This is a complete list of United States representatives during the 81st United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 81st Congress (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951). Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other congresses 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 representative.
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.
| Rank | Representative | Party | District | Seniority date (Previous service, if any) | No.# of term(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adolph J. Sabath | D | IL-07 | March 4, 1907 | 22nd term | Dean of the House |
| 2 | Robert L. Doughton | D | NC-09 | March 4, 1911 | 20th term | |
| 3 | Sam Rayburn | D | TX-04 | March 4, 1913 | 19th term | Speaker of the House |
| 4 | Carl Vinson | D | GA-06 | November 3, 1914 | 19th term | |
| 5 | S. Otis Bland | D | VA-01 | July 2, 1918 | 17th term | Died on February 16, 1950. |
| 6 | Daniel A. Reed | R | NY-45 | March 4, 1919 | 16th term | |
| 7 | John E. Rankin | D | MS-01 | March 4, 1921 | 15th term | |
| 8 | Roy O. Woodruff | R | MI-10 | March 4, 1921 Previous service, 1913–1915. | 16th term* | |
| 9 | Sol Bloom | D | NY-20 | March 4, 1923 | 14th term | Died on March 7, 1949. |
| 10 | Clarence Cannon | D | MO-09 | March 4, 1923 | 14th term | |
| 11 | Emanuel Celler | D | NY-15 | March 4, 1923 | 14th term | |
| 12 | Robert Crosser | D | OH-21 | March 4, 1923 Previous service, 1913–1919. | 17th term* | |
| 13 | John Taber | R | NY-38 | March 4, 1923 | 14th term | |
| 14 | John H. Kerr | D | NC-02 | November 6, 1923 | 14th term | |
| 15 | Edward E. Cox | D | GA-02 | March 4, 1925 | 13th term | |
| 16 | Charles Aubrey Eaton | R | NJ-05 | March 4, 1925 | 13th term | |
| 17 | Thomas A. Jenkins | R | OH-10 | March 4, 1925 | 13th term | |
| 18 | Joseph William Martin Jr. | R | MA-14 | March 4, 1925 | 13th term | |
| 19 | Mary Teresa Norton | D | NJ-13 | March 4, 1925 | 13th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 20 | Andrew Lawrence Somers | D | NY-10 | March 4, 1925 | 13th term | Died on April 6, 1949. |
| 21 | William Madison Whittington | D | MS-03 | March 4, 1925 | 13th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 22 | Edith Nourse Rogers | R | MA-05 | June 30, 1925 | 13th term | |
| 23 | Richard J. Welch | R | CA-05 | August 31, 1926 | 13th term | Died on September 10, 1949. |
| 24 | Clifford R. Hope | R | KS-05 | March 4, 1927 | 12th term | |
| 25 | Charles A. Wolverton | R | NJ-01 | March 4, 1927 | 12th term | |
| 26 | John William McCormack | D | MA-12 | November 6, 1928 | 12th term | |
| 27 | Richard B. Wigglesworth | R | MA-13 | November 6, 1928 | 12th term | |
| 28 | Jere Cooper | D | TN-09 | March 4, 1929 | 11th term | |
| 29 | Wright Patman | D | TX-01 | March 4, 1929 | 11th term | |
| 30 | Alfred L. Bulwinkle | D | NC-11 | March 4, 1931 Previous service, 1921–1929. | 14th term* | Died on August 31, 1950. |
| 31 | Howard W. Smith | D | VA-08 | March 4, 1931 | 10th term | |
| 32 | Brent Spence | D | KY-05 | March 4, 1931 | 10th term | |
| 33 | Jesse P. Wolcott | R | MI-07 | March 4, 1931 | 10th term | |
| 34 | Leo E. Allen | R | IL-16 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | |
| 35 | William M. Colmer | D | MS-06 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | |
| 36 | John D. Dingell Sr. | D | MI-15 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | |
| 37 | George Anthony Dondero | R | MI-17 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | |
| 38 | John Kee | D | WV-05 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | |
| 39 | John Lesinski Sr. | D | MI-16 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | Died on May 27, 1950. |
| 40 | J. Hardin Peterson | D | FL-01 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 41 | James P. Richards | D | SC-05 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | |
| 42 | James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. | R | NY-41 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 43 | Francis E. Walter | D | PA-20 | March 4, 1933 | 9th term | |
| 44 | Paul Brown | D | GA-10 | July 5, 1933 | 9th term | |
| 45 | Charles Albert Plumley | R | VT | January 16, 1934 | 9th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 46 | Harold D. Cooley | D | NC-04 | July 7, 1934 | 9th term | |
| 47 | August H. Andresen | R | MN-01 | January 3, 1935 Previous service, 1925–1933. | 12th term* | |
| 48 | Leslie C. Arends | R | IL-17 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 49 | Graham A. Barden | D | NC-03 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 50 | Charles A. Buckley | D | NY-25 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 51 | W. Sterling Cole | R | NY-39 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 52 | Fred L. Crawford | R | MI-08 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 53 | Albert J. Engel | D | MI-09 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 54 | Edward J. Hart | D | NJ-14 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 55 | Sam Hobbs | D | AL-04 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 56 | Clare Hoffman | R | MI-04 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 57 | Merlin Hull | R | WI-09 | January 3, 1935 Previous service, 1929–1931. | 9th term* | |
