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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.
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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 1868 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
Class
Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 1
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1869
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Class 2
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1871
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Class 3
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1873
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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 )
February 2, 1864
26
William M. Stewart (
R -
NV )
February 1, 1865
27
James W. Nye (
R -
NV )
28
Aaron H. Cragin (
R -
NH )
March 4, 1865
29
Richard Yates (
R -
IL )
30
William P. Fessenden (
R -
ME )
31
Daniel S. Norton (
R -
MN )
32
George H. Williams (
R -
OR )
33
James Guthrie (
D -
KY )
34
George F. Edmunds (
R -
VT )
April 3, 1866
35
Edmund G. Ross (
R -
KS )
July 19, 1866
36
Joseph S. Fowler (
R -
TN )
July 24, 1866
37
David T. Patterson (
R -
TN )
July 28, 1866
38
Alexander G. Cattell (
R -
NJ )
September 19, 1866
39
Thomas Tipton (
R -
NE )
March 1, 1867
40
John Milton Thayer (
R -
NE )
41
Roscoe Conkling (
R -
NY )
March 4, 1867
42
Justin Smith Morrill (
R -
VT )
43
Oliver P. Morton (
R -
IN )
44
Simon Cameron (
R -
PA )
45
Orris S. Ferry (
R -
CT )
46
Cornelius Cole (
R -
CA )
47
James Harlan (
R -
IA )
48
James W. Patterson (
R -
NH )
49
Henry W. Corbett (
R -
OR )
50
Charles D. Drake (
R -
MO )
James A. Bayard Jr. (
D -
DE )
April 5, 1867
Thomas C. McCreery (
D -
KY )
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 -
NC )
July 14, 1868
Joseph Carter Abbott (
R -
NC )
Thomas J. Robertson (
R -
SC )
July 15, 1868
Frederick A. Sawyer (
R -
SC )
July 16, 1868
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