List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 32nd Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 32nd United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 32nd Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). 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	08th term	Dean of the House
2	Linn Boyd	D	KY-01	March 4, 1839 Previous service, 1835–1837.	08th term*	Speaker of the House
3	John Reeves Jones Daniel	D	NC-06	March 4, 1841	06th term	Left the House in 1853.
4	Armistead Burt	D	SC-05	March 4, 1843	05th term	Left the House in 1853.
5	Andrew Johnson	D	TN-01	March 4, 1843	05th term	Left the House in 1853.
6	George W. Jones	D	TN-05	March 4, 1843	05th term
7	Joseph A. Woodward	D	SC-03	March 4, 1843	05th term	Left the House in 1853.
8	Alexander H. Stephens	W	GA-07	October 2, 1843	05th term
9	Thomas H. Bayly	D	VA-07	May 6, 1844	05th term
10	Meredith P. Gentry	W	TN-07	March 4, 1845 Previous service, 1839–1843.	06th term*	Left the House in 1853.
11	John S. Phelps	D	MO-05	March 4, 1845	04th term
12	Frederick P. Stanton	D	TN-10	March 4, 1845	04th term
13	Robert Toombs	D	GA-08	March 4, 1845	04th term	Left the House in 1853.
14	Thomas S. Bocock	D	VA-04	March 4, 1847	03rd term
15	Albert G. Brown	D	MS-04	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1839–1841.	04th term*	Left the House in 1853.
16	Edward C. Cabell	W	FL	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1845–1846.	04th term*	Left the House in 1853.
17	Thomas L. Clingman	W	NC-01	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1843–1845.	04th term*
18	Williamson R. W. Cobb	D	AL-06	March 4, 1847	03rd term
19	Alexander Evans	W	MD-05	March 4, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
20	Willard P. Hall	D	MO-04	March 4, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
21	Sampson W. Harris	D	AL-03	March 4, 1847	03rd term
22	Robert W. Johnson	D	AR	March 4, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
23	David Outlaw	W	NC-09	March 4, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
24	John L. Robinson	D	IN-03	March 4, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
25	Charles H. Peaslee	D	NH-02	March 4, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
26	John L. Taylor	W	OH-08	March 4, 1847	03rd term
27	Amos Tuck	W	NH-01	March 4, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
28	Abraham W. Venable	D	NC-05	March 4, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
29	Richard K. Meade	D	VA-02	August 5, 1847	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
30	William A. Richardson	D	IL-05	December 6, 1847	03rd term
31	Horace Mann	W	MA-08	April 3, 1848	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
32	Daniel Wallace	D	SC-01	June 12, 1848	03rd term	Left the House in 1853.
33	John McQueen	D	SC-04	February 12, 1849	03rd term
34	Charles Allen	W	MA-05	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
35	William S. Ashe	D	NC-07	March 4, 1849	02nd term
36	Thomas H. Averett	D	VA-03	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
37	James M. H. Beale	D	VA-14	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1833–1837.	04th term*	Left the House in 1853.
38	Henry Bennett	W	NY-22	March 4, 1849	02nd term
39	William H. Bissell	D	IL-01	March 4, 1849	02nd term
40	Richard Bowie	W	MD-01	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
41	George Briggs	W	NY-05	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
42	James Brooks	W	NY-06	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
43	Lorenzo Burrows	W	NY-34	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
44	Joseph P. Caldwell	W	NC-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
45	Lewis D. Campbell	W	OH-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term
46	David K. Cartter	D	OH-18	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
47	Joseph R. Chandler	W	PA-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term
48	Chauncey F. Cleveland	D	CT-03	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
49	William F. Colcock	D	SC-07	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
50	Milo M. Dimmick	D	PA-10	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
51	David T. Disney	D	OH-01	March 4, 1849	02nd term
52	James D. Doty	D	WI-03	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1839–1841.	04th term*	Left the House in 1853.