| 58 | George H. Mahon | D | TX-19 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 59 | Earl C. Michener | R | MI-02 | January 3, 1935 Previous service, 1919–1933. | 15th term* | Left the House in 1951. |
| 60 | Joseph L. Pfeifer | D | NY-08 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 61 | Chauncey W. Reed | R | IL-14 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 62 | Dewey Jackson Short | R | MO-07 | January 3, 1935 Previous service, 1929–1931. | 9th term* | |
| 63 | Karl Stefan | R | NE-03 | January 3, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 64 | Charles A. Halleck | R | IN-02 | January 29, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 65 | Frank W. Boykin | D | AL-01 | July 30, 1935 | 8th term | |
| 66 | A. Leonard Allen | D | LA-08 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 67 | George J. Bates | R | MA-06 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | Died on November 1, 1949. |
| 68 | Overton Brooks | D | LA-04 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 69 | William T. Byrne | D | NY-32 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 70 | Francis Case | R | SD-02 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 71 | Herman P. Eberharter | D | PA-32 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 72 | Noble Jones Gregory | D | KY-01 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 73 | Eugene James Keogh | D | NY-09 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 74 | Michael J. Kirwan | D | OH-19 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 75 | Noah M. Mason | R | IL-15 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 76 | John R. Murdock | D | AZ-01 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 77 | Donald Lawrence O'Toole | D | NY-13 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 78 | Stephen Pace | D | GA-03 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 79 | William R. Poage | D | TX-11 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 80 | Edward Herbert Rees | R | KS-04 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 81 | Paul W. Shafer | R | MI-03 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 82 | Harry R. Sheppard | D | CA-21 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 83 | Albert Thomas | D | TX-08 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 84 | J. Parnell Thomas | R | NJ-07 | January 3, 1937 | 7th term | Resigned on January 2, 1950. |
| 85 | Richard M. Simpson | R | PA-17 | May 11, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 86 | Ralph A. Gamble | R | NY-28 | November 2, 1937 | 7th term | |
| 87 | Joe B. Bates | D | KY-08 | June 4, 1938 | 7th term | |
| 88 | George M. Grant | D | AL-02 | June 14, 1938 | 7th term | |
| 89 | Herman Carl Andersen | R | MN-07 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 90 | Jack Z. Anderson | R | CA-08 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 91 | Homer D. Angell | R | OR-03 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 92 | Lindley Beckworth | D | TX-03 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 93 | William W. Blackney | R | MI-06 | January 3, 1939 Previous service, 1935–1937. | 7th term* | |
| 94 | Clarence J. Brown | R | OH-07 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 95 | Joseph R. Bryson | D | SC-04 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 96 | Robert B. Chiperfield | R | IL-19 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 97 | Cliff Clevenger | R | OH-05 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 98 | Carl Curtis | R | NE-01 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 99 | Carl T. Durham | D | NC-06 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 100 | Charles H. Elston | R | OH-01 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 101 | Ivor D. Fenton | R | PA-12 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 102 | Ezekiel C. Gathings | D | AR-01 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 103 | Ed Gossett | D | TX-13 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 104 | Louis E. Graham | R | PA-25 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 105 | Leonard W. Hall | R | NY-02 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 106 | John Carl Hinshaw | R | CA-20 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 107 | Ben F. Jensen | R | IA-07 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 108 | Robert Kean | R | NJ-12 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 109 | Frank Bateman Keefe | R | WI-06 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 110 | Paul J. Kilday | D | TX-20 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 111 | John C. Kunkel | R | PA-18 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 112 | Karl M. LeCompte | R | IA-04 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 113 | Vito Marcantonio | ALP | NY-18 | January 3, 1939 Previous service, 1935–1937. | 7th term* | Left the House in 1951. |
