This is a complete list of United States senators during the 21st United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831.
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.gov1820 Census Results
Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1830 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831 (AL, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1831.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1833 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1833.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1835 (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 1835.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Benjamin Ruggles (AJ-OH) March 4, 1815 2 James Noble (AJ-IN)James Noble resigned February 26, 1831 December 11, 1816 3 Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ) March 4, 1817 4 William Rufus de Vane King (J-AL) December 14, 1819 5 Nehemiah Rice Knight (AJ-RI) January 9, 1821 6 Horatio Seymour (AJ-VT) March 4, 1821 Vermont 15th in population (1810) 7 David Barton (AJ-MO) August 10, 1821 Alphabetical (Ba) 8 Thomas Hart Benton (J-MO) Alphabetical (Be) 9 John Henry Eaton (J-TN)John Eaton resigned March 9, 1829 September 27, 1821 10 Samuel Smith (J-MD) December 17, 1822 11 Samuel Bell (AJ-NH) March 4, 1823 Former governor; New Hampshire 15th in population (1820) 12 Robert Young Hayne (J-NH) 13 Josiah Stoddard Johnston (AJ-LA) January 15, 1824 14 Littleton Waller Tazewell (J-VA) December 7, 1824 15 Dudley Chase (AJ-VT) March 4, 1825 Former senator 16 William Hendricks (AJ-IN) Former representative (5 years) 17 John Rowan (J-KY) Former representative (2 years) 18 William Marks (AJ-PA) Pennsylvania 2nd in population (1820) 19 John Macpherson Berrien (J-GA)John Berrien resigned March 9, 1829 Georgia 11th in population (1820) 20 Elias Kent Kane (J-IL) Illinois 24th in population (1820) 21 Levi Woodbury (J-NH) March 16, 1825 22 Calvin Willey (AJ-CT) May 4, 1825 23 Hugh Lawson White (J-TN) October 28, 1825 24 Ashur Robbins (AJ-RI) October 31, 1825 25 Nathan Sanford (AJ-NY) January 14, 1826 26 Ezekiel Forman Chambers (AJ-VA) January 24, 1826 27 Nathaniel Silsbee (AJ-MA) May 31, 1826 28 John McKinley (J-AL) November 27, 1826 29 William Smith (DR-SC) November 29, 1826 30 Powhatan Ellis (J-MS) March 4, 1827 Former senator 31 Louis McLane (J-DE)Louis McLane resigned April 16, 1829 Former representative (10 years) 32 John Tyler (J-VA) Former representative (4 years, 2 months) 33 Samuel Augustus Foot (AJ-CT) Former representative (4 years, 0 months) 34 Isaac Dutton Barnard (J-PA) 35 Daniel Webster (AJ-MA) June 8, 1827 36 Jacob Burnet (AJ-OH) December 10, 1828 37 James Iredell (J-NC) December 15, 1828 38 John Holmes (AJ-ME) January 15, 1829 Former representative 39 Charles Edward Dudley (J-NY) 40 George Mortimer Bibb (J-KY) March 4, 1829 Former senator (3 years) 41 George Michael Troup (J-GA) Former senator (1 year, 10 months) 42 Thomas Buck Reed (J-MS)Thomas Reed resigned November 26, 1829 Former senator (1 year, 2 months) 43 John McLean (J-IL)John McLean resigned October 14, 1830 Former senator (3 months) 44 Edward Livingston (J-LA) Former representative (12 years) 45 Peleg Sprague (AJ-ME) Former representative (4 years) 46 Theodore Frelinghuysen (AJ-NJ) New Jersey 13th in population (1820) 47 John Middleton Clayton (AJ-DE) Delaware 22nd in population (1820) Felix Grundy (J-TN) October 19, 1829 John Forsyth (J-GA) November 9, 1829 Bedford Brown (J-NC) December 9, 1829 Robert Huntington Adams (J-MS)Robert Adams resigned July 2, 1830 January 6, 1830 Arnold Naudain (AJ-DE) January 13, 1830 George Poindexter (J-MS) October 15, 1830 David Jewett Baker (D-IL)David Baker resigned December 11, 1830 November 12, 1830 John McCracken Robinson (J-IL) December 11, 1830
See also 21st United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 21st Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List