List of United States senators in the 25th Congress
 | This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (September 2009) |
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 25th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839.
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 his or her new incoming class), service as
cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor is the population of the senator's state.[1][2]
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 1838 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service
| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1839[3] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1841[4] |
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843[5] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ) | December 14, 1819 | |
| 2 | ) | January 9, 1821 | |
| 3 | ) | August 10, 1821 | |
| 4 | Hugh Lawson White (W-TN) | October 28, 1825 | |
| 5 | ) | October 31, 1825 | |
| 6 | Daniel Webster (W-MA) | June 8, 1827 | |
| 7 | Felix Grundy (D-TN)[6] | October 19, 1829 | |
| 8 | Bedford Brown (D-NC) | December 9, 1829 | |
| 9 | ) | December 11, 1830 | |
| 10 | AJ-VT ) |
March 4, 1831 | |
| 11 | Henry Clay (W-KY) | November 10, 1831 | |
| 12 | John Tipton (D-IN) | January 3, 1832 | |
| 13 | November 12, 1832 | ||
| 14 | ) | December 29, 1832 | |
| 15 | ) | January 4, 1833 | |
| 16 | ) | March 4, 1833 | Former senator |
| 17 | Former representative (10 years) | ||
| 18 | Samuel McKean (D-PA) | Former representative (6 years) | |
| 19 | AJ-VT ) |
Former representative (4 years) | |
| 20 | ) | New York 1st in population (1830) | |
| 21 | J-OH ) |
Ohio 4th in population (1830) | |
| 22 | ) | October 25, 1833 | |
| 23 | John Pendleton King (D-GA)[9] | November 21, 1833 | |
| 24 | ) | November 26, 1833 | |
| 25 | James Buchanan (D-PA) | December 6, 1834 | |
| 26 | Alfred Cuthbert (D-MD) | January 12, 1835 | |
| 27 | John Ruggles (D-ME) | January 20, 1835 | |
| 28 | ) | March 4, 1835 | Former senator |
| 29 | Henry Hubbard (D-NH) | Former representative | |
| 30 | ) | Former governor | |
| 31 | ) | New Jersey 14th in population (1830) | |
| 32 | ) | Mississippi 22nd in population (1830) | |
| 33 | John Milton Niles (D-CT) | December 21, 1835 | |
| 34 | Robert Carter Nicholas (D-LA) | January 13, 1836 | |
| 35 | William Cabell Rives (D-VA) | March 4, 1836 | |
| 36 | AJ-DE ) |
June 17, 1836 | |
| 37 | ) | September 18, 1836 | Former delegate |
| 38 | ) | ||
| 39 | Robert Strange (D-NC) | December 5, 1836 | |
| 40 | December 12, 1836 | ||
| 41 | John Selby Spence (W-MD) | December 31, 1836 | |
| 42 | Thomas Clayton (W-DE) | January 9, 1837 | |
| 43 | ) | January 12, 1837 | |
| 44 | Lucius Lyon (D-MI) | January 26, 1837 | Former delegate |
| 45 | John Norvell (D-MI) | ||
| 46 | Franklin Pierce (D-NH) | March 4, 1837 | Former representative (4 years) |
| 47 | William Allen (D-OH) | Former representative (2 years); Ohio 5th in population (1830) | |
| 48 | ) | Former representative (2 years); Indiana 13th in population (1830) | |
| 49 | Reuel Williams (D-ME) | Maine 12th in population (1830) | |
| 50 | Perry Smith (D-CT) | Connecticut 16th in population (1830) | |
| 51 | ) | Illinois 20th in population (1830) | |
| ) | March 14, 1837 | ||
| 52 | John McKinley (D-AL)[11] | Did not qualify | |
| Clement Comer Clay (D-AL) | June 19, 1837 | ||
| Wilson Lumpkin (D-GA) | November 22, 1837 | ||
| William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD) | January 4, 1838 | ||
| January 22, 1838 | |||
| ) | September 17, 1838 | ||
| Thomas Hickman Williams (D-MS) | November 12, 1838 |
See also
- 25th United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 25th Congress by seniority
Notes
- ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ^ 1820 Census Results
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1839.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1841.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843.
- ^ Felix Grundy resigned July 4, 1838
- ^ John Black resigned January 22, 1838
- ^ Joseph Kent resignedNovember 24, 1837
- ^ John King resigned November 1, 1837
- ^ Richard Parker resigned March 13, 1837
- ^ John McKinley resigned April 22, 1837, never having qualified
- ^ James Trotter resigned July 10, 1838