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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 104th United States Congress listed by seniority.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 terms
Notes
1
John Dingell D MI-16 December 13, 1955
21st term
Dean of the House
2
Henry B. González TX-20 November 4, 1961
18th term
3
Sam Gibbons FL-11 January 3, 1963
17th term
Left the House in 1997 .
4
Joseph M. McDade R PA-10
5
Jimmy Quillen TN-01 Left the House in 1997 .
6
Sidney R. Yates D IL-09 January 3, 1965Previous service: 1949–1963.
23rd term*
7
John Conyers MI-14 January 3, 1965
16th term
8
Kika de la Garza TX-15 Left the House in 1997 .
9
Lee H. Hamilton IN-09
10
Tom Bevill AL-04 January 3, 1967
15th term
Left the House in 1997 .
11
Sonny Montgomery MS-03
12
John T. Myers R IN-07
13
Bill Clay D MO-01 January 3, 1969
14th term
14
Louis Stokes OH-11
15
Dave Obey WI-07 April 1, 1969
16
Phil Crane R IL-08 November 25, 1969
17
Bill Archer TX-07 January 3, 1971
13th term
18
Ron Dellums D CA-09
19
Charles Rangel NY-15
20
Floyd Spence R SC-02
21
Bill Young FL-10
22
George Brown Jr. D CA-42 January 3, 1973Previous service: 1963–1971.
16th term*
23
Benjamin Gilman R NY-20 January 3, 1973
12th term
24
Ralph Regula OH-16
25
Charlie Rose D NC-07 Left the House in 1997 .
26
Joe Moakley MA-09
27
Carlos Moorhead R CA-27 Left the House in 1997 .
28
Pat Schroeder D CO-01
29
Bud Shuster R PA-09
30
Pete Stark D CA-13
31
Gerry Studds MA-10 Left the House in 1997 .
32
Charlie Wilson TX-02
33
Don Young R AK-AL March 6, 1973
34
Cardiss Collins D IL-07 June 5, 1973
Left the House in 1997 .
35
John Murtha PA-12 February 5, 1974
36
Andrew Jacobs Jr. IN-10 January 3, 1975Previous service: 1965–1973.
15th term*
Left the House in 1997 .
37
Harold Ford Sr. TN-09 January 3, 1975
11th term
38
William F. Goodling R PA-19
39
Bill Hefner D NC-08
40
Henry Hyde R IL-06
41
John LaFalce D NY-29
42
George Miller CA-07
43
Norman Mineta CA-15 Resigned on October 10, 1995.
44
Jim Oberstar MN-08
45
Henry Waxman CA-29
46
Ed Markey MA-07 November 2, 1976
47
Anthony Beilenson CA-24 January 3, 1977
10th term
Left the House in 1997 .
48
David Bonior MI-10
49
Norm Dicks WA-06
50
Dick Gephardt MO-03
51
Dale Kildee MI-09
52
Jim Leach R IA-01
53
Nick Rahall D WV-03
54
Ike Skelton MO-04
55
Bob Stump R AZ-03
56
Bruce Vento D MN-04
57
Harold Volkmer MO-09 Left the House in 1997 .
58
Bob Walker R PA-16
59
Bob Livingston LA-01 August 27, 1977
60
Doug Bereuter NE-01 January 3, 1979
9th term
61
William F. Clinger Jr. PA-05 Left the House in 1997 .
62
Julian Dixon D CA-32
63
Vic Fazio CA-03
64
Martin Frost TX-24
65
Newt Gingrich R GA-06 Speaker of the House
66
Tony P. Hall D OH-03
67
Jerry Lewis R CA-40
68
Bob Matsui D CA-05
69
Toby Roth R WI-08 Left the House in 1997 .
70
Martin Olav Sabo D MN-05
71
Jim Sensenbrenner R WI-09
72
Gerald Solomon NY-22
73
Charles Stenholm D TX-17
74
Bill Thomas R CA-21
75
Pat Williams D MT-AL Left the House in 1997 .
76
Tom Petri R WI-06 April 3, 1979
77
John Porter IL-10 January 22, 1980
78
Billy Tauzin D LA-03 May 22, 1980
Switched to Republican on August 8, 1995.
