List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 116th Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 116th United States Congress, which runs from January 3, 2019, through January 3, 2021, ordered by seniority. [1]

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Seniority list

U.S. House of Representatives seniority
RankRepresentativePartyDistrictSeniority datePrevious service [2] Notes
1 Don Young R Alaska at-large March 6, 1973  Dean of the House
2 Jim Sensenbrenner R Wisconsin 5 January 3, 1979 
3 Hal Rogers R Kentucky 5 January 3, 1981
4 Chris Smith R New Jersey 4
5 Steny Hoyer D Maryland 5 May 19, 1981 Majority Leader
6 Marcy Kaptur D Ohio 9 January 3, 1983 
7 Pete Visclosky D Indiana 1 January 3, 1985
8 Peter DeFazio D Oregon 4 January 3, 1987Chair: Transportation and Infrastructure
9 John Lewis D Georgia 5 Died on July 17, 2020.
10 Fred Upton R Michigan 6
11 Nancy Pelosi D California 12 June 2, 1987 Speaker of the House
12 Frank Pallone D New Jersey 6 November 8, 1988Chair: Energy and Commerce
13 Eliot Engel D New York 16 January 3, 1989Chair: Foreign Affairs
14 Nita Lowey D New York 17 Chair: Appropriations
15 Richard Neal D Massachusetts 1 Chair: Ways and Means
16 José E. Serrano D New York 15 March 20, 1990 
17 David Price D North Carolina 4 January 3, 19971987–1995
18 Rosa DeLauro D Connecticut 3 January 3, 1991 
19 Collin Peterson D Minnesota 7 Chair: Agriculture
20 Maxine Waters D California 43 Chair: Financial Services
21 Jerry Nadler D New York 10 November 3, 1992Chair: Judiciary
22 Jim Cooper D Tennessee 5 January 3, 20031983–1995 
23 Sanford Bishop D Georgia 2 January 3, 1993 
24 Ken Calvert R California 42
25 Jim Clyburn D South Carolina 6 Majority Whip
26 Anna Eshoo D California 18  
27 Alcee Hastings D Florida 20
28 Eddie Bernice Johnson D Texas 30 Chair: Science, Space and Technology
29 Peter T. King R New York 2  
30 Carolyn Maloney D New York 12
31 Lucille Roybal-Allard D California 40
32 Bobby Rush D Illinois 1
33 Bobby Scott D Virginia 3 Chair: Education and Labor
34 Nydia Velázquez D New York 7 Chair: Small Business
35 Bennie Thompson D Mississippi 2 April 13, 1993Chair: Homeland Security
36 Frank Lucas R Oklahoma 3 May 10, 1994Ranking Member: Science, Space and Technology
37 Lloyd Doggett D Texas 35 January 3, 1995 
38 Mike Doyle D Pennsylvania 18
39 Sheila Jackson Lee D Texas 18
40 Walter B. Jones Jr. R North Carolina 3 Died on February 10, 2019.
41 Zoe Lofgren D California 19
42 Mac Thornberry R Texas 13 Ranking Member: Armed Services
43 Elijah Cummings D Maryland 7 April 16, 1996Chair: Oversight and Government Reform
Died on October 17, 2019.
