List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 21st Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 21st United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 21st Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). 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]

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21st United States Congress

The Twenty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1829, to March 4, 1831, during the first two years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.

Contents

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.

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U.S. House Seniority List

U.S. House Seniority
RankRepresentativePartyDistrictSeniority dateNo.# of term(s)Notes
1 Thomas Newton, Jr. AJ VA-01 March 4, 180115th termDean of the House
Resigned on March 9, 1830.
2 William McCoy AJ VA-19 March 4, 181110th termDean of the House after Newton resigned.
3 John W. Taylor AJ NY-17 March 4, 181309th term
4 Lewis Williams AJ NC-13 March 4, 181508th term
5 Charles F. Mercer AJ VA-14 March 4, 181707th term
6 Starling Tucker J SC-09 March 4, 181707th term Left the House in 1831.
7 Mark Alexander J VA-04 March 4, 181906th term
8 William S. Archer AJ VA-03 January 3, 182006th term
9 Rollin Carolas Mallary AJ VT-02 January 13, 182006th term
10 Noyes Barber AJ CT March 4, 182105th term
11 James Buchanan J PA-04 March 4, 182105th term Left the House in 1831.
12 Churchill C. Cambreleng J NY-03 March 4, 182105th term
13 Henry William Connor J NC-11 March 4, 182105th term
14 Henry W. Dwight AJ MA-09 March 4, 182105th term Left the House in 1831.
15 Jacob C. Isacks J TN-04 March 4, 182105th term
16 George McDuffie N SC-05 March 4, 182105th term
17 John Reed, Jr. AM MA-13 March 4, 1821
Previous service, 1813–1817. 		07th term*
18 Andrew Stevenson J VA-09 March 4, 182105th termSpeaker of the House
19 Samuel Swan AJ NJ March 4, 182105th term Left the House in 1831.
20 Wiley Thompson J GA March 4, 182105th term
21 Joseph Vance J OH-04 March 4, 182105th term
22 Lewis Condict AJ NJ October 9, 1821
Previous service, 1811–1817. 		07th term*
23 Samuel D. Ingham J PA-08 October 7, 1822
Previous service, 1813–1818. 		08th term*Resigned in March 1829.
24 Jonathan Jennings J IN-02 December 2, 182205th term Left the House in 1831.
25 Mordecai Bartley AJ OH-14 March 4, 182304th term Left the House in 1831.
26 John S. Barbour J VA-15 March 4, 182304th term
27 John Blair J TN-01 March 4, 182304th term
28 Benjamin Williams Crowninshield AJ MA-02 March 4, 182304th term Left the House in 1831.
29 Henry Hosford Gurley AJ LA-02 March 4, 182304th term Left the House in 1831.
30 Robert P. Letcher AJ KY-04 March 4, 182304th term
31 Henry C. Martindale AJ NY-18 March 4, 182304th term Left the House in 1831.
32 Daniel H. Miller J PA-03 March 4, 182304th term Left the House in 1831.
33 William Cabell Rives J VA-10 March 4, 182304th termResigned in 1829.
34 James Strong AJ NY-08 March 4, 1823
Previous service, 1819–1821. 		05th term* Left the House in 1831.
35 Henry R. Storrs AJ NY-14 March 4, 1823
Previous service, 1817–1821. 		06th term* Left the House in 1831.
36 Samuel Finley Vinton AJ OH-07 March 4, 182304th term
37 Elisha Whittlesey AJ OH-13 March 4, 182304th term
38 Charles A. Wickliffe AJ KY-09 March 4, 182304th term
39 John Taliaferro AJ VA-13 March 24, 1824
Previous service, 1801–1803 and 1811–1813. 		06th term** Left the House in 1831.
40 George Wolf J PA-08 December 9, 182404th termResigned in 1829.
41 John Bailey AJ MA-10 December 13, 182404th term Left the House in 1831.
42 Willis Alston J NC-02 March 4, 1825
Previous service, 1799–1815. 		11th term* Left the House in 1831.
43 John Anderson J ME-02 March 4, 182503rd term
44 William Armstrong J VA-16 March 4, 182503rd term
45 Tristam Burges AJ RI March 4, 182503rd term
46 Samuel Price Carson J NC-12 March 4, 182503rd term
47 Nathaniel Claiborne J VA-07 March 4, 182503rd term
48 Thomas Davenport AJ VA-06 March 4, 182503rd term
49 John Davis AJ MA-05 March 4, 182503rd term
50 Clement Dorsey AJ MD-01 March 4, 182503rd term Left the House in 1831.
51 Edward Everett AJ MA-04 March 4, 182503rd term
