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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 23rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835.
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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] [2]
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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 1834 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
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 1835 [3] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1837 [4] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1839 [5] |
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
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1 | William Rufus de Vane King (J-AL) | December 14, 1819 | |
2 | Nehemiah Rice Knight (AJ-RI) | January 9, 1821 | |
3 | Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) | August 10, 1821 | |
4 | Samuel Bell (AJ-NH) | March 4, 1823 | |
5 | Josiah Stoddard Johnston (AJ-LA) | January 15, 1824 | |
6 | William Hendricks (A-IN) | March 4, 1825 | Former representative |
7 | Elias Kent Kane (J-IL) | ||
8 | Hugh Lawson White (J-TN) | October 28, 1825 | |
9 | Ashur Robbins (AJ-RI) | October 31, 1825 | |
10 | Ezekiel Forman Chambers (A-VA) [6] | January 24, 1826 | |
11 | Nathaniel Silsbee (A-MA) | May 31, 1826 | |
12 | John Tyler (AJ-VA) | March 4, 1827 | |
13 | Daniel Webster (AJ-MA) | June 8, 1827 | |
14 | George Mortimer Bibb (NR-KY) | March 4, 1829 | Former senator (3 years) |
15 | George Michael Troup (J-GA) [7] | Former senator (1 year) | |
16 | Peleg Sprague (AJ-ME) [8] | Former representative | |
17 | Theodore Frelinghuysen (AJ-NJ) | New Jersey 13th in population (1820) | |
18 | John Middleton Clayton (AJ-DE) | Delaware 22nd in population (1820) | |
19 | Felix Grundy (D-TN) | October 19, 1829 | |
20 | John Forsyth (J-GA) [9] | November 9, 1829 | |
21 | Bedford Brown (D-NC) | December 9, 1829 | |
22 | Arnold Naudain (AJ-DE) | January 13, 1830 | |
23 | George Poindexter (AJ-MS) | October 15, 1830 | |
24 | John McCracken Robinson (J-IL) | December 11, 1830 | |
25 | Gideon Tomlinson (AJ-CT) | March 4, 1831 | Former representative (8 years); Connecticut 14th in population (1820) |
26 | Gabriel Moore (J-AL) | Former representative (8 years); Alabama 19th in population (1820) | |
27 | Willie Person Mangum (AJ-NC) | Former representative (3 years) | |
28 | William Wilkins (J-PA) [10] | Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1820) | |
29 | Thomas Ewing (AJ-OH) | Ohio 5th in population (1820) | |
30 | Isaac Hill (J-NH) | New Hampshire 15th in population (1820) | |
31 | Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT) | Vermont 16th in population (1820) | |
32 | Alexander Buckner (J-MO) [11] | Missouri 23rd in population (1820) | |
33 | Henry Clay (AJ-KY) | November 10, 1831 | |
34 | George Augustus Waggaman (AJ-LA) | November 15, 1831 | |
35 | John Tipton (J-IN) | January 3, 1832 | |
36 | John Black (J-MS) | November 12, 1832 | |
37 | William Cabell Rives (AJ-VA) [12] | December 10, 1832 | |
38 | John Caldwell Calhoun (N-SC) | December 29, 1832 | |
39 | Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY) | January 4, 1833 | |
40 | Samuel Lewis Southard (AJ-NJ) | March 4, 1833 | Former senator |
41 | Joseph Kent (AJ-MD) | Former representative (10 years) | |
42 | Samuel McKean (J-PA) | Former representative (6 years) | |
43 | Benjamin Swift (AJ-VT) | Former representative (4 years) | |
44 | Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (J-NY) | New York 1st in population (1830) | |
45 | Thomas Morris (J-OH) | Ohio 4th in population (1830) | |
46 | Ether Shepley (J-ME) | Maine 12th in population (1830) | |
47 | Nathan Smith (AJ-CT) | Connecticut 16th in population (1830) | |
Lewis Fields Linn (J-MO) | October 25, 1833 | ||
John Pendleton King (J-GA) | November 21, 1833 | ||
48 | William Campbell Preston (N-SC) | November 26, 1833 | |
Alexander Porter (AJ-LA) | December 19, 1833 | ||
Benjamin Watkins Leigh (AJ-VA) | February 26, 1834 | ||
James Buchanan (D-PA) | December 6, 1834 | ||
Robert Henry Goldsborough (AJ-MD) | January 13, 1835 | ||
John Ruggles (J-ME) | January 20, 1835 | ||