List of United States senators in the 30th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 30th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1849.

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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 1848 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 1849 (AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, VT, and WI.) [3]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1851 (CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.) [4]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1853 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, TX, and VA.) [5]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO)August 10, 1821
2 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR)September 18, 1836
3 William Allen (D-OH)March 4, 1837
4 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT)March 4, 1839
5 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA)January 14, 1840
6 Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT)May 4, 1840
7 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC)November 25, 1840
10 John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA)March 4, 1841Former senator (4 years)
11 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ)New Jersey 14th in population (1830)
12 Arthur Pendleton Bagby (D-AL)November 24, 1841
13 John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY)March 31, 1842
14 William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ)July 2, 1842
15 James Alfred Pearce (W-MD)March 4, 1843Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840)
16 Charles Gordon Atherton (D-NH)Former representative (6 years); New Hampshire 22nd in population (1840)
17 Edward Allen Hannegan (D-IN)Former representative (4 years)
18 Walter Terry Colquitt (D-GA)Former representative (1 year)
19 Sidney Breese (D-IL)Illinois 14th in population (1840)
20 William Upham (W-VT)Vermont 21st in population (1840)
21 David Rice Atchison (D-MO)October 14, 1843
22 John Fairfield (W-ME)December 4, 1843Maine 13th in population (1840)
23 Henry Johnson (W-LA)February 12, 1844
24 Dixon Hall Lewis (D-AL)April 22, 1844
25 John Milton Niles (D-CT)May 16, 1844
26 Chester Ashley (D-AR)November 8, 1844
27 Daniel Stevens Dickinson (D-NY)November 30, 1844
28 John Adams Dix (D-NY)January 27, 1845
29 Daniel Webster (W-MA)March 4, 1845Former senator (13 years)
30 John Middleton Clayton (W-DE)Former senator (7 years)
31 Thomas Corwin (W-OH)Former representative (9 years)
32 Jesse Speight (D-MS)Former representative (8 years)
33 Hopkins Lacy Turney (D-TN)Former representative (6 years)
34 Lewis Cass (D-MI)Former cabinet member
35 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN)Indiana 10th in population (1840)
36 Reverdy Johnson (W-MD)Maryland 15th in population (1840)
37 Albert Collins Greene (W-RI)Rhode Island 24th in population (1840)
38 Simon Cameron (D-PA)March 13, 1845
39 John Davis (W-MA)March 24, 1845
40 David Levy Yulee (D-FL)July 1, 1845Former delegate
41 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC)November 26, 1845
42 Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX)February 21, 1846
43 Samuel Houston (D-TX)February 26, 1846Former representative
44 George Edmund Badger (W-NC)November 25, 1846
45 Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC)December 4, 1846
46 James M. Mason (D-VA)January 21, 1847Former representative
47 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA)March 4, 1847Former representative (8 years); Virginia 4th in population (1840)
48 Joseph Rogers Underwood (W-KY)Former representative (8 years); Kentucky 6th in population (1840)
49 Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL)Former representative (4 years)
50 John P. Hale (D-NH)Former representative (2 years)
51 Alpheus Felch (D-MI)Former governor
52 James Ware Bradbury (D-ME)Maine 13th in population (1840)
53 Henry Stuart Foote (D-MS)Mississippi 17th in population (1840)
54 Solomon Weathersbee Downs (D-LA)Louisiana 19th in population (1840)
55 John Hopkins Clarke (W-RI)Rhode Island 24th in population (1840)
56 Presley Spruance (W-DE)Delaware 26th in population (1840)
Jefferson Davis (D-MS)August 10, 1847
Roger Sherman Baldwin (W-CT) [6] November 11, 1847
John Bell (W-TN)November 22, 1847
Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (D-ME) [7] January 5, 1848
Herschel Vespasian Johnson (D-GA)February 5, 1848
Solon Borland (D-AR)March 30, 1848
William K. Sebastian (D-AR)May 12, 1848
Hannibal Hamlin (D-ME)June 8, 1848Former representative (4 years); Maine 13th in population (1840)
Henry Dodge (D-WI)Former delegate (4 years); Wisconsin 28th in population (1840)
Thomas Fitzgerald (D-MI)
Isaac Pigeon Walker (D-WI)Wisconsin 28th in population (1840)
Thomas Metcalfe (D-KY)June 23, 1848
William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL)July 1, 1848
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL)November 25, 1848
Augustus Caesar Dodge (D-IA)December 7, 1848Former delegate (6 years)
George Wallace Jones (D-IA)Former delegate (3 years)
John Wales (W-DE) [6] February 23, 1849

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 1849.
  4. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1851.
  5. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1853.
  6. 1 2 Retired or defeated after 1848 Election
  7. ↑ Wyman Moor left office June 7, 1848, having his replacement elected.
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