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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 38th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 38th Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865). 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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Rank | Representative | Party | District | Seniority date | No.# of term(s) | Notes |
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1 | Elihu B. Washburne | R | IL-03 | March 4, 1853 | 06th term | Dean of the House |
2 | Schuyler Colfax | R | IN-09 | March 4, 1855 | 05th term | Speaker of the House |
3 | Justin S. Morrill | R | VT-02 | March 4, 1855 | 05th term | |
4 | Samuel S. Cox | D | OH-07 | March 4, 1857 | 04th term | Left the House in 1865. |
5 | Henry L. Dawes | R | MA-10 | March 4, 1857 | 04th term | |
6 | Reuben Fenton | R | NY-31 | March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1853–1855. | 05th term* | Resigned on December 20, 1864. |
7 | Owen Lovejoy | R | IL-05 | March 4, 1857 | 04th term | Died on March 25, 1864. |
8 | George H. Pendleton | D | OH-01 | March 4, 1857 | 04th term | Left the House in 1865. |
9 | Daniel W. Gooch | R | MA-06 | January 31, 1858 | 04th term | |
10 | John B. Alley | R | MA-05 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | |
11 | James M. Ashley | R | OH-10 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | |
12 | Thomas D. Eliot | R | MA-01 | March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1854–1855. | 03rd term* | |
13 | Augustus Frank | R | NY-29 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1865. |
14 | James T. Hale | R | PA-18 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1865. |
15 | William S. Holman | D | IN-04 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1865. |
16 | Francis William Kellogg | R | MI-04 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1865. |
17 | Robert Mallory | UU | KY-05 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1865. |
18 | James K. Moorhead | R | PA-22 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | |
19 | John W. Noell | UU | MO-03 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | Died on March 14, 1863. |
20 | Alexander H. Rice | R | MA-03 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | |
21 | James C. Robinson | D | IL-11 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1865. |
22 | Thaddeus Stevens | R | PA-09 | March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1849–1853. | 05th term* | |
23 | Edwin H. Webster | UU | MD-02 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1865. |
24 | William Windom | R | MN-01 | March 4, 1859 | 03rd term | |
25 | Sydenham E. Ancona | D | PA-08 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
26 | Isaac N. Arnold | R | IL-01 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
27 | Joseph Bailey | D | PA-15 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
28 | Portus Baxter | R | VT-03 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
29 | Fernando C. Beaman | R | MI-01 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
30 | Francis Preston Blair, Jr. | R | MO-01 | March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1857–1859 and 1860. | 04th term** | Resigned on June 10, 1864. |
31 | William G. Brown, Sr. | UU | WV-02 | March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1845–1849. | 04th term* | Left the House in 1865. |
32 | Ambrose W. Clark | R | NY-20 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
33 | Erastus Corning | D | NY-14 | March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1857–1859. | 03rd term* | Resigned on October 5, 1863. |
34 | James A. Cravens | D | IN-02 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
35 | James E. English | D | CT-02 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
36 | Henry Grider | U | KY-03 | March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1843–1847. | 04th term* | |
37 | Aaron Harding | U | KY-04 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
38 | Philip Johnson | D | PA-11 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
39 | George W. Julian | D | IN-05 | March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1849–1851. | 03rd term* | |
40 | William D. Kelley | R | PA-04 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
41 | John Law | D | IN-01 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
42 | Jesse Lazear | D | PA-24 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
43 | James R. Morris | D | OH-15 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
44 | Warren P. Noble | D | OH-09 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
45 | John B. Steele | D | NY-13 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
46 | Moses F. Odell | D | NY-03 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
47 | Nehemiah Perry | D | NJ-05 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
48 | Frederick A. Pike | R | ME-05 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
49 | Theodore M. Pomeroy | R | NY-24 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
50 | John H. Rice | R | ME-04 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
51 | Edward H. Rollins | R | NH-02 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
52 | James S. Rollins | U | MO-09 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
53 | William G. Steele | D | NJ-03 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
54 | Francis Thomas | UU | MD-04 | March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1831–1841. | 07th term* | |
55 | Robert B. Van Valkenburgh | R | NY-27 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
56 | Daniel W. Voorhees | D | IN-07 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | |
57 | William H. Wadsworth | U | KY-09 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
58 | Elijah Ward | D | NY-06 | March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1857–1859. | 03rd term* | Left the House in 1865. |
59 | Chilton A. White | D | OH-06 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
60 | Benjamin Wood | D | NY-04 | March 4, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
61 | James F. Wilson | R | IA-01 | October 8, 1861 | 02nd term | |
62 | Samuel Hooper | R | MA-04 | December 2, 1861 | 02nd term | |
63 | Anthony L. Knapp | D | IL-10 | December 12, 1861 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
