List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 33rd Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 33rd United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 33rd Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). 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.

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

U.S. House seniority

Rank	Representative	Party	District	Seniority date (Previous service, if any)	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	Linn Boyd	D	KY-01	March 4, 1839 Previous service, 1835–1837.	09th term*	Left the House in 1855.
2	Joshua R. Giddings	W	OH-20	December 5, 1842 Previous service, 1838–1842.	10th term*
3	George W. Jones	D	TN-06	March 4, 1843	06th term
4	Alexander H. Stephens	W	GA-08	October 2, 1843	06th term
5	Thomas H. Bayly	D	VA-01	May 6, 1844	06th term
6	John S. Phelps	D	MO-06	March 4, 1845	05th term
7	Frederick P. Stanton	D	TN-10	March 4, 1845	05th term	Left the House in 1855.
8	Thomas S. Bocock	D	VA-05	March 4, 1847	04th term
9	Thomas L. Clingman	D	NC-08	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1843–1845.	05th term*
10	Williamson R. W. Cobb	D	AL-06	March 4, 1847	04th term
11	Sampson W. Harris	D	AL-03	March 4, 1847	04th term
12	John L. Taylor	W	OH-10	March 4, 1847	04th term	Left the House in 1855.
13	William A. Richardson	D	IL-05	December 6, 1847	04th term
14	John McQueen	D	SC-01	February 12, 1849	04th term
15	William S. Ashe	D	NC-03	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
16	Henry Bennett	W	NY-21	March 4, 1849	03rd term
17	William H. Bissell	D	IL-08	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
18	Lewis D. Campbell	W	OH-03	March 4, 1849	03rd term
19	Joseph R. Chandler	W	PA-02	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
20	David T. Disney	D	OH-01	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
21	Cyrus L. Dunham	D	IN-03	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
22	Henry A. Edmundson	D	VA-12	March 4, 1849	03rd term
23	Thomas J. D. Fuller	D	ME-06	March 4, 1849	03rd term
24	William T. Hamilton	D	MD-05	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
25	Harry Hibbard	D	NH-03	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
26	John Millson	D	VA-02	March 4, 1849	03rd term
27	Fayette McMullen	D	VA-13	March 4, 1849	03rd term
28	Edson B. Olds	D	OH-12	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
29	James L. Orr	D	SC-05	March 4, 1849	03rd term
30	Paulus Powell	D	VA-06	March 4, 1849	03rd term
31	John Robbins	D	PA-03	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
32	Richard H. Stanton	D	KY-10	March 4, 1849	03rd term	Left the House in 1855.
33	James Meacham	W	VT-01	December 3, 1849	03rd term
34	James Abercrombie	W	AL-02	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
35	William Aiken, Jr.	D	SC-02	March 4, 1851	02nd term
36	Willis Allen	D	IL-09	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
37	William Appleton	W	MA-05	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
38	David J. Bailey	D	GA-03	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
39	John C. Breckinridge	D	KY-08	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
40	John Caskie	D	VA-03	March 4, 1851	02nd term
41	Elijah W. Chastain	D	GA-05	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
42	William M. Churchwell	D	TN-02	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
43	William Cullom	W	TN-04	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
44	Carlton B. Curtis	D	PA-24	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
45	John G. Davis	D	IN-07	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
46	Gilbert Dean	D	NY-12	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Resigned on July 3, 1854.
47	John L. Dawson	D	PA-20	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
48	Ben C. Eastman	D	WI-02	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
49	Alfred Peck Edgerton	D	OH-05	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
50	Presley Ewing	W	KY-03	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Died on September 27, 1854.
51	Charles J. Faulkner	D	VA-08	March 4, 1851	02nd term
52	Thomas B. Florence	D	PA-01	March 4, 1851	02nd term
53	James Gamble	D	PA-15	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
54	John Z. Goodrich	W	MA-11	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
55	Frederick W. Green	D	OH-09	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
56	Benjamin E. Grey	W	KY-02	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
57	Galusha A. Grow	D	PA-14	March 4, 1851	02nd term
58	Solomon G. Haven	W	NY-32	March 4, 1851	02nd term
59	Thomas A. Hendricks	D	IN-06	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
60	Bernhart Henn	D	IA-01	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
61	Junius Hillyer	D	GA-06	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
