This is a complete list of United States senators during the 23rd United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835.
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.gov1820 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 1834 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1835 (AL, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1835.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1837 (AL, CT, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1837.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1839 (CT, DE, GA, IN, MA, MD, ME, MO, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1839.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 William Rufus de Vane King (J-AL) December 14, 1819 2 Nehemiah Rice Knight (AJ-RI) January 9, 1821 3 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) August 10, 1821 4 Samuel Bell (AJ-NH) March 4, 1823 5 Josiah Stoddard Johnston (AJ-LA) January 15, 1824 6 William Hendricks (AJ-IN) March 4, 1825 Former representative 7 Elias Kent Kane (J-IL) 8 Hugh Lawson White (J-TN) October 28, 1825 9 Ashur Robbins (AJ-RI) October 31, 1825 10 Ezekiel Forman Chambers (AJ-VA)Ezekiel Chambers resigned December 20, 1834 January 24, 1826 11 Nathaniel Silsbee (AJ-MA) May 31, 1826 12 John Tyler (AJ-VA) March 4, 1827 13 Daniel Webster (AJ-MA) June 8, 1827 14 George Mortimer Bibb (AJ-KY) March 4, 1829 Former senator (3 years) 15 George Michael Troup (J-GA)George Troup resigned November 8, 1833 Former senator (1 year) 16 Peleg Sprague (AJ-ME)Peleg Sprague resigned January 1, 1835 Former representative 17 Theodore Frelinghuysen (AJ-NJ) New Jersey 13th in population (1820) 18 John Middleton Clayton (AJ-DE) Delaware 22nd in population (1820) 19 Felix Grundy (D-TN) October 19, 1829 20 John Forsyth (J-GA)John Forsyth resigned June 27, 1834 November 9, 1829 21 Bedford Brown (D-NC) December 9, 1829 22 Arnold Naudain (AJ-DE) January 13, 1830 23 George Poindexter (AJ-MS) October 15, 1830 24 John McCracken Robinson (J-IL) December 11, 1830 25 Gideon Tomlinson (AJ-CT) March 4, 1831 Former representative (8 years); Connecticut 14th in population (1820) 26 Gabriel Moore (J-AL) Former representative (8 years); Alabama 19th in population (1820) 27 Willie Person Mangum (AJ-NC) Former representative (3 years) 28 William Wilkins (J-PA)William Wilkins resigned June 30, 1834 Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1820) 29 Thomas Ewing (AJ-OH) Ohio 5th in population (1820) 30 Isaac Hill (J-NH) New Hampshire 15th in population (1820) 31 Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT) Vermont 16th in population (1820) 32 Alexander Buckner (J-MO)Alexander Buckner resigned June 6, 1833 Missouri 23rd in population (1820) 33 Henry Clay (AJ-KY) November 10, 1831 34 George Augustus Waggaman (AJ-LA) November 15, 1831 35 John Tipton (J-IN) January 3, 1832 36 John Black (J-MS) November 12, 1832 37 William Cabell Rives (AJ-VA)William Rives resigned February 22, 1834 December 10, 1832 38 John Caldwell Calhoun (N-SC) December 29, 1832 39 Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY) January 4, 1833 40 Samuel Lewis Southard (AJ-NJ) March 4, 1833 Former senator 41 Joseph Kent (AJ-MD) Former representative (10 years) 42 Samuel McKean (J-PA) Former representative (6 years) 43 Benjamin Swift (AJ-VT) Former representative (4 years) 44 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (J-NY) New York 1st in population (1830) 45 Thomas Morris (J-OH) Ohio 4th in population (1830) 46 Ether Shepley (J-ME) Maine 12th in population (1830) 47 Nathan Smith (AJ-CT) Connecticut 16th in population (1830) Lewis Fields Linn (J-MO) October 25, 1833 John Pendleton King (J-GA) November 21, 1833 48 William Campbell Preston (N-SC) November 26, 1833 Alexander Porter (AJ-LA) December 19, 1833 Benjamin Watkins Leigh (AJ-VA) February 26, 1834 James Buchanan (D-PA) December 6, 1834 Robert Henry Goldsborough (AJ-MD) January 13, 1835 John Ruggles (J-ME) January 20, 1835
See also 23rd United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 23rd Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List