This is a complete list of United States senators during the 17th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823.
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 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1823 (AL, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1823.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1825 (AL, CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1825.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1827 (CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1827.
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 Rufus King (F-NY) March 4, 1813 3 James Barbour (DR-VA) January 2, 1815 4 Benjamin Ruggles (DR-OH) March 4, 1815 5 John Williams (DR-TN) October 10, 1815 6 Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC) December 5, 1815 7 Montfort Stokes (DR-NC) December 4, 1816 North Carolina 4th in population (1810) 8 William Smith (DR-SC) South Carolina 6th in population (1810) 9 James Noble (DR-IN) December 11, 1816 Alphabetical (N) 10 Waller Taylor (DR-IN) Alphabetical (T) 11 Harrison Gray Otis (F-MA)Harrison Otis resigned May 30, 1822 March 4, 1817 Former representative (4 years) 12 Nicholas Van Dyke (F-DE) Former representative (3 years) 13 Mahlon Dickerson (DR-NJ) Former governor 14 David Lawrence Morril (DR-NH) 15 Thomas Hill Williams (DR-MS) December 10, 1817 16 Henry Johnson (DR-LA) January 12, 1818 17 William Adams Palmer (DR-VT) October 20, 1818 18 Jesse Burgess Thomas (DR-IL) December 3, 1818 Former delegate 19 Ninian Edwards (DR-IL) 20 James Brown (DR-LA) March 4, 1819 Former senator 21 Edward Lloyd (DR-MD) Former representative (2 years, 3 months) 22 John Fabyan Parrott (DR-NH) Former representative (2 years, 0 months) 23 Walter Lowrie (DR-PA) Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1810) 24 James Lanman (DR-CT) Connecticut 9th in population (1810) 25 John Elliott (DR-GA) Georgia 11th in population (1810) 26 William Allen Trimble (DR-OH)William Trimble resigned December 13, 1821 Ohio 13th in population (1810) 27 Freeman Walker (DR-GA)Freeman Walker resigned August 6, 1821 November 6, 1819 28 Richard Mentor Johnson (DR-KY) December 10, 1819 29 James Pleasants (DR-VA)James Pleasants resigned December 15, 1822 December 14, 1819 Former representative (8 years) 30 William Rufus de Vane King (DR-AL) Former representative (5 years) 31 John Williams Walker (DR-AL)John Walker resigned December 12, 1822 32 William Pinkney (F-MD)William Pinkney resigned February 25, 1822 December 21, 1819 33 Elijah Hunt Mills (DR-MA) June 12, 1820 34 John Holmes (DR-ME) June 13, 1820 35 John Chandler (DR-ME) June 14, 1820 36 David Holmes (DR-MS) August 30, 1820 37 Isham Talbot (DR-KY) October 19, 1820 38 Nehemiah Rice Knight (DR-RI) January 9, 1821 39 Samuel Lewis Southard (DR-NJ) January 26, 1821 40 Martin Van Buren (DR-NY) March 4, 1821 New York 1st in population (1810) 41 Elijah Boardman (DR-CT) Connecticut 9th in population (1810) 42 Horatio Seymour (DR-VT) Vermont 15th in population (1810) 43 James De Wolf (DR-RI) Rhode Island 17th in population (1810) 44 David Barton (DR-MO) August 10, 1821 Alphabetical (Ba) 45 Thomas Hart Benton (DR-MO) Alphabetical (Be) 46 John Henry Eaton (DR-TN) September 27, 1821 47 Nicholas Ware (DR-GA) November 10, 1821 48 William Findlay (DR-PA) December 10, 1821 49 Ethan Allen Brown (DR-OH) January 3, 1822 50 Caesar Augustus Rodney (DR-DE)Caesar Rodney resigned January 29, 1823 January 24, 1822 51 James Lloyd (F-MA) June 5, 1822 52 William Kelly (DR-AL) December 12, 1822 53 Samuel Smith (DR-MD) December 17, 1822 54 John Taylor of Caroline (DR-VA) December 18, 1822 Former senator
See also 17th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 17th Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List