This is a complete list of United States senators during the 20th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829.
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 their 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.A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov1810 Census Results1820 Census Results
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 1828 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1829 (AL, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1829.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831 (AL, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MS, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1833 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, and VA)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1833.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Benjamin Ruggles (AJ-OH) March 4, 1815 2 Nathaniel Macon (J-NC)Nathaniel Macon resigned November 14, 1828 December 5, 1815 3 James Noble (AJ-IN) December 11, 1816 4 Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ)Mahlon Dickerson resigned January 30, 1829 March 4, 1817 5 Thomas Hill Williams (J-MS) December 10, 1817 6 Jesse Burgess Thomas (AJ-IL) November 23, 1818 7 Richard Mentor Johnson (J-KY) December 10, 1819 8 William Rufus de Vane King (J-AL) December 14, 1819 9 John Chandler (J-ME) June 14, 1820 10 Nehemiah Rice Knight (AJ-RI) January 9, 1821 11 Martin Van Buren (J-NY)Martin Van Buren resigned December 20, 1828 March 4, 1821 New York 1st in population (1810) 12 Horatio Seymour (AJ-VT) Vermont 15th in population (1810) 13 David Barton (AJ-MO) August 10, 1821 Alphabetical (Ba) 14 Thomas Hart Benton (J-MO) Alphabetical (Be) 15 John Henry Eaton (J-TN) September 27, 1821 16 Samuel Smith (J-MD) December 17, 1822 17 John Branch (DR-NC) March 4, 1823 Former governor; North Carolina 4th in population (1820) 18 Samuel Bell (AJ-NH) Former governor; New Hampshire 15th in population (1820) 19 Robert Young Hayne (J-NH) 20 Josiah Stoddard Johnston (AJ-LA) January 15, 1824 21 Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (AJ-LA) November 19, 1824 22 Thomas Willis Cobb (J-GA) December 6, 1824 23 Littleton Waller Tazewell (J-VA) December 7, 1824 24 Dudley Chase (AJ-VT) March 4, 1825 Former senator 25 William Hendricks (AJ-IN) Former representative (5 years) 26 William Henry Harrison (AJ-OH)William Henry Harrison resigned May 20, 1828 Former representative (3 years) 27 John Rowan (J-KY) Former representative (2 years) 28 William Marks (AJ-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1820) 29 John Macpherson Berrien (J-GA) Georgia 11th in population (1820) 30 Elias Kent Kane (J-IL) Illinois 24th in population (1820) 31 Levi Woodbury (J-NH) March 16, 1825 32 Calvin Willey (J-CT) May 4, 1825 33 Hugh Lawson White (J-TN) October 28, 1825 34 Ashur Robbins (AJ-RI) October 31, 1825 35 Nathan Sanford (AJ-NY) January 14, 1826 36 Ezekiel Forman Chambers (AJ-VA) January 24, 1826 37 Nathaniel Silsbee (AJ-MA) May 31, 1826 38 Ephraim Bateman (AJ-NJ)Ephraim Bateman resigned January 12, 1829 November 10, 1826 39 John McKinley (J-AL) November 27, 1826 40 William Smith (DR-SC) November 29, 1826 41 Henry Moore Ridgely (J-DE) January 12, 1827 42 Powhatan Ellis (J-MS) March 4, 1827 Former senator 43 Louis McLane (J-DE) Former representative (10 years) 44 John Tyler (J-VA) Former representative (4 years, 2 months) 45 Samuel Augustus Foot (AJ-CT) Former representative (4 years, 0 months) 46 Albion Keith Parris (J-ME)Albion Parris resigned August 26, 1828 Former representative (2 years) 47 Isaac Dutton Barnard (J-PA) 48 Daniel Webster (AJ-MA) June 8, 1827 Oliver Hillhouse Prince (J-GA) November 7, 1828 Jacob Burnet (AJ-OH) December 10, 1828 James Iredell Jr. (J-NC) December 15, 1828 John Holmes (DR-ME) January 15, 1829 Former representative Charles Edward Dudley (J-NY)
See also 20th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 20th Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List