List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 23rd Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 23rd United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 23rd Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835). 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.

United States House of Representatives seniority list[edit]

United States House of Representatives seniority
Rank Representative Party District Seniority date
(Previous service, if any)
No.# of term(s) Notes
1 Lewis Williams AJ NC-13 March 4, 1815 10th term Dean of the House
2 Charles F. Mercer AJ VA-14 March 4, 1817 09th term
3 William S. Archer J VA-03 January 3, 1820 08th term Left the House in 1835.
4 Noyes Barber AJ CT March 4, 1821 07th term Left the House in 1835.
5 Henry William Connor J NC-11 March 4, 1821 07th term
6 George McDuffie N SC-05 March 4, 1821 07th term Resigned sometime in 1834.
7 John Reed, Jr. AM MA-11 March 4, 1821
Previous service, 1813–1817.
09th term*
8 Andrew Stevenson J VA-11 March 4, 1821 07th term Speaker of the House
Resigned on June 2, 1834.
9 Joseph Vance J OH-10 March 4, 1821 07th term Left the House in 1835.
10 Churchill C. Cambreleng J NY-03 December 3, 1821 07th term
11 John Blair J TN-01 March 4, 1823 06th term Left the House in 1835.
12 Elisha Whittlesey AJ OH-16 March 4, 1823 06th term
13 Samuel Finley Vinton AJ OH-06 March 4, 1823 06th term
14 Tristam Burges AJ RI March 4, 1825 05th term Left the House in 1835.
15 Nathaniel Claiborne J VA-07 March 4, 1825 05th term
16 John Davis AJ MA-05 March 4, 1825 05th term Resigned on January 14, 1834.
17 Thomas Davenport AJ VA-06 March 4, 1825 05th term Left the House in 1835.
18 Edward Everett AJ MA-04 March 4, 1825 05th term
19 Dutee Jerauld Pearce AM RI March 4, 1825 05th term
20 James K. Polk J TN-09 March 4, 1825 05th term
21 Daniel Laurens Barringer AJ NC-08 December 4, 1826 05th term Left the House in 1835.
22 Isaac C. Bates AJ MA-08 March 4, 1827 04th term Left the House in 1835.
23 John Bell J TN-07 March 4, 1827 04th term Became Speaker of the House after Stevenson resigned.
Left the House in 1835.
24 Richard Coulter J PA-19 March 4, 1827 04th term Left the House in 1835.
25 Warren R. Davis N SC-06 March 4, 1827 04th term Died on January 29, 1835.
26 Joseph Duncan J IL-03 March 4, 1827 04th term Resigned on September 21, 1834.
27 Thomas H. Hall J NC-03 March 4, 1827
Previous service, 1817–1825.
08th term* Left the House in 1835.
28 Chittenden Lyon J KY-01 March 4, 1827 04th term Left the House in 1835.
29 Augustine Henry Shepperd AJ NC-09 March 4, 1827 04th term
30 Rufus McIntire J ME-01 September 10, 1827 04th term
31 Richard Henry Wilde J GA November 17, 1827
Previous service, 1815–1817 and 1825.
06th term** Left the House in 1835.
32 James Blair N SC-08 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1821–1822.
04th term* Died on April 1, 1834.
