List of United States senators in the 27th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 27th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843.

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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 1842 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 1843 (AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.) [3]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1845 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.) [4]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.) [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 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO)August 10, 1821
3 Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT) [6] March 4, 1831
4 Henry Clay (W-KY) [7] November 10, 1831
5 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC)December 29, 1832
6 Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY)January 4, 1833
7 Samuel Lewis Southard (D-NJ) [8] March 4, 1833Former senator
8 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (W-NY)
9 Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO)October 25, 1833
10 William Campbell Preston (N-SC) [9] November 26, 1833
11 James Buchanan (D-PA)December 6, 1834
12 Alfred Cuthbert (D-MD)January 12, 1835
13 Robert John Walker (D-MS)March 4, 1835
14 William Cabell Rives (W-VA)March 4, 1836
15 Richard Henry Bayard (W-DE)June 17, 1836
16 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR)September 18, 1836Former delegate
17 William Savin Fulton (D-AR)
18 Thomas Clayton (W-DE)January 9, 1837
19 Alexander Mouton (D-LA) [10] January 12, 1837
20 Franklin Pierce (D-NH) [11] March 4, 1837Former representative (4 years)
21 William Allen (D-OH)Former representative (2 years); Ohio 5th in population (1830)
22 Oliver Hampton Smith (W-IN)Former representative (2 years); Indiana 13th in population (1830)
23 Reuel Williams (D-ME) [12] Maine 12th in population (1830)
24 Perry Smith (D-CT)Connecticut 16th in population (1830)
25 Richard Montgomery Young (D-IL)Illinois 20th in population (1830)
26 Clement Comer Clay (D-AL) [13] June 19, 1837
27 William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD)January 4, 1838
28 Albert Smith White (W-IN)March 4, 1839Former representative
29 Benjamin Tappan (D-OH)Ohio 5th in population (1830)
30 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT)Vermont 17th in population (1830)
31 John Henderson (W-MS)Mississippi 22nd in population (1830)
32 Nathan Fellows Dixon (W-RI) [14] Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830)
33 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA)January 14, 1840
34 Augustus Seymour Porter (W-MI)January 20, 1840
35 Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT)May 4, 1840
36 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC)November 25, 1840Former senator
37 William Alexander Graham (W-NC)
38 Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (D-TN)December 25, 1840
39 John Leeds Kerr (W-MD)January 5, 1841
40 Isaac Chapman Bates (W-MA)January 13, 1841
41 Rufus Choate (W-MA)February 23, 1841
42 Levi Woodbury (D-NH)March 4, 1841Former senator (5 years)
43 John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA)Former senator (4 years)
44 William Segar Archer (W-VA)Former representative (15 years)
45 George Evans (W-ME)Former representative (11 years)
46 William Woodbridge (W-MI)Former delegate (1 year)
47 James Turner Morehead (W-KY)Former governor
48 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ)New Jersey 14th in population (1830)
49 Alexander Barrow (W-LA)Louisiana 19th in population (1830)
50 Samuel McRoberts (D-IL)Illinois 20th in population (1830)
51 James F. Simmons (W-RI)Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830)
52 Arthur Pendleton Bagby (D-AL)November 24, 1841
William Sprague III (W-RI)February 18, 1842
Leonard Wilcox (D-NH)March 1, 1842
John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY)March 31, 1842
Charles Magill Conrad (W-LA)April 14, 1842
Samuel Chandler Crafts (W-VT)April 23, 1842
William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ)July 2, 1842
George McDuffie (D-SC)December 23, 1842

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 1843.
  4. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1845.
  5. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847.
  6. ↑ Samuel Prentiss resigned April 11, 1842
  7. ↑ Henry Clay resigned March 31, 1842
  8. ↑ Samuel Southard resigned June 26, 1842
  9. ↑ William Preston resigned November 29, 1842
  10. ↑ Alexander Mounton resigned March 1, 1842
  11. ↑ Franklin Pierce resigned February 28, 1842
  12. ↑ Reuel Williams resigned February 15, 1843
  13. ↑ Clement Clay resigned November 15, 1841
  14. ↑ Nathan Dixon resigned January 29, 1842

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