79
Thomas J. Bliley Jr. R VA-07 January 3, 1981
8th term
80
William J. Coyne D PA-14
81
David Dreier R CA-26
82
Bill Emerson MO-08 Died on June 22, 1996.
83
Jack Fields TX-08 Left the House in 1997 .
84
Thomas M. Foglietta D PA-01
85
Barney Frank MA-04
86
Sam Gejdenson CT-02
87
Steve Gunderson R WI-03 Left the House in 1997 .
88
Ralph Hall D TX-04
89
James V. Hansen R UT-01
90
Duncan L. Hunter CA-52
91
Tom Lantos D CA-12
92
Bill McCollum R FL-08
93
Pat Roberts KS-01 Left the House in 1997 .
94
Hal Rogers KY-05
95
Marge Roukema NJ-05
96
Chuck Schumer D NY-09
97
Clay Shaw R FL-22
98
Joe Skeen NM-02
99
Chris Smith NJ-04
100
Frank Wolf VA-10
101
Ron Wyden D OR-03 Resigned on February 5, 1996.
102
Steny Hoyer MD-05 May 19, 1981
103
Mike Oxley R OH-04 June 25, 1981
104
Barbara B. Kennelly D CT-01 January 12, 1982
105
Matthew G. Martínez CA-31 July 13, 1982
106
Herbert H. Bateman R VA-01 January 3, 1983
7th term
107
Howard Berman D CA-28
108
Michael Bilirakis R FL-09
109
Sherwood Boehlert NY-23
110
Robert A. Borski Jr. D PA-03
111
Rick Boucher VA-09
112
John Bryant TX-05 Left the House in 1997 .
113
Dan Burton R IN-06
114
Ronald D. Coleman D TX-16 Left the House in 1997 .
115
Dick Durbin IL-20
116
Lane Evans IL-17
117
George Gekas R PA-17
118
Nancy Johnson CT-06
119
Marcy Kaptur D OH-09
120
John Kasich R OH-12
121
Sander Levin D MI-12
122
Bill Lipinski IL-03
123
Alan Mollohan WV-01
124
Solomon P. Ortiz TX-27
125
Major Owens NY-11
126
Ron Packard R CA-48
127
Bill Richardson D NM-03
128
Norman Sisisky VA-04
129
John Spratt SC-05
130
Esteban Torres CA-34
131
Robert Torricelli NJ-09 Left the House in 1997 .
132
Edolphus Towns NY-10
133
Barbara Vucanovich R NV-02 Left the House in 1997 .
134
Bob Wise D WV-02
135
Gary Ackerman NY-05 March 1, 1983
136
Daniel Schaefer R CO-06 March 29, 1983
137
Jerry Kleczka D WI-04 April 3, 1984
138
Jim Saxton R NJ-03 November 6, 1984
139
Bob Dornan CA-46 January 3, 1985Previous service: 1977–1983.
9th term* Left the House in 1997 .
140
Dick Armey TX-26 January 3, 1985
6th term
141
Joe Barton TX-06
142
Sonny Callahan AL-01
143
Howard Coble NC-06
144
Larry Combest TX-19
145
Tom DeLay TX-22
146
Harris W. Fawell IL-13
147
Bart Gordon D TN-06
148
Paul Kanjorski PA-11
149
Jim Kolbe R AZ-05
150
Jim Ross Lightfoot IA-03 Left the House in 1997 .
151
Thomas J. Manton D NY-07
152
Jan Meyers R KS-03 Left the House in 1997 .
153
James Traficant D OH-17
154
Pete Visclosky IN-01
155
Jim Chapman TX-01 August 3, 1985
Left the House in 1997 .
156
Cass Ballenger R NC-10 November 4, 1986
157
Richard Baker LA-06 January 3, 1987
5th term
158
Jim Bunning KY-04
159
Ben Cardin D MD-03
160
Peter DeFazio OR-04
161
Floyd Flake NY-06
162
Elton Gallegly R CA-23
163
Dennis Hastert IL-14
164
Jimmy Hayes D LA-07 Switched to Republican on December 1, 1995.Left the House in 1997 .
165
Joel Hefley R CO-05
166
Wally Herger CA-02
167
Amo Houghton NY-31
168
Tim Johnson D SD-AL Left the House in 1997 .
