List of United States senators in the 3rd Congress
This is a classification of United States senators during the 3rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1795.
The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically. The Senate subsequently assigned a consecutive official number to each senator, which is the second number given in the table.[1]
During this time, there were no official parties, but senators are labeled as Pro-Administration (P), and Anti-Administration (A). Towards the end of the Congress, Stevens T. Mason of Virginia is classified in the Chronological List of United States Senators as a Democratic-Republican (DR) and Henry Latimer of Delaware as a Federalist (F).
Terms of service
[edit]| Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
|---|---|
| Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1795 (CT, GA, KY, MD, NC, NH, NY, PA, SC, and VT.)[2] |
| Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1797 (CT, DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, and VT)[3] |
| Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1799 (DE, GA, KY, MA, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, and VA.)[4] |
U.S. Senate seniority list
[edit]| Rank | Historical rank |
Senator (party-state) | Seniority date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Pierce Butler (A-SC) | March 4, 1789 |
| 2 | 5 | Oliver Ellsworth (F-CT) | |
| 3 | 9 | James Gunn (A-GA) | |
| 4 | 10 | John Henry (F-MD) | |
| 5 | 11 | Ralph Izard (F-SC) | |
| 6 | 13 | John Langdon (A-NH) | |
| 7 | 16 | Robert Morris (F-PA) | |
| 8 | 18 | George Read (F-DE)[5] | |
| 9 | 20 | Caleb Strong (F-MA) | |
| 10 | 21 | Rufus King (F-NY) | July 16, 1789 |
| 11 | 22 | Benjamin Hawkins (F-NC) | November 27, 1789 |
| 12 | 23 | Theodore Foster (F-RI) | June 7, 1790 |
| 13 | 24 | James Monroe (A-VA)[6] | November 9, 1790 |
| 14 | 25 | Aaron Burr (A-NY) | March 4, 1791 |
| 15 | 26 | George Cabot (F-MA) | |
| 16 | 27 | John Rutherfurd (F-NJ) | |
| 17 | 28 | Roger Sherman (F-CT)[7] | June 13, 1791 |
| 18 | 29 | Stephen Row Bradley (A-VT) | October 17, 1791 |
| 19 | 30 | Moses Robinson (A-VT) | |
| 20 | 31 | John Brown (A-KY) | June 18, 1792 |
| 21 | 32 | John Edwards (A-KY) | |
| 22 | 33 | John Taylor of Caroline (A-VA)[8] | October 18, 1792 |
| 23 | 34 | Richard Potts (F-MD) | January 10, 1793 |
| 24 | 35 | William Bradford (F-RI) | March 4, 1793 |
| 25 | 36 | Frederick Frelinghuysen (F-NJ) | |
| 26 | 37 | James Jackson (A-GA) | |
| 27 | 38 | Samuel Livermore (F-NH) | |
| 28 | 39 | Alexander Martin (A-NC) | |
| 29 | 40 | John Vining (F-DE) | |
| 41 | Stephen Mix Mitchell (F-CT) | December 2, 1793 | |
| 30 | 42 | James Ross (F-PA)[9] | April 24, 1794 |
| 43 | Stevens Thomson Mason (A-VA) | November 18, 1794 | |
| 44 | Henry Tazewell (A-VA) | ||
| 45 | Henry Latimer (F-DE) | February 7, 1795 |
See also
[edit]- 3rd United States Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 3rd Congress by seniority
Notes
[edit]- ^ A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1795.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1797.
- ^ Terms of service of senators that expired in 1799.
- ^ George Read resigned September 18, 1793 to become Chief Justice of Delaware.
- ^ James Monroe resigned May 27, 1794 to become Minister to France
- ^ Roger Sherman died January 23, 1793.
- ^ John Taylor resigned May 11, 1794.
- ^ This Pennsylvania seat was vacant from March 4, 1791. Albert Gallatin (A-PA), presented credentials on December 2, 1793, but was declared ineligible on February 28, 1794. He is not included in the Chronological List of United States Senators.