52 James Findlay J OH-01 March 4, 182503rd term
53 Jonathan Harvey J NH March 4, 182503rd term Left the House in 1831.
54 Charles Eaton Haynes J GA March 4, 182503rd term Left the House in 1831.
55 Gabriel Holmes J NC-05 March 4, 182503rd termDied on September 26, 1829.
56 Michael Hoffman J NY-15 March 4, 182503rd term
57 Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll AJ CT March 4, 182503rd term
58 Joseph Lecompte J KY-06 March 4, 182503rd term
59 Dutee Jerauld Pearce J RI March 4, 182503rd term
60 James K. Polk J TN-06 March 4, 182503rd term
61 James Trezvant J VA-02 March 4, 182503rd term Left the House in 1831.
62 John Varnum AJ MA-03 March 4, 182503rd term Left the House in 1831.
63 Gulian C. Verplanck J NY-03 March 4, 182503rd term
64 William Drayton J SC-01 May 17, 182503rd term
65 James Clark W KY-03 August 1, 1825
Previous service, 1813–1816. 		05th term* Left the House in 1831.
66 James W. Ripley J ME-05 September 11, 182603rd termResigned on March 12, 1830.
67 Daniel Laurens Barringer AJ NC-08 December 4, 182603rd term
68 Chauncey Forward J PA-13 December 4, 182603rd term Left the House in 1831.
69 Robert Allen J VA-17 March 4, 182702nd term
70 Philip P. Barbour J VA-11 March 4, 182702nd termResigned on October 15, 1830.
71 Isaac C. Bates AJ MA-08 March 4, 182702nd term
72 John Bell AJ TN-07 March 4, 182702nd term
73 Samuel Butman AJ ME-07 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
74 Thomas Chilton J KY-11 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
75 Richard Coulter J PA-17 March 4, 182702nd term
76 Davy Crockett AJ TN-09 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
77 Henry Daniel J KY-01 March 4, 182702nd term
78 Warren R. Davis N SC-06 March 4, 182702nd term
79 Robert Desha J TN-05 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
80 John D. Dickinson AJ NY-09 March 4, 1827
Previous service, 1819–1823. 		04th term* Left the House in 1831.
81 Joseph Duncan J IL March 4, 182702nd term
82 Jonas Earll, Jr. J NY-23 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
83 Joseph Fry, Jr. J PA-07 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
84 Innis Green J PA-06 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
85 Thomas H. Hall J NC-03 March 4, 1827
Previous service, 1817–1825. 		05th term*
86 James L. Hodges AJ MA-12 March 4, 182704th term
87 Jonathan Hunt J VT-01 March 4, 182704th term
88 Adam King J PA-10 March 4, 182704th term
89 Pryor Lea J TN-02 March 4, 182704th term Left the House in 1831.
90 Wilson Lumpkin J GA March 4, 1827
Previous service, 1815–1817. 		03rd term* Left the House in 1831.
91 Chittenden Lyon J KY-12 March 4, 182702nd term
92 John Magee J NY-28 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
93 William D. Martin J SC-04 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
94 Lewis Maxwell J VA-21 March 4, 182702nd term
95 William T. Nuckolls J SC-07 March 4, 182702nd term
96 Isaac Pierson AJ NJ March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
97 William Ramsey J PA-11 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
98 Joseph Richardson AJ MA-11 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
99 John Roane J VA-12 March 4, 1827
Previous service, 1809–1815. 		05th term*
100 William Russell J OH-05 March 4, 182702nd term
101 Augustine Henry Shepperd AJ NC-09 March 4, 182702nd term
102 Alexander Smyth J VA-22 March 4, 182702nd termDied on April 17, 1830.
103 Michael Sprigg J MD-04 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
104 John Benton Sterigere J PA-05 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
105 Joel Barlow Sutherland J PA-01 March 4, 182702nd term
106 Benjamin Swift AJ VT-04 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
107 George Corbin Washington AJ MD-03 March 4, 182702nd term
108 Ephraim King Wilson J MD-08 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
109 Joseph F. Wingate J ME-03 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
110 Joel Yancey J KY-10 March 4, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
111 Benjamin Gorham AJ MA-01 July 23, 1827
Previous service, 1820–1823. 		04th term* Left the House in 1831.
