List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 34th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 34th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 34th Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). 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	Term #	Notes
1	Joshua R. Giddings	O	OH-20	December 3, 1838	10th term	Dean of the House
2	George W. Jones	D	TN-06	March 4, 1843	07th term
3	Alexander H. Stephens	D	GA-08	October 2, 1843	07th term
4	Thomas H. Bayly	D	VA-01	May 6, 1844	07th term	Died on June 23, 1856.
5	John S. Phelps	D	MO-06	March 4, 1845	06th term
6	Thomas L. Clingman	D	NC-08	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1843–1845.	06th term*
7	Thomas S. Bocock	D	VA-05	March 4, 1847	05th term
8	Williamson R. W. Cobb	D	AL-06	March 4, 1847	05th term
9	Sampson W. Harris	D	AL-07	March 4, 1847	05th term	Left the House in 1857.
10	William A. Richardson	D	IL-05	December 6, 1847	05th term	Resigned on August 25, 1856.
11	John McQueen	D	SC-01	February 12, 1849	05th term
12	Henry Bennett	O	NY-21	March 4, 1849	04th term
13	Lewis D. Campbell	O	OH-03	March 4, 1849	04th term
14	Henry A. Edmundson	D	VA-12	March 4, 1849	04th term
15	Thomas J. D. Fuller	D	ME-06	March 4, 1849	04th term	Left the House in 1857.
16	Fayette McMullen	D	VA-13	March 4, 1849	04th term	Left the House in 1857.
17	John Millson	D	VA-02	March 4, 1849	04th term
18	James L. Orr	D	SC-05	March 4, 1849	04th term
19	Paulus Powell	D	VA-06	March 4, 1849	04th term
20	James Meacham	O	VT-01	December 3, 1849	04th term	Died on August 23, 1856.
21	William Aiken Jr.	D	SC-02	March 4, 1851	03rd term	Left the House in 1857.
22	John Caskie	D	VA-03	March 4, 1851	03rd term
23	Charles J. Faulkner	D	VA-08	March 4, 1851	03rd term
24	Thomas B. Florence	D	PA-01	March 4, 1851	03rd term
25	Galusha A. Grow	D	PA-14	March 4, 1851	03rd term
26	Solomon G. Haven	O	NY-32	March 4, 1851	03rd term	Left the House in 1857.
27	George S. Houston	D	AL-05	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1841–1849.	07th term*
28	John Letcher	D	VA-09	March 4, 1851	03rd term
29	Daniel Mace	O	IN-08	March 4, 1851	03rd term
30	John G. Miller	O	MO-05	March 4, 1851	03rd term	Died on May 11, 1856.
31	William R. Smith	KN	AL-04	March 4, 1851	03rd term	Left the House in 1857.
32	Benjamin B. Thurston	D	RI-02	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1847–1849.	04th term*	Left the House in 1857.
33	Israel Washburn Jr.	O	ME-05	March 4, 1851	03rd term
34	James C. Allen	D	IL-07	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Resigned on July 18, 1856. Returned to the House on November 4, 1856 Left the House in 1857.
35	Edward Ball	O	OH-16	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
36	Nathaniel P. Banks	KN	MA-07	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Speaker of the House
37	William Barksdale	D	MS-03	March 4, 1853	02nd term
38	Peter H. Bell	D	TX-02	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
39	Samuel P. Benson	O	ME-04	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
40	William W. Boyce	D	SC-06	March 4, 1853	02nd term
41	Preston Brooks	D	SC-04	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Resigned on July 15, 1856. Returned to the House on August 1, 1856. Died on January 27, 1857.
42	Samuel Caruthers	O	MO-07	March 4, 1853	02nd term
43	Francis B. Craige	D	NC-07	March 4, 1853	02nd term
44	Leander Cox	KN	KY-09	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
45	Alexander De Witt	KN	MA-09	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
46	John Dick	O	PA-25	March 4, 1853	02nd term
47	James F. Dowdell	D	AL-03	March 4, 1853	02nd term
48	John M. Elliott	D	KY-06	March 4, 1853	02nd term
49	William H. English	D	IN-02	March 4, 1853	02nd term
50	Emerson Etheridge	KN	TN-09	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
51	Thomas T. Flagler	O	NY-31	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
52	William Goode	D	VA-04	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1841–1843.	03rd term*
53	Alfred B. Greenwood	D	AR-01	March 4, 1853	02nd term
54	Aaron Harlan	O	OH-07	March 4, 1853	02nd term
55	John S. Harrison	O	OH-02	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
56	Laurence M. Keitt	D	SC-03	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Resigned on July 15, 1856. Returned to the House on August 6, 1856.
