List of United States Senators in the 5th Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 5th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1799.

The United States Senate has an official chronological list of senators, accessible from its website.

Seniority rules

A Chronological List of United States Senators includes the following explanation of how it assigns seniority.

From 1789 to 1958, senators whose terms began on the same day are listed alphabetically. Beginning in 1959, senators are listed according to commencement of first Senate term by order of service, determined by former service in order as senator, vice president, House member, cabinet secretary, governor, and then by state population. This latter system for calculating order of service has been used by the modern Senate for many years for the purposes of office assignment. It is unclear just when the Senate first began applying such criteria.

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Rank column: This consecutively numbers Senators, serving in the relevant Congress, according to seniority in that Congress. Seniority is based upon the method used by the chronological list. If the senator is not the first person to hold the seat, no number is included in the list.

A senator with broken service is placed before other senators starting service on the same day, but after senators with unbroken service starting before that date.

Senate No. column: The chronological guide gives an official number to each senator. This is the number set out in this column. That number is retained even if the senator has broken service.

As an historical article, the states and party affiliations listed reflect those during the Congress. Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other Congresses will be different for certain members. During this Congress, there were two parties represented. Senators are classified as Democratic-Republican (DR) or Federalist (F).

Seniority list

U.S. Senate Seniority
Rank Senator (Party-State) Seniority date Current Term to Senator No.
1 James Gunn (F-GA) March 4, 1789 March 3, 1801 9
2 John Henry[2] (F-MD) December 10, 1797 (March 3, 1801) 10
3 John Langdon (DR-NH) March 3, 1801 13
4 Theodore Foster (F-RI) June 7, 1790 March 3, 1803 26
5 John Rutherfurd[3] (F-NJ) March 4, 1791 December 5, 1798 (March 3, 1803) 33
6 John Brown (DR-KY) June 18, 1792 March 3, 1799 36
7 William Bradford[4] (F-RI) March 4, 1793 October 1797 (March 3, 1799) 40
8 Samuel Livermore (F-NH) March 3, 1799 43
9 Alexander Martin (DR-NC) March 3, 1799 44
10 John Vining[5] (F-DE) January 19, 1798 (March 3, 1799) 45
11 James Ross (F-PA) April 24, 1794 March 3, 1803 47
12 Stevens Thomson Mason (DR-VA) November 18, 1794 March 3, 1803 48
13 Henry Tazewell[6] (DR-VA) January 24, 1799 (March 3, 1799) 49
14 Henry Latimer (F-DE) February 7, 1795 March 3, 1803 50
15 William Bingham (F-PA) March 4, 1795 March 3, 1801 51
16 Timothy Bloodworth (DR-NC) March 3, 1801 52
17 Humphrey Marshall (F-KY) March 3, 1801 53
18 Elijah Paine (F-VT) March 3, 1801 54
19 Jacob Read (F-SC) March 3, 1801 55
20 Josiah Tattnall (DR-GA) February 20, 1796 March 3, 1799 58
21 James Hillhouse (F-CT) March 12, 1796 March 3, 1803 59
22 Benjamin Goodhue (F-MA) June 11, 1796 March 3, 1803 60
23 Theodore Sedgwick (F-MA) March 3, 1799 61
24 William Blount[7] (DR-TN) August 2, 1796 July 8, 1797 (March 3, 1799) 62
25 William Cocke[8] (DR-TN) September 26, 1797 (March 3, 1803) 63
26 Uriah Tracy (F-CT) October 13, 1796 March 3, 1801 64
27 Isaac Tichenor[9] (F-VT) October 18, 1796 October 17, 1797 (March 3, 1803) 65
28 John Laurance (F-NY) November 9, 1796 March 3, 1801 66
29 Richard Stockton (F-NJ) November 12, 1796 March 3, 1799 67
30 John Eager Howard (F-MD) November 30, 1796 March 3, 1803 68
31 John Hunter[10] (DR-SC) December 8, 1796 November 26, 1798 (March 3, 1799) 69
32 Philip John Schuyler[11] (F-NY) March 4, 1797 January 3, 1798 (March 3, 1803) 19
... Joseph Anderson (DR-TN) September 26, 1797 March 3, 1799 70
... Andrew Jackson[12] (DR-TN) April 1798 (March 3, 1803) 71
... Nathaniel Chipman (F-VT) October 17, 1797 March 3, 1803 72
... Ray Greene (F-RI) November 13, 1797 March 3, 1799 73
... James Lloyd (F-MD) December 11, 1797 March 3, 1801 74
... John Sloss Hobart[13] (F-NY) January 11, 1798 April 16, 1798 (March 3, 1803) 75
... Joshua Clayton[14] (F-DE) January 19, 1798 August 11, 1798 (March 3, 1799) 76
... William North[15] (F-NY) May 15, 1798 August 17, 1798 (March 3, 1803) 77
... James Watson (F-NY) August 17, 1798 March 3, 1803 78
... Daniel Smith (DR-TN) October 6, 1798 March 3, 1803 79
... Franklin Davenport (F-NJ) December 5, 1798 March 3, 1803 80
... Charles Pinckney (DR-SC) December 6, 1798 March 3, 1799 81
... William Hill Wells (F-DE) January 17, 1799 March 3, 1799 82

Notes

  1. ↑ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. ↑ John Henry resigned December 10, 1797, to become Governor.
  3. ↑ John Rutherfurd resigned December 5, 1798
  4. ↑ William Bradford resigned in October 1797
  5. ↑ John Vining resigned January 19, 1798
  6. ↑ Henry Tazewell died January 24, 1799
  7. ↑ William Blount was expelled on July 8, 1797
  8. ↑ William Cocke finished out an interim assignment September 26, 1797
  9. ↑ Isaac Tichenor resigned October 17, 1797 to become Governor
  10. ↑ John Hunter resigned November 26, 1798
  11. ↑ Philip John Schuyler resigned January 3, 1798. He previously served 1789-1791.
  12. ↑ Andrew Jackson resigned in April 1798, to become State Supreme Court Judge
  13. ↑ John Sloss Hobart resigned April 16, 1798 to become Judge on the United States District Court of New York
  14. ↑ Joshua Clayton died August 11, 1798
  15. ↑ William North served an interim appointment on August 17, 1798

See also

External links

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