| 114 | Thomas E. Martin | R | IA-01 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 115 | John L. McMillan | D | SC-06 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 116 | Wilbur Mills | D | AR-02 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 117 | Mike Monroney | D | OK-05 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 118 | Reid F. Murray | R | WI-07 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 119 | William F. Norrell | D | AR-06 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 120 | Frederick Cleveland Smith | R | OH-08 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 121 | Henry O. Talle | R | IA-02 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 122 | John Martin Vorys | R | OH-12 | January 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 123 | Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer | D | MD-05 | February 3, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 124 | Albert Sidney Camp | D | GA-04 | August 1, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 125 | Edwin Arthur Hall | R | NY-37 | November 7, 1939 | 6th term | |
| 126 | John Jennings | R | TN-02 | December 30, 1939 | 6th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 127 | Clarence E. Kilburn | R | NY-34 | February 13, 1940 | 6th term | |
| 128 | Clifford Davis | D | TN-10 | February 14, 1940 | 6th term | |
| 129 | Walter A. Lynch | D | NY-23 | February 20, 1940 | 6th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 130 | Frances P. Bolton | R | OH-22 | February 27, 1940 | 6th term | |
| 131 | J. Harry McGregor | R | OH-17 | February 27, 1940 | 6th term | |
| 132 | Herbert Covington Bonner | D | NC-01 | November 5, 1940 | 6th term | |
| 133 | C. W. Bishop | R | IL-26 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 134 | Gordon Canfield | R | NJ-08 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 135 | Paul Cunningham | R | IA-05 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 136 | Frank Fellows | R | ME-03 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 137 | Aime Forand | D | RI-01 | January 3, 1941 Previous service, 1937–1939. | 6th term* | |
| 138 | Walter K. Granger | D | UT-01 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 139 | Oren Harris | D | AR-07 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 140 | Felix Edward Hébert | D | LA-01 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 141 | James J. Heffernan | D | NY-11 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 142 | William S. Hill | R | CO-02 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 143 | Augustine B. Kelley | D | PA-27 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 144 | Henry M. Jackson | D | WA-02 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 145 | Joseph O'Hara | R | MN-02 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 146 | Percy Priest | D | TN-06 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 147 | L. Mendel Rivers | D | SC-01 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 148 | Earl Wilson | R | IN-09 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 149 | Eugene Worley | D | TX-18 | January 3, 1941 | 5th term | Resigned on April 3, 1950. |
| 150 | Lawrence H. Smith | R | WI-01 | August 29, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 151 | Wilson D. Gillette | R | PA-14 | November 4, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 152 | Jamie Whitten | D | MS-02 | November 4, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 153 | Thomas J. Lane | D | MA-07 | December 30, 1941 | 5th term | |
| 154 | Cecil R. King | D | CA-17 | August 25, 1942 | 5th term | |
| 155 | Thomas Abernethy | D | MS-04 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 156 | James C. Auchincloss | R | NJ-03 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 157 | Frank A. Barrett | R | WY | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | Resigned on December 31, 1950. |
| 158 | James Glenn Beall | R | MD-06 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 159 | Walter E. Brehm | R | OH-11 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 160 | Ralph E. Church | R | IL-13 | January 3, 1943 Previous service, 1935–1941. | 7th term* | Died on March 21, 1950. |
| 161 | William L. Dawson | D | IL-01 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 162 | Harris Ellsworth | R | OR-04 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 163 | Michael A. Feighan | D | OH-20 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 164 | Antonio M. Fernández | D | NM | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 165 | O. C. Fisher | D | TX-21 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 166 | Leon H. Gavin | R | PA-19 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 167 | Angier Goodwin | R | MA-08 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 168 | Thomas S. Gordon | D | IL-08 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 169 | Martin Gorski | D | IL-05 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | Died on December 4, 1949. |
