List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 31st Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 31st United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 31st Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851). 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	Joshua R. Giddings	W	OH-20	December 3, 1838	07th term	Dean of the House
2	Linn Boyd	D	KY-01	March 4, 1839 Previous service, 1835–1837.	07th term*
3	Isaac E. Holmes	D	SC-06	March 4, 1839	06th term	Left the House in 1851.
4	Jacob Thompson	D	MS-01	March 4, 1839	06th term	Left the House in 1851.
5	John Reeves Jones Daniel	D	NC-06	March 4, 1841	05th term
6	Robert C. Winthrop	W	MA-01	November 29, 1842 Previous service, 1840–1842.	07th term*	Resigned on July 30, 1850.
7	James B. Bowlin	D	MO-01	March 4, 1843	04th term	Left the House in 1851.
8	Armistead Burt	D	SC-05	March 4, 1843	04th term
9	Howell Cobb	D	GA-06	March 4, 1843	04th term	Speaker of the House Left the House in 1851.
10	Andrew Johnson	D	TN-01	March 4, 1843	04th term
11	George W. Jones	D	TN-05	March 4, 1843	04th term
12	Hugh A. Haralson	D	GA-04	March 4, 1843	04th term	Left the House in 1851.
13	Daniel P. King	W	MA-02	March 4, 1843	04th term	Died on July 25, 1850.
14	George P. Marsh	W	VT-03	March 4, 1843	04th term	Resigned sometime in 1849.
15	John A. McClernand	D	IL-02	March 4, 1843	04th term	Left the House in 1851.
16	Julius Rockwell	W	MA-07	March 4, 1843	04th term	Left the House in 1851.
17	Robert C. Schenck	W	OH-03	March 4, 1843	04th term	Left the House in 1851.
18	Samuel Finley Vinton	W	OH-12	March 4, 1843 Previous service, 1823–1837.	11th term*	Left the House in 1851.
19	John Wentworth	D	IL-04	March 4, 1843	04th term	Left the House in 1851.
20	Joseph A. Woodward	D	SC-03	March 4, 1843	04th term
21	Alexander H. Stephens	W	GA-07	October 2, 1843	04th term
22	Joseph Grinnell	W	MA-10	December 7, 1843	04th term	Left the House in 1851.
23	Thomas H. Bayly	D	VA-07	May 6, 1844	04th term
24	Isaac E. Morse	D	LA-04	December 2, 1844	04th term	Left the House in 1851.
25	George Ashmun	W	MA-06	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
26	Meredith P. Gentry	W	TN-07	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1843.	05th term*
27	John H. Harmanson	D	LA-03	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Died on October 24, 1850.
28	Henry W. Hilliard	W	AL-02	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
29	John W. Houston	W	DE	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
30	Thomas B. King	W	GA-01	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1843.	05th term*	Resigned on March 3, 1850.
