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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.
Class
Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 2
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1871 (AL , AR , DE , GA , IA , IL , KS , KY , LA , MA , ME , MI , MN , MS , NC , NE , NH , NJ , OR , RI , SC , TN , TX , VA , and WV .)[ 5]
Class 3
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1873 (AL , AR , CA , CT , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD , MO , NC , NH , NV , NY , OH , OR , PA , SC , VT , and WI .)[ 6]
Class 1
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1875 (CA , CT , DE , FL , IN , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NE , NJ , NV , NY , OH , PA , RI , TN , TX , VA , VT , WI , and WV .)[ 7]
U.S. Senate seniority list [ edit ]
U.S. Senate seniority
Rank
Senator (party-state)
Seniority date
Other factors
1
Charles Sumner (LR -MA )April 11, 1851
2
Henry Wilson (R -MA )January 31, 1855
3
Lyman Trumbull (R -IL )March 4, 1855
4
Zachariah Chandler (R -MI )March 4, 1857
5
Henry B. Anthony (R -RI )March 4, 1859
Former governor
6
Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D -DE )
7
James W. Grimes (R -IA )
8
Timothy O. Howe (R -WI )March 4, 1861
9
John Sherman (R -OH )March 21, 1861
10
Samuel C. Pomeroy (R -KS )April 4, 1861
11
Garrett Davis (D -KY )December 23, 1861
12
Jacob M. Howard (R -MI )January 17, 1862
13
Alexander Ramsey (R -MN )March 4, 1863
14
William Sprague IV (R -RI )
15
Waitman T. Willey (R -VA )August 4, 1863
16
William M. Stewart (R -NV )February 1, 1865
17
James W. Nye (R -NV )
18
Aaron H. Cragin (R -NH )March 4, 1865
19
Richard Yates (R -IL )
20
William P. Fessenden (R -ME )
21
Daniel S. Norton (R -MN )
22
George H. Williams (R -OR )
23
George F. Edmunds (R -VT )April 3, 1866
24
Edmund G. Ross (R -KS )July 19, 1866
25
Joseph S. Fowler (R -TN )July 24, 1866
26
Alexander G. Cattell (R -NJ )September 19, 1866
27
Thomas Tipton (R -NE )March 1, 1867
28
John Milton Thayer (R -NE )
29
Roscoe Conkling (R -NY )March 4, 1867
30
Justin Smith Morrill (R -VT )
31
Oliver P. Morton (R -IN )
32
Simon Cameron (R -PA )
33
Orris S. Ferry (R -CT )
34
Thomas Tipton (R -NE )
35
Cornelius Cole (R -CA )
36
James Harlan (R -IA )
37
James W. Patterson (R -NH )
38
Henry W. Corbett (R -OR )
39
Charles D. Drake (R -MO )
38
John Milton Thayer (R -NE )
40
Thomas C. McCreery (D -KY )February 19, 1868
41
George Vickers (D -MD )March 7, 1868
42
Alexander McDonald (R -AR )June 22, 1868
43
Benjamin F. Rice (R -AR )June 23, 1868
44
Thomas W. Osborn (R -FL )June 25, 1868
45
John S. Harris (R -LA )July 8, 1868
46
William P. Kellogg (R -LA )July 9, 1868
47
George E. Spencer (R -AL )July 13, 1868
48
Willard Warner (R -AL )
49
John Pool (R -NC )July 14, 1868
50
Joseph Carter Abbott (R -NC )
51
Thomas J. Robertson (R -SC )July 15, 1868
52
Frederick A. Sawyer (R -SC )July 16, 1868
53
Thomas F. Bayard (D -DE )March 4, 1869
54
Hannibal Hamlin (R -ME )
55
Allen G. Thurman (D -OH )
56
Eugene Casserly (D -CA )
57
William A. Buckingham (R -CT )
58
Abijah Gilbert (R -FL )
59
Daniel D. Pratt (R -IN )
60
William T. Hamilton (D -MD )
61
Carl Schurz (R -MO )
62
John P. Stockton (D -NJ )
63
Reuben Fenton (R -NY )
64
John Scott (R -PA )
65
William G. Brownlow (R -TN )
66
Arthur I. Boreman (R -WV )
67
Matthew 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