| 170 | Harold Hagen | R | MN-09 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 171 | Robert Hale | R | ME-01 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 172 | Brooks Hays | D | AR-05 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 173 | Christian Herter | R | MA-10 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 174 | Charles B. Hoeven | R | IA-08 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 175 | Chester E. Holifield | D | CA-19 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 176 | Hal Holmes | R | WA-04 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 177 | Walt Horan | R | WA-05 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 178 | Justin L. Johnson | R | CA-03 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 179 | Walter Judd | R | MN-05 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 180 | Henry D. Larcade Jr. | D | LA-07 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 181 | William Lemke | R | ND | January 3, 1943 Previous service, 1933–1941. | 8th term* | Died on May 30, 1950. |
| 182 | Jay Le Fevre | R | NY-30 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 183 | Bernard W. Kearney | R | NY-31 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 184 | Ray Madden | D | IN-01 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 185 | Mike Mansfield | D | MT-01 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 186 | Chester Earl Merrow | R | NH-01 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 187 | Arthur L. Miller | R | NE-04 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 188 | James H. Morrison | D | LA-06 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 189 | Tom J. Murray | D | TN-08 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 190 | Thomas J. O'Brien | D | IL-06 | January 3, 1943 Previous service, 1933–1939. | 7th term* | |
| 191 | Alvin O'Konski | R | WI-10 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 192 | Philip J. Philbin | D | MA-03 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 193 | John J. Phillips | R | CA-22 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 194 | George G. Sadowski | D | MI-01 | January 3, 1943 Previous service, 1933–1939. | 7th term* | Left the House in 1951. |
| 195 | Sid Simpson | R | IL-20 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 196 | Lowell Stockman | R | OR-02 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 197 | Dean P. Taylor | R | NY-33 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 198 | Harry Lancaster Towe | R | NJ-09 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 199 | Charles W. Vursell | R | IL-24 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 200 | Alvin F. Weichel | R | OH-13 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 201 | W. Arthur Winstead | D | MS-05 | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 202 | Clair Engle | D | CA-02 | August 31, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 203 | Errett P. Scrivner | R | KS-02 | September 14, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 204 | Samuel K. McConnell Jr. | R | PA-16 | January 18, 1944 | 4th term | |
| 205 | George W. Andrews | D | AL-03 | March 14, 1944 | 4th term | |
| 206 | William G. Stigler | D | OK-02 | March 28, 1944 | 4th term | |
| 207 | John J. Rooney | D | NY-12 | June 6, 1944 | 4th term | |
| 208 | Rolla C. McMillen | R | IL-22 | June 13, 1944 | 4th term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 209 | John W. Byrnes | R | WI-08 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 210 | Clifford P. Case | R | NJ-06 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 211 | Frank Chelf | D | KY-04 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 212 | Albert M. Cole | R | KS-01 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 213 | Jesse M. Combs | D | TX-02 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 214 | Robert J. Corbett | R | PA-30 | January 3, 1945 Previous service, 1939–1941. | 4th term* | |
| 215 | James I. Dolliver | R | IA-06 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 216 | Helen Gahagan Douglas | D | CA-14 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 217 | George Hyde Fallon | D | MD-04 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 218 | James G. Fulton | R | PA-31 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 219 | Albert A. Gore Sr. | D | TN-04 | January 3, 1945 Previous service, 1939–1944. | 6th term* | |
| 220 | Ralph W. Gwinn | R | NY-27 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 221 | T. Millet Hand | R | NJ-02 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 222 | Franck R. Havenner | P | CA-04 | January 3, 1945 Previous service, 1937–1941. | 5th term* | |