53	James H. Duncan	W	MA-03	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
54	Cyrus L. Dunham	D	IN-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term
55	Charles Durkee	D	WI-01	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
56	Henry A. Edmundson	D	VA-12	March 4, 1849	02nd term
57	Graham N. Fitch	D	IN-09	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
58	Orin Fowler	W	MA-09	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Died on September 3, 1852.
59	Thomas J. D. Fuller	D	ME-07	March 4, 1849	02nd term
60	Alfred Gilmore	D	PA-24	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
61	Willis A. Gorman	D	IN-06	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
62	William T. Hamilton	D	MD-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term
63	Edward Hammond	D	MD-03	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
64	Isham G. Harris	D	TN-09	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
65	William Hebard	W	VT-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
66	Harry Hibbard	D	NH-04	March 4, 1849	02nd term
67	Alexander Holladay	D	VA-08	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
68	Volney Howard	D	TX-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
69	John W. Howe	W	PA-22	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
70	William F. Hunter	W	OH-15	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
71	George G. King	W	RI-01	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
72	Preston King	D	NY-18	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1843–1847.	04th term*	Left the House in 1853.
73	Humphrey Marshall	W	KY-07	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Resigned on August 4, 1852.
74	John C. Mason	D	KY-09	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
75	James Xavier McLanahan	D	PA-16	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
76	Fayette McMullen	D	VA-13	March 4, 1849	02nd term
77	John Millson	D	VA-01	March 4, 1849	02nd term
78	Henry D. Moore	W	PA-03	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
79	Edson B. Olds	D	OH-09	March 4, 1849	02nd term
80	James L. Orr	D	SC-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term
81	Paulus Powell	D	VA-05	March 4, 1849	02nd term
82	John Robbins	D	PA-04	March 4, 1849	02nd term
83	Thomas Ross	D	PA-06	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
84	William A. Sackett	W	NY-27	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
85	John H. Savage	D	TN-04	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
86	Abraham M. Schermerhorn	W	NY-28	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
87	John L. Schoolcraft	W	NY-13	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
88	Edward Stanly	W	NC-08	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1837–1843.	05th term*	Left the House in 1853.
