This is a complete list of United States representatives during the 86th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 86th Congress (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961). 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 | Sam Rayburn | D | TX-04 | March 4, 1913 | 24th term | Dean and Speaker of the House |
| 2 | Carl Vinson | D | GA-06 | November 3, 1914 | 24th term | |
| 3 | Daniel A. Reed | R | NY-43 | March 4, 1919 | 21st term | Died on February 19, 1959. |
| 4 | Clarence Cannon | D | MO-09 | March 4, 1923 | 19th term | |
| 5 | Emanuel Celler | D | NY-11 | March 4, 1923 | 19th term | |
| 6 | John Taber | R | NY-36 | March 4, 1923 | 19th term | |
| 7 | Joseph William Martin Jr. | R | MA-14 | March 4, 1925 | 18th term | |
| 8 | Edith Nourse Rogers | R | MA-05 | June 30, 1925 | 18th term | Died on September 10, 1960. |
| 9 | John William McCormack | D | MA-12 | November 6, 1928 | 17th term | |
| 10 | Wright Patman | D | TX-01 | March 4, 1929 | 16th term | |
| 11 | Howard W. Smith | D | VA-08 | March 4, 1931 | 15th term | |
| 12 | Brent Spence | D | KY-05 | March 4, 1931 | 15th term | |
| 13 | Leo E. Allen | R | IL-16 | March 4, 1933 | 14th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 14 | William M. Colmer | D | MS-06 | March 4, 1933 | 14th term | |
| 15 | Francis E. Walter | D | PA-15 | March 4, 1933 | 14th term | |
| 16 | Paul Brown | D | GA-10 | July 5, 1933 | 14th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 17 | Harold D. Cooley | D | NC-04 | July 7, 1934 | 14th term | |
| 18 | Leslie C. Arends | R | IL-17 | January 3, 1935 | 13th term | |
| 19 | Graham A. Barden | D | NC-03 | January 3, 1935 | 13th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 20 | Charles A. Buckley | D | NY-24 | January 3, 1935 | 13th term | |
| 21 | Clare Hoffman | R | MI-04 | January 3, 1935 | 13th term | |
| 22 | George H. Mahon | D | TX-19 | January 3, 1935 | 13th term | |
| 23 | Charles A. Halleck | R | IN-02 | January 29, 1935 | 13th term | |
| 24 | Frank W. Boykin | D | AL-01 | July 30, 1935 | 13th term | |
| 25 | Overton Brooks | D | LA-04 | January 3, 1937 | 12th term | |
| 26 | Eugene James Keogh | D | NY-09 | January 3, 1937 | 12th term | |
| 27 | Michael J. Kirwan | D | OH-19 | January 3, 1937 | 12th term | |
| 28 | Noah M. Mason | R | IL-15 | January 3, 1937 | 12th term | |
| 29 | William R. Poage | D | TX-11 | January 3, 1937 | 12th term | |
| 30 | Edward Herbert Rees | R | KS-04 | January 3, 1937 | 12th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 31 | Harry R. Sheppard | D | CA-27 | January 3, 1937 | 12th term | |
| 32 | Albert Thomas | D | TX-08 | January 3, 1937 | 12th term | |
| 33 | Richard M. Simpson | R | PA-18 | May 11, 1937 | 12th term | Died on January 7, 1960. |
| 34 | George M. Grant | D | AL-02 | June 14, 1938 | 12th term | |
| 35 | Herman Carl Andersen | R | MN-07 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 36 | Clarence J. Brown | R | OH-07 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 37 | Robert B. Chiperfield | R | IL-19 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 38 | Carl T. Durham | D | NC-06 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 39 | Ivor D. Fenton | R | PA-12 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 40 | Ezekiel C. Gathings | D | AR-01 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 41 | Ben F. Jensen | R | IA-07 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 42 | Paul J. Kilday | D | TX-20 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 43 | John L. McMillan | D | SC-06 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 44 | Wilbur Mills | D | AR-02 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 45 | William F. Norrell | D | AR-06 | January 3, 1939 | 11th term | |
| 46 | Clarence E. Kilburn | R | NY-33 | February 13, 1940 | 11th term | |
| 47 | Clifford Davis | D | TN-09 | February 14, 1940 | 11th term | |
| 48 | Frances P. Bolton | R | OH-22 | February 27, 1940 | 11th term | |
| 49 | Herbert Covington Bonner | D | NC-01 | November 5, 1940 | 11th term | |
| 50 | Gordon Canfield | R | NJ-08 | January 3, 1941 | 10th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 51 | Aime Forand | D | RI-01 | January 3, 1941 Previous service, 1937–1939. | 11th term* | Left the House in 1961. |
| 52 | Oren Harris | D | AR-04 | January 3, 1941 | 10th term | |
| 53 | Felix Edward Hébert | D | LA-01 | January 3, 1941 | 10th term | |
| 54 | L. Mendel Rivers | D | SC-01 | January 3, 1941 | 10th term | |
| 55 | Jamie Whitten | D | MS-02 | November 4, 1941 | 10th term | |
| 56 | Thomas J. Lane | D | MA-07 | December 30, 1941 | 10th term | |
| 57 | Cecil R. King | D | CA-17 | August 25, 1942 | 10th term | |