57	Zedekiah Kidwell	D	VA-10	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
58	James Knox	O	IL-04	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
59	James J. Lindley	O	MO-03	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
60	Orsamus B. Matteson	O	NY-20	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1849–1851.	03rd term*	Resigned on February 27, 1857.
61	Augustus Maxwell	D	FL	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
62	Smith Miller	D	IN-01	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
63	Edwin B. Morgan	O	NY-25	March 4, 1853	02nd term
64	Matthias H. Nichols	O	OH-04	March 4, 1853	02nd term
65	Jesse O. Norton	O	IL-03	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
66	Andrew Oliver	D	NY-26	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
67	Mordecai Oliver	O	MO-04	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
68	Asa Packer	D	PA-13	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
69	Alexander C. M. Pennington	O	NJ-05	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
70	Benjamin Pringle	O	NY-30	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
71	Richard C. Puryear	KN	NC-06	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
72	Charles Ready	KN	TN-05	March 4, 1853	02nd term
73	David Ritchie	O	PA-21	March 4, 1853	02nd term
74	Thomas H. Ruffin	D	NC-02	March 4, 1853	02nd term
75	Alvah Sabin	O	VT-03	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
76	Russell Sage	O	NY-13	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
77	William R. Sapp	O	OH-15	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
78	James L. Seward	D	GA-01	March 4, 1853	02nd term
79	George A. Simmons	O	NY-16	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
80	Samuel A. Smith	D	TN-03	March 4, 1853	02nd term
81	William Smith	D	VA-07	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1841–1843.	03rd term*
82	George Vail	D	NJ-04	March 4, 1853	02nd term
83	Edward Wade	O	OH-19	March 4, 1853	02nd term
84	Elihu B. Washburne	O	IL-01	March 4, 1853	02nd term
85	Daniel Wells Jr.	D	WI-01	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
86	John Wheeler	D	NY-06	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
87	Daniel B. Wright	D	MS-01	March 4, 1853	02nd term	Left the House in 1857.
88	Felix Zollicoffer	KN	TN-08	March 4, 1853	02nd term
89	Jehu G. Jones	D	PA-08	February 4, 1854 Previous service, 1851–1853.	03rd term*
90	Charles J. Albright	O	OH-17	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
91	John Allison	O	PA-23	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
92	Lucien Barbour	O	IN-06	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
93	David Barclay	D	PA-24	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
94	Hendley S. Bennett	D	MS-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
95	Philemon Bliss	O	OH-14	March 4, 1855	01st term
96	Charles Billinghurst	O	WI-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
97	John Bingham	O	OH-21	March 4, 1855	01st term
98	James Bishop	O	NJ-03	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
99	Thomas F. Bowie	D	MD-06	March 4, 1855	01st term
100	Samuel C. Bradshaw	O	PA-07	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
101	Lawrence O'Bryan Branch	D	NC-04	March 4, 1855	01st term
102	Samuel Brenton	O	IN-10	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1851–1853.	02nd term*
103	Jacob Broom	KN	PA-04	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
104	James Buffington	KN	MA-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
105	Anson Burlingame	KN	MA-05	March 4, 1855	01st term
106	Henry C. Burnett	D	KY-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
107	John Cadwalader	D	PA-05	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
108	James H. Campbell	O	PA-11	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
109	John P. Campbell Jr.	KN	KY-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
110	John S. Carlile	KN	VA-11	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
111	Calvin C. Chaffee	KN	MA-10	March 4, 1855	01st term
112	Thomas Child Jr.	O	NY-07	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
113	Ezra Clark Jr.	KN	CT-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
114	Bayard Clarke	O	NY-09	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
115	Isaiah D. Clawson	O	NJ-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
116	Howell Cobb	D	GA-06	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1843–1851.	05th term*	Left the House in 1857.
