List of United States senators in the 44th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 44th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877.

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 their 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.A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 census results1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 census results1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 census results

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 1876 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1877 (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.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1877.Class 3Terms 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, VT, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1879.Class 1Terms 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.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1881.

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 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH) March 4, 1865 5 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866 6 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) March 4, 1867 7 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) 8 Oliver P. Morton (R-IN) 9 Simon Cameron (R-PA) 10 Orris S. Ferry (R-CT) 11 George E. Spencer (R-AL) July 13, 1868 12 Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC) July 15, 1868 13 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) March 4, 1869 14 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) Former governor, former representative, former vice president 15 Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) 16 Lot M. Morrill (R-ME) October 30, 1869 17 Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX) March 31, 1870 18 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 19 Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) 20 William Windom (R-MN) Former representative 21 Henry G. Davis (D-WV) 22 George Goldthwaite (D-AL) 23 Powell Clayton (R-AR) 24 John A. Logan (R-IL) 25 George G. Wright (R-IA) 26 John W. Stevenson (D-KY) 27 Joseph R. West (R-LA) 28 Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE) Former delegate 29 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) 30 James K. Kelly (D-OR) 31 Henry Cooper (D-TN) 32 John W. Johnston (D-VA) March 15, 1871 33 Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA) November 14, 1871 34 James L. Alcorn (R-MS) December 1, 1871 35 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 36 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 37 John P. Jones (R-NV) 38 John Brown Gordon (D-GA) 39 Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR) 40 Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA) Former representative 41 Simon B. Conover (R-FL) 42 Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL) 43 Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY) 44 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 45 George R. Dennis (D-MD) 46 Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO) 47 Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH) 48 Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC) 49 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) 50 John J. Patterson (R-SC) 51 George S. Boutwell (R-MA) March 17, 1873 52 James M. Harvey (R-KS) February 8, 1874 53 William W. Eaton (D-CT) February 5, 1875 54 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 55 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) 56 Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 57 Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) 58 Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) 59 Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) Former governor 60 Newton Booth (AM-CA) Former governor 61 Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN) Former representative 62 William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD) 63 Blanche Bruce (R-MS) 64 Algernon Paddock (R-NE) 65 Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ) Former governor 66 Francis Kernan (D-NY) 67 William A. Wallace (D-PA) 68 Robert E. Withers (D-VA) 69 Isaac P. Christiancy (R-MI) 70 Andrew Johnson (D-TN) Former president, previously a senator 71 Allen T. Caperton (D-WV) 72 William Sharon (R-NV) David M. Key (D-TN) August 18, 1875 James E. English (D-CT) November 27, 1875 Former representative, former governor James B. Eustis (D-LA) January 12, 1876 William H. Barnum (D-CT) May 18, 1876 James G. Blaine (R-ME) July 10, 1876 Former representative Samuel Price (D-TN) August 26, 1876 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) November 15, 1876 Jerome B. Chaffee (R-CO) James E. Bailey (D-TN) January 19, 1877 Frank Hereford (D-WV) January 31, 1877

See also 44th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 44th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List