List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 17th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 17th United States Congress listed by seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office.[1]

As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 17th Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823). Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other Congresses will be different for certain members.

This article describes the criteria for seniority in the House of Representatives and sets out the list of members by seniority. It is prepared on the basis of the interpretation of seniority applied to the House of Representatives in the current congress. In the absence of information to the contrary, it is presumed that the twenty-first-century practice is identical to the seniority customs used during the 17th Congress.[2]

House seniority

Seniority in the House, for Congressmen with unbroken service, depends on the date on which the members first term began. That date is either the start of the Congress (4 March in odd numbered years, for the era up to and including the 73rd Congress starting in 1933) or the date of a special election during the Congress. Since many members start serving on the same day as others, ranking between them is based on alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.

Congressmen, in early Congresses, were often elected after the legal start of the Congress. Such representatives are attributed with unbroken seniority, from the legal start of the congressional term, if they were the first person elected to a seat in a Congress. The date of the election is indicated in a note.

The seniority date is normally taken from the members entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, except where the date given is the legal start of the Congress and the actual election (for someone who was not the first person elected to the seat in that Congress) was later. The date of election is taken from United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997. In a few instances the latter work provides dates, for the start and end of terms, which correct those in the Biographical Directory.

The Biographical Directory normally uses the date of a special election, as the seniority date. However, mostly in early Congresses, the date of the member taking his seat can be the one given. The date of the special election is mentioned in a note to the list below, when that date is not used as the seniority date by the Biographical Directory.

Representatives who returned to the House, after having previously served, are credited with service equal to one less than the total number of terms they served. When a representative has served a prior term of less than two terms (i.e. prior term minus one equals less than one), he is ranked above all others whose service begins on the same day.

Leadership

In this Congress the only formal leader was the Speaker of the House. A Speakership election was held on December 3–4, 1821 and Philip P. Barbour (DR-VA) was elected on the tenth ballot. In the final ballot, Speaker Barbour received 88 votes, John W. Taylor (DR-NY) (Speaker at the end of the previous Congress) had 67 votes, Henry Baldwin (DR-PA) 6, Samuel Smith (DR-MD) 4, Caesar A. Rodney (DR-DE) 3 and there were 4 scattering votes.[3]

The title Dean of the House (sometimes known, in the nineteenth century, as Father of the House) was held by the member with the longest continuous service. It was not a formal leadership position.

Standing Committees

The House created its first standing committee, on April 13, 1789. There were twenty-one standing committees, listed in the rules initially used by the 17th Congress. Four additional committees were added during the Congress. The Committees on Indian Affairs was created on December 17, 1821. Standing committees on Foreign Affairs, Military Affairs and Naval Affairs were authorised, when the rules of the House were amended on March 14, 1822.

Committees, in this period, were normally appointed for a session at a time by the Speaker. However the resolution of March 30, 1816, which created the committees on departmental expenditures and Expenditures on Public Buildings, provided for those standing committees to be appointed for the whole Congress.

This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 17th Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee, the number of members assigned to the committee and the dates of appointment in each session (or if appropriate for the Congress), the end of the session (if appropriate) and its chairman. Chairmen, who were re-appointed after serving in the previous Congress, are indicated by an *.[4]

The first session was December 3, 1821 – May 8, 1822 (157 days) and the second session was December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823 (92 days).

