List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 28th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 28th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 28th Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845). 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	Dixon H. Lewis	D	AL-03	March 4, 1829	08th term	Dean of the House Resigned on April 22, 1844.
2	John Quincy Adams	W	MA-08	March 4, 1831	07th term	Dean of the House after Lewis resigned.
3	James Iver McKay	D	NC-06	March 4, 1831	07th term
4	Edmund Deberry	W	NC-04	March 4, 1833 Previous service, 1829–1831.	07th term*	Left the House in 1845.
5	Henry A. Wise	D	VA-07	March 4, 1833	06th term	Resigned on February 12, 1844.
6	Reuben Chapman	D	AL-06	March 4, 1835	05th term
7	Walter Coles	D	VA-03	March 4, 1835	05th term	Left the House in 1845.
8	John W. Jones	D	VA-06	March 4, 1835	05th term	Speaker of the House
9	George W. Hopkins	D	VA-13	March 4, 1835	05th term
10	John White	W	KY-06	March 4, 1835	05th term	Left the House in 1845.
11	John Campbell	D	SC-04	March 4, 1837 Previous service, 1829–1831.	05th term*	Left the House in 1845.
12	William Parmenter	D	MA-04	March 4, 1837	04th term	Left the House in 1845.
13	Robert Rhett	D	SC-07	March 4, 1837	04th term
14	Joshua R. Giddings	W	OH-20	December 3, 1838	04th term
15	Daniel D. Barnard	W	NY-13	March 4, 1839 Previous service, 1827–1829.	04th term*	Left the House in 1845.
16	Linn Boyd	D	KY-01	March 4, 1839 Previous service, 1835–1837.	04th term*
17	Aaron V. Brown	D	TN-06	March 4, 1839	03rd term	Left the House in 1845.
18	Edmund Burke	D	NH	March 4, 1839	03rd term	Left the House in 1845.
19	Edward Cross	D	AR	March 4, 1839	03rd term	Left the House in 1845.
20	Garrett Davis	W	KY-08	March 4, 1839	03rd term
21	Willis Green	W	KY-02	March 4, 1839	03rd term	Left the House in 1845.
22	Isaac E. Holmes	D	SC-06	March 4, 1839	03rd term
23	Cave Johnson	D	TN-09	March 4, 1839 Previous service, 1829–1837.	07th term*	Left the House in 1845.
24	Kenneth Rayner	W	NC-09	March 4, 1839	03rd term	Left the House in 1845.
25	Lewis Steenrod	D	VA-15	March 4, 1839	03rd term	Left the House in 1845.
26	Jacob Thompson	D	MS	March 4, 1839	03rd term
27	John B. Weller	D	OH-02	March 4, 1839	03rd term	Left the House in 1845.
28	Osmyn Baker	W	MA-06	January 14, 1840	03rd term	Left the House in 1845.
29	Archibald H. Arrington	D	NC-08	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
30	Benjamin A. Bidlack	D	PA-11	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
31	Jeremiah Brown	W	PA-08	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
32	Milton Brown	W	TN-11	March 4, 1841	02nd term
33	Barker Burnell	W	MA-10	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Died on June 15, 1843.
34	James G. Clinton	D	NY-09	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
35	John Reeves Jones Daniel	D	NC-07	March 4, 1841	02nd term
36	Richard D. Davis	D	NY-08	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
37	John B. Dawson	D	LA-03	March 4, 1841	02nd term
38	Ezra Dean	D	OH-18	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
39	Thomas W. Gilmer	D	VA-05	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Resigned on February 16, 1844.
40	George S. Houston	D	AL-05	March 4, 1841	02nd term
41	Edmund Hubard	D	VA-04	March 4, 1841	02nd term
42	Charles J. Ingersoll	D	PA-04	March 4, 1841 Previous service, 1813–1815.	03rd term*
43	James Irvin	W	PA-17	March 4, 1841	02nd term
44	Andrew Kennedy	D	IN-10	March 4, 1841	02nd term
45	John P. Kennedy	W	MD-04	March 4, 1841 Previous service, 1838–1839.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1845.
