diff --git a/http/handler.go b/http/handler.go
index 03a039766..890a4a31d 100644
--- a/http/handler.go
+++ b/http/handler.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"runtime/pprof"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ func (h *Handler) populateValidators() {
 	h.validators["PostFieldAttrDiff"] = queryValidationSpecRequired()
 	h.validators["GetNodes"] = queryValidationSpecRequired()
 	h.validators["GetShardMax"] = queryValidationSpecRequired()
+	h.validators["GetTransactionList"] = queryValidationSpecRequired()
 	h.validators["GetTransactions"] = queryValidationSpecRequired()
 	h.validators["GetTransaction"] = queryValidationSpecRequired()
 	h.validators["PostTransaction"] = queryValidationSpecRequired()
@@ -362,6 +364,8 @@ func newRouter(handler *Handler) *mux.Router {
 	router.HandleFunc("/schema", handler.handleGetSchema).Methods("GET").Name("GetSchema")
 	router.HandleFunc("/schema", handler.handlePostSchema).Methods("POST").Name("PostSchema")
 	router.HandleFunc("/status", handler.handleGetStatus).Methods("GET").Name("GetStatus")
+	router.HandleFunc("/transaction", handler.handleGetTransactionList).Methods("GET").Name("GetTransactionList")
+	router.HandleFunc("/transaction/", handler.handleGetTransactionList).Methods("GET").Name("GetTransactionList")
 	router.HandleFunc("/transaction", handler.handlePostTransaction).Methods("POST").Name("PostTransaction")
 	router.HandleFunc("/transaction/", handler.handlePostTransaction).Methods("POST").Name("PostTransaction")
 	router.HandleFunc("/transaction/{id}", handler.handleGetTransaction).Methods("GET").Name("GetTransaction")
@@ -1241,6 +1245,41 @@ func (h *Handler) handleDeleteField(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	resp.write(w, err)
 }
 
+func (h *Handler) handleGetTransactionList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if !validHeaderAcceptJSON(r.Header) {
+		http.Error(w, "JSON only acceptable response", http.StatusNotAcceptable)
+		return
+	}
+	trnsMap, err := h.api.Transactions(r.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		switch errors.Cause(err) {
+		case pilosa.ErrNodeNotCoordinator:
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		default:
+			http.Error(w, "problem getting transactions: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Convert the map of transactions to a slice.
+	trnsList := make([]*pilosa.Transaction, len(trnsMap))
+	var i int
+	for _, v := range trnsMap {
+		trnsList[i] = v
+		i++
+	}
+
+	// Sort the slice by createdAt.
+	sort.Slice(trnsList, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return trnsList[i].CreatedAt.Before(trnsList[j].CreatedAt)
+	})
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(trnsList); err != nil {
+		h.logger.Printf("encoding GetTransactionList response: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func (h *Handler) handleGetTransactions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if !validHeaderAcceptJSON(r.Header) {
 		http.Error(w, "JSON only acceptable response", http.StatusNotAcceptable)
diff --git a/transaction.go b/transaction.go
index 2af2c76df..ca0d5b39a 100644
--- a/transaction.go
+++ b/transaction.go
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ type Transaction struct {
 	// Timeout is the minimum idle time for which this transaction should continue to exist.
 	Timeout time.Duration `json:"timeout"`
 
+	// CreatedAt is the timestamp at which the transaction was created. This supports
+	// the case of listing transactions in a useful order.
+	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"createdAt"`
+
 	// Deadline is calculated from Timeout. TODO reset deadline each time there is activity
 	// on the transaction. (we can't do this until there is some method of associating a
 	// request/call with a transaction)
@@ -130,12 +134,14 @@ func (tm *TransactionManager) Start(ctx context.Context, id string, timeout time
 	active := !exclusive || (len(trnsMap) == 0)
 
 	// set deadline according to timeout
-	deadline := time.Now().Add(timeout)
+	createdAt := time.Now()
+	deadline := createdAt.Add(timeout)
 	trns := &Transaction{
 		ID:        id,
 		Active:    active,
 		Exclusive: exclusive,
 		Timeout:   timeout,
+		CreatedAt: createdAt,
 		Deadline:  deadline,
 	}
 	if err = tm.store.Put(trns); err != nil {
@@ -447,12 +453,14 @@ func (trns *Transaction) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		Active    bool   `json:"active"`
 		Exclusive bool   `json:"exclusive"`
 		Timeout   string `json:"timeout"`
+		CreatedAt string `json:"createdAt"`
 		Deadline  string `json:"deadline"`
 	}{
 		ID:        trns.ID,
 		Active:    trns.Active,
 		Exclusive: trns.Exclusive,
 		Timeout:   trns.Timeout.String(),
+		CreatedAt: trns.CreatedAt.In(time.UTC).Format(time.RFC3339Nano),
 		Deadline:  trns.Deadline.In(time.UTC).Format(time.RFC3339Nano),
 	})
 }
@@ -463,6 +471,7 @@ func (trns *Transaction) Copy() *Transaction {
 		Active:    trns.Active,
 		Exclusive: trns.Exclusive,
 		Timeout:   trns.Timeout,
+		CreatedAt: trns.CreatedAt,
 		Deadline:  trns.Deadline,
 		Stats:     trns.Stats,
 	}
diff --git a/transaction.md b/transaction.md
index 4a3bae6d4..5ed78edb5 100644
--- a/transaction.md
+++ b/transaction.md
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ presumably cluster-wide.
 
 The base transaction endpoints are `/transactions`, for listing or creating
 transactions, and `/transaction/[id]`, for listing, creating, finishing, or
-cancelling a transaction.
+cancelling a transaction. A GET to the `/transaction` endpoint (without an
+`[id]`) will return a list of all transactions ordered by their creation
+date: `createdAt`.
 
 A POST to `/transaction` attempts to create a transaction, assigning it an
 arbitrary ID that is not the ID of any existing transaction. A `GET` from
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ This will return a JSON "transaction response" object.
   "active":true,
   "exclusive":false,
   "timeout":"1m0s",
+  "createdAt":"2020-04-17T21:53:18.69359-05:00",
   "deadline":"2020-04-17T21:54:18.69359-05:00"
   },
 "error":"some message"