List of United States senators in the 22nd Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 22nd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833.

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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 1832 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 1833 (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 1835 (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 1837 (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 Benjamin Ruggles (AJ-OH)March 4, 1815
2 Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ)March 4, 1817
3 William Rufus de Vane King (J-AL)December 14, 1819
4 Nehemiah Rice Knight (AJ-RI)January 9, 1821
5 Horatio Seymour (AJ-VT)March 4, 1821
6 Thomas Hart Benton (J-MO)August 10, 1821
7 Samuel Smith (J-MD)December 17, 1822
8 Samuel Bell (AJ-NH)March 4, 1823Former governor
9 Robert Young Hayne (N-NH) [6]
10 Josiah Stoddard Johnston (AJ-LA)January 15, 1824
11 Littleton Waller Tazewell (J-VA) [7] December 7, 1824
12 William Hendricks (AJ-IN)March 4, 1825Former representative
13 Elias Kent Kane (J-IL)Illinois 24th in population (1820)
14 Hugh Lawson White (J-TN)October 28, 1825
15 Ashur Robbins (AJ-RI)October 31, 1825
16 Ezekiel Forman Chambers (AJ-VA)January 24, 1826
17 Nathaniel Silsbee (AJ-MA)May 31, 1826
18 Powhatan Ellis (J-MS) [8] March 4, 1827Former senator
19 John Tyler (J-VA)Former representative (4 years, 2 months)
20 Samuel Augustus Foot (AJ-CT)Former representative (4 years, 0 months)
21 Isaac Dutton Barnard (J-PA) [9]
22 Daniel Webster (AJ-MA)June 8, 1827
23 John Holmes (AJ-ME)January 15, 1829Former representative
24 Charles Edward Dudley (J-NY)
25 George Mortimer Bibb (J-KY)March 4, 1829Former senator (3 years)
26 George Michael Troup (J-GA)Former senator (1 year)
27 Edward Livingston (J-LA) [10] Former representative (12 years)
28 Peleg Sprague (AJ-ME)Former representative (4 years)
29 Theodore Frelinghuysen (AJ-NJ)New Jersey 13th in population (1820)
30 John Middleton Clayton (AJ-DE)Delaware 22nd in population (1820)
31 Felix Grundy (J-TN)October 19, 1829
32 John Forsyth (J-GA)November 9, 1829
33 Bedford Brown (J-NC)December 9, 1829
34 Arnold Naudain (AJ-DE)January 13, 1830
35 George Poindexter (J-MS)October 15, 1830
36 John McCracken Robinson (J-IL)December 11, 1830
37 Gideon Tomlinson (AJ-CT)March 4, 1831Former representative (8 years); Connecticut 14th in population (1820)
38 Gabriel Moore (J-AL)Former representative (8 years); Alabama 19th in population (1820)
39 Willie Person Mangum (J-NC)Former representative (3 years)
40 Stephen Decatur Miller (N-NC) [11] Former representative (2 years)
41 William Learned Marcy (J-NY) [12] New York 1st in population (1820)
42 William Wilkins (J-PA)Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1820)
43 Thomas Ewing (AJ-OH)Ohio 5th in population (1820)
44 Isaac Hill (J-NH)New Hampshire 15th in population (1820)
45 Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT)Vermont 16th in population (1820)
46 Alexander Buckner (J-MO)Missouri 23rd in population (1820)
47 Robert Hanna (AJ-IN) [13] August 19, 1831
48 Henry Clay (AJ-KY)November 10, 1831
George Augustus Waggaman (AJ-LA)November 15, 1831
George Mifflin Dallas (J-PA)December 13, 1831
John Tipton (J-IN)January 3, 1832
John Black (J-MS)November 12, 1832
William Cabell Rives (J-VA)December 10, 1832
John Caldwell Calhoun (N-SC)December 29, 1832

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1820 Census Results
  3. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1833.
  4. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1835.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1837.
  6. Robert Hayne resigned December 13, 1832
  7. Littleton Tazewell resigned July 16, 1832
  8. Powhatan Ellis resigned July 16, 1832
  9. Isaac Barnard resigned December 6, 1831
  10. Edward Livingston resigned May 24, 1831
  11. Stephen Miller resigned March 2, 1833
  12. William Marcy resigned January 1, 1833
  13. Robert Hanna resigned January 3, 1832