This is a complete list of United States senators during the 15th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819.
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.gov
The two main parties at this point were the Federalists (F), and Democratic Republicans (DR). At the end of this congress, there was one person elected who was an Anti-Democrat (AD).
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1819 (CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1819.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1821 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1821.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1823 (DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1823.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 John Gaillard (F-SC) December 6, 1804 2 Charles Tait (F-GA) November 27, 1809 3 Outerbridge Horsey (F-DE) January 12, 1810 4 Samuel Whittlesey Dana (F-CT) December 4, 1810 5 William Hunter (F-RI) October 28, 1811 6 Dudley Chase (DR-VT)Dudley Chase resigned November 3, 1817 March 4, 1813 Vermont 14th in population (1810) 7 Eligius Fromentin (DR-LA) Louisiana 17th in population (1810) 8 Rufus King (F-NY) Former senator 9 Abner Lacock (DR-PA) Former representative (2 years) 10 Jeremiah Morrow (DR-OH) Former representative (10 years) 11 David Daggett (F-CT) May 13, 1813 12 Robert Henry Goldsborough (F-MD) May 21, 1813 13 Jeremiah Mason (F-NH) June 10, 1813 14 Jonathan Roberts (DR-PA)Jonathan Roberts resigned June 16, 1817 February 24, 1814 15 James Barbour (DR-VA) January 2, 1815 16 Isham Talbot (DR-KY) February 2, 1815 17 Benjamin Ruggles (DR-OH) March 4, 1815 Ohio 13th in population (1810) 18 Nathan Sanford (DR-NY) New York 1st in population (1810) 19 Isaac Tichenor (F-VT) Former senator 20 James Jefferson Wilson (DR-NJ) New Jersey 12th in population (1810) 21 George Washington Campbell (DR-TN)George Campbell resigned April 20, 1818 October 10, 1815 Former senator 22 John Williams (DR-TN) 23 Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC) December 5, 1815 24 Eli Porter Ashmun (F-MA)Eli Porter Ashmun resigned May 10, 1818 June 12, 1816 25 William Smith (DR-SC) November 3, 1816 South Carolina 6th in population (1810) 26 George Michael Troup (DR-GA)George Troup resigned September 23, 1818 November 13, 1816 27 Montfort Stokes (DR-NC) December 4, 1816 North Carolina 4th in population (1810) 28 James Noble (DR-IN) December 11, 1816 Alphabetical (N) 29 Waller Taylor (DR-IN) Alphabetical (T) 30 Alexander Contee Hanson (F-MD) December 20, 1816 31 John Wayles Eppes (DR-VA) March 4, 1817 Former representative (10 years) 32 Harrison Gray Otis (F-MA) Former representative (4 years) 33 Nicholas Van Dyke (F-DE) Former representative (3 years, 4 months) 34 William Charles Cole Claiborne (DR-LA)William Claiborne resigned November 23, 1817 Former representative (3 years, 3 months) 35 Mahlon Dickerson (DR-NJ) Former governor 36 John Jordan Crittenden (DR-KY) Kentucky 7th in population (1810) 37 David Lawrence Morril (DR-NH) New Hampshire 15th in population (1810) 38 James Burrill, Jr. (F-RI) Rhode Island 16th in population (1810) 39 Clement Storer (DR-NH) June 27, 1817 40 James Fisk (DR-VT)James Fisk resigned January 8, 1818 November 4, 1817 41 Walter Leake (DR-MS) December 10, 1817 Alphabetical (L) 42 Thomas Hill Williams (DR-MS) Alphabetical (W) 43 Henry Johnson (DR-LA) January 12, 1818 44 Prentiss Mellen (F-MA) June 5, 1818 45 John Henry Eaton (DR-TN) September 5, 1818 46 William Adams Palmer (DR-VT) October 20, 1818 47 John Forsyth (DR-GA) November 23, 1818 John Forsyth resigned February 17, 1819 48 Ninian Edwards (DR-IL) December 3, 1818 49 Jesse Burgess Thomas (DR-IL) Former delegate
See also 15th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 15th Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List