List of United States senators in the 3rd Congress

This is a classification of United States senators during the 3rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1795.

The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically. The Senate subsequently assigned a consecutive official number to each senator, which is the second number given in the table. ^[1]

During this time, there were no official parties, but senators are labeled as Pro-Administration (P), and Anti-Administration (A). Towards the end of the Congress, Stevens T. Mason of Virginia is classified in the Chronological List of United States Senators as a Democratic-Republican (DR) and Henry Latimer of Delaware as a Federalist (F).

Terms of service

This article is about the terms of service of senators that expired in years. For a list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.

Class	Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 3	Terms of service of senators that expired in 1795 (CT, GA, KY, MD, NC, NH, NY, PA, SC, and VT.) [2]
Class 1	Terms of service of senators that expired in 1797 (CT, DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, and VT) [3]
Class 2	Terms of service of senators that expired in 1799 (DE, GA, KY, MA, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, and VA.) [4]

U.S. Senate seniority list

Rank	Historical rank	Senator (party-state)	Seniority date
1	2	Pierce Butler (A-SC)	March 4, 1789
2	5	Oliver Ellsworth (F-CT)
3	9	James Gunn (A-GA)
4	10	John Henry (F-MD)
5	11	Ralph Izard (F-SC)
6	13	John Langdon (A-NH)
7	16	Robert Morris (F-PA)
8	18	George Read (F-DE) [5]
9	20	Caleb Strong (F-MA)
10	21	Rufus King (F-NY)	July 16, 1789
11	22	Benjamin Hawkins (F-NC)	November 27, 1789
12	23	Theodore Foster (F-RI)	June 7, 1790
13	24	James Monroe (A-VA) [6]	November 9, 1790
14	25	Aaron Burr (A-NY)	March 4, 1791
15	26	George Cabot (F-MA)
16	27	John Rutherfurd (F-NJ)
17	28	Roger Sherman (F-CT) [7]	June 13, 1791
18	29	Stephen Row Bradley (A-VT)	October 17, 1791
19	30	Moses Robinson (A-VT)
20	31	John Brown (A-KY)	June 18, 1792
21	32	John Edwards (A-KY)
22	33	John Taylor of Caroline (A-VA) [8]	October 18, 1792
23	34	Richard Potts (F-MD)	January 10, 1793
24	35	William Bradford (F-RI)	March 4, 1793
25	36	Frederick Frelinghuysen (F-NJ)
26	37	James Jackson (A-GA)
27	38	Samuel Livermore (F-NH)
28	39	Alexander Martin (A-NC)
29	40	John Vining (F-DE)
	41	Stephen Mix Mitchell (F-CT)	December 2, 1793
30	42	James Ross (F-PA) [9]	April 24, 1794
	43	Stevens Thomson Mason (A-VA)	November 18, 1794
	44	Henry Tazewell (A-VA)
	45	Henry Latimer (F-DE)	February 7, 1795

See also

• 3rd United States Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 3rd Congress by seniority

Notes

1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
2. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1795.
3. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1797.
4. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1799.
5. George Read resigned September 18, 1793 to become Chief Justice of Delaware.
6. James Monroe resigned May 27, 1794 to become Minister to France
7. Roger Sherman died January 23, 1793.
8. John Taylor resigned May 11, 1794.
9. This Pennsylvania seat was vacant from March 4, 1791. Albert Gallatin (A-PA), presented credentials on December 2, 1793, but was declared ineligible on February 28, 1794. He is not included in the Chronological List of United States Senators.

External links

• "Senate Seniority List" (PDF). United States Senate.
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• List of members of the 3rd Congress