This is a complete list of United States senators during the 4th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1797.

The United States Senate has an official chronological list of senators, accessible from its website, which provides information about the seniority of senators serving in the relevant Congress.

Seniority rules A Chronological List of United States Senators includes the following explanation of how it assigns seniority.

From 1789 to 1958, senators whose terms began on the same day are listed alphabetically. Beginning in 1959, senators are listed according to commencement of first Senate term by order of service, determined by former service in order as senator, vice president, House member, cabinet secretary, governor, and then by state population. This latter system for calculating order of service has been used by the modern Senate for many years for the purposes of office assignment. It is unclear just when the Senate first began applying such criteria.A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov

Rank column: This consecutively numbers senators, serving in the relevant Congress, according to seniority in that Congress. Seniority is based upon the method used by the chronological list. If the senator is not the first person to hold the seat, in the Congress, then he is given the number of the preceding senator followed by a lower case letter. In addition, if the senator would have had different seniority (if the method used from 1959 was followed) a further number is given in brackets and italicised

A senator with broken service is placed before other senators starting service on the same day, but after senators with unbroken service starting before that date.

Senate No. column: The chronological guide gives an official number to each senator. This is the number set out in this column. That number is retained even if the senator has broken service.

As an historical article, the states and party affiliations listed reflect those during the Congress. Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other congresses will be different for certain members. During this Congress, there were two parties represented. Senators are classified as Democratic-Republican (DR) or Federalist (F).

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1797 (DE, GA, KY, MA, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1797.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1799 (CT, DE, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1799.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1801 (CT, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, NC, NY, PA, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1801.

U.S. Senate seniority list

  Rank   Historicalrank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Alternative rank 1 2 Pierce ButlerPierce Butler resigned October 25, 1796 (DR-SC) March 4, 1789 None of the factors apply to members first elected to the 1st and 2nd congresses, so alphabetical order is used. The results of the 1790 census were not available until after the 2nd Congress convened in 1791. 2 5 Oliver EllsworthOliver Ellsworth resigned March 8, 1796 to become Chief Justice of the United States (F-CT) 3 9 James Gunn (F-GA) 4 10 John Henry (F-MD) 5 13 John Langdon (DR-NH) 6 20 Caleb StrongCaleb Strong resigned on June 1, 1796 (F-MA) 7 22 Rufus KingRufus King resigned in May 1796, to become Minister to Great Britain (F-NY) July 16, 1789 8 26 Theodore Foster (F-RI) June 7, 1790 9 31 Aaron Burr (DR-NY) March 4, 1791 10 32 George CabotGeorge Cabot resigned June 9, 1796 (F-MA) 11 33 John Rutherfurd (F-NJ) 12 35 Moses RobinsonMoses Robinson resigned October 15, 1796 (DR-VT) October 17, 1791 13 36 John Brown (DR-KY) June 18, 1792 14 39 Richard PottsRichard Potts resigned October 24, 1796 to become Chief Judge of the 5th Circuit (F-MD) January 10, 1793 15 (19) 40 William Bradford (F-RI) March 4, 1793 Livermore, House 4 years;Jackson, House 2 years;Martin, governor (including a period after ratification of the constitution by NC);Frelinghuysen, NJ 9th in population (1790 census);Bradford, RI 14th in population (1790 census);Vining, DE 15th in population (1790 census). 16 (18) 41 Frederick FrelinghuysenFrederick Frelinghuysen resigned November 12, 1796 (F-NJ) 17 (16) 42 James JacksonJames Jackson resigned in 1795 (DR-GA) 18 (15) 43 Samuel Livermore (F-NH) 19 (17) 44 Alexander Martin (DR-NC) 20 45 John Vining (F-DE) 21 47 James Ross (F-PA) April 24, 1794 22 48 Stevens Thomson Mason (DR-VA) November 18, 1794 Two senators from Virginia. No factor applies except state population, which is equal, so alphabetical order is used. 23 49 Henry Tazewell (DR-VA) 24 50 Henry Latimer (F-DE) February 7, 1795 25 (27) 51 William Bingham (F-PA) March 4, 1795 Trumbull, House 6 years;Bloodworth, House 11 months;Bingham, PA 3rd in population (1790 census);Read, SC 8th in population (1790 census);Paine, VT 11th in population (1790 census);Marshall, KY 13th in population (1790 census). 26 52 Timothy Bloodworth (DR-NC) 27 (30) 53 Humphrey Marshall (F-KY) 28 (29) 54 Elijah Paine (F-VT) 29 (28) 55 Jacob Read (F-SC) 30 (25) 56 Jonathan Trumbull Jr.Jonathan Trumbull resigned June 10, 1796 to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (F-CT) 30a 57 George WaltonGeorge Walton served an interim appointment until February 20, 1796 (F-GA) November 16, 1795 30b 58 Josiah Tattnall (DR-GA) February 20, 1796 30d 59 Benjamin Goodhue (F-MA) June 11, 1796 Two senators from Massachusetts. No factors apply except House service and state population, which are equal, so alphabetical order is used. 30e 60 Theodore Sedgwick (F-MA) 31 61 William Blount (DR-TN) August 2, 1796 Two senators from Tennessee. No factor applies except state population, which is equal, so alphabetical order is used. 32 62 William Cocke (DR-TN) 32a 63 Uriah Tracy (F-CT) October 13, 1796 32b 64 Isaac Tichenor (F-VT) October 18, 1796 32c 65 John Laurance (F-NY) November 9, 1796 32d 66 Richard Stockton (F-NJ) November 12, 1796 32e 67 John Eager Howard (F-MD) November 30, 1796 30c 68 James Hillhouse (F-CT) December 6, 1796 32f 69 John Hunter (DR-SC) December 8, 1796

See also 4th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 4th Congress

References

External links

Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress List of members of the 4th Congress