| 58 | Thomas Abernethy | D | MS-01 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 59 | James C. Auchincloss | R | NJ-03 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 60 | William L. Dawson | D | IL-01 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 61 | Michael A. Feighan | D | OH-20 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 62 | O. C. Fisher | D | TX-21 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 63 | Leon H. Gavin | R | PA-23 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 64 | Charles B. Hoeven | R | IA-08 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 65 | Chester E. Holifield | D | CA-19 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 66 | Walt Horan | R | WA-05 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 67 | Walter Judd | R | MN-05 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 68 | Ray Madden | D | IN-01 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 69 | Chester Earl Merrow | R | NH-01 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 70 | James H. Morrison | D | LA-06 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 71 | Tom J. Murray | D | TN-07 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 72 | Thomas J. O'Brien | D | IL-06 | January 3, 1943 Previous service, 1933–1939. | 12th term* | |
| 73 | Alvin O'Konski | R | WI-10 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 74 | Philip J. Philbin | D | MA-03 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 75 | Dean P. Taylor | R | NY-31 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 76 | W. Arthur Winstead | D | MS-05 | January 3, 1943 | 9th term | |
| 77 | George W. Andrews | D | AL-03 | March 14, 1944 | 9th term | |
| 78 | John J. Rooney | D | NY-14 | June 6, 1944 | 9th term | |
| 79 | John W. Byrnes | R | WI-08 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 80 | Frank Chelf | D | KY-04 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 81 | Robert J. Corbett | R | PA-29 | January 3, 1945 Previous service, 1939–1941. | 9th term* | |
| 82 | George Hyde Fallon | D | MD-04 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 83 | James G. Fulton | R | PA-27 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 84 | Gordon L. McDonough | R | CA-15 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 85 | George Paul Miller | D | CA-08 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 86 | Thomas E. Morgan | D | PA-26 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 87 | Albert Rains | D | AL-05 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 88 | Charles Melvin Price | D | IL-24 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 89 | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | D | NY-16 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 90 | Robert L. F. Sikes | D | FL-03 | January 3, 1945 Previous service, 1941–1944. | 10th term* | |
| 91 | James William Trimble | D | AR-03 | January 3, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 92 | John E. Fogarty | D | RI-02 | February 7, 1945 Previous service, 1941–1944 | 10th term* | |
| 93 | J. Vaughan Gary | D | VA-03 | March 6, 1945 | 8th term | |
| 94 | A. Walter Norblad | R | OR-01 | January 18, 1946 | 8th term | |
| 95 | Olin E. Teague | D | TX-06 | August 24, 1946 | 8th term | |
| 96 | Burr Harrison | D | VA-07 | November 5, 1946 | 8th term | |
| 97 | Carl Albert | D | OK-03 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 98 | John B. Bennett | R | MI-12 | January 3, 1947 Previous service, 1943–1945. | 8th term* | |
| 99 | John Blatnik | D | MN-08 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 100 | Hale Boggs | D | LA-02 | January 3, 1947 Previous service, 1941–1943. | 8th term* | |
| 101 | Omar Burleson | D | TX-17 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 102 | Paul B. Dague | R | PA-09 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 103 | James C. Davis | D | GA-05 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 104 | Harold Donohue | D | MA-04 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 105 | Joe L. Evins | D | TN-04 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 106 | Katharine St. George | R | NY-28 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 107 | Porter Hardy Jr. | D | VA-02 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 108 | Donald L. Jackson | R | CA-16 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 109 | Frank M. Karsten | D | MO-01 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 110 | Carroll D. Kearns | R | PA-24 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 111 | Otto Passman | D | LA-05 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 112 | Prince Hulon Preston Jr. | D | GA-01 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 113 | R. Walter Riehlman | R | NY-35 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 114 | Wint Smith | R | KS-06 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 115 | Thor C. Tollefson | R | WA-06 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 116 | John Bell Williams | D | MS-04 | January 3, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 117 | James E. Van Zandt | R | PA-20 | January 3, 1947 Previous service, 1939–1943. | 10th term* | |
