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

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.

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