List of United States senators in the 29th Congress
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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate 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 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 1846 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 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847[3] |
Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849[4] |
Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1851[5] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Other factors |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ) | August 10, 1821 | |
2 | James Buchanan (D-PA)[6] | December 6, 1834 | |
3 | March 4, 1835 | ||
4 | ) | September 18, 1836 | |
5 | Thomas Clayton (W-DE) | January 9, 1837 | |
6 | William Allen (D-OH) | March 4, 1837 | |
7 | ) | March 4, 1839 | |
8 | Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA) | January 14, 1840 | |
9 | ) | May 4, 1840 | |
10 | ) | November 25, 1840 | |
11 | January 13, 1841 | ||
12 | Levi Woodbury (D-NH)[9] | March 4, 1841 | Former senator (5 years) |
13 | ) | Former senator (4 years) | |
14 | ) | Former representative (15 years) | |
15 | George Evans (W-ME) | Former representative (11 years) | |
16 | William Woodbridge (W-MI) | Former delegate (1 year) | |
17 | ) | Former governor | |
18 | ) | New Jersey 14th in population (1830) | |
19 | Alexander Barrow (W-LA)[10] | Louisiana 19th in population (1830) | |
20 | James F. Simmons (W-RI) | Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) | |
21 | ) | November 24, 1841 | |
22 | ) | March 31, 1842 | |
23 | ) | July 2, 1842 | |
24 | George McDuffie (D-SC)[11] | December 23, 1842 | |
25 | ) | March 4, 1843 | Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840) |
26 | ) | Former representative (6 years); New Hampshire 22nd in population (1840) | |
27 | ) | Former representative (4 years) | |
28 | ) | Former representative (1 year) | |
29 | 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 | ) | February 12, 1844 | |
37 | ) | April 22, 1844 | |
38 | John Milton Niles (D-CT) | May 16, 1844 | |
39 | Chester Ashley (D-AR) | November 8, 1844 | |
40 | ) | 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 | ) | Former senator (7 years) | |
44 | Thomas Corwin (W-OH) | Former representative (9 years) | |
45 | Jesse Speight (D-MS) | Former representative (8 years) | |
46 | ) | 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 | ) | Rhode Island 24th in population (1840) | |
Simon Cameron (D-PA) | March 13, 1845 | ||
) | March 24, 1845 | ||
51 | David Levy Yulee (D-FL) | July 1, 1845 | Former delegate |
52 | ) | ||
) | November 3, 1845 | ||
53 | ) | November 26, 1845 | |
December 1, 1845 | |||
54 | December 3, 1845 | ||
55 | Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) | February 21, 1846 | |
56 | ) | February 26, 1846 | |
L-NH ) |
June 13, 1846 | ||
George Edmund Badger (W-NC) | November 25, 1846 | ||
) | 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 members of the United States House of Representatives in the 29th 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 1847.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1851.
- ^ James Buchanan resigned March 5, 1845 to become secretary of state.
- ^ Robert John Walker resigned March 5, 1845 to become Secretary of the Treasury.
- ^ Isaac Bates died March 16, 1845
- ^ Levi Woodbury resigned November 20, 1845 to become an associate justice to the United States Supreme Court.
- ^ Alexander Barrow died December 29, 1846
- ^ George McDuffie resigned August 17, 1846
- ^ William Haywood resigned July 25, 1846
- ^ Benning Jenness resigned June 13, 1846
- ^ Isaac Pennybacker died January 12, 1847