List of United States senators in the 41st Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 41st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1871.

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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 1870 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 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1871 [5]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1873 [6]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1875 [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
2 Henry Wilson (R-MA)January 31, 1855
3 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL)March 4, 1855
4 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
5 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former governor
6 Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
7 James W. Grimes (R-IA)
8 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
9 John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
10 Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS)April 4, 1861
11 Garrett Davis (D-KY)December 23, 1861
12 Jacob M. Howard (R-MI)January 17, 1862
13 Alexander Ramsey (R-MN)March 4, 1863
14 William Sprague IV (R-RI)
15 Waitman T. Willey (R-VA)August 4, 1863
16 William M. Stewart (R-NV)February 1, 1865
17 James W. Nye (R-NV)
18 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH)March 4, 1865
19 Richard Yates (R-IL)
20 William P. Fessenden (R-MA)
21 Daniel S. Norton (R-MN)
22 George H. Williams (R-OR)
23 George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
24 Edmund G. Ross (R-KS)July 19, 1866
25 Joseph S. Fowler (R-TN)July 24, 1866
26 Alexander G. Cattell (R-NJ)September 19, 1866
27 Thomas Tipton (R-NE)March 1, 1867
28 John Milton Thayer (R-NE)
29 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)March 4, 1867
30 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
31 Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
32 Simon Cameron (R-PA)
33 Orris S. Ferry (R-CT)
34 Thomas Tipton (R-NE)
35 Cornelius Cole (R-CA)
36 James Harlan (R-IA)
37 James W. Patterson (R-NH)
38 Henry W. Corbett (R-OR)
39 Charles D. Drake (R-MO)
38 John Milton Thayer (R-NE)
40 Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY)February 19, 1868
41 George Vickers (D-MD)March 7, 1868
42 Alexander McDonald (R-AR)June 22, 1868
43 Benjamin F. Rice (R-AR)June 23, 1868
44 Thomas W. Osborn (R-FL)June 25, 1868
45 John S. Harris (R-LA)July 8, 1868
46 William P. Kellogg (R-LA)July 9, 1868
47 George E. Spencer (R-AL)July 13, 1868
48 Willard Warner (R-AL)
49 John Pool (R-NC)July 14, 1868
50 Joseph Carter Abbott (R-NC)
51 Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC)July 15, 1868
52 Frederick A. Sawyer (R-SC)July 16, 1868
53 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)March 4, 1869
54 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
55 Allen G. Thurman (D-OH)
56 Eugene Casserly (D-CA)
57 William A. Buckingham (R-CT)
58 Abijah Gilbert (R-FL)
59 Daniel D. Pratt (R-IN)
60 William T. Hamilton (D-MD)
61 Carl Schurz (R-MO)
62 John P. Stockton (D-NJ)
63 Reuben Fenton (R-NY)
64 John Scott (R-PA)
65 William G. Brownlow (R-TN)
66 Arthur I. Boreman (R-WV)
67 Matthew H. Carpenter (R-WI)
Lot M. Morrill (R-ME)October 30, 1869
James B. Howell (R-IA)January 18, 1870
John W. Johnston (D-VA)January 26, 1870
John F. Lewis (R-VA)
Adelbert Ames (R-MS)February 23, 1870
Hiram R. Revels (R-MS)
James W. Flanagan (R-TX)March 30, 1870
Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX)March 31, 1870
William Windom (R-MN)July 15, 1870
Daniel T. Jewett (R-MO)December 19, 1870
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (D-MO)January 20, 1871
Ozora P. Stearns (R-MN)January 22, 1871
Joshua Hill (R-GA)February 1, 1871
Homer V. M. Miller (D-GA)February 24, 1871

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 1871.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1873.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1875.
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