| 223 | E. H. Hedrick | D | WV-06 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 224 | John W. Heselton | R | MA-01 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 225 | Walter B. Huber | D | OH-14 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 226 | Henry J. Latham | R | NY-03 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 227 | John E. Lyle Jr. | D | TX-14 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 228 | Gordon L. McDonough | R | CA-15 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 229 | George Paul Miller | D | CA-06 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 230 | Thomas E. Morgan | D | PA-24 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 231 | Tom Pickett | D | TX-07 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 232 | Charles Melvin Price | D | IL-25 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 233 | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | D | NY-22 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 234 | Albert Rains | D | AL-05 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 235 | Robert F. Rich | R | PA-15 | January 3, 1945 Previous service, 1930–1943. | 10th term* | Left the House in 1951. |
| 236 | Dwight L. Rogers | D | FL-06 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 237 | Bob Sikes | D | FL-03 | January 3, 1945 Previous service, 1941–1944. | 5th term* | |
| 238 | James William Trimble | D | AR-03 | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 239 | John Stephens Wood | D | GA-09 | January 3, 1945 Previous service, 1931–1935. | 5th term* | |
| 240 | John E. Fogarty | D | RI-02 | February 7, 1945 Previous service, 1941–1944. | 5th term* | |
| 241 | J. Vaughan Gary | D | VA-03 | March 6, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 242 | Wesley A. D'Ewart | R | MT-02 | June 5, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 243 | A. Walter Norblad | R | OR-01 | January 18, 1946 | 3rd term | |
| 244 | Arthur G. Klein | D | NY-19 | February 19, 1946 Previous service, 1941–1945. | 5th term* | |
| 245 | Frank Buchanan | D | PA-33 | May 21, 1946 | 3rd term | |
| 246 | Olin E. Teague | D | TX-06 | August 24, 1946 | 3rd term | |
| 247 | Burr Harrison | D | VA-07 | November 5, 1946 | 3rd term | |
| 248 | Thomas B. Stanley | D | VA-05 | November 5, 1946 | 3rd term | |
| 249 | Carl Albert | D | OK-03 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 250 | John J. Allen Jr. | R | CA-07 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 251 | Laurie C. Battle | D | AL-09 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 252 | John B. Bennett | R | MI-12 | January 3, 1947 Previous service, 1943–1945. | 3rd term* | |
| 253 | John Blatnik | D | MN-08 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 254 | Hale Boggs | D | LA-02 | January 3, 1947 Previous service, 1941–1943. | 3rd term* | |
| 255 | J. Caleb Boggs | R | DE | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 256 | Ernest K. Bramblett | R | CA-11 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 257 | Omar Burleson | D | TX-17 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 258 | John A. Carroll | D | CO-01 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 259 | Norris Cotton | R | NH-02 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 260 | Frederic René Coudert Jr. | R | NY-17 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 261 | Paul B. Dague | R | PA-09 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 262 | James C. Davis | D | GA-05 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 263 | Charles B. Deane | D | NC-08 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 264 | Harold Donohue | D | MA-04 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 265 | Joe L. Evins | D | TN-05 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 266 | Katharine St. George | R | NY-29 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 267 | Porter Hardy Jr. | D | VA-02 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 268 | Donald L. Jackson | R | CA-16 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 269 | Jacob K. Javits | R | NY-21 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 270 | Edward H. Jenison | R | IL-23 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 271 | Hamilton C. Jones | D | NC-10 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 272 | Frank M. Karsten | D | MO-13 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 273 | Carroll D. Kearns | R | PA-28 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 274 | Kenneth Keating | R | NY-40 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 275 | John F. Kennedy | D | MA-11 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 276 | Henderson Lovelace Lanham | D | GA-07 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 277 | John Davis Lodge | R | CT-04 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 278 | Wingate H. Lucas | D | TX-12 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 279 | W. Kingsland Macy | R | NY-01 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 280 | Edward Tylor Miller | R | MD-01 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 281 | Herbert Alton Meyer | R | KS-03 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | Died on October 2, 1950. |