| 118 | Robert E. Jones Jr. | D | AL-08 | January 28, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 119 | Russell V. Mack | R | WA-03 | July 7, 1947 | 7th term | Died on March 28, 1960. |
| 120 | Edward Garmatz | D | MD-03 | July 15, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 121 | Clark W. Thompson | D | TX-09 | August 23, 1947 Previous service, 1933–1935. | 8th term* | |
| 122 | William Moore McCulloch | R | OH-04 | November 4, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 123 | Abraham J. Multer | D | NY-13 | November 4, 1947 | 7th term | |
| 124 | Watkins Moorman Abbitt | D | VA-04 | February 17, 1948 | 7th term | |
| 125 | Paul C. Jones | D | MO-10 | November 2, 1948 | 7th term | |
| 126 | Hugh Joseph Addonizio | D | NJ-11 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 127 | Wayne N. Aspinall | D | CO-04 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 128 | Cleveland M. Bailey | D | WV-03 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 7th term* | |
| 129 | William A. Barrett | D | PA-01 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 7th term* | |
| 130 | Charles Edward Bennett | D | FL-02 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 131 | Richard Walker Bolling | D | MO-05 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 132 | A. S. J. Carnahan | D | MO-08 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 7th term* | Left the House in 1961. |
| 133 | James J. Delaney | D | NY-07 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 7th term* | |
| 134 | Isidore Dollinger | D | NY-23 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | Resigned on December 31, 1959. |
| 135 | Clyde Doyle | D | CA-23 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 7th term* | |
| 136 | Carl Elliott | D | AL-07 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 137 | Gerald Ford | R | MI-05 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 138 | James B. Frazier Jr. | D | TN-03 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 139 | William J. Green Jr. | D | PA-05 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1945–1947. | 7th term* | |
| 140 | H. R. Gross | R | IA-03 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 141 | Wayne Hays | D | OH-18 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 142 | Albert S. Herlong Jr. | D | FL-05 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 143 | Peter F. Mack Jr. | D | IL-21 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 144 | Fred Marshall | D | MN-06 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 145 | Morgan M. Moulder | D | MO-11 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 146 | Carl D. Perkins | D | KY-07 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 147 | James G. Polk | D | OH-06 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1931–1941. | 11th term* | Died on April 28, 1959. |
| 148 | Louis C. Rabaut | D | MI-14 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1935–1947. | 12th term* | |
| 149 | George M. Rhodes | D | PA-14 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 150 | Peter W. Rodino | D | NJ-10 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 151 | Harley Orrin Staggers | D | WV-02 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 152 | Tom Steed | D | OK-04 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 153 | Homer Thornberry | D | TX-10 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 154 | Roy Wier | D | MN-03 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 155 | Edwin E. Willis | D | LA-03 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 156 | Gardner R. Withrow | R | WI-03 | January 3, 1949 Previous service, 1931–1939. | 10th term* | Left the House in 1961. |
| 157 | Sidney R. Yates | D | IL-09 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 158 | Clement J. Zablocki | D | WI-04 | January 3, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 159 | John P. Saylor | R | PA-22 | September 13, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 160 | Edna F. Kelly | D | NY-10 | November 8, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 161 | John F. Shelley | D | CA-05 | November 8, 1949 | 6th term | |
| 162 | William B. Widnall | R | NJ-07 | February 6, 1950 | 6th term | |
| 163 | William H. Bates | R | MA-06 | February 14, 1950 | 6th term | |
| 164 | E. Ross Adair | R | IN-04 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 165 | William Hanes Ayres | R | OH-14 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 166 | Howard Baker Sr. | R | TN-02 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 167 | Page Belcher | R | OK-01 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 168 | Ellis Yarnal Berry | R | SD-02 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 169 | Jackson Edward Betts | R | OH-08 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 170 | Frank T. Bow | R | OH-16 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 171 | William G. Bray | R | IN-07 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 172 | Hamer H. Budge | R | ID-02 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 173 | Alvin Bush | R | PA-17 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | Died on November 5, 1959. |
