List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 23rd Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 23rd United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 23rd Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835). 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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U.S. House Seniority List

U.S. House Seniority
RankRepresentativePartyDistrictSeniority dateNo.# of term(s)Notes
1 Lewis Williams AJ NC-13 March 4, 181510th termDean of the House
2 Charles F. Mercer AJ VA-14 March 4, 181709th term
3 William S. Archer AJ VA-03 January 3, 182008th term Left the House in 1835.
4 Noyes Barber AJ CT March 4, 182107th term Left the House in 1835.
5 Churchill C. Cambreleng J NY-03 March 4, 182107th term
6 Henry William Connor J NC-11 March 4, 182107th term
7 George McDuffie N SC-05 March 4, 182107th termResigned sometime in 1834.
8 John Reed, Jr. AM MA-11 March 4, 1821
Previous service, 1813–1817. 		09th term*
9 Andrew Stevenson J VA-11 March 4, 182107th termSpeaker of the House
Resigned on June 2, 1834.
10 Joseph Vance J OH-10 March 4, 182107th term Left the House in 1835.
11 John Blair J TN-01 March 4, 182306th term Left the House in 1835.
12 Elisha Whittlesey AJ OH-16 March 4, 182306th term
13 Samuel Finley Vinton AJ OH-06 March 4, 182306th term
14 Tristam Burges AJ RI March 4, 182505th term Left the House in 1835.
15 Nathaniel Claiborne J VA-07 March 4, 182505th term
16 John Davis AJ MA-05 March 4, 182505th termResigned on January 14, 1834.
17 Thomas Davenport AJ VA-06 March 4, 182505th term Left the House in 1835.
18 Edward Everett AJ MA-04 March 4, 182505th term
19 Dutee Jerauld Pearce J RI March 4, 182505th term
20 James K. Polk J TN-09 March 4, 182505th term
21 Daniel Laurens Barringer AJ NC-08 December 4, 182605th term Left the House in 1835.
22 Isaac C. Bates AJ MA-08 March 4, 182704th term Left the House in 1835.
23 John Bell AJ TN-07 March 4, 182704th termBecame Speaker of the House after Stevenson resigned.
Left the House in 1835.
24 Richard Coulter J PA-19 March 4, 182704th term Left the House in 1835.
25 Warren R. Davis N SC-06 March 4, 182704th termDied on January 29, 1835.
26 Joseph Duncan J IL-03 March 4, 182704th termResigned on September 21, 1834.
27 Thomas H. Hall J NC-03 March 4, 1827
Previous service, 1817–1825. 		08th term* Left the House in 1835.
28 Chittenden Lyon J KY-01 March 4, 182704th term Left the House in 1835.
29 Augustine Henry Shepperd AJ NC-09 March 4, 182704th term
30 Joel Barlow Sutherland J PA-01 March 4, 182704th term
31 Rufus McIntire J ME-01 September 10, 182704th term
32 Richard Henry Wilde J GA November 17, 1827
Previous service, 1815–1817 and 1825. 		06th term** Left the House in 1835.
33 James Blair N SC-08 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1821–1822. 		04th term*Died on April 1, 1834.
