This is a complete list of United States senators during the 8th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1803, to March 3, 1805.
The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically.A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
The two main parties in the 8th Congress were the Federalists (F), and Democratic Republicans (DR).
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 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.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1807 (CT, DE, MD, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1807.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1809 (CT, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, NC, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1809.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date 1 John Brown (DR-KY) June 18, 1792 2 Stevens Thomson Mason (DR-VA)Stevens Mason died on May 10, 1803 November 18, 1794 3 Uriah Tracy (F-CT) October 13, 1796 4 James Hillhouse (F-CT) May 18, 1796 5 Joseph Inslee Anderson (DR-TN) September 26, 1797 6 William H. Wells (F-DE)William Wells resigned November 6, 1804 January 17, 1799 7 Abraham Baldwin (DR-GA) March 4, 1799 8 William Cocke (DR-TN) 9 Jonathan Dayton (F-NJ) 10 Jesse Franklin (DR-NC) 11 Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR-VA)Wilson Nicholas resigned May 22, 1804 December 5, 1799 12 Samuel White (F-DE) February 28, 1801 15 John Breckinridge (DR-KY) March 4, 1801 13 James Jackson (DR-GA) 14 David Stone (DR-NC) 16 Christopher Ellery (DR-RI) May 6, 1801 17 Simeon Olcott (F-NH) June 17, 1801 18 George Logan (DR-PA) July 13, 1801 19 Stephen Row Bradley (DR-VT) October 15, 1801 20 Robert Wright (DR-MD) November 19, 1801 21 Thomas Sumter (DR-SC) December 16, 1801 22 De Witt Clinton (DR-NY)De Witt Clinton resigned November 4, 1803 February 9, 1802 23 William Plumer (F-NH) June 17, 1802 24 Pierce Butler (DR-SC)Pierce Butler resigned November 21, 1804 November 4, 1802 25 John Quincy Adams (F-MA) March 4, 1803 26 Theodorus Bailey (DR-NY)Theodorus Bailey resigned January 16, 1804 27 Samuel Maclay (DR-PA) 28 Timothy Pickering (F-MA) 29 Samuel John Potter (DR-RI)Samuel Potter died October 14, 1804 30 Israel Smith (DR-VT) 31 Samuel Smith (DR-MD) 32 John Smith (DR-OH) April 1, 1803 33 Thomas Worthington (DR-OH) 34 John Taylor of Caroline (DR-VA)John Taylor was appointed and served until a successor qualified on December 7, 1803 June 4, 1803 35 John Condit (DR-NJ) September 1, 1803 36 Abraham B. Venable (DR-VA)Abraham Venable resigned June 7, 1804 December 7, 1803 37 John Smith (DR-NY) February 23, 1804 38 John Armstrong Jr. (DR-NY)John Armstrong resigned June 30, 1804 February 25, 1804 39 William Branch Giles (DR-VA) August 11, 1804 40 Andrew Moore (DR-VA) 41 Benjamin Howland (DR-RI) October 29, 1804 42 James Asheton Bayard Sr. (F-DE) November 9, 1804 43 Samuel L. Mitchill (DR-NY) November 13, 1804 44 John Gaillard (DR-SC) December 6, 1804
See also 8th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 8th Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List