List of United States Senators in the 43rd Congress by seniority
This is a classification of members of the United States Senate by seniority during the 43rd United States Congress, from March 4, 1873 to March 4, 1875.
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 1874 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Rank | Name | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Sumner (LR-MA) | April 11, 1851 | ||
| Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) | March 4, 1857 | ||
| Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) | March 4, 1859 | Former Governor | |
| Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) | March 4, 1861 | ||
| John Sherman (R-OH) | March 21, 1861 | ||
| Alexander Ramsey (R-MN) | March 4, 1863 | ||
| William Sprague IV (R-RI) | |||
| William M. Stewart (R-NV) | December 15, 1864 | ||
| Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH) | March 4, 1865 | ||
| George F. Edmunds (R-VT) | April 3, 1866 | ||
| Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) | March 4, 1867 | ||
| Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) | |||
| Oliver P. Morton (R-IN) | |||
| Simon Cameron (R-PA) | |||
| Orris S. Ferry (R-CT) | |||
| Thomas Tipton (R-NE) | |||
| George E. Spencer (R-AL) | July 13, 1868 | ||
| Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC) | July 15, 1868 | ||
| Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) | March 4, 1869 | ||
| Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) | |||
| Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) | |||
| Eugene Casserly (D-CA) | |||
| William A. Buckingham (R-CT) | |||
| Abijah Gilbert (R-FL) | |||
| Daniel D. Pratt (R-IN) | |||
| William T. Hamilton (D-MD) | |||
| Carl Schurz (R-MO) | |||
| John P. Stockton (D-NJ) | |||
| Reuben Fenton (R-NY) | |||
| John Scott (R-PA) | |||
| William G. Brownlow (R-TN) | |||
| Arthur I. Boreman (R-WV) | |||
| Matthew H. Carpenter (R-WI) | |||
| Lot M. Morrill (D-ME) | October 30, 1869 | ||
| John W. Johnston (D-VA) | January 26, 1870 | ||
| John F. Lewis (R-VA) | |||
| Adelbert Ames (R-MS) | February 23, 1870 | ||
| James W. Flanagan (R-TX) | March 30, 1870 | ||
| Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX) | March 31, 1870 | ||
| Eli M. Saulsbury (D-DE) | March 4, 1871 | ||
| Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) | |||
| William Windom (R-MN) | Former Rep. | ||
| Henry G. Davis (D-WV) | |||
| George Goldthwaite] (D-AL) | |||
| Powell Clayton] (R-AR) | |||
| John A. Logan (R-IL) | |||
| George G. Wright (R-IA) | |||
| John W. Stevenson (D-KY) | |||
| Joseph R. West (R-LA) | |||
| Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE) | |||
| Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) | |||
| James K. Kelly (D-OR) | |||
| Henry Cooper (D-TN) | |||
| Alexander Caldwell (R-KS) | |||
| Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA) | November 14, 1871 | ||
| James L. Alcorn (R-MS) | December 1, 1871 | ||
| Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) | January 30, 1872 | ||
| William B. Allison (R-IA) | March 4, 1873 | Former Rep. | |
| John P. Jones (R-NV) | |||
| John B. Gordon (D-GA) | |||
| Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR) | |||
| Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA) | |||
| Simon B. Conover (R-FL) | |||
| Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL) | |||
| Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY) | |||
| George R. Dennis (D-MD) | |||
| Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO) | |||
| Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH) | |||
| Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC) | |||
| John H. Mitchell (R-OR) | |||
| John J. Patterson (R-SC) | |||
| George S. Boutwell (R-MA) | March 17, 1873 | ||
| Robert Crozier (R-KS) | November 24, 1873 | ||
| John S. Hager (D-CA) | December 23, 1873 | ||
| Henry R. Pease (R-MS) | February 3, 1874 | ||
| James M. Harvey (R-KS) | February 8, 1874 | ||
| William B. Washburn (R-MA) | April 17, 1874 | ||
| William W. Eaton (D-CT) | February 5, 1875 | ||
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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