No.	Committee	From	Mbrs	Term	Chairman
1	Accounts	1805	3	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	Samuel C. Allen (F-MA)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
2	Agriculture	1820	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	Josiah Butler (DR-NH)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
3	Claims	1794	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	*Lewis Williams (DR-NC)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
4	Commerce	1795	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	*Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR-VA)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
5	District of Columbia	1808	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	*Joseph Kent (DR-MD)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
6	Elections	1789	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	John Sloane (DR-OH)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
7	Expenditures in the Navy Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	Samuel Edwards (F-PA)
8	Expenditures in the Post Office Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	George Denison (DR-PA)
9	Expenditures in the State Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	Silas Wood (F-NY)
10	Expenditures in the Treasury Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	Albert H. Tracy (DR-NY)
11	Expenditures in the War Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	George Tucker (DR-VA)
12	Expenditures on Public Buildings	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	Jeremiah Nelson (F-MA)
13	Foreign Affairs	1822	7	December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	Jonathan Russell (DR-MA)
14	Indian Affairs	1821	7	December 7, 1821 – May 8, 1822	Samuel Moore (DR-PA)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823	Thomas Metcalfe (DR-KY)
15	Judiciary	1813	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	*John Sergeant (F-PA)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823	Hugh Nelson (DR-VA) (a)
16	Manufactures	1819	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	*Henry Baldwin (DR-PA)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823	John Tod (DR-PA)
17	Military Affairs	1822	7	December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	William Eustis (DR-MA)
18	Naval Affairs	1822	7	December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	Timothy Fuller (DR-MA)
19	Pensions and Revolutionary Claims	1813	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	*John Rhea (DR-TN)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
20	Post Office and Post Roads	1808	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	Francis Johnson (DR-KY)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
21	Private Land Claims	1816	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	*John W. Campbell (DR-OH)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
22	Public Expenditures	1814	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	Thomas Montgomery (DR-KY)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
23	Public Lands	1805	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	Christopher Rankin (DR-MS)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823
24	Revisal and Unfinished Business	1795	3	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	Samuel Lathrop (F-MA)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823	Thomas R. Ross (DR-OH)
25	Ways and Means	1802	7	December 5, 1821 – May 8, 1822	*Samuel Smith (DR-MD) (b)
				December 3, 1822 – March 3, 1823

Notes:-

• (a) Resigned from the House on January 14, 1823. William Plumer, Jr. (DR-NH) became Chairman for the rest of the Congress.
• (a) Resigned from the House on December 17, 1822. Louis McLane (DR-DE) was the ranking member of the committee named for the session. He became Chairman for the rest of the Congress, although this is not recorded in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.[5]

List of Representatives by seniority

A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 186 members initially elected to the 17th Congress. Other members, who were not the first person elected to a seat but who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number (except for the representative from the newly admitted state of Missouri, who is assigned the number 187). The recently admitted state of Maine was assigned six additional seats in this Congress, to add to the one transferred in the last Congress, which had previously been allocated to Massachusetts.

Eleven representatives-elect were not sworn in. 1 declined to serve (SC-8), 1 did not qualify (TN-6), 3 died (KY-8, NJ-al:Linn, NY-6), 4 resigned (KY-7, OH-4, PA-5:Duncan, PA-10:Ellis) and 2 were unseated (not having taken their seats) after election contests (MD-6, NY-1:Sharp). The list below includes the Representatives-elect (with name in italics), with the seniority they would have held if sworn in.

The notes indicate, with [H], a member (the Territorial Delegate from Florida) with a Hispanic backgrounds.

Party designations used in this article are DR for Democratic-Republican members and F for Federalist representatives. Designations used for service in the first three congresses are (A) for Anti-Administration members and (P) for Pro-Administration representatives.