| 174 | John Chenoweth | R | CO-03 | January 3, 1951 Previous service, 1941–1949. | 9th term* | |
| 175 | Marguerite S. Church | R | IL-13 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 176 | Thomas B. Curtis | R | MO-02 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 177 | William Jennings Bryan Dorn | D | SC-03 | January 3, 1951 Previous service, 1947–1949. | 6th term* | |
| 178 | Tic Forrester | D | GA-03 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 179 | William E. Hess | R | OH-02 | January 3, 1951 Previous service, 1929–1937 and 1939–1949. | 14th term** | Left the House in 1961. |
| 180 | John Jarman | D | OK-05 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 181 | John C. Kluczynski | D | IL-05 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 182 | John Lesinski Jr. | D | MI-16 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 183 | Thaddeus M. Machrowicz | D | MI-01 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 184 | George Meader | R | MI-02 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 185 | William E. Miller | R | NY-40 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 186 | Walter M. Mumma | R | PA-16 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 187 | Harold C. Ostertag | R | NY-39 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 188 | B. Carroll Reece | R | TN-01 | January 3, 1951 Previous service, 1921–1931 and 1933–1947. | 17th term** | |
| 189 | John J. Riley | D | SC-02 | January 3, 1951 Previous service, 1945–1949. | 7th term* | |
| 190 | Kenneth A. Roberts | D | AL-04 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 191 | Byron G. Rogers | D | CO-01 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 192 | Walter E. Rogers | D | TX-18 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 193 | Frank E. Smith | D | MS-03 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 194 | William L. Springer | R | IL-22 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 195 | J. Ernest Wharton | R | NY-29 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 196 | William Van Pelt | R | WI-06 | January 3, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 197 | John C. Watts | D | KY-06 | April 4, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 198 | Elizabeth Kee | D | WV-05 | July 17, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 199 | Frank N. Ikard | D | TX-13 | September 8, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 200 | Clifford McIntire | R | ME-03 | October 22, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 201 | Frank C. Osmers Jr. | R | NJ-09 | November 6, 1951 Previous service, 1939–1943. | 7th term* | |
| 202 | Paul F. Schenck | R | OH-03 | November 6, 1951 | 5th term | |
| 203 | Leo W. O'Brien | D | NY-30 | April 1, 1952 | 5th term | |
| 204 | John Dowdy | D | TX-07 | September 23, 1952 | 5th term | |
| 205 | Hugh Quincy Alexander | D | NC-09 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 206 | Frank J. Becker | R | NY-03 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 207 | Alvin Morell Bentley | R | MI-08 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 208 | Edward Boland | D | MA-02 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 209 | Albert H. Bosch | R | NY-05 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | Resigned on December 31, 1960. |
| 210 | Jack Brooks | D | TX-02 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 211 | Joel Broyhill | R | VA-10 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 212 | James A. Byrne | D | PA-03 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 213 | Elford Albin Cederberg | R | MI-10 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 214 | Laurence Curtis | R | MA-10 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 215 | Steven Derounian | R | NY-02 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 216 | Francis E. Dorn | R | NY-12 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 217 | Ed Edmondson | D | OK-02 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 218 | Paul A. Fino | R | NY-25 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 219 | Lawrence H. Fountain | D | NC-02 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 220 | Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. | R | NJ-05 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 221 | Samuel Friedel | D | MD-07 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 222 | Charles S. Gubser | R | CA-10 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 223 | Harlan Hagen | D | CA-14 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 224 | James A. Haley | D | FL-07 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 225 | Edgar W. Hiestand | R | CA-21 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 226 | Joseph F. Holt | R | CA-22 