44 Earl Blumenauer D Oregon 3 May 21, 1996 
45 Robert Aderholt R Alabama 4 January 3, 1997
46 Kevin Brady R Texas 8 Ranking Member: Ways and Means
47 Danny K. Davis D Illinois 7  
48 Diana DeGette D Colorado 1
49 Kay Granger R Texas 12 Ranking Member: Appropriations
50 Ron Kind D Wisconsin 3  
51 Jim McGovern D Massachusetts 2 Chair: Rules
52 Bill Pascrell D New Jersey 9  
53 Brad Sherman D California 30
54 John Shimkus R Illinois 15
55 Adam Smith D Washington 9 Chair: Armed Services
56 Gregory Meeks D New York 5 February 3, 1998 
57 Barbara Lee D California 13 April 7, 1998
58 Steve Chabot R Ohio 1 January 3, 20111995–2009Ranking Member: Small Business
59 John B. Larson D Connecticut 1 January 3, 1999  
60 Grace Napolitano D California 32
61 Jan Schakowsky D Illinois 9
62 Mike Simpson R Idaho 2
63 Mike Thompson D California 5
64 Greg Walden R Oregon 2 Ranking Member: Energy and Commerce
65 Lacy Clay D Missouri 1 January 3, 2001 
66 Susan Davis D California 53
67 Sam Graves R Missouri 6 Ranking Member: Transportation and Infrastructure
68 James Langevin D Rhode Island 2  
69 Rick Larsen D Washington 2
70 Betty McCollum D Minnesota 4
71 Adam Schiff D California 28 Chair: Intelligence
72 Stephen F. Lynch D Massachusetts 8 October 16, 2001 
73 Joe Wilson R South Carolina 2 December 18, 2001
74 Rob Bishop R Utah 1 January 3, 2003Ranking Member: Natural Resources
75 Michael C. Burgess R Texas 26  
76 John Carter R Texas 31
77 Tom Cole R Oklahoma 4
78 Mario Díaz-Balart R Florida 25
79 Raúl Grijalva D Arizona 3 Chair: Natural Resources
80 Steve King R Iowa 4
81 Devin Nunes R California 22
82 Mike Rogers R Alabama 3 Ranking Member: Homeland Security
83 Dutch Ruppersberger D Maryland 2  
84 Tim Ryan D Ohio 13
85 Linda Sánchez D California 38
86 David Scott D Georgia 13
87 Mike Turner R Ohio 10
88 G. K. Butterfield D North Carolina 1 July 20, 2004
89 Emanuel Cleaver D Missouri 5 January 3, 2005
90 Mike Conaway R Texas 11 Ranking Member: Agriculture
91 Jim Costa D California 16  
92 Henry Cuellar D Texas 28
93 Jeff Fortenberry R Nebraska 1
94 Virginia Foxx R North Carolina 5 Ranking Member: Education and Labor
95 Louie Gohmert R Texas 1  
96 Al Green D Texas 9
97 Brian Higgins D New York 26
98 Dan Lipinski D Illinois 3
99 Kenny Marchant R Texas 24
100 Michael McCaul R Texas 10 Ranking Member: Foreign Affairs
101 Patrick McHenry R North Carolina 10 Ranking Member: Financial Services
102 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R Washington 5  
103 Gwen Moore D Wisconsin 4
104 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D Florida 23
105 Doris Matsui D California 6 March 8, 2005
106 Albio Sires D New Jersey 8 November 7, 2006
107 Gus Bilirakis R Florida 12 January 3, 2007
108 Vern Buchanan R Florida 16
109 Kathy Castor D Florida 14
110 Yvette Clarke D New York 9
111 Steve Cohen D Tennessee 9
112 Joe Courtney D Connecticut 2
113 Hank Johnson D Georgia 4
114 Jim Jordan R Ohio 4 Ranking Member: Oversight and Government Reform
115 Doug Lamborn R Colorado 5
116 Dave Loebsack D Iowa 2
117 Kevin McCarthy R California 23 Minority Leader
118 Jerry McNerney D California 9  
119 Ed Perlmutter D Colorado 7
120 John Sarbanes D Maryland 3
121 Adrian Smith R Nebraska 3
122 Peter Welch D Vermont at-large
123 John Yarmuth D Kentucky 3 Chair: Budget
124 Bob Latta R Ohio 5 December 11, 2007 
125 Rob Wittman R Virginia 1
126 André Carson D Indiana 7 March 11, 2008
127 Jackie Speier D California 14 April 8, 2008
128 Steve Scalise R Louisiana 1 May 3, 2008 Minority Whip
129 Marcia Fudge D Ohio 11 November 18, 2008 
130 Gerry Connolly D Virginia 11 January 3, 2009
131 Brett Guthrie R Kentucky 2
132 Jim Himes D Connecticut 4
133 Duncan D. Hunter R California 50 Resigned on January 13, 2020.
134 Blaine Luetkemeyer R Missouri 3  
135 Ben Ray Luján D New Mexico 3
136 Tom McClintock R California 4
137 Pete Olson R Texas 22
138 Chellie Pingree D Maine 1
139 Bill Posey R Florida 8
140 Phil Roe R Tennessee 1 Ranking Member: Veterans' Affairs
141 Kurt Schrader D Oregon 5  
142 Glenn Thompson R Pennsylvania 15
143 Paul Tonko D New York 20
144 Mike Quigley D Illinois 5 April 7, 2009
145 Judy Chu D California 27 July 14, 2009
146 John Garamendi D California 3 November 3, 2009
147 Ted Deutch D Florida 22 April 13, 2010Chair: Ethics
148 Tom Graves R Georgia 14 June 8, 2010Resigned on October 4, 2020.
149 Tom Reed R New York 23 November 2, 2010 
150 Tim Walberg R Michigan 7 January 3, 20112007–2009
151 Bill Foster D Illinois 11 January 3, 20132008–2011
152 Kweisi Mfume D Maryland 7 April 28, 20201987–1996
153 Justin Amash R Michigan 3 January 3, 2011 Switched to Independent on July 4, 2019.
Switched to Libertarian on May 1, 2020.