U.S. House Seniority

Rank	Representative	Party	District	Seniority date	Notes
Eleven consecutive terms
1	Thomas Newton, Jr.	DR	VA-21	March 4, 1801	Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821. Dean of the House. Chairman: Commerce.
Ten non-consecutive terms
2	John Randolph	DR	VA-16	March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) 1799-1813 and 1815-17 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821.
Nine non-consecutive terms
3	Anthony New	DR	KY-5	March 4, 1821	Previously served (A-VA) 1793–95, (DR-VA) 1795–1805, (DR-KY) 1811-13 and 1817-19 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House.
4	John Rhea	DR	TN-1	March 4, 1817	Previously served (DR) 1803–15. Elected to this Congress: August 9–10, 1821. Chairman: Pensions and Revolutionary Claims. Last term while serving in the House.
5	Samuel Smith	DR	MD-5	January 31, 1816	Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795-1803 while in the House. Chairman: Ways and Means (1821–22). Resigned, to become US Senator: December 17, 1822. Elected to 18th Congress but did not take seat.
Seven non-consecutive terms
6	Burwell Bassett	DR	VA-13	March 4, 1821	Previously served (DR) 1805-13 and 1815–19. Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
Six consecutive terms
7	William Lowndes	DR	SC-2	March 4, 1811	Resigned while still serving in the House: May 8, 1822
8	William McCoy	DR	VA-4		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
9	Hugh Nelson	DR	VA-22		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821. Chairman: Judiciary (1822–23). Resigned while still serving in the House: January 14, 1823.
Six non-consecutive terms
10	Lemuel Sawyer	DR	NC-1	March 4, 1817	Previously served (DR) 1807–13. Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Last term while serving in the House until 19th Congress.
Five consecutive terms
11	John W. Taylor	DR	NY-11	March 4, 1813	Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821
12	Philip P. Barbour	DR	VA-11	September 19, 1814	Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821. Speaker of the House.
Five non-consecutive terms
13	Jeremiah Nelson	F	MA-3	March 4, 1815	Previously served (F) 1805–07. Chairman: Expenditures on Public Buildings.
14	Peter Little	DR	MD-5	September 2, 1816	Previously served (DR) 1811-13 while in the House.
15	Robert Wright	DR	MD-7	March 4, 1821	Previously served (DR) November 29, 1810-17 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House.
Four consecutive terms
16	Ephraim Bateman	DR	NJ-al	March 4, 1815	Last term while serving in the House.
17	Lewis Williams	DR	NC-13		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Chairman: Claims.
18	John Sergeant	F	PA-1	October 10, 1815	Chairman: Judiciary (1821–22). Last term while serving in the House until 20th Congress.
19	Weldon N. Edwards	DR	NC-6	February 7, 1816	Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
20	William Hendricks	DR	IN-al	December 11, 1816	Resigned, to become Governor: July 25, 1822
Four non-consecutive terms
21	Joseph Kent	DR	MD-2	March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) 1811-15 while in the House. Chairman: District of Columbia.
22	William Milnor	F	PA-1	March 4, 1821	Previously served (F) 1807-11 and 1815-17 while in the House. Resigned: May 8, 1822.
23	Charles Rich	DR	VT-3	March 4, 1817	Previously served (DR) 1813-15 while in the House.
24	Ezekiel Whitman	F	ME-2		Previously served (F-MA) 1809-11 and 1817–21. Resigned on June 1, 1822 while still serving in the House.
25	William Eustis	DR	MA-13	August 21, 1820	Previously served (DR) 1801-05 while in the House. Chairman: Military Affairs (1822–23). Last term while serving in the House. Elected to 18th Congress but did not take seat.
26	Newton Cannon	DR	TN-5	March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) September 16, 1814–17. Elected to this Congress: August 9–10, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
Three consecutive terms
27	Joel Abbot	DR	GA-al	March 4, 1817
28	Samuel C. Allen	F	MA-6		Chairman: Accounts
29	Henry Baldwin	DR	PA-14		Chairman: Manufactures (1821–22). Resigned: May 8, 1822.
30	William L. Ball	DR	VA-9		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
31	Thomas Bayly	F	MD-8		Last term while serving in the House.
32	Josiah Butler	DR	NH-al		Chairman: Agriculture. Last term while serving in the House.
33	John W. Campbell	DR	OH-2		Chairman: Private Land Claims
34	Samuel C. Crafts	DR	VT-5
35	John Floyd	DR	VA-5		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
36	Timothy Fuller	DR	MA-4		Chairman: Naval Affairs (1822–23)
37	Robert S. Garnett	DR	VA-12		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
38	Thomas H. Hall	DR	NC-3		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
39	Francis Jones	DR	TN-3		Elected to this Congress: August 9–10, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
40	John Linn	DR	NJ-al		Died, as Representative-elect: January 5, 1821 [6]