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 227 | Lester Holtzman | D | NY-06 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 228 | Craig Hosmer | R | CA-18 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 229 | Charles R. Jonas | R | NC-10 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 230 | Victor A. Knox | R | MI-11 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 231 | Melvin Laird | R | WI-07 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 232 | Phillip M. Landrum | D | GA-09 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 233 | Donald H. Magnuson | D | WA-07 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 234 | William S. Mailliard | R | CA-04 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 235 | Donald Ray Matthews | D | FL-08 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 236 | Lee Metcalf | D | MT-01 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 237 | John E. Moss | D | CA-03 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 238 | Barratt O'Hara | D | IL-02 | January 3, 1953 Previous service, 1949–1951. | 5th term* | |
| 239 | Tip O'Neill | D | MA-11 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 240 | Thomas Pelly | R | WA-01 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 241 | Gracie Pfost | D | ID-01 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 242 | John R. Pillion | R | NY-42 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 243 | Richard Harding Poff | R | VA-06 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 244 | John H. Ray | R | NY-15 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 245 | John J. Rhodes | R | AZ-01 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 246 | Gordon H. Scherer | R | OH-01 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 247 | Armistead I. Selden Jr. | D | AL-06 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 248 | Leonor Sullivan | D | MO-03 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 249 | T. Ashton Thompson | D | LA-07 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 250 | James B. Utt | R | CA-28 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 251 | J. Arthur Younger | R | CA-09 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 252 | Stuyvesant Wainwright | R | NY-01 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 253 | Jack Westland | R | WA-02 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 254 | Bob Wilson | R | CA-30 | January 3, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 255 | J. L. Pilcher | D | GA-02 | February 4, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 256 | William M. Tuck | D | VA-05 | April 14, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 257 | Robert T. Ashmore | D | SC-04 | June 2, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 258 | William Natcher | D | KY-02 | August 1, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 259 | Lester Johnson | D | WI-09 | October 13, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 260 | Glenard P. Lipscomb | R | CA-24 | November 10, 1953 | 4th term | |
| 261 | John James Flynt Jr. | D | GA-04 | November 2, 1954 | 4th term | |
| 262 | Bruce Alger | R | TX-05 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 263 | Victor Anfuso | D | NY-08 | January 3, 1955 Previous service, 1951–1953. | 4th term* | |
| 264 | Thomas W. L. Ashley | D | OH-09 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 265 | William H. Avery | R | KS-01 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 266 | John F. Baldwin Jr. | R | CA-06 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 267 | Perkins Bass | R | NH-02 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 268 | Ross Bass | D | TN-06 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 269 | Albert David Baumhart Jr. | R | OH-13 | January 3, 1955 Previous service, 1941–1942. | 4th term* | Left the House in 1961. |
| 270 | Iris Faircloth Blitch | D | GA-08 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 271 | Charles A. Boyle | D | IL-12 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | Died on November 4, 1959. |
| 272 | George H. Christopher | D | MO-04 | January 3, 1955 Previous service, 1949–1951. | 4th term* | Died on January 23, 1959. |
| 273 | Frank M. Clark | D | PA-25 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 274 | William C. Cramer | R | FL-01 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 275 | Winfield K. Denton | D | IN-08 | January 3, 1955 Previous service, 1949–1953. | 5th term* | |
| 276 | Charles Diggs | D | MI-13 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 277 | Henry Aldous Dixon | R | UT-01 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 278 | Dante Fascell | D | FL-04 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 279 | Daniel J. Flood | D | PA-11 | January 3, 1955 Previous service, 1945–1947 and 1949–1953. | 6th term** | |