154 Karen Bass D California 37  
155 Mo Brooks R Alabama 5
156 Larry Bucshon R Indiana 8
157 David Cicilline D Rhode Island 1
158 Rick Crawford R Arkansas 1
159 Scott DesJarlais R Tennessee 4
160 Sean Duffy R Wisconsin 7 Resigned on September 23, 2019.
161 Jeff Duncan R South Carolina 3  
162 Chuck Fleischmann R Tennessee 3
163 Bill Flores R Texas 17
164 Bob Gibbs R Ohio 7
165 Paul Gosar R Arizona 4
166 Morgan Griffith R Virginia 9
167 Andy Harris R Maryland 1
168 Vicky Hartzler R Missouri 4
169 Jaime Herrera Beutler R Washington 3
170 Bill Huizenga R Michigan 2
171 Bill Johnson R Ohio 6
172 Bill Keating D Massachusetts 9
173 Mike Kelly R Pennsylvania 16
174 Adam Kinzinger R Illinois 16
175 Billy Long R Missouri 7
176 Tom Marino R Pennsylvania 12 Resigned on January 23, 2019.
177 David McKinley R West Virginia 1  
178 Steven Palazzo R Mississippi 4
179 Cedric Richmond D Louisiana 2
180 Martha Roby R Alabama 2
181 David Schweikert R Arizona 6
182 Austin Scott R Georgia 8
183 Terri Sewell D Alabama 7
184 Steve Stivers R Ohio 15
185 Scott Tipton R Colorado 3
186 Daniel Webster R Florida 11
187 Frederica Wilson D Florida 24
188 Steve Womack R Arkansas 3 Ranking Member: Budget
189 Rob Woodall R Georgia 7  
190 Mark Amodei R Nevada 2 September 13, 2011
191 Suzanne Bonamici D Oregon 1 January 31, 2012
192 Suzan DelBene D Washington 1 November 6, 2012
193 Thomas Massie R Kentucky 4
194 Donald Payne Jr. D New Jersey 10
195 Dina Titus D Nevada 1 January 3, 20132009–2011
196 Andy Barr R Kentucky 6  
197 Joyce Beatty D Ohio 3
198 Ami Bera D California 7
199 Susan Brooks R Indiana 5 Ranking Member: Ethics
200 Julia Brownley D California 26  
201 Cheri Bustos D Illinois 17
202 Tony Cárdenas D California 29
203 Matt Cartwright D Pennsylvania 8
204 Joaquin Castro D Texas 20
205 Chris Collins R New York 27 Resigned on October 1, 2019.
206 Doug Collins R Georgia 9 Ranking Member: Judiciary
207 Paul Cook R California 8 Resigned on December 7, 2020.
208 Rodney Davis R Illinois 13  
209 Lois Frankel D Florida 21
210 Tulsi Gabbard D Hawaii 2
211 Denny Heck D Washington 10
212 George Holding R North Carolina 2
213 Richard Hudson R North Carolina 8
214 Jared Huffman D California 2
215 Hakeem Jeffries D New York 8 Democratic Caucus Chair
216 David Joyce R Ohio 14  
217 Joe Kennedy III D Massachusetts 4
218 Dan Kildee D Michigan 5
219 Derek Kilmer D Washington 6
220 Annie Kuster D New Hampshire 2
221 Doug LaMalfa R California 1
222 Alan Lowenthal D California 47
223 Sean Patrick Maloney D New York 18
224 Mark Meadows R North Carolina 11 Resigned on March 30, 2020.
225 Grace Meng D New York 6  
226 Markwayne Mullin R Oklahoma 2
227 Scott Perry R Pennsylvania 10
228 Scott Peters D California 52
229 Mark Pocan D Wisconsin 2
230 Tom Rice R South Carolina 7
231 Raul Ruiz D California 36