33 Ratliff Boon J IN-01 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827.
04th term*
34 Clement Comer Clay J AL-01 March 4, 1829 03rd term Left the House in 1835.
35 Joseph Halsey Crane AJ OH-03 March 4, 1829 03rd term
36 William W. Ellsworth AJ CT March 4, 1829 03rd term Resigned on July 8, 1834.
37 Horace Everett AJ VT-03 March 4, 1829 03rd term
38 Thomas Flournoy Foster J GA March 4, 1829 03rd term Left the House in 1835.
39 George Grennell, Jr. AJ MA-06 March 4, 1829 03rd term
40 Henry Hubbard J NH March 4, 1829 03rd term Left the House in 1835.
41 Jabez W. Huntington AJ CT March 4, 1829 03rd term Resigned on August 16, 1834.
42 Leonard Jarvis J ME-06 March 4, 1829 03rd term
43 Cave Johnson J TN-11 March 4, 1829 03rd term
44 Richard Mentor Johnson J KY-13 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1807–1819.
07th term*
45 Dixon H. Lewis J AL-04 March 4, 1829 03rd term
46 Henry A. P. Muhlenberg J PA-09 March 4, 1829 03rd term
47 Abraham Rencher AJ NC-10 March 4, 1829 03rd term
48 William Biddle Shepard AJ NC-01 March 4, 1829 03rd term
49 Jesse Speight J NC-04 March 4, 1829 03rd term
50 James Israel Standifer J TN-04 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1823–1825.
04th term*
51 John Thomson J OH-17 March 4, 1829
Previous service, 1825–1827.
04th term*
52 James Moore Wayne J GA March 4, 1829 03rd term Resigned on January 13, 1835.
53 Campbell P. White J NY-03 March 4, 1829 03rd term
54 Edward Douglass White, Sr. AJ LA-01 March 4, 1829 03rd term Resigned on November 15, 1834.
55 Ebenezer Young AJ CT March 4, 1829 03rd term Left the House in 1835.
56 George Evans AJ ME-04 July 20, 1829 03rd term
57 Harmar Denny AM PA-22 December 15, 1829 04th term Left the House in 1837.
58 William F. Gordon J VA-12 January 25, 1830 03rd term Left the House in 1835.
59 John M. Patton D VA-13 November 25, 1830 03rd term
60 Humphrey H. Leavitt J OH-19 December 6, 1830 03rd term Resigned on July 10, 1834.
61 John Quincy Adams AM MA-12 March 4, 1831 02nd term
62 Chilton Allan AJ KY-10 March 4, 1831 02nd term
63 Heman Allen AJ VT-04 March 4, 1831 02nd term
64 John Banks AM PA-24 March 4, 1831 02nd term
65 Samuel Beardsley J NY-17 March 4, 1831 02nd term
66 George N. Briggs AJ MA-07 March 4, 1831 02nd term
67 Henry Adams Bullard AJ LA-03 March 4, 1831 02nd term Resigned on January 4, 1834.
68 George Burd AJ PA-18 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
69 John Carr J IN-03 March 4, 1831 02nd term
70 Joseph Chinn J VA-10 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
71 Rufus Choate AJ MA-02 March 4, 1831 02nd term Resigned on June 30, 1834.
72 Thomas Corwin AJ OH-04 March 4, 1831 02nd term
73 John Dickson AM NY-26 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
74 John Myers Felder N SC-04 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
75 John K. Griffin N SC-09 March 4, 1831 02nd term
76 Edward Kavanagh J ME-03 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
77 Joseph M. Harper J NH March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
78 Albert Gallatin Hawes J KY-02 March 4, 1831 02nd term
79 William Hiester AM PA-04 March 4, 1831 02nd term
80 Henry King J PA-08 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
81 Gerrit Y. Lansing J NY-10 March 4, 1831 02nd term
82 Joel Keith Mann J PA-05 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
83 Samuel Wright Mardis J AL-03 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
84 Thomas Alexander Marshall AJ KY-12 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
85 John Y. Mason J VA-02 March 4, 1831 02nd term
86 Johnathan McCarty J IN-05 March 4, 1831 02nd term
87 James Iver McKay J NC-05 March 4, 1831 02nd term
88 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan AM PA-21 March 4, 1831 02nd term
89 John J. Milligan AJ DE March 4, 1831 02nd term
90 Job Pierson J NY-09 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
91 Franklin E. Plummer J MS March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
92 David Potts, Jr. AM PA-04 March 4, 1831 02nd term
93 Andrew Stewart AM PA-20 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1821–1829.
06th term* Left the House in 1835.
