List of United States senators in the 45th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 45th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1879.

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 1878 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 1879 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, VT, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1879.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1881 (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 1881.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1883 (AL, AR, CO, 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 1883.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) March 4, 1859 Former governor 2 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) March 4, 1861 3 John Sherman (R-OH) March 21, 1861 4 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866 5 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) March 4, 1867 6 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) 7 Oliver P. Morton (R-IN) 8 Simon Cameron (R-PA) 9 George E. Spencer (R-AL) July 13, 1868 10 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) March 4, 1869 11 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) 12 Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) 13 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 14 Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) 15 William Windom (R-MN) Former representative 16 Henry G. Davis (D-WV) 17 John W. Johnston (D-VA) March 15, 1871 18 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 19 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 20 John P. Jones (R-NV) 21 John Brown Gordon (D-GA) 22 Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR) 23 Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA) 24 Simon B. Conover (R-FL) 25 Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL) 26 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 27 Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY) 28 George R. Dennis (D-MD) 29 Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO) 30 Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH) 31 Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC) 32 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) 33 John J. Patterson (R-SC) 34 William W. Eaton (D-CT) February 5, 1875 35 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 36 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) 37 Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 38 Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) 39 Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) 40 Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) Former governor 41 Newton Booth (AM-CA) Former governor 42 Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN) Former representative 43 William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD) 44 Blanche Bruce (R-MS) 45 Algernon Paddock (R-NE) 46 Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ) Former governor 47 Francis Kernan (D-NY) 48 William A. Wallace (D-PA) 49 Robert E. Withers (D-VA) 50 Isaac P. Christiancy (R-MI) 51 William Sharon (R-NV) 52 James B. Eustis (D-LA) January 12, 1876 53 William H. Barnum (D-CT) May 18, 1876 54 James G. Blaine (R-ME) July 10, 1876 Former representative 55 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) November 15, 1876 56 Jerome B. Chaffee (R-CO) 57 James E. Bailey (D-TN) January 19, 1877 58 Frank Hereford (D-WV) January 31, 1877 59 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 60 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor 61 John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) 62 John R. McPherson (D-NJ) 63 Matthew Butler (D-SC) 64 Richard Coke (D-TX) 65 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) 66 James B. Beck (D-KY) 67 Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS) 68 Augustus H. Garland (D-AR) 69 Benjamin H. Hill (D-GA) 70 David Davis (I-IL) 71 Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA) 72 Alvin Saunders (R-NE) 73 Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) 74 William P. Kellogg (R-LA) 75 La Fayette Grover (D-OR) Former governor J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877 Stanley Matthews (R-OH) March 21, 1877 David H. Armstrong (R-MO) September 29, 1877 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877 James Shields (R-MO) January 27, 1879 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) February 22, 1879

See also 45th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 45th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List