List of United States Senators in the 35th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 35th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1859.

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 in the middle of the Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1858 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of Service

This article is about the terms of service of Senators that will expire in years. For A list of special elections to the United States Senate, see List of special elections to the United States Senate.
ClassTerms of Service of Senators that will expire in years
Class 2Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1859[5]
Class 3Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1861[6]
Class 1Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1863[7]

U.S. Senate Seniority List

U.S. Senate Seniority
Rank Senator (Party-State) Seniority Date Other Factors
1 James Pearce (D-MD) March 4, 1843
2 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) March 4, 1845
3 Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) February 21, 1846
4 Sam Houston (D-TX) February 26, 1846
5 Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC) December 4, 1846
6 James M. Mason (D-VA) January 21, 1847
7 Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL) March 4, 1847
8 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA)
9 John Bell (D-TN) November 22, 1847
10 William K. Sebastian (D-AR) May 12, 1848
11 George W. Jones (D-IA) December 7, 1848
12 William H. Seward (R-NY) March 4, 1849
13 Solomon Foot (R-VT) March 4, 1851
14 James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE)
15 Stephen Mallory (D-FL)
16 Benjamin Wade (R-OH) March 15, 1851
17 Charles Sumner (LR-MA) April 11, 1851
18 John R. Thomson (D-NJ) March 4, 1853
19 Robert Toombs (D-GA)
20 Judah P. Benjamin (D-LA)
21 Josiah J. Evans (D-SC)
21 Charles E. Stuart (D-MI)
22 William Wright (D-NJ)
23 John B. Thompson (D-KY)
24 Robert Ward Johnson (D-AR) July 6, 1853
25 Philip Allen (D-RI) July 20, 1853
26 Clement Claiborne Clay (D-AL) November 29, 1853
27 John Slidell (D-LA) December 5, 1853
28 Albert G. Brown (D-MS) January 7, 1854
29 William P. Fessenden (R-ME) February 10, 1854
30 David Settle Reid (D-NC) December 6, 1854
31 Henry Wilson (R-MA) January 31, 1855
32 Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) March 4, 1855
33 Jacob Collamer (R-VT)
34 Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT)
35 David Levy Yulee (D-FL)
36 Alfred Iverson, Sr. (D-GA)
37 John J. Crittenden (A-KY)
38 George E. Pugh (D-OH)
39 Charles Durkee (R-WI)
40 Asa Biggs (D-NC)
41 James Bell (R-NH)
42 John P. Hale (D-NH) July 30, 1855
43 Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL) November 26, 1855
44 William Bigler (D-PA) January 14, 1856
45 James S. Green (D-MO) January 12, 1857
46 William M. Gwin (D-CA) January 13, 1857
47 Martin W. Bates (D-DE) January 14, 1857
48 James Harlan (R-IA) January 29, 1857
49 Graham N. Fitch (D-IN) February 4, 1857
50 Zachariah Chandler (R-MI) March 4, 1857
51 James Dixon (R-CT)
52 James R. Doolittle (R-WI)
53 Anthony Kennedy (KN-MD)
54 Trusten Polk (D-MO)
55 Preston King (D-NY)
56 James F. Simmons (R-RI)
57 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
58 David C. Broderick (D-CA)
59 Jefferson Davis (D-MS)
60 Simon Cameron (R-PA)
Daniel Clark (R-NH) June 27, 1857
Andrew Johnson (D-TN) October 8, 1857
James Pinckney Henderson (D-TX) November 9, 1857
James H. Hammond (D-SC) December 7, 1857
Thomas Lanier Clingman (D-NC) May 7, 1858
Henry Mower Rice (D-MN) May 11, 1858
Arthur P. Hayne (D-SC)
James Shields (D-MN)
Matthias Ward (D-TX) September 27, 1858
James Chesnut, Jr. (D-SC) December 3, 1858
Joseph Lane (D-OR) February 14, 1859
Delazon Smith (D-OR)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ↑ 1871 U.S Census Report Contains 1870 Census results
  3. ↑ 1881 U.S Census Report Contains 1880 Census results
  4. ↑ 1891 U.S Census Report Contains 1890 Census results
  5. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1859.
  6. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1861.
  7. ↑ Terms of service of Senators that will expire in 1863.

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