List of United States senators in the 38th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 38th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1865.

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 1864 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 1865[5]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1867[6]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1869[7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1Solomon Foot (R-VT)March 4, 1851
2James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE)
3Benjamin Wade (R-OH)March 15, 1851
4Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
5William P. Fessenden (R-ME)February 10, 1854
6Henry Wilson (R-MA)January 31, 1855
7Lyman Trumbull (R-IL)March 4, 1855
8Jacob Collamer (R-VT)
9Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT)
10John P. Hale (D-NH)July 30, 1855
11James Harlan (R-IA)January 29, 1857
12Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)March 4, 1857
13James Dixon (R-CT)
14James R. Doolittle (R-WI)
15Daniel Clark (R-NH)June 27, 1857
16Henry B. Anthony (R-RI)March 4, 1859Former governor
17Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
18James W. Grimes (R-IA)
19Lazarus W. Powell (D-KY)
20Morton S. Wilkinson (R-MN)
21John C. Ten Eyck (R-NJ)
22Timothy O. Howe (R-WI)March 4, 1861
23James A. McDougall (D-CA)
24Henry S. Lane (R-WI)
25Ira Harris (R-NJ)
26James Nesmith (D-OR)
27Edgar Cowan (R-PA)
28John Sherman (R-OH)March 21, 1861
29Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS)April 4, 1861
30James H. Lane (R-KS)
31John S. Carlile (U-VA)July 9, 1861
32Waitman T. Willey (U-VA)
33Garrett Davis (D-KY)December 23, 1861
34Jacob M. Howard (R-MI)January 17, 1862
35John B. Henderson (UU-MO)
36Robert Wilson (UU-MO)
37Benjamin F. Harding (D-OR)September 12, 1862
38Thomas H. Hicks (UU-MD)December 29, 1862
39William A. Richardson (R-IL)January 12, 1863
40Alexander Ramsey (R-MN)March 4, 1863
41William Sprague IV (R-RI)
42John Conness (R-CA)
43Thomas A. Hendricks (D-IN)
44Reverdy Johnson (U-MD)
45Edwin D. Morgan (R-NY)
46Charles R. Buckalew (D-PA)
47William Wright (D-NJ)
48Lemuel J. Bowden (U-VA)
Waitman T. Willey (R-VA)August 4, 1863
Peter G. Van Winkle (R-WV)
Benjamin G. Brown (UU-MO)November 13, 1863
George R. Riddle (D-DE)February 2, 1864
Nathan A. Farwell (R-ME)October 27, 1864
William M. Stewart (R-NV)February 1, 1865
James W. Nye (R-NV)

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 1865.
  6. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1867.
  7. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1869.
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