89	Richard H. Stanton	D	KY-10	March 4, 1849	02nd term
90	Thaddeus Stevens	W	PA-08	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
91	Charles Sweetser	D	OH-10	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
92	Albert G. Watkins	W	TN-02	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
93	Isaac Wildrick	D	NJ-03	March 4, 1849	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
94	Christopher H. Williams	W	TN-11	March 4, 1849 Previous service, 1837–1843.	05th term*	Left the House in 1853.
95	James Meacham	W	VT-03	December 3, 1849	02nd term
96	Joseph W. Jackson	D	GA-01	March 4, 1850	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
97	Alexander G. Penn	D	LA-03	December 30, 1850	02nd term	Left the House in 1853.
98	James Abercrombie	W	AL-02	March 4, 1851	01st term
99	William Aiken, Jr.	D	SC-06	March 4, 1851	01st term
100	Willis Allen	D	IL-02	March 4, 1851	01st term
101	John Allison	W	PA-20	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
102	Charles Andrews	D	ME-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Died on April 30, 1852.
103	John Appleton	D	ME-02	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
104	William Appleton	W	MA-01	March 4, 1851	01st term
105	Leander Babcock	D	NY-23	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
106	David J. Bailey	D	GA-03	March 4, 1851	01st term
107	Nelson Barrere	W	OH-07	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
108	Thomas Bartlett, Jr.	D	VT-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
109	Hiram Bell	W	OH-03	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
110	Thomas Marshal Bibighaus	W	PA-14	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
111	Obadiah Bowne	W	NY-02	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
112	John H. Boyd	W	NY-14	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
113	John Bragg	D	AL-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
114	John C. Breckinridge	D	KY-08	March 4, 1851	01st term
115	Samuel Brenton	W	IN-10	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
116	George H. Brown	W	NJ-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
117	Alexander H. Buell	D	NY-17	March 4, 1851	01st term	Died on January 29, 1853.
118	George H. Busby	D	OH-11	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
119	Joseph Cable	D	OH-17	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
120	Thompson Campbell	D	IL-06	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
121	John Caskie	D	VA-06	March 4, 1851	01st term
122	Charles Chapman	W	CT-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
123	Elijah W. Chastain	D	GA-05	March 4, 1851	01st term
124	William M. Churchwell	D	TN-03	March 4, 1851	01st term
125	Lincoln Clark	D	IA-02	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
126	James L. Conger	W	MI-03	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
127	Joseph Stewart Cottman	W	MD-06	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
128	William Cullom	W	TN-08	March 4, 1851	01st term
129	Carlton B. Curtis	D	PA-23	March 4, 1851	01st term
130	John F. Darby	W	MO-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
131	John G. Davis	D	IN-07	March 4, 1851	01st term
132	George T. Davis	W	MA-06	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
133	John L. Dawson	D	PA-18	March 4, 1851	01st term
134	Gilbert Dean	D	NY-08	March 4, 1851	01st term
135	Alfred Dockery	W	NC-03	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1845–1847.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1853.
136	Ben C. Eastman	D	WI-02	March 4, 1851	01st term
137	Alfred Peck Edgerton	D	OH-05	March 4, 1851	01st term
138	Presley Ewing	W	KY-03	March 4, 1851	01st term
139	Charles J. Faulkner	W	VA-10	March 4, 1851	01st term
140	Orlando B. Ficklin	D	IL-03	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1843–1849.	04th term*	Left the House in 1853.
141	Thomas B. Florence	D	PA-01	March 4, 1851	01st term
142	John G. Floyd	D	NY-01	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1839–1843.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1853.
143	John D. Freeman	W	MS-03	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
144	Henry M. Fuller	W	PA-11	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
145	James Gamble	D	PA-13	March 4, 1851	01st term
146	James M. Gaylord	D	OH-13	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
147	Frederick W. Green	D	OH-06	March 4, 1851	01st term
148	Benjamin E. Grey	W	KY-02	March 4, 1851	01st term
149	Robert Goodenow	W	ME-03	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
150	John Z. Goodrich	W	MA-07	March 4, 1851	01st term
151	Galusha A. Grow	D	PA-12	March 4, 1851	01st term
152	Emanuel B. Hart	D	NY-03	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
153	Augustus P. Hascall	W	NY-33	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
154	Solomon G. Haven	W	NY-32	March 4, 1851	01st term
155	John H. H. Haws	W	NY-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
156	Thomas A. Hendricks	D	IN-05	March 4, 1851	01st term
157	Bernhart Henn	D	IA-01	March 4, 1851	01st term
158	Junius Hillyer	D	GA-06	March 4, 1851	01st term
159	Jerediah Horsford	W	NY-29	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
160	George S. Houston	D	AL-05	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1841–1849.	05th term*
161	Thomas Y. Howe, Jr.	D	NY-25	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
162	Alexander Harper	W	OH-14	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1837–1839 and 1843–1847.	04th term**	Left the House in 1853.
163	Thomas M. Howe	W	PA-21	March 4, 1851	01st term
164	Colin M. Ingersoll	D	CT-02	March 4, 1851	01st term
165	Willard Ives	D	NY-19	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
166	Timothy Jenkins	D	NY-20	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1845–1849.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1853.
167	James Johnson	D	GA-02	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
168	John Johnson	D	OH-16	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
169	Jehu Glancy Jones	D	PA-09	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
170	Daniel T. Jones	D	NY-24	March 4, 1851	01st term
171	Joseph H. Kuhns	W	PA-19	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
172	William H. Kurtz	D	PA-15	March 4, 1851	01st term
173	Joseph A. Landry	W	LA-02	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
174	John Letcher	D	VA-11	March 4, 1851	01st term
175	James Lockhart	D	IN-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
176	Daniel Mace	D	IN-08	March 4, 1851	01st term
177	Moses Macdonald	D	ME-01	March 4, 1851	01st term
178	Edward C. Marshall	D	CA	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
179	Frederick S. Martin	W	NY-31	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
180	Louis St. Martin	D	LA-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
181	Joseph W. McCorkle	D	CA	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
182	John McNair	D	PA-05	March 4, 1851	01st term
183	John G. Miller	W	MO-03	March 4, 1851	01st term
184	Ahiman L. Miner	W	VT-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
185	Richard S. Molony	D	IL-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
186	John Moore	W	LA-04	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1840–1843.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1853.