| 280 | Kenneth J. Gray | D | IL-25 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 281 | Edith Green | D | OR-03 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 282 | Martha Griffiths | D | MI-17 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 283 | John E. Henderson | R | OH-15 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 284 | George Huddleston Jr. | D | AL-09 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 285 | William Raleigh Hull Jr. | D | MO-06 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 286 | W. Pat Jennings | D | VA-09 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 287 | August E. Johansen | R | MI-03 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 288 | Joe M. Kilgore | D | TX-15 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 289 | Richard Lankford | D | MD-05 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 290 | Torbert Macdonald | D | MA-08 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 291 | William Edwin Minshall Jr. | R | OH-23 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 292 | Henry S. Reuss | D | WI-05 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 293 | James Roosevelt | D | CA-26 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 294 | J. T. Rutherford | D | TX-16 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 295 | Fred Schwengel | R | IA-01 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 296 | Eugene Siler | R | KY-08 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 297 | Bernice F. Sisk | D | CA-12 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 298 | Charles M. Teague | R | CA-13 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 299 | Edwin Keith Thomson | R | WY | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | Died on December 9, 1960. |
| 300 | Frank Thompson | D | NJ-04 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 301 | Stewart Udall | D | AZ-02 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 302 | Charles Vanik | D | OH-21 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 303 | Phillip Hart Weaver | R | NE-01 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 304 | Jim Wright | D | TX-12 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 305 | Herbert Zelenko | D | NY-21 | January 3, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 306 | Paul Rogers | D | FL-06 | January 11, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 307 | John Dingell | D | MI-15 | December 13, 1955 | 3rd term | |
| 308 | Elmer J. Holland | D | PA-30 | January 24, 1956 Previous service, 1942–1943. | 4th term* | |
| 309 | James C. Healey | D | NY-22 | February 7, 1956 | 3rd term | |
| 310 | Kathryn E. Granahan | D | PA-02 | November 6, 1956 | 3rd term | |
| 311 | LeRoy H. Anderson | D | MT-02 | January 3, 1957 | 3rd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 312 | Walter S. Baring Jr. | D | NV | January 3, 1957 Previous service, 1949–1953. | 4th term* | |
| 313 | Lindley Beckworth | D | TX-03 | January 3, 1957 Previous service, 1939–1953. | 9th term* | |
| 314 | James Floyd Breeding | D | KS-05 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 315 | William Broomfield | R | MI-18 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 316 | Charles Harrison Brown | D | MO-07 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 317 | Charles E. Chamberlain | R | MI-06 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 318 | Merwin Coad | D | IA-06 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 319 | Frank M. Coffin | D | ME-02 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 320 | Harold R. Collier | R | IL-10 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 321 | Glenn Cunningham | R | NE-02 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 322 | Willard S. Curtin | R | PA-08 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 323 | Edwin B. Dooley | R | NY-26 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 324 | Florence P. Dwyer | R | NJ-06 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 325 | Leonard Farbstein | D | NY-19 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 326 | Robert P. Griffin | R | MI-09 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 327 | Robert W. Hemphill | D | SC-05 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 328 | Alvin Paul Kitchin | D | NC-08 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 329 | Alton Lennon | D | NC-07 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 330 | Joseph Carlton Loser | D | TN-05 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 331 | John J. McFall | D | CA-11 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 332 | George McGovern | D | SD-01 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 333 | Robert Michel | R | IL-18 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 334 | Arch A. Moore Jr. | R | WV-01 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 335 | Toby Morris | D | OK-06 | January 3, 1957 Previous service, 1947–1953. | 5th term* | Left the House in 1961. |
