List of United States senators in the 31st Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 31st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851.

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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 1850 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1851 [3]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1853 [4]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1855 [5]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) [6] August 10, 1821
2 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT) [6] March 4, 1839
3 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA) [6] January 14, 1840
4 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC)November 25, 1840
5 John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA)March 4, 1841Former senator
6 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ)
7 William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ) [6] July 2, 1842
8 James Alfred Pearce (W-MD)March 4, 1843Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840)
9 William Upham (W-VT)
10 David Rice Atchison (R-MO) [6] October 14, 1843
11 Daniel Stevens Dickinson (D-NY) [6] November 30, 1844
12 Daniel Webster (W-MA) [7] March 4, 1845Former senator (13 years)
13 Thomas Corwin (W-OH) [8] Former representative (9 years)
14 Hopkins Lacy Turney (D-TN) [6] Former representative (6 years)
15 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN)Indiana 10th in population (1840)
16 Reverdy Johnson (W-MD) [9] Maryland 15th in population (1840)
17 Albert Collins Greene (W-RI) [6] Rhode Island 24th in population (1840)
18 John Davis (W-MA)March 24, 1845
19 David Levy Yulee (D-FL) [6] July 1, 1845Former delegate
20 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC) [10] November 26, 1845
21 Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX)February 21, 1846
22 Samuel Houston (D-TX)February 26, 1846Former representative
23 George Edmund Badger (W-NC)November 25, 1846
24 Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC)December 4, 1846
25 James M. Mason (D-VA)January 21, 1847
26 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA)March 4, 1847Former representative (8 years); Virginia 4th in population (1840)
27 Joseph Rogers Underwood (W-KY)Former representative (8 years); Kentucky 6th in population (1840)
28 Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL)Former representative (4 years)
29 John P. Hale (D-NH)Former representative (2 years)
30 Alpheus Felch (D-MI)Former governor
31 James Ware Bradbury (D-ME)Maine 13th in population (1840)
32 Henry Stuart Foote (D-MS)Mississippi 17th in population (1840)
33 Solomon Weathersbee Downs (D-LA)Louisiana 19th in population (1840)
34 John Hopkins Clarke (W-RI)Rhode Island 24th in population (1840)
35 Presley Spruance (W-DE)Delaware 26th in population (1840)
36 Jefferson Davis (D-MS)August 10, 1847
37 Roger Sherman Baldwin (W-CT) [6] November 11, 1847
38 John Bell (W-TN)November 22, 1847
39 Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (D-ME) [11] January 5, 1848
40 Solon Borland (D-AR)March 30, 1848
41 William K. Sebastian (D-AR)May 12, 1848
42 Hannibal Hamlin (D-ME)June 8, 1848Former representative (4 years); Maine 13th in population (1840)
43 Henry Dodge (D-WI)Former delegate (4 years); Wisconsin 28th in population (1840)
44 Isaac Pigeon Walker (D-WI)Wisconsin 28th in population (1840)
45 William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL)July 1, 1848
46 Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL)November 25, 1848
47 Augustus Caesar Dodge (D-IA)December 7, 1848Former delegate (6 years)
48 George Wallace Jones (D-IA)Former delegate (3 years)
49 John Wales (W-DE) [6] February 23, 1849
50 Lewis Cass (D-MI)March 4, 1849Former senator
51 Salmon P. Chase (D-OH)
52 William Dawson (W-GA)
53 Jackson Morton (W-FL)
54 Moses Norris, Jr. (D-NH)
55 William H. Seward (W-NY)
56 Truman Smith (W-CT)
57 Pierre Soulé (D-LA)
58 James Whitcomb (D-IN)
59 James Cooper (W-PA)
James Shields (D-IL)October 27, 1849
Jeremiah Clemens (D-AL)November 30, 1849
David Stewart (W-MA) [12] December 6, 1849
Thomas Pratt (D-MD)January 12, 1850
Franklin Elmore (D-SC)April 11, 1850
Robert Barnwell (D-SC)June 4, 1850
Thomas Ewing (W-OH)July 20, 1850
Robert Winthrop (W-MA)July 22, 1850
John C. Frémont (R-CA)September 9, 1850
William M. Gwin (D-CA)
Robert Rhett (D-SC)December 18, 1850
Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D-MA) [6] February 1, 1851

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 will expire in 1851.
  4. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1853.
  5. ↑ Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1855.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Retired or defeated after 1850 Election.
  7. ↑ Senator Webster resigned on July 22, 1850
  8. ↑ Senator Corwin resigned on July 20, 1850
  9. ↑ Senator Johnson resigned on March 7, 1849
  10. ↑ Senator Calhoun died on March 31, 1850
  11. ↑ Wyman Moor left office June 7, 1848, having his replacement elected.
  12. ↑ Senator Stewart on January 12, 1850
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