List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 22nd Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 22nd United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 22nd Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833). 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]

Seniority depends on the date on which members were sworn into office. Since many members are sworn in on the same day, subsequent ranking is based on previous congressional service of the individual and then by alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.

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.

U.S. House seniority list[edit]

U.S. House seniority
Rank Representative Party District Seniority date
(Previous service, if any)
No.# of term(s) Notes
1 William McCoy J VA-19 March 4, 1811 11th term Dean of the House
Left the House in 1833.
2 John W. Taylor AJ NY-17 March 4, 1813 10th term Left the House in 1833.
3 Lewis Williams AJ NC-13 March 4, 1815 09th term
4 Charles F. Mercer AJ VA-14 March 4, 1817 08th term
5 Mark Alexander J VA-04 March 4, 1819 07th term Left the House in 1833.
6 William S. Archer AJ VA-03 January 3, 1820 07th term
7 Rollin Carolas Mallary AJ VT-02 January 13, 1820 07th term Died on April 15, 1831.
8 Noyes Barber AJ CT March 4, 1821 06th term
9 Henry William Connor J NC-11 March 4, 1821 06th term
10 Jacob C. Isacks J TN-04 March 4, 1821 06th term Left the House in 1833.
11 George McDuffie N SC-05 March 4, 1821 06th term
12 Joseph Vance AJ OH-04 March 4, 1821 06th term
13 John Reed, Jr. AM MA-13 March 4, 1821
Previous service, 1813–1817.
08th term*
14 Andrew Stevenson J VA-09 March 4, 1821 06th term Speaker of the House
15 Wiley Thompson J GA March 4, 1821 06th term Left the House in 1833.
16 Lewis Condict AJ NJ October 9, 1821
Previous service, 1811–1817.
09th term* Left the House in 1833.
17 Churchill C. Cambreleng J NY-03 December 3, 1821 06th term
18 John S. Barbour J VA-15 March 4, 1823 05th term Left the House in 1833.
19 John Blair J TN-01 March 4, 1823 05th term
20 Robert P. Letcher AJ KY-04 March 4, 1823 05th term Left the House in 1833.
21 Samuel Finley Vinton AJ OH-07 March 4, 1823 05th term
22 Elisha Whittlesey AJ OH-13 March 4, 1823 05th term
23 Charles A. Wickliffe J KY-09 March 4, 1823 05th term Left the House in 1833.
24 John Anderson J ME-02 March 4, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
25 William Armstrong J VA-16 March 4, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
26 Tristam Burges AJ RI March 4, 1825 04th term
28 Samuel Price Carson J NC-12 March 4, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
29 Nathaniel Claiborne J VA-07 March 4, 1825 04th term
30 Thomas Davenport AJ VA-06 March 4, 1825 04th term
31 John Davis AJ MA-05 March 4, 1825 04th term
32 Edward Everett AJ MA-04 March 4, 1825 04th term
33 James Findlay J OH-01 March 4, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
34 Michael Hoffman J NY-15 March 4, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
35 Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll AJ CT March 4, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
36 Joseph Lecompte J KY-06 March 4, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
37 Dutee Jerauld Pearce AJ RI March 4, 1825 04th term
38 James K. Polk J TN-06 March 4, 1825 04th term
39 Gulian C. Verplanck J NY-03 March 4, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
40 William Drayton J SC-01 May 17, 1825 04th term Left the House in 1833.
41 Daniel Laurens Barringer J NC-08 December 4, 1826 04th term
42 Robert Allen J VA-17 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
43 Isaac C. Bates AJ MA-08 March 4, 1827 03rd term
44 John Bell AJ TN-07 March 4, 1827 03rd term
45 Richard Coulter J PA-17 March 4, 1827 03rd term
46 Henry Daniel J KY-01 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
47 Warren R. Davis N SC-06 March 4, 1827 03rd term
48 Joseph Duncan J IL March 4, 1827 03rd term
49 Thomas H. Hall J NC-03 March 4, 1827
Previous service, 1817–1825.
07th term*
50 James L. Hodges AJ MA-12 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
51 Jonathan Hunt J VT-01 March 4, 1827 03rd term Died on May 15, 1832.
52 Adam King J PA-10 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
53 Wilson Lumpkin J GA March 4, 1827
Previous service, 1815–1817.
04th term* Resigned sometime in 1831.
54 Chittenden Lyon J KY-12 March 4, 1827 03rd term
