List of United States senators in the 43rd Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 43rd United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 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 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 1874 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 1875 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, and WV.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1875.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1877 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1877.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1879 (AL, AR, CA, 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 1879.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Charles Sumner (LR-MA) April 11, 1851 2 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) March 4, 1857 3 Henry B. Anthony (R-RI) March 4, 1859 Former governor 4 Timothy O. Howe (R-WI) March 4, 1861 5 John Sherman (R-OH) March 21, 1861 6 Alexander Ramsey (R-MN) March 4, 1863 7 William Sprague IV (R-RI) 8 William M. Stewart (R-NV) February 1, 1865 9 Aaron H. Cragin (R-NH) March 4, 1865 10 George F. Edmunds (R-VT) April 3, 1866 11 Thomas Tipton (R-NE) March 1, 1867 12 Roscoe Conkling (R-NY) March 4, 1867 13 Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT) 14 Oliver P. Morton (R-IN) 15 Simon Cameron (R-PA) 16 Orris S. Ferry (R-CT) 17 George E. Spencer (R-AL) July 13, 1868 18 Thomas J. Robertson (R-SC) July 15, 1868 19 Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) March 4, 1869 20 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) 21 Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) 22 Eugene Casserly (D-CA) 23 William A. Buckingham (R-CT) 24 Abijah Gilbert (R-FL) 25 Daniel D. Pratt (R-IN) 26 William T. Hamilton (D-MD) 27 Carl Schurz (R-MO) 28 John P. Stockton (D-NJ) 29 Reuben Fenton (R-NY) 30 John Scott (R-PA) 31 William G. Brownlow (R-TN) 32 Arthur I. Boreman (R-WV) 33 Matthew H. Carpenter (R-WI) 34 Lot M. Morrill (R-ME) October 30, 1869 35 John F. Lewis (R-VA) January 26, 1870 36 Adelbert Ames (R-MS) February 23, 1870 37 James W. Flanagan (R-TX) March 30, 1870 38 Morgan C. Hamilton (R-TX) March 31, 1870 39 Eli Saulsbury (D-DE) March 4, 1871 40 Thomas W. Ferry (R-MI) 41 William Windom (R-MN) Former representative 42 Henry G. Davis (D-WV) 43 George Goldthwaite (D-AL) 44 Powell Clayton (R-AR) 45 John A. Logan (R-IL) 46 George G. Wright (R-IA) 47 John W. Stevenson (D-KY) 48 Joseph R. West (R-LA) 49 Phineas Hitchcock (R-NE) 50 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) 51 James K. Kelly (D-OR) 52 Henry Cooper (D-TN) 53 Alexander Caldwell (R-KS) 54 John W. Johnston (D-VA) March 15, 1871 55 Thomas M. Norwood (D-GA) November 14, 1871 56 James L. Alcorn (R-MS) December 1, 1871 57 Matt W. Ransom (D-NC) January 30, 1872 58 William B. Allison (R-IA) March 4, 1873 Former representative 59 John P. Jones (R-NV) 60 John Brown Gordon (D-GA) 61 Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR) 62 Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA) 63 Simon B. Conover (R-FL) 64 Richard J. Oglesby (R-IL) 65 Thomas C. McCreery (D-KY) 66 George R. Dennis (D-MD) 67 John J. Ingalls (R-KS) 68 Lewis V. Bogy (D-MO) 69 Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH) 70 Augustus S. Merrimon (D-NC) 71 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) 72 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

See also 43rd United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 43rd Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List