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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 45th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1879.

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 1878 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 expired in years. For a list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.
Class Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1879 [5]
Class 1 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1881 [6]
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1883 [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1 Henry B. Anthony ( R- RI) March 4, 1859 Former governor
2 Timothy O. Howe ( R- WI) March 4, 1861
3 John Sherman ( R- OH) March 21, 1861
4 George F. Edmunds ( R- VT) April 3, 1866
5 Roscoe Conkling ( R- NY) March 4, 1867
6 Justin Smith Morrill ( R- VT)
7 Oliver P. Morton ( R- IN)
8 Simon Cameron ( R- PA)
9 George E. Spencer ( R- AL) July 13, 1868
10 Thomas F. Bayard ( D- DE) March 4, 1869
11 Hannibal Hamlin ( R- ME)
12 Allen G. Thurman ( D- OH)
13 Eli Saulsbury ( D- DE) March 4, 1871
14 Thomas W. Ferry ( R- MI)
15 William Windom ( R- MN) Former representative
16 Henry G. Davis ( D- WV)
17 John W. Johnston ( D- VA) March 15, 1871
18 Matt W. Ransom ( D- NC) January 30, 1872
19 William B. Allison ( R- IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative
20 John P. Jones ( R- NV)
21 John Brown Gordon ( D- GA)
22 Stephen Wallace Dorsey ( R- AR)
23 Aaron A. Sargent ( R- CA)
24 Simon B. Conover ( R- FL)
25 Richard J. Oglesby ( R- IL)
26 John J. Ingalls ( R- KS)
27 Thomas C. McCreery ( D- KY)
28 George R. Dennis ( D- MD)
29 Lewis V. Bogy ( D- MO)
30 Bainbridge Wadleigh ( R- NH)
31 Augustus S. Merrimon ( D- NC)
32 John H. Mitchell ( R- OR)
33 John J. Patterson ( R- SC)
34 William W. Eaton ( D- CT) February 5, 1875
35 Francis Cockrell ( D- MO) March 4, 1875
36 Henry L. Dawes ( R- MA)
37 Charles W. Jones ( D- FL)
38 Samuel J. R. McMillan ( R- MN)
39 Samuel B. Maxey ( D- TX)
40 Ambrose Burnside ( R- RI) Former governor
41 Newton Booth ( AM- CA) Former governor
42 Joseph E. McDonald ( D- IN) Former representative
43 William Pinkney Whyte ( D- MD)
44 Blanche Bruce ( R- MS)
45 Algernon Paddock ( R- NE)
46 Theodore F. Randolph ( D- NJ) Former governor
47 Francis Kernan ( D- NY)
48 William A. Wallace ( D- PA)
49 Robert E. Withers ( D- VA)
50 Isaac P. Christiancy ( R- MI)
51 William Sharon ( R- NV)
52 James B. Eustis ( D- LA) January 12, 1876
53 William H. Barnum ( D- CT) May 18, 1876
54 James G. Blaine ( R- ME) July 10, 1876 Former representative
55 Henry M. Teller ( R- CO) November 15, 1876
56 Jerome B. Chaffee ( R- CO)
57 James E. Bailey ( D- TN) January 19, 1877
58 Frank Hereford ( D- WV) January 31, 1877
59 George F. Hoar ( R- MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative
60 Isham G. Harris ( D- TN) Former governor
61 John Tyler Morgan ( D- AL)
62 John R. McPherson ( D- NJ)
63 Matthew Butler ( D- SC)
64 Richard Coke ( D- TX)
65 Preston B. Plumb ( R- KS)
66 James B. Beck ( D- KY)
67 Lucius Q. C. Lamar ( D- MS)
68 Augustus H. Garland ( D- AR)
69 Benjamin H. Hill ( D- GA)
70 David Davis ( I- IL)
71 Samuel J. Kirkwood ( R- IA)
72 Alvin Saunders ( R- NE)
73 Edward H. Rollins ( R- NH)
74 William P. Kellogg ( R- LA)
75 La Fayette Grover ( D- OR) Former governor
J. Donald Cameron ( R- PA) March 20, 1877
Stanley Matthews ( R- OH) March 21, 1877
David H. Armstrong ( R- MO) September 29, 1877
Daniel W. Voorhees ( D- IN) November 6, 1877
James Shields ( R- MO) January 27, 1879
Zachariah Chandler ( R- MI) February 22, 1879

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 expired in 1879.
  6. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1881.
  7. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1883.

External links

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