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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 12th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813.
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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]
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Class | Terms of service of senators that will expire in years |
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Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1813 [2] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1815 [3] |
Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1817 [4] |
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
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1 | Joseph Inslee Anderson (DR-TN) | September 26, 1797 | |
2 | Stephen Row Bradley (DR-VT) | October 15, 1801 | |
3 | Samuel Smith (DR-MD) | March 4, 1803 | |
4 | John Smith (DR-NY) | February 23, 1804 | |
5 | William Branch Giles (DR-VA) | August 11, 1804 | |
6 | James Asheton Bayard, Sr. (F-DE) | November 13, 1804 | |
7 | John Gaillard (DR-SC) | December 6, 1804 | |
8 | Nicholas Gilman (DR-NH) | March 4, 1805 | Former representative (8 years) |
9 | James Turner (DR-NC) | ||
10 | Philip Reed (DR-KY) | November 25, 1806 | |
11 | Jesse Franklin (DR-NC) | March 4, 1807 | Former senator |
12 | Andrew Gregg (DR-PA) | Former representative | |
13 | John Pope (DR-KY) | ||
14 | Jonathan Robinson (DR-VT) | October 10, 1807 | |
15 | Chauncey Goodrich (F-CT) | October 25, 1807 | |
16 | William Harris Crawford (DR-GA) | November 7, 1807 | |
17 | James Lloyd (F-MA) | June 9, 1808 | |
18 | Michael Leib (DR-PA) | January 9, 1809 | |
19 | Richard Brent (DR-VA) | March 4, 1809 | Former representative (6 years) |
20 | John Lambert (DR-NJ) | Former representative (4 years); New Jersey 10th in population (1800) | |
21 | Obadiah German (DR-NY) | ||
22 | John Condit (DR-NJ) | March 21, 1809 | |
23 | Jenkin Whiteside (DR-TN) [5] | April 11, 1809 | |
24 | Christopher Grant Champlin (F-RI) [6] | June 26, 1809 | |
25 | Charles Tait (DR-GA) | November 27, 1809 | |
26 | Alexander Campbell (DR-OH) | December 11, 1809 | |
27 | Outerbridge Horsey (F-DE) | January 12, 1810 | |
28 | Charles Cutts (DR-NH) | June 21, 1810 | |
29 | Samuel Whittlesey Dana (F-CT) | December 4, 1810 | |
30 | Thomas Worthington (DR-OH) | December 15, 1810 | |
31 | John Taylor (DR-SC) | December 31, 1810 | |
32 | George Mortimer Bibb (DR-KY) | March 4, 1811 | Kentucky 9th in population (1800) |
33 | Jeremiah Brown Howell (DR-RI) | Rhode Island 15th in population (1800) | |
34 | Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR-MA) | June 29, 1811 | |
35 | George Washington Campbell (DR-TN) | October 8, 1811 | Former representative |
36 | William Hunter (F-RI) | October 28, 1811 | |
37 | Allan Bowie Magruder (DR-LA) | September 3, 1812 | |
38 | Jean Noel Destréhan (DR-LA) | [7] | |
39 | Thomas Posey (DR-LA) [8] | October 8, 1812 | |
40 | James Brown (DR-LA) | February 5, 1813 | |