34 Ratliff Boon J IN-01 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827. 		04th term*
35 Clement Comer Clay J AL-01 March 4, 182903rd term Left the House in 1835.
36 Joseph Halsey Crane AJ OH-03 March 4, 182903rd term
37 Harmar Denny AM PA-22 March 4, 182903rd term
38 William W. Ellsworth AJ CT March 4, 182903rd termResigned on July 8, 1834 as a U.S. Congress member.
39 Horace Everett AJ VT-03 March 4, 182903rd term
40 Thomas Flournoy Foster J GA March 4, 182903rd term Left the House in 1835.
41 George Grennell, Jr. AJ MA-06 March 4, 182903rd term
42 Henry Hubbard J NH March 4, 182903rd term Left the House in 1835.
43 Jabez W. Huntington AJ CT March 4, 182903rd termResigned on August 16, 1834.
44 Leonard Jarvis J ME-06 March 4, 182903rd term
45 Cave Johnson J TN-11 March 4, 182903rd term
46 Richard Mentor Johnson J KY-13 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1807–1819. 		07th term*
47 Dixon H. Lewis J AL-04 March 4, 182903rd term
48 Henry A. P. Muhlenberg J PA-09 March 4, 182903rd term
49 Abraham Rencher AJ NC-10 March 4, 182903rd term
50 William Biddle Shepard AJ NC-01 March 4, 182903rd term
51 Jesse Speight J NC-04 March 4, 182903rd term
52 James Israel Standifer AJ TN-04 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1823–1825. 		04th term*
53 John Thomson J OH-17 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827. 		04th term*
54 James Moore Wayne J GA March 4, 182903rd termResigned on January 13, 1835.
55 Campbell P. White J NY-03 March 4, 182903rd term Left the House in 1835.
56 Edward Douglass White, Sr. AJ LA-01 March 4, 182903rd termResigned on November 15, 1834.
57 Ebenezer Young AJ CT March 4, 182903rd term Left the House in 1835.
58 George Evans AJ ME-04 July 20, 182903rd term
59 William F. Gordon J VA-12 January 25, 183003rd term Left the House in 1835.
60 John M. Patton D VA-13 November 25, 183003rd term
61 Humphrey H. Leavitt J OH-19 December 6, 183003rd termResigned on July 10, 1834.
62 John Quincy Adams AM MA-12 March 4, 183102nd term
63 Chilton Allan AJ KY-10 March 4, 183102nd term
64 Heman Allen AJ VT-04 March 4, 183102nd term
65 John Banks AM PA-24 March 4, 183102nd term
66 Samuel Beardsley J NY-17 March 4, 183102nd term
67 George N. Briggs AJ MA-07 March 4, 183102nd term
68 Henry Adams Bullard AJ LA-03 March 4, 183102nd termResigned on January 4, 1834.
69 George Burd AJ PA-18 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
70 John Carr J IN-03 March 4, 183102nd term
71 Joseph Chinn J VA-10 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
72 Rufus Choate AJ MA-02 March 4, 183102nd termResigned on June 30, 1834.
73 Thomas Corwin AJ OH-04 March 4, 183102nd term
74 John Dickson AM NY-26 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
75 John Myers Felder N SC-04 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
76 John K. Griffin N SC-09 March 4, 183102nd term
77 Edward Kavanagh J ME-03 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
78 Joseph M. Harper J NH March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
79 Albert Gallatin Hawes J KY-02 March 4, 183102nd term
80 William Hiester AM PA-04 March 4, 183102nd term
81 Henry King J PA-08 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
82 Gerrit Y. Lansing J NY-10 March 4, 183102nd term
83 Joel Keith Mann J PA-05 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
84 Samuel Wright Mardis J AL-03 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
85 Thomas Alexander Marshall AJ KY-12 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
86 John Y. Mason J VA-02 March 4, 183102nd term
87 Johnathan McCarty J IN-05 March 4, 183102nd term
88 James Iver McKay J NC-05 March 4, 183102nd term
89 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan AM PA-21 March 4, 183102nd term
90 John J. Milligan AJ DE March 4, 183102nd term
91 Job Pierson J NY-09 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
92 Franklin E. Plummer J MS March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
93 David Potts, Jr. AM PA-04 March 4, 183102nd term
94 Andrew Stewart AM PA-20 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
95 Francis Thomas J MD-07 March 4, 183102nd term
96 Philemon Thomas J LA-02 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
97 Aaron Ward AJ NY-04 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1825–1829. 		04th term*
98 Daniel Wardwell J NY-18 March 4, 183102nd term
99 John Goddard Watmough AJ PA-03 March 4, 183102nd term Left the House in 1835.
100 William Henry Ashley AJ MO October 31, 183102nd term
101 William Slade AJ VT-02 November 1, 183102nd term
102 Micajah Thomas Hawkins J NC-06 December 15, 183102nd term
103 Augustin Smith Clayton J GA January 21, 183202nd term Left the House in 1835.
104 Hiland Hall AJ VT-01 January 1, 183302nd term
105 John Adams J NY-08 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
106 William Allen J OH-07 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
107 Joseph Biles Anthony J PA-16 March 4, 183301st term
108 Charles Augustus Barnitz AM PA-11 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
109 William Baylies AJ MA-10 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1809 and 1813–1817. 		04th term** Left the House in 1835.
110 Benning M. Bean J NH March 4, 183301st term
111 Martin Beaty AJ KY-04 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
112 Andrew Beaumont J PA-15 March 4, 183301st term
113 James M. H. Beale J VA-16 March 4, 183301st term
114 James Martin Bell AJ OH-11 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
115 Horace Binney AJ PA-02 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
116 Abraham Bockee J NY-05 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1829–1831. 		02nd term*
117 Charles Bodle J NY-07 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
118 John W. Brown J NY-06 March 4, 183301st term
119 John Bull AJ MO March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
120 Samuel Bunch AJ TN-02 March 4, 183301st term
121 Robert Burns J NH March 4, 183301st term
122 Jesse Atherton Bynum J NC-02 March 4, 183301st term
123 Zadok Casey J IL-02 March 4, 183301st term
124 Harry Cage J MS March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
125 Richard Bennett Carmichael J MD-02 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
126 George Chambers AM PA-12 March 4, 183301st term
127 John Chaney J OH-09 March 4, 183301st term
128 Thomas Chilton AJ KY-06 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1827–1831. 		03rd term* Left the House in 1835.
