List of United States Senators in the 32nd Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 32nd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853.

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 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.[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 1852 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of Service

ClassTerms of Service of Senators that will expire in years
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1853[3]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1855[4]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1857[5]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
RankSenator (Party-State)Seniority dateOther factors
1Willie Person Mangum (W-NC)[6]November 25, 1840
2John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA)[7]March 4, 1841Former Senator
3Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ)
4James Alfred Pearce (W-MD)March 4, 1843Former Representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in Population (1840)
5William Upham (W-VT)
6David Rice Atchison (D-MO)October 14, 1843
7Jesse David Bright (D-IN)March 4, 1845Indiana 10th in Population (1840)
8John Davis (W-MA)March 24, 1845
9Thomas Jefferson Rusk (W-TX)February 21, 1846
10Samuel Houston (D-TX)February 26, 1846
11George Edmund Badger (W-NC)November 25, 1846
12Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC)December 4, 1846
13James Murray Mason (D-VA)January 21, 1847
14Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (D-VA)March 4, 1847Former Representative (8 years); Virginia 4th in Population (1840)
15Joseph Rogers Underwood (W-KY)Former Representative (8 years); Kentucky 6th in Population (1840)
16Stephen Arnold Douglas (D-IL)Former Representative (4 years)
17John Parker Hale (ID-NH)Former Representative (2 years)
18Alpheus Felch (D-MI)Former Governor
19James Ware Bradbury (D-ME)Maine 13th in Population (1840)
20Henry Stuart Foote (D-MS)Mississippi 17th in Population (1840)
21Solomon Weathersbee Downs (ID-LA)Louisiana 19th in Population (1840)
22John Hopkins Clarke (W-RI)Rhode Island 24th in Population (1840)
23Presley Spruance (W-DE)Delaware 26th in Population (1840)
24John P. Hale (D-NH)
25Jefferson Davis (D-MS)August 10, 1847
26John Bell (W-TN)November 22, 1847
27Herschel Vespasian Johnson (D-ME)February 4, 1848
28Solon Borland (W-AR)March 30, 1848
29William King Sebastian (W-AR)May 12, 1848
30Hannibal Hamlin (W-ME)June 8, 1848Former Representative (4 years); Maine 13th in Population (1840)
31Henry Dodge (D-ME)Former Delegate (4 years); Wisconsin 28th in Population (1840)
32Isaac Pigeon Walker (D-WI)Wisconsin 28th in Population (1840)
33William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL)July 1, 1848
34Augustus Caesar Dodge (D-IA)December 7, 1848Former Delegate (6 years)
35George Wallace Jones (D-IA)Former Delegate (3 years)
36Lewis Cass (D-MI)March 4, 1849Former Senator
37Salmon P. Chase (D-OH)
38William Dawson (W-GA)
39Jackson Morton (W-FL)
40Moses Norris, Jr. (D-NH)
41William H. Seward (W-NY)
42Truman Smith (W-CO)
43Pierre Soule (D-LA)
44James Whitcomb (D-IN)
45James Cooper (W-PA)
46Henry Clay (W-KY)
47James Shields (D-IL)October 27, 1849
48Jeremiah Clemens (D-AL)November 30, 1849
49David Stewart (W-MA)December 6, 1849
50Thomas Pratt (D-MD)January 12, 1850
51Franklin Elmore (D-SC)April 11, 1850
52Robert Barnwell (D-SC)June 4, 1850
53Thomas Ewing (W-OH)July 20, 1850
54Robert Winthrop (W-MA)July 22, 1850Former Representative
55John C. Fremont (R-CA)September 9, 1850
56William M. Gwin (D-CA)Former Representative
57Robert Rhett (D-SC)December 18, 1850Former Representative
58Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D-MA)February 1, 1851
59Solomon Foot (R-VT)March 4, 1851Former Representative
60James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE)
61Stephen Mallory (D-FL)
62Henry S. Geyer (W-MO)
63Richard Brodhead (D-PA)Former Representative
64Charles T. James (D-RI)
65James C. Jones (D-TN)
Benjamin Wade (W-OH)March 15, 1851
Isaac Toucey (D-CT)May 12, 1851
Hamilton Fish (W-NY)December 1, 1851Former Representative, Former Governor and Former Lieutenant Governor
John J. McRae (D-MS)
Walker Brooke (W-MS)February 18, 1852
Stephen Adams (W-MS)March 17, 1852Former Representative
William F. De Saussure (W-MS)May 10, 1852
Robert M. Charlton (D-GA)May 31, 1852
David Meriwether (D-KY)July 6, 1852
Archibald Dixon (W-KY)September 1, 1852
Charles W. Cathcart (D-IN)December 6, 1852Former Representative
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL)January 14, 1853Former Governor
Samuel S. Phelps (W-VT)January 17, 1853
John Pettit (D-IN)January 18, 1853Former Representative

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1820 Census Results
  3. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1853.
  4. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1855.
  5. Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1857.
  6. Retired or defeated after 1852 Election
  7. Senator Berrien resigned on May 28, 1852.
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