This is a classification of United States Senators by seniority from March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809.
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.
The two main parties at this point were the Federalists (F), and Democratic Republicans (DR)
| Rank | Name (Party-State) | Seniority date | Other factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hillhouse (F-MD) | December 1796 | |
| 2 | Joseph Inslee Anderson (DR-TN) | September 26, 1797 | |
| 3 | Samuel White (F-DE) | February 28, 1801 | |
| 4 | Stephen Row Bradley (DR-VT) | October 15, 1801 | |
| 5 | Thomas Sumter (DR-SC) | December 16, 1801 | |
| 6 | Samuel Smith (DR-MD) | March 3, 1803 | Former Representative |
| 7 | Timothy Pickering (F-MA) | ||
| 8 | John Smith (DR-NY) | February 23, 1804 | |
| 9 | William Branch Giles (DR-VA) | August 11, 1804 | |
| 10 | James Asheton Bayard, Sr. (F-DE) | November 13, 1804 | |
| 11 | John Gaillard (DR-SC) | December 6, 1804 | |
| 12 | Daniel Smith (DR-TN) | March 4, 1805 | Former Senator |
| 13 | Nicholas Gilman (DR-NH) | Former Representative (8 years) | |
| 14 | Aaron Kitchell (DR-NJ) | Former Representative (6 years) | |
| 15 | James Turner (DR-NC) | Former Governor | |
| 16 | Buckner Thruston (DR-KY) | ||
| 17 | John Milledge (DR-GA) | June 19, 1806 | |
| 18 | Philip Reed (DR-KY) | November 25, 1806 | |
| 19 | Jesse Franklin (DR-NC) | March 4, 1807 | Former Senator |
| 20 | Andrew Gregg (DR-PA) | Former Representative | |
| 21 | John Pope (DR-KY) | Kentucky 9th in Population (1800) | |
| 22 | Nahum Parker (DR-NH) | New Hampshire 11th in Population (1800) | |
| 23 | Jonathan Robinson (DR-VT) | October 10, 1807 | |
| 24 | Chauncey Goodrich (F-CT) | October 25, 1807 | |
| 25 | Elisha Mathewson (DR-RI) | October 26, 1807 | |
| 26 | William Harris Crawford (DR-GA) | November 7, 1807 | |
| 27 | James Lloyd (F-MA) | June 9, 1808 | |
| 28 | Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. (DR-OH) | December 12, 1808 | |
| 29 | Michael Leib (DR-PA) | January 9, 1809 | |
| 30 | Richard Brent (DR-VA) | March 4, 1809 | Former Representative (6 years) |
| 31 | John Lambert (DR-NJ) | Former Representative (4 years); New Jersey 10th in Population (1800) | |
| 32 | Francis Malbone (F-RI) | Former Representative (4 years); New Hampshire 15th in Population (1800) | |
| 33 | Obadiah German (DR-NY) | ||
| John Condit (DR-NJ) | March 21, 1809 | ||
| Jenkin Whiteside (DR-TN) | April 11, 1809 | ||
| 34 | Stanley Griswold (DR-OH) | May 18, 1809 | |
| Christopher Grant Champlin (F-RI) | June 26, 1809 | ||
| Charles Tait (DR-GA) | November 27, 1809 | ||
| Alexander Campbell (DR-OH) | December 11, 1809 | ||
| Henry Clay (DR-KY) | January 4, 1810 | ||
| Outerbridge Horsey (F-DE) | January 12, 1810 | ||
| Charles Cutts (DR-NH) | June 21, 1810 | ||
| Samuel Whittlesey Dana (F-CT) | December 4, 1810 | ||
| Thomas Worthington (DR-OH) | December 15, 1810 | ||
| John Taylor (DR-SC) | December 31, 1810 |
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, united, states, senators and/or congress:
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“Weigh what loss your honor may sustain
If with too credent ear you list his songs,
Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open
To his unmastered importunity.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge that the Senate of the United States might possibly improve its manners. Perhaps in our desire for simplicity, absence of title, or badge of office we may have thrown over too much.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)
“The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western World. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity—much less dissent.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“What Congress and the popular sentiment approve is rarely defeated by reason of constitutional objections. I trust the measure will turn out well. It is a great relief to me. Defeat in this way, after a full and public hearing before this [Electoral] Commission, is not mortifying in any degree, and success will be in all respects more satisfactory.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)