41	Louis McLane	F	DE-al		Chairman: Ways and Means (1822–23)
42	Charles F. Mercer	F	VA-8		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
43	Thomas Patterson	DR	PA-12
44	George Robertson	DR	KY-7		Resigned, as Representative-elect, in 1821 [7]
45	Alexander Smyth	DR	VA-6		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
46	David Trimble	DR	KY-1
47	Starling Tucker	DR	SC-5
48	Nathaniel Upham	DR	NH-al		Last term while serving in the House.
49	Felix Walker	DR	NC-12		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
50	Thomas J. Rogers	DR	PA-6	March 3, 1818
51	Samuel Moore	DR	PA-6	October 13, 1818	Chairman: Indian Affairs (1821–22). Resigned while still serving in the House.: May 20, 1822.
52	Enoch Lincoln	DR	ME-7	November 4, 1818	Previously served (DR-MA) November 4, 1818-21 while in the House.
53	Robert R. Reid	DR	GA-al	February 18, 1819	Last term while still serving in the House.
Three non-consecutive terms
54	William Darlington	DR	PA-2	March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) 1815-17 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House.
55	Benjamin Hardin	DR	KY-10		Previously served (DR) 1815-17 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House until 23rd Congress.
56	Joseph Hemphill	F	PA-1		Previously served (F) 1801-03 while in the House.
57	John Reed, Jr.	F	MA-9	March 4, 1821	Previously served (F) 1813-17 while in the House.
58	Thomas Montgomery	DR	KY-9	August 1, 1820	Previously served (DR) 1813-15 while in the House. Chairman: Public Expenditures. Last term while in the House.
59	Charles Hooks	DR	NC-5	March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) December 2, 1816-17 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821.
60	Alfred Cuthbert	DR	GA-al	March 4, 1821	Previously served (DR) December 13, 1813 – November 9, 1816 while in the House.
Two consecutive terms
61	Mark Alexander	DR	VA-18	March 4, 1819	Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
62	Robert Allen	DR	TN-4		Elected to this Congress: August 9–10, 1821
63	Henry H. Bryan	DR	TN-6		Elected to this Congress: August 9–10, 1821. Representative-elect, who did not qualify.[8]
64	Hutchins G. Burton	DR	NC-2		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821 [9]
65	John Cocke	DR	TN-2		Elected to this Congress: August 9–10, 1821
66	Daniel P. Cook	DR	IL-al
67	Joshua Cushman	DR	ME-6		Previously served (DR-MA) 1819-21 while in the House.
68	George Denison	DR	PA-10		Chairman: Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Last term while serving in the House.
69	John D. Dickinson	F	NY-10		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Last term while serving in the House until 20th Congress.
70	Samuel Eddy	DR	RI-al
71	Henry W. Edwards	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
72	Samuel Edwards	F	PA-1		Chairman: Expenditures in the Navy Department
73	Samuel Gross	DR	PA-2		Last term while serving in the House.
74	Mark L. Hill	DR	ME-3		Previously served (DR-MA) 1819-21 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House.
75	James Jones	DR	VA-19		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
76	Samuel Lathrop	F	MA-5		Chairman: Revisal and Unfinished Business (1821–22)
77	Thomas Metcalfe	DR	KY-4		Chairman: Indian Affairs (1822–23)
78	Raphael Neale	F	MD-1
79	James Overstreet	DR	SC-4		Died while still serving in the House: May 24, 1822
80	Nathaniel Pitcher	DR	NY-12		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Last term while serving in the House until 22nd Congress.
81	William Plumer, Jr.	DR	NH-al		Chairman: Judiciary (1823)
82	Christopher Rankin	DR	MS-al		Chairman: Public Lands
83	Thomas R. Ross	DR	OH-6		Chairman: Revisal and Unfinished Business (1822–23)
84	John Russ	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
85	John Sloane	DR	OH-1		Chairman: Elections
86	Gideon Tomlinson	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821
87	Albert H. Tracy	DR	NY-22		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Chairman: Expenditures in the Treasury Department.
88	George Tucker	DR	VA-15		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821. Chairman: Expenditures in the War Department.
89	Solomon Van Rensselaer	F	NY-9		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Resigned while still serving in the House: January 14, 1822.
90	Thomas Van Swearingen	F	VA-2		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821. Died while still serving in the House: August 19, 1822.
91	Henry R. Warfield	F	MD-3
92	Jared Williams	DR	VA-3		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
93	Silas Wood	F	NY-1		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Chairman: Expenditures in the State Department.
94	William S. Archer	DR	VA-17	January 3, 1820	Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
95	Rollin C. Mallary	DR	VT-1	January 13, 1820
96	Edward B. Jackson	DR	VA-1	October 23, 1820	Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
