List of United States senators in the 20th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 20th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829.

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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] [3]

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 1828 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 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1829 (AL, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.) [4]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831 (AL, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MS, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, VA, and VT.) [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1833 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, and VA) [6]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Benjamin Ruggles (AJ-OH)March 4, 1815
2 Nathaniel Macon (J-NC) [7] December 5, 1815
3 James Noble (AJ-IN)December 11, 1816
4 Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ) [8] March 4, 1817
5 Thomas Hill Williams (J-MS)December 10, 1817
6 Jesse Burgess Thomas (AJ-IL)November 23, 1818
7 Richard Mentor Johnson (J-KY)December 10, 1819
8 William Rufus de Vane King (J-AL)December 14, 1819
9 John Chandler (J-ME)June 14, 1820
10 Nehemiah Rice Knight (AJ-RI)January 9, 1821
11 Martin Van Buren (J-NY) [9] March 4, 1821New York 1st in population (1810)
12 Horatio Seymour (AJ-VT)Vermont 15th in population (1810)
13 David Barton (AJ-MO)August 10, 1821Alphabetical (Ba)
14 Thomas Hart Benton (J-MO)Alphabetical (Be)
15 John Henry Eaton (J-TN)September 27, 1821
16 Samuel Smith (J-MD)December 17, 1822
17 John Branch (DR-NC)March 4, 1823Former governor; North Carolina 4th in population (1820)
18 Samuel Bell (AJ-NH)Former governor; New Hampshire 15th in population (1820)
19 Robert Young Hayne (J-NH)
20 Josiah Stoddard Johnston (AJ-LA)January 15, 1824
21 Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (AJ-LA)November 19, 1824
22 Thomas Willis Cobb (J-GA)December 6, 1824
23 Littleton Waller Tazewell (J-VA)December 7, 1824
24 Dudley Chase (AJ-VT)March 4, 1825Former senator
25 William Hendricks (AJ-IN)Former representative (5 years)
26 William Henry Harrison (AJ-OH) [10] Former representative (3 years)
27 John Rowan (J-KY)Former representative (2 years)
28 William Marks (AJ-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1820)
29 John Macpherson Berrien (J-GA)Georgia 11th in population (1820)
30 Elias Kent Kane (J-IL)Illinois 24th in population (1820)
31 Levi Woodbury (J-NH)March 16, 1825
32 Calvin Willey (J-CT)May 4, 1825
33 Hugh Lawson White (J-TN)October 28, 1825
34 Ashur Robbins (AJ-RI)October 31, 1825
35 Nathan Sanford (AJ-NY)January 14, 1826
36 Ezekiel Forman Chambers (AJ-VA)January 24, 1826
37 Nathaniel Silsbee (AJ-MA)May 31, 1826
38 Ephraim Bateman (AJ-NJ) [11] November 10, 1826
39 John McKinley (J-AL)November 27, 1826
40 William Smith (DR-SC)November 29, 1826
41 Henry Moore Ridgely (J-DE)January 12, 1827
42 Powhatan Ellis (J-MS)March 4, 1827Former senator
43 Louis McLane (J-DE)Former representative (10 years)
44 John Tyler (J-VA)Former representative (4 years, 2 months)
45 Samuel Augustus Foot (AJ-CT)Former representative (4 years, 0 months)
46 Albion Keith Parris (J-ME) [12] Former representative (2 years)
47 Isaac Dutton Barnard (J-PA)
48 Daniel Webster (AJ-MA)June 8, 1827
Oliver Hillhouse Prince (J-GA)November 7, 1828
Jacob Burnet (AJ-OH)December 10, 1828
James Iredell Jr. (J-NC)December 15, 1828
John Holmes (DR-ME)January 15, 1829Former representative
Charles Edward Dudley (J-NY)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ↑ 1810 Census Results
  3. ↑ 1820 Census Results
  4. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1829.
  5. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1833.
  7. ↑ Nathaniel Macon resigned November 14, 1828
  8. ↑ Mahlon Dickerson resigned January 30, 1829
  9. ↑ Martin Van Buren resigned December 20, 1828
  10. ↑ William Henry Harrison resigned May 20, 1828
  11. ↑ Ephraim Bateman resigned January 12, 1829
  12. ↑ Albion Parris resigned August 26, 1828
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