List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 29th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 29th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 29th Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847). 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

U.S. House Seniority

Rank	Representative	Party	District	Seniority date	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	John Quincy Adams	W	MA-08	March 4, 1831	08th term	Dean of the House
2	James Iver McKay	D	NC-06	March 4, 1831	08th term
3	Reuben Chapman	D	AL-06	March 4, 1835	06th term	Left the House in 1847.
4	George W. Hopkins	D	VA-13	March 4, 1835	06th term	Left the House in 1847.
5	Robert Rhett	D	SC-07	March 4, 1837	05th term
6	Joshua R. Giddings	W	OH-20	December 3, 1838	05th term
7	Linn Boyd	D	KY-01	March 4, 1839 Previous service, 1835–1837.	05th term*
8	Garrett Davis	W	KY-08	March 4, 1839	04th term	Left the House in 1847.
9	Isaac E. Holmes	D	SC-06	March 4, 1839	04th term
10	Jacob Thompson	D	MS	March 4, 1839	04th term
11	Milton Brown	W	TN-11	March 4, 1841	03rd term	Left the House in 1847.
12	John Reeves Jones Daniel	D	NC-07	March 4, 1841	03rd term
13	John Bennett Dawson	D	LA-03	March 4, 1841	03rd term	Died on June 26, 1845.
14	George S. Houston	D	AL-05	March 4, 1841	03rd term
15	Edmund Hubard	D	VA-04	March 4, 1841	03rd term	Left the House in 1847.
16	Charles J. Ingersoll	D	PA-04	March 4, 1841 Previous service, 1813–1815.	04th term*
17	Andrew Kennedy	D	IN-10	March 4, 1841	03rd term	Left the House in 1847.
18	William W. Payne	D	AL-04	March 4, 1841	03rd term	Left the House in 1847.
19	Charles Hudson	W	MA-05	May 3, 1841	03rd term
20	Joseph R. Ingersoll	W	PA-02	October 12, 1841 Previous service, 1835–1837.	04th term*
21	Robert C. Winthrop	W	MA-01	November 29, 1842 Previous service, 1840–1842.	05th term*
22	Amos Abbott	W	MA-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term
23	Joseph H. Anderson	D	NY-07	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
24	Archibald Atkinson	D	VA-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term
25	Daniel Moreau Barringer	W	NC-02	March 4, 1843	02nd term
26	Charles S. Benton	D	NY-17	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
27	James Black	D	PA-16	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1836–1837.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1847.
28	James A. Black	D	SC-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term
29	James B. Bowlin	D	MO	March 4, 1843	02nd term
30	Jacob Brinkerhoff	D	OH-11	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
31	Richard Brodhead	D	PA-10	March 4, 1843	02nd term
32	Joseph Buffington	W	PA-24	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
33	Armistead Burt	D	SC-05	March 4, 1843	02nd term
34	Charles H. Carroll	W	NY-29	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
35	Augustus A. Chapman	D	VA-12	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
36	Howell Cobb	D	GA-06	March 4, 1843	02nd term
37	Jacob Collamer	W	VT-02	March 4, 1843	02nd term
38	Henry Y. Cranston	W	RI-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
39	Alvan Cullom	D	TN-04	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
40	John W. Davis	D	IN-06	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1835–1837 and 1839–1841.	04th term**	Speaker of the House Left the House in 1847.
41	Paul Dillingham	D	VT-04	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
42	Stephen A. Douglas	D	IL-05	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Resigned on March 3, 1847.
43	George Dromgoole	D	VA-02	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1835–1841.	05th term*
44	Robert P. Dunlap	D	ME-02	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
45	Orlando B. Ficklin	D	IL-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term
46	Solomon Foot	W	VT-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
47	Henry D. Foster	D	PA-19	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
48	Henry Grider	W	KY-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
49	Hannibal Hamlin	D	ME-06	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
50	Hugh A. Haralson	D	GA-04	March 4, 1843	02nd term
51	Alexander Harper	W	OH-14	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1837–1839.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1847.
52	Thomas J. Henley	D	IN-02	March 4, 1843	02nd term
53	Joseph P. Hoge	D	IL-06	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
54	Orville Hungerford	D	NY-19	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
55	James B. Hunt	D	MI-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
56	Washington Hunt	W	NY-34	March 4, 1843	02nd term
57	Andrew Johnson	D	TN-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term
58	George W. Jones	D	TN-05	March 4, 1843	02nd term
