title: List of United States senators in the 8th Congress
text: # List of United States senators in the 8th Congress
  
  This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 8th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1803, to March 3, 1805.
  
  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 two main parties in the 8th Congress were the Federalists (F), and Democratic Republicans (DR).
  
  ## Terms of service
  
  | Class | Terms of service of senators that expired in years |
  | - | - |
  | Class 2 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1805 |
  | Class 3 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1807 |
  | Class 1 | Terms of service of senators that expired in 1809 |
  
  ## U.S. Senate seniority list
  
  U.S. Senate seniority :
  
  | Rank | Senator (party-state) | Seniority date |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | John Brown (DR-KY) | June 18, 1792 |
  | 2 | Stevens Thomson Mason (DR-VA) | November 18, 1794 |
  | 3 | Uriah Tracy (F-CT) | October 13, 1796 |
  | 4 | James Hillhouse (F-CT) | May 18, 1796 |
  | 5 | Joseph Inslee Anderson (DR-TN) | September 26, 1797 |
  | 6 | William Hill Wells (F-DE) | January 17, 1799 |
  | 7 | Abraham Baldwin (DR-GA) | March 4, 1799 |
  | 8 | William Cocke (DR-TN) | March 4, 1799 |
  | 9 | Jonathan Dayton (F-NJ) | March 4, 1799 |
  | 10 | Jesse Franklin (DR-NC) | March 4, 1799 |
  | 11 | Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR-VA) | December 5, 1799 |
  | 12 | Samuel White (F-DE) | February 28, 1801 |
  | 15 | John Breckinridge (DR-KY) | March 4, 1801 |
  | 13 | James Jackson (DR-GA) | March 4, 1801 |
  | 14 | David Stone (DR-NC) | March 4, 1801 |
  | 16 | Christopher Ellery (DR-RI) | May 6, 1801 |
  | 17 | Simeon Olcott (F-NH) | June 17, 1801 |
  | 18 | George Logan (DR-PA) | July 13, 1801 |
  | 19 | Stephen Row Bradley (DR-VT) | October 15, 1801 |
  | 20 | Robert Wright (DR-MD) | November 19, 1801 |
  | 21 | Thomas Sumter (DR-SC) | December 16, 1801 |
  | 22 | De Witt Clinton (DR-NY) | February 9, 1802 |
  | 23 | William Plumer (F-NH) | June 17, 1802 |
  | 24 | Pierce Butler (DR-SC) | November 4, 1802 |
  | 25 | John Quincy Adams (F-MA) | March 4, 1803 |
  | 26 | Theodorus Bailey (DR-NY) | March 4, 1803 |
  | 27 | Samuel Maclay (DR-PA) | March 4, 1803 |
  | 28 | Timothy Pickering (F-MA) | March 4, 1803 |
  | 29 | Samuel John Potter (DR-RI) | March 4, 1803 |
  | 30 | Israel Smith (DR-VT) | March 4, 1803 |
  | 31 | Samuel Smith (DR-MD) | March 4, 1803 |
  | 32 | John Smith (DR-OH) | April 1, 1803 |
  | 33 | Thomas Worthington (DR-OH) | April 1, 1803 |
  | 34 | John Taylor of Caroline (DR-VA) | June 4, 1803 |
  | 35 | John Condit (DR-NJ) | September 1, 1803 |
  | 36 | Abraham B. Venable (DR-VA) | December 7, 1803 |
  | 37 | John Smith (DR-NY) | February 23, 1804 |
  | 38 | John Armstrong Jr. (DR-NY) | February 25, 1804 |
  | 39 | William Branch Giles (DR-VA) | August 11, 1804 |
  | 40 | Andrew Moore (DR-VA) | August 11, 1804 |
  | 41 | Benjamin Howland (DR-RI) | October 29, 1804 |
  | 42 | James Asheton Bayard, Sr. (F-DE) | November 9, 1804 |
  | 43 | Samuel Latham Mitchill (DR-NY) | November 13, 1804 |
  | 44 | John Gaillard (DR-SC) | December 6, 1804 |
  