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

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.

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