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List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 40th Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 40th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 40th Congress (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869). Current seats and party affiliations on the List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by seniority will be different for certain members.[1]

Seniority depends on the date on which members were sworn into office. Since many members are sworn in on the same day, subsequent ranking is based on previous congressional service of the individual and then by alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.

Committee chairmanship in the House is often associated with seniority. However, party leadership is typically not associated with seniority.

Note: The "*" indicates that the representative/delegate may have served one or more non-consecutive terms while in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.

U.S. House seniority list

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U.S. House seniority
Rank Representative Party District Seniority date
(Previous service, if any)
No.# of term(s) Notes
1 Elihu B. Washburne R IL-03 March 4, 1853 08th term Dean of the House
2 Schuyler Colfax R IN-09 March 4, 1855 07th term Speaker of the House
Left the House in 1869.
3 Henry L. Dawes R MA-10 March 4, 1857 06th term
4 James M. Ashley R OH-10 March 4, 1859 05th term Left the House in 1869.
5 Thomas D. Eliot R MA-01 March 4, 1859
Previous service, 1854–1855.
06th term* Left the House in 1869.
6 James K. Moorhead R PA-22 March 4, 1859 05th term Left the House in 1869.
7 Thaddeus Stevens R PA-09 March 4, 1859
Previous service, 1849–1853.
07th term* Died on August 11, 1868.
8 William Windom R MN-01 March 4, 1859 05th term Left the House in 1869.
9 Fernando C. Beaman R MI-01 March 4, 1861 04th term
10 George W. Julian R IN-05 March 4, 1861
Previous service, 1849–1851.
05th term*
11 William D. Kelley R PA-04 March 4, 1861 04th term
12 Frederick A. Pike R ME-05 March 4, 1861 04th term Left the House in 1869.
13 Theodore M. Pomeroy R NY-24 March 4, 1861 04th term Speaker after Colfax resigned.
Left the House in 1869.
14 Francis Thomas R MD-04 March 4, 1861
Previous service, 1831–1841.
09th term* Left the House in 1869.
15 James F. Wilson R IA-01 October 8, 1861 04th term Left the House in 1869.
16 Samuel Hooper R MA-04 December 2, 1861 04th term
17 William B. Allison R IA-03 March 4, 1863 03rd term
18 Oakes Ames R MA-02 March 4, 1863 03rd term
19 John D. Baldwin R MA-08 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
20 James G. Blaine R ME-03 March 4, 1863 03rd term
21 George S. Boutwell R MA-07 March 4, 1863 03rd term
22 John Martin Broomall R PA-07 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
23 John W. Chanler D NY-07 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
24 Amasa Cobb R WI-03 March 4, 1863 03rd term
25 Charles Denison D PA-12 March 4, 1863 03rd term Died on June 27, 1867.
26 Nathan F. Dixon II R RI-02 March 4, 1863
Previous service, 1849–1851.
04th term*
27 Ignatius L. Donnelly R MN-02 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
28 John F. Driggs R MI-06 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
29 Ephraim R. Eckley R OH-17 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
30 Charles A. Eldredge D WI-04 March 4, 1863 03rd term
31 John F. Farnsworth R IL-02 March 4, 1863
Previous service, 1857–1861.
05th term*
32 James A. Garfield R OH-19 March 4, 1863 03rd term
33 John A. Griswold R NY-15 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
34 William Higby R CA-02 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
35 Asahel W. Hubbard R IA-06 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
36 Calvin T. Hulburd R NY-17 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
37 Thomas Jenckes R RI-01 March 4, 1863 03rd term
38 Benjamin F. Loan R MO-07 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
39 James M. Marvin R NY-18 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
40 Joseph W. McClurg R MO-05 March 4, 1863 03rd term Resigned in July 1868.
41 Leonard Myers R PA-03 March 4, 1863 03rd term
42 Godlove Stein Orth R IN-08 March 4, 1863 03rd term
43 Charles O'Neill R PA-02 March 4, 1863 03rd term
44 Sidney Perham R ME-02 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
45 Hiram Price R IA-02 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
46 Samuel J. Randall D PA-01 March 4, 1863 03rd term
47 Lewis Winans Ross D IL-09 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
48 Robert C. Schenck R OH-03 March 4, 1863
Previous service, 1843–1851.
07th term*
49 Glenni W. Scofield R PA-19 March 4, 1863 03rd term