62	George S. Houston	D	AL-05	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1841–1849.	06th term*
63	Thomas M. Howe	W	PA-22	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
64	Colin M. Ingersoll	D	CT-02	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
65	Daniel T. Jones	D	NY-24	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
66	William H. Kurtz	D	PA-16	March 4, 1851	02nd term
67	John Letcher	D	VA-09	March 4, 1851	02nd term
68	Moses Macdonald	D	ME-01	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
69	Daniel Mace	D	IN-08	March 4, 1851	02nd term
70	John McNair	D	PA-05	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
71	John G. Miller	W	MO-05	March 4, 1851	02nd term
72	William Murray	D	NY-10	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
73	Samuel W. Parker	W	IN-05	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
74	George R. Riddle	D	DE	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
75	Zeno Scudder	W	MA-01	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Resigned on March 4, 1854.
76	Origen S. Seymour	D	CT-04	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
77	Charles Skelton	D	NJ-02	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
78	William R. Smith	D	AL-04	March 4, 1851	02nd term
79	Nathan T. Stratton	D	NJ-01	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
80	Benjamin B. Thurston	D	RI-02	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1847–1849.	03rd term*
81	Israel Washburn, Jr.	W	ME-05	March 4, 1851	02nd term
82	Richard Yates	W	IL-06	March 4, 1851	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
83	William Preston	W	KY-07	December 6, 1852	02nd term	Left the House in 1855.
84	James C. Allen	D	IL-07	March 4, 1853	01st term
85	Edward Ball	W	OH-16	March 4, 1853	01st term
86	Nathaniel P. Banks	D	MA-07	March 4, 1853	01st term
87	William Barksdale	D	MS	March 4, 1853	01st term
88	William T. S. Barry	D	MS-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
89	Nathan Belcher	D	CT-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
90	Peter H. Bell	D	TX-02	March 4, 1853	01st term
91	Samuel P. Benson	W	ME-04	March 4, 1853	01st term
92	Thomas H. Benton	D	MO-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
93	George Bliss	D	OH-18	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
94	Azariah Boody	W	NY-29	March 4, 1853	01st term	Resigned on October 13, 1853.
95	William W. Boyce	D	SC-06	March 4, 1853	01st term
96	Samuel A. Bridges	D	PA-07	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1848–1849.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1855.
97	Preston Brooks	D	SC-04	March 4, 1853	01st term
98	Robert M. Bugg	W	TN-07	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
99	Brookins Campbell	D	TN-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Died on December 25, 1853.
100	Samuel Caruthers	W	MO-07	March 4, 1853	01st term
101	Ebenezer M. Chamberlain	D	IN-10	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
102	George W. Chase	W	NY-19	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
103	James Chrisman	D	KY-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
104	Samuel Clark	D	MI-03	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1833–1835.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1855.
105	Alfred H. Colquitt	D	GA-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
106	John P. Cook	W	IA-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
107	Leander Cox	W	KY-09	March 4, 1853	01st term
108	Moses B. Corwin	W	OH-08	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1849–1851.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1855.
109	Francis B. Craige	D	NC-07	March 4, 1853	01st term
110	Samuel L. Crocker	W	MA-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
111	Thomas W. Cumming	D	NY-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
112	Francis B. Cutting	D	NY-08	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
113	Thomas Davis	D	RI-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
114	William B. W. Dent	D	GA-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
115	Alexander De Witt	W	MA-09	March 4, 1853	01st term
116	Edward Dickinson	W	MA-10	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
117	John Dick	W	PA-25	March 4, 1853	01st term
118	James F. Dowdell	D	AL-07	March 4, 1853	01st term
119	William Dunbar	D	LA-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
120	Augustus Drum	D	PA-19	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
121	Norman Eddy	D	IN-09	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
122	J. Wiley Edmands	W	MA-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
123	John M. Elliott	D	KY-06	March 4, 1853	01st term
124	Andrew Ellison	D	OH-06	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
125	William H. English	D	IN-02	March 4, 1853	01st term
