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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 14th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817.
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress which, along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislature of the United States. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C.
The Fourteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in the Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1815, to March 4, 1817, during the seventh and eighth years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
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 vice president of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as President of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president presides over Senate deliberations, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president also presides over joint sessions of Congress.
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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).
Class | Terms of service of senators that will expire in years |
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Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1817 [2] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1819 [3] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1821 [4] |
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
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1 | John Gaillard (DR-SC) | December 6, 1804 | |
2 | James Turner (DR-NC) [5] | March 4, 1805 | |
3 | John Condit (DR-NJ) | March 21, 1809 | |
4 | Charles Tait (DR-GA) | November 27, 1809 | |
5 | Outerbridge Horsey (F-DE) | January 12, 1810 | |
6 | Samuel Whittlesey Dana (F-CT) | December 4, 1810 | |
7 | John Taylor (DR-SC) [6] | December 31, 1810 | |
8 | Jeremiah Brown Howell (DR-RI) | March 4, 1811 | |
9 | Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR-MA) | June 29, 1811 | |
10 | William Hunter (F-RI) | October 28, 1811 | |
11 | James Brown (DR-LA) | February 5, 1813 | |
12 | Rufus King (F-NY) | March 4, 1813 | Former senator |
13 | Jeremiah Morrow (DR-OH) | Former representative (10 years) | |
14 | Abner Lacock (DR-PA) | Former representative (2 years) | |
15 | Dudley Chase (DR-VT) | Vermont 14th in population (1810) | |
16 | Eligius Fromentin (DR-LA) | Louisiana 17th in population (1810) | |
17 | Christopher Gore (F-MA) [7] | May 5, 1813 | |
18 | David Daggett (F-CT) | May 13, 1813 | |
19 | Robert Henry Goldsborough (F-MD) | May 21, 1813 | |
20 | William Hill Wells (F-DE) | May 28, 1813 | |
21 | Jeremiah Mason (F-NH) | June 10, 1813 | |
22 | William Wyatt Bibb (DR-GA) [8] | November 6, 1813 | |
23 | Jonathan Roberts (DR-PA) | February 24, 1814 | |
24 | Jesse Wharton (DR-TN) [9] | March 17, 1814 | |
25 | Thomas Weston Thompson (F-NH) | June 24, 1814 | |
26 | William Taylor Barry (DR-KY) [10] | December 16, 1814 | |
27 | Francis Locke, Jr. (DR-NC) [11] | Did not Qualify | |
28 | James Barbour (AD-VA) | January 2, 1815 | |
29 | Isham Talbot (AD-KY) | February 2, 1815 | |
30 | Isaac Tichenor (F-VT) | March 4, 1815 | Former senator |
31 | Nathan Sanford (AD-NY) | New York 1st in population (1810) | |
32 | James Jefferson Wilson (DR-NJ) | New Jersey 12th in population (1810) | |
33 | Benjamin Ruggles (DR-OH) | Ohio 13th in population (1810) | |
34 | George Washington Campbell (DR-TN) | October 10, 1815 | Former senator |
35 | John Williams (DR-TN) | ||
36 | Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC) | December 5, 1815 | |
37 | Robert Goodlow Harper (F-MD) [12] | January 1816 | |
38 | Armistead Thomson Mason (DR-VA) | January 3, 1816 | |
39 | Eli Porter Ashmun (F-MA) | June 12, 1816 | |
40 | George Michael Troup (DR-GA) | November 13, 1816 | Former representative |
41 | Martin D. Hardin (F-KY) | ||
42 | Montfort Stokes (DR-NC) | December 4, 1816 | North Carolina 4th in population (1810) |
43 | William Smith (DR-SC) | South Carolina 6th in population (1810) | |
44 | James Noble (DR-IN) | December 11, 1816 | Alphabetical (N) |
45 | Waller Taylor (DR-IN) | Alphabetical (T) | |
46 | Alexander Contee Hanson (F-MD) | December 20, 1816 | |