List of United States senators in the 25th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 25th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839.

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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 1838 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 1839 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.) [3]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1841 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.) [4]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843 (AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.) [5]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL)December 14, 1819
2 Nehemiah Rice Knight (W-RI)January 9, 1821
3 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO)August 10, 1821
4 Hugh Lawson White (W-TN)October 28, 1825
5 Ashur Robbins (W-RI)October 31, 1825
6 Daniel Webster (W-MA)June 8, 1827
7 Felix Grundy (D-TN) [6] October 19, 1829
8 Bedford Brown (D-NC)December 9, 1829
9 John McCracken Robinson (D-IL)December 11, 1830
10 Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT)March 4, 1831
11 Henry Clay (W-KY)November 10, 1831
12 John Tipton (D-IN)January 3, 1832
13 John Black (W-MS) [7] November 12, 1832
14 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC)December 29, 1832
15 Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY)January 4, 1833
16 Samuel Lewis Southard (W-NJ)March 4, 1833Former senator
17 Joseph Kent (AJ-MD) [8] Former representative (10 years)
18 Samuel McKean (D-PA)Former representative (6 years)
19 Benjamin Swift (AJ-VT)Former representative (4 years)
20 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (AJ-NY)New York 1st in population (1830)
21 Thomas Morris (J-OH)Ohio 4th in population (1830)
22 Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO)October 25, 1833
23 John Pendleton King (D-GA) [9] November 21, 1833
24 William Campbell Preston (N-SC)November 26, 1833
25 James Buchanan (D-PA)December 6, 1834
26 Alfred Cuthbert (D-MD)January 12, 1835
27 John Ruggles (D-ME)January 20, 1835
28 John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY)March 4, 1835Former senator
29 Henry Hubbard (D-NH)Former representative
30 John Davis (W-MA)Former governor
31 Garret Dorset Wall (D-NJ)New Jersey 14th in population (1830)
32 Robert John Walker (D-MS)Mississippi 22nd in population (1830)
33 John Milton Niles (D-CT)December 21, 1835
34 Robert Carter Nicholas (D-LA)January 13, 1836
35 William Cabell Rives (D-VA)March 4, 1836
36 Richard Henry Bayard (AJ-DE)June 17, 1836
37 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR)September 18, 1836Former delegate
38 William Savin Fulton (D-AR)
39 Robert Strange (D-NC)December 5, 1836
40 Richard Elliott Parker (D-VA) [10] December 12, 1836
41 John Selby Spence (W-MD)December 31, 1836
42 Thomas Clayton (W-DE)January 9, 1837
43 Alexander Mouton (D-LA)January 12, 1837
44 Lucius Lyon (D-MI)January 26, 1837Former delegate
45 John Norvell (D-MI)
46 Franklin Pierce (D-NH)March 4, 1837Former representative (4 years)
47 William Allen (D-OH)Former representative (2 years); Ohio 5th in population (1830)
48 Oliver Hampton Smith (W-IN)Former representative (2 years); Indiana 13th in population (1830)
49 Reuel Williams (D-ME)Maine 12th in population (1830)
50 Perry Smith (D-CT)Connecticut 16th in population (1830)
51 Richard Montgomery Young (D-IL)Illinois 20th in population (1830)
William Henry Roane (D-VA)March 14, 1837
52 John McKinley (D-AL) [11] Did not qualify
Clement Comer Clay (D-AL)June 19, 1837
Wilson Lumpkin (D-GA)November 22, 1837
William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD)January 4, 1838
James Fisher Trotter (D-MS) [12] January 22, 1838
Ephraim Hubbard Foster (W-TN)September 17, 1838
Thomas Hickman Williams (D-MS)November 12, 1838

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 1839.
  4. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1841.
  5. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843.
  6. ↑ Felix Grundy resigned July 4, 1838
  7. ↑ John Black resigned January 22, 1838
  8. ↑ Joseph Kent resignedNovember 24, 1837
  9. ↑ John King resigned November 1, 1837
  10. ↑ Richard Parker resigned March 13, 1837
  11. ↑ John McKinley resigned April 22, 1837, never having qualified
  12. ↑ James Trotter resigned July 10, 1838
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