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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 17th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823.
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 Seventeenth 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. While its term was officially March 4, 1821, to March 4, 1823, during the fifth and sixth years of James Monroe's presidency, its first session began on December 3, 1821, ending on May 8, 1822, and its second session began on December 2, 1822, to March 3, 1823. 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.
The United States House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper house. Together they compose the national legislature of the United States.
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The two main parties at this point were the Federalists (F), and Democratic Republicans (DR).
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 1823 [2] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1825 [3] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1827 [4] |
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
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1 | John Gaillard (DR-SC) | December 6, 1804 | |
2 | Rufus King (F-NY) | March 4, 1813 | |
3 | James Barbour (AD-VA) | January 2, 1815 | |
4 | Benjamin Ruggles (DR-OH) | March 4, 1815 | |
5 | John Williams (DR-TN) | October 10, 1815 | |
6 | Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC) | December 5, 1815 | |
7 | Montfort Stokes (DR-NC) | December 4, 1816 | North Carolina 4th in population (1810) |
8 | Martin D. Hardin (DR-SC) | South Carolina 6th in population (1810) | |
9 | James Noble (DR-IN) | December 11, 1816 | Alphabetical (N) |
10 | Waller Taylor (DR-IN) | Alphabetical (T) | |
11 | Harrison Gray Otis (F-NC) [5] | March 4, 1817 | Former representative (4 years) |
12 | Nicholas Van Dyke (F-DE) | Former representative (3 years) | |
13 | Mahlon Dickerson (DR-NJ) | Former governor | |
14 | David Lawrence Morril (DR-NH) | ||
15 | Thomas Hill Williams (DR-MS) | December 10, 1817 | |
16 | Henry Johnson (DR-LA) | January 12, 1818 | |
17 | William Adams Palmer (DR-VT) | October 20, 1818 | |
18 | Jesse Burgess Thomas (DR-IL) | December 3, 1818 | Former delegate |
19 | Ninian Edwards (DR-IL) | ||
20 | James Brown (DR-LA) | March 4, 1819 | Former senator |
21 | Edward Lloyd (DR-MD) | Former representative (2 years, 3 months) | |
22 | John Fabyan Parrott (DR-NH) | Former representative (2 years, 0 months) | |
23 | Walter Lowrie (DR-PA) | Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1810) | |
24 | James Lanman (DR-CT) | Connecticut 9th in population (1810) | |
25 | John Elliott (DR-GA) | Georgia 11th in population (1810) | |
26 | William Allen Trimble (DR-OH) [6] | Ohio 13th in population (1810) | |
27 | Freeman Walker (DR-GA) [7] | November 6, 1819 | |
28 | Richard Mentor Johnson (DR-KY) | December 10, 1819 | |
29 | James Pleasants (DR-VA) [8] | December 14, 1819 | Former representative (8 years) |
30 | William Rufus de Vane King (DR-AL) | Former representative (5 years) | |
31 | John Williams Walker (DR-AL) [9] | ||
32 | William Pinkney (F-MD) [10] | December 21, 1819 | |
33 | Elijah Hunt Mills (DR-MA) | June 12, 1820 | |
34 | John Holmes (DR-ME) | June 13, 1820 | |
35 | John Chandler (DR-ME) | June 14, 1820 | |
36 | David Holmes (DR-MS) | August 30, 1820 | |
37 | Isham Talbot (DR-KY) | October 19, 1820 | |
38 | Nehemiah Rice Knight (DR-RI) | January 9, 1821 | |
39 | Samuel Lewis Southard (DR-NJ) | January 26, 1821 | |
40 | Martin Van Buren (DR-NY) | March 4, 1821 | New York 1st in population (1810) |
41 | Elijah Boardman (DR-CT) | Connecticut 9th in population (1810) | |
42 | Horatio Seymour (DR-VT) | Vermont 15th in population (1810) | |
43 | James De Wolf (DR-RI) | Rhode Island 17th in population (1810) | |
44 | David Barton (DR-MO) | August 10, 1821 | Alphabetical (Ba) |
45 | Thomas Hart Benton (DR-MO) | Alphabetical (Be) | |
46 | John Henry Eaton (DR-TN) | September 27, 1821 | |
47 | Nicholas Ware (DR-GA) | November 10, 1821 | |
48 | William Findlay (DR-PA) | December 10, 1821 | |
49 | Ethan Allen Brown (DR-OH) | January 3, 1822 | |
50 | Caesar Augustus Rodney (DR-DE) [11] | January 24, 1822 | |
51 | James Lloyd (F-MA) | June 5, 1822 | |
52 | William Kelly (DR-AL) | December 12, 1822 | |
53 | Samuel Smith (DR-MD) | December 17, 1822 | |
54 | John Taylor (DR-VA) | December 18, 1822 | Former senator |