This is a complete list of United States senators during the 28th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.
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 1844 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 1845 (CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, 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.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849 (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849.
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)William King resigned April 15, 1844 December 14, 1819 2 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) August 10, 1821 3 Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY)Silas Wright resigned November 26, 1844 January 4, 1833 4 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (W-NY)Nathaniel Tallmadge resigned June 17, 1844 March 4, 1833 5 Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO)Lewis Linn resigned October 3, 1843 October 25, 1833 6 James Buchanan (D-PA) December 6, 1834 7 Robert John Walker (D-MS) March 4, 1835 8 William Cabell Rives (W-VA) March 4, 1836 9 Richard Henry Bayard (W-DE) June 17, 1836 10 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR) September 18, 1836 Former delegate 11 William Savin Fulton (D-AR)William Fulton resigned August 15, 1844 12 Thomas Clayton (W-DE) January 9, 1837 13 William Allen (D-OH) March 4, 1837 14 William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD) January 4, 1838 15 Albert Smith White (W-IN) March 4, 1839 Former representative 16 Benjamin Tappan (D-OH) Ohio 5th in population (1830) 17 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT) Vermont 17th in population (1830) 18 John Henderson (W-MS) Mississippi 22nd in population (1830) 19 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA) January 14, 1840 20 Augustus Seymour Porter (W-MI) January 20, 1840 21 Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT) May 4, 1840 22 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC) November 25, 1840 23 Isaac Chapman Bates (W-MA) January 13, 1841 24 Rufus Choate (W-MA) February 23, 1841 25 Levi Woodbury (D-NH) March 4, 1841 Former senator (5 years) 26 John M. Berrien (W-GA) Former senator (4 years) 27 William Segar Archer (W-VA) Former representative (15 years) 28 George Evans (W-ME) Former representative (11 years) 29 William Woodbridge (W-MI) Former delegate (1 year) 30 James Turner Morehead (W-KY) Former governor 31 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ) New Jersey 14th in population (1830) 32 Alexander Barrow (W-LA) Louisiana 19th in population (1830) 33 Samuel McRoberts (D-IL)Samuel McRoberts resigned March 27, 1843 Illinois 20th in population (1830) 34 James F. Simmons (W-RI) Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) 35 Arthur Pendleton Bagby (D-AL) November 24, 1841 36 William Sprague III (W-RI)William Sprague resigned January 17, 1844 February 18, 1842 37 John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY) March 31, 1842 38 William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ) July 2, 1842 39 George McDuffie (D-SC) December 23, 1842 40 John Milton Niles (D-CT) March 4, 1843 Former senator 41 James Alfred Pearce (W-MD) Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840) 42 Charles Gordon Atherton (D-NH) Former representative (6 years); New Hampshire 22nd in population (1840) 43 Edward Allen Hannegan (D-IN) Former representative (4 years) 44 Walter Terry Colquitt (D-GA) Former representative (1 year) 45 William Henry Haywood, Jr. (D-NC) North Carolina 7th in population (1840) 46 Daniel Elliott Huger (D-SC) South Carolina 11th in population (1840) 47 Sidney Breese (D-IL) Illinois 14th in population (1840) 48 William Upham (W-VT) Vermont 21st in population (1840) David Rice Atchison (D-MO) October 14, 1843 49 Ephraim Hubbard Foster (W-TN) October 17, 1843 Former senator 50 Spencer Jarnagin (W-TN) 51 John Fairfield (D-ME) December 4, 1843 Maine 13th in population (1840) James Semple (D-IL) Illinois 14th in population (1840) John Brown Francis (LO-RI) January 25, 1844 52 Henry Johnson (W-LA) February 12, 1844 Dixon Hall Lewis (D-AL) April 22, 1844 Chester Ashley (D-AR) November 8, 1844 Henry A. Foster (D-NY)Henry Foster resigned January 27, 1845 November 30, 1844 Former representative Daniel Stevens Dickinson (D-NY) John Adams Dix (D-NY) January 27, 1845
See also 28th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 28th Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List