31	Lewis C. Levin	W	PA-01	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
32	John S. Phelps	D	MO-05	March 4, 1845	03rd term
33	Joseph M. Root	W	OH-21	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
34	Frederick P. Stanton	D	TN-10	March 4, 1845	03rd term
35	James Thompson	D	PA-23	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
36	Robert Toombs	W	GA-08	March 4, 1845	03rd term
37	Hugh White	W	NY-16	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
38	David Wilmot	D	PA-12	March 4, 1845	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
39	Emile La Sére	D	LA-01	January 29, 1846	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
40	James McDowell	D	VA-11	March 6, 1846	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
41	David S. Kaufman	D	TX-01	March 30, 1846	03rd term	Died on January 31, 1851.
42	Franklin Welsh Bowdon	D	AL-07	December 7, 1846	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
43	Shepherd Leffler	D	IA-02	December 29, 1846	03rd term	Left the House in 1851.
44	Kinsley S. Bingham	D	MI-03	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
45	Albert G. Brown	D	MS-04	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1839–1841.	03rd term*
46	Thomas S. Bocock	D	VA-04	March 4, 1847	02nd term
47	Chester Pierce Butler	W	PA-11	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Resigned on October 5, 1850.
48	Edward C. Cabell	W	FL	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1845–1846.	03rd term*
49	Thomas L. Clingman	W	NC-01	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1843–1845.	03rd term*
50	Williamson R. W. Cobb	D	AL-06	March 4, 1847	02nd term
51	Harmon S. Conger	W	NY-25	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
52	John Crowell	W	OH-19	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
53	Rodolphus Dickinson	D	OH-06	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Died on March 20, 1849.
54	William Duer	W	NY-23	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
55	Alexander Evans	W	MD-05	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
56	Nathan Evans	W	OH-14	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
57	Winfield S. Featherston	D	MS-02	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
58	John Freedley	W	PA-05	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
59	James S. Green	D	MO-03	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
60	Daniel Gott	W	NY-24	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
61	Willard Preble Hall	D	MO-04	March 4, 1847	02nd term
62	Moses Hampton	W	PA-21	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
63	Sampson W. Harris	D	AL-03	March 4, 1847	02nd term
64	William Henry	W	VT-01	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
65	Samuel W. Inge	D	AL-04	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
66	Robert W. Johnson	D	AR	March 4, 1847	02nd term
67	Job Mann	D	PA-19	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1835–1837.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1851.
68	Robert M. McLane	D	MD-04	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
69	John K. Miller	D	OH-11	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
70	Charles S. Morehead	W	KY-08	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
71	Jonathan D. Morris	D	OH-07	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
72	William Nelson	W	NY-07	March 4, 1847	02nd term
73	Henry Nes	W	PA-15	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1843–1845.	03rd term*	Died on September 10, 1850.
74	William A. Newell	W	NJ-02	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
75	David Outlaw	W	NC-09	March 4, 1847	02nd term
76	Charles H. Peaslee	D	NH-02	March 4, 1847	02nd term
77	Lucius B. Peck	D	VT-04	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
78	Harvey Putnam	W	NY-33	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1838–1839.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1851.
79	Gideon Reynolds	W	NY-12	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
80	John L. Robinson	D	IN-03	March 4, 1847	02nd term
81	Robert L. Rose	W	NY-29	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
82	David Rumsey	W	NY-30	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
83	Augustine Henry Shepperd	W	NC-04	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1827–1839 and 1841–1843.	09th term**	Left the House in 1851.
84	Peter H. Silvester	W	NY-11	March 4, 1847	02nd term
85	William Strong	D	PA-09	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
86	John L. Taylor	W	OH-08	March 4, 1847	02nd term
87	James Houston Thomas	D	TN-06	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
88	John B. Thompson	W	KY-05	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1840–1843.	04th term*	Left the House in 1851.
89	William Thompson	D	IA-01	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Resigned on June 29, 1850.
90	Amos Tuck	D	NH-01	March 4, 1847	02nd term
91	Abraham W. Venable	D	NC-05	March 4, 1847	02nd term
92	John Van Dyke	W	NJ-04	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Left the House in 1851.
93	James Wilson II	W	NH-03	March 4, 1847	02nd term	Resigned on September 9, 1850.
94	Richard K. Meade	D	VA-02	August 5, 1847	02nd term
95	William A. Richardson	D	IL-05	December 6, 1847	02nd term
96	Horace Mann	W	MA-08	April 3, 1848	02nd term
97	Daniel Wallace	D	SC-01	June 12, 1848	02nd term
98	John McQueen	D	SC-04	February 12, 1849	02nd term
99	Nathaniel Albertson	D	IN-01	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
100	Henry P. Alexander	W	NY-17	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
101	Charles Allen	W	MA-05	March 4, 1849	01st term
102	William J. Alston	W	AL-01	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
103	Josiah M. Anderson	W	TN-03	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
104	George R. Andrews	W	NY-14	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
105	William S. Ashe	D	NC-07	March 4, 1849	01st term
106	Thomas H. Averett	D	VA-03	March 4, 1849	01st term
107	Edward D. Baker	W	IL-06	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1845–1847.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