112 Rufus McIntire J ME-01 September 10, 182702nd term
113 Kensey Johns, Jr. AJ DE October 2, 182702nd term Left the House in 1831.
114 William Stanbery AJ OH-08 October 9, 182702nd term
115 Phineas L. Tracy AM NY-29 November 5, 182702nd term
116 Richard Henry Wilde J GA November 17, 1827
Previous service, 1815–1817 and 1825. 		04th term**
117 Thomas Hinds J MS October 21, 182802nd term Left the House in 1831.
118 James F. Randolph AJ NJ December 1, 182802nd term
119 William G. Angel J NY-13 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827. 		02nd term*
120 Benedict Arnold AJ NY-16 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
121 Robert Woodward Barnwell J SC-02 March 4, 182901st term
122 Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor J AL-02 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
123 Thomas Beekman AJ NY-22 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
124 James Blair J SC-08 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1821–1822. 		02nd term*
125 Abraham Bockee AJ NY-05 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
126 Ratliff Boon J IN-01 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827. 		02nd term*
127 Peter I. Borst J NY-12 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
128 Thomas Bouldin J VA-05 March 4, 182901st term
129 John Brodhead J NH March 4, 182901st term
130 Elias Brown J MD-05 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
131 William Cahoon AM VT-05 March 4, 182901st term
132 John Campbell J SC-03 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
133 Timothy Childs AM NY-27 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
134 Thomas Chandler J NH March 4, 182901st term
135 Clement Comer Clay J AL-01 March 4, 182901st term
136 Richard Coke, Jr. J VA-08 March 4, 182901st term
137 Nicholas D. Coleman J KY-02 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
138 Richard M. Cooper AJ NJ March 4, 182901st term
139 Henry B. Cowles AJ NY-04 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
140 Hector Craig J NY-06 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1823–1825. 		02nd term*Resigned on July 12, 1830.
141 Robert Craig J VA-20 March 4, 182901st term
142 Joseph Halsey Crane AJ OH-03 March 4, 182901st term
143 Thomas Hartley Crawford J PA-11 March 4, 182901st term
144 William Creighton, Jr. AJ OH-06 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1813–1817 and 1827–1828. 		04th term**
145 Jacob Crocheron J NY-02 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
146 Edmund Deberry AJ NC-07 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
147 Harmar Denny AM PA-16 March 4, 182901st term
148 Charles G. DeWitt AJ NY-07 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
149 Philip Doddridge AJ VA-18 March 4, 182901st term
150 William W. Ellsworth AJ CT March 4, 182901st term
151 Joshua Evans, Jr. J PA-04 March 4, 182901st term
152 Horace Everett AJ VT-03 March 4, 182901st term
153 Isaac Finch AJ NY-19 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
154 George Fisher AJ NY-20 March 4, 182901st termResigned on February 5, 1830.
155 James Ford J PA-09 March 4, 182901st term
156 Thomas Flournoy Foster J GA March 4, 182901st term
157 Nathan Gaither J KY-08 March 4, 182901st term
158 John Gilmore AM PA-16 March 4, 182901st term
159 John M. Goodenow J OH-11 March 4, 182901st termResigned on April 9, 1830.
160 George Grennell, Jr. AJ MA-07 March 4, 182901st term
161 Jehiel H. Halsey J NY-26 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
162 Joseph Hammons J NH March 4, 182901st term
163 Joseph Hawkins AJ NY-20 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
164 Joseph Hemphill J PA-02 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1801-1803 and 1819–1826. 		06th term** Left the House in 1831.
165 Benjamin Chew Howard J MD-05 March 4, 182905th term
166 Henry Hubbard J NH March 4, 182901st term
167 Thomas H. Hughes AJ NJ March 4, 182901st term
168 Jabez W. Huntington AJ CT March 4, 182901st term
169 Thomas Irwin J PA-14 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
170 William W. Irvin J OH-09 March 4, 182901st term