232 Chris Stewart R Utah 2
233 Eric Swalwell D California 15
234 Mark Takano D California 41
235 Juan Vargas D California 51
236 Marc Veasey D Texas 33
237 Filemon Vela Jr. D Texas 34
238 Ann Wagner R Missouri 2
239 Jackie Walorski R Indiana 2
240 Randy Weber R Texas 14
241 Brad Wenstrup R Ohio 2
242 Roger Williams R Texas 25
243 Ted Yoho R Florida 3
244 Robin Kelly D Illinois 2 April 9, 2013
245 Jason Smith R Missouri 8 June 4, 2013
246 Katherine Clark D Massachusetts 5 December 10, 2013
247 Bradley Byrne R Alabama 1 December 17, 2013
248 Alma Adams D North Carolina 12 November 4, 2014
249 Donald Norcross D New Jersey 1
250 Ann Kirkpatrick D Arizona 2 January 3, 20192009–2011; 2013–2017
251 Ed Case D Hawaii 1 2002–2007
252 Ralph Abraham R Louisiana 5 January 3, 2015 
253 Pete Aguilar D California 31
254 Rick W. Allen R Georgia 12
255 Brian Babin R Texas 36
256 Don Beyer D Virginia 8
257 Mike Bost R Illinois 12
258 Brendan Boyle D Pennsylvania 2
259 Ken Buck R Colorado 4
260 Buddy Carter R Georgia 1
261 Mark DeSaulnier D California 11
262 Debbie Dingell D Michigan 12
263 Tom Emmer R Minnesota 6
264 Ruben Gallego D Arizona 7
265 Garret Graves R Louisiana 6
266 Glenn Grothman R Wisconsin 6
267 Jody Hice R Georgia 10
268 French Hill R Arkansas 2
269 Will Hurd R Texas 23
270 John Katko R New York 24
271 Brenda Lawrence D Michigan 14
272 Ted Lieu D California 33
273 Barry Loudermilk R Georgia 11
274 John Moolenaar R Michigan 4
275 Alex Mooney R West Virginia 2
276 Seth Moulton D Massachusetts 6
277 Dan Newhouse R Washington 4
278 Gary Palmer R Alabama 6
279 John Ratcliffe R Texas 4 Resigned on May 22, 2020.
280 Kathleen Rice D New York 4  
281 David Rouzer R North Carolina 7
282 Elise Stefanik R New York 21
283 Norma Torres D California 35
284 Mark Walker R North Carolina 6
285 Bonnie Watson Coleman D New Jersey 12
286 Bruce Westerman R Arkansas 4
287 Lee Zeldin R New York 1
288 Trent Kelly R Mississippi 1 June 2, 2015
289 Darin LaHood R Illinois 18 September 10, 2015
290 Warren Davidson R Ohio 8 June 7, 2016
291 James Comer R Kentucky 1 November 8, 2016
292 Dwight Evans D Pennsylvania 3
293 Brad Schneider D Illinois 10 January 3, 20172013–2015
294 Jodey Arrington R Texas 19  
295 Don Bacon R Nebraska 2
296 Jim Banks R Indiana 3
297 Nanette Barragán D California 44
298 Jack Bergman R Michigan 1
299 Andy Biggs R Arizona 5
300 Lisa Blunt Rochester D Delaware at-large
301 Anthony Brown D Maryland 4
302 Ted Budd R North Carolina 13
303 Salud Carbajal D California 24
304 Liz Cheney R Wyoming at-large Republican Conference Chairwoman
305 Lou Correa D California 46
306 Charlie Crist D Florida 13
307 Val Demings D Florida 10
308 Neal Dunn R Florida 2
309 Adriano Espaillat D New York 13
310 Drew Ferguson R Georgia 3
311 Brian Fitzpatrick R Pennsylvania 1