59	Daniel P. King	W	MA-02	March 4, 1843	02nd term
60	Preston King	D	NY-18	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
61	John Henry Lumpkin	D	GA-05	March 4, 1843	02nd term
62	William B. Maclay	D	NY-04	March 4, 1843	02nd term
63	George P. Marsh	W	VT-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term
64	John A. McClernand	D	IL-02	March 4, 1843	02nd term
65	Robert McClelland	D	MI-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term
66	Felix Grundy McConnell	D	AL-07	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Died on September 10, 1846.
67	Joseph J. McDowell	D	OH-07	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
68	Abraham R. McIlvaine	W	PA-07	March 4, 1843	02nd term
69	Joseph Morris	D	OH-15	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
70	William A. Moseley	W	NY-32	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
71	Moses Norris, Jr.	D	NH	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
72	Robert D. Owen	D	IN-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
73	John Pettit	D	IN-08	March 4, 1843	02nd term
74	Joseph Hopkins Peyton	W	TN-08	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Died on November 11, 1845.
75	Alexander Ramsey	W	PA-14	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
76	George O. Rathbun	D	NY-25	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
77	David Settle Reid	D	NC-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
78	James H. Relfe	D	MO	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
79	John Ritter	D	PA-09	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
80	Robert W. Roberts	D	MS	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
81	Julius Rockwell	W	MA-07	March 4, 1843	02nd term
82	Robert C. Schenck	W	OH-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term
83	Henry St. John	D	OH-06	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
84	Luther Severance	W	ME-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
85	Richard F. Simpson	D	SC-02	March 4, 1843	02nd term
86	John Slidell	D	LA-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Resigned on November 10, 1845.
87	Albert Smith	W	NY-33	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
88	Caleb B. Smith	W	IN-04	March 4, 1843	02nd term
89	Robert Smith	D	IL-01	March 4, 1843	02nd term
90	Thomas Smith	D	IN-03	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1839–1841.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1847.
91	Andrew Stewart	W	PA-18	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1821–1829 and 1831–1835.	07th term**
92	William Taylor	D	VA-11	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Died on January 17, 1846.
93	William Thomasson	W	KY-07	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
94	John W. Tibbatts	D	KY-10	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
95	Daniel R. Tilden	W	OH-19	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
96	Joseph Vance	W	OH-04	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1821–1835.	09th term*	Left the House in 1847.
97	Samuel Finley Vinton	W	OH-12	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1823–1837.	09th term*
98	John Wentworth	D	IL-04	March 4, 1843	02nd term
99	Horace Wheaton	D	NY-24	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
100	Joseph A. Woodward	D	SC-03	March 4, 1843	02nd term
101	William Wright	W	NJ-05	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
102	Jacob S. Yost	D	PA-05	March 4, 1843	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
103	Alexander H. Stephens	W	GA-07	October 2, 1843	02nd term
104	Joseph Grinnell	W	MA-10	December 7, 1843	02nd term
105	Cornelius Darragh	W	PA-21	March 26, 1844	02nd term	Left the House in 1847.
106	James Pollock	W	PA-13	April 5, 1844	02nd term
107	Thomas H. Bayly	D	VA-07	May 6, 1844	02nd term
108	Isaac E. Morse	D	LA-04	December 2, 1844	02nd term
109	William L. Yancey	D	AL-03	December 2, 1844	02nd term	Resigned on September 1, 1846.
110	Stephen Adams	D	MS	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
111	Lemuel H. Arnold	W	RI-02	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
112	George Ashmun	W	MA-06	March 4, 1845	01st term
113	Edward D. Baker	W	IL-07	March 4, 1845	01st term	Resigned on January 15, 1847.
114	Joshua F. Bell	W	KY-04	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
115	Henry Bedinger	D	VA-10	March 4, 1845	01st term
116	Asa Biggs	D	NC-09	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
117	John Blanchard	W	PA-17	March 4, 1845	01st term
118	William G. Brown, Sr.	D	VA-15	March 4, 1845	01st term
119	John H. Campbell	W	PA-03	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
120	William W. Campbell	W	NY-06	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
121	Charles W. Cathcart	D	IN-09	March 4, 1845	01st term
122	John G. Chapman	W	MD-01	March 4, 1845	01st term