126	Emerson Etheridge	W	TN-09	March 4, 1853	01st term
127	William Everhart	W	PA-06	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
128	E. Wilder Farley	W	ME-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
129	Reuben Fenton	D	NY-33	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
130	Thomas T. Flagler	W	NY-31	March 4, 1853	01st term
131	John R. Franklin	W	MD-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
132	William Goode	D	VA-04	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1841–1843.	02nd term*
133	Alfred B. Greenwood	D	AR-01	March 4, 1853	01st term
134	Aaron Harlan	W	OH-07	March 4, 1853	01st term
135	Andrew J. Harlan	D	IN-11	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1849–1851.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1855.
136	John S. Harrison	W	OH-02	March 4, 1853	01st term
137	George Hastings	D	NY-28	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
138	Wiley P. Harris	D	MS-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
139	Isaac E. Hiester	W	PA-09	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
140	Clement S. Hill	W	KY-05	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
141	Charles Hughes	D	NY-15	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
142	Theodore G. Hunt	W	LA-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
143	Harvey H. Johnson	D	OH-14	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
144	Roland Jones	D	LA-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
145	Laurence M. Keitt	D	SC-03	March 4, 1853	01st term
146	John Kerr, Jr.	W	NC-05	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
147	Zedekiah Kidwell	D	VA-10	March 4, 1853	01st term
148	George W. Kittredge	D	NH-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
149	James Knox	W	IL-04	March 4, 1853	01st term
150	Alfred W. Lamb	D	MO-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
151	James H. Lane	D	IN-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
152	Milton Latham	D	CA	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
153	Samuel Lilly	D	NJ-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
154	James J. Lindley	W	MO-03	March 4, 1853	01st term
155	William D. Lindsley	D	OH-13	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
156	Caleb Lyon	W	NY-23	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
157	John B. Macy	D	WI-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
158	Augustus Maxwell	D	FL	March 4, 1853	01st term
159	Samuel Mayall	D	ME-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
160	Henry May	D	MD-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
161	James A. McDougall	D	CA	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
162	Henry A. Muhlenberg	D	PA-08	March 4, 1853	01st term	Died on January 9, 1854.
163	Orsamus B. Matteson	W	NY-20	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1849–1851.	02nd term*
164	James Maurice	D	NY-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
165	John McCulloch	W	PA-18	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
166	Ner Middleswarth	W	PA-10	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
167	Smith Miller	D	IN-01	March 4, 1853	01st term
168	Edwin B. Morgan	W	NY-25	March 4, 1853	01st term
169	George W. Morrison	D	NH-02	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1850–1851.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1855.
170	Matthias H. Nichols	D	OH-04	March 4, 1853	01st term
171	David A. Noble	D	MI-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
172	Jesse O. Norton	W	IL-03	March 4, 1853	01st term
173	Andrew Oliver	D	NY-26	March 4, 1853	01st term
174	Mordecai Oliver	W	MO-04	March 4, 1853	01st term
175	Asa Packer	D	PA-13	March 4, 1853	01st term
176	Jared V. Peck	D	NY-09	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
177	Rufus W. Peckham	D	NY-14	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
178	Alexander C. M. Pennington	W	NJ-05	March 4, 1853	01st term
179	Bishop Perkins	D	NY-17	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
180	John Perkins, Jr.	D	LA-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
181	Philip Phillips	D	AL-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
182	James T. Pratt	D	CT-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
183	Benjamin Pringle	W	NY-30	March 4, 1853	01st term
184	Richard C. Puryear	W	NC-06	March 4, 1853	01st term
185	Charles Ready	W	TN-05	March 4, 1853	01st term
186	David A. Reese	W	GA-07	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
187	David Ritchie	W	PA-21	March 4, 1853	01st term
188	Thomas Ritchey	D	OH-11	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1847–1849.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1855.
189	Sion H. Rogers	W	NC-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
190	Peter Rowe	D	NY-18	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