55 Lewis Maxwell AJ VA-21 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
56 William T. Nuckolls J SC-07 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
57 William Ramsey J PA-11 March 4, 1827 03rd term Died on September 29, 1831.
58 William Russell J OH-05 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
59 Augustine Henry Shepperd J NC-09 March 4, 1827 03rd term
60 Joel Barlow Sutherland J PA-01 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
61 George Corbin Washington AJ MD-03 March 4, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
62 Rufus McIntire J ME-01 September 10, 1827 03rd term
63 William Stanbery AJ OH-08 October 9, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
64 Phineas L. Tracy AM NY-29 November 5, 1827 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
65 Richard Henry Wilde J GA November 17, 1827
Previous service, 1815–1817 and 1825.
05th term**
66 James F. Randolph AJ NJ December 1, 1828 03rd term Left the House in 1833.
67 William G. Angel J NY-13 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827.
03rd term* Left the House in 1833.
68 Robert Woodward Barnwell J SC-02 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
69 James Blair J SC-08 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1821–1822.
03rd term*
70 Ratliff Boon J IN-01 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827.
03rd term*
71 Thomas Bouldin J VA-05 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
72 John Brodhead J NH March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
73 William Cahoon AM VT-05 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
74 Clement Comer Clay J AL-01 March 4, 1829 02nd term
75 Thomas Chandler J NH March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
76 Richard Coke, Jr. J VA-08 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
77 Richard M. Cooper AJ NJ March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
78 Robert Craig J VA-20 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
79 Joseph Halsey Crane AJ OH-03 March 4, 1829 02nd term
80 Thomas Hartley Crawford J PA-11 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
81 William Creighton, Jr. AJ OH-06 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1813–1817 and 1827–1828.
05th term** Left the House in 1833.
82 Philip Doddridge AJ VA-18 March 4, 1829 02nd term Died on November 19, 1832.
83 William W. Ellsworth AJ CT March 4, 1829 02nd term
84 Joshua Evans, Jr. J PA-04 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
85 Horace Everett AJ VT-03 March 4, 1829 02nd term
86 William Fitzgerald J TN-09 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
87 James Ford J PA-09 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
88 Thomas Flournoy Foster J GA March 4, 1829 02nd term
89 Nathan Gaither J KY-08 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
90 John Gilmore J PA-16 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
91 George Grennell, Jr. AJ MA-07 March 4, 1829 02nd term
92 Joseph Hammons J NH March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
93 Benjamin Chew Howard J MD-05 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
94 Henry Hubbard J NH March 4, 1829 02nd term
95 Thomas H. Hughes AJ NJ March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
96 Jabez W. Huntington AJ CT March 4, 1829 02nd term
97 William W. Irvin J OH-09 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
98 Leonard Jarvis J ME-06 March 4, 1829 02nd term
99 Cave Johnson J TN-08 March 4, 1829 02nd term
100 Richard Mentor Johnson J KY-05 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1807–1819.
08th term*
101 Joseph G. Kendall AJ MA-06 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
102 William Kennon, Sr. J OH-10 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
103 James Lent J NY-01 March 4, 1829 02nd term Died on February 22, 1833.
104 Dixon H. Lewis J AL-03 March 4, 1829 02nd term
105 Henry A. P. Muhlenberg J PA-07 March 4, 1829 02nd term
106 Spencer Darwin Pettis J MO March 4, 1829 02nd term Died on August 28, 1831.
107 Robert Potter J NC-06 March 4, 1829 02nd term Resigned in November 1831.
108 Abraham Rencher J NC-10 March 4, 1829 02nd term
109 Benedict Joseph Semmes AJ MD-02 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
110 William Biddle Shepard AJ NC-01 March 4, 1829 02nd term
111 Jesse Speight J NC-04 March 4, 1829 02nd term
