List of United States senators in the 43rd Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 43rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875.

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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 1874 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 1875 [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1877 [6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1879 [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 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
3 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former governor
4 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
5 John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
6 Alexander Ramsey (R-MN)March 4, 1863
7 William Sprague IV (R-RI)
8 William M. Stewart (R-NV)February 1, 1865
9 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH)March 4, 1865
10 George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
11 Thomas Tipton (R-NE)March 1, 1867
12 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)March 4, 1867
13 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
14 Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
15 Simon Cameron (R-PA)
16 Orris S. Ferry (R-CT)
17 George E. Spencer (R-AL)July 13, 1868
18 Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC)July 15, 1868
19 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)March 4, 1869
20 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
21 Allen G. Thurman (D-OH)
22 Eugene Casserly (D-CA)
23 William A. Buckingham (R-CT)
24 Abijah Gilbert (R-FL)
25 Daniel D. Pratt (R-IN)
26 William T. Hamilton (D-MD)
27 Carl Schurz (R-MO)
28 John P. Stockton (D-NJ)
29 Reuben Fenton (R-NY)
30 John Scott (R-PA)
31 William G. Brownlow (R-TN)
32 Arthur I. Boreman (R-WV)
33 Matthew H. Carpenter (R-WI)
34 Lot M. Morrill (R-ME)October 30, 1869
35 John F. Lewis (R-VA)January 26, 1870
36 Adelbert Ames (R-MS)February 23, 1870
37 James W. Flanagan (R-TX)March 30, 1870
38 Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX)March 31, 1870
39 Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE)March 4, 1871
40 Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI)
41 William Windom (R-MN)Former representative
42 Henry G. Davis (D-WV)
43 George Goldthwaite (D-AL)
44 Powell Clayton (R-AR)
45 John A. Logan (R-IL)
46 George G. Wright (R-IA)
47 John W. Stevenson (D-KY)
48 Joseph R. West (R-LA)
49 Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE)
50 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
51 James K. Kelly (D-OR)
52 Henry Cooper (D-TN)
53 Alexander Caldwell (R-KS)
54 John W. Johnston (D-VA)March 15, 1871
55 Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA)November 14, 1871
56 James L. Alcorn (R-MS)December 1, 1871
57 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)January 30, 1872
58 William B. Allison (R-IA)March 4, 1873Former representative
59 John P. Jones (R-NV)
60 John Brown Gordon (D-GA)
61 Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR)
62 Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA)
63 Simon B. Conover (R-FL)
64 Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL)
65 Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY)
66 George R. Dennis (D-MD)
67 John J. Ingalls (R-KS)
68 Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO)
69 Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH)
70 Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC)
71 John H. Mitchell (R-OR)
72 John J. Patterson (R-SC)
George S. Boutwell (R-MA)March 17, 1873
Robert Crozier (R-KS)November 24, 1873
John S. Hager (D-CA)December 23, 1873
Henry R. Pease (R-MS)February 3, 1874
James M. Harvey (R-KS)February 8, 1874
William B. Washburn (R-MA)April 17, 1874
William W. Eaton (D-CT)February 5, 1875

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 1875.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1877.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1879.
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