So many positions of influence were assigned to her that it created no small degree of jealously and ill-feeling in other sections.
The places were allotted according to the somewhat rigid rules of precedence which obtain in that body, but this fact did not induce senators from the Middle and Western States to acquiesce with grace.
The chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations was given to Mr.Sumner; Mr.Fessenden was placed at the head of the Finance Committee, which then included Appropriations; Mr.Wilson was made chairman of Military Affairs; Mr.John P.Hale, chairman of Naval Affairs; Mr.Collamer, chairman of Post-office and Post-roads; Mr.
Foster of Connecticut, chairman of Pensions; Mr.Clark of New Hampshire, chairman of Claims; Mr.Simmons of Rhode Island, chairman of Patents; Mr.Foot of Vermont, chairman of Public Buildings and Grounds; Mr.Anthony, chairman of Printing; Mr.Dixon of Connecticut, chairman of Contingent Expenses.

Mr.Lot M.Morrill, who had just entered the public service from Maine, was the only New-England senator left without a chairmanship.

There were in all twenty-two committees in the Senate.

Eleven were given to New England.

But even this ratio does not exhibit the case in its full strength.
The Committees on Foreign Relations, Finance, Military Affairs, and Naval Affairs shaped almost the entire legislation in time of war, and thus New England occupied a most commanding position.
The retirement of Mr.Seward, Mr.Chase, and Mr.Cameron from the Senate to enter the Cabinet undoubtedly increased the number of important positions assigned to New England.