97	Joseph Dane	F	ME-1	November 6, 1820	Last term while serving in the House.
98	Benjamin Gorham	DR	MA-1		Last term while serving in the House until 20th Congress.
99	Francis Johnson	DR	KY-6	November 13, 1820	Chairman: Post Office and Post Roads
100	Thomas L. Moore	DR	VA-10		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
101	Aaron Hobart	DR	MA-8	November 24, 1820
102	William S. Blackledge	DR	NC-4	February 7, 1821	Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
Two non-consecutive terms
103	Levi Barber	DR	OH-3	March 4, 1821	Previously served (DR) 1817-19 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House.
104	Thomas H. Hubbard	DR	NY-17		Previously served (DR) 1817–19. Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Last term while serving in the House.
105	Caesar A. Rodney	DR	DE-al		Previously served (DR) 1803–05. Resigned, to become US Senator: January 24, 1822.
One term
106	Noyes Barber	DR	CT-al	March 4, 1821	Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821
107	Gideon Barstow	DR	MA-2		Elected to this Congress: April 16, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
108	Francis Baylies	F	MA-10
109	Lewis Bigelow	F	MA-12		Only term while serving in the House.
...	James Blair	DR	SC-9		Special election, before start of Congress: February 5–6, 1821. Resigned: May 8, 1822. Only term while serving in the House until 21st Congress.
110	John Brown	DR	PA-9
111	James Buchanan	F	PA-3
112	Wingfield Bullock	DR	KY-8		Died, as Representative-elect: October 13, 1821 [10]
113	Daniel Burrows	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
114	Churchill C. Cambreleng	DR	NY-2		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821
115	Samuel Campbell	DR	NY-15		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
116	George Cassedy	DR	NJ-al
117	Alfred Conkling	DR	NY-14		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
118	Henry W. Connor	DR	NC-11		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
119	Jeremiah Cosden	DR	MD-6		Unseated, as Representative-elect, after an election contest: March 19, 1822 [11]
120	Josiah Crudup	DR	NC-8		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
121	James Duncan	F	PA-5		Resigned, as Representative-elect: April 1821 [12]
122	Job Durfee	DR	RI-al
123	Henry W. Dwight	F	MA-7
124	William C. Ellis	F	PA-10		Resigned, as Representative-elect: July 20, 1821. Only term until 18th Congress.[13]
125	Patrick Farrelly	DR	PA-15
126	John Gebhard	F	NY-13		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.[14]
127	George R. Gilmer	DR	GA-al		Only term while serving in the House until 20th Congress.
128	Joseph Gist	DR	SC-8
129	Matthew Harvey	DR	NH-al
130	James Hawkes	DR	NY-15		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
131	Ebenezer Herrick	DR	ME-5		Elected to this Congress: May 7, 1821
132	George Holcombe	DR	NJ-al
133	John T. Johnson	DR	KY-3
134	Josiah S. Johnston	DR	LA-al		Only term while serving in the House.
135	Elias Keyes	DR	VT-4
136	Joseph Kirkland	F	NY-16		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
137	Jabez Leftwich	DR	VA-14		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
138	Elisha Litchfield	DR	NY-19		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821
139	John Long	DR	NC-10		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
140	James Matlack	DR	NJ-al
141	Aaron Matson	DR	NH-al
142	John Mattocks	DR	VT-6		Only term while serving in the House until 19th Congress.
143	Richard McCarty	DR	NY-8		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
144	George McDuffie	DR	SC-6
145	Archibald McNeill	F	NC-7		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Only term while serving in the House until 19th Congress.
146	James McSherry	F	PA-5		Only term while serving in the House.
147	James S. Mitchell	DR	PA-4
148	Thomas R. Mitchell	DR	SC-3		Only term while serving in the House until 19th Congress.
149	Gabriel Moore	DR	AL-al		Elected to this Congress: August 5–6, 1821
150	John J. Morgan	DR	NY-2		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821
151	John Nelson	DR	MD-4		Only term while serving in the House.
152	Walter Patterson	F	NY-5		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
153	John Phillips	F	PA-3		Only term while serving in the House.
154	Jeremiah H. Pierson	DR	NY-3		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
155	George Plumer	DR	PA-11
156	Joel R. Poinsett	DR	SC-1
157	Joseph Richardson	DR	SC-8		Declined to serve, as Representative-elect, before start of Congress [15]
158	William B. Rochester	DR	NY-20		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821
159	Charles H. Ruggles	F	NY-7		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
160	Jonathan Russell	DR	MA-11		Chairman: Foreign Affairs (1822–23). Only term while serving in the House.
161	Romulus M. Saunders	DR	NC-9		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
