This is a complete list of United States senators during the 22nd United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833.
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 their 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.
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 1 | Terms 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 2 | Terms 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 3 | Terms 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] |
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other 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, 1823 | Former 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, 1825 | Former 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, 1827 | Former 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, 1829 | Former representative |
| 24 | Charles Edward Dudley (J-NY) | ||
| 25 | George Mortimer Bibb (J-KY) | March 4, 1829 | Former 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, 1831 | Former 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 | ||