117	Schuyler Colfax	O	IN-09	March 4, 1855	01st term
118	Linus B. Comins	KN	MA-04	March 4, 1855	01st term
119	John Covode	O	PA-19	March 4, 1855	01st term
120	Aaron H. Cragin	KN	NH-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
121	Elisha D. Cullen	KN	DE	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
122	William Cumback	O	IN-04	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
123	Martin J. Crawford	D	GA-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
124	William S. Damrell	KN	MA-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
125	Thomas G. Davidson	D	LA-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
126	Timothy Davis	KN	MA-06	March 4, 1855	01st term
127	Henry W. Davis	KN	MD-04	March 4, 1855	01st term
128	Timothy C. Day	O	OH-01	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
129	Sidney Dean	KN	CT-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
130	James W. Denver	D	CA	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
131	Samuel Dickson	O	NY-14	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
132	Edward Dodd	O	NY-15	March 4, 1855	01st term
133	George Grundy Dunn	O	IN-03	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1847–1849.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1857.
134	Nathan B. Durfee	KN	RI-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
135	John Rufus Edie	O	PA-18	March 4, 1855	01st term
136	Francis S. Edwards	O	NY-33	March 4, 1855	01st term	Resigned on February 28, 1857.
137	Jonas R. Emrie	O	OH-06	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
138	George Eustis Jr.	KN	LA-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
139	Lemuel D. Evans	KN	TX-01	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
140	Nathaniel G. Foster	KN	GA-07	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
141	Henry M. Fuller	O	PA-12	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1851–1853.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1857.
142	Samuel Galloway	O	OH-12	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
143	William A. Gilbert	O	NY-23	March 4, 1855	01st term	Resigned on February 27, 1857.
144	Amos P. Granger	O	NY-24	March 4, 1855	01st term
145	Augustus Hall	D	IA-01	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
146	Robert B. Hall	KN	MA-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
147	Philemon T. Herbert	D	CA	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
148	John Hickman	D	PA-06	March 4, 1855	01st term
149	James M. Harris	O	MD-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
150	Thomas L. Harris	D	IL-06	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1849–1851.	02nd term*
151	David P. Holloway	O	IN-05	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
152	Henry W. Hoffman	KN	MD-05	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
153	Thomas R. Horton	O	NY-18	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
154	Valentine B. Horton	O	OH-11	March 4, 1855	01st term
155	William A. Howard	O	MI-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
156	Jonas A. Hughston	O	NY-19	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
157	Joshua Jewett	D	KY-05	March 4, 1855	01st term
158	John Kelly	D	NY-04	March 4, 1855	01st term
159	William H. Kelsey	O	NY-28	March 4, 1855	01st term
160	Luther M. Kennett	O	MO-01	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
161	Rufus H. King	O	NY-11	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
162	Chauncey L. Knapp	KN	MA-08	March 4, 1855	01st term
163	Jonathan Knight	O	PA-20	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
164	Ebenezer Knowlton	O	ME-03	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
165	John C. Kunkel	O	PA-10	March 4, 1855	01st term
166	William A. Lake	KN	MS-04	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
167	Benjamin F. Leiter	O	OH-18	March 4, 1855	01st term
168	John H. Lumpkin	D	GA-05	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1843–1849.	04th term*	Left the House in 1857.
169	Alexander K. Marshall	KN	KY-08	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
170	Humphrey Marshall	KN	KY-07	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1849–1852.	03rd term*
171	Samuel S. Marshall	D	IL-09	March 4, 1855	01st term
172	Andrew Z. McCarty	O	NY-22	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
173	Killian Miller	O	NY-12	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
174	William Millward	O	PA-03	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
175	Oscar F. Moore	O	OH-10	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
176	Justin S. Morrill	O	VT-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
177	Richard Mott	O	OH-05	March 4, 1855	01st term
178	Ambrose S. Murray	O	NY-10	March 4, 1855	01st term
179	Robert T. Paine	KN	NC-01	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
180	John M. Parker	O	NY-27	March 4, 1855	01st term
181	George W. Peck	D	MI-04	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
182	John J. Pearce	O	PA-15	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
183	Guy R. Pelton	O	NY-03	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
184	John J. Perry	O	ME-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
185	John U. Pettit	O	IN-11	March 4, 1855	01st term
186	James Pike	KN	NH-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
187	Gilchrist Porter	O	MO-02	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1851–1853.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1857.
188	Samuel Anderson Purviance	O	PA-22	March 4, 1855	01st term
189	John A. Quitman	D	MS-05	March 4, 1855	01st term
190	Edwin G. Reade	KN	NC-05	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
191	James B. Ricaud	KN	MD-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
192	Thomas Rivers	KN	TN-10	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
193	George R. Robbins	O	NJ-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
194	Anthony E. Roberts	O	PA-09	March 4, 1855	01st term
195	David F. Robison	O	PA-17	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
196	Albert Rust	D	AR-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
197	John M. Sandidge	D	LA-04	March 4, 1855	01st term
198	John H. Savage	D	TN-04	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1849–1853.	03rd term*
199	Harvey D. Scott	O	IN-07	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
200	John Sherman	O	OH-13	March 4, 1855	01st term
201	Eli S. Shorter	D	AL-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
202	William H. Sneed	D	TN-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
203	Francis E. Spinner	O	NY-17	March 4, 1855	01st term
204	Benjamin Stanton	O	OH-08	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1851–1853.	02nd term*
205	James A. Stewart	D	MD-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
206	James S. T. Stranahan	O	NY-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
207	Samuel F. Swope	KN	KY-10	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
208	Albert G. Talbott	D	KY-04	March 4, 1855	01st term
209	Mason Tappan	KN	NH-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
210	Miles Taylor	D	LA-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
211	James Thorington	O	IA-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
212	Lemuel Todd	O	PA-16	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
213	Mark Trafton	KN	MA-11	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
214	Robert P. Trippe	KN	GA-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
215	Job R. Tyson	O	PA-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
216	Warner Underwood	KN	KY-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
217	William Valk	KN	NY-01	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
218	Abram Wakeman	O	NY-08	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
219	David S. Walbridge	O	MI-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
220	Henry Waldron	O	MI-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
221	Percy Walker	KN	AL-01	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
222	Hiram B. Warner	D	GA-04	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
223	Cooper K. Watson	O	OH-09	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
224	Cadwallader C. Washburn	O	WI-02	March 4, 1855	01st term
225	Albert G. Watkins	D	TN-01	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1849–1853.	03rd term*
226	William W. Welch	KN	CT-04	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
227	Thomas R. Whitney	KN	NY-05	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
228	John Williams	D	NY-29	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
229	Warren Winslow	D	NC-03	March 4, 1855	01st term
230	John M. Wood	O	ME-01	March 4, 1855	01st term
231	John Woodruff	KN	CT-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
232	James H. Woodworth	O	IL-02	March 4, 1855	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
233	John V. Wright	D	TN-07	March 4, 1855	01st term
	Thomas P. Akers	KN	MO-05	August 18, 1856	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
	Jacob C. Davis	D	IL-05	November 4, 1856	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
	James L. D. Morrison	D	IL-08	November 4, 1856	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
	George T. Hodges	O	VT-01	December 1, 1856	01st term	Left the House in 1857.
	Muscoe R. H. Garnett	D	VA-01	December 1, 1856	01st term

Delegates

Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	John Milton Bernhisel	D	UT	March 4, 1851	03rd term
2	Joseph Lane	D	OR	March 4, 1851	03rd term
3	José Manuel Gallegos	D	NM	March 4, 1853	02nd term
4	Henry Mower Rice	D	MN	March 4, 1853	02nd term
5	John Wilkins Whitfield	D	KS	December 20, 1854	02nd term
6	James Patton Anderson	D	WA	March 4, 1855	01st term
7	Bird Beers Chapman	D	NE	March 4, 1855	01st term
	Miguel Antonio Otero	D	NM	July 23, 1856	01st term
	John Wilkins Whitfield	D	KS	December 9, 1856 Previous service, 1854–1856.	03rd 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

• 34th United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States Senators in the 34th Congress by seniority

External links

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