List of United States senators in the 7th Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 7th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1801, to March 3, 1803.

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The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically. [1]

The two main parties in the 7th Congress were the Federalists (F), and Democratic Republicans (DR).

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1803 (DE, GA, KY, MA, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.) [2]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1805 (CT, DE, MD, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, and VT.) [3]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1807 (CT, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, NC, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, and VT.) [4]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority date
1 Theodore Foster (F-RI)June 7, 1790
2 John Brown (DR-KY)June 18, 1792
3 Samuel Livermore (F-NH) [5] March 4, 1793
4 James Ross (F-PA)April 24, 1794
5 Stevens Thomson Mason (DR-VA)November 18, 1794
6 Elijah Paine (F-VT) [6] March 4, 1795
7 Uriah Tracy (F-CT)October 13, 1796
8 John Eager Howard (F-MD)November 21, 1796
9 James Hillhouse (F-CT)December 6, 1796
10 Joseph Inslee Anderson (DR-TN)September 26, 1797
11 Nathaniel Chipman (F-VT)October 17, 1797
12 Ray Greene (F-RI) [7] November 13, 1797
13 Charles Pinckney (DR-SC) [8] December 6, 1798
14 William Hill Wells (F-DE)January 17, 1799
15 Abraham Baldwin (DR-GA)March 4, 1799
16 William Cocke (DR-TN)
17 Jonathan Dayton (F-NJ)
18 Jesse Franklin (DR-NC)
19 Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR-VA)December 5, 1799
20 Gouverneur Morris (F-NY)April 3, 1800
21 Dwight Foster (F-MA) [9] June 6, 1800
22 John Armstrong Jr. (DR-NY) [10] November 6, 1800
23 Jonathan Mason (F-MA)November 14, 1800
24 William Hindman (F-MD) [11] December 12, 1800
25 Aaron Ogden (F-NJ)February 28, 1801
26 Samuel White (F-DE)
27 John Breckinridge (DR-KY)March 4, 1801
28 John E. Colhoun (DR-SC) [12]
29 James Jackson (DR-GA)
30 Peter Muhlenberg (DR-PA) [13]
31 James Sheafe (F-NH) [14]
32 David Stone (DR-NC)
33 Christopher Ellery (DR-RI)May 6, 1801
34 Simeon Olcott (F-NH)June 17, 1801
35 George Logan (DR-PA)July 13, 1801
36 Stephen Row Bradley (DR-VT)October 15, 1801
37 Robert Wright (DR-MD)November 19, 1801
38 Thomas Sumter (DR-SC)December 15, 1801
39 De Witt Clinton (DR-NY)February 9, 1802
40 William Plumer (F-NH)June 17, 1802
41 Pierce Butler (DR-SC)November 4, 1802

Notes

  1. ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1803.
  3. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1805.
  4. ↑ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1807.
  5. ↑ Samuel Livermore resigned June 12, 1801
  6. ↑ Elijah Paine resigned on September 1, 1801
  7. ↑ Ray Greene resigned on March 5, 1801
  8. ↑ Charles Pinckney resigned December 31, 1801
  9. ↑ Dwight Foster resigned March 2, 1803
  10. ↑ Jonathan Armstrong resigned February 5, 1802
  11. ↑ William Hindman resigned November 19, 1801
  12. ↑ John E. Colhoun resigned October 26, 1802
  13. ↑ Peter Muhlenberg resigned on June 30, 1801
  14. ↑ James Sheafe resigned June 14, 1802
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