List of United States senators in the 27th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 27th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843.

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 1842 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 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.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1845 (CT, DE, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1845.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847 (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 1847.

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 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) August 10, 1821 3 Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT)Samuel Prentiss resigned April 11, 1842 March 4, 1831 4 Henry Clay (W-KY)Henry Clay resigned March 31, 1842 November 10, 1831 5 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC) December 29, 1832 6 Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY) January 4, 1833 7 Samuel Lewis Southard (D-NJ)Samuel Southard resigned June 26, 1842 March 4, 1833 Former senator 8 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (W-NY) 9 Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO) October 25, 1833 10 William Campbell Preston (N-SC)William Preston resigned November 29, 1842 November 26, 1833 11 James Buchanan (D-PA) December 6, 1834 12 Alfred Cuthbert (D-MD) January 12, 1835 13 Robert John Walker (D-MS) March 4, 1835 14 William Cabell Rives (W-VA) March 4, 1836 15 Richard Henry Bayard (W-DE) June 17, 1836 16 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR) September 18, 1836 Former delegate 17 William Savin Fulton (D-AR) 18 Thomas Clayton (W-DE) January 9, 1837 19 Alexander Mouton (D-LA)Alexander Mounton resigned March 1, 1842 January 12, 1837 20 Franklin Pierce (D-NH)Franklin Pierce resigned February 28, 1842 March 4, 1837 Former representative (4 years) 21 William Allen (D-OH) Former representative (2 years); Ohio 5th in population (1830) 22 Oliver Hampton Smith (W-IN) Former representative (2 years); Indiana 13th in population (1830) 23 Reuel Williams (D-ME)Reuel Williams resigned February 15, 1843 Maine 12th in population (1830) 24 Perry Smith (D-CT) Connecticut 16th in population (1830) 25 Richard Montgomery Young (D-IL) Illinois 20th in population (1830) 26 Clement Comer Clay (D-AL)Clement Clay resigned November 15, 1841 June 19, 1837 27 William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD) January 4, 1838 28 Albert Smith White (W-IN) March 4, 1839 Former representative 29 Benjamin Tappan (D-OH) Ohio 5th in population (1830) 30 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT) Vermont 17th in population (1830) 31 John Henderson (W-MS) Mississippi 22nd in population (1830) 32 Nathan Fellows Dixon (W-RI)Nathan Dixon resigned January 29, 1842 Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) 33 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA) January 14, 1840 34 Augustus Seymour Porter (W-MI) January 20, 1840 35 Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT) May 4, 1840 36 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC) November 25, 1840 Former senator 37 William Alexander Graham (W-NC) 38 Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (D-TN) December 25, 1840 39 John Leeds Kerr (W-MD) January 5, 1841 40 Isaac Chapman Bates (W-MA) January 13, 1841 41 Rufus Choate (W-MA) February 23, 1841 42 Levi Woodbury (D-NH) March 4, 1841 Former senator (5 years) 43 John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA) Former senator (4 years) 44 William Segar Archer (W-VA) Former representative (15 years) 45 George Evans (W-ME) Former representative (11 years) 46 William Woodbridge (W-MI) Former delegate (1 year) 47 James Turner Morehead (W-KY) Former governor 48 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ) New Jersey 14th in population (1830) 49 Alexander Barrow (W-LA) Louisiana 19th in population (1830) 50 Samuel McRoberts (D-IL) Illinois 20th in population (1830) 51 James F. Simmons (W-RI) Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) 52 Arthur Pendleton Bagby (D-AL) November 24, 1841 William Sprague III (W-RI) February 18, 1842 Leonard Wilcox (D-NH) March 1, 1842 John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY) March 31, 1842 Charles Magill Conrad (W-LA) April 14, 1842 Samuel Chandler Crafts (W-VT) April 23, 1842 William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ) July 2, 1842 George McDuffie (D-SC) December 23, 1842

See also 27th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 27th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List