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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 38th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 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 during 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.
Terms of service [ edit ]
Class
Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 2
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1865
Class 3
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1867
Class 1
Terms of service of senators that expired in 1869
U.S. Senate seniority list [ edit ]
U.S. Senate seniority
Rank
Senator (party-state)
Seniority date
Other factors
1
Solomon Foot (R -VT )
March 4, 1851
2
James A. Bayard Jr. (D -DE )
3
Benjamin Wade (R -OH )
March 15, 1851
4
Charles Sumner (LR -MA )
April 11, 1851
5
William P. Fessenden (R -ME )
February 10, 1854
6
Henry Wilson (R -MA )
January 31, 1855
7
Lyman Trumbull (R -IL )
March 4, 1855
8
Jacob Collamer (R -VT )
9
Lafayette S. Foster (R -CT )
10
John P. Hale (R -NH )
July 30, 1855
11
James Harlan (R -IA )
January 29, 1857
12
Zachariah Chandler (R -MI )
March 4, 1857
13
James Dixon (R -CT )
14
James R. Doolittle (R -WI )
15
Daniel Clark (R -NH )
June 27, 1857
16
Henry B. Anthony (R -RI )
March 4, 1859
Former governor
17
Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D -DE )
18
James W. Grimes (R -IA )
19
Lazarus W. Powell (D -KY )
20
Morton S. Wilkinson (R -MN )
21
John C. Ten Eyck (R -NJ )
22
Timothy O. Howe (R -WI )
March 4, 1861
23
James A. McDougall (D -CA )
24
Henry S. Lane (R -WI )
25
Ira Harris (R -NJ )
26
James Nesmith (D -OR )
27
Edgar Cowan (R -PA )
28
John Sherman (R -OH )
March 21, 1861
29
Samuel C. Pomeroy (R -KS )
April 4, 1861
30
Jim Lane (R -KS )
31
John S. Carlile (U -VA )
July 9, 1861
32
Waitman T. Willey (U -VA )
33
Garrett Davis (D -KY )
December 23, 1861
34
Jacob M. Howard (R -MI )
January 17, 1862
35
John B. Henderson (UU -MO )
36
Robert Wilson (UU -MO )
37
Benjamin F. Harding (D -OR )
September 12, 1862
38
Thomas H. Hicks (UU -MD )
December 29, 1862
39
William A. Richardson (R -IL )
January 12, 1863
40
Alexander Ramsey (R -MN )
March 4, 1863
41
William Sprague IV (R -RI )
42
John Conness (R -CA )
43
Thomas A. Hendricks (D -IN )
44
Reverdy Johnson (UU -MD )
45
Edwin D. Morgan (R -NY )
46
Charles R. Buckalew (D -PA )
47
William Wright (D -NJ )
48
Lemuel J. Bowden (UU -VA )
Waitman T. Willey (R -VA )
August 4, 1863
Peter G. Van Winkle (R -WV )
Benjamin G. Brown (UU -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 )
February 1, 1865
James W. Nye (R -NV )
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