50 Rufus P. Spalding R OH-18 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
51 Charles Upson R MI-02 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
52 William B. Washburn R MA-09 March 4, 1863 03rd term
53 Thomas Williams R PA-23 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
54 Frederick E. Woodbridge R VT-01 March 4, 1863 03rd term Left the House in 1869.
55 Ebon C. Ingersoll R IL-05 May 20, 1864 03rd term
56 Delos R. Ashley R NV March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
57 George W. Anderson R MO-09 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
58 Jehu Baker R IL-12 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
59 John F. Benjamin R MO-08 March 4, 1865 02nd term
60 John Bingham R OH-16 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1855–1863.
06th term*
61 Henry P. H. Bromwell R IL-07 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
62 Benjamin M. Boyer D PA-06 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
63 Ralph P. Buckland R OH-09 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
64 Reader W. Clarke R OH-06 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
65 Sidney Clarke R KS March 4, 1865 02nd term
66 Burton C. Cook R IL-06 March 4, 1865 02nd term
67 Shelby M. Cullom R IL-08 March 4, 1865 02nd term
68 Benjamin Eggleston R OH-01 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
69 Thomas W. Ferry R MI-04 March 4, 1865 02nd term
70 Adam J. Glossbrenner D PA-15 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
71 Abner C. Harding R IL-04 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
72 Rutherford B. Hayes R OH-02 March 4, 1865 02nd term Resigned on July 20, 1867.
73 Chester D. Hubbard R WV-01 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
74 James M. Humphrey D NY-30 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
75 Michael C. Kerr D IN-02 March 4, 1865 02nd term
76 John H. Ketcham R NY-12 March 4, 1865 02nd term
77 Addison H. Laflin R NY-20 March 4, 1865 02nd term
78 George Van Eman Lawrence R PA-24 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
79 William Lawrence R OH-04 March 4, 1865 02nd term
80 John Lynch R ME-01 March 4, 1865 02nd term
81 Samuel S. Marshall D IL-11 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1855–1859.
04th term*
82 Hiram McCullough D MD-01 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
83 Ulysses Mercur R PA-13 March 4, 1865 02nd term
84 George F. Miller R PA-14 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
85 William E. Niblack D IN-01 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1857–1861.
04th term*
86 John A. Nicholson D DE March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
87 Thomas E. Noell D MO-03 March 4, 1865 02nd term Died on October 3, 1867.
88 Halbert E. Paine R WI-01 March 4, 1865 02nd term
89 Charles E. Phelps D MD-03 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
90 Tobias A. Plants R OH-15 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
91 Philetus Sawyer R WI-05 March 4, 1865 02nd term
92 Samuel Shellabarger R OH-07 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1861–1863.
03rd term* Left the House in 1869.
93 Charles Sitgreaves D NJ-03 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
94 Stephen Taber D NY-01 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
95 Lawrence S. Trimble D KY-01 March 4, 1865 02nd term
96 Rowland E. Trowbridge R MI-05 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1861–1863.
03rd term* Left the House in 1869.
97 Burt Van Horn R NY-29 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1861–1863.
03rd term* Left the House in 1869.
98 Henry Van Aernam R NY-31 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
99 Robert T. Van Horn R MO-06 March 4, 1865 02nd term
100 Hamilton Ward, Sr. R NY-27 March 4, 1865 02nd term
101 Martin Welker R OH-14 March 4, 1865 02nd term
102 Stephen F. Wilson R PA-18 March 4, 1865 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
103 Nathaniel P. Banks R MA-06 December 4, 1865
Previous service, 1853–1857.
05th term*
104 Isaac R. Hawkins R TN-07 December 4, 1865 02nd term
105 Henry D. Washburn R IN-07 February 23, 1866 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
106 William Henry Koontz R PA-16 July 18, 1866 02nd term Left the House in 1869.
107 Samuel M. Arnell R TN-06 July 24, 1866 02nd term
108 Horace Maynard R TN-02 July 24, 1866
Previous service, 1857–1863.
05th term*
109 William Brickly Stokes R TN-03 July 24, 1866
Previous service, 1859–1861.
03rd term*
110 Elijah Hise R KY-03 December 3, 1866 02nd term Died on May 8, 1867.
111 George M. Adams D KY-08 March 4, 1867 01st term
112 Stevenson Archer D MD-02 March 4, 1867 01st term
113 Samuel Beach Axtell D CA-01 March 4, 1867 01st term
114 Daniel Myers Van Auken D PA-11 March 4, 1867 01st term
