This is a complete list of United States senators 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 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 1864 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1865 (AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1865.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1867 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, and WV)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1867.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1869 (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 1869.
U.S. Senate seniority list +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)
See also 38th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 38th Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List