94 Francis Thomas J MD-07 March 4, 1831 02nd term
95 Philemon Thomas J LA-02 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
96 Aaron Ward J NY-04 March 4, 1831
Previous service, 1825–1829.
04th term*
97 Daniel Wardwell J NY-18 March 4, 1831 02nd term
98 John Goddard Watmough AJ PA-03 March 4, 1831 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
99 William Henry Ashley AJ MO October 31, 1831 02nd term
100 William Slade AM VT-02 November 1, 1831 02nd term
101 Micajah Thomas Hawkins J NC-06 December 15, 1831 02nd term
102 Augustin Smith Clayton J GA January 21, 1832 02nd term Left the House in 1835.
103 Hiland Hall AJ VT-01 January 1, 1833 02nd term
104 John Adams J NY-08 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
105 William Allen J OH-07 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
106 Joseph Biles Anthony J PA-16 March 4, 1833 01st term
107 Charles Augustus Barnitz AM PA-11 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
108 William Baylies AJ MA-10 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1809 and 1813–1817.
04th term** Left the House in 1835.
109 Benning M. Bean J NH March 4, 1833 01st term
110 Martin Beaty AJ KY-04 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
111 Andrew Beaumont J PA-15 March 4, 1833 01st term
112 James M. H. Beale J VA-16 March 4, 1833 01st term
113 James Martin Bell AJ OH-11 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
114 Horace Binney AJ PA-02 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
115 Abraham Bockee J NY-05 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1829–1831.
02nd term*
116 Charles Bodle J NY-07 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
117 John W. Brown J NY-06 March 4, 1833 01st term
118 John Bull AJ MO March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
119 Samuel Bunch J TN-02 March 4, 1833 01st term
120 Robert Burns J NH March 4, 1833 01st term
121 Jesse Atherton Bynum J NC-02 March 4, 1833 01st term
122 Zadok Casey J IL-02 March 4, 1833 01st term
123 Harry Cage J MS March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
124 Richard Bennett Carmichael J MD-02 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
125 George Chambers AM PA-12 March 4, 1833 01st term
126 John Chaney J OH-09 March 4, 1833 01st term
127 Thomas Chilton AJ KY-06 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1827–1831.
03rd term* Left the House in 1835.
128 Samuel Clark J NY-25 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
129 William Clark AM PA-10 March 4, 1833 01st term
130 William K. Clowney N SC-07 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
131 John E. Coffee J GA March 4, 1833 01st term
132 John Cramer J NY-11 March 4, 1833 01st term
133 Davy Crockett AJ TN-12 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1827–1831.
03rd term* Left the House in 1835.
134 Edward Darlington AM PA-04 March 4, 1833 01st term
135 Amos Davis AJ KY-11 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
136 Rowland Day J NY-24 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1823–1825.
02nd term* Left the House in 1835.
137 Edmund Deberry AJ NC-07 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1829–1831.
02nd term*
138 Benjamin F. Deming AM VT-05 March 4, 1833 01st term Died on July 11, 1834.
139 Littleton Purnell Dennis AJ MD-01 March 4, 1833 01st term Died on April 14, 1834.
140 Philemon Dickerson J NJ March 4, 1833 01st term
141 David W. Dickinson J TN-08 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
142 William Claiborne Dunlap J TN-13 March 4, 1833 01st term
143 John Ewing AJ IN-02 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
144 Millard Fillmore AM NY-32 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
145 Samuel A. Foot AJ CT March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1819–1821 and 1823–1825.
03rd term** Resigned on May 9, 1834.
146 John B. Forester J TN-05 March 4, 1833 01st term
147 Samuel Fowler J NJ March 4, 1833 01st term
148 Philo C. Fuller AM NY-30 March 4, 1833 01st term
149 William K. Fuller J NY-23 March 4, 1833 01st term
150 John H. Fulton J VA-18 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
151 John Galbraith J PA-25 March 4, 1833 01st term
152 Roger Lawson Gamble J GA March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
153 James Gholson AJ VA-04 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
154 Ransom H. Gillet J NY-14 March 4, 1833 01st term
155 George Rockingham Gilmer J GA March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1821–1823 and 1827–1829.
03rd term** Left the House in 1835.
