List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 37th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 37th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 37th Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863). 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	John S. Phelps	D	MO-06	March 4, 1845	09th term	Dean of the House Left the House in 1863.
2	Galusha A. Grow	R	PA-14	March 4, 1851	06th term	Speaker of the House Left the House in 1863.
3	Elihu B. Washburne	R	IL-01	March 4, 1853	05th term
4	John Bingham	R	OH-21	March 4, 1855	04th term	Left the House in 1863.
5	James Buffington	R	MA-02	March 4, 1855	04th term	Left the House in 1863.
6	Henry C. Burnett	D	KY-01	March 4, 1855	04th term	Resigned on December 3, 1861.
7	Schuyler Colfax	R	IN-09	March 4, 1855	04th term
8	John Covode	R	PA-19	March 4, 1855	04th term	Left the House in 1863.
9	John Hickman	R	PA-06	March 4, 1855	04th term	Left the House in 1863.
10	Justin S. Morrill	R	VT-02	March 4, 1855	04th term
11	John Sherman	R	OH-13	March 4, 1855	04th term	Resigned on March 21, 1861.
12	Samuel S. Cox	D	OH-12	March 4, 1857	03rd term
13	Samuel R. Curtis	R	IA-01	March 4, 1857	03rd term	Resigned on August 4, 1861.
14	Henry L. Dawes	R	MA-11	March 4, 1857	03rd term
15	Reuben Fenton	R	NY-33	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1853–1855.	04th term*
16	William Kellogg	R	IL-04	March 4, 1857	03rd term	Left the House in 1863.
17	Owen Lovejoy	R	IL-03	March 4, 1857	03rd term
18	Horace Maynard	U	TN-02	March 4, 1857	03rd term	Left the House in 1863.
19	Edward J. Morris	R	PA-02	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1843–1845.	04th term*	Resigned on June 8, 1861.
20	Abram B. Olin	R	NY-13	March 4, 1857	03rd term	Left the House in 1863.
21	George H. Pendleton	D	OH-01	March 4, 1857	03rd term
22	John F. Potter	R	WI-01	March 4, 1857	03rd term	Left the House in 1863.
23	Eliakim P. Walton	R	VT-01	March 4, 1857	03rd term	Left the House in 1863.
24	John B. Clark	D	MO-03	December 7, 1857	03rd term	Resigned on July 13, 1861.
25	Daniel W. Gooch	R	MA-07	January 31, 1858	03rd term
26	Clement Vallandigham	D	OH-03	May 25, 1858	03rd term	Left the House in 1863.
27	Charles Francis Adams, Sr.	R	MA-03	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Resigned on May 1, 1861.
28	Cyrus Aldrich	R	MN	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
29	William Allen	D	OH-04	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
30	John B. Alley	R	MA-06	March 4, 1859	02nd term
31	James M. Ashley	R	OH-05	March 4, 1859	02nd term
32	Elijah Babbitt	R	PA-25	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
33	Samuel S. Blair	R	PA-18	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
34	Alfred A. Burnham	R	CT-03	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
35	James H. Campbell	R	PA-11	March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1855–1857.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1863.
36	Roscoe Conkling	R	NY-20	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
37	Thomas Corwin	R	OH-07	March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1831–1840.	07th term*	Resigned on March 12, 1861.