162	Peter Sharpe	DR	NY-1		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Unseated, as Representative-elect, after an election contest: December 12, 1821.[16]
163	Arthur Smith	DR	VA-20		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
164	William Smith	DR	VA-7
165	Elijah Spencer	DR	NY-21		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
166	Ansel Sterling	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821
167	Micah Sterling	F	NY-18		Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
168	Andrew Stevenson	DR	VA-23		Elected to this Congress: April 1–30, 1821
169	Andrew Stewart	DR	PA-13
170	Ebenezer Stoddard	DR	CT-al	Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821
171	Samuel Swan	DR	NJ-al
172	Edward F. Tattnall	DR	GA-al
173	Wiley Thompson	DR	GA-al
174	John Tod	DR	PA-8	Chairman: Manufactures (1822–23)
175	Selah Tuthill	DR	NY-6	Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Died, as Representative-elect: September 7, 1821.[17]
176	Joseph Vance	DR	OH-5
177	William W. Van Wyck	DR	NY-4	Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821
178	Reuben H. Walworth	DR	NY-12	Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
179	Thomas Whipple, Jr.	DR	NH-al
180	Phineas White	DR	VT-2	Elected to this Congress: October 22, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
181	William D. Williamson	DR	ME-4	Elected to this Congress: September 10, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
182	John Wilson	DR	SC-7
183	David Woodcock	DR	NY-20	Elected to this Congress: April 24–26, 1821. Only term until 20th Congress while serving in the House.
184	Samuel H. Woodson	DR	KY-2	Only term while serving in the House.
185	Ludwig Worman	F	PA-7	Died while still serving in the House.: October 17, 1822
186	John C. Wright	DR	OH-4	Resigned, as Representative-elect: March 3, 1821. Only term until 18th Congress.[18]
Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress [19]
...	John S. Smith	DR	KY-7	August 6, 1821	Special election. Only term while serving in the House.
187	John Scott	DR	MO-al	August 10, 1821	First representative from new state. Previously served as Delegate: August 6, 1816 – January 13, 1817 and August 4, 1817–21. Elected to this Congress: August 28, 1821.[20]
...	Lewis Condict	DR	NJ-al	October 9, 1821	Previously served (DR) 1811-17 while in the House. Special election: October 8–9, 1821.
...	David Chambers	DR	OH-4		Special election. Only term while serving in the House.
...	John Findlay	DR	PA-5		Special election
...	Thomas Murray, Jr.	DR	PA-10		Special election. Only term while serving in the House.
...	Charles Borland, Jr.	DR	NY-6	November 8, 1821	Special election: November 6–8, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
...	James D. Breckinridge	DR	KY-8	November 21, 1821	Special election: November 19, 1821. Only term while serving in the House.
...	Cadwallader D. Colden	F	NY-1	December 12, 1821	Seated, after election contest. Only term while serving in the House.
...	Stephen Van Rensselaer	F	NY-9	February 27, 1822	Special election: February 25–27, 1822
...	Philip Reed	DR	MD-6	March 19, 1822	Previously served (DR) 1817-19 while in the House. Seated, after election contest. Last term while serving in the House.
...	Daniel Rodney	F	DE-al	October 1, 1822	Special election. Only term while serving in the House.
...	Samuel D. Ingham	DR	PA-6	October 8, 1822	Previously served (DR) 1813-July 6, 1818 while in the House. Special election: October 1, 1822.
...	Thomas Forrest	F	PA-1		Previously served (F) 1819–21. Special election: October 1, 1822. Last term while serving in the House.
...	Walter Forward	DR	PA-14		Special election: October 1, 1822
...	James Stephenson	F	VA-2	October 28, 1822	Previously served (F) 1803-05 and 1809-11 while in the House. Special election: October 7, 8, 10, 14, 28, 1822.
...	Mark Harris	DR	ME-2	December 2, 1822	Special election: September 9, 1822. Only term while serving in the House.
...	Jonathan Jennings	DR	IN-al		Previously Delegate: November 27, 1809 – December 11, 1816. Special election: August 5, 1822.
...	Andrew R. Govan	DR	SC-4	December 4, 1822	Special election: October 14–15, 1822
...	Daniel Udree	DR	PA-7	December 10, 1822	Previously served (DR) October 12, 1813–15 and December 26, 1820-21 while in the House. Special election.
...	John Carter	DR	SC-9	December 11, 1822	Special election: October 14–15, 1822
...	James Hamilton, Jr.	DR	SC-2	December 13, 1822	Special election: November 25–26, 1822
...	Isaac McKim	DR	MD-5	January 4, 1823	Special election: January 1, 1823
Non voting members
a	James W. Bates	-	AR-al	December 21, 1819	Delegate from Arkansas Territory. Last term while serving in the House.
b	Solomon Sibley	-	MI-al	November 20, 1820	Delegate from Michigan Territory. Last term while serving in the House.
c	Joseph M. Hernández	-	FL-al	September 30, 1822	[H] Delegate from Florida Territory. Only term while serving in the House.