312 Matt Gaetz R Florida 1
313 Mike Gallagher R Wisconsin 8
314 Vicente Gonzalez D Texas 15
315 Josh Gottheimer D New Jersey 5
316 Clay Higgins R Louisiana 3
317 Trey Hollingsworth R Indiana 9
318 Pramila Jayapal D Washington 7
319 Mike Johnson R Louisiana 4
320 Ro Khanna D California 17
321 Raja Krishnamoorthi D Illinois 8
322 David Kustoff R Tennessee 8
323 Al Lawson D Florida 5
324 Roger Marshall R Kansas 1
325 Brian Mast R Florida 18
326 Donald McEachin D Virginia 4
327 Paul Mitchell R Michigan 10 Switched to Independent on December 14, 2020.
328 Stephanie Murphy D Florida 7
329 Tom O'Halleran D Arizona 1
330 Jimmy Panetta D California 20
331 Jamie Raskin D Maryland 8
332 Francis Rooney R Florida 19
333 John Rutherford R Florida 4
334 Lloyd Smucker R Pennsylvania 11
335 Darren Soto D Florida 9
336 Thomas Suozzi D New York 3
337 Ron Estes R Kansas 4 April 11, 2017
338 Jimmy Gomez D California 34 June 6, 2017
339 Ralph Norman R South Carolina 5 June 20, 2017
340 Greg Gianforte R Montana at-large June 21, 2017
341 John Curtis R Utah 3 November 7, 2017
342 Conor Lamb D Pennsylvania 17 March 13, 2018
343 Debbie Lesko R Arizona 8 April 24, 2018
344 Michael Cloud R Texas 27 June 30, 2018
345 Troy Balderson R Ohio 12 August 7, 2018
346 Kevin Hern R Oklahoma 1 November 6, 2018
347 Joseph Morelle D New York 25
348 Mary Gay Scanlon D Pennsylvania 5
349 Susan Wild D Pennsylvania 7
350 Steven Horsford D Nevada 4 January 3, 20192013–2015
351 Colin Allred D Texas 32  
352 Kelly Armstrong R North Dakota at-large
353 Cindy Axne D Iowa 3
354 Jim Baird R Indiana 4
355 Anthony Brindisi D New York 22
356 Tim Burchett R Tennessee 2
357 Sean Casten D Illinois 6
358 Gil Cisneros D California 39
359 Ben Cline R Virginia 6
360 TJ Cox D California 21
361 Angie Craig D Minnesota 2
362 Dan Crenshaw R Texas 2
363 Jason Crow D Colorado 6
364 Joe Cunningham D South Carolina 1
365 Sharice Davids D Kansas 3
366 Madeleine Dean D Pennsylvania 4
367 Antonio Delgado D New York 19
368 Veronica Escobar D Texas 16
369 Abby Finkenauer D Iowa 1
370 Russ Fulcher R Idaho 1
371 Chuy García D Illinois 4
372 Sylvia Garcia D Texas 29
373 Jared Golden D Maine 2
374 Anthony Gonzalez R Ohio 16
375 Lance Gooden R Texas 5
376 Mark Green R Tennessee 7
377 Michael Guest R Mississippi 3
378 Deb Haaland D New Mexico 1
379 Jim Hagedorn R Minnesota 1
380 Josh Harder D California 10
381 Jahana Hayes D Connecticut 5
382 Katie Hill D California 25 Resigned on November 3, 2019.
383 Kendra Horn D Oklahoma 5
384 Chrissy Houlahan D Pennsylvania 6
385 Dusty Johnson R South Dakota at-large
386 John Joyce R Pennsylvania 13
387 Andy Kim D New Jersey 3
388 Susie Lee D Nevada 3
389 Andy Levin D Michigan 9
390 Mike Levin D California 49
391 Elaine Luria D Virginia 2
392 Tom Malinowski D New Jersey 7
