List of United States senators in the 42nd Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 42nd United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1873.

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 1872 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1873 (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, SC, VT, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1873.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1875 (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 1875.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1877 (AL, AR, 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.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Charles Sumner (LR-MA) April 11, 1851 2 Henry Wilson (R-MA) January 31, 1855 3 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) March 4, 1855 4 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) March 4, 1857 5 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) March 4, 1859 Former governor 6 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) March 4, 1861 7 John Sherman (R-OH) March 21, 1861 8 Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS) April 4, 1861 9 Garrett Davis (D-KY) December 23, 1861 10 Alexander Ramsey (R-MN) March 4, 1863 11 William Sprague IV (R-RI) 12 William M. Stewart (R-NV) February 1, 1865 13 James W. Nye (R-NV) 14 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH) March 4, 1865 15 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866 16 Thomas Tipton (R-NE) March 1, 1867 17 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) March 4, 1867 18 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) 19 Oliver P. Morton (R-IN) 20 Simon Cameron (R-PA) 21 Orris S. Ferry (R-CT) 22 Thomas Tipton (R-NE) 23 Cornelius Cole (R-CA) 24 James Harlan (R-IA) 25 James W. Patterson (R-NH) 26 Henry W. Corbett (R-OR) 27 George Vickers (D-MD) March 7, 1868 28 Benjamin F. Rice (R-AR) June 23, 1868 29 Thomas W. Osborn (R-FL) June 25, 1868 30 William P. Kellogg (R-LA) July 9, 1868 31 George E. Spencer (R-AL) July 13, 1868 32 John Pool (R-NC) July 14, 1868 33 Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC) July 15, 1868 34 Frederick A. Sawyer (R-SC) July 16, 1868 35 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) March 4, 1869 36 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) 37 Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) 38 Eugene Casserly (D-CA) 39 William A. Buckingham (R-CT) 40 Abijah Gilbert (R-FL) 41 Daniel D. Pratt (R-IN) 42 William T. Hamilton (D-MD) 43 Carl Schurz (R-MO) 44 John P. Stockton (D-NJ) 45 Reuben Fenton (R-NY) 46 John Scott (R-PA) 47 William G. Brownlow (R-TN) 48 Arthur I. Boreman (R-WV) 49 Matthew H. Carpenter (R-WI) 50 Lot M. Morrill (D-ME) October 30, 1869 51 John F. Lewis (R-VA) January 26, 1870 52 Adelbert Ames (R-MS) February 23, 1870 53 James W. Flanagan (R-TX) March 30, 1870 54 Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX) March 31, 1870 55 Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D-MO) January 20, 1871 56 Joshua Hill (R-GA) February 1, 1871 57 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 58 Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) 59 William Windom (R-MN) Former representative 60 Henry G. Davis (D-WV) 61 George Goldthwaite (D-AL) 62 Powell Clayton (R-AR) 63 John A. Logan (R-IL) 64 George G. Wright (R-IA) 65 John W. Stevenson (D-KY) 66 Joseph R. West (R-LA) 67 Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE) 68 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) 69 James K. Kelly (D-OR) 70 Henry Cooper (D-TN) 71 Alexander Caldwell (R-KS) John W. Johnston (D-VA) March 15, 1871 Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA) November 14, 1871 James L. Alcorn (R-MS) December 1, 1871 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 Willis Benson Machen (D-KY) September 27, 1872

See also 42nd United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 42nd Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List