| 282 | Toby Morris | D | OK-06 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 283 | Thurston Ballard Morton | R | KY-03 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 284 | Richard Nixon | R | CA-12 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | Resigned on November 30, 1950. |
| 285 | Otto Passman | D | LA-05 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 286 | James T. Patterson | R | CT-05 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 287 | Dayton E. Phillips | R | TN-01 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 288 | Prince Hulon Preston Jr. | D | GA-01 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 289 | Norris Poulson | R | CA-13 | January 3, 1947 Previous service, 1943–1945. | 3rd term* | |
| 290 | Monroe Minor Redden | D | NC-12 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 291 | R. Walter Riehlman | R | NY-36 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 292 | Antoni Sadlak | R | CT | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 293 | John C. Sanborn | R | ID-02 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 294 | Hardie Scott | R | PA-03 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 295 | Hugh Scott | R | PA-06 | January 3, 1947 Previous service, 1941–1945. | 4th term* | |
| 296 | George Smathers | D | FL-04 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 297 | Wint Smith | R | KS-06 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 298 | Thor C. Tollefson | R | WA-06 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 299 | William M. Wheeler | D | GA-08 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 300 | John Bell Williams | D | MS-07 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 301 | Joseph Franklin Wilson | D | TX-05 | January 3, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 302 | James E. Van Zandt | R | PA-22 | January 3, 1947 Previous service, 1939–1943. | 5th term* | |
| 303 | Robert E. Jones Jr. | D | AL-08 | January 28, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 304 | Glenn Robert Davis | R | WI-02 | April 22, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 305 | Russell V. Mack | R | WA-03 | July 7, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 306 | Edward Garmatz | D | MD-03 | July 15, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 307 | Kenneth M. Regan | D | TX-16 | August 23, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 308 | Clark W. Thompson | D | TX-09 | August 23, 1947 Previous service, 1933–1935. | 3rd term* | |
| 309 | Charles E. Potter | R | MI-11 | August 26, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 310 | Franklin H. Lichtenwalter | R | PA-08 | September 9, 1947 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 311 | Ralph Harvey | R | IN-10 | November 4, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 312 | William Moore McCulloch | R | OH-04 | November 4, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 313 | Abraham J. Multer | D | NY-14 | November 4, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 314 | Donald W. Nicholson | R | MA-09 | November 18, 1947 | 2nd term | |
| 315 | Watkins Moorman Abbitt | D | VA-04 | February 17, 1948 | 2nd term | |
| 316 | John A. Whitaker | D | KY-02 | April 17, 1948 | 2nd term | |
| 317 | Clarence G. Burton | D | VA-06 | November 2, 1948 | 2nd term | |
| 318 | Paul C. Jones | D | MO-10 | November 2, 1948 | 2nd term | |
| 319 | Lloyd Bentsen | D | TX-15 | December 4, 1948 | 2nd term | |
| 320 | Hugh Joseph Addonizio | D | NJ-11 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 321 | Wayne N. Aspinall | D | CO-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 322 | Cleveland M. Bailey | D | WV-03 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | |
| 323 | Walter S. Baring Jr. | D | NV | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 324 | William A. Barrett | D | PA-01 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | |
| 325 | Charles Edward Bennett | D | FL-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 326 | Andrew Biemiller | D | WI-05 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | Left the House in 1951. |
| 327 | Richard Walker Bolling | D | MO-05 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 328 | William P. Bolton | D | MD-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 329 | Reva Beck Bosone | D | UT-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 330 | Edward G. Breen | D | OH-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 331 | James V. Buckley | D | IL-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 332 | Usher L. Burdick | R | ND | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1935–1945. | 6th term* | |
| 333 | Thomas H. Burke | D | OH-09 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 334 | Maurice G. Burnside | D | WV-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 335 | Frank E. Carlyle | D | NC-07 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 336 | A. S. J. Carnahan | D | MO-08 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | |
| 337 | Anthony Cavalcante | D | PA-23 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 338 | Richard Thurmond Chatham | D | NC-05 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 339 | Chester A. Chesney | D | IL-11 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 340 | George H. Christopher | D | MO-06 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 341 | Earl Chudoff | D | PA-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 342 | L. Gary Clemente | D | NY-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 343 | Thurman C. Crook | D | IN-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 344 | Robert L. Coffey | D | PA-26 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Died on April 20, 1949. |
| 345 | Harry J. Davenport | D | PA-29 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 346 | John C. Davies II | D | NY-35 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 347 | Edward deGraffenried | D | AL-06 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 348 | James J. Delaney | D | NY-06 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | |
| 349 | Winfield K. Denton | D | IN-08 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 350 | Isidore Dollinger | D | NY-24 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 351 | Clyde Doyle | D | CA-18 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | |
| 352 | Carl Elliott | D | AL-07 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 353 | Daniel J. Flood | D | PA-11 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | |
| 354 | Gerald Ford | R | MI-05 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 355 | James B. Frazier Jr. | D | TN-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 356 | Thomas B. Fugate | D | VA-09 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 357 | Foster Furcolo | D | MA-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 358 | Dixie Gilmer | D | OK-01 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 359 | James S. Golden | R | KY-09 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 360 | Chester C. Gorski | D | NY-44 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 361 | William T. Granahan | D | PA-02 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | |
| 362 | William J. Green Jr. | D | PA-05 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | |
| 363 | H. R. Gross | R | IA-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 364 | Cecil M. Harden | R | IN-06 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 365 | James Butler Hare | D | SC-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 366 | Wayne Hays | D | OH-18 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 367 | Syd Herlong | D | FL-05 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 368 | Richard W. Hoffman | R | IL-10 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 369 | Charles R. Howell | D | NJ-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 370 | Leonard Irving | D | MO-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 371 | Andrew Jacobs | D | IN-11 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 372 | Benjamin F. James | R | PA-07 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 373 | Edgar A. Jonas | R | IL-12 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 374 | Raymond W. Karst | D | MO-12 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 375 | Edward H. Kruse | D | IN-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 376 | James F. Lind | D | PA-21 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 377 | Neil J. Linehan | D | IL-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 378 | Harold Lovre | R | SD-01 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 379 | Peter F. Mack Jr. | D | IL-21 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 380 | Clare Magee | D | MO-01 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 381 | John H. Marsalis | D | CO-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 382 | Fred Marshall | D | MN-06 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 383 | Eugene McCarthy | D | MN-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 384 | Christopher C. McGrath | D | NY-26 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 385 | Clinton D. McKinnon | D | CA-23 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 386 | John A. McGuire | D | CT-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 387 | John McSweeney | D | OH-16 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1923–1929 and 1937–1939. | 5th term** | Left the House in 1951. |
| 388 | John E. Miles | D | NM | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 389 | Hugh Mitchell | D | WA-01 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 390 | Morgan M. Moulder | D | MO-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 391 | James J. Murphy | D | NY-16 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 392 | Charles P. Nelson | R | ME-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 393 | James Ellsworth Noland | D | IN-07 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 394 | George D. O'Brien | D | MI-13 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1937–1939 and 1941–1947. | 5th term** | |
