List of United States senators in the 34th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 34th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1857.

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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] [3] [4]

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1856 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 1857 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.) [5]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1859 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and TX.) [6]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1861 (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, VT, and WI.) [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 James Alfred Pearce (D-MD)March 4, 1843Former representative
2 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN)March 4, 1845Former lieutenant governor
3 Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX)February 21, 1846
4 Samuel Houston (D-TX)February 26, 1846Former representative, former governor
5 Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC)December 4, 1846
6 James M. Mason (D-VA)January 21, 1847
7 Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL)March 4, 1847Former governor
8 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA)Former representative
9 John Bell (D-TN)November 22, 1847Former representative
10 William K. Sebastian (D-AR)May 12, 1848
11 Henry Dodge (D-WI)June 8, 1848Former delegate
12 Hannibal Hamlin (D-ME)Former representative
13 Augustus Caesar Dodge (D-IA)December 7, 1848Former representative
14 George Wallace Jones (D-IA)Former delegate
15 William H. Seward (R-NY)March 4, 1849Former governor
16 Lewis Cass (D-MI)
17 Thomas Pratt (D-MD)January 12, 1850
18 Solomon Foot (R-VT)March 4, 1851Former representative
19 James A. Bayard Jr. (D-DE)
20 Stephen Mallory (D-FL)
21 Henry S. Geyer (W-MO)
22 Richard Brodhead(D-PA)Former representative
23 Charles T. James (D-RI)
24 James C. Jones (D-TN)Former governor
25 Benjamin Wade (R-OH)March 15, 1851
26 Charles Sumner (LR-MA)April 11, 1851
27 John M. Clayton (R-NY)December 1, 1851
28 John B. Weller (LD-CA)January 30, 1852
29 Stephen Adams (D-MS)March 17, 1852Former representative
30 Isaac Toucey (D-CT)May 12, 1852
31 John R. Thomson (D-NJ)March 4, 1853
32 Robert Toombs (D-GA)Former representative
33 Judah P. Benjamin (D-LA)
34 Josiah J. Evans (D-SC)
35 Charles E. Stuart (D-MI)Former representative
36 John B. Thompson (KN-KY)Former representative
37 John Middleton Clayton (W-DE)
38 William Wright (D-NJ)
39 Robert Ward Johnson (D-AR)July 6, 1853
40 Philip Allen (D-RI)July 20, 1853
41 Clement Claiborne Clay (D-AL)November 29, 1853
42 John Slidell (D-LA)December 5, 1853
43 Albert G. Brown (D-MS)January 7, 1854
44 William P. Fessenden (R-ME)February 10, 1854
45 David Settle Reid (D-NC)December 6, 1854
46 Henry Wilson (R-MA)January 31, 1855
47 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL)March 4, 1855
48 Jacob Collamer (R-VT)
49 Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT)
50 James Harlan (R-IA)
51 David Levy Yulee (D-FL)
52 Alfred Iverson, Sr. (D-GA)
53 John Jordan Crittenden (KN-KY)
54 George E. Pugh (D-OH)
55 Charles Durkee (R-WI)
56 Asa Biggs (D-NC)
57 James Bell (R-NH)
John P. Hale (R-NH)July 30, 1855
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL)November 26, 1855
William Bigler (D-PA)January 14, 1856
Joseph P. Comegys (W-DE)November 19, 1856
James S. Green (D-MO)January 12, 1857
William M. Gwin (D-CA)January 13, 1857
Martin W. Bates (D-DE)January 14, 1857
Amos Nourse (R-ME)January 16, 1857
Graham N. Fitch (D-IN)February 4, 1857

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
  3. 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
  4. 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1857.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1859.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1861.