List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 25th Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 25th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 25th Congress (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839). 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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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.

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U.S. House Seniority List

U.S. House Seniority
RankRepresentativePartyDistrictSeniority dateNo.# of term(s)Notes
1 Lewis Williams W NC-13 March 4, 181512th termDean of the House
2 Charles F. Mercer W VA-14 March 4, 181711th term
3 Churchill C. Cambreleng D NY-03 March 4, 182109th term Left the House in 1839.
4 Henry William Connor D NC-11 March 4, 182109th term
5 John Reed, Jr. W MA-11 March 4, 1821
Previous service, 1813–1817. 		11th term*
6 Elisha Whittlesey W OH-16 March 4, 182308th termResigned on July 9, 1838.
7 James K. Polk D TN-09 March 4, 182507th termSpeaker of the House
Left the House in 1839.
8 John Bell W TN-07 March 4, 182706th term
9 Augustine Henry Shepperd W NC-09 March 4, 182706th term Left the House in 1839.
10 Ratliff Boon D IN-01 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827. 		06th term* Left the House in 1839.
11 Horace Everett W VT-03 March 4, 182905th term
12 George Grennell, Jr. W MA-06 March 4, 182905th term Left the House in 1839.
13 Dixon H. Lewis D AL-04 March 4, 182905th term
14 Henry A. P. Muhlenberg D PA-09 March 4, 182905th termResigned on February 9, 1838.
15 Abraham Rencher W NC-10 March 4, 182905th term Left the House in 1839.
16 James Israel Standifer W TN-04 March 4, 182905th termDied on August 20, 1837.
17 George Evans W ME-04 July 20, 182905th term
18 John M. Patton D VA-13 November 25, 183005th termDied on April 7, 1838.
19 John Quincy Adams W MA-12 March 4, 183104th term
20 Heman Allen W VT-04 March 4, 183104th term Left the House in 1839.
21 George N. Briggs W MA-07 March 4, 183104th term
22 Thomas Corwin W OH-04 March 4, 183104th term
23 John K. Griffin D SC-09 March 4, 183104th term
24 James Iver McKay D NC-05 March 4, 183104th term
25 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan W PA-21 March 4, 183104th term Left the House in 1839.
26 John J. Milligan W DE March 4, 183104th term Left the House in 1839.
27 David Potts, Jr. W PA-04 March 4, 183104th term Left the House in 1839.
28 Francis Thomas D MD-06 March 4, 183104th term
29 William Slade W VT-02 November 1, 183104th term
30 Micajah Thomas Hawkins D NC-06 December 15, 183104th term
31 Hiland Hall W VT-01 January 1, 183304th term
32 Jesse Atherton Bynum D NC-02 March 4, 183303rd term
33 Zadok Casey D IL-02 March 4, 183303rd term
34 John Chaney D OH-09 March 4, 183303rd term Left the House in 1839.
35 Edward Darlington W PA-04 March 4, 183303rd term Left the House in 1839.
36 Edmund Deberry W NC-07 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1829–1831. 		04th term*
37 James Graham D NC-12 March 4, 183303rd term
38 Thomas L. Hamer D OH-05 March 4, 183303rd term Left the House in 1839.
39 Isaac McKim D MD-04 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1823–1825. 		04th term*Died on April 1, 1838.
40 Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith D ME-02 March 4, 183303rd term Left the House in 1839.
41 William Taylor D NY-23 March 4, 183303rd term Left the House in 1839.
42 David Douglas Wagener D PA-07 March 4, 183303rd term
43 Taylor Webster D OH-02 March 4, 183303rd term Left the House in 1839.
44 Henry A. Wise W VA-08 March 4, 183303rd term
45 Levi Lincoln, Jr. W MA-05 February 17, 183403rd term
46 James Bouldin D VA-05 March 15, 183403rd term Left the House in 1839.
47 Rice Garland W LA-03 April 28, 183403rd term
48 Henry Johnson W LA-01 September 25, 183403rd term Left the House in 1839.
49 Daniel Kilgore D OH-19 December 1, 183403rd termResigned on July 4, 1838.
50 William L. May D IL-03 December 1, 183403rd term
51 Stephen C. Phillips W MA-02 December 1, 183403rd termResigned on September 28, 1838.
52 Francis Wilkinson Pickens D SC-05 December 8, 183403rd term
53 John Robertson W VA-11 December 8, 183403rd term Left the House in 1839.
54 William K. Bond W OH-07 March 4, 183502nd term
55 Nathaniel B. Borden D MA-10 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
56 Andrew Buchanan D PA-20 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
57 John Calhoon W KY-06 March 4, 183502nd term
58 William B. Calhoun W MA-08 March 4, 183502nd term
59 William Blount Carter W TN-01 March 4, 183502nd term
60 John Chambers W KY-12 March 4, 1835
Previous service, 1828–1829. 		03rd term* Left the House in 1839.
61 Reuben Chapman D AL-01 March 4, 183502nd term
62 Timothy Childs D NY-28 March 4, 1835
Previous service, 1829–1831. 		03rd term* Left the House in 1839.
