List of United States senators in the 26th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 26th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1841.

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 1840 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 1841 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1841.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1845 (AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1845.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL) December 14, 1819 2 Nehemiah Rice Knight (W-RI) January 9, 1821 3 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) August 10, 1821 4 Hugh Lawson White (W-TN)Hugh White resigned January 13, 1840 October 28, 1825 5 Daniel Webster (W-MA)Daniel Webster resigned February 22, 1841 June 8, 1827 6 Bedford Brown (D-NC)Bedford Brown resigned November 16, 1840 December 9, 1829 7 John McCracken Robinson (D-IL) December 11, 1830 8 Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT) March 4, 1831 9 Henry Clay (W-KY) November 10, 1831 10 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC) December 29, 1832 11 Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY) January 4, 1833 12 Samuel Lewis Southard (W-NJ) March 4, 1833 Former senator 13 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (W-NY) 14 Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO) October 25, 1833 15 William Campbell Preston (N-SC) November 26, 1833 16 James Buchanan (D-PA) December 6, 1834 17 Alfred Cuthbert (D-MD) January 12, 1835 18 John Ruggles (D-ME) January 20, 1835 19 John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY) March 4, 1835 Former senator 20 Henry Hubbard (D-NH) Former representative 21 John Davis (W-MA)John Davis resigned January 5, 1841 Former governor 22 Garret Dorset Wall (D-NJ) New Jersey 14th in population (1830) 23 Robert John Walker (D-MS) Mississippi 22nd in population (1830) 24 Robert Carter Nicholas (D-LA) January 13, 1836 25 William Cabell Rives (W-VA) March 4, 1836 26 Richard Henry Bayard (AJ-DE)Richard Bayard resigned September 19, 1839 June 17, 1836 27 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR) September 18, 1836 Former delegate 28 William Savin Fulton (D-AR) 29 Robert Strange (D-NC)Robert Strange resigned November 16, 1840 December 5, 1836 30 John Selby Spence (W-MD)John Spence resigned October 24, 1840 December 31, 1836 31 Thomas Clayton (W-DE) January 9, 1837 32 Alexander Mouton (D-LA) January 12, 1837 33 John Norvell (D-MI) January 26, 1837 34 Franklin Pierce (D-NH) March 4, 1837 Former representative (4 years) 35 William Allen (D-OH) Former representative (2 years); Ohio 5th in population (1830) 36 Oliver Hampton Smith (W-IN) Former representative (2 years); Indiana 13th in population (1830) 37 Reuel Williams (D-ME) Maine 12th in population (1830) 38 Perry Smith (D-CT) Connecticut 16th in population (1830) 39 Richard Montgomery Young (D-IL) Illinois 20th in population (1830) 40 William Henry Roane (D-VA) March 14, 1837 41 Clement Comer Clay (D-AL) June 19, 1837 42 Wilson Lumpkin (D-GA) November 22, 1837 43 William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD) January 4, 1838 44 Albert Smith White (W-IN) March 4, 1839 Former representative 45 Benjamin Tappan (D-OH) Ohio 5th in population (1830) 46 Thaddeus Betts (W-CT) Connecticut 16th in population (1830) 47 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT) Vermont 17th in population (1830) 48 John Henderson (W-MS) Mississippi 22nd in population (1830) 49 Nathan Fellows Dixon (W-RI) Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) 50 Felix Grundy (D-TN)Felix Grundy resigned December 19, 1840 December 14, 1839 51 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA) January 14, 1840 52 Augustus Seymour Porter (W-MI) January 20, 1840 Alexander Outlaw Anderson (D-TN) February 26, 1840 Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT) May 4, 1840 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC) November 25, 1840 Former senator William Alexander Graham (W-NC) Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (D-TN) December 25, 1840 John Leeds Kerr (W-MD) January 5, 1841 Isaac Chapman Bates (W-MA) January 13, 1841 Rufus Choate (W-MA) February 23, 1841

See also 26th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 26th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List