393 Ben McAdams D Utah 4
394 Lucy McBath D Georgia 6
395 Dan Meuser R Pennsylvania 9
396 Carol Miller R West Virginia 3
397 Debbie Mucarsel-Powell D Florida 26
398 Joe Neguse D Colorado 2
399 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D New York 14
400 Ilhan Omar D Minnesota 5
401 Lizzie Fletcher D Texas 7
402 Chris Pappas D New Hampshire 1
403 Greg Pence R Indiana 6
404 Dean Phillips D Minnesota 3
405 Katie Porter D California 45
406 Ayanna Pressley D Massachusetts 7
407 Guy Reschenthaler R Pennsylvania 14
408 Denver Riggleman R Virginia 5
409 John Rose R Tennessee 6
410 Max Rose D New York 11
411 Harley Rouda D California 48
412 Chip Roy R Texas 21
413 Kim Schrier D Washington 8
414 Donna Shalala D Florida 27
415 Mikie Sherrill D New Jersey 11
416 Elissa Slotkin D Michigan 8
417 Abigail Spanberger D Virginia 7
418 Ross Spano R Florida 15
419 Greg Stanton D Arizona 9
420 Pete Stauber R Minnesota 8
421 Bryan Steil R Wisconsin 1
422 Greg Steube R Florida 17
423 Haley Stevens D Michigan 11
424 Van Taylor R Texas 3
425 William Timmons R South Carolina 4
426 Rashida Tlaib D Michigan 13
427 Xochitl Torres Small D New Mexico 2
428 Lori Trahan D Massachusetts 3
429 David Trone D Maryland 6
430 Lauren Underwood D Illinois 14
431 Jeff Van Drew D New Jersey 2 Switched to Republican on December 19, 2019.
432 Michael Waltz R Florida 6
433 Steve Watkins R Kansas 2
434 Jennifer Wexton D Virginia 10
435 Ron Wright R Texas 6
Fred Keller R Pennsylvania 12 May 21, 2019
Dan Bishop R North Carolina 9 September 10, 2019
Greg Murphy R North Carolina 3
Mike Garcia R California 25 May 12, 2020
Tom Tiffany R Wisconsin 7
Chris Jacobs R New York 27 June 23, 2020
Kwanza Hall D Georgia 5 December 1, 2020

Delegates

RankDelegatePartyDistrictSeniority date
(previous service, if any)
Notes
1 Eleanor Holmes Norton D District of Columbia at-large January 3, 1991
2 Gregorio Sablan I [3] Northern Mariana Islands at-large January 3, 2009
3 Stacey Plaskett D United States Virgin Islands at-large January 3, 2015
4 Amata Coleman Radewagen R American Samoa at-large
5 Jenniffer González NPP/R Puerto Rico at-large January 3, 2017
6 Michael San Nicolas D Guam at-large January 3, 2019

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This is a complete list of current members of the United States House of Representatives based on seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office. Representatives whose terms begin the same day are ranked alphabetically by last name.

References

  1. Delegates are non-voting members and Representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.
  2. Members elected with substantial prior service receive credit for part of that service when calculating seniority.
  3. Caucuses with the Democrats for the purpose of committee assignments.