List of United States Senators in the 44th Congress by seniority
This is a classification of members of the United States Senate by seniority during the 44th United States Congress, from March 4, 1875 to March 4, 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 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 1876 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Rank | Name | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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) | |||
| 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) | |||
| Lot M. Morrill (D-ME) | October 30, 1869 | ||
| John W. Johnston (D-VA) | January 26, 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) | |||
| 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 | ||
| James M. Harvey (R-KS) | February 8, 1874 | ||
| William W. Eaton (D-CT) | February 5, 1875 | ||
| Francis Cockrell (D-MO) | March 4, 1875 | ||
| Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) | |||
| Charles W. Jones (D-FL) | |||
| Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) | |||
| Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) | |||
| Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) | Former Governor | ||
| Newton Booth (Anti-Mono.-CA) | Former Governor | ||
| Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN) | Former Rep. | ||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD) | |||
| Blanche Bruce (R-MS) | |||
| Algernon Paddock (R-NE) | |||
| Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ) | Former Governor | ||
| Francis Kernan (D-NY) | |||
| William A. Wallace (D-PA) | |||
| Robert E. Withers (D-VA) | |||
| Isaac P. Christiancy (R-MI) | |||
| Andrew Johnson (D-TN) | Former President | ||
| Allen T. Caperton (D-WV) | |||
| William Sharon (D-NV) | April 2, 1875 | ||
| David M. Key (D-TN) | August 18, 1875 | ||
| James E. English (D-CT) | November 27, 1875 | ||
| James B. Eustis (D-LA) | January 12, 1876 | ||
| William H. Barnum (D-CT) | May 18, 1876 | ||
| James G. Blaine (R-MA) | July 10, 1876 | Former Rep. | |
| 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 | ||
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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