List of United States senators in the 25th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 25th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839.

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 1838 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1839 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1839.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1841 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1841.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843 (AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL) December 14, 1819 2 Nehemiah Rice Knight (W-RI) January 9, 1821 3 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) August 10, 1821 4 Hugh Lawson White (W-TN) October 28, 1825 5 Ashur Robbins (W-RI) October 31, 1825 6 Daniel Webster (W-MA) June 8, 1827 7 Felix Grundy (D-TN)Felix Grundy resigned July 4, 1838 October 19, 1829 8 Bedford Brown (D-NC) December 9, 1829 9 John McCracken Robinson (D-IL) December 11, 1830 10 Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT) March 4, 1831 11 Henry Clay (W-KY) November 10, 1831 12 John Tipton (D-IN) January 3, 1832 13 John Black (W-MS)John Black resigned January 22, 1838 November 12, 1832 14 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC) December 29, 1832 15 Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY) January 4, 1833 16 Samuel Lewis Southard (W-NJ) March 4, 1833 Former senator 17 Joseph Kent (AJ-MD)Joseph Kent resignedNovember 24, 1837 Former representative (10 years) 18 Samuel McKean (D-PA) Former representative (6 years) 19 Benjamin Swift (AJ-VT) Former representative (4 years) 20 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (AJ-NY) New York 1st in population (1830) 21 Thomas Morris (J-OH) Ohio 4th in population (1830) 22 Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO) October 25, 1833 23 John Pendleton King (D-GA)John King resigned November 1, 1837 November 21, 1833 24 William Campbell Preston (N-SC) November 26, 1833 25 James Buchanan (D-PA) December 6, 1834 26 Alfred Cuthbert (D-MD) January 12, 1835 27 John Ruggles (D-ME) January 20, 1835 28 John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY) March 4, 1835 Former senator 29 Henry Hubbard (D-NH) Former representative 30 John Davis (W-MA) Former governor 31 Garret Dorset Wall (D-NJ) New Jersey 14th in population (1830) 32 Robert John Walker (D-MS) Mississippi 22nd in population (1830) 33 John Milton Niles (D-CT) December 21, 1835 34 Robert Carter Nicholas (D-LA) January 13, 1836 35 William Cabell Rives (D-VA) March 4, 1836 36 Richard Henry Bayard (AJ-DE) June 17, 1836 37 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR) September 18, 1836 Former delegate 38 William Savin Fulton (D-AR) 39 Robert Strange (D-NC) December 5, 1836 40 Richard Elliott Parker (D-VA)Richard Parker resigned March 13, 1837 December 12, 1836 41 John Selby Spence (W-MD) December 31, 1836 42 Thomas Clayton (W-DE) January 9, 1837 43 Alexander Mouton (D-LA) January 12, 1837 44 Lucius Lyon (D-MI) January 26, 1837 Former delegate 45 John Norvell (D-MI) 46 Franklin Pierce (D-NH) March 4, 1837 Former representative (4 years) 47 William Allen (D-OH) Former representative (2 years); Ohio 5th in population (1830) 48 Oliver Hampton Smith (W-IN) Former representative (2 years); Indiana 13th in population (1830) 49 Reuel Williams (D-ME) Maine 12th in population (1830) 50 Perry Smith (D-CT) Connecticut 16th in population (1830) 51 Richard Montgomery Young (D-IL) Illinois 20th in population (1830) William Henry Roane (D-VA) March 14, 1837 52 John McKinley (D-AL)John McKinley resigned April 22, 1837, never having qualified Did not qualify Clement Comer Clay (D-AL) June 19, 1837 Wilson Lumpkin (D-GA) November 22, 1837 William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD) January 4, 1838 James Fisher Trotter (D-MS)James Trotter resigned July 10, 1838 January 22, 1838 Ephraim Hubbard Foster (W-TN) September 17, 1838 Thomas Hickman Williams (D-MS) November 12, 1838

See also 25th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 25th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List