115 William Henry Barnum D CT-04 March 4, 1867 01st term
116 Demas Barnes D NY-02 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
117 James B. Beck D KY-07 March 4, 1867 01st term
118 Jacob Benton R NH-03 March 4, 1867 01st term
119 Austin Blair R MI-03 March 4, 1867 01st term
120 James Brooks D NY-08 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1849–1853 and 1863–1866.
06th term**
121 Albert G. Burr D IL-10 March 4, 1867 01st term
122 Benjamin Butler R MA-05 March 4, 1867 01st term
123 Roderick R. Butler R TN-01 March 4, 1867 01st term
124 Henry L. Cake R PA-10 March 4, 1867 01st term
125 John C. Churchill R NY-22 March 4, 1867 01st term
126 John Coburn R IN-06 March 4, 1867 01st term
127 Thomas Cornell R NY-13 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
128 John Covode W PA-21 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1855–1863.
05th term* Left the House in 1869.
129 Grenville M. Dodge R IA-05 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
130 Jacob H. Ela R NH-01 March 4, 1867 01st term
131 Orange Ferriss R NY-16 March 4, 1867 01st term
132 William C. Fields R NY-19 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
133 Darwin Abel Finney R PA-20 March 4, 1867 01st term Died on August 25, 1868.
134 John Fox D NY-04 March 4, 1867 01st term
135 James L. Getz D PA-08 March 4, 1867 01st term
136 Joseph J. Gravely R MO-04 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
137 Asa Grover D KY-05 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
138 Charles Haight D NJ-02 March 4, 1867 01st term
139 George A. Halsey R NJ-05 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
140 Cornelius S. Hamilton R OH-08 March 4, 1867 01st term Died on December 22, 1867.
141 John Hill R NJ-04 March 4, 1867 01st term
142 William S. Holman D IN-04 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1859–1865.
04th term*
143 Benjamin F. Hopkins R WI-02 March 4, 1867 01st term
144 Julius Hotchkiss D CT-02 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
145 Richard D. Hubbard D CT-01 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
146 Morton C. Hunter R IN-03 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
147 James A. Johnson D CA-03 March 4, 1867 01st term
148 Thomas L. Jones D KY-06 March 4, 1867 01st term
149 Norman B. Judd R IL-01 March 4, 1867 01st term
150 William H. Kelsey R NY-25 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1855–1859.
03rd term*
151 Bethuel Kitchen R WV-02 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
152 William S. Lincoln R NY-26 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
153 John A. Logan R IL March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1859–1862.
03rd term*
154 William Loughridge R IA-04 March 4, 1867 01st term
155 J. Proctor Knott D KY-04 March 4, 1867 01st term
156 Rufus Mallory R OR March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
157 Dennis McCarthy R NY-23 March 4, 1867 01st term
158 George W. Morgan D OH-13 March 4, 1867 01st term Resigned on June 3, 1868.
159 William Moore R NJ-01 March 4, 1867 01st term
160 Daniel Johnson Morrell R PA-17 March 4, 1867 01st term
161 John Morrissey D NY-05 March 4, 1867 01st term
162 James Mullins R TN-04 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
163 William Mungen D OH-05 March 4, 1867 01st term
164 Carman A. Newcomb R MO-02 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
165 David A. Nunn R TN-08 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
166 Green Berry Raum R IL-13 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
167 John A. Peters R ME-04 March 4, 1867 01st term
168 William A. Pile R MO-01 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
169 Luke P. Poland R VT-02 March 4, 1867 01st term
170 Daniel Polsley R WV-03 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
171 John V. L. Pruyn D NY-14 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1863–1865.
02nd term* Left the House in 1869.
172 William E. Robinson D NY-03 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
173 William H. Robertson R NY-10 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
174 Lewis Selye R NY-28 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
175 John P. C. Shanks R IN-11 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1861–1863.
02nd term*
176 Worthington C. Smith R VT-03 March 4, 1867 01st term
177 Henry H. Starkweather R CT-03 March 4, 1867 01st term
178 Aaron F. Stevens R NH-02 March 4, 1867 01st term
179 Thomas E. Stewart R NY-06 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
180 Frederick Stone D MD-05 March 4, 1867 01st term
181 J. Hale Sypher R LA-01 March 4, 1867 01st term
182 John Taffe D NE March 4, 1867 01st term
183 Caleb N. Taylor R PA-05 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