64 | William A. Hall | U | MO-08 | January 20, 1862 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
65 | William J. Allen | D | IL-13 | June 2, 1862 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
66 | John D. Stiles | D | PA-06 | June 3, 1862 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
67 | George H. Yeaman | U | KY-02 | December 1, 1862 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
68 | Walter D. McIndoe | R | WI-06 | January 26, 1863 | 02nd term | |
69 | James C. Allen | D | IL | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1853–1856 and 1856-1857. | 04th term** | Left the House in 1865. |
70 | William B. Allison | R | IA-03 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
71 | Oakes Ames | R | MA-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
72 | Lucien Anderson | UU | KY-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
73 | Augustus C. Baldwin | D | MI-05 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
74 | John D. Baldwin | R | MA-08 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
75 | James G. Blaine | R | ME-03 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
76 | George Bliss | D | OH-14 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1853–1855. | 02nd term* | Left the House in 1865. |
77 | Henry T. Blow | UU | MO-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
78 | George S. Boutwell | D | MA-07 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
79 | Sempronius H. Boyd | UU | MO-04 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
80 | Augustus Brandegee | R | CT-03 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
81 | James Brooks | D | NY-08 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1849–1853. | 03rd term* | |
82 | John Martin Broomall | R | PA-07 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
83 | James S. Brown | D | WI-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
84 | John W. Chanler | D | NY-07 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
85 | Freeman Clarke | R | NY-28 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
86 | Brutus J. Clay | U | KY-07 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
87 | John Creswell | UU | MD-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
88 | Amasa Cobb | R | WI-03 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
89 | Alexander Hamilton Coffroth | R | PA-16 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
90 | Cornelius Cole | R | CA | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
91 | John L. Dawson | D | PA-21 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1851–1855. | 03rd term* | |
92 | Henry W. Davis | UU | MD-03 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1855–1861. | 04th term* | Left the House in 1865. |
93 | Thomas T. Davis | R | NY-23 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
94 | Henry C. Deming | R | CT-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
95 | Charles Denison | D | PA-12 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
96 | Nathan F. Dixon II | R | RI-02 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1849–1851. | 02nd term* | |
97 | Ignatius L. Donnelly | R | MN-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
98 | John F. Driggs | R | MI-06 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
99 | Ebenezer Dumont | R | IN-06 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
100 | Josiah B. Grinnell | R | IA-04 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
101 | John R. Eden | D | IL-07 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
102 | Joseph K. Edgerton | D | IN-10 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
103 | Charles A. Eldredge | D | WI-04 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
104 | John F. Farnsworth | R | IL-02 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1857–1861. | 03rd term* | |
105 | William E. Finck | D | OH-12 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
106 | John Ganson | D | NY-30 | March 4, 1863 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1865. |
107 | James A. Garfield | R | OH-19 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
108 | John A. Griswold | D | NY-15 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
100 | Ephraim R. Eckley | R | OH-17 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
109 | Benjamin Gwinn Harris | D | MD-05 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
110 | Charles M. Harris | D | IL-04 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
111 | Henry W. Harrington | D | IN-03 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
112 | Anson Herrick | D | NY-09 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
113 | William Higby | R | CA | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
114 | Giles W. Hotchkiss | R | NY-26 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
115 | Asahel W. Hubbard | R | IA-06 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
116 | John H. Hubbard | R | CT-04 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
117 | Calvin T. Hulburd | R | NY-17 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
118 | Wells A. Hutchins | R | OH-11 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
119 | Thomas Jenckes | R | RI-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
120 | William Johnston | D | OH-08 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
121 | John A. Kasson | R | IA-05 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
122 | Martin Kalbfleisch | D | NY-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
123 | Orlando Kellogg | R | NY-16 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1847–1849. | 02nd term* | |
124 | Francis Kernan | D | NY-21 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
125 | Austin A. King | U | MO-06 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
126 | Francis Celeste Le Blond | D | OH-05 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
127 | DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn | R | NY-22 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
128 | Benjamin F. Loan | UU | MO-07 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
129 | Alexander Long | D | OH-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
130 | John W. Longyear | R | MI-03 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
