List of United States senators in the 34th Congress

This is a complete list of United States senators during the 34th United States Congress listed by seniority from March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1857.

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.gov1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 census results1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 census results1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 census results

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1856 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 1857 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1857.Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1859 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, and TX.)Terms of service of senators that expired in 1859.Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1861 (AL, AR, CA, 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 1861.

U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors 1 James Alfred Pearce (D-MD) March 4, 1843 Former representative 2 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) March 4, 1845 Former lieutenant governor 3 Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) February 21, 1846 4 Samuel Houston (D-TX) February 26, 1846 Former representative, former governor 5 Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC) December 4, 1846 6 James M. Mason (D-VA) January 21, 1847 7 Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL) March 4, 1847 8 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) Former representative 9 John Bell (D-TN) November 22, 1847 Former representative 10 William K. Sebastian (D-AR) May 12, 1848 11 Henry Dodge (D-WI) June 8, 1848 Former delegate 12 Hannibal Hamlin (D-ME) Former representative 13 Augustus Caesar Dodge (D-IA) December 7, 1848 Former representative 14 George Wallace Jones (D-IA) Former delegate 15 William H. Seward (R-NY) March 4, 1849 Former governor 16 Lewis Cass (D-MI) 17 Thomas Pratt (D-MD) January 12, 1850 18 Solomon Foot (R-VT) March 4, 1851 Former representative 19 James A. Bayard Jr. (D-DE) 20 Stephen Mallory (D-FL) 21 Henry S. Geyer (W-MO) 22 Richard Brodhead(D-PA) Former representative 23 Charles T. James (D-RI) 24 James C. Jones (D-TN) Former governor 25 Benjamin Wade (R-OH) March 15, 1851 26 Charles Sumner (LR-MA) April 11, 1851 27 John M. Clayton (R-NY) December 1, 1851 28 John B. Weller (LD-CA) January 30, 1852 29 Stephen Adams (D-MS) March 17, 1852 Former representative 30 Isaac Toucey (D-CT) May 12, 1852 31 John R. Thomson (D-NJ) March 4, 1853 32 Robert Toombs (D-GA) Former representative 33 Judah P. Benjamin (D-LA) 34 Josiah J. Evans (D-SC) 35 Charles E. Stuart (D-MI) Former representative 36 John B. Thompson (KN-KY) Former representative 37 John Middleton Clayton (W-DE) 38 William Wright (D-NJ) 39 Robert Ward Johnson (D-AR) July 6, 1853 40 Philip Allen (D-RI) July 20, 1853 41 Clement Claiborne Clay (D-AL) November 29, 1853 42 John Slidell (D-LA) December 5, 1853 43 Albert G. Brown (D-MS) January 7, 1854 44 William P. Fessenden (R-ME) February 10, 1854 45 David Settle Reid (D-NC) December 6, 1854 46 Henry Wilson (R-MA) January 31, 1855 47 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) March 4, 1855 48 Jacob Collamer (R-VT) 49 Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT) 50 James Harlan (R-IA) 51 David Levy Yulee (D-FL) 52 Alfred Iverson, Sr. (D-GA) 53 John Jordan Crittenden (KN-KY) 54 George E. Pugh (D-OH) 55 Charles Durkee (R-WI) 56 Asa Biggs (D-NC) 57 James Bell (R-NH) John P. Hale (R-NH) July 30, 1855 Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL) November 26, 1855 William Bigler (D-PA) January 14, 1856 Joseph P. Comegys (W-DE) November 19, 1856 James S. Green (D-MO) January 12, 1857 William M. Gwin (D-CA) January 13, 1857 Martin W. Bates (D-DE) January 14, 1857 Amos Nourse (R-ME) January 16, 1857 Graham N. Fitch (D-IN) February 4, 1857

See also 34th United States Congress List of United States representatives in the 34th Congress

Notes

External links Senate Seniority List