See also

• 17th United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States Senators in the 17th Congress by seniority

References

1. Delegates are non-voting members and Representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.
2. "112th Congress official House seniority list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
3. Annals of Congress, Volume 38, columns 514-517
4. Based on Rule X Organisation of Committees, in the House Rules and Manual for the 112th Congress. For membership and chairmen, see the Journal of the House of Representatives for the 17th Congress for the dates of appointment specified.
5. Annals of Congress, Volume 40, columns 460-461
6. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 70) and death (note 13 on page 74)
7. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 69) and death (note 4 on page 73)
8. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 71) and Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for failure to qualify
9. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for general election to the 16th Congress (pages 66). The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress dates the start of the term from December 6, 1819, but there appears to be no reason why the term should not be deemed to start on March 4, 1819 in accordance with the usual convention followed by the Biographical Directory.
10. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 69) and death (note 5 on page 73)
11. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 69) and election contest (note 11 on page 73)
12. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 70) and resignation (note 16 on page 74)
13. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 70) and resignation (note 19 on page 74)
14. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress classifies John Gebhard as a Federalist
15. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 70) and declination (note 23 on page 74)
16. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 70) and election contest (note 25 on page 74)
17. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 70) and death (note 26 on page 74)
18. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 70) and resignation (note 14 on page 74)
19. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for special elections to the 17th Congress (page 72)
20. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, for election (page 69 and note 12 on pages 73-74)

 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

External links

• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House of Representatives list of members of the 17th Congress