List of United States senators in the 39th Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 39th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1867.

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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 1866 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 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1867 [5]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1869 [6]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1871 [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Solomon Foot (R-VT)March 4, 1851
2 Benjamin Wade (R-OH)March 15, 1851
3 Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
4 Henry Wilson (R-MA)January 31, 1855
5 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL)March 4, 1855
6 Jacob Collamer (R-VT)
7 Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT)
8 James Harlan (R-IA)January 29, 1857
9 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
10 James Dixon (R-CT)
11 James R. Doolittle (R-WI)
12 Daniel Clark (R-NH)June 27, 1857
13 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former governor
14 Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
15 James W. Grimes (R-IA)
16 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
17 James A. McDougall (D-CA)
18 Henry S. Lane (R-IN)
19 Ira Harris (R-NY)
20 James Nesmith (D-OR)
21 Edgar Cowan (R-PA)
22 John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
23 Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS)April 4, 1861
24 James H. Lane (R-KS)
25 Garrett Davis (U-KY)December 23, 1861
26 Jacob M. Howard (R-MI)January 17, 1862
27 Alexander Ramsey (R-MN)March 4, 1863
28 William Sprague IV (R-RI)
29 John Conness (R-CA)
30 Thomas A. Hendricks (D-IN)
31 Reverdy Johnson (D-MD)
32 Edwin D. Morgan (R-NY)
33 Charles R. Buckalew (D-PA)
34 William Wright (D-NJ)
35 Waitman T. Willey (R-WV)August 4, 1863
36 Peter G. Van Winkle (UU-WV)
37 Benjamin G. Brown (D-MO)November 13, 1863
38 George R. Riddle (D-DE)February 2, 1864
39 William M. Stewart (R-NV)February 1, 1865
40 James W. Nye (R-NV)
41 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH)March 4, 1865
42 Richard Yates (R-IL)
43 William P. Fessenden (R-ME)
44 Daniel S. Norton (R-MN)
45 George H. Williams (R-OR)
46 James Guthrie (D-KY)
47 John Creswell (UU-MD)March 9, 1865
48 John P. Stockton (D-NJ)March 15, 1865
Luke P. Poland (R-VT)November 21, 1865
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA)January 13, 1866
George F. Edmunds (D-VT)April 3, 1866
Edmund G. Ross (R-KS)July 19, 1866
Joseph S. Fowler (U-TN)July 24, 1866
David T. Patterson (U-TN)July 28, 1866
George G. Fogg (R-NH)August 31, 1866
Alexander G. Cattell (R-NJ)September 19, 1866
Thomas Tipton (R-NE)March 1, 1867
John Milton Thayer (R-NE)

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 1867.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1869.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1871.
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