171 Leonard Jarvis J ME-06 March 4, 182901st term
172 Cave Johnson J TN-08 March 4, 182901st term
173 Richard Mentor Johnson J KY-05 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1807–1819. 		07th term*
174 Joseph G. Kendall AJ MA-06 March 4, 182901st term
175 William Kennon, Sr. J OH-10 March 4, 182901st term*
176 John Kincaid J KY-07 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
177 Perkins King J NY-11 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
178 George Gray Leiper J PA-04 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
179 James Lent J NY-01 March 4, 182901st term
180 Dixon H. Lewis J AL-03 March 4, 182901st term
181 Alem Marr J PA-09 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
182 Thomas Maxwell J NY-25 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
183 William McCreery J PA-15 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
184 Robert Monell J NY-21 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1819–1821. 		02nd term*Resigned on February 21, 1831.
185 Henry A. P. Muhlenberg J PA-07 March 4, 182901st term
186 Ebenezer F. Norton J NY-30 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
187 Walter Hampden Overton J LA-03 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
188 Spencer Darwin Pettis J MO March 4, 182901st term
189 Robert Potter J NC-06 March 4, 182901st term
190 Gershom Powers J NY-24 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
191 Abraham Rencher AJ NC-10 March 4, 182901st term
192 Robert S. Rose AJ NY-26 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1823–1827. 		03rd term* Left the House in 1831.
193 John Scott J PA-12 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
194 Benedict Joseph Semmes AJ MD-02 March 4, 182901st term
195 William Biddle Shepard AJ NC-01 March 4, 182901st term
196 James Shields J OH-02 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
197 Thomas Hale Sill AJ PA-18 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1826–1827. 		02nd term* Left the House in 1831.
198 Samuel A. Smith J PA-08 March 4, 182901st term
199 Jesse Speight J NC-04 March 4, 182901st term
200 Ambrose Spencer AJ NY-10 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
201 Richard Spencer J MD-07 March 4, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
202 James Israel Standifer AJ TN-03 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1823–1825. 		02nd term*
203 Philander Stephens J PA-09 March 4, 182901st term
203 William L. Storrs AJ CT March 4, 182901st term
204 John Test AJ IN-03 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1823-1827. 		03rd term* Left the House in 1831.
205 John Thomson J OH-12 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825-1827. 		02nd term*
206 James Moore Wayne J GA March 4, 182901st term
207 John W. Weeks J NH March 4, 182901st term
208 Campbell P. White J NY-03 March 4, 182901st term
209 Edward Douglass White, Sr. AJ LA-01 March 4, 182901st term
210 Ebenezer Young AJ CT March 4, 182901st term
George Evans AJ ME-04 July 20, 182901st term
Peter Ihrie, Jr. J PA-08 October 13, 182901st term
Edward Bishop Dudley AJ NC-05 November 10, 182901st term Left the House in 1831.
Henry Graybill Lamar J GA December 7, 182901st term
George Edward Mitchell J MD-06 December 7, 1829
Previous service, 1823–1827. 		03rd term*
William F. Gordon J VA-10 January 25, 183001st term
George Loyall J VA-01 March 9, 183001st term Left the House in 1831.
Samuel W. Eager AJ NY-06 November 2, 183001st term Left the House in 1831.
Jonah Sanford J NY-20 November 3, 183001st term Left the House in 1831.
John M. Patton D VA-11 November 25, 183001st term
Joseph Draper J VA-22 December 6, 183001st term Left the House in 1831.
Cornelius Holland J ME-05 December 6, 183001st term
Humphrey H. Leavitt J OH-11 December 6, 183001st term

Delegates

RankDelegatePartyDistrictSeniority dateNo.# of term(s)Notes
1 Joseph M. White J FL March 4, 182503rd term
2 Ambrose Hundley Sevier J AR February 13, 182802nd term
3 John Biddle J MI March 4, 182901st term

References

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

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