191	Thomas H. Ruffin	D	NC-02	March 4, 1853	01st term
192	Samuel L. Russell	W	PA-17	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
193	Alvah Sabin	W	VT-03	March 4, 1853	01st term
194	Russell Sage	W	NY-13	March 4, 1853	01st term
195	Joshua Van Sant	D	MD-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
196	William R. Sapp	W	OH-15	March 4, 1853	01st term
197	James L. Seward	D	GA-01	March 4, 1853	01st term
198	Wilson Shannon	D	OH-17	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
199	Henry M. Shaw	D	NC-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
200	Jacob Shower	D	MD-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
201	George A. Simmons	W	NY-16	March 4, 1853	01st term
202	Otho R. Singleton	D	MS-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
203	Gerrit Smith	D	NY-22	March 4, 1853	01st term	Resigned on August 7, 1854.
204	Samuel A. Smith	D	TN-03	March 4, 1853	01st term
205	William Smith	D	VA-07	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1841–1843.	02nd term*
206	George W. Smyth	D	TX-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
207	John F. Snodgrass	D	VA-11	March 4, 1853	01st term	Died on June 5, 1854.
208	Augustus R. Sollers	W	MD-06	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1841–1843.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1855.
209	Hestor L. Stevens	D	MI-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
210	Christian Markle Straub	D	PA-11	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
211	Andrew Stuart	D	OH-21	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
212	David Stuart	D	MI-01	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
213	John J. Taylor	D	NY-27	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
214	Andrew Tracy	W	VT-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
215	Michael C. Trout	D	PA-23	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
216	William M. Tweed	D	NY-05	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
217	Charles W. Upham	W	MA-06	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
218	George Vail	D	NJ-04	March 4, 1853	01st term
219	Edward Wade	W	OH-19	March 4, 1853	01st term
220	Hiram Walbridge	D	NY-03	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
221	William A. Walker	D	NY-07	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
222	Samuel H. Walley	W	MA-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
223	Michael Walsh	D	NY-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
224	Edward A. Warren	D	AR-02	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
225	Elihu B. Washburne	W	IL-01	March 4, 1853	01st term
226	Daniel Wells, Jr.	D	WI-01	March 4, 1853	01st term
227	John Wentworth	D	IL-02	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1843–1851.	05th term*	Left the House in 1855.
228	Tappan Wentworth	W	MA-08	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
229	Theodoric R. Westbrook	D	NY-11	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
230	John Wheeler	D	NY-06	March 4, 1853	01st term
231	William H. Witte	D	PA-04	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
232	Daniel B. Wright	D	MS-01	March 4, 1853	01st term
233	Hendrick B. Wright	D	PA-12	March 4, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
234	Felix Zollicoffer	W	TN-08	March 4, 1853	01st term
	Davis Carpenter	W	NY-29	November 8, 1853	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
	Jehu G. Jones	D	PA-08	February 4, 1854 Previous service, 1851–1853.	02nd term*
	Nathaniel G. Taylor	W	TN-01	March 30, 1854	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
	Thomas D. Eliot	W	MA-01	April 17, 1854	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
	Henry C. Goodwin	W	NY-22	November 7, 1854	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
	Isaac Teller	W	NY-12	November 7, 1854	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
	Francis Bristow	W	KY-03	December 4, 1854	01st term	Left the House in 1855.
	Charles S. Lewis	D	VA-11	December 5, 1854	01st term	Left the House in 1855.

Delegates

Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date (Previous service, if any)	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	John Milton Bernhisel	D	UT	March 4, 1851	02nd term
2	Joseph Lane	D	OR	March 4, 1851	02nd term
3	José Manuel Gallegos	D	NM	March 4, 1853	01st term
4	Henry Mower Rice	D	MN	March 4, 1853	01st term
	Columbia Lancaster	D	WA	April 12, 1854	01st term
	John Wilkins Whitfield	D	KS	December 20, 1854	01st term
	Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings	D	NE	January 5, 1855	01st term

See also

• 33rd United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States senators in the 33rd Congress by seniority

References

 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

External links

• Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives