List of United States Senators in the 34th Congress by seniority
This is a classification of members of the United States Senate by seniority during the 34th United States Congress, from March 4, 1855 to March 4, 1857.
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 1856 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
| Rank | Name | Seniority Date | Other Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Pearce (D-MD) | March 4, 1843 | ||
| Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) | March 4, 1845 | ||
| Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) | February 21, 1846 | ||
| Sam Houston (D-TX) | February 26, 1846 | ||
| Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC) | December 4, 1846 | ||
| James M. Mason (D-VA) | January 21, 1847 | ||
| Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL) | March 4, 1847 | ||
| Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) | |||
| John Bell (D-TN) | November 22, 1847 | ||
| William K. Sebastian (D-AR) | May 12, 1848 | ||
| Henry Dodge (D-WI) | June 8, 1848 | ||
| Hannibal Hamlin (D-ME) | |||
| Augustus C. Dodge (D-IA) | December 7, 1848 | ||
| George W. Jones (D-IA) | |||
| William H. Seward (R-NY) | March 4, 1849 | ||
| Lewis Cass (D-MI) | |||
| Solomon Foot (R-VT) | March 4, 1851 | ||
| James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE) | |||
| Stephen Mallory (D-FL) | |||
| Henry S. Geyer (W-MO) | |||
| Richard Brodhead (D-PA) | |||
| Charles T. James (D-RI) | |||
| James C. Jones (D-TN) | |||
| Benjamin Wade (R-OH) | March 15, 1851 | ||
| Charles Sumner (LR-MA) | April 11, 1851 | ||
| Isaac Toucey (D-CT) | May 12, 1851 | ||
| John M. Clayton (R-NY) | December 1, 1851 | ||
| John B. Weller (LD-CA) | January 30, 1852 | ||
| Stephen Adams (D-MS) | March 17, 1852 | ||
| John R. Thomson (D-NJ) | March 4, 1853 | ||
| Robert Toombs (D-GA) | |||
| Judah P. Benjamin (D-LA) | |||
| Josiah J. Evans (D-SC) | |||
| Charles E. Stuart (D-MI) | |||
| John B. Thompson (D-KY) | |||
| John M. Clayton (W-DE) | |||
| James Harlan (FS-IA) | |||
| Robert Ward Johnson (D-AR) | July 6, 1853 | ||
| Philip Allen (D-RI) | July 20, 1853 | ||
| Clement Claiborne Clay (D-AL) | November 29, 1853 | ||
| John Slidell (D-LA) | December 5, 1853 | ||
| Albert G. Brown (D-MS) | January 7, 1854 | ||
| William P. Fessenden (R-ME) | February 10, 1854 | ||
| David Settle Reid (D-NC) | December 6, 1854 | ||
| Henry Wilson (R-MA) | January 31, 1855 | ||
| Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) | March 4, 1855 | ||
| Jacob Collamer (R-VT) | |||
| Lafayette S. Foster (R-CT) | |||
| David Levy Yulee (D-FL) | |||
| Alfred Iverson, Sr. (D-GA) | |||
| John J. Crittenden (A-KY) | |||
| George E. Pugh (D-OH) | |||
| Charles Durkee (R-WI) | |||
| Asa Biggs (D-NC) | |||
| James Bell (R-NH) | |||
| John P. Hale (D-NH) | July 30, 1855 | ||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL) | November 26, 1855 | ||
| William Bigler (D-PA) | January 14, 1856 | ||
| Joseph P. Comegys (W-DE) | November 19, 1856 | ||
| James S. Green (D-MO) | January 12, 1857 | ||
| William M. Gwin (D-CA) | January 13, 1857 | ||
| Martin W. Bates (D-DE) | January 14, 1857 | ||
| Amos Nourse (R-ME) | January 16, 1857 | ||
| James Harlan (R-IA) | January 29, 1857 | ||
| Graham N. Fitch (D-IN) | February 4, 1857 | ||
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
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