131 | Daniel Marcy | D | NH-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
132 | James M. Marvin | R | NY-18 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
133 | Archibald McAllister | D | PA-17 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
134 | John R. McBride | R | OR | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
135 | Joseph W. McClurg | UU | MO-05 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
136 | James F. McDowell | D | IN-11 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
137 | John F. McKinney | D | OH-04 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
138 | George Middleton | D | NJ-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
139 | William H. Miller | D | PA-14 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
140 | Samuel F. Miller | R | NY-19 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
141 | Daniel Morris | R | NY-25 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
142 | William R. Morrison | D | IL-12 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
143 | Amos Myers | R | PA-20 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
144 | Leonard Myers | R | PA-03 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
145 | Homer A. Nelson | D | NY-12 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
146 | Jesse O. Norton | R | IL-06 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1853–1857. | 03rd term* | Left the House in 1865. |
147 | Charles O'Neill | R | PA-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
148 | John O'Neill | D | OH-13 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
149 | Godlove Stein Orth | D | IN-08 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
150 | James W. Patterson | R | NH-03 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
151 | Sidney Perham | R | ME-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
152 | Hiram Price | R | IA-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
153 | William Radford | D | NY-10 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
154 | Samuel J. Randall | D | PA-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
155 | William H. Randall | UU | KY-08 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
156 | Andrew J. Rogers | D | NJ-04 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
157 | Lewis W. Ross | D | IL-09 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
158 | Robert C. Schenck | D | OH-03 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1843–1851. | 05th term* | |
159 | Glenni W. Scofield | R | PA-19 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
160 | Thomas B. Shannon | R | CA | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
161 | Ithamar Sloan | R | WI-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
162 | Green C. Smith | UU | KY-06 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
163 | Rufus P. Spalding | R | OH-18 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
164 | John F. Starr | R | NJ-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
165 | Henry G. Stebbins | D | NY-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Resigned on October 24, 1864. |
166 | Myer Strouse | D | PA-10 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
167 | John T. Stuart | D | IL-08 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1839–1843. | 03rd term* | Left the House in 1865. |
168 | Lorenzo De Medici Sweat | D | ME-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
169 | William Temple | D | DE | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Died on May 28, 1863. |
170 | Martin R. Thayer | R | PA-05 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
171 | Henry W. Tracy | R | PA-13 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
172 | Charles Upson | R | MI-02 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
173 | William B. Washburn | R | MA-09 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
174 | Ezra Wheeler | D | WI-05 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
175 | Joseph W. White | D | OH-16 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
176 | Abel C. Wilder | R | KS | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. |
177 | Thomas Williams | R | PA-23 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
178 | Charles H. Winfield | D | NY-11 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
179 | Fernando Wood | D | NY-05 | March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1841–1843. | 02nd term* | Left the House in 1865. |
180 | Frederick E. Woodbridge | R | VT-01 | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
John V. L. Pruyn | D | NY-14 | December 7, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. | |
John G. Scott | D | MO-03 | December 7, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. | |
Nathaniel B. Smithers | UU | DE | December 7, 1863 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. | |
Kellian Whaley | UU | WV-03 | December 7, 1863 | 01st term | ||
Jacob B. Blair | UU | WV-01 | December 17, 1863 Previous service, 1861–1863. | 02nd term* | Left the House in 1865. | |
Ebon C. Ingersoll | R | IL-05 | May 20, 1864 | 01st term | ||
Samuel Knox | UU | MO-01 | June 10, 1864 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. | |
Henry G. Worthington | R | NV | October 31, 1864 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. | |
Dwight Townsend | D | NY-01 | December 5, 1864 | 01st term | Left the House in 1865. | |
Rank | Delegate | Party | District | Seniority date | No.# of term(s) | Notes |
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1 | Samuel Gordon Daily | R | NE | May 18, 1860 | 03rd term | |
2 | Hiram Pitt Bennet | R | CO | August 19, 1861 | 02nd term | |
3 | George Edward Cole | D | WA | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
4 | William Jayne | DAK | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | ||
5 | John F. Kinney | D | UT | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
6 | Gordon Newell Mott | R | NV | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
7 | Francisco Perea | R | NM | March 4, 1863 | 01st term | |
William H. Wallace | R | ID | February 1, 1864 | 01st term | ||
John Blair Smith Todd | D | DAK | June 17, 1864 Previous service, 1861–1863. | 02nd term* | ||
Charles Debrille Poston | R | AZ | December 5, 1864 | 01st term | ||
Samuel McLean | D | MT | January 6, 1865 | 01st term | ||
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