169
Joseph P. Kennedy II MA-08
170
John Lewis GA-05
171
Kweisi Mfume MD-07 Resigned on February 15, 1996
172
Connie Morella R MD-08
173
Owen B. Pickett D VA-02
174
Thomas C. Sawyer OH-14
175
David Skaggs CO-02
176
Louise Slaughter NY-28
177
Lamar Smith R TX-21
178
Fred Upton MI-06
179
Curt Weldon PA-07
180
Nancy Pelosi D CA-08 June 2, 1987
181
Chris Shays R CT-04 August 18, 1987
182
Bob Clement D TN-05 January 19, 1988
183
Jim McCrery R LA-05 April 16, 1988
184
Lewis F. Payne Jr. D VA-05 June 14, 1988
Left the House in 1997 .
185
Jerry Costello IL-12 August 9, 1988
186
Jimmy Duncan R TN-02 November 8, 1988
187
Frank Pallone D NJ-06
188
Mel Hancock R MO-07 January 3, 1989
4th term Left the House in 1997 .
189
Christopher Cox CA-47
190
Eliot Engel D NY-17
191
Paul Gillmor R OH-05
192
Porter Goss FL-14
193
Harry Johnston D FL-19 Left the House in 1997 .
194
Greg Laughlin TX-14 Switched to Republican on June 26, 1995.Left the House in 1997 .
195
Nita Lowey NY-18
196
Jim McDermott WA-07
197
Michael R. McNulty NY-21
198
Richard Neal MA-02
199
Michael Parker MS-04 Switched to Republican on November 10, 1995.
200
Bill Paxon R NY-27
201
Donald M. Payne D NJ-10
202
Glenn Poshard IL-19
203
Dana Rohrabacher R CA-45
204
Steven Schiff NM-01
205
Cliff Stearns FL-06
206
John S. Tanner D TN-08
207
James T. Walsh R NY-25
208
Glen Browder D AL-03 April 4, 1989
Left the House in 1997 .
209
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R FL-18 August 29, 1989
210
Gary Condit D CA-18 September 12, 1989
211
Pete Geren TX-12 Left the House in 1997 .
212
Gene Taylor MS-05 October 17, 1989
213
Susan Molinari R NY-13 March 20, 1990
214
José E. Serrano D NY-16
215
Patsy Mink HI-02 September 22, 1990Previous service: 1965–1977.
10th term*
216
Rob Andrews NJ-01 November 6, 1990
4th term
217
Neil Abercrombie HI-01 January 3, 1991Previous service: 1986–1987.
4th term*
218
Wayne Allard R CO-04 January 3, 1991
3rd term Left the House in 1997 .
219
Bill Barrett NE-03
220
John Boehner OH-08
221
William K. Brewster D OK-03 Left the House in 1997 .
222
Barbara-Rose Collins MI-15
223
Dave Camp R MI-04
224
Bud Cramer D AL-05
225
Duke Cunningham R CA-50
226
Rosa DeLauro D CT-03
227
John Doolittle R CA-04
228
Cal Dooley D CA-20
229
Chet Edwards TX-11
230
Gary Franks R CT-05 Left the House in 1997 .
231
Wayne Gilchrest MD-01
232
Dave Hobson OH-07
233
William J. Jefferson D LA-02
234
Scott L. Klug R WI-02
235
Jim Moran D VA-08
236
Jim Nussle R IA-02
237
Bill Orton D UT-03 Left the House in 1997 .
238
Collin Peterson MN-07
239
Pete Peterson FL-02 Left the House in 1997 .
240
Jim Ramstad R MN-03
241
Jack Reed D RI-02 Left the House in 1997 .
242
Tim Roemer IN-03
243
Bernie Sanders I VT-AL
244
Charles H. Taylor R NC-11
245
Ray Thornton D AR-02 January 3, 1991Previous service: 1973–1979.
6th term* Resigned on January 1, 1997.
246
Maxine Waters CA-35 January 3, 1991
3rd term
247
Bill Zeliff R NH-01 Left the House in 1997 .