38	Charles Delano	R	MA-10	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
39	R. Holland Duell	R	NY-21	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
40	William M. Dunn	R	IN-03	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
41	Sidney Edgerton	R	OH-18	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
42	Thomas M. Edwards	R	NH-03	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
43	Thomas D. Eliot	R	MA-01	March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1854–1855.	03rd term*
44	Alfred Ely	R	NY-29	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
45	Philip B. Fouke	D	IL-08	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
46	Augustus Frank	R	NY-30	March 4, 1859	02nd term
47	John A. Gurley	R	OH-02	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
48	James T. Hale	R	PA-15	March 4, 1859	02nd term
49	William S. Holman	D	IN-04	March 4, 1859	02nd term
50	John Hutchins	R	OH-20	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
51	Francis William Kellogg	R	MI-03	March 4, 1859	02nd term
52	John W. Killinger	R	PA-10	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
53	John A. Logan	D	IL-09	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Resigned on April 2, 1862.
54	Dwight Loomis	R	CT-01	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
55	Robert Mallory	U	KY-07	March 4, 1859	02nd term
56	Gilman Marston	R	NH-01	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
57	James B. McKean	R	NY-15	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
58	Robert McKnight	R	PA-22	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
59	Edward McPherson	R	PA-17	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
60	James K. Moorhead	R	PA-21	March 4, 1859	02nd term
61	John T. Nixon	R	NJ-01	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
62	John W. Noell	D	MO-07	March 4, 1859	02nd term
63	Albert G. Porter	R	IN-06	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
64	Alexander H. Rice	R	MA-04	March 4, 1859	02nd term
65	James C. Robinson	D	IL-07	March 4, 1859	02nd term
66	George W. Scranton	R	PA-12	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Died on March 24, 1861.
67	Charles B. Sedgwick	R	NY-24	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
68	Elbridge G. Spaulding	R	NY-32	March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1849–1851.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1863.
69	Thaddeus Stevens	R	PA-09	March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1849–1853.	04th term*
70	John L. N. Stratton	R	NJ-02	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
71	Charles R. Train	R	MA-08	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
72	Carey A. Trimble	R	OH-10	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
73	William Vandever	R	IA-02	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
74	Charles Van Wyck	R	NY-10	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
75	John P. Verree	R	PA-03	March 4, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
76	Edwin H. Webster	U	MD-02	March 4, 1859	02nd term
77	William Windom	R	MN	March 4, 1859	02nd term
78	Harrison G. O. Blake	R	OH-14	October 11, 1859	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
79	John A. McClernand	D	IL-06	November 8, 1859 Previous service, 1843–1851.	06th term*	Resigned on October 28, 1861.
80	Martin F. Conway	R	KS	January 29, 1861	02nd term	Left the House in 1863.
81	Sydenham E. Ancona	D	PA-08	March 4, 1861	01st term
82	William Appleton	CU	MA-05	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1851–1855.	03rd term*	Resigned on September 27, 1861.
83	Isaac N. Arnold	R	IL-02	March 4, 1861	01st term
84	Goldsmith Bailey	R	MA-09	March 4, 1861	01st term	Died on May 8, 1862.
85	Joseph Bailey	D	PA-16	March 4, 1861	01st term
86	Stephen Baker	R	NY-12	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
87	Portus Baxter	R	VT-03	March 4, 1861	01st term
88	Fernando C. Beaman	R	MI-02	March 4, 1861	01st term
89	Francis Preston Blair, Jr.	R	MO-01	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1857–1859 and 1860.	03rd term**
90	George W. Bridges	U	TN-03	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
91	William G. Brown, Sr.	U	VA-10	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1845–1849.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1863.
92	George H. Browne	U	RI-02	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
93	Charles B. Calvert	U	MD-06	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
94	John S. Carlile	U	VA-11	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1855–1857.	02nd term*	Resigned on July 9, 1861.
95	Jacob P. Chamberlain	R	NY-26	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
96	Ambrose W. Clark	R	NY-23	March 4, 1861	01st term
97	Andrew J. Clements	U	TN-04	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
98	George T. Cobb	D	NJ-04	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
99	Frederick A. Conkling	R	NY-06	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
100	Erastus Corning	D	NY-14	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1857–1859.	02nd term*
101	Thomas B. Cooper	D	PA-07	March 4, 1861	01st term	Died on April 4, 1862.
102	James A. Cravens	D	IN-02	March 4, 1861	01st term
103	John W. Crisfield	U	MD-01	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1847–1849.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1863.
104	John J. Crittenden	U	KY-08	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
105	William P. Cutler	R	OH-16	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
106	William M. Davis	R	PA-05	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
107	Isaac C. Delaplaine	D	NY-08	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
108	Alexander S. Diven	R	NY-27	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
109	George W. Dunlap	U	KY-06	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
110	James E. English	D	CT-02	March 4, 1861	01st term
111	Samuel C. Fessenden	R	ME-03	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
112	George P. Fisher	U	DE	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
113	Richard Franchot	R	NY-19	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
114	John N. Goodwin	R	ME-01	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
115	Bradley F. Granger	R	MI-01	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
116	Henry Grider	U	KY-03	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1843–1847.	03rd term*
117	Edward Haight	D	NY-09	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
118	Luther Hanchett	R	WI-02	March 4, 1861	01st term	Died on November 24, 1862.
119	Aaron Harding	U	KY-04	March 4, 1861	01st term
120	Valentine B. Horton	R	OH-11	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1855–1859.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1863.
