List of United States senators in the 33rd Congress
This is a classification of members of the United States Senate by seniority during the 33rd Congress, 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 in 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.
U.S. Senate Seniority List
| Rank | Name (Party-State) | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Pearce (D-MD) | March 4, 1843 | |
| 2 | David Rice Atchison (D-MO) | October 14, 1843 | |
| 3 | Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) | March 4, 1845 | |
| 4 | Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) | February 21, 1846 | |
| 5 | Sam Houston (D-TX) | February 26, 1846 | |
| 6 | George E. Badger (W-NC) | November 26, 1846 | |
| 7 | Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC) | December 4, 1846 | |
| 8 | James M. Mason (D-VA) | January 21, 1847 | |
| 9 | Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL) | March 4, 1847 | |
| 10 | Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) | ||
| 11 | John Bell (D-TN) | November 22, 1847 | |
| 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 | |
| 15 | Hannibal Hamlin (D-ME) | ||
| 16 | Isaac P. Walker (D-WI) | ||
| 17 | Augustus C. Dodge (D-IA) | December 7, 1848 | |
| 18 | George W. Jones (D-IA) | ||
| 19 | William H. Seward (R-NY) | March 4, 1849 | |
| 20 | Lewis Cass (D-MI) | ||
| 21 | Truman Smith (D-CT) | ||
| 22 | Jackson Morton (W-FL) | ||
| 23 | Moses Norris, Jr. (D-NH) | ||
| 24 | Salmon P. Chase (D-OH) | ||
| 25 | Pierre Soulé (D-LA) | ||
| 26 | James Cooper (W-PA) | ||
| 27 | James Shields (D-IL) | October 27, 1849 | |
| 28 | Solomon Foot (R-VT) | March 4, 1851 | |
| 29 | James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE) | ||
| 30 | Stephen Mallory (D-FL) | ||
| 31 | Henry S. Geyer (W-MO) | ||
| 32 | Richard Brodhead (D-PA) | ||
| 33 | Charles T. James (D-RI) | ||
| 34 | James C. Jones (D-TN) | ||
| 35 | Benjamin Wade (R-OH) | March 15, 1851 | |
| 36 | Charles Sumner (LR-MA) | April 11, 1851 | |
| 37 | Isaac Toucey (D-CT) | May 12, 1851 | |
| 38 | John M. Clayton (R-NY) | December 1, 1851 | |
| 39 | John B. Weller (LD-CA) | January 30, 1852 | |
| 40 | Stephen Adams (D-MS) | March 17, 1852 | |
| 41 | Archibald Dixon (W-KY) | September 1, 1852 | |
| 42 | Samuel S. Phelps (W-VT) | January 17, 1853 | |
| 43 | John Pettit (D-IN) | January 18, 1853 | |
| 44 | John R. Thomson (D-NJ) | March 4, 1853 | |
| 45 | Robert Toombs (D-GA) | ||
| 46 | Judah P. Benjamin (D-LA) | ||
| 47 | Josiah J. Evans (D-SC) | ||
| 48 | Charles E. Stuart (D-MI) | ||
| 49 | John B. Thompson (D-KY) | ||
| 50 | John M. Clayton (W-DE) | ||
| 51 | James Harlan (FS-IA) | ||
| 52 | William C. Dawson (W-GA) | ||
| 53 | Edward Everett (W-MA) | ||
| 54 | Charles G. Atherton (W-NH) | ||
| Robert Ward Johnson (D-AR) | July 6, 1853 | ||
| Philip Allen (D-RI) | July 20, 1853 | ||
| Clement Claiborne Clay (D-AL) | November 29, 1853 | ||
| Jared W. Williams (D-NH) | |||
| John Slidell (D-LA) | December 5, 1853 | ||
| Albert G. Brown (D-MS) | January 7, 1854 | ||
| William P. Fessenden (R-ME) | February 10, 1854 | ||
| Francis Gillette (D-CT) | May 24, 1854 | ||
| Julius Rockwell (W-MA) | June 3, 1854 | ||
| Lawrence Brainerd (W-VT) | October 14, 1854 | ||
| David Settle Reid (D-NC) | December 6, 1854 | ||
| John S. Wells (D-NH) | January 16, 1855 | ||
| Henry Wilson (R-MA) | January 31, 1855 |
See also
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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