List of United States senators in the 28th Congress
Introduction This is a '''complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 28th United States Congress''' listed by seniority, from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.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 1844 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.
Terms of service ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in yearsClass 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1845Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1847Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1849
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  Silas Wright, Jr. (D-NY)  January 4, 1833 4  Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (W-NY)  March 4, 1833 5  Lewis Fields Linn (D-MO)  October 25, 1833 6  James Buchanan (D-PA)  December 6, 1834 7  Robert John Walker (D-MS)  March 4, 1835 8  William Cabell Rives (W-VA)  March 4, 1836 9  Richard Henry Bayard (W-DE)  June 17, 1836 10  Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D-AR)  September 18, 1836  Former delegate 11  William Savin Fulton (D-AR) 12  Thomas Clayton (W-DE)  January 9, 1837 13  William Allen (D-OH)  March 4, 1837 14  William Duhurst Merrick (W-MD)  January 4, 1838 15  Albert Smith White (W-IN)  March 4, 1839  Former representative 16  Benjamin Tappan (D-OH)  Ohio 5th in population (1830) 17  Samuel Shethar Phelps (W-VT)  Vermont 17th in population (1830) 18  John Henderson (W-MS)  Mississippi 22nd in population (1830) 19  Daniel Sturgeon (D-PA)  January 14, 1840 20  Augustus Seymour Porter (W-MI)  January 20, 1840 21  Jabez Williams Huntington (W-CT)  May 4, 1840 22  Willie Person Mangum (W-NC)  November 25, 1840 23  Isaac Chapman Bates (W-MA)  January 13, 1841 24  Rufus Choate (W-MA)  February 23, 1841 25  Levi Woodbury (D-NH)  March 4, 1841  Former senator (5 years) 26  John M. Berrien (W-GA)  Former senator (4 years) 27  William Segar Archer (W-VA)  Former representative (15 years) 28  George Evans (W-ME)  Former representative (11 years) 29  William Woodbridge (W-MI)  Former delegate (1 year) 30  James Turner Morehead (W-KY)  Former governor 31  Jacob Welsh Miller (W-NJ)  New Jersey 14th in population (1830) 32  Alexander Barrow (W-LA)  Louisiana 19th in population (1830) 33  Samuel McRoberts (D-IL)  Illinois 20th in population (1830) 34  James F. Simmons (W-RI)  Rhode Island 23rd in population (1830) 35  Arthur Pendleton Bagby (D-AL)  November 24, 1841 36  William Sprague III (W-RI)  February 18, 1842 37  John Jordan Crittenden (W-KY)  March 31, 1842 38  William Lewis Dayton (W-NJ)  July 2, 1842 39  George McDuffie (D-SC)  December 23, 1842 40  John Milton Niles (D-CT)  March 4, 1843  Former senator 41  James Alfred Pearce (W-MD)  Former representative (6 years); Maryland 15th in population (1840) 42  Charles Gordon Atherton (D-NH)  Former representative (6 years); New Hampshire 22nd in population (1840) 43  Edward Allen Hannegan (D-IN)  Former representative (4 years) 44  Walter Terry Colquitt (D-GA)  Former representative (1 year) 45  William Henry Haywood, Jr. (D-NC)  North Carolina 7th in population (1840) 46  Daniel Elliott Huger (D-SC)  South Carolina 11th in population (1840) 47  Sidney Breese (D-IL)  Illinois 14th in population (1840) 48  William Upham (W-VT)  Vermont 21st in population (1840)  David Rice Atchison (D-MO)  October 14, 1843 49  Ephraim Hubbard Foster (W-TN)  October 17, 1843  Former senator 50  Spencer Jarnagin (W-TN) 51  John Fairfield (D-ME)  December 4, 1843  Maine 13th in population (1840)  James Semple (D-IL)  Illinois 14th in population (1840)  John Brown Francis (LO-RI)  January 25, 1844 52  Henry Johnson (W-LA)  February 12, 1844  Dixon Hall Lewis (D-AL)  April 22, 1844  Chester Ashley (D-AR)  November 8, 1844  Henry A. Foster (D-NY)  November 30, 1844  Former representative  Daniel Stevens Dickinson (D-NY)  John Adams Dix (D-NY)  January 27, 1845
See also *28th United States Congress*List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 28th Congress by seniority
Notes
External links * Senate Seniority List