List of United States senators in the 33rd Congress
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 33rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1855.
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][3][4]
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 1854 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 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1855 (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, VT, and WI.)[5] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1857 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.)[6] |
| Class 2 | Terms 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, TX, and VA.)[7] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
| Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date | Previous position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Alfred Pearce (D-MD) | March 4, 1843 | Former United States Representative from Maryland |
| 2 | David Rice Atchison (D-MO) | October 14, 1843 | |
| 3 | Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) | March 4, 1845 | Former lieutenant governor |
| 4 | Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) | February 21, 1846 | |
| 5 | Samuel Houston (D-TX) | February 26, 1846 | Former United States Representative from Texas, and former Governor of Texas |
| 6 | George Edmund Badger (W-NC) | November 26, 1846 | |
| 7 | Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC) | December 4, 1846 | |
| 8 | James M. Mason (D-VA) | January 21, 1847 | Former United States Representative from Virgínia |
| 9 | Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL) | March 4, 1847 | Former United States Representative from Illinois |
| 10 | Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) | Former representative | |
| 11 | John Bell (D-TN) | November 22, 1847 | Former United States Representative from Tennessee |
| 12 | Solon Borland (D-AR) | March 30, 1848 | |
| 13 | William K. Sebastian (D-AR) | May 12, 1848 | |
| 14 | Henry Dodge (D-WI) | June 8, 1848 | Former Delegate of Wisconsin Territory |
| 15 | Hannibal Hamlin (D-ME) | Former United States Representative from Maine | |
| 16 | Isaac Pigeon Walker (D-WI) | ||
| 17 | Augustus Caesar Dodge (D-IA) | December 7, 1848 | Former Delegate of Iowa Territory |
| 18 | George Wallace Jones (D-IA) | Former Delegate of Iowa | |
| 19 | William H. Seward (R-NY) | March 4, 1849 | Former Governor of New York |
| 20 | Lewis Cass (D-MI) | ||
| 21 | Truman Smith (D-CT) | Former United States Representative from Connecticut | |
| 22 | Jackson Morton (W-FL) | ||
| 23 | Moses Norris, Jr. (D-NH) | Former United States Representative from New Hampshire | |
| 24 | Salmon P. Chase (R-OH) | ||
| 25 | Pierre Soulé (D-LA) | ||
| 26 | James Cooper (W-PA) | ||
| 27 | William Dawson (W-GA) | Former United States Representative from Georgia | |
| 28 | James Shields (D-IL) | October 27, 1849 | |
| 29 | Thomas Pratt (D-MD) | January 12, 1850 | |
| 30 | William M. Gwin (D-CA) | September 9, 1850 | Former United States Representative from California |
| 31 | Solomon Foot (W-VT) | March 4, 1851 | |
| 32 | James A. Bayard Jr. (D-DE) | ||
| 33 | Stephen Mallory (D-FL) | ||
| 34 | Henry S. Geyer (W-MO) | ||
| 35 | Richard Brodhead (D-PA) | ||
| 36 | Charles T. James (D-RI) | ||
| 37 | James C. Jones (D-TN) | ||
| 38 | Benjamin Wade (R-OH) | March 15, 1851 | |
| 39 | Charles Sumner (LR-MA) | April 11, 1851 | |
| 40 | John M. Clayton (R-NY) | December 1, 1851 | |
| 41 | John B. Weller (LD-CA) | January 30, 1852 | |
| 42 | Stephen Adams (D-MS) | March 17, 1852 | |
| 43 | Isaac Toucey (D-CT) | May 12, 1852 | |
| 44 | Archibald Dixon (W-KY) | September 1, 1852 | |
| 45 | Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT) | January 17, 1853 | |
| 46 | John Pettit (D-IN) | January 18, 1853 | |
| 47 | John R. Thomson (D-NJ) | March 4, 1853 | |
| 48 | Robert Toombs (D-GA) | Former United States Representative from Georgia | |
| 49 | Judah P. Benjamin (D-LA) | ||
| 50 | Josiah J. Evans (D-SC) | ||
| 51 | Charles E. Stuart (D-MI) | Former United States Representative from South Carolina | |
| 52 | John B. Thompson (KN-KY) | Former United States Representative from Kentucky | |
| 53 | John Middleton Clayton (W-DE) | ||
| 54 | William Wright (D-NJ) | ||
| 55 | Edward Everett (W-MA) | Former Representative from Massachusetts and Former Governor of Massachusetts | |
| 56 | Charles Gordon Atherton (D-NH) | Former United States Representative from New Hampshire | |
| Robert Ward Johnson (D-AR) | July 6, 1853 | Former United States Representative from Arkansas | |
| Philip Allen (D-RI) | July 20, 1853 | Former Governor of Rhode Island | |
| Clement Claiborne Clay (D-AL) | November 29, 1853 | ||
| Jared W. Williams (D-NH) | Former United States Representative from New Hampshire, Former Governor of New Hampshire | ||
| John Slidell (D-LA) | December 5, 1853 | Former United States Representative from Louisiana | |
| Albert G. Brown (D-MS) | January 7, 1854 | Former United States Representative from Mississipi and Former Governor of Mississipi | |
| William P. Fessenden (R-ME) | February 10, 1854 | Former United States Representative from Maine | |
| Francis Gillette (D-CT) | May 24, 1854 | ||
| Julius Rockwell (W-MA) | June 3, 1854 | Former United States Representative from Massachusetts | |
| Lawrence Brainerd (W-VT) | October 14, 1854 | ||
| David Settle Reid (D-NC) | December 6, 1854 | Former North Carolina Representative from North Carolina and Former Governor of North Carolina | |
| John S. Wells (D-NH) | January 16, 1855 | ||
| Henry Wilson (R-MA) | January 31, 1855 |
See also
- 33rd United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 33rd Congress by seniority
Notes
- ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ^ 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
- ^ 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
- ^ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1855.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1857.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1859.