List of United States senators in the 7th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 7th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1801, to March 3, 1803.

The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically.[1]

The two main parties in the 7th Congress were the Federalists (F), and Democratic Republicans (DR).

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that will expire in years
Class 1Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1803[2]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1805[3]
Class 3Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1807[4]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority date
1Theodore Foster (F-RI)June 7, 1790
2John Brown (DR-KY)June 18, 1792
3Samuel Livermore (F-NH)[5]March 4, 1793
4James Ross (F-PA)April 24, 1794
5Stevens Thomson Mason (DR-VA)November 18, 1794
6Elijah Paine (F-VT)[6]March 4, 1795
7Uriah Tracy (F-CT)October 13, 1796
8John Eager Howard (F-MD)November 21, 1796
9James Hillhouse (F-CT)December 6, 1796
10Joseph Inslee Anderson (DR-TN)September 26, 1797
11Nathaniel Chipman (F-VT)October 17, 1797
12Ray Greene (F-RI)[7]November 13, 1797
13Charles Pinckney (DR-SC)[8]December 6, 1798
14William Hill Wells (F-DE)January 17, 1799
15Abraham Baldwin (DR-GA)March 4, 1799
16William Cocke (DR-TN)
17Jonathan Dayton (F-NJ)
18Jesse Franklin (DR-NC)
19Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR-VA)December 5, 1799
20Gouverneur Morris (F-NY)April 3, 1800
21Dwight Foster (F-MA)[9]June 6, 1800
22John Armstrong, Jr. (DR-NY)[10]November 6, 1800
23Jonathan Mason (F-MA)November 14, 1800
24William Hindman (F-MD)[11]December 12, 1800
25Aaron Ogden (F-NJ)February 28, 1801
26Samuel White (F-DE)
27John Breckinridge (DR-KY)March 4, 1801
28John E. Colhoun (DR-SC)[12]
29James Jackson (DR-GA)
30Peter Muhlenberg (DR-PA)[13]
31James Sheafe (F-NH)[14]
32David Stone (DR-NC)
33Christopher Ellery (DR-RI)May 6, 1801
34Simeon Olcott (F-NH)June 17, 1801
35George Logan (DR-PA)July 13, 1801
36Stephen Row Bradley (DR-VT)October 15, 1801
37Robert Wright (DR-MD)November 19, 1801
38Thomas Sumter (DR-SC)December 15, 1801
39De Witt Clinton (DR-NY)February 9, 1802
40William Plumer (F-NH)June 17, 1802
41Pierce Butler (DR-SC)November 4, 1802

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1803.
  3. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1805.
  4. Terms of service of senators that will expire in 1807.
  5. Samuel Livermore resigned June 12, 1801
  6. Elijah Paine resigned on September 1, 1801
  7. Ray Greene resigned on March 5, 1801
  8. Charles Pinckney resigned December 31, 1801
  9. Dwight Foster resigned March 2, 1803
  10. Jonathan Armstrong resigned February 5, 1802
  11. William Hindman resigned November 19, 1801
  12. John E. Colhoun resigned October 26, 1802
  13. Peter Muhlenberg resigned on June 30, 1801
  14. James Sheafe resigned June 14, 1802
  • "Senate Seniority List" (PDF). United States Senate.
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