108	William Van Ness Bay	D	MO-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
109	James M. H. Beale	D	VA-14	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1833–1837.	03rd term*
110	Henry Bennett	W	NY-22	March 4, 1849	01st term
111	William H. Bissell	D	IL-01	March 4, 1849	01st term
112	David A. Bokee	W	NY-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
113	Walter Booth	D	CT-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
114	Richard Bowie	W	MD-01	March 4, 1849	01st term
115	Daniel Breck	W	KY-06	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
116	George Briggs	W	NY-05	March 4, 1849	01st term
117	James Brooks	W	NY-06	March 4, 1849	01st term
118	Alexander W. Buel	D	MI-01	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
119	Lorenzo Burrows	W	NY-34	March 4, 1849	01st term
120	Thomas B. Butler	W	CT-04	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
121	William J. Brown	D	IN-05	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
122	Joseph Cable	D	OH-17	March 4, 1849	01st term
123	George Caldwell	D	KY-04	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
124	Joseph P. Caldwell	W	NC-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
125	Samuel Calvin	W	PA-17	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
126	Lewis D. Campbell	W	OH-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
127	David K. Cartter	D	OH-18	March 4, 1849	01st term
128	Joseph Casey	W	PA-13	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
129	Joseph R. Chandler	W	PA-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
130	Charles E. Clarke	W	NY-19	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
131	Chauncey F. Cleveland	D	CT-03	March 4, 1849	01st term
132	William F. Colcock	D	SC-07	March 4, 1849	01st term
133	Orasmus Cole	W	WI-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
134	Charles M. Conrad	W	LA-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Resigned on August 17, 1850.
135	Moses Bledso Corwin	W	OH-04	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
136	Edmund Deberry	W	NC-03	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1829–1831 and 1833–1845.	08th term**	Left the House in 1851.
137	Jesse C. Dickey	W	PA-07	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
138	Milo M. Dimmick	W	PA-10	March 4, 1849	01st term
139	David T. Disney	D	OH-01	March 4, 1849	01st term
140	Nathan F. Dixon II	W	RI-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
141	James D. Doty	D	WI-03	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1839–1841.	03rd term*
142	James H. Duncan	W	MA-03	March 4, 1849	01st term
143	Cyrus L. Dunham	D	IN-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
144	Charles Durkee	D	WI-01	March 4, 1849	01st term
145	Henry A. Edmundson	D	VA-12	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
146	Andrew Ewing	D	TN-08	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
147	Graham N. Fitch	D	IN-09	March 4, 1849	01st term
148	Orin Fowler	W	MA-09	March 4, 1849	01st term
149	Thomas J. D. Fuller	D	ME-07	March 4, 1849	01st term
150	Elbridge Gerry	D	ME-01	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
151	Alfred Gilmore	D	PA-24	March 4, 1849	01st term
152	Rufus K. Goodenow	W	ME-04	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
153	Herman D. Gould	W	NY-10	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
154	Willis A. Gorman	D	IN-06	March 4, 1849	01st term
155	Thomas C. Hackett	D	GA-05	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
156	Ransom Halloway	W	NY-08	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
157	William T. Hamilton	D	MD-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
158	Edward Hammond	D	MD-03	March 4, 1849	01st term
159	Andrew J. Harlan	D	IN-10	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
160	Isham G. Harris	D	TN-09	March 4, 1849	01st term
161	Thomas L. Harris	D	IL-07	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
162	Andrew K. Hay	W	NJ-01	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
163	William Hebard	W	VT-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
164	David Hubbard	D	AL-05	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1839–1841.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
165	Harry Hibbard	D	NH-04	March 4, 1849	01st term
166	Moses Hoagland	D	OH-16	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
167	Alexander Holladay	D	VA-08	March 4, 1849	01st term
168	Volney Howard	D	TX-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
169	John W. Howe	W	PA-22	March 4, 1849	01st term
170	William F. Hunter	W	OH-15	March 4, 1849	01st term
171	William T. Jackson	W	NY-26	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
172	James L. Johnson	W	KY-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
173	George W. Julian	D	IN-04	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
174	John B. Kerr	W	MD-06	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
175	George G. King	W	RI-01	March 4, 1849	01st term
176	James G. King	W	NJ-05	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
177	John A. King	W	NY-01	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
178	Preston King	W	NY-18	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1843–1847.	03rd term*
179	Nathaniel Littlefield	D	ME-02	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1841–1843.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
180	Humphrey Marshall	W	KY-07	March 4, 1849	01st term
181	John C. Mason	D	KY-09	March 4, 1849	01st term
182	Orsamus B. Matteson	W	NY-20	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
183	Joseph E. McDonald	D	IN-08	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
184	Edward W. McGaughey	W	IN-07	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1845–1847.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