248
Dick Zimmer NJ-12
249
Sam Johnson TX-03 May 8, 1991
250
John Olver D MA-01 June 18, 1991
251
Thomas W. Ewing R IL-15 July 2, 1991
252
Ed Pastor D AZ-02 October 3, 1991
253
Eva Clayton NC-01 November 3, 1992
254
Jerry Nadler NY-08
255
Spencer Bachus R AL-06 January 3, 1993
2nd term
256
William P. Baker CA-10 Left the House in 1997 .
257
James A. Barcia D MI-05
258
Tom Barrett WI-05
259
Roscoe Bartlett R MD-06
260
Xavier Becerra D CA-30
261
Scotty Baesler KY-06
262
Sanford Bishop GA-02
263
Peter I. Blute R MA-03 Left the House in 1997 .
264
Henry Bonilla TX-23
265
Corrine Brown D FL-03
266
Sherrod Brown OH-13
267
Steve Buyer R IN-05
268
Charles T. Canady FL-12
269
Ken Calvert CA-43
270
Mike Castle DE-AL
271
Jim Clyburn D SC-06
272
Mac Collins R GA-03
273
Mike Crapo ID-02
274
Pat Danner D MO-06
275
Nathan Deal GA-09 Switched to Republican on April 11, 1995.
276
Peter Deutsch FL-20
277
Lincoln Díaz-Balart R FL-21
278
Jay Dickey AR-04
279
Jennifer Dunn WA-08
280
Anna Eshoo D CA-14
281
Terry Everett R AL-02
282
Cleo Fields D LA-04 Left the House in 1997 .
283
Bob Filner CA-51
284
Tillie Fowler R FL-04
285
Bob Franks NJ-07
286
Elizabeth Furse D OR-01
287
Bob Goodlatte R VA-06
288
Gene Green D TX-29
289
James C. Greenwood R PA-08
290
Luis Gutiérrez D IL-04
291
Jane Harman CA-36
292
Alcee Hastings FL-23
293
Earl Hilliard AL-07
294
Maurice Hinchey NY-26
295
Pete Hoekstra R MI-02
296
Martin Hoke OH-10 Left the House in 1997 .
297
Tim Holden D PA-06
298
Steve Horn R CA-38
299
Bob Inglis SC-04
300
Ernest Istook OK-05
301
Eddie Bernice Johnson D TX-30
302
Tim Hutchinson R AR-03 Left the House in 1997 .
303
Jay Kim CA-41
304
Peter T. King NY-03
305
Jack Kingston GA-01
306
Ron Klink D PA-04
307
Joe Knollenberg R MI-11
308
Rick Lazio NY-02
309
Blanche Lincoln D AR-01 Left the House in 1997 .
310
John Linder R GA-11
311
Carolyn Maloney D NY-14
312
Don Manzullo R IL-16
313
Paul McHale D PA-15
314
John M. McHugh R NY-24
315
Scott McInnis CO-03
316
Buck McKeon CA-25
317
Cynthia McKinney D GA-04
318
Marty Meehan MA-05
319
Carrie Meek FL-17
320
Bob Menendez NJ-13
321
John Mica R FL-07
322
Dan Miller FL-13
323
David Minge D MN-02
324
Richard Pombo R CA-11
325
Earl Pomeroy D ND-AL
326
Deborah Pryce R OH-15
327
Jack Quinn NY-30
328
Mel Reynolds D IL-02 Resigned on October 1, 1995.
329
Lucille Roybal-Allard CA-33
330
Ed Royce R CA-39
331
Bobby Rush D IL-01
332
Bobby Scott VA-03
333
Nick Smith R MI-07
334
Bart Stupak D MI-01
335
Frank Tejeda TX-28
336
Jim Talent R MO-02
337
Karen Thurman D FL-05
338
Peter G. Torkildsen R MA-06 Left the House in 1997 .
339
Walter R. Tucker III D CA-37 Resigned on December 15, 1995.
340
Nydia Velázquez NY-12
341
Mel Watt NC-12
342
Lynn Woolsey CA-06
343
Albert Wynn MD-04
344
Bennie Thompson MS-02 April 13, 1993
345
Rob Portman R OH-02 May 4, 1993
346
Sam Farr D CA-17 June 8, 1993
347
Vern Ehlers R MI-03 December 7, 1993
348
Frank Lucas OK-06 May 10, 1994
349
Ron Lewis KY-02 May 24, 1994
350
Steve Largent OK-01 November 29, 1994
351
John Baldacci D ME-02 January 3, 1995
1st term
352
Charles Bass R NH-02
353
Bob Barr GA-07
354
Ken Bentsen Jr. D TX-25
355
Brian Bilbray R CA-49
356
Sonny Bono CA-44
357
Sam Brownback KS-02 Resigned on November 7, 1996.
