List of United States senators in the 19th Congress

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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.

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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]

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 expired in years
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1827 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.) [3]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1829 (AL, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, and VA.) [4]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831 (AL, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, and VT.) [5]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 John Gaillard (J-SC) [6] December 6, 1804
2 James Barbour (DR-VA) [7] January 2, 1815
3 Benjamin Ruggles (AJ-OH)March 4, 1815
4 Nathaniel Macon (J-NC)December 5, 1815
5 James Noble (AJ-IN)December 11, 1816
6 Nicholas Van Dyke (AJ-DE) [8] March 4, 1817Former representative
7 Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ)
8 Thomas Hill Williams (J-MS)December 10, 1817
9 Jesse Burgess Thomas (AJ-IL)December 3, 1818
10 Edward Lloyd (J-MD) [9] March 4, 1819
11 Richard Mentor Johnson (J-KY)December 10, 1819
12 William Rufus de Vane King (J-AL)December 14, 1819
13 Elijah Hunt Mills (AJ-MA)June 12, 1820
14 John Holmes (DR-ME)June 13, 1820
15 John Chandler (J-ME)June 14, 1820
16 David Holmes (J-MS) [10] August 30, 1820
17 Nehemiah Rice Knight (AJ-RI)January 9, 1821
18 Martin Van Buren (J-NY)March 4, 1821New York 1st in population (1810)
19 Horatio Seymour (AJ-VT)Vermont 15th in population (1810)
20 James De Wolf (DR-RI) [11] Rhode Island 17th in population (1810)
21 David Barton (AJ-MO)August 10, 1821Alphabetical (Ba)
22 Thomas Hart Benton (J-MO)Alphabetical (Be)
23 John Henry Eaton (J-TN)September 27, 1821
24 William Findlay (J-PA)December 10, 1821
25 James Lloyd (AJ-MA) [12] June 5, 1822
26 Samuel Smith (J-MD)December 17, 1822
27 Andrew Jackson (J-TN) [13] March 4, 1823Former senator
28 John Branch (DR-NC)Former governor; North Carolina 4th in population (1820)
29 Samuel Bell (AJ-NH)Former governor; New Hampshire 15th in population (1820)
30 Robert Young Hayne (J-NH)
31 Henry Waggaman Edwards (J-CT)October 8, 1823
32 Joseph McIlvaine (AJ-NJ) [14] November 12, 1823
33 Thomas Clayton (AJ-DE)January 8, 1824
34 Josiah Stoddard Johnston (AJ-LA)January 15, 1824
35 Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (AJ-LA)November 19, 1824
36 Thomas Willis Cobb (DR-GA)December 6, 1824
37 Littleton Waller Tazewell (J-VA)December 7, 1824
38 Dudley Chase (AJ-VT)March 4, 1825Former senator
39 William Hendricks (AJ-IN)Former representative (5 years)
40 William Henry Harrison (AJ-OH)Former representative (3 years)
41 John Rowan (J-KY)Former representative (2 years)
42 William Marks (AJ-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1820)
43 John Macpherson Berrien (J-GA)Georgia 11th in population (1820)
44 Henry H. Chambers (J-AL) [15] Alabama 19th in population (1820)
45 Elias Kent Kane (J-IL)Illinois 24th in population (1820)
46 Levi Woodbury (J-NH)March 16, 1825
47 Calvin Willey (J-CT)May 4, 1825
Powhatan Ellis (J-MS) [16] September 28, 1825
Hugh Lawson White (J-TN)October 28, 1825
Ashur Robbins (AJ-RI)October 31, 1825
John Randolph (J-VA)December 26, 1825
48 Nathan Sanford (AJ-NY)January 14, 1826
Ezekiel Forman Chambers (AJ-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 (AJ-MA)May 31, 1826
Daniel Rodney (AJ-DE) [19] May 31, 1826
Ephraim Bateman (AJ-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 expired in 1827.
  4. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1829.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired 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