List of United States Senators in the 40th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 40th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1867 to March 3, 1869.

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 in the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1868 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of Service

This article is about the terms of service of Senators that will expire in years. For A list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.
ClassTerms of Service of Senators that will expire in years
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1869[5]
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1871[6]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1873[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
Rank Senator (Party-State) Seniority Date Other Factors
1 Benjamin Wade (R-OH) March 15, 1851
2 Charles Sumner (LR-MA) April 11, 1851
3 Henry Wilson (R-MA) January 31, 1855
4 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) March 4, 1855
5 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) March 4, 1857
6 James Dixon (R-CT)
7 James R. Doolittle (R-WI)
8 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) March 4, 1859 Former Governor
9 Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
10 James W. Grimes (R-IA)
11 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) March 4, 1861
12 John Sherman (R-OH) March 21, 1861
13 Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS) April 4, 1861
14 Garrett Davis (D-KY) December 23, 1861
15 Jacob M. Howard (R-MI) January 17, 1862
16 Alexander Ramsey (R-MN) March 4, 1863
17 William Sprague IV (R-RI)
18 John Conness (R-CA)
19 Thomas A. Hendricks (D-IN)
20 Reverdy Johnson (D-MD)
21 Edwin D. Morgan (R-NY)
22 Charles R. Buckalew (D-PA)
23 Waitman T. Willey (R-VA) August 4, 1863
24 Peter G. Van Winkle (R-WV)
25 George R. Riddle (D-DE) January 29, 1864
26 William M. Stewart (R-NV) December 15, 1864
27 James W. Nye (R-NV) December 16, 1864
28 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH) March 4, 1865
29 Richard Yates (R-IL)
30 William P. Fessenden (R-MA)
31 Daniel S. Norton (R-MN)
32 George H. Williams (R-OR)
33 James Guthrie (R-KY)
34 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866
35 Joseph S. Fowler (R-TN) July 24, 1866
36 Edmund G. Ross (R-KS) July 25, 1866
37 David T. Patterson (R-TN) July 28, 1866
38 Alexander G. Cattell (R-NJ) September 19, 1866
39 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) March 4, 1867
40 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
41 Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
42 Simon Cameron (R-PA)
43 Orris S. Ferry (R-CT)
44 Thomas Tipton (R-NE)
45 Cornelius Cole (R-CA)
46 James Harlan (R-IA)
47 James W. Patterson (R-NH)
48 Henry W. Corbett (R-OR)
49 Charles D. Drake (R-MO)
50 John Milton Thayer (R-NE)
James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE) April 5, 1867
Thomas C. McCreery (R-RI) February 19, 1868
George Vickers (D-MD) March 7, 1868
Adonijah Welch (R-FL) June 17, 1868
Alexander McDonald (R-AR) June 22, 1868
Benjamin F. Rice (R-AR) June 23, 1868
Thomas W. Osborn (R-FL) June 25, 1868
John S. Harris (R-LA) July 8, 1868
William P. Kellogg (R-LA) July 9, 1868
George E. Spencer (R-AL) July 13, 1868
Willard Warner (R-AL)
John Pool (R-SC) July 14, 1868
Joseph Carter Abbott (R-NC)
Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC) July 15, 1868
Frederick A. Sawyer (R-SC) July 16, 1868

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 1869.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1871.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1873.

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