List of United States Senators in the 38th Congress by seniority
This is a classification of members of the United States Senate by seniority during the 38th United States Congress, from March 4, 1863 to March 4, 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.
| Rank | Name | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Foot (R-VT) | March 4, 1851 | ||
| James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE) | |||
| Benjamin Wade (R-OH) | March 15, 1851 | ||
| Charles Sumner (LR-MA) | April 11, 1851 | ||
| William P. Fessenden (R-ME) | February 10, 1854 | ||
| Henry Wilson (R-MA) | January 31, 1855 | ||
| Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) | March 4, 1855 | ||
| Jacob Collamer (R-VT) | |||
| Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT) | |||
| John P. Hale (D-NH) | July 30, 1855 | ||
| James Harlan (R-IA) | January 29, 1857 | ||
| Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) | March 4, 1857 | ||
| James Dixon (R-CT) | |||
| James R. Doolittle (R-WI) | |||
| Daniel Clark (R-NH) | June 27, 1857 | ||
| Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) | March 4, 1859 | Former Governor | |
| Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D-DE) | |||
| James W. Grimes (R-IA) | |||
| Lazarus W. Powell (D-KY) | |||
| Morton S. Wilkinson (R-MN) | |||
| John C. Ten Eyck (R-NJ) | |||
| Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) | March 4, 1861 | ||
| James A. McDougall (R-CA) | |||
| Henry S. Lane (R-WI) | |||
| Ira Harris (R-NJ) | |||
| James Nesmith (D-OR) | |||
| Edgar Cowan (R-PA) | |||
| John Sherman (R-OH) | March 21, 1861 | ||
| Samuel C. Pomeroy (R-KS) | April 4, 1861 | ||
| James H. Lane (R-KS) | |||
| John S. Carlile (U-VA) | July 9, 1861 | ||
| Waitman T. Willey (U-VA) | |||
| Garrett Davis (D-KY) | December 23, 1861 | ||
| Jacob M. Howard (R-MI) | January 17, 1862 | ||
| Robert Wilson (R-MO) | |||
| Benjamin F. Harding (D-OR) | September 12, 1862 | ||
| Thomas H. Hicks (R-MD) | December 29, 1862 | ||
| William A. Richardson (R-IL) | January 12, 1863 | ||
| Alexander Ramsey (R-MN) | March 4, 1863 | ||
| William Sprague IV (R-RI) | |||
| John Conness (R-CA) | |||
| Thomas A. Hendricks (D-IN) | |||
| Reverdy Johnson (D-MD) | |||
| Edwin D. Morgan (R-NY) | |||
| Charles R. Buckalew (D-PA) | |||
| William Wright (D-NJ) | |||
| Lemuel J. Bowden (R-VA) | |||
| Waitman T. Willey (R-VA) | August 4, 1863 | ||
| Peter G. Van Winkle (R-WV) | |||
| Benjamin G. Brown (R-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 (R-NV) | December 16, 1864 | ||
Notes
- ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ↑ 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
- ↑ 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
- ↑ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
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