185	Thomas McKissock	W	NY-09	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
186	James Xavier McLanahan	D	PA-16	March 4, 1849	01st term
187	Finis McLean	W	KY-03	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
188	Fayette McMullen	D	VA-13	March 4, 1849	01st term
189	John Millson	D	VA-01	March 4, 1849	01st term
190	Henry D. Moore	W	PA-03	March 4, 1849	01st term
191	Jeremiah Morton	W	VA-09	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
192	Alexander Newman	D	VA-15	March 4, 1849	01st term	Died on September 8, 1849.
193	Andrew J. Ogle	W	PA-18	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
194	Edson B. Olds	D	OH-09	March 4, 1849	01st term
195	James L. Orr	D	SC-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
196	John Otis	W	ME-03	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
197	Allen F. Owen	W	GA-03	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
198	Richard Parker	D	VA-10	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
199	Jonas P. Phoenix	W	NY-03	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
200	Charles W. Pitman	W	PA-14	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
201	Emery D. Potter	D	OH-05	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
202	Paulus Powell	D	VA-05	March 4, 1849	01st term
203	Robert R. Reed	W	PA-20	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
204	Elijah Risley	W	NY-31	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
205	John Robbins	D	PA-04	March 4, 1849	01st term
206	Thomas Ross	D	PA-06	March 4, 1849	01st term
207	William A. Sackett	W	NY-27	March 4, 1849	01st term
208	John H. Savage	D	TN-04	March 4, 1849	01st term
209	Cullen Sawtelle	D	ME-05	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1845–1847.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
210	Abraham M. Schermerhorn	W	NY-28	March 4, 1849	01st term
211	John L. Schoolcraft	W	NY-13	March 4, 1849	01st term
212	James Seddon	D	VA-06	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1845–1847.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1851.
213	Elbridge G. Spaulding	W	NY-32	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
214	William Sprague	W	MI-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
215	Richard H. Stanton	D	KY-10	March 4, 1849	01st term
216	Edward Stanly	W	NC-08	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1837–1843.	04th term*
217	Charles Stetson	D	ME-06	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
218	Thaddeus Stevens	W	PA-08	March 4, 1849	01st term
219	Charles Sweetser	D	OH-10	March 4, 1849	01st term
220	John R. Thurman	W	NY-15	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
221	Walter Underhill	W	NY-04	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
222	Hiram Walden	D	NY-21	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
223	Loren P. Waldo	D	CT-01	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
224	Albert G. Watkins	W	TN-02	March 4, 1849	01st term
225	Marshall J. Wellborn	D	GA-02	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
226	William A. Whittlesey	D	OH-13	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
227	Isaac Wildrick	D	NJ-03	March 4, 1849	01st term
228	Christopher H. Williams	W	TN-11	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1837–1843.	04th term*
230	Timothy R. Young	D	IL-03	March 4, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	Thomas Haymond	W	VA-15	November 8, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	James Meacham	W	VT-03	December 3, 1849	01st term
	William McWillie	D	MS-03	December 3, 1849	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	Amos E. Wood	D	OH-06	December 3, 1849	01st term	Died on November 19, 1850.
	Joseph W. Jackson	D	GA-01	March 4, 1850	01st term
	Samuel A. Eliot	W	MA-01	August 22, 1850	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	Edward Gilbert	D	CA	September 11, 1850	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	George W. Wright	D	CA	September 11, 1850	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	George W. Morrison	D	NH-03	October 8, 1850	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	Joel B. Danner	D	PA-15	December 2, 1850	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	Henry A. Bullard	W	LA-02	December 5, 1850 Previous service, 1831–1834.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1851.
	Daniel F. Miller	W	IA-01	December 20, 1850	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	Alexander G. Penn	D	LA-03	December 30, 1850	01st term
	John Bell	W	OH-06	January 7, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1851.
	John Brisbin	D	PA-11	January 15, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1851.

Delegates

Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	Henry Hastings Sibley	D	MN	July 7, 1849 Previous service, 1848–1849.	02nd term*
2	Samuel Thurston	D	OR	December 3, 1849	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

• 31st United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States Senators in the 31st Congress by seniority

External links

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