123	Lucien Bonaparte Chase	D	TN-09	March 4, 1845	01st term
124	John Smith Chipman	D	MI-02	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
125	Henry S. Clark	D	NC-08	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
126	William M. Cocke	W	TN-02	March 4, 1845	01st term
127	John F. Collin	D	NY-11	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
128	Albert Constable	D	MD-05	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
129	John H. Crozier	W	TN-03	March 4, 1845	01st term
130	Erastus D. Culver	W	NY-14	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
131	John D. Cummins	D	OH-16	March 4, 1845	01st term
132	Francis A. Cunningham	D	OH-02	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
133	Edmund S. Dargan	D	AL-01	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
134	Columbus Delano	W	OH-10	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
135	John De Mott	D	NY-27	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
136	James Dixon	W	CT-01	March 4, 1845	01st term
137	James C. Dobbin	D	NC-05	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
138	Alfred Dockery	W	NC-04	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
139	Joseph E. Edsall	D	NJ-04	March 4, 1845	01st term
140	Samuel S. Ellsworth	D	NY-26	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
141	Jacob Erdman	D	PA-06	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
142	John H. Ewing	W	PA-20	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
143	James J. Faran	D	OH-01	March 4, 1845	01st term
144	George Fries	D	OH-17	March 4, 1845	01st term
145	William S. Garvin	D	PA-22	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
146	Meredith P. Gentry	W	TN-07	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1843.	03rd term*
147	William F. Giles	D	MD-04	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
148	Charles Goodyear	D	NY-21	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
149	Samuel Gordon	D	NY-10	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1841–1843.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1847.
150	James Graham	W	NC-01	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1833–1843.	06th term*	Left the House in 1847.
151	Martin Grover	D	NY-30	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
152	Artemas Hale	W	MA-09	March 4, 1845	01st term
153	James G. Hampton	W	NJ-01	March 4, 1845	01st term
154	John H. Harmanson	D	LA-03	March 4, 1845	01st term
155	Richard P. Herrick	W	NY-12	March 4, 1845	01st term	Died on June 20, 1846.
156	Henry W. Hilliard	W	AL-02	March 4, 1845	01st term
157	Elias B. Holmes	W	NY-28	March 4, 1845	01st term
158	William J. Hough	D	NY-23	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
159	John W. Houston	W	DE	March 4, 1845	01st term
160	Samuel D. Hubbard	W	CT-02	March 4, 1845	01st term
161	Robert M. T. Hunter	D	VA-08	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1837–1843.	04th term*	Left the House in 1847.
162	Timothy Jenkins	D	NY-20	March 4, 1845	01st term
163	James H. Johnson	D	NH	March 4, 1845	01st term
164	Joseph Johnson	D	VA-14	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1823–1827, 1833 and 1835–1841.	07th term***	Left the House in 1847.
165	Seaborn Jones	D	GA-02	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1833–1835.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1847.
166	Thomas B. King	W	GA-01	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1843.	03rd term*
167	John W. Lawrence	D	NY-01	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
168	Shelton Leake	D	VA-05	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
169	Owen D. Leib	D	PA-11	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
170	Lewis C. Levin	W	PA-01	March 4, 1845	01st term
171	Abner Lewis	W	NY-31	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
172	Thomas W. Ligon	D	MD-03	March 4, 1845	01st term
173	Edward H. C. Long	W	MD-06	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
174	Barclay Martin	D	TN-06	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
175	John Preston Martin	D	KY-06	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
176	Moses McClean	D	PA-15	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
177	John D. McCrate	D	ME-04	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
178	Edward W. McGaughey	W	IN-07	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
179	John H. McHenry	W	KY-02	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
180	William S. Miller	W	NY-03	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
181	Mace Moulton	D	NH	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
182	Archibald C. Niven	D	NY-09	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
183	Isaac Parrish	D	OH-13	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1847.
184	John Pendleton	W	VA-09	March 4, 1845	01st term