156 Benjamin Gorham J MA-01 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1820–1823 and 1827–1831.
05th term** Left the House in 1835.
157 James Graham AJ NC-12 March 4, 1833 01st term
158 William J. Grayson N SC-02 March 4, 1833 01st term
159 Joseph Hall J ME-07 March 4, 1833 01st term
160 Nicoll Halsey J NY-22 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
161 Thomas L. Hamer J OH-05 March 4, 1833 01st term
162 Edward A. Hannegan AJ IN-07 March 4, 1833 01st term
163 Benjamin Hardin AJ KY-07 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1815–1817 and 1819–1823.
04th term**
164 Gideon Hard AM NY-33 March 4, 1833 01st term
165 James Harper AJ PA-02 March 4, 1833 01st term
166 Samuel Smith Harrison J PA-23 March 4, 1833 01st term
167 Samuel G. Hathaway J NY-22 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
168 Abner Hazeltine AM NY-31 March 4, 1833 01st term
169 James P. Heath J MD-04 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
170 Joseph Henderson J PA-14 March 4, 1833 01st term
171 Edward Howell AM NY-27 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
172 Abel Huntington J NY-01 March 4, 1833 01st term
173 William Marshall Inge J TN-10 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
174 William Jackson AM MA-09 March 4, 1833 01st term
175 Noadiah Johnson J NY-20 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
176 William Cost Johnson AJ MD-06 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
177 Benjamin Jones J OH-18 March 4, 1833 01st term
178 Seaborn Jones J GA March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
179 George L. Kinnard J IN-06 March 4, 1833 01st term
180 Amos Lane J IN-04 March 4, 1833 01st term
181 John Laporte J PA-17 March 4, 1833 01st term
182 Cornelius Lawrence J NY-03 March 4, 1833 01st term Resigned on May 14, 1834.
183 George W. Lay AM NY-29 March 4, 1833 01st term
184 Luke Lea J TN-03 March 4, 1833 01st term
185 Thomas Lee J NJ March 4, 1833 01st term
186 James Love AJ KY-09 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
187 George Loyall J VA-01 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1830–1831.
02nd term*
188 Edward Lucas J VA-15 March 4, 1833 01st term
189 Robert Todd Lytle J OH-01 March 4, 1833 01st term Resigned on March 10, 1834.
Returned to the House on December 27, 1834.
Left the House in 1835.
190 Abijah Mann, Jr. J NY-16 March 4, 1833 01st term
191 Henry C. Martindale J NY-12 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1823–1831.
05th term* Left the House in 1835.
192 Moses Mason, Jr. J ME-05 March 4, 1833 01st term
193 William McComas J VA-19 March 4, 1833 01st term
194 Isaac McKim J MD-05 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1823–1825.
03rd term*
195 John McKinley J AL-02 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
196 Jeremiah McLene J OH-08 March 4, 1833 01st term
197 Charles McVean J NY-15 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
198 Jesse Miller J PA-13 March 4, 1833 01st term
199 Henry Mitchell J NY-21 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
200 Samuel M. Moore AJ VA-17 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
201 Robert Mitchell J OH-12 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
202 John Murphy J AL-05 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
203 Gayton P. Osgood J MA-03 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
204 Sherman Page J NY-19 March 4, 1833 01st term
205 James Parker J NJ March 4, 1833 01st term
206 Gorham Parks J ME-08 March 4, 1833 01st term
207 William Patterson J OH-14 March 4, 1833 01st term
208 Balie Peyton J TN-06 March 4, 1833 01st term
209 Henry L. Pinckney N SC-01 March 4, 1833 01st term
210 Franklin Pierce J NH March 4, 1833 01st term
211 Patrick H. Pope J KY-08 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
212 Robert Ramsey J PA-06 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
213 John Randolph of Roanoke J VA-05 March 4, 1833
Previous service, 1799–1813, 1815–1817, 1819–1825 and 1827–1829.
