List of United States senators in the 28th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 28th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.

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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 1844 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 1845 (CT, DE, FL, 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 1847 (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 1849 (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, 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) [6] December 14, 1819
2 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO)August 10, 1821
3 Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY) [7] January 4, 1833
4 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (W-NY) [8] March 4, 1833
5 Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO) [9] October 25, 1833
6 James Buchanan (D-PA)December 6, 1834
7 Robert John Walker (D-MS)March 4, 1835
8 William Cabell Rives (W-VA)March 4, 1836
9 Richard Henry Bayard (W-DE)June 17, 1836
10 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR)September 18, 1836Former delegate
11 William Savin Fulton (D-AR) [10]
12 Thomas Clayton (W-DE)January 9, 1837
13 William Allen (D-OH)March 4, 1837
14 William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD)January 4, 1838
15 Albert Smith White (W-IN)March 4, 1839Former representative
16 Benjamin Tappan (D-OH)Ohio 5th in population (1830)
17 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT)Vermont 17th in population (1830)
18 John Henderson (W-MS)Mississippi 22nd in population (1830)
19 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA)January 14, 1840
20 Augustus Seymour Porter (W-MI)January 20, 1840
21 Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT)May 4, 1840
22 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC)November 25, 1840
23 Isaac Chapman Bates (W-MA)January 13, 1841
24 Rufus Choate (W-MA)February 23, 1841
25 Levi Woodbury (D-NH)March 4, 1841Former senator (5 years)
26 John M. Berrien (W-GA)Former senator (4 years)
27 William Segar Archer (W-VA)Former representative (15 years)
28 George Evans (W-ME)Former representative (11 years)
29 William Woodbridge (W-MI)Former delegate (1 year)
30 James Turner Morehead (W-KY)Former governor
31 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ)New Jersey 14th in population (1830)
32 Alexander Barrow (W-LA)Louisiana 19th in population (1830)
33 Samuel McRoberts (D-IL) [11] Illinois 20th in population (1830)
34 James F. Simmons (W-RI)Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830)
35 Arthur Pendleton Bagby (D-AL)November 24, 1841
36 William Sprague III (W-RI) [12] February 18, 1842
37 John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY)March 31, 1842
38 William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ)July 2, 1842
39 George McDuffie (D-SC)December 23, 1842
40 John Milton Niles (D-CT)March 4, 1843Former senator
41 James Alfred Pearce (W-MD)Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840)
42 Charles Gordon Atherton (D-NH)Former representative (6 years); New Hampshire 22nd in population (1840)
43 Edward Allen Hannegan (D-IN)Former representative (4 years)
44 Walter Terry Colquitt (D-GA)Former representative (1 year)
45 William Henry Haywood, Jr. (D-NC)North Carolina 7th in population (1840)
46 Daniel Elliott Huger (D-SC)South Carolina 11th in population (1840)
47 Sidney Breese (D-IL)Illinois 14th in population (1840)
48 William Upham (W-VT)Vermont 21st in population (1840)
David Rice Atchison (D-MO)October 14, 1843
49 Ephraim Hubbard Foster (W-TN)October 17, 1843Former senator
50 Spencer Jarnagin (W-TN)
51 John Fairfield (D-ME)December 4, 1843Maine 13th in population (1840)
James Semple (D-IL)Illinois 14th in population (1840)
John Brown Francis (LO-RI)January 25, 1844
52 Henry Johnson (W-LA)February 12, 1844
Dixon Hall Lewis (D-AL)April 22, 1844
Chester Ashley (D-AR)November 8, 1844
Henry A. Foster (D-NY) [13] November 30, 1844Former representative
Daniel Stevens Dickinson (D-NY)
John Adams Dix (D-NY)January 27, 1845

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 1845.
  4. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847.
  5. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849.
  6. ↑ William King resigned April 15, 1844
  7. ↑ Silas Wright resigned November 26, 1844
  8. ↑ Nathaniel Tallmadge resigned June 17, 1844
  9. ↑ Lewis Linn resigned October 3, 1843
  10. ↑ William Fulton resigned August 15, 1844
  11. ↑ Samuel McRoberts resigned March 27, 1843
  12. ↑ William Sprague resigned January 17, 1844
  13. ↑ Henry Foster resigned January 27, 1845

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