This is a list of United States senators during the 6th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1801.

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, no number is included in the list.

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 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1801 (CT, GA, KY, MD, NC, NH, NY, PA, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1801.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1803 (CT, DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1803.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1805 (DE, GA, KY, MA, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1805.

U.S. Senate seniority list Rank Historical rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date 1 9 James Gunn (F-GA) March 4, 1789 2 13 John Langdon (DR-NH) 3 26 Theodore Foster (F-RI) June 7, 1790 4 36 John Brown (DR-KY) June 18, 1792 5 43 Samuel Livermore (F-NH) March 4, 1793 6 47 James Ross (F-PA) April 24, 1794 7 48 Stevens Thomson Mason (DR-VA) November 18, 1794 8 50 Henry Latimer (F-DE)Henry Latimer resigned on February 28, 1801 February 7, 1795 9 51 William Bingham (F-PA) March 4, 1795 10 52 Timothy Bloodworth (DR-NC) 11 53 Humphrey Marshall (F-KY) 12 54 Elijah Paine (F-VT) 13 55 Jacob Read (F-SC) 14 59 Benjamin Goodhue (F-MA)Benjamin Goodhue resigned on November 8, 1800 June 11, 1796 15 63 Uriah Tracy (F-CT) October 13, 1796 16 65 John Laurance (F-NY)John Laurance resigned on August 31, 1800 November 9, 1796 17 67 John Eager Howard (F-MD) November 30, 1796 18 68 James Hillhouse (F-CT) December 6, 1796 19 70 Joseph Inslee Anderson (DR-TN)Joseph Inslee Anderson served the remainder of the term expiring March 3, 1799. On December 12, 1798 he was elected to the state's other Senate seat for the remainder of the term expiring on March 3, 1803. Anderson took up his new seat from March 4, 1799, so his service was continuous. September 26, 1797 20 72 Nathaniel Chipman (F-VT) October 17, 1797 21 73 Ray Greene (F-RI) November 13, 1797 22 74 James Lloyd (F-MA)James Lloyd resigned on December 1, 1800 December 11, 1797 23 78 James Watson (F-NY)James Watson resigned on March 19, 1800 August 17, 1798 24 81 Charles Pinckney (DR-SC) December 6, 1798 25 82 William Hill Wells (F-DE) January 17, 1799 26 62 William Cocke (DR-TN)William Cocke previously served from August 2, 1796 until September 26, 1797. There was a technical vacancy, due to the failure of the legislature to elect, from March 4, 1797 until April 22, 1797. The Governor then appointed Cocke to fill the vacancy. The source relied upon, for the current article, does not treat vacancies in such circumstances as interrupting seniority. March 4, 1799 27 83 Abraham Baldwin (DR-GA) 28 84 Jonathan Dayton (F-NJ) 30 85 Samuel DexterSamuel Dexter resigned on May 30, 1800 (F-MA) 29 86 Jesse Franklin (DR-NC) 31 87 James SchuremanJames Schureman resigned on February 16, 1801 (F-NJ) 32 88 Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR-VA) December 5, 1799 33 89 Gouverneur Morris (F-NY) April 3, 1800 34 90 Dwight Foster (F-MA) June 6, 1800 35 91 John Armstrong Jr. (DR-NY) November 6, 1800 36 92 Jonathan Mason (F-MA) November 14, 1800 37 93 William Hindman (F-MD) December 12, 1800 38 94 Aaron Ogden (F-NJ) February 28, 1801 39 95 Samuel White (F-DE)

See also 6th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 6th Congress

Notes

External links

Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress List of members of the 6th Congress