List of United States senators in the 29th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 29th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847.

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 1846 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, TX, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849 (CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1851 (AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, VA, and VT.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1851.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) August 10, 1821 2 James Buchanan (D-PA)James Buchanan resigned March 5, 1845 to become secretary of state. December 6, 1834 3 Robert John Walker (D-MS)Robert John Walker resigned March 5, 1845 to become Secretary of the Treasury. March 4, 1835 4 Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR) September 18, 1836 5 Thomas Clayton (W-DE) January 9, 1837 6 William Allen (D-OH) March 4, 1837 7 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT) March 4, 1839 8 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA) January 14, 1840 9 Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT) May 4, 1840 10 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC) November 25, 1840 11 Isaac Chapman Bates (W-MA)Isaac Bates died March 16, 1845 January 13, 1841 12 Levi Woodbury (D-NH)Levi Woodbury resigned November 20, 1845 to become an associate justice to the United States Supreme Court. March 4, 1841 Former senator (5 years) 13 John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA) Former senator (4 years) 14 William Segar Archer (W-VA) Former representative (15 years) 15 George Evans (W-ME) Former representative (11 years) 16 William Woodbridge (W-MI) Former delegate (1 year) 17 James Turner Morehead (W-KY) Former governor 18 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ) New Jersey 14th in population (1830) 19 Alexander Barrow (W-LA)Alexander Barrow died December 29, 1846 Louisiana 19th in population (1830) 20 James F. Simmons (W-RI) Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) 21 Arthur Pendleton Bagby (D-AL) November 24, 1841 22 John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY) March 31, 1842 23 William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ) July 2, 1842 24 George McDuffie (D-SC)George McDuffie resigned August 17, 1846 December 23, 1842 25 James Alfred Pearce (W-MD) March 4, 1843 Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840) 26 Charles Gordon Atherton (D-NH) Former representative (6 years); New Hampshire 22nd in population (1840) 27 Edward Allen Hannegan (D-IN) Former representative (4 years) 28 Walter Terry Colquitt (D-GA) Former representative (1 year) 29 William Henry Haywood, Jr. (D-NC)William Haywood resigned July 25, 1846 North Carolina 7th in population (1840) 30 Sidney Breese (D-IL) Illinois 14th in population (1840) 31 William Upham (W-VT) Vermont 21st in population (1840) 32 David Rice Atchison (D-MO) October 14, 1843 33 Spencer Jarnagin (W-TN) October 17, 1843 34 John Fairfield (W-ME) December 4, 1843 Maine 13th in population (1840) 35 James Semple (D-IL) Illinois 14th in population (1840) 36 Henry Johnson (W-LA) February 12, 1844 37 Dixon Hall Lewis (D-AL) April 22, 1844 38 John Milton Niles (D-CT) May 16, 1844 39 Chester Ashley (D-AR) November 8, 1844 40 Daniel Stevens Dickinson (D-NY) November 30, 1844 41 John Adams Dix (D-NY) January 27, 1845 42 Daniel Webster (W-MA) March 4, 1845 Former senator (13 years) 43 John Middleton Clayton (W-DE) Former senator (7 years) 44 Thomas Corwin (W-OH) Former representative (9 years) 45 Jesse Speight (D-MS) Former representative (8 years) 46 Hopkins Lacy Turney (D-TN) Former representative (6 years) 47 Lewis Cass (D-MI) Former cabinet member 48 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) Indiana 10th in population (1840) 49 Reverdy Johnson (W-MD) Maryland 15th in population (1840) 50 Albert Collins Greene (W-RI) Rhode Island 24th in population (1840) Simon Cameron (D-PA) March 13, 1845 John Davis (W-MA) March 24, 1845 51 David Levy Yulee (D-FL) July 1, 1845 Former delegate 52 James Diament Westcott, Jr. (D-FL) Joseph Williams Chalmers (D-MS) November 3, 1845 53 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC) November 26, 1845 Benning Wentworth Jenness (D-NH)Benning Jenness resigned June 13, 1846 December 1, 1845 54 Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (D-VA)Isaac Pennybacker died January 12, 1847 December 3, 1845 55 Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) February 21, 1846 56 Samuel Houston (D-TX) February 26, 1846 Joseph Cilley (L-NH) June 13, 1846 George Edmund Badger (W-NC) November 25, 1846 Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC) December 4, 1846 James M. Mason (D-VA) January 21, 1847 Former representative Pierre Soulé (D-LA)

See also 29th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 29th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List