List of United States senators in the 15th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 15th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819.

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 his or her 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.[1]

The two main parties at this point were the Federalists (F), and Democratic Republicans (DR). At the end of this congress, there was one person elected who was an Anti-Democrat (AD).

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1819[2]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1821[3]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1823[4]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1John Gaillard (F-SC)December 6, 1804
2Charles Tait (F-GA)November 27, 1809
3Outerbridge Horsey (F-DE)January 12, 1810
4Samuel Whittlesey Dana (F-CT)December 4, 1810
5William Hunter (F-RI)October 28, 1811
6Dudley Chase (DR-VT)[5]March 4, 1813Vermont 14th in population (1810)
7Eligius Fromentin (DR-LA)Louisiana 17th in population (1810)
8Rufus King (F-NY)Former senator
9Abner Lacock (DR-PA)Former representative (2 years)
10Jeremiah Morrow (DR-OH)Former representative (10 years)
11David Daggett (F-CT)May 13, 1813
12Robert Henry Goldsborough (F-MD)May 21, 1813
13Jeremiah Mason (F-NH)June 10, 1813
14Jonathan Roberts (DR-PA)[6]February 24, 1814
15James Barbour (AD-VA)January 2, 1815
16Isham Talbot (DR-KY)February 2, 1815
17Benjamin Ruggles (DR-OH)March 4, 1815Ohio 13th in population (1810)
18Nathan Sanford (DR-NY)New York 1st in population (1810)
19Isaac Tichenor (F-VT)Former senator
20James Jefferson Wilson (DR-NJ)New Jersey 12th in population (1810)
21George Washington Campbell (DR-TN)[7]October 10, 1815Former senator
22John Williams (DR-TN)
23Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC)December 5, 1815
24Eli Porter Ashmun (F-MA)[8]June 12, 1816
25Martin D. Hardin (DR-SC)November 3, 1816South Carolina 6th in population (1810)
26George Michael Troup (DR-GA)[9]November 13, 1816
27Montfort Stokes (DR-NC)December 4, 1816North Carolina 4th in population (1810)
28James Noble (DR-IN)December 11, 1816Alphabetical (N)
29Waller Taylor (DR-IN)Alphabetical (T)
30Alexander Contee Hanson (F-MD)December 20, 1816
31John Wayles Eppes (DR-VA)March 4, 1817Former representative (10 years)
32Harrison Gray Otis (F-MA)Former representative (4 years)
33Nicholas Van Dyke (F-DE)Former representative (3 years, 4 months)
34William Charles Cole Claiborne (DR-LA)[10]Former representative (3 years, 3 months)
35Mahlon Dickerson (DR-NJ)Former governor
36John Jordan Crittenden (DR-KY)Kentucky 7th in population (1810)
37David Lawrence Morril (DR-NH)New Hampshire 15th in population (1810)
38James Burrill, Jr. (F-RI)Rhode Island 16th in population (1810)
39Clement Storer (DR-NH)June 27, 1817
40James Fisk (DR-VT)[11]November 4, 1817
41Walter Leake (DR-MS)December 10, 1817Alphabetical (L)
42Thomas Hill Williams (DR-MS)Alphabetical (W)
43Henry Johnson (DR-LA)January 12, 1818
44Prentiss Mellen (F-MA)June 5, 1818
45John Henry Eaton (DR-TN)September 5, 1818
46William Adams Palmer (DR-VT)October 20, 1818
47John Forsyth (DR-GA)November 23, 1818[12]
48Ninian Edwards (DR-IL)December 3, 1818
49Jesse Burgess Thomas (DR-IL)Former delegate

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1819.
  3. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1821.
  4. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1823.
  5. Dudley Chase resigned November 3, 1817
  6. Jonathan Roberts resigned June 16, 1817
  7. George Campbell resigned April 20, 1818
  8. Eli Porter Ashmun resigned May 10, 1818
  9. George Troup resigned September 23, 1818
  10. William Claiborne resigned November 23, 1817
  11. James Fisk resigned January 8, 1818
  12. John Forsyth resigned February 17, 1819
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