Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
|  | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes/Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Benjamin Contee | March 4, 1789 | March 3, 1791 | Anti-Administration |  |
| 2 | William Pinkney | March 4, 1791 | November, 1791 | Pro-Administration | resigned |
| 3 | John Francis Mercer | February 5, 1792 | March 3, 1793 | Anti-Administration |  |
| 4 | Uriah Forrest | March 4, 1793 | November 8, 1794 | Pro-Administration | resigned |
| 5 | Benjamin Edwards | January 2, 1795 | March 3, 1795 | Pro-Administration |  |
| 6 | Jeremiah Crabb | March 4, 1795 | June 1, 1796 | Federalist | resigned |
| 7 | William Craik | December 5, 1796 | March 3, 1801 | Federalist |  |
| 8 | Thomas Plater | March 4, 1801 | March 3, 1805 | Federalist |  |
| 9 | Patrick Magruder | March 4, 1805 | March 3, 1807 | Democratic-Republican |  |
| 10 | Philip Barton Key | March 4, 1807 | March 3, 1813 | Federalist |  |
| 11 | Alexander Contee Hanson | March 4, 1813 | 1816 | Federalist | resigned |
| 12 | George Peter | October 7, 1816 | March 3, 1819 | Federalist |  |
| 13 | Henry Ridgely Warfield | March 4, 1819 | March 3, 1823 | Federalist |  |
| 13 | Henry Ridgely Warfield | March 4, 1823 | March 3, 1825 | Adams Federalist |  |
| 14 | George Peter | March 4, 1825 | March 3, 1827 | Jacksonian |  |
| 15 | George Corbin Washington | March 4, 1827 | March 3, 1829 | Adams |  |
| 15 | George Corbin Washington | March 4, 1829 | March 3, 1833 | Anti-Jacksonian |  |
| 17 | James Turner | March 4, 1833 | March 3, 1837 | Jacksonian |  |
| 18 | John Tolley Hood Worthington | March 4, 1837 | March 3, 1841 | Democratic |  |
| 19 | James Wray Williams | March 4, 1841 | December 2, 1842 | Democratic | died |
| 20 | Charles S. Sewall | January 2, 1843 | March 3, 1843 | Democratic |  |
| 21 | John Wethered | March 4, 1843 | March 3, 1845 | Whig |  |
| 22 | Thomas Watkins Ligon | March 4, 1845 | March 3, 1849 | Democratic |  |
| 23 | Edward Hammond | March 4, 1849 | March 3, 1853 | Democratic |  |
| 24 | Joshua Van Sant | March 4, 1853 | March 3, 1855 | Democratic |  |
| 25 | James Morrison Harris | March 4, 1855 | March 3, 1861 | Know-Nothing |  |
| 26 | Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary | March 4, 1861 | March 3, 1863 | Unionist |  |
| 27 | Henry Winter Davis | March 4, 1863 | March 3, 1865 | Unconditional Unionist |  |
| 28 | Charles Edward Phelps | March 4, 1865 | March 3, 1867 | Unconditional Unionist |  |
| 28 | Charles Edward Phelps | March 4, 1867 | March 4, 1869 | Conservative |  |
| 29 | Thomas Swann | March 4, 1869 | March 3, 1873 | Democratic | Redistricted to the 4th district |
| 30 | William James O'Brien | March 4, 1873 | March 3, 1877 | Democratic |  |
| 31 | William Kimmel | March 4, 1877 | March 3, 1881 | Democratic |  |
| 32 | Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell | March 4, 1881 | March 3, 1885 | Democratic |  |
| 33 | William Hinson Cole | March 4, 1885 | July 8, 1886 | Democratic | died |
| 34 | Harry Welles Rusk | November 2, 1886 | March 3, 1897 | Democratic |  |
| 35 | William Samuel Booze | March 4, 1897 | March 3, 1899 | Republican |  |
| 36 | Frank Charles Wachter | March 4, 1899 | March 3, 1907 | Democratic |  |
| 37 | Harry Benjamin Wolf | March 4, 1907 | March 3, 1909 | Democratic |  |
| 38 | John Kronmiller | March 4, 1909 | March 3, 1911 | Republican |  |
| 39 | George Konig | March 4, 1911 | May 31, 1913 | Democratic | died |
| 40 | Charles Pearce Coady | November 4, 1913 | March 3, 1921 | Democratic |  |
| 41 | John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill | March 4, 1921 | March 3, 1927 | Republican |  |
| 42 | Vincent Palmisano | March 4, 1927 | January 3, 1939 | Democratic |  |
| 43 | Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. | January 3, 1939 | May 16, 1947 | Democratic | resigned to become Mayor of Baltimore |
| 44 | Edward Garmatz | July 15, 1947 | January 3, 1973 | Democratic |  |
| 45 | Paul Sarbanes | January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Democratic | Redistricted from the 4th district |
| 46 | Barbara Mikulski | January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1987 | Democratic |  |
| 47 | Benjamin Cardin | January 3, 1987 | January 3, 2007 | Democratic |  |
| 48 | John Sarbanes | January 3, 2007 | Incumbent | Democratic |  |
Question:
barbara mikulski took office immediately before who?
Answer:
Benjamin Cardin