| 336 | Charles O. Porter | D | OR-04 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 337 | Alfred E. Santangelo | D | NY-18 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 338 | Dalip Singh Saund | D | CA-29 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 339 | Ralph James Scott | D | NC-05 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 340 | H. Allen Smith | R | CA-20 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 341 | Ludwig Teller | D | NY-20 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 342 | Basil Lee Whitener | D | NC-11 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 343 | Al Ullman | D | OR-02 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 344 | John Andrew Young | D | TX-14 | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 345 | Joseph Montoya | D | NM | April 9, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 346 | Milton W. Glenn | R | NJ-02 | November 5, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 347 | John A. Lafore Jr. | R | PA-13 | November 5, 1957 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 348 | Roland V. Libonati | D | IL-07 | December 31, 1957 | 2nd term | |
| 349 | Harlan Erwin Mitchell | D | GA-07 | January 8, 1958 | 2nd term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 350 | Howard W. Robison | R | NY-37 | January 14, 1958 | 2nd term | |
| 351 | John Herman Dent | D | PA-21 | January 21, 1958 | 2nd term | |
| 352 | Fats Everett | D | TN-08 | February 1, 1958 | 2nd term | |
| 353 | Al Quie | R | MN-01 | February 18, 1958 | 2nd term | |
| 354 | Robert N.C. Nix Sr. | D | PA-04 | May 20, 1958 | 2nd term | |
| 355 | Dale Alford | D | AR-05 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 356 | Joseph W. Barr | D | IN-11 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 357 | Robert R. Barry | R | NY-27 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 358 | Chester Bowles | D | CT-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 359 | John Brademas | D | IN-03 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 360 | Daniel Brewster | D | MD-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 361 | Lawrence Brock | D | NE-03 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 362 | Quentin N. Burdick | D | ND | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Resigned on August 8, 1960. |
| 363 | Frank W. Burke | D | KY-03 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 364 | James A. Burke | D | MA-13 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 365 | William T. Cahill | R | NJ-01 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 366 | Steven V. Carter | D | IA-04 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Died on November 4, 1959. |
| 367 | Robert R. Casey | D | TX-22 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 368 | Jeffery Cohelan | D | CA-07 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 369 | Silvio O. Conte | R | MA-01 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 370 | Robert E. Cook | D | OH-11 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 371 | Emilio Q. Daddario | D | CT-01 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 372 | Dominick V. Daniels | D | NJ-14 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 373 | Ed Derwinski | R | IL-04 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 374 | Samuel L. Devine | R | OH-12 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 375 | Thomas N. Downing | D | VA-01 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 376 | Thaddeus J. Dulski | D | NY-41 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 377 | Gerald T. Flynn | D | WI-01 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 378 | John R. Foley | D | MD-06 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 379 | Cornelius Edward Gallagher | D | NJ-13 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 380 | Newell A. George | D | KS-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 381 | Robert Giaimo | D | CT-03 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 382 | David McKee Hall | D | NC-12 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Died on January 29, 1960. |
| 383 | Seymour Halpern | R | NY-04 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 384 | Denver David Hargis | D | KS-03 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 385 | Randall S. Harmon | D | IN-10 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 386 | Ken Hechler | D | WV-04 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 387 | Elmer J. Hoffman | R | IL-14 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 388 | Earl Hogan | D | IN-09 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 389 | Donald J. Irwin | D | CT-04 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 390 | Byron L. Johnson | D | CO-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 391 | Harold T. Johnson | D | CA-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 392 | Thomas Francis Johnson | D | MD-01 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 393 | Joseph Karth | D | MN-04 