63 Robert Craig D VA-17 March 4, 1835
Previous service, 1829–1833. 		04th term*
64 Walter Coles D VA-06 March 4, 183502nd term
65 Caleb Cushing W MA-03 March 4, 183502nd term
66 Samuel Cushman D NH March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
67 George Dromgoole D VA-04 March 4, 183502nd term
68 John Fairfield D ME-01 March 4, 183502nd termResigned on December 24, 1838.
69 Jacob Fry, Jr. D PA-05 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
70 James Garland C VA-12 March 4, 183502nd term
71 Seaton Grantland D GA March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
72 William J. Graves W KY-08 March 4, 183502nd term
73 Elisha Haley D CT-03 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
74 James Harlan W KY-05 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
75 Albert Galliton Harrison D MO March 4, 183502nd term
76 Charles Eaton Haynes D GA March 4, 1835
Previous service, 1825–1831. 		06th term* Left the House in 1839.
77 George W. Hopkins D VA-18 March 4, 183502nd term
78 Benjamin Chew Howard D MD-04 March 4, 1835
Previous service, 1829–1833. 		04th term* Left the House in 1839.
79 Edward Burd Hubley D PA-08 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
80 Samuel Ingham D CT-02 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
81 Daniel Jenifer W MD-07 March 4, 1835
Previous service, 1831–1833. 		03rd term*
82 Joseph Johnson D VA-20 March 4, 1835
Previous service, 1823–1827 and 1833. 		05th term**
83 John W. Jones D VA-03 March 4, 183502nd term
84 John Klingensmith, Jr. D PA-19 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
85 Joab Lawler D AL-03 March 4, 183502nd termDied on May 8, 1838.
86 Henry Logan D PA-11 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
87 Francis Strother Lyon W AL-05 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
88 Joshua L. Martin D AL-02 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
89 Samson Mason W OH-10 March 4, 183502nd term
90 Abram Poindexter Maury W TN-08 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
91 William Montgomery D NC-08 March 4, 183502nd term
92 Ely Moore W NY-03 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
93 Mathias Morris W PA-06 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
94 William S. Morgan D VA-21 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
95 George Welshman Owens D GA March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
96 James Pearce W MD-02 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
97 Lancelot Phelps D CT March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
98 Eleazer Wheelock Ripley D LA-02 March 4, 183502nd termDied on March 2, 1839.
99 David Abel Russell W NY-12 March 4, 183502nd term
100 Ebenezer J. Shields W TN-10 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
101 John Taliaferro W VA-10 March 4, 1835
Previous service, 1801–1803, 1811–1813 and 1824–1831. 		08th term***
102 Isaac Toucey D CT-01 March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
103 Joseph R. Underwood W KY-03 March 4, 183502nd term
104 Joseph Weeks D NH March 4, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
105 John White W KY-09 March 4, 183502nd term
106 Sherrod Williams W KY-04 March 4, 183502nd term
107 Waddy Thompson, Jr. W SC-06 September 10, 183502nd term
108 Jesse Franklin Cleveland D GA October 5, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
109 Thomas Glascock D GA October 5, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
110 Hopkins Holsey D GA October 5, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
111 Jabez Young Jackson D GA October 5, 183502nd term Left the House in 1839.
112 Thomas T. Whittlesey D CT-04 April 29, 183602nd term Left the House in 1839.
113 William Crosby Dawson W GA November 7, 183602nd term
114 Orrin Holt D CT December 4, 183602nd term
115 Franklin H. Elmore D SC-04 December 10, 183602nd term Left the House in 1839.
116 Archibald Yell D AR December 14, 183602nd term Left the House in 1839.
117 John Peter Richardson II D SC-08 December 19, 183602nd term Left the House in 1839.
118 William Herod W IN-06 January 25, 183702nd term Left the House in 1839.
119 Isaac E. Crary D MI January 26, 183702nd term
120 James Alexander, Jr. W OH-11 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
121 John W. Allen W OH-15 March 4, 183701st term
122 Hugh J. Anderson D ME-06 March 4, 183701st term
123 John T. Andrews D NY-27 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
124 Charles G. Atherton D NH March 4, 183701st term
125 John Bancker Aycrigg W NJ March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
126 William Beatty D PA-23 March 4, 183701st term
127 Andrew Beirne D VA-19 March 4, 183701st term
128 Bennet Bicknell D NY-23 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
129 Richard Biddle W PA-22 March 4, 183701st term
