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List of United States senators in the 32nd Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 32nd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.

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]

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1852 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

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Class Terms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 2 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1853 (AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, TN, TX, and VA.)[3]
Class 3 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1855 (CA, CT, DE, FL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.)[4]
Class 1 Terms of service of senators that expired in 1857 (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, VT, and WI.)[5]

U.S. Senate seniority list

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U.S. Senate seniority
Rank Senator (party-state) Seniority date Other factors
1 Willie Person Mangum (W-NC)[6] November 25, 1840
2 John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA)[7] March 4, 1841 Former senator
3 Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ)
4 James Alfred Pearce (W-MD) March 4, 1843 Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840)
5 William Upham (W-VT)
6 David Rice Atchison (D-MO) October 14, 1843
7 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) March 4, 1845 Indiana 10th in population (1840)
8 John Davis (W-MA) March 24, 1845
9 Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D-TX) February 21, 1846
10 Samuel Houston (D-TX) February 26, 1846
11 George Edmund Badger (W-NC) November 25, 1846
12 Andrew Pickens Butler (D-SC) December 4, 1846
13 James M. Mason (D-VA) January 21, 1847
14 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) March 4, 1847 Former representative (8 years); Virginia 4th in population (1840)
15 Joseph Rogers Underwood (W-KY) Former representative (8 years); Kentucky 6th in population (1840)
16 Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL) Former representative (4 years)
17 John P. Hale (FS-NH) Former representative (2 years)
18 Alpheus Felch (D-MI) Former governor
19 James Ware Bradbury (D-ME) Maine 13th in population (1840)
20 Henry Stuart Foote (D-MS) Mississippi 17th in population (1840)
21 Solomon Weathersbee Downs (D-LA) Louisiana 19th in population (1840)
22 John Hopkins Clarke (W-RI) Rhode Island 24th in population (1840)
23 Presley Spruance (W-DE) Delaware 26th in population (1840)
25 Jefferson Davis (D-MS) August 10, 1847
26 John Bell (W-TN) November 22, 1847
27 Solon Borland (W-AR) March 30, 1848
28 William K. Sebastian (W-AR) May 12, 1848
29 Hannibal Hamlin (W-ME) June 8, 1848 Former representative (4 years); Maine 13th in population (1840)
30 Henry Dodge (D-WI) Former delegate (4 years); Wisconsin 28th in population (1840)
31 Isaac Pigeon Walker (D-WI) Wisconsin 28th in population (1840)
32 William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL) July 1, 1848
33 Augustus Caesar Dodge (D-IA) December 7, 1848 Former delegate (6 years)
34 George Wallace Jones (D-IA) Former delegate (3 years)
35 Lewis Cass (D-MI) March 4, 1849 Former senator
36 Salmon P. Chase (FS-OH)
37 William Dawson (W-GA)
38 Jackson Morton (W-FL)
39 Moses Norris, Jr. (D-NH)
40 William H. Seward (W-NY)
41 Truman Smith (W-CT)
42 Pierre Soulé (D-LA)
43 James Whitcomb (D-IN)
44 James Cooper (W-PA)
45 Henry Clay (W-KY)
46 James Shields (D-IL) October 27, 1849
47 Jeremiah Clemens (D-AL) November 30, 1849
48 Thomas Pratt (D-MD) January 12, 1850
49 Franklin Elmore (D-SC) April 11, 1850
50 Robert Barnwell (D-SC) June 4, 1850
51 Thomas Ewing (W-OH) July 20, 1850
52 Robert Winthrop (W-MA) July 22, 1850 Former representative
53 William M. Gwin (D-CA) September 9, 1850 Former representative
54 Robert Rhett (D-SC) December 18, 1850 Former representative
55 Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D-MA) February 1, 1851
56 Solomon Foot (R-VT) March 4, 1851 Former representative
57 James A. Bayard Jr. (D-DE)
58 Stephen Mallory (D-FL)
59 Henry S. Geyer (W-MO)
60 Richard Brodhead (D-PA) Former representative
61 Charles T. James (D-RI)
62 James C. Jones (W-TN)
Benjamin Wade (W-OH) March 15, 1851
Hamilton Fish (W-NY) December 1, 1851 Former representative, former governor and former lieutenant governor
John J. McRae (D-MS)
Walker Brooke (W-MS) February 18, 1852
Stephen Adams (W-MS) March 17, 1852 Former representative
William F. De Saussure (D-SC) May 10, 1852
Isaac Toucey (D-CT) May 12, 1852
Robert M. Charlton (D-GA) May 31, 1852
David Meriwether (D-KY) July 6, 1852
Archibald Dixon (W-KY) September 1, 1852
Charles W. Cathcart (D-IN) December 6, 1852 Former representative
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D-AL) January 14, 1853 Former governor
Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT) January 17, 1853
John Pettit (D-IN) January 18, 1853 Former representative

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ^ 1820 Census Results
  3. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1853.
  4. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1855.
  5. ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1857.
  6. ^ Retired or defeated after 1852 Election
  7. ^ Senator Berrien resigned on May 28, 1852.
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