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 394 | George A. Kasem | D | CA-25 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 395 | Robert Kastenmeier | D | WI-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 396 | Hastings Keith | R | MA-09 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 397 | David S. King | D | UT-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 398 | Frank Kowalski | D | CT | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 399 | Odin Langen | R | MN-09 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 400 | Del Latta | R | OH-05 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 401 | Robert W. Levering | D | OH-17 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 402 | John Lindsay | R | NY-17 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 403 | Catherine Dean May | R | WA-04 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 404 | Harris B. McDowell Jr. | D | DE | January 3, 1959 Previous service, 1955–1957. | 2nd term* | |
| 405 | Donald McGinley | D | NE-04 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 406 | Harold B. McSween | D | LA-08 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 407 | William H. Meyer | D | VT | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 408 | Clement Woodnutt Miller | D | CA-01 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 409 | William H. Milliken Jr. | R | PA-07 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 410 | Walter H. Moeller | D | OH-10 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 411 | John S. Monagan | D | CT-05 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 412 | William S. Moorhead | D | PA-28 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 413 | Thomas G. Morris | D | NM | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 414 | William T. Murphy | D | IL-03 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 415 | Ancher Nelsen | R | MN-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 416 | James C. Oliver | D | ME-01 | January 3, 1959 Previous service, 1937–1943. | 4th term* | Left the House in 1961. |
| 417 | James G. O'Hara | D | MI-07 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 418 | Alexander Pirnie | R | NY-34 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 419 | Stanley A. Prokop | D | PA-10 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 420 | Roman C. Pucinski | D | IL-11 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 421 | James M. Quigley | D | PA-19 | January 3, 1959 Previous service, 1955–1957. | 2nd term* | Left the House in 1961. |
| 422 | Ralph Julian Rivers | D | AK | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 423 | Dan Rostenkowski | D | IL-08 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 424 | J. Edward Roush | D | IN-05 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 425 | George E. Shipley | D | IL-23 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 426 | Don L. Short | R | ND | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 427 | Edna O. Simpson | R | IL-20 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 428 | John M. Slack Jr. | D | WV-06 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 429 | Neal Smith | D | IA-05 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 430 | Samuel S. Stratton | D | NY-32 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 431 | Frank Stubblefield | D | KY-01 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 432 | Herman Toll | D | PA-06 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 433 | George M. Wallhauser | R | NJ-12 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 434 | Fred Wampler | D | IN-06 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| 435 | Jessica M. Weis | R | NY-38 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | |
| 436 | Leonard G. Wolf | D | IA-02 | January 3, 1959 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. |
| William J. Randall | D | MO-04 | March 3, 1959 | 1st term | ||
| Charles Goodell | R | NY-43 | May 26, 1959 | 1st term | ||
| Daniel Inouye | D | HI | August 21, 1959 | 1st term | ||
| John Henry Kyl | R | IA-04 | December 15, 1959 | 1st term | ||
| Jacob H. Gilbert | D | NY-23 | March 8, 1960 | 1st term | ||
| Douglas Hemphill Elliott | R | PA-18 | April 26, 1960 | 1st term | Died on June 19, 1960. | |
| Herman T. Schneebeli | R | PA-17 | April 26, 1960 | 1st term | ||
| Roy A. Taylor | D | NC-12 | June 25, 1960 | 1st term | ||
| Julia Butler Hansen | D | WA-03 | November 8, 1960 | 1st term | ||
| Ward Miller | R | OH-06 | November 8, 1960 | 1st term | Left the House in 1961. | |
| J. Irving Whalley | R | PA-18 | November 8, 1960 | 1st term | ||
| Rank | Delegate | Party | District | Seniority date (Previous service, if any) | No.# of term(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Fernós-Isern | D | PR | September 11, 1946 | 8th term | |
| 2 | John A. Burns | D | HI | January 3, 1957 | 2nd term | |
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