46	James Mathews	D	OH-16	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
47	William W. Payne	D	AL-04	March 4, 1841	02nd term
48	John Randall Reding	D	NH	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
49	George B. Rodney	W	DE	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
50	Romulus Mitchell Saunders	D	NC-05	March 4, 1841 Previous service, 1821–1827.	05th term*	Left the House in 1845.
51	George W. Summers	W	VA-14	March 4, 1841	02nd term	Left the House in 1845.
52	Charles Hudson	W	MA-05	May 3, 1841	02nd term
53	Joseph R. Ingersoll	W	PA-02	October 12, 1841 Previous service, 1835–1837.	03rd term*
54	Edward J. Black	D	GA	January 3, 1842 Previous service, 1839–1841.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1845.
55	Mark Anthony Cooper	D	GA	January 3, 1842 Previous service, 1839–1841.	03rd term*	Resigned on June 26, 1843.
56	Almon H. Read	D	PA-12	March 18, 1842	02nd term	Died on June 3, 1844.
57	Robert C. Winthrop	W	MA-01	November 29, 1842 Previous service, 1840–1842.	04th term*
58	Amos Abbott	W	MA-03	March 4, 1843	01st term
59	Joseph H. Anderson	D	NY-07	March 4, 1843	01st term
60	John B. Ashe	W	TN-10	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
61	Archibald Atkinson	D	VA-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
62	Daniel Moreau Barringer	W	NC-02	March 4, 1843	01st term
63	Samuel Beardsley	D	NY-20	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1831–1836.	04th term*	Resigned on February 29, 1844.
64	James E. Belser	D	AL-02	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
65	Charles S. Benton	D	NY-17	March 4, 1843	01st term
66	James Black	D	PA-16	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1836–1837.	02nd term*
67	James A. Black	D	SC-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
68	Julius W. Blackwell	D	TN-03	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
69	Gustavus Miller Bower	W	MO	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
70	James B. Bowlin	D	MO	March 4, 1843	01st term
71	Francis Brengle	W	MD-02	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
72	Pierre Bossier	D	LA-04	March 4, 1843	01st term	Died on April 24, 1844.
73	Alcée Louis la Branche	D	LA-02	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
74	Henry R. Brinkerhoff	D	OH-21	March 4, 1843	01st term	Died on April 30, 1844.
75	Jacob Brinkerhoff	D	OH-11	March 4, 1843	01st term
76	Richard Brodhead	D	PA-10	March 4, 1843	01st term
77	William J. Brown	D	IN-05	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
78	Joseph Buffington	W	PA-24	March 4, 1843	01st term
79	Armistead Burt	D	SC-05	March 4, 1843	01st term
80	George Caldwell	D	KY-04	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
81	Jeremiah E. Cary	D	NY-21	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
82	George S. Catlin	D	CT-03	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
83	Charles H. Carroll	W	NY-29	March 4, 1843	01st term
84	John Causin	W	MD-01	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
85	Augustus A. Chapman	D	VA-12	March 4, 1843	01st term
86	Samuel Chilton	W	VA-09	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
87	Thomas L. Clingman	W	NC-01	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
88	Howell Cobb	D	GA	March 4, 1843	01st term
89	Jacob Collamer	W	VT-02	March 4, 1843	01st term
90	Henry Y. Cranston	W	RI-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
91	Alvan Cullom	D	TN-04	March 4, 1843	01st term
92	Amasa Dana	D	NY-26	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
93	John W. Davis	D	IN-06	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1835–1837 and 1839–1841.	03rd term**
94	James Dellet	W	AL-01	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
95	John Dickey	W	PA-20	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
96	David W. Dickinson	W	TN-07	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1833–1835.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
97	Paul Dillingham	D	VT-04	March 4, 1843	01st term
98	Stephen A. Douglas	D	IL-05	March 4, 1843	01st term
99	George Dromgoole	D	VA-02	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1835–1841.	04th term*
100	Alexander Duncan	D	OH-01	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1837–1841.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1845.
