List of United States senators in the 19th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 19th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827.

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][2]

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1826 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1827[3]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1829[4]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1831[5]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1John Gaillard (J-SC)[6]December 6, 1804
2James Barbour (DR-VA)[7]January 2, 1815
3Benjamin Ruggles (A-OH)March 4, 1815
4Nathaniel Macon (J-NC)December 5, 1815
5James Noble (A-IN)December 11, 1816
6Nicholas Van Dyke (A-DE)[8]March 4, 1817Former representative
7Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ)
8Thomas Hill Williams (J-MS)December 10, 1817
9Jesse Burgess Thomas (A-IL)December 3, 1818
10Edward Lloyd (J-MD)[9]March 4, 1819
11Richard Mentor Johnson (J-KY)December 10, 1819
12William Rufus de Vane King (J-AL)December 14, 1819
13Elijah Hunt Mills (A-MA)June 12, 1820
14John Holmes (DR-ME)June 13, 1820
15John Chandler (J-ME)June 14, 1820
16David Holmes (J-MS)[10]August 30, 1820
17Nehemiah Rice Knight (A-RI)January 9, 1821
18Martin Van Buren (J-NY)March 4, 1821New York 1st in population (1810)
19Horatio Seymour (A-VT)Vermont 15th in population (1810)
20James De Wolf (DR-RI)[11]Rhode Island 17th in population (1810)
21David Barton (A-MO)August 10, 1821Alphabetical (Ba)
22Thomas Hart Benton (J-MO)Alphabetical (Be)
23John Henry Eaton (J-TN)September 27, 1821
24William Findlay (J-PA)December 10, 1821
25James Lloyd (A-MA)[12]June 5, 1822
26Samuel Smith (J-MD)December 17, 1822
27Andrew Jackson (J-TN)[13]March 4, 1823Former senator
28John Branch (DR-NC)Former governor; North Carolina 4th in population (1820)
29Samuel Bell (A-NH)Former governor; New Hampshire 15th in population (1820)
30Robert Young Hayne (J-NH)
31Henry Waggaman Edwards (J-CT)October 8, 1823
32Joseph McIlvaine (A-NJ)[14]November 12, 1823
33Thomas Clayton (A-DE)January 8, 1824
34Josiah Stoddard Johnston (A-LA)January 15, 1824
35Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (A-LA)November 19, 1824
36Thomas Willis Cobb (DR-GA)December 6, 1824
37Littleton Waller Tazewell (J-VA)December 7, 1824
38Dudley Chase (AJ-VT)March 4, 1825Former senator
39William Hendricks (A-IN)Former representative (5 years)
40William Henry Harrison (A-OH)Former representative (3 years)
41John Rowan (J-KY)Former representative (2 years)
42William Marks (A-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1820)
43John Macpherson Berrien (J-GA)Georgia 11th in population (1820)
44Henry H. Chambers (J-AL)[15]Alabama 19th in population (1820)
45Elias Kent Kane (J-IL)Illinois 24th in population (1820)
46Levi Woodbury (J-NH)March 16, 1825
47Calvin Willey (J-CT)May 4, 1825
Powhatan Ellis (J-MS)[16]September 28, 1825
Hugh Lawson White (J-TN)October 28, 1825
Ashur Robbins (A-RI)October 31, 1825
John Randolph (J-VA)December 26, 1825
48Nathan Sanford (A-NY)January 14, 1826
Ezekiel Forman Chambers (A-VA)January 24, 1826
Thomas Buck Reed (J-MS)January 28, 1826
Israel Pickens (J-AL)[17]February 17, 1826
William Harper (J-SC)[18]March 8, 1826
Nathaniel Silsbee (A-MA)May 31, 1826
Daniel Rodney (A-DE)[19]May 31, 1826
Ephraim Bateman (A-NJ)November 10, 1826
John McKinley (J-AL)November 27, 1826
William Smith (DR-SC)November 29, 1826
Henry Moore Ridgely (J-DE)January 12, 1827

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1810 Census Results
  3. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1827.
  4. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1829.
  5. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1831.
  6. John Gaillard resigned February 26, 1826
  7. James Barbour resigned March 7, 1825
  8. Nicholas Van Dyke resigned May 21, 1826
  9. Edward Lloyd resigned January 14, 1826
  10. David Holmes resigned September 25, 1825
  11. James De Wolf resigned October 31, 1825
  12. James Lloyd resigned May 23, 1826
  13. Andrew Jackson resigned October 14, 1825
  14. Joseph McIlvaine resigned August 19, 1826
  15. Henry Chambers resigned January 24, 1826
  16. Powhatan Ellis resigned January 28, 1826
  17. Israel Pickens resigned November 27, 1826
  18. William Harper resigned November 27, 1826
  19. Daniel Rodney resigned January 12, 1827
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