358
Ed Bryant TN-07
359
Richard Burr NC-05
360
Jim Bunn OR-05 Left the House in 1997 .
361
Steve Chabot OH-01
362
Saxby Chambliss GA-08
363
Helen Chenoweth ID-01
364
Jon Christensen NE-02
365
Dick Chrysler MI-08 Left the House in 1997 .
366
Tom Coburn OK-02
367
Wes Cooley OR-02 Left the House in 1997 .
368
Frank Cremeans OH-06
369
Barbara Cubin WY-AL
370
Tom Davis VA-11
371
Lloyd Doggett D TX-10
372
Mike Doyle PA-18
373
Bob Ehrlich R MD-02
374
Phil English PA-21
375
John Ensign NV-01
376
Chaka Fattah D PA-02
377
Michael Flanagan R IL-05 Left the House in 1997 .
378
Mark Foley FL-16
379
Michael Forbes NY-01
380
Jon D. Fox PA-13
381
Rodney Frelinghuysen NJ-11
382
Dan Frisa NY-04 Left the House in 1997 .
383
David Funderburk NC-02
384
Greg Ganske IA-04
385
Lindsey Graham SC-03
386
Enid Greene Waldholtz UT-02 Left the House in 1997 .
387
Gil Gutknecht MN-01
388
Doc Hastings WA-04
389
J. D. Hayworth AZ-06
390
Fred Heineman NC-04 Left the House in 1997 .
391
Van Hilleary TN-04
392
John Hostettler IN-08
393
Sheila Jackson Lee D TX-18
394
Walter B. Jones Jr. R NC-03
395
Sue W. Kelly NY-19
396
Patrick J. Kennedy D RI-01
397
Ray LaHood R IL-18
398
Tom Latham IA-05
399
Steve LaTourette OH-19
400
Frank LoBiondo NJ-02
401
Zoe Lofgren D CA-16
402
James B. Longley Jr. R ME-01 Left the House in 1997 .
403
Bill Luther D MN-06
404
William J. Martini R NJ-08 Left the House in 1997 .
405
Frank Mascara D PA-20
406
Karen McCarthy MO-05
407
David M. McIntosh R IN-02
408
Jack Metcalf WA-02
409
Sue Myrick NC-09
410
George Nethercutt WA-05
411
Mark Neumann WI-01
412
Bob Ney OH-18
413
Charlie Norwood GA-10
414
George Radanovich CA-19
415
Frank Riggs CA-01 January 3, 1995Previous service: 1991–1993.
2nd term*
416
Lynn N. Rivers D MI-13 January 3, 1995
1st term
417
Matt Salmon R AZ-01
418
Mark Sanford SC-01
419
Joe Scarborough FL-01
420
Andrea Seastrand CA-22 Left the House in 1997 .
421
John Shadegg AZ-04
422
Linda Smith WA-03
423
Mark Souder IN-04
424
Steve Stockman TX-09 Left the House in 1997 .
425
Randy Tate WA-09
426
Mac Thornberry TX-13
427
Todd Tiahrt KS-04
428
Zach Wamp TN-03
429
Mike Ward D KY-03 Left the House in 1997 .
430
J. C. Watts R OK-04
431
Dave Weldon FL-15
432
Jerry Weller IL-11
433
Rick White WA-01
434
Ed Whitfield KY-01
435
Roger Wicker MS-01
Tom Campbell CA-15 December 12, 1995Previous service: 1989–1993.
3rd term*
Jesse Jackson Jr. D IL-02 December 12, 1995
1st term
Juanita Millender-McDonald CA-37 March 26, 1996
Elijah Cummings MD-07 April 16, 1996
Earl Blumenauer OR-03 May 21, 1996
Jo Ann Emerson R MO-08 November 5, 1996
Jim Ryun KS-02 November 27, 1996
Delegates [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ Delegates are non-voting members and representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.
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