14th term**** Died on May 24, 1833.
214 Ferdinand Schureman Schenck J NJ March 4, 1833 01st term
215 William Schley J GA March 4, 1833 01st term
216 Dudley Selden J NY-03 March 4, 1833 01st term Resigned on July 1, 1834.
217 William Norton Shinn J NJ March 4, 1833 01st term
218 Thomas D. Singleton N SC-03 March 4, 1833 01st term Died on November 25, 1833.
219 Charles Slade J IL-01 March 4, 1833 01st term Died on July 26, 1834.
220 Jonathan Sloane AM OH-15 March 4, 1833 01st term
221 Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith J ME-02 March 4, 1833 01st term
222 David Spangler AJ OH-13 March 4, 1833 01st term
223 John Truman Stoddert J MD-08 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
224 William P. Taylor AJ VA-09 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
225 William Taylor J NY-23 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
226 Samuel Tweedy AJ CT March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
227 Christopher Tompkins AJ KY-03 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
228 James Turner J MD-03 March 4, 1833 01st term
229 Joel Turrill J NY-17 March 4, 1833 01st term
230 Aaron Vanderpoel J NY-08 March 4, 1833 01st term
231 Isaac B. Van Houten J NY-02 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
232 David Douglas Wagener J PA-07 March 4, 1833 01st term
233 Taylor Webster J OH-02 March 4, 1833 01st term
234 Reuben Whallon J NY-13 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
235 Frederick Whittlesey AM NY-28 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
236 Edgar C. Wilson AJ VA-21 March 4, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
237 Henry A. Wise J VA-08 March 4, 1833 01st term
Thomas Bouldin J VA-05 August 26, 1833
Previous service, 1829–1833.
03rd term* Died on February 11, 1834.
Joel Barlow Sutherland J PA-01 October 8, 1833
Previous service, 1827–1833.
04th term*
John J. Allen AJ VA-20 December 2, 1833 01st term Left the House in 1835.
Levi Lincoln, Jr. AJ MA-05 February 17, 1834 01st term
Robert B. Campbell N SC-03 February 27, 1834
Previous service, 1823–1825.
02nd term*
James Bouldin J VA-05 March 15, 1834 01st term
Rice Garland AJ LA-03 April 28, 1834 01st term
John Nevett Steele AJ MD-01 May 29, 1834 01st term
Robert P. Letcher AJ KY-05 August 6, 1834
Previous service, 1823–1833.
06th term* Left the House in 1835.
Charles G. Ferris J NY-03 December 1, 1834 01st term Left the House in 1835.
Ebenezer Jackson, Jr. AJ CT December 1, 1834 01st term Left the House in 1835.
Henry Johnson AJ LA-01 December 1, 1834 01st term
Daniel Kilgore J OH-19 December 1, 1834 01st term
William L. May J IL-03 December 1, 1834 01st term
Phineas Miner AJ CT December 1, 1834 01st term Left the House in 1835.
John J. Morgan J NY-03 December 1, 1834
Previous service, 1821–1825.
03rd term* Left the House in 1835.
Stephen C. Phillips AJ MA-02 December 1, 1834 01st term
John Reynolds J IL-01 December 1, 1834 01st term
John Robertson AJ VA-11 December 1, 1834 01st term
Joseph Trumbull AJ CT December 1, 1834 01st term Left the House in 1835.
Henry Fisk Janes AM VT-05 December 2, 1834 01st term
Richard Irvine Manning I J SC-08 December 8, 1834 01st term
Francis Wilkinson Pickens N SC-05 December 8, 1834 01st term

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 05th term
2 Ambrose Hundley Sevier J AR February 13, 1828 04th term
3 Lucius Lyon J MI March 4, 1833 01st term

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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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