List of United States senators in the 27th Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 27th United States Congress''' listed by seniority,  from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843.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.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 1842 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1843Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1845Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847
U.S. Senate seniority list +U.S. Senate seniority Rank  Senator (party-state)  Seniority date  Other factors 1  William Rufus de Vane King (D-AL)  December 14, 1819  2  Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO)  August 10, 1821 3  Samuel Prentiss (AJ-VT)  March 4, 1831 4  Henry Clay (W-KY)  November 10, 1831 5  John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC)  December 29, 1832 6  Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY)  January 4, 1833 7  Samuel Lewis Southard (D-NJ)  March 4, 1833  Former senator 8  Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (W-NY) 9  Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO)  October 25, 1833 10  William Campbell Preston (N-SC)  November 26, 1833 11  James Buchanan (D-PA)  December 6, 1834 12  Alfred Cuthbert (D-MD)  January 12, 1835 13  Robert John Walker (D-MS)  March 4, 1835 14  William Cabell Rives (W-VA)  March 4, 1836 15  Richard Henry Bayard (W-DE)  June 17, 1836 16  Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR)  September 18, 1836  Former delegate 17  William Savin Fulton (D-AR) 18  Thomas Clayton (W-DE)  January 9, 1837 19  Alexander Mouton (D-LA)  January 12, 1837 20  Franklin Pierce (D-NH)  March 4, 1837  Former representative (4 years) 21  William Allen (D-OH)  Former representative (2 years); Ohio 5th in population (1830) 22  Oliver Hampton Smith (W-IN)  Former representative (2 years); Indiana 13th in population (1830) 23  Reuel Williams (D-ME)  Maine 12th in population (1830) 24  Perry Smith (D-CT)  Connecticut 16th in population (1830) 25  Richard Montgomery Young (D-IL)  Illinois 20th in population (1830) 26  Clement Comer Clay (D-AL)  June 19, 1837 27  William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD)  January 4, 1838 28  Albert Smith White (W-IN)  March 4, 1839  Former representative 29  Benjamin Tappan (D-OH)  Ohio 5th in population (1830) 30  Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT)  Vermont 17th in population (1830) 31  John Henderson (W-MS)  Mississippi 22nd in population (1830) 32  Nathan Fellows Dixon (W-RI)  Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) 33  Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA)  January 14, 1840 34  Augustus Seymour Porter (W-MI)  January 20, 1840 35  Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT)  May 4, 1840 36  Willie Person Mangum (W-NC)  November 25, 1840  Former senator 37  William Alexander Graham (W-NC) 38  Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (D-TN)  December 25, 1840 39  John Leeds Kerr (W-MD)  January 5, 1841 40  Isaac Chapman Bates (W-MA)  January 13, 1841 41  Rufus Choate (W-MA)  February 23, 1841 42  Levi Woodbury (D-NH)  March 4, 1841  Former senator (5 years) 43  John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA)  Former senator (4 years) 44  William Segar Archer (W-VA)  Former representative (15 years) 45  George Evans (W-ME)  Former representative (11 years) 46  William Woodbridge (W-MI)  Former delegate (1 year) 47  James Turner Morehead (W-KY)  Former governor 48  Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ)  New Jersey 14th in population (1830) 49  Alexander Barrow (W-LA)  Louisiana 19th in population (1830) 50  Samuel McRoberts (D-IL)  Illinois 20th in population (1830) 51  James F. Simmons (W-RI)  Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) 52  Arthur Pendleton Bagby (D-AL)  November 24, 1841  William Sprague III (W-RI)  February 18, 1842  Leonard Wilcox (D-NH)  March 1, 1842  John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY)  March 31, 1842  Charles Magill Conrad (W-LA)  April 14, 1842  Samuel Chandler Crafts (W-VT)  April 23, 1842  William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ)  July 2, 1842  George McDuffie (D-SC)  December 23, 1842
See also *27th United States Congress*List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 27th Congress by seniority
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External links * Senate Seniority List