130 Samuel Birdsall D NY-25 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
131 John C. Brodhead D NY-07 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1831–1833. 		02nd term* Left the House in 1839.
132 Isaac H. Bronson D NY-18 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
133 Andrew DeWitt Bruyn W NY-22 March 4, 183701st termResigned on July 27, 1838.
134 John Campbell W SC-03 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1829–1831. 		02nd term*
135 William B. Campbell W TN-06 March 4, 183701st term
136 Timothy J. Carter D ME-05 March 4, 183701st termDied on March 14, 1838.
137 Richard Cheatham W TN-11 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
138 Jonathan Cilley D ME-03 March 4, 183701st termDied on February 24, 1838.
139 John C. Clark W NY-21 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1827–1829. 		02nd term*
140 William K. Clowney D SC-07 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1833–1835. 		02nd term* Left the House in 1839.
141 Robert B. Cranston W RI March 4, 183701st term
142 John Wesley Crockett W TN-12 March 4, 183701st term
143 Edward Curtis W NY-03 March 4, 183701st term
144 Thomas Davee D ME-08 March 4, 183701st term
145 Edward Davies W PA-04 March 4, 183701st term
146 John I. De Graff D NY-11 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1827–1829. 		02nd term* Left the House in 1839.
147 John Dennis W MD-01 March 4, 183701st term
148 Alexander Duncan D OH-01 March 4, 183701st term
149 George Hedford Dunn W IN-04 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
150 John Edwards D NY-15 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
151 John Ewing W IN-02 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
152 James Farrington D NH March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
153 Millard Fillmore W NY-32 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1833–1835. 		02nd term*
154 Isaac Fletcher D VT-05 March 4, 183701st term
155 Richard Fletcher W MA-01 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
156 Henry A. Foster D NY-17 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
157 Albert Gallup D NY-10 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
158 Patrick Gaines Goode W OH-03 March 4, 183701st term
159 William Graham W IN-03 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
160 Abraham P. Grant D NY-17 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
161 Hiram Gray D NY-22 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
162 William Halstead W NJ March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
163 Robert Hanna Hammond D PA-16 March 4, 183701st term
164 Alexander Harper W OH-12 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
165 Francis Jacob Harper D PA-03 March 4, 183701st termDied on March 18, 1837.
166 William S. Hastings W MA-09 March 4, 183701st term
167 Richard Hawes W KY-10 March 4, 183701st term
168 Thomas Henry W PA-24 March 4, 183701st term
169 Ogden Hoffman W NY-03 March 4, 183701st term
170 Robert M. T. Hunter W VA-09 March 4, 183701st term
171 William H. Hunter D OH-14 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
172 Thomas B. Jackson D NY-01 March 4, 183701st term
173 William Cost Johnson W MD-05 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1833–1835. 		02nd term*
174 Nathaniel Jones D NY-06 March 4, 183701st term
175 Gouverneur Kemble D NY-04 March 4, 183701st term
176 Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D OH-13 March 4, 183701st term
177 Hugh S. Legaré D SC-01 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
178 Andrew W. Loomis W OH-17 March 4, 183701st termResigned on October 20, 1837.
179 Arphaxed Loomis D NY-16 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
180 Francis Mallory W VA-01 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
181 Richard P. Marvin W NY-31 March 4, 183701st term
182 James Murray Mason D VA-15 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
183 John Patterson Bryan Maxwell W NJ March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
184 Abraham McClellan D TN-02 March 4, 183701st term
185 Robert McClellan D NY-08 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1837.
186 Charles McClure D PA-13 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
187 Richard Menefee W KY-11 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
188 John Miller D MO March 4, 183701st term
189 Charles F. Mitchell W NY-33 March 4, 183701st term
190 Calvary Morris W OH-06 March 4, 183701st term
191 John L. Murray D KY-01 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
192 William H. Noble D NY-24 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1837.
193 Joseph C. Noyes W ME-07 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
194 Charles Ogle W PA-18 March 4, 183701st term