| 395 | Barratt O'Hara | D | IL-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 396 | Harry P. O'Neill | D | PA-10 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 397 | Eugene D. O'Sullivan | D | NE-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 398 | Harold Patten | D | AZ-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 399 | Carl D. Perkins | D | KY-07 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 400 | William L. Pfeiffer | R | NY-42 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 401 | James G. Polk | D | OH-06 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1931–1941. | 6th term* | |
| 402 | T. Vincent Quinn | D | NY-05 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 403 | Louis C. Rabaut | D | MI-14 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1935–1947. | 7th term* | |
| 404 | Robert L. Ramsay | D | WV-01 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1933–1939 and 1941–1943. | 5th term** | |
| 405 | George M. Rhodes | D | PA-13 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 406 | Abraham A. Ribicoff | D | CT-01 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 407 | Peter W. Rodino | D | NJ-10 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 408 | Hubert B. Scudder | R | CA-01 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 409 | Robert T. Secrest | D | OH-15 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1933–1942. | 6th term* | |
| 410 | Hugo S. Sims Jr. | D | SC-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 411 | Harley Orrin Staggers | D | WV-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 412 | Tom Steed | D | OK-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 413 | John B. Sullivan | D | MO-11 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1941–1943 and 1945–1947. | 3rd term** | |
| 414 | James Patrick Sutton | D | TN-07 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 415 | Boyd Anderson Tackett | D | AR-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 416 | Anthony F. Tauriello | D | NY-43 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 417 | Homer Thornberry | D | TX-10 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 418 | Thomas R. Underwood | D | KY-06 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 419 | Harold H. Velde | R | IL-18 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 420 | Earl T. Wagner | D | OH-02 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 421 | John R. Walsh | D | IN-05 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 422 | Phil J. Welch | D | MO-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 423 | Thomas H. Werdel | R | CA-10 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 424 | Cecil F. White | D | CA-09 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 425 | Compton I. White | D | ID-01 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1933–1947. | 8th term* | Left the House in 1951. |
| 426 | Victor Wickersham | D | OK-07 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1941–1947. | 4th term* | |
| 427 | Roy Wier | D | MN-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 428 | Edwin E. Willis | D | LA-03 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 429 | George H. Wilson | D | OK-08 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. |
| 430 | Gardner R. Withrow | R | WI-03 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1931–1939. | 5th term* | |
| 431 | Chase G. Woodhouse | D | CT-02 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 2nd term* | Left the House in 1951. |
| 432 | Sidney R. Yates | D | IL-09 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| 433 | Stephen M. Young | D | OH | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1933–1937 and 1941–1943. | 4th term** | Left the House in 1951. |
| 434 | Clement J. Zablocki | D | WI-04 | January 3, 1949 | 1st term | |
| Louis B. Heller | D | NY-07 | February 15, 1949 | 1st term | ||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. | D | NY-20 | May 17, 1949 | 1st term | ||
| John P. Saylor | R | PA-26 | September 13, 1949 | 1st term | ||
| Edna F. Kelly | D | NY-10 | November 8, 1949 | 1st term | ||
| John F. Shelley | D | CA-05 | November 8, 1949 | 1st term | ||
| William B. Widnall | R | NJ-07 | February 6, 1950 | 1st term | ||
| William H. Bates | R | MA-06 | February 14, 1950 | 1st term | ||
| Edward J. Robeson Jr. | D | VA-01 | May 2, 1950 | 1st term | ||
| Ben H. Guill | R | TX-18 | May 6, 1950 | 1st term | Left the House in 1951. | |
| Myron V. George | R | KS-03 | November 7, 1950 | 1st term | ||
| Woodrow W. Jones | D | NC-11 | November 7, 1950 | 1st term | ||
| Rank | Delegate | Party | District | Seniority date (Previous service, if any) | No.# of term(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Rider Farrington | R | HI | January 3, 1943 | 4th term | |
| 2 | Bob Bartlett | D | AK | January 3, 1945 | 3rd term | |
| 3 | Antonio Fernós-Isern | D | PR | September 11, 1946 | 3rd term | |
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