101	Robert P. Dunlap	D	ME-02	March 4, 1843	01st term
102	Chesselden Ellis	D	NY-16	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
103	Lucius Elmer	D	NJ-01	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
104	Isaac G. Farlee	D	NJ-03	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
105	Elias Florence	W	OH-09	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
106	Orlando B. Ficklin	D	IL-03	March 4, 1843	01st term
107	Solomon Foot	W	VT-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
108	Henry D. Foster	D	PA-19	March 4, 1843	01st term
109	Richard French	D	KY-09	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1835–1837.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
110	Henry Frick	W	PA-13	March 4, 1843	01st term	Died on March 1, 1844.
111	Byram Green	D	NY-27	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
112	Henry Grider	W	KY-03	March 4, 1843	01st term
113	John P. Hale	D	NH	March 4, 1843	01st term
114	Hannibal Hamlin	D	ME-06	March 4, 1843	01st term
115	William H. Hammett	D	MS	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
116	Hugh A. Haralson	D	GA	March 4, 1843	01st term
117	John J. Hardin	W	IL-07	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
118	Alexander Harper	W	OH-14	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1837–1839.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
119	Samuel Hays	D	PA-22	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
120	Thomas J. Henley	D	IN-02	March 4, 1843	01st term
121	Joshua Herrick	D	ME-01	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
122	Joseph P. Hoge	D	IL-06	March 4, 1843	01st term
123	William Spring Hubbell	D	NY-30	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
124	James M. Hughes	D	MO	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
125	James B. Hunt	D	MI-03	March 4, 1843	01st term
126	Washington Hunt	W	NY-34	March 4, 1843	01st term
127	Orville Hungerford	D	NY-19	March 4, 1843	01st term
128	John Jameson	D	MO	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
129	Michael H. Jenks	W	PA-06	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
130	Andrew Johnson	D	TN-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
131	Perley B. Johnson	W	OH-13	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
132	George W. Jones	D	TN-05	March 4, 1843	01st term
133	Littleton Kirkpatrick	D	NJ-04	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
134	Daniel P. King	W	MA-02	March 4, 1843	01st term
135	Preston King	D	NY-18	March 4, 1843	01st term
136	John B. Lamar	D	GA	March 4, 1843	01st term	Resigned on July 29, 1843.
137	Moses G. Leonard	D	NY-05	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
138	William Lucas	D	VA-10	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
139	John Henry Lumpkin	D	GA	March 4, 1843	01st term
140	Lucius Lyon	D	MI-02	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1833–1835.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
141	William B. Maclay	D	NY-04	March 4, 1843	01st term
142	George P. Marsh	W	VT-03	March 4, 1843	01st term
143	William C. McCauslen	D	OH-17	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
144	Robert McClelland	D	MI-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
145	John A. McClernand	D	IL-02	March 4, 1843	01st term
146	Felix Grundy McConnell	D	AL-07	March 4, 1843	01st term
147	Joseph J. McDowell	D	OH-07	March 4, 1843	01st term
148	Abraham R. McIlvaine	W	PA-07	March 4, 1843	01st term
149	John Millen	D	GA	March 4, 1843	01st term	Died on October 15, 1843.
150	Heman A. Moore	D	OH-10	March 4, 1843	01st term	Died on April 3, 1844.
151	Edward Joy Morris	W	PA-01	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
152	Joseph Morris	D	OH-15	March 4, 1843	01st term
153	Freeman H. Morse	W	ME-04	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
154	William A. Moseley	W	NY-32	March 4, 1843	01st term
155	Henry C. Murphy	D	NY-02	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
156	Henry Nes	W	PA-15	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
157	Willoughby Newton	W	VA-08	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
158	Moses Norris, Jr.	D	NH	March 4, 1843	01st term
159	Robert D. Owen	D	IN-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
160	Thomas J. Paterson	W	NY-28	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
161	John Pettit	D	IN-08	March 4, 1843	01st term
162	Joseph Hopkins Peyton	W	TN-08	March 4, 1843	01st term
163	Jonas P. Phoenix	W	NY-03	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
164	Elisha R. Potter	W	RI-02	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
165	Emery D. Potter	D	OH-05	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
166	Zadock Pratt	D	NY-11	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1837–1839.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
167	Jacob Alexander Preston	W	MD-05	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
168	Meade Purdy	D	NY-22	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
169	Alexander Ramsey	W	PA-14	March 4, 1843	01st term
170	George O. Rathbun	D	NY-25	March 4, 1843	01st term
171	Charles Manning Reed	W	PA-23	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
172	David Settle Reid	D	NC-03	March 4, 1843	01st term
