This is a complete list of United States senators during the 16th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821.
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).
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1827 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1827.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1829 (AL, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1829.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831 (AL, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 John Gaillard (DR-SC) December 6, 1804 2 Outerbridge Horsey (F-DE) January 12, 1810 3 Samuel Whittlesey Dana (F-CT) December 4, 1810 4 William Hunter (F-RI) October 8, 1811 5 Rufus King (F-NY) March 4, 1813 6 Jonathan Roberts (DR-PA) February 24, 1814 7 James Barbour (DR-VA) January 2, 1815 8 Isaac Tichenor (F-VT) March 4, 1815 Former senator 9 Nathan Sanford (DR-NY) New York 1st in population (1810) 10 James Jefferson Wilson (DR-NJ)James Wilson resigned January 8, 1821 New Jersey 12th in population (1810) 11 Benjamin Ruggles (DR-OH) Ohio 13th in population (1810) 12 John Williams (DR-TN) October 10, 1815 13 Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC) December 5, 1815 14 Montfort Stokes (DR-NC) December 4, 1816 North Carolina 4th in population (1810) 15 William Smith (DR-SC) South Carolina 6th in population (1810) 16 James Noble (DR-IN) December 11, 1816 Alphabetical (N) 17 Waller Taylor (DR-IN) Alphabetical (T) 18 Alexander Contee Hanson (F-MD)Alexander Hanson resigned April 23, 1819 December 20, 1816 19 John Wayles Eppes (DR-VA)John Eppes resigned December 4, 1819 March 4, 1817 Former representative (10 years) 20 Harrison Gray Otis (F-MA) Former representative (4 years) 21 Nicholas Van Dyke (F-DE) Former representative (3 years, 4 months) 22 Mahlon Dickerson (DR-NJ) Former governor 23 David Lawrence Morril (DR-NH) New Hampshire 15th in population (1810) 24 James Burrill, Jr. (F-RI)James Burrill resigned December 25, 1820 Rhode Island 16th in population (1810) 25 Walter Leake (DR-MS)Walter Leake resigned May 15, 1820 December 10, 1817 Alphabetical (L) 26 Thomas Hill Williams (DR-MS) Alphabetical (W) 27 Henry Johnson (DR-LA) January 12, 1818 28 Prentiss Mellen (F-MA)Prentiss Mellen resigned May 15, 1820 June 5, 1818 29 John Henry Eaton (DR-TN) September 5, 1818 30 William Adams Palmer (DR-VT) October 20, 1818 31 Jesse Burgess Thomas (DR-IL) December 3, 1818 Former delegate 32 Ninian Edwards (DR-IL) 33 James Brown (DR-LA) March 4, 1819 Former senator 34 Edward Lloyd (DR-MD) Former representative (2 years, 3 months) 35 John Fabyan Parrott (DR-NH) Former representative (2 years, 0 months) 36 Walter Lowrie (DR-PA) Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1810) 37 William Logan (DR-KY)William Logan resigned May 28, 1820 Kentucky 7th in population (1810) 38 James Lanman (DR-CT) Connecticut 9th in population (1810) 39 John Elliott (DR-GA) Georgia 11th in population (1810) 40 William Allen Trimble (DR-OH) Ohio 13th in population (1810) 41 Freeman Walker (DR-GA) November 6, 1819 42 Richard Mentor Johnson (DR-KY) December 10, 1819 43 James Pleasants (DR-VA) December 14, 1819 Former representative (8 years) 44 William Rufus de Vane King (DR-AL) Former representative (5 years) 45 John Williams Walker (DR-AL) 46 William Pinkney (DR-MD) December 21, 1819 47 Elijah Hunt Mills (F-MA) June 12, 1820 48 John Holmes (DR-ME) June 13, 1820 49 John Chandler (DR-ME) June 14, 1820 50 David Holmes (DR-MS) August 30, 1820 51 Isham Talbot (DR-KY) October 19, 1820 52 Nehemiah Rice Knight (DR-RI) January 9, 1821 53 Samuel Lewis Southard (DR-NJ) January 26, 1821
See also 16th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 16th Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List