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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.
Class
Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 3
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1879 (AL , AR , CA , CO , CT , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD , MO , NC , NH , NV , NY , OH , OR , PA , SC , SD , VT , and WI .)[ 5]
Class 1
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1881 (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 )[ 6]
Class 2
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1883 (AL , AR , CO , DE , GA , IA , IL , KS , KY , LA , MA , ME , MI , MN , MS , NC , NE , NH , NJ , OR , RI , SC , TN , TX , VA , and WV .)[ 7]
U.S. Senate seniority list [ edit ]
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
