List of United States senators in the 46th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 46th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1881.

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 1880 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 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.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1885 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, VT, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1885.

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 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866 3 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) March 4, 1867 4 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) 5 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) March 4, 1869 6 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) 7 Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) 8 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 9 Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) Former representative 10 William Windom (R-MN) Former representative 11 Henry G. Davis (D-WV) 12 John W. Johnston (D-VA) March 15, 1871 13 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 14 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 15 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 16 John P. Jones (R-NV) 17 John Brown Gordon (D-GA) 18 William W. Eaton (D-CT) February 5, 1875 19 Francis Cockrell (D-MO) March 4, 1875 20 Henry L. Dawes (R-MA) 21 Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 22 Samuel J. R. McMillan (R-MN) 23 Samuel B. Maxey (D-TX) 24 Ambrose Burnside (R-RI) Former governor 25 Newton Booth (AM-CA) Former governor 26 Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN) Former representative 27 William Pinkney Whyte (D-MD) 28 Blanche Bruce (R-MS) 29 Algernon Paddock (R-NE) 30 Theodore F. Randolph (D-NJ) Former governor 31 Francis Kernan (D-NY) 32 William A. Wallace (D-PA) 33 Robert E. Withers (D-VA) 34 William Sharon (R-NV) 35 James G. Blaine (R-ME) July 10, 1876 Former representative 36 Henry M. Teller (R-CO) November 15, 1876 37 James E. Bailey (D-TN) January 19, 1877 38 Frank Hereford (D-WV) January 31, 1877 39 George F. Hoar (R-MA) March 4, 1877 Former representative 40 Isham G. Harris (D-TN) Former governor 41 John Tyler Morgan (D-AL) 42 John R. McPherson (D-NJ) 43 Matthew Butler (D-SC) 44 Richard Coke (D-TX) 45 Preston B. Plumb (R-KS) 46 James B. Beck (D-KY) 47 Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS) 48 Augustus H. Garland (D-AR) 49 Benjamin H. Hill (D-GA) 50 David Davis (I-IL) 51 Samuel J. Kirkwood (R-IA) 52 Alvin Saunders (R-NE) 53 Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) 54 William P. Kellogg (R-LA) 55 La Fayette Grover (D-OR) Former governor 56 J. Donald Cameron (R-PA) March 20, 1877 57 Daniel W. Voorhees (D-IN) November 6, 1877 58 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) February 22, 1879 59 George G. Vest (D-MO) March 4, 1879 Missouri 5th in population (1870) 60 Orville H. Platt (R-CT) Connecticut 25th in population (1870) 61 Wilkinson Call (D-FL) Florida 33rd in population (1870) 62 Zebulon Baird Vance (D-NC) 63 Wade Hampton III (R-SC) 64 John A. Logan (R-IL) 65 James D. Walker (D-AR) 66 James T. Farley (D-CA) 67 Nathaniel P. Hill (R-CO) 68 John S. Williams (D-KY) 69 Benjamin F. Jonas (D-LA) 70 George H. Pendleton (D-OH) Former representative 71 James H. Slater (D-OR) Former representative 72 James B. Groome (D-MD) Former governor 73 George S. Houston (D-AL) Former representative 74 Matthew H. Carpenter (R-WI) Charles H. Bell (R-NH) March 13, 1879 Henry W. Blair (R-NH) June 18, 1879 Former representative Henry P. Baldwin (R-MI) November 17, 1879 Former governor Luke Pryor (D-AL) January 7, 1880 Joseph E. Brown (D-GA) May 26, 1880 James L. Pugh (D-AL) November 24, 1880

See also 46th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 46th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List