187	James T. Morehead	W	NC-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
188	John A. Morrison	D	PA-07	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
189	Charles Murphey	W	GA-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
190	William Murray	D	NY-09	March 4, 1851	01st term
191	Benjamin D. Nabers	W	MS-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
192	Eben Newton	W	OH-19	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
193	Andrew Parker	D	PA-17	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
194	Samuel W. Parker	W	IN-04	March 4, 1851	01st term
195	Ebenezer J. Penniman	W	MI-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
196	Jared Perkins	W	NH-03	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
197	William H. Polk	D	TN-06	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
198	Gilchrist Porter	W	MO-02	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
199	Rodman M. Price	D	NJ-05	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
200	Robert Rantoul, Jr.	D	MA-02	March 4, 1851	01st term	Died on August 7, 1852.
201	George R. Riddle	D	DE	March 4, 1851	01st term
202	Reuben Robie	D	NY-30	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
203	Joseph Russell	D	NY-15	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1845–1847.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1853.
204	Marius Schoonmaker	W	NY-10	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
205	Zeno Scudder	W	MA-10	March 4, 1851	01st term
206	Richardson A. Scurry	D	TX-01	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
207	David L. Seymour	D	NY-12	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1853.
208	Origen S. Seymour	D	CT-04	March 4, 1851	01st term
209	Charles Skelton	D	NJ-02	March 4, 1851	01st term
210	Ephraim K. Smart	D	ME-05	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1847–1849.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1853.
211	William R. Smith	W	AL-04	March 4, 1851	01st term
212	William W. Snow	D	NY-21	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
213	Benjamin Stanton	W	OH-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
214	Abraham P. Stephens	D	NY-07	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
215	James W. Stone	D	KY-05	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1853.
216	Nathan T. Stratton	D	NJ-01	March 4, 1851	01st term
217	James F. Strother	W	VA-09	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
218	Charles E. Stuart	D	MI-02	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1847–1849.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1853.
219	Josiah Sutherland	D	NY-11	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
220	Benjamin Thompson	W	MA-04	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1845–1847.	02nd term*	Died on September 24, 1852.
221	George W. Thompson	D	VA-15	March 4, 1851	01st term	Resigned on July 30, 1852.
222	Benjamin Babock Thurston	D	RI-02	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1847–1849.	02nd term*
223	Norton S. Townshend	D	OH-21	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
224	Henry S. Walbridge	W	NY-26	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
225	Thomas Y. Walsh	W	MD-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
226	William T. Ward	W	KY-04	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
227	Israel Washburn, Jr.	W	ME-06	March 4, 1851	01st term
228	John Welch	W	OH-12	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
229	John Wells	W	NY-16	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
230	Addison White	W	KY-06	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
231	Alexander White	W	AL-07	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
232	John A. Wilcox	W	MS-02	March 4, 1851	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
233	Richard Yates	W	IL-07	March 4, 1851	01st term
	Isaac Reed	W	ME-04	June 25, 1852	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
	Sherrard Clemens	D	VA-15	December 6, 1852	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
	William Preston	W	KY-07	December 6, 1852	01st term
	Francis B. Fay	W	MA-02	December 13, 1852	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
	Edward P. Little	D	MA-09	December 13, 1852	01st term	Left the House in 1853.
	Lorenzo Sabine	W	MA-04	December 13, 1852	01st term	Left the House in 1853.

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.	03rd term*
2	John Milton Bernhisel	D	UT	March 4, 1851	01st term
3	Joseph Lane	D	OR	March 4, 1851	01st term
4	Richard Hanson Weightman	D	NM	March 4, 1851	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

• 32nd United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States Senators in the 32nd Congress by seniority

External links

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