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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 43rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875.
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 1874 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Class
Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 1
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1875 (CA , CT , DE , FL , IN , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , MT , NE , NJ , NV , NY , OH , PA , RI , TN , TX , VA , VT , WI , and WV .)[ 5]
Class 2
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1877 (AL , AR , DE , GA , IA , IL , KS , KY , LA , MA , ME , MI , MN , MS , MT , NC , NE , NH , NJ , OR , RI , SC , TN , TX , VA , and WV .)[ 6]
Class 3
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1879 (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 .)[ 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
Zachariah Chandler (R -MI )March 4, 1857
3
Henry B. Anthony (R -RI )March 4, 1859
Former governor
4
Timothy O. Howe (R -WI )March 4, 1861
5
John Sherman (R -OH )March 21, 1861
6
Alexander Ramsey (R -MN )March 4, 1863
7
William Sprague IV (R -RI )
8
William M. Stewart (R -NV )February 1, 1865
9
Aaron H. Cragin (R -NH )March 4, 1865
10
George F. Edmunds (R -VT )April 3, 1866
11
Thomas Tipton (R -NE )March 1, 1867
12
Roscoe Conkling (R -NY )March 4, 1867
13
Justin Smith Morrill (R -VT )
14
Oliver P. Morton (R -IN )
15
Simon Cameron (R -PA )
16
Orris S. Ferry (R -CT )
17
George E. Spencer (R -AL )July 13, 1868
18
Thomas J. Robertson (R -SC )July 15, 1868
19
Thomas F. Bayard (D -DE )March 4, 1869
20
Hannibal Hamlin (R -ME )
21
Allen G. Thurman (D -OH )
22
Eugene Casserly (D -CA )
23
William A. Buckingham (R -CT )
24
Abijah Gilbert (R -FL )
25
Daniel D. Pratt (R -IN )
26
William T. Hamilton (D -MD )
27
Carl Schurz (R -MO )
28
John P. Stockton (D -NJ )
29
Reuben Fenton (R -NY )
30
John Scott (R -PA )
31
William G. Brownlow (R -TN )
32
Arthur I. Boreman (R -WV )
33
Matthew H. Carpenter (R -WI )
34
Lot M. Morrill (R -ME )October 30, 1869
35
John F. Lewis (R -VA )January 26, 1870
36
Adelbert Ames (R -MS )February 23, 1870
37
James W. Flanagan (R -TX )March 30, 1870
38
Morgan C. Hamilton (R -TX )March 31, 1870
39
Eli Saulsbury (D -DE )March 4, 1871
40
Thomas W. Ferry (R -MI )
41
William Windom (R -MN )Former representative
42
Henry G. Davis (D -WV )
43
George Goldthwaite (D -AL )
44
Powell Clayton (R -AR )
45
John A. Logan (R -IL )
46
George G. Wright (R -IA )
47
John W. Stevenson (D -KY )
48
Joseph R. West (R -LA )
49
Phineas Hitchcock (R -NE )
50
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R -NJ )
51
James K. Kelly (D -OR )
52
Henry Cooper (D -TN )
53
Alexander Caldwell (R -KS )
54
John W. Johnston (D -VA )March 15, 1871
55
Thomas M. Norwood (D -GA )November 14, 1871
56
James L. Alcorn (R -MS )December 1, 1871
57
Matt W. Ransom (D -NC )January 30, 1872
58
William B. Allison (R -IA )March 4, 1873
Former representative
59
John P. Jones (R -NV )
60
John Brown Gordon (D -GA )
61
Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R -AR )
62
Aaron A. Sargent (R -CA )
63
Simon B. Conover (R -FL )
64
Richard J. Oglesby (R -IL )
65
Thomas C. McCreery (D -KY )
66
George R. Dennis (D -MD )
67
John J. Ingalls (R -KS )
68
Lewis V. Bogy (D -MO )
69
Bainbridge Wadleigh (R -NH )
70
Augustus S. Merrimon (D -NC )
71
John H. Mitchell (R -OR )
72
John J. Patterson (R -SC )
George S. Boutwell (R -MA )March 17, 1873
Robert Crozier (R -KS )November 24, 1873
John S. Hager (D -CA )December 23, 1873
Henry R. Pease (R -MS )February 3, 1874
James M. Harvey (R -KS )February 8, 1874
William B. Washburn (R -MA )April 17, 1874
William W. Eaton (D -CT )February 5, 1875
