List of United States senators in the 44th Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 44th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877.

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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 1876 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 1877
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1879
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1881

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former governor
2 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
3 John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
4 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH)March 4, 1865
5 George F. Edmunds (R-VT)April 3, 1866
6 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)March 4, 1867
7 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
8 Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
9 Simon Cameron (R-PA)
10 Orris S. Ferry (R-CT)
11 George E. Spencer (R-AL)July 13, 1868
12 Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC)July 15, 1868
13 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)March 4, 1869
14 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)Former governor, former representative, former vice president
15 Allen G. Thurman (D-OH)
16 Lot M. Morrill (R-ME)October 30, 1869
17 Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX)March 31, 1870
18 Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE)March 4, 1871
19 Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI)
20 William Windom (R-MN)Former representative
21 Henry G. Davis (D-WV)
22 George Goldthwaite (D-AL)
23 Powell Clayton (R-AR)
24 John A. Logan (R-IL)
25 George G. Wright (R-IA)
26 John W. Stevenson (D-KY)
27 Joseph R. West (R-LA)
28 Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE)Former delegate
29 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
30 James K. Kelly (D-OR)
31 Henry Cooper (D-TN)
32 John W. Johnston (D-VA)March 15, 1871
33 Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA)November 14, 1871
34 James L. Alcorn (R-MS)December 1, 1871
35 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC)January 30, 1872
36 William B. Allison (R-IA)March 4, 1873Former representative
37 John P. Jones (R-NV)
38 John Brown Gordon (D-GA)
39 Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR)
40 Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA)Former representative
41 Simon B. Conover (R-FL)
42 Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL)
43 Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY)
44 John J. Ingalls (R-KS)
45 George R. Dennis (D-MD)
46 Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO)
47 Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH)
48 Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC)
49 John H. Mitchell (R-OR)
50 John J. Patterson (R-SC)
51 George S. Boutwell (R-MA)March 17, 1873
52 James M. Harvey (R-KS)February 8, 1874
53 William W. Eaton (D-CT)February 5, 1875
54 Francis Cockrell (D-MO)March 4, 1875
55 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA)
56 Charles W. Jones (D-FL)
57 Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN)
58 Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX)
59 Ambrose Burnside (R-RI)Former governor
60 Newton Booth (AM-CA)Former governor
61 Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN)Former representative
62 William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD)
63 Blanche Bruce (R-MS)
64 Algernon Paddock (R-NE)
65 Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ)Former governor
66 Francis Kernan (D-NY)
67 William A. Wallace (D-PA)
68 Robert E. Withers (D-VA)
69 Isaac P. Christiancy (R-MI)
70 Andrew Johnson (D-TN)Former president
71 Allen T. Caperton (D-WV)
72 William Sharon (R-NV)
David M. Key (D-TN)August 18, 1875
James E. English (D-CT)November 27, 1875Former representative, former governor
James B. Eustis (D-LA)January 12, 1876
William H. Barnum (D-CT)May 18, 1876
James G. Blaine (R-ME)July 10, 1876Former representative
Samuel Price (D-TN)August 26, 1876
Henry M. Teller (R-CO)November 15, 1876
Jerome B. Chaffee (R-CO)
James E. Bailey (D-TN)January 19, 1877
Frank Hereford (D-WV)January 31, 1877

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
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