184 John Trimble R TN-05 March 4, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
185 Ginery Twichell R MA-03 March 4, 1867 01st term
186 Cadwallader C. Washburn R WI-06 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1855–1861.
04th term*
187 William Williams R IN-10 March 4, 1867 01st term
188 John T. Wilson R OH-11 March 4, 1867 01st term
189 Philadelph Van Trump D OH-12 March 4, 1867 01st term
190 Charles Van Wyck R NY-11 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1859–1863.
03rd term* Left the House in 1869.
191 Fernando Wood D NY-09 March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1841–1843 and 1863–1865.
03rd term**
Samuel F. Cary R OH-02 November 21, 1867 01st term Left the House in 1869.
George W. Woodward D PA-12 November 21, 1867 01st term
Alexander H. Bailey R NY-21 November 30, 1867 01st term
Jacob Golladay D KY-03 December 5, 1867 01st term
James R. McCormick D MO-03 December 17, 1867 01st term
John Beatty R OH-08 February 5, 1868 01st term
Columbus Delano R OH-13 June 3, 1868
Previous service, 1845–1847 and 1865–1867.
03rd term** Left the House in 1869.
Thomas Boles R AR-03 June 22, 1868 01st term
James M. Hinds R AR-02 June 22, 1868 01st term Died on October 22, 1868.
Samuel McKee R KY-09 June 22, 1868
Previous service, 1865–1867.
02nd term* Left the House in 1869.
Logan H. Roots R AR-01 June 22, 1868 01st term
Samuel F. Gove R GA-04 June 25, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Charles M. Hamilton R FL July 1, 1868 01st term
John T. Deweese R NC-04 July 6, 1868 01st term
John R. French R NC-01 July 6, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Alexander H. Jones R NC-07 July 6, 1868 01st term
Oliver H. Dockery R NC-03 July 13, 1868 01st term
David Heaton R NC-02 July 15, 1868 01st term
W. Jasper Blackburn R LA-05 July 18, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Manuel S. Corley R SC-03 July 18, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
James H. Goss R SC-04 July 18, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
James Mann D LA-02 July 18, 1868 01st term Died on August 26, 1868.
Joseph P. Newsham R LA-03 July 18, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R SC-01 July 18, 1868 01st term
Michel Vidal R LA-04 July 18, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Christopher C. Bowen R SC-02 July 20, 1868 01st term
Nathaniel Boyden D NC-06 July 20, 1868
Previous service, 1847–1849.
02nd term* Left the House in 1869.
Israel G. Lash R NC-05 July 20, 1868 01st term
Charles Waldron Buckley R AL-02 July 21, 1868 01st term
John B. Callis R AL-05 July 21, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Thomas Haughey R AL-06 July 21, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Benjamin W. Norris R AL-03 July 21, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Charles W. Pierce R AL-04 July 21, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Francis W. Kellogg R AL-01 July 22, 1868
Previous service, 1859–1865.
04th term* Left the House in 1869.
Joseph W. Clift R GA-01 July 25, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
William P. Edwards R GA-03 July 25, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Charles H. Prince R GA-05 July 25, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Nelson Tift D GA-02 July 25, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Pierce M. B. Young D GA-07 July 25, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Oliver J. Dickey R PA-09 December 7, 1868 01st term
John H. Stover R MO-05 December 7, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
Solomon Newton Pettis R PA-20 December 7, 1868 01st term Left the House in 1869.
James T. Elliott R AR-02 January 13, 1869 01st term Left the House in 1869.

Delegates

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Rank Delegate Party District Seniority date
(Previous service, if any)
No.# of term(s) Notes
1 Walter A. Burleigh R DAK March 4, 1865 02nd term
2 Edward Dexter Holbrook D ID March 4, 1865 02nd term
3 William Henry Hooper D UT March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1859–1861.
03rd term*
4 Coles Bashford R AZ March 4, 1867 01st term
5 James M. Cavanaugh D MT March 4, 1867
Previous service, 1858–1859.
02nd term*
6 George M. Chilcott R CO March 4, 1867 01st term
7 Alvan Flanders R WA March 4, 1867 01st term
Charles P. Clever D NM September 2, 1867 01st term
José Francisco Chaves R NM February 20, 1869
Previous service, 1865–1867.
02nd term*

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Delegates are non-voting members and representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  • United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company 1998) ISBN 0-7864-0283-0
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