129 Samuel Clark J NY-25 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
130 William Clark AM PA-10 March 4, 183301st term
131 William K. Clowney N SC-07 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
132 John E. Coffee J GA March 4, 183301st term
133 John Cramer J NY-11 March 4, 183301st term
134 Davy Crockett AJ TN-12 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1827–1831. 		03rd term* Left the House in 1835.
135 Edward Darlington AM PA-04 March 4, 183301st term
136 Amos Davis AJ KY-11 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
137 Rowland Day J NY-24 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1823–1825. 		02nd term* Left the House in 1835.
138 Edmund Deberry AJ NC-07 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1829–1831. 		02nd term*
139 Benjamin F. Deming AM VT-05 March 4, 183301st termDied on July 11, 1834.
140 Littleton Purnell Dennis AJ MD-01 March 4, 183301st termDied on April 14, 1834.
141 Philemon Dickerson J NJ March 4, 183301st term
142 David W. Dickinson J TN-08 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
143 William Claiborne Dunlap J TN-13 March 4, 183301st term
144 John Ewing AJ IN-02 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
145 Millard Fillmore AJ NY-32 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
146 Samuel A. Foot AJ CT March 4, 183301st termResigned on May 9, 1834.
147 John B. Forester AJ TN-05 March 4, 183301st term
148 Samuel Fowler J NJ March 4, 183301st term
149 Philo C. Fuller AJ NY-30 March 4, 183301st term
150 William K. Fuller J NY-23 March 4, 183301st term
151 John H. Fulton J VA-18 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
152 John Galbraith J PA-25 March 4, 183301st term
153 Roger Lawson Gamble J GA March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
154 James Gholson AJ VA-04 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
155 Ransom H. Gillet J NY-14 March 4, 183301st term
156 George Rockingham Gilmer J GA March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1821–1823 and 1827–1829. 		03rd term** Left the House in 1835.
157 Benjamin Gorham J MA-01 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1820–1823 and 1827–1831. 		05th term** Left the House in 1835.
158 James Graham J NC-12 March 4, 183301st term
159 William J. Grayson N SC-02 March 4, 183301st term
160 Joseph Hall J ME-07 March 4, 183301st term
161 Nicoll Halsey J NY-22 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
162 Thomas L. Hamer J OH-05 March 4, 183301st term
163 Edward A. Hannegan AJ IN-07 March 4, 183301st term
164 Benjamin Hardin AJ KY-07 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1815–1817 and 1819–1823. 		04th term**
165 Gideon Hard AJ NY-33 March 4, 183301st term
166 James Harper AJ PA-02 March 4, 183301st term
167 Samuel Smith Harrison J PA-23 March 4, 183301st term
168 Samuel G. Hathaway J NY-22 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
169 Abner Hazeltine AJ NY-31 March 4, 183301st term
170 James P. Heath J MD-04 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
171 Joseph Henderson J PA-14 March 4, 183301st term
172 Edward Howell AM NY-27 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
173 Abel Huntington J NY-01 March 4, 183301st term
174 William Marshall Inge J TN-10 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
175 William Jackson AM MA-09 March 4, 183301st term
176 Noadiah Johnson J NY-20 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
177 William Cost Johnson AJ MD-06 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
178 Benjamin Jones J OH-18 March 4, 183301st term
179 Seaborn Jones J GA March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
180 George L. Kinnard J IN-06 March 4, 183301st term
181 Amos Lane J IN-04 March 4, 183301st term
182 John Laporte J PA-17 March 4, 183301st term
183 Cornelius Lawrence J NY-03 March 4, 183301st termResigned on May 14, 1834.
184 George W. Lay AM NY-29 March 4, 183301st term
185 Luke Lea AJ TN-03 March 4, 183301st term
186 Thomas Lee J NJ March 4, 183301st term
187 James Love AJ KY-09 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
188 George Loyall J VA-01 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1830–1831. 		02nd term*
189 Edward Lucas J VA-15 March 4, 183301st term
190 Robert Todd Lytle J OH-01 March 4, 183301st termResigned on March 10, 1834.
Returned to the House on December 27, 1834.
Left the House in 1835.
191 Abijah Mann, Jr. J NY-16 March 4, 183301st term
192 Henry C. Martindale J NY-12 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1823–1831. 		05th term* Left the House in 1835.