195 Amasa J. Parker D NY-20 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
196 John Palmer D NY-13 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1817–1819. 		02nd term* Left the House in 1839.
197 William Parmenter D MA-04 March 4, 183701st term
198 William Patterson D NY-29 March 4, 183701st termDied on August 14, 1838.
199 Lemuel Paynter D PA-01 March 4, 183701st term
200 Luther C. Peck W NY-30 March 4, 183701st term
201 Isaac S. Pennybacker D VA-16 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
202 David Petrikin D PA-15 March 4, 183701st term
203 Arnold Plumer D PA-25 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
204 John Pope W KY-07 March 4, 183701st term
205 William Wilson Potter W PA-14 March 4, 183701st term
206 Zadock Pratt D NY-08 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
207 John Holmes Prentiss D NY-19 March 4, 183701st term
208 Joseph Fitz Randolph W NJ March 4, 183701st term
209 James Rariden W IN-05 March 4, 183701st term
210 Luther Reily W PA-10 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
211 Robert Rhett D SC-02 March 4, 183701st term
212 Joseph Ridgway W OH-08 March 4, 183701st term
213 Francis E. Rives D VA-02 March 4, 183701st term
214 Edward Rumsey W KY-02 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
215 Samuel Tredwell Sawyer W NC-01 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
216 John Sergeant W PA-02 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1815–1823 and 1827–1829. 		06th term**
217 Daniel Sheffer D PA-12 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
218 Charles Biddle Shepard W NC-04 March 4, 183701st term
219 Matthias Shepler D OH-18 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
220 Mark H. Sibley W NY-26 March 4, 183701st term
221 Adam W. Snyder D IL-01 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
222 James B. Spencer D NY-14 March 4, 183701st term
223 William Wright Southgate W KY-13 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
224 Edward Stanly W NC-03 March 4, 183701st term
225 Archibald Stuart D VA-07 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
226 Charles C. Stratton W NJ March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
227 Joseph L. Tillinghast W RI March 4, 183701st term
228 Obadiah Titus D NY-05 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
229 George Washington Toland W PA-02 March 4, 183701st term
230 George W. Towns D GA March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1835–1836. 		02nd term* Left the House in 1839.
231 Hopkins L. Turney D TN-05 March 4, 183701st term
232 Abraham Vanderveer D NY-02 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
233 Henry Vail D NY-09 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
234 Albert Smith White W IN-07 March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
235 Christopher Harris Williams W TN-13 March 4, 183701st term
236 Jared W. Williams D NH March 4, 183701st term
237 Joseph Lanier Williams W TN-03 March 4, 183701st term
238 John Tolley Hood Worthington D MD-03 March 4, 1837
Previous service, 1831–1833. 		02nd term*
239 Thomas Jones Yorke W NJ March 4, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
Charles Naylor W PA-03 June 29, 183701st term
John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne D MS July 18, 183701st termResigned on February 5, 1838.
Samuel J. Gholson D MS July 18, 183701st termResigned on February 5, 1838.
Samuel Wells Morris D PA-17 September 4, 183701st term
William Stone W TN-04 September 14, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
Charles D. Coffin W OH-17 December 20, 183701st term Left the House in 1839.
George May Keim D PA-09 March 17, 183801st term
John P. Kennedy W MD-04 April 25, 183801st term Left the House in 1839.
Linn Banks D VA-13 April 28, 183801st term
Edward Robinson W ME-03 April 28, 183801st term Left the House in 1839.
Virgil D. Parris D ME-05 May 29, 183801st term
Seargent Smith Prentiss W MS May 29, 183801st term Left the House in 1839.
Thomas J. Word W MS May 29, 183801st term Left the House in 1839.
George Whitfield Crabb D AL-03 September 3, 183801st term
Harvey Putnam W NY-29 November 7, 183801st term Left the House in 1839.
Cyrus Beers D NY-22 December 3, 183801st term Left the House in 1839.
Joshua R. Giddings W OH-16 December 3, 183801st term
Henry Swearingen D OH-19 December 3, 183801st term
Leverett Saltonstall I W MA-02 December 5, 183801st term

Delegates

RankDelegatePartyDistrictSeniority dateNo.# of term(s)Notes
1 George Wallace Jones D WI January 26, 1837
Previous service, 1835–1837. 		03rd term*
2 Charles Downing D FL March 4, 183701st term
William W. Chapman D IA September 10, 183801st term
James Duane Doty D WI January 14, 183901st term

See also

References

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

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