This is a complete list of United States senators during the 31st United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851.
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 1850 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 1849 (AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, VT, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849.Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1851 (CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1851.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1853 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, TX, and VA.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1853.
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO)Retired or defeated after 1850 election. August 10, 1821 2 Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT) March 4, 1839 3 Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA) January 14, 1840 4 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC) November 25, 1840 5 John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA) March 4, 1841 Former senator 6 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ) 7 William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ) July 2, 1842 8 James Alfred Pearce (W-MD) March 4, 1843 Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840) 9 William Upham (W-VT) 10 David Rice Atchison (D-MO) October 14, 1843 11 Daniel Stevens Dickinson (D-NY) November 30, 1844 12 Daniel Webster (W-MA)Senator Webster resigned on July 22, 1850 March 4, 1845 Former senator (13 years) 13 Thomas Corwin (W-OH)Senator Corwin resigned on July 20, 1850 Former representative (9 years) 14 Hopkins Lacy Turney (D-TN) Former representative (6 years) 15 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) Indiana 10th in population (1840) 16 Reverdy Johnson (W-MD)Senator Johnson resigned on March 7, 1849 Maryland 15th in population (1840) 17 Albert Collins Greene (W-RI) Rhode Island 24th in population (1840) 18 John Davis (W-MA) March 24, 1845 19 David Levy Yulee (D-FL) July 1, 1845 Former delegate 20 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC)Senator Calhoun died on March 31, 1850 November 26, 1845 21 Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) February 21, 1846 22 Samuel Houston (D-TX) February 26, 1846 Former representative 23 George Edmund Badger (W-NC) November 25, 1846 24 Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC) December 4, 1846 25 James M. Mason (D-VA) January 21, 1847 26 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) March 4, 1847 Former representative (8 years); Virginia 4th in population (1840) 27 Joseph Rogers Underwood (W-KY) Former representative (8 years); Kentucky 6th in population (1840) 28 Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL) Former representative (4 years) 29 John P. Hale (FS-NH) Former representative (2 years) 30 Alpheus Felch (D-MI) Former governor 31 James Ware Bradbury (D-ME) Maine 13th in population (1840) 32 Henry Stuart Foote (D-MS) Mississippi 17th in population (1840) 33 Solomon Weathersbee Downs (D-LA) Louisiana 19th in population (1840) 34 John Hopkins Clarke (W-RI) Rhode Island 24th in population (1840) 35 Presley Spruance (W-DE) Delaware 26th in population (1840) 36 Jefferson Davis (D-MS) August 10, 1847 37 Roger Sherman Baldwin (W-CT) November 11, 1847 38 John Bell (W-TN) November 22, 1847 39 Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (D-ME)Wyman Moor left office June 7, 1848, having his replacement elected. January 5, 1848 40 Solon Borland (D-AR) March 30, 1848 41 William K. Sebastian (D-AR) May 12, 1848 42 Hannibal Hamlin (D-ME) June 8, 1848 Former representative (4 years); Maine 13th in population (1840) 43 Henry Dodge (D-WI) Former delegate (4 years); Wisconsin 28th in population (1840) 44 Isaac Pigeon Walker (D-WI) Wisconsin 28th in population (1840) 45 William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL) July 1, 1848 46 Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL) November 25, 1848 47 Augustus Caesar Dodge (D-IA) December 7, 1848 Former delegate (6 years) 48 George Wallace Jones (D-IA) Former delegate (3 years) 49 John Wales (W-DE) February 23, 1849 50 Lewis Cass (D-MI) March 4, 1849 Former senator 51 Salmon P. Chase (D-OH) 52 William Dawson (W-GA) 53 Jackson Morton (W-FL) 54 Moses Norris, Jr. (D-NH) 55 William H. Seward (W-NY) 56 Truman Smith (W-CT) 57 Pierre Soulé (D-LA) 58 James Whitcomb (D-IN) 59 James Cooper (W-PA) James Shields (D-IL) October 27, 1849 Jeremiah Clemens (D-AL) November 30, 1849 David Stewart (W-MA)Senator Stewart on January 12, 1850 December 6, 1849 Thomas Pratt (D-MD) January 12, 1850 Franklin Elmore (D-SC) April 11, 1850 Robert Barnwell (D-SC) June 4, 1850 Thomas Ewing (W-OH) July 20, 1850 Robert Winthrop (W-MA) July 22, 1850 John C. Frémont (R-CA) September 9, 1850 William M. Gwin (D-CA) Robert Rhett (D-SC) December 18, 1850 Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D-MA) February 1, 1851
See also 31st United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 31st Congress
Notes
External links Senate Seniority List