193 Moses Mason, Jr. J ME-05 March 4, 183301st term
194 William McComas J VA-19 March 4, 183301st term
195 Isaac McKim J MD-05 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1823–1825. 		02nd term*
196 John McKinley J AL-02 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
197 Jeremiah McLene J OH-08 March 4, 183301st term
198 Charles McVean J NY-15 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
199 Jesse Miller J PA-13 March 4, 183301st term
200 Henry Mitchell J NY-21 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
201 Samuel M. Moore AJ VA-17 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
202 Robert Mitchell J OH-12 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
203 John Murphy J AL-05 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
204 Gayton P. Osgood J MA-03 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
205 Sherman Page J NY-19 March 4, 183301st term
206 James Parker J NJ March 4, 183301st term
207 Gorham Parks J ME-08 March 4, 183301st term
208 William Patterson J OH-14 March 4, 183301st term
209 Balie Peyton AJ TN-06 March 4, 183301st term
210 Henry L. Pinckney N SC-01 March 4, 183301st term
211 Franklin Pierce J NH March 4, 183301st term
212 Patrick H. Pope J KY-08 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
213 Robert Ramsey J PA-06 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
214 John Randolph of Roanoke J VA-05 March 4, 183301st termDied on May 24, 1833.
215 Ferdinand Schureman Schenck J NJ March 4, 183301st term
216 William Schley J GA March 4, 183301st term
217 Dudley Selden J NY-03 March 4, 183301st termResigned on July 1, 1834.
218 William Norton Shinn J NJ March 4, 183301st term
219 Thomas D. Singleton N SC-03 March 4, 183301st termDied on November 25, 1833.
220 Charles Slade J IL-01 March 4, 183301st termDied on July 26, 1834.
221 Jonathan Sloane AM OH-15 March 4, 183301st term
222 Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith J ME-02 March 4, 183301st term
223 David Spangler AJ OH-13 March 4, 183301st term
224 John Truman Stoddert J MD-08 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
225 William P. Taylor AJ VA-09 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
226 William Taylor J NY-23 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
227 Samuel Tweedy AJ CT March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
228 Christopher Tompkins AJ KY-03 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
229 James Turner J MD-03 March 4, 183301st term
230 Joel Turrill J NY-17 March 4, 183301st term
231 Aaron Vanderpoel J NY-08 March 4, 183301st term
232 Isaac B. Van Houten J NY-02 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
233 David Douglas Wagener J PA-07 March 4, 183301st term
234 Taylor Webster J OH-02 March 4, 183301st term
235 Reuben Whallon J NY-13 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
236 Frederick Whittlesey AM NY-28 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
237 Edgar C. Wilson AJ VA-21 March 4, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
238 Henry A. Wise AJ VA-08 March 4, 183301st term
Thomas Bouldin J VA-05 August 26, 183301st termDied on February 11, 1834.
John J. Allen AJ VA-20 December 2, 183301st term Left the House in 1835.
Levi Lincoln, Jr. AJ MA-05 February 17, 183401st term
Robert B. Campbell N SC-03 February 27, 1834
Previous service, 1823–1825. 		02nd term*
James Bouldin J VA-05 March 15, 183401st term
Rice Garland AJ LA-03 April 28, 183401st term
John Nevett Steele AJ MD-01 May 29, 183401st term
Robert P. Letcher AJ KY-05 August 6, 183401st term Left the House in 1835.
Charles G. Ferris J NY-03 December 1, 183401st term Left the House in 1835.
Ebenezer Jackson, Jr. AJ CT December 1, 183401st term Left the House in 1835.
Henry Johnson AJ LA-01 December 1, 183401st term
Daniel Kilgore J OH-19 December 1, 183401st term
William L. May J IL-03 December 1, 183401st term
Phineas Miner AJ CT December 1, 183401st term Left the House in 1835.
John J. Morgan J NY-03 December 1, 1834
Previous service, 1821–1825. 		03rd term* Left the House in 1835.
Stephen C. Phillips AJ MA-02 December 1, 183401st term
John Reynolds J IL-01 December 1, 183401st term
John Robertson AJ VA-11 December 1, 183401st term
Joseph Trumbull AJ CT December 1, 183401st term Left the House in 1835.
Henry Fisk Janes AM VT-05 December 2, 183401st term
Richard Irvine Manning I J SC-08 December 8, 183401st term
Francis Wilkinson Pickens N SC-05 December 8, 183401st term

Delegates

RankDelegatePartyDistrictSeniority dateNo.# of term(s)Notes
1 Joseph M. White J FL March 4, 182505th term
2 Ambrose Hundley Sevier J AR February 13, 182804th term
3 Lucius Lyon J MI March 4, 183301st term

References

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

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