List of United States Senators in the 38th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 38th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865.

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 1864 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 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1865[5]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1867[6]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1869[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
Rank Senator (Party-State) Seniority Date Other Factors
1 Solomon Foot (R-VT) March 4, 1851
2 James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE)
3 Benjamin Wade (R-OH) March 15, 1851
4 Charles Sumner (LR-MA) April 11, 1851
5 William P. Fessenden (R-ME) February 10, 1854
6 Henry Wilson (R-MA) January 31, 1855
7 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) March 4, 1855
8 Jacob Collamer (R-VT)
9 Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT)
10 John P. Hale (D-NH) July 30, 1855
11 James Harlan (R-IA) January 29, 1857
12 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) March 4, 1857
13 James Dixon (R-CT)
14 James R. Doolittle (R-WI)
15 Daniel Clark (R-NH) June 27, 1857
16 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) March 4, 1859 Former Governor
17 Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE)
18 James W. Grimes (R-IA)
19 Lazarus W. Powell (D-KY)
20 Morton S. Wilkinson (R-MN)
21 John C. Ten Eyck (R-NJ)
22 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) March 4, 1861
23 James A. McDougall (R-CA)
24 Henry S. Lane (R-WI)
25 Ira Harris (R-NJ)
26 James Nesmith (D-OR)
27 Edgar Cowan (R-PA)
28 John Sherman (R-OH) March 21, 1861
29 Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS) April 4, 1861
30 James H. Lane (R-KS)
31 John S. Carlile (U-VA) July 9, 1861
32 Waitman T. Willey (U-VA)
33 Garrett Davis (D-KY) December 23, 1861
34 Jacob M. Howard (R-MI) January 17, 1862
35 Robert Wilson (R-MO)
36 Benjamin F. Harding (D-OR) September 12, 1862
37 Thomas H. Hicks (R-MD) December 29, 1862
38 William A. Richardson (R-IL) January 12, 1863
39 Alexander Ramsey (R-MN) March 4, 1863
40 William Sprague IV (R-RI)
41 John Conness (R-CA)
42 Thomas A. Hendricks (D-IN)
43 Reverdy Johnson (D-MD)
44 Edwin D. Morgan (R-NY)
45 Charles R. Buckalew (D-PA)
46 William Wright (D-NJ)
47 Lemuel J. Bowden (R-VA)
Waitman T. Willey (R-VA) August 4, 1863
Peter G. Van Winkle (R-WV)
Benjamin G. Brown (D-MO) November 13, 1863
George R. Riddle (D-DE) February 2, 1864
Nathan A. Farwell (R-ME) October 27, 1864
William M. Stewart (R-NV) December 15, 1864
James W. Nye (D-NV) December 16, 1864

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 1865.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1867.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1869.

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