185	Augustus L. Perrill	D	OH-09	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
186	Thomas J. Perry	D	MD-02	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
187	John S. Phelps	D	MO	March 4, 1845	01st term
188	Sterling Price	D	MO	March 4, 1845	01st term	Resigned on August 12, 1846.
189	John A. Rockwell	W	CT-03	March 4, 1845	01st term
190	Joseph M. Root	W	OH-21	March 4, 1845	01st term
191	John Runk	W	NJ-03	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
192	Joseph Russell	D	NY-15	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
193	Cullen Sawtelle	D	ME-05	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
194	William Sawyer	D	OH-05	March 4, 1845	01st term
195	John Fairfield Scamman	D	ME-01	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
196	Henry J. Seaman	W	NY-02	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
197	James Seddon	D	VA-06	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
198	Alexander D. Sims	D	SC-04	March 4, 1845	01st term
199	Leonard Henly Sims	D	MO	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
200	Truman Smith	W	CT-04	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1843.	03rd term*
201	Frederick P. Stanton	D	TN-10	March 4, 1845	01st term
202	David A. Starkweather	D	OH-18	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1847.
203	John Strohm	W	PA-08	March 4, 1845	01st term
204	Stephen Strong	D	NY-22	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
205	Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux	W	LA-02	March 4, 1845	01st term
206	Benjamin Thompson	W	MA-04	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
207	James Thompson	D	PA-23	March 4, 1845	01st term
208	Allen G. Thurman	D	OH-08	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
209	Robert Toombs	W	GA-08	March 4, 1845	01st term
210	William Tredway	D	VA-03	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
211	Andrew Trumbo	W	KY-09	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
212	Hugh White	W	NY-16	March 4, 1845	01st term
213	William W. Wick	D	IN-05	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*
214	Hezekiah Williams	D	ME-07	March 4, 1845	01st term
215	David Wilmot	D	PA-12	March 4, 1845	01st term
216	Bradford R. Wood	D	NY-13	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
217	Thomas M. Woodruff	W	NY-05	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
218	William W. Woodworth	D	NY-08	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
219	Samuel G. Wright	W	NJ-02	March 4, 1845	01st term	Died on July 30, 1845.
220	Archibald Yell	D	AR	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1836–1839.	03rd term*	Resigned on July 1, 1846.
221	Bryan Young	W	KY-05	March 4, 1845	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	Edward C. Cabell	W	FL	October 6, 1845	01st term	Resigned on January 24, 1846.
	George Sykes	D	NJ-02	November 4, 1845 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1847.
	Jefferson Davis	D	MS	December 8, 1845	01st term	Resigned on October 28, 1846.
	Edwin H. Ewing	W	TN-08	January 2, 1846	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	George W. Towns	D	GA-03	January 5, 1846 Previous service, 1835–1836 and 1837–1839.	03rd term**	Left the House in 1847.
	William H. Brockenbrough	D	FL	January 24, 1846	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	Emile La Sére	D	LA-01	January 29, 1846	01st term
	James McDowell	D	VA-11	March 6, 1846	01st term
	David S. Kaufman	D	TX-01	March 30, 1846	01st term
	Timothy Pilsbury	D	TX-02	March 30, 1846	01st term
	Franklin Welsh Bowdon	D	AL-07	December 7, 1846	01st term
	James La Fayette Cottrell	D	AL-03	December 7, 1846	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	William McDaniel	D	MO	December 7, 1846	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	Thomas C. Ripley	W	NY-12	December 7, 1846	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	Serranus C. Hastings	D	IA	December 28, 1846	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	Shepherd Leffler	D	IA	December 28, 1846	01st term
	Henry T. Ellett	D	MS	January 26, 1847	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	John Henry	W	IL-07	February 5, 1847	01st term	Left the House in 1847.
	Thomas W. Newton	W	AR	February 6, 1847	01st term	Left the House in 1847.

Delegates

Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	Augustus C. Dodge	D	IA	October 28, 1840	04th term
2	Morgan Lewis Martin	D	WI	March 4, 1845	01st term

References

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

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

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

See also

• 29th United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States Senators in the 29th Congress by seniority

External links

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