173	James H. Relfe	D	MO	March 4, 1843	01st term
174	John Ritter	D	PA-09	March 4, 1843	01st term
175	Robert W. Roberts	D	MS	March 4, 1843	01st term
176	Orville Robinson	D	NY-23	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
177	Julius Rockwell	W	MA-07	March 4, 1843	01st term
178	Charles Rogers	W	NY-14	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
179	Jeremiah Russell	D	NY-10	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
180	Samuel C. Sample	W	IN-09	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
181	Robert C. Schenck	W	OH-03	March 4, 1843	01st term
182	Henry St. John	D	OH-06	March 4, 1843	01st term
183	William Tandy Senter	W	TN-02	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
184	Luther Severance	W	ME-03	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
185	David L. Seymour	D	NY-12	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
186	Thomas H. Seymour	D	CT-01	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
187	Samuel Simons	D	CT-04	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
188	Richard F. Simpson	D	SC-02	March 4, 1843	01st term
189	John Slidell	D	LA-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
190	Albert Smith	W	NY-33	March 4, 1843	01st term
191	Caleb B. Smith	W	IN-04	March 4, 1843	01st term
192	John T. Smith	D	PA-03	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
193	Robert Smith	D	IL-01	March 4, 1843	01st term
194	Thomas Smith	D	IN-03	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*
195	Thomas Ara Spence	W	MD-06	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
196	Lemuel Stetson	D	NY-15	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
197	Andrew Stewart	W	PA-18	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1821–1829 and 1831–1835.	06th term**
198	John Stewart	D	CT-02	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
199	William H. Stiles	D	GA	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
200	James W. Stone	D	KY-05	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
201	Selah B. Strong	D	NY-01	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
202	George Sykes	D	NJ-02	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
203	William Taylor	D	VA-11	March 4, 1843	01st term
204	William Thomasson	W	KY-07	March 4, 1843	01st term
205	John W. Tibbatts	D	KY-10	March 4, 1843	01st term
206	Daniel R. Tilden	W	OH-19	March 4, 1843	01st term
207	Tilghman Tucker	D	MS	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
208	Asher Tyler	W	NY-31	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
209	Joseph Vance	W	OH-04	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1821–1835.	08th term*
210	John I. Vanmeter	W	OH-08	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
211	Samuel Finley Vinton	W	OH-12	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1823–1837.	08th term*
212	John Wentworth	D	IL-04	March 4, 1843	01st term
213	John Wethered	W	MD-03	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
214	Horace Wheaton	D	NY-24	March 4, 1843	01st term
215	Benjamin White	D	ME-05	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
216	William Wilkins	D	PA-21	March 4, 1843	01st term	Resigned on February 14, 1844.
217	Henry Williams	D	MA-09	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1845.
218	Joseph A. Wright	D	IN-07	March 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
219	William Wright	W	NJ-05	March 4, 1843	01st term
220	Jacob S. Yost	D	PA-05	March 4, 1843	01st term
221	Joseph A. Woodward	D	SC-03	March 4, 1843	01st term
	Absalom Harris Chappell	W	GA	October 2, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
	Alexander H. Stephens	W	GA	October 2, 1843	01st term
	Hamilton Fish	W	NY-06	December 4, 1843	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
	Joseph Grinnell	W	MA-10	December 7, 1843	01st term
	Duncan Lamont Clinch	W	GA	February 15, 1844	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
	Cornelius Darragh	W	PA-21	March 26, 1844	01st term
	James Pollock	W	PA-13	April 5, 1844	01st term
	Thomas H. Bayly	D	VA-07	May 6, 1844	01st term
	Shepard Cary	D	ME-07	May 10, 1844	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
	William L. Goggin	W	VA-05	May 10, 1844 Previous service, 1839–1843.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1845.
	Edward S. Hamlin	W	OH-21	October 8, 1844	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
	Alfred P. Stone	D	OH-10	October 8, 1844	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
	Levi D. Carpenter	D	NY-20	November 5, 1844	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
	George Fuller	D	PA-12	December 2, 1844	01st term	Left the House in 1845.
	Isaac E. Morse	D	LA-04	December 2, 1844	01st term
	William L. Yancey	D	AL-03	December 2, 1844	01st term

Delegates

Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	Augustus C. Dodge	D	IA	October 28, 1840	03rd term
2	Henry Dodge	D	WI	March 4, 1841	02nd term
3	David Levy Yulee	D	FL	March 4, 1841	02nd 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

• 28th United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States Senators in the 28th Congress by seniority

External links

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