112 James Israel Standifer J TN-03 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1823–1825.
03rd term*
113 Philander Stephens J PA-09 March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
114 William L. Storrs AJ CT March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
115 John Thomson J OH-12 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827.
03rd term*
116 James Moore Wayne J GA March 4, 1829 02nd term
117 John W. Weeks J NH March 4, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
118 Campbell P. White J NY-03 March 4, 1829 02nd term
119 Edward Douglass White, Sr. AJ LA-01 March 4, 1829 02nd term
120 Ebenezer Young AJ CT March 4, 1829 02nd term
121 George Evans AJ ME-04 July 20, 1829 02nd term
122 Peter Ihrie, Jr. J PA-08 October 13, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
123 Samuel A. Smith J PA-08 October 13, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
124 Henry Graybill Lamar J GA December 7, 1829 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
125 George Edward Mitchell J MD-06 December 7, 1829
Previous service, 1823–1827.
04th term* Died on June 28, 1832.
126 Harmar Denny AM PA-16 December 15, 1829 02nd term
127 William F. Gordon J VA-10 January 25, 1830 02nd term
128 John M. Patton D VA-11 November 25, 1830 02nd term
129 Cornelius Holland J ME-05 December 6, 1830 02nd term Left the House in 1833.
130 Humphrey H. Leavitt J OH-11 December 6, 1830 02nd term
131 John Adair J KY-07 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
132 John Quincy Adams AM MA-11 March 4, 1831 01st term
133 Chilton Allan AJ KY-03 March 4, 1831 01st term
134 Heman Allen AJ VT-04 March 4, 1831 01st term
135 Robert Allison AM PA-12 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
136 Nathan Appleton AJ MA-01 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
137 Thomas Dickens Arnold AJ TN-02 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
138 William Babcock AM NY-26 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
139 John Banks AM PA-18 March 4, 1831 01st term
140 Gamaliel H. Barstow AM NY-25 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
141 James Bates J ME-07 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
142 Samuel Beardsley J NY-14 March 4, 1831 01st term
143 John T. Bergen J NY-02 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
144 Lauchlin Bethune J NC-07 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
145 Joseph Bouck J NY-12 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
146 George N. Briggs AJ MA-09 March 4, 1831 01st term
147 John C. Brodhead J NY-07 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
148 John Conrad Bucher J PA-06 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
149 Henry Adams Bullard AJ LA-03 March 4, 1831 01st term
150 George Burd AJ PA-13 March 4, 1831 01st term
151 John Carr J IN-02 March 4, 1831 01st term
152 Joseph Chinn J VA-13 March 4, 1831 01st term
153 Rufus Choate AJ MA-02 March 4, 1831 01st term
154 John A. Collier AM NY-21 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
155 Silas Condit AJ NJ March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
156 Bates Cooke AM NY-30 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
157 Eleutheros Cooke AJ OH-14 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
158 Thomas Corwin AJ OH-02 March 4, 1831 01st term
159 Charles Dayan J NY-20 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
160 Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn AJ MA-10 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
161 Lewis Dewart J PA-09 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
162 John Dickson AM NY-26 March 4, 1831 01st term
163 Ulysses F. Doubleday J NY-24 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
164 John Myers Felder N SC-04 March 4, 1831 01st term
165 John K. Griffin N SC-09 March 4, 1831 01st term
166 William Hall J TN-05 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
167 Joseph M. Harper J NH March 4, 1831 01st term
168 Albert Gallatin Hawes J KY-11 March 4, 1831 01st term
169 William Hiester AM PA-04 March 4, 1831 01st term
170 William Hogan J NY-19 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
171 Henry Horn J PA-02 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
172 Daniel Jenifer AJ MD-01 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
173 Freeborn G. Jewett J NY-23 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
