This is a complete list of United States senators during the 39th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1867.
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 1866 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 1867 (AL, AR, CA, 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 1867.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1869 (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 1869.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1871 (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 1871.
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 Benjamin Wade (R-OH) March 15, 1851 3 Charles Sumner (LR-MA) April 11, 1851 4 Henry Wilson (R-MA) January 31, 1855 5 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) March 4, 1855 6 Jacob Collamer (R-VT) 7 Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT) 8 James Harlan (R-IA) January 29, 1857 9 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) March 4, 1857 10 James Dixon (R-CT) 11 James R. Doolittle (R-WI) 12 Daniel Clark (R-NH) June 27, 1857 13 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) March 4, 1859 Former governor 14 Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D-DE) 15 James W. Grimes (R-IA) 16 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) March 4, 1861 17 James A. McDougall (D-CA) 18 Henry S. Lane (R-WI) 19 Ira Harris (R-NJ) 20 James Nesmith (D-OR) 21 Edgar Cowan (R-PA) 22 John Sherman (R-OH) March 21, 1861 23 Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS) April 4, 1861 24 Jim Lane (R-KS) 25 Garrett Davis (U-KY) December 23, 1861 26 Jacob M. Howard (R-MI) January 17, 1862 27 Alexander Ramsey (R-MN) March 4, 1863 28 William Sprague IV (R-RI) 29 John Conness (R-CA) 30 Thomas A. Hendricks (D-IN) 31 Reverdy Johnson (D-MD) 32 Edwin D. Morgan (R-NY) 33 Charles R. Buckalew (D-PA) 34 William Wright (D-NJ) 35 Waitman T. Willey (R-VA) August 4, 1863 36 Peter G. Van Winkle (U-WV) 37 Benjamin G. Brown (D-MO) November 13, 1863 38 George R. Riddle (D-DE) February 2, 1864 39 William M. Stewart (R-NV) February 1, 1865 40 James W. Nye (R-NV) 41 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH) March 4, 1865 42 Richard Yates (R-IL) 43 William P. Fessenden (R-ME) 44 Daniel S. Norton (R-MN) 45 George H. Williams (R-OR) 46 James Guthrie (D-KY) 47 John Creswell (UU-MD) March 9, 1865 48 John P. Stockton (D-NJ) March 15, 1865 Luke P. Poland (R-VT) November 21, 1865 Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA) January 13, 1866 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866 Edmund G. Ross (R-KS) July 19, 1866 Joseph S. Fowler (U-TN) July 24, 1866 David T. Patterson (U-TN) July 28, 1866 George G. Fogg (R-NH) August 31, 1866 Alexander G. Cattell (R-NJ) September 19, 1866 Thomas Tipton (R-NE) March 1, 1867 John Milton Thayer (R-NE)
See also 39th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 39th Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List