 1847
4 Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL)March 4, 1847
5 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA)
6 William K. Sebastian (D-AR)May 12, 1848
7 Solomon Foot (R-VT)March 4, 1851
8 James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE)
9 Benjamin Wade (R-OH)March 15, 1851
10 Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
11 John R. Thomson (D-NJ)March 4, 1853
12 William P. Fessenden (R-ME)February 10, 1854
13 Henry Wilson (R-MA)January 31, 1855
14 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL)March 4, 1855
15 Jacob Collamer (R-VT)
16 Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT)
17 John P. Hale (D-NH)July 30, 1855
18 James Harlan (R-IA)January 29, 1857
19 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
20 James Dixon (R-CT)
21 James R. Doolittle (R-WI)
22 Anthony Kennedy (KN-MD)
23 Trusten Polk (D-MO)
24 Preston King (R-NY)
25 James F. Simmons (R-RI)
26 Daniel Clark (R-NH)June 27, 1857
27 Andrew Johnson (D-TN)October 8, 1857
28 Thomas Lanier Clingman (D-NC)May 7, 1858
29 Henry Mower Rice (D-MN)May 11, 1858
30 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former governor
31 Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
32 James W. Grimes (R-IA)
33 Lazarus W. Powell (D-KY)
34 Morton S. Wilkinson (R-MN)
35 John C. Ten Eyck (R-NJ)
36 Kinsley S. Bingham (D-MI)
37 Thomas Bragg (D-NC)
38 John Hemphill (D-TX)
39 Louis Wigfall (D-TX)December 5, 1859
40 Milton Latham (LD-CA)March 5, 1860
41 Edward D. Baker (R-OR)October 2, 1860
42 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
43 James A. McDougall (D-CA)
44 Henry S. Lane (R-WI)
45 Ira Harris (R-NJ)
46 James Nesmith (D-OR)
47 Edgar Cowan (R-PA)
48 Charles B. Mitchel (D-AR)
49 John Breckinridge (D-KY)
50 Salmon P. Chase (D-OH)
David Wilmot (R-PA)March 14, 1861
Waldo P. Johnson (D-MO)March 17, 1861
John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS)April 4, 1861
James H. Lane (R-KS)
Orville H. Browning (R-IL)June 26, 1861
John S. Carlile (U-VA)July 9, 1861
Waitman T. Willey (U-VA)
Benjamin Stark (D-OR)October 29, 1861
Garrett Davis (U-KY)December 23, 1861
Jacob M. Howard (R-MI)January 17, 1862
John B. Henderson (U-MO)
Robert Wilson (U-MO)
Joseph A. Wright (D-IN)February 24, 1862
Benjamin F. Harding (D-OR)September 12, 1862
Richard Stockton Field (R-NJ)November 21, 1862
Samuel G. Arnold (R-RI)December 1, 1862
Thomas H. Hicks (U-MD)December 29, 1862
William A. Richardson (D-IL)January 12, 1863
David Turpie (D-IN)January 14, 1863
James W. Wall (D-NJ)

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 1863.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1865.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1867.
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