SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE FIRST TO THE SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS, INCLUSIVE. Under Article I, section 3, clause 2, of the Constitution of the United States, relating to the classification of Senators in the First and succeeding Congresses, it was provided that, "Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one-third may be chosen every second year." The classification of the Senators of the First Congress was made in accordance with this provision by lot. The table beginning on the following page shows the classes to which the Senators of the First Congress, and from States subsequently admitted into the Union, were severally assigned, and the succession in each State to the close of the Sixty-second Congress. 447 25th to 27th. 27th to 30th. 30th to 32d.. .1837-1839 John McKinley .1837-1843 Mar. 4, 1837 Mar. 3, 1843 Clement C. Clay Sept. 4, 1837 .do Resigned April 22, 1837. .1841-1849 Arthur P. Bagby Nov. 24, 1841 1847-1853 .do. 1851-1861 William R. King. July 1, 1848 ..do .do Mar. 4, 1849 Mar. 3, 1855 Benjamin Fitzpatrick. Jan. 14, 1853 Dec. 12, 1853 Mar. 3, 1849 Resigned June 16, 1848. By governor, to fill vacancy. By governor, to fill vacancy. Retired from Senate Jan. 21, 1861. State unrepresented in this class from Jan. 21, 1861, to June 25, 1868, because of civil war. Mar. 3, 1879 By legislature, to fill vacancy in term be ginning Mar. 4, 1867. By governor, to fill vacancy. 84281°-S. Doc. 846, 61-3-29 |