174 Charles Clement Johnston J VA-22 March 4, 1831 01st term Died on June 17, 1832.
175 Edward Kavanagh J ME-03 March 4, 1831 01st term
176 John Leeds Kerr AJ MD-07 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1825–1829.
03rd term* Left the House in 1833.
177 Henry King J PA-07 March 4, 1831 01st term
178 John King J NY-08 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
179 Gerrit Y. Lansing J NY-10 March 4, 1831 01st term
180 Joel Keith Mann J PA-05 March 4, 1831 01st term
181 Samuel Wright Mardis J AL-02 March 4, 1831 01st term
182 Thomas Alexander Marshall AJ KY-02 March 4, 1831 01st term
183 John Y. Mason J VA-02 March 4, 1831 01st term
184 Johnathan McCarty J IN-03 March 4, 1831 01st term
185 James Iver McKay J NC-05 March 4, 1831 01st term
186 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan AM PA-15 March 4, 1831 01st term
187 John J. Milligan AJ DE March 4, 1831 01st term
188 Thomas R. Mitchell J SC-03 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1821–1823 and 1825–1829.
04th term** Left the House in 1833.
189 Jeremiah Nelson AJ MA-03 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1805–1807 and 1815–1825.
06th term** Left the House in 1833.
190 Daniel Newnan J GA March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
191 Thomas Newton, Jr. AJ VA-01 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1801–1830.
16th term* Left the House in 1833.
192 Edmund H. Pendleton AJ NY-05 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
193 Job Pierson J NY-09 March 4, 1831 01st term
194 Nathaniel Pitcher J NY-18 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1819–1823.
03rd term* Left the House in 1833.
195 Franklin E. Plummer J MS March 4, 1831 01st term
196 David Potts, Jr. AM PA-04 March 4, 1831 01st term
197 Edward C. Reed J NY-22 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
198 John J. Roane J VA-12 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
199 Erastus Root J NY-11 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1803–1805, 1809–1811 and 1815–1817.
04th term*** Left the House in 1833.
200 Nathan Soule J NY-16 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
201 Isaac Southard AJ NJ March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
202 John S. Spence AJ MD-08 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1823–1825.
02nd term* Left the House in 1833.
203 Andrew Stewart AM PA-14 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1821–1829.
05th term*
204 Francis Thomas J MD-04 March 4, 1831 01st term
205 Philemon Thomas J LA-02 March 4, 1831 01st term
206 Christopher Tompkins AJ KY-10 March 4, 1831 01st term
207 Aaron Ward J NY-04 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1825–1829.
03rd term*
208 Daniel Wardwell J NY-20 March 4, 1831 01st term
209 John Goddard Watmough AJ PA-03 March 4, 1831 01st term
210 Grattan H. Wheeler AM NY-28 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
211 Frederick Whittlesey AM NY-27 March 4, 1831 01st term
212 Samuel J. Wilkin AJ NY-06 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
213 John Tolley Hood Worthington J MD-05 March 4, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
John Branch J NC-02 May 12, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
William Henry Ashley J MO October 31, 1831 01st term
William Slade AJ VT-02 November 1, 1831 01st term
Robert McCoy J PA-11 November 22, 1831 01st term Left the House in 1833.
Micajah Thomas Hawkins J NC-06 December 15, 1831 01st term
Augustin Smith Clayton J GA January 21, 1832 01st term
Charles S. Sewall J MD-06 October 1, 1832 01st term Left the House in 1833.
Joseph Draper J VA-22 December 6, 1832
Previous service, 1830–1831.
02nd term* Left the House in 1833.
Hiland Hall AJ VT-01 January 1, 1833 01st term
Joseph Johnson J VA-18 January 21, 1833
Previous service, 1823–1827.
03rd term* Left the House in 1833.

Delegates[edit]

Rank Delegate Party District Seniority date
(Previous service, if any)
No.# of term(s) Notes
1 Joseph M. White J FL March 4, 1825 04th term
2 Ambrose Hundley Sevier J AR February 13, 1828 03rd term
3 Austin Eli Wing J MI March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1825–1829.
03rd term*

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  • United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company 1998) ISBN 0-7864-0283-0

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