121	James S. Jackson	U	KY-02	March 4, 1861	01st term	Resigned on December 13, 1861.
122	Philip Johnson	D	PA-13	March 4, 1861	01st term
123	George W. Julian	R	IN-05	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1849–1851.	02nd term*
124	William D. Kelley	R	PA-04	March 4, 1861	01st term
125	James Kerrigan	D	NY-04	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
126	William E. Lansing	R	NY-22	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
127	John Law	D	IN-01	March 4, 1861	01st term
128	Jesse Lazear	D	PA-20	March 4, 1861	01st term
129	Cornelius Leary	U	MD-03	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
130	William E. Lehman	D	PA-01	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
131	Henry May	U	MD-04	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1853–1855.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1863.
132	John W. Menzies	U	KY-10	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
133	William Mitchell	R	IN-10	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
134	Anson Morrill	R	ME-04	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
135	James R. Morris	D	OH-17	March 4, 1861	01st term
136	Warren P. Noble	D	OH-09	March 4, 1861	01st term
137	Elijah H. Norton	D	MO-04	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
138	Robert H. Nugen	D	OH-15	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
139	Moses F. Odell	D	NY-02	March 4, 1861	01st term
140	John Patton	R	PA-24	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
141	Nehemiah Perry	D	NJ-05	March 4, 1861	01st term
142	Timothy Guy Phelps	R	CA	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
143	Frederick A. Pike	R	ME-06	March 4, 1861	01st term
144	Theodore M. Pomeroy	R	NY-25	March 4, 1861	01st term
145	John W. Reid	D	MO-05	March 4, 1861	01st term	Resigned on August 3, 1861.
146	John H. Rice	R	ME-05	March 4, 1861	01st term
147	William A. Richardson	D	IL-05	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1847–1856.	06th term*	Resigned on January 29, 1863.
148	Albert G. Riddle	R	OH-19	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
149	Edward H. Rollins	R	NH-02	March 4, 1861	01st term
150	James S. Rollins	CU	MO-02	March 4, 1861	01st term
151	Aaron A. Sargent	R	CA	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
152	John P. C. Shanks	R	IN-11	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
153	William P. Sheffield	U	RI-01	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
154	Samuel Shellabarger	R	OH-08	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
155	Socrates N. Sherman	R	NY-17	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
156	A. Scott Sloan	R	WI-03	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
157	Edward H. Smith	D	NY-01	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
158	John B. Steele	D	NY-11	March 4, 1861	01st term
159	William G. Steele	D	NJ-03	March 4, 1861	01st term
160	Andrew J. Thayer	D	OR	March 4, 1861	01st term	Resigned on July 30, 1861.
161	Francis Thomas	U	MD-05	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1831–1841.	06th term*
162	Rowland E. Trowbridge	R	MI-04	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
163	Burt Van Horn	R	NY-31	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
164	Robert B. Van Valkenburgh	R	NY-28	March 4, 1861	01st term
165	Chauncey Vibbard	D	NY-18	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
166	Daniel W. Voorhees	D	IN-07	March 4, 1861	01st term
167	William H. Wadsworth	U	KY-09	March 4, 1861	01st term
168	John W. Wallace	R	PA-23	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
169	William Wall	D	NY-05	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
170	Charles W. Walton	R	ME-02	March 4, 1861	01st term	Resigned on May 26, 1862.
171	Elijah Ward	D	NY-07	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1857–1859.	02nd term*
172	Kellian Whaley	U	VA-12	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
173	William A. Wheeler	R	NY-16	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
174	Albert S. White	R	IN-08	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1837–1839.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1863.
175	Chilton A. White	D	OH-06	March 4, 1861	01st term
176	Charles A. Wickliffe	U	KY-05	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1823–1833.	06th term*	Left the House in 1863.
177	Benjamin Wood	D	NY-03	March 4, 1861	01st term
178	George C. Woodruff	D	CT-04	March 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
179	Charles H. Upton	U	VA-07	May 23, 1861	01st term	Resigned on February 27, 1862.
	Benjamin Thomas	U	MA-03	June 11, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Charles J. Biddle	D	PA-02	July 2, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Richard A. Harrison	U	OH-07	July 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Samuel T. Worcester	R	OH-13	July 4, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Hendrick B. Wright	D	PA-12	July 4, 1861 Previous service, 1853–1855.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1863.
	George K. Shiel	D	OR	July 30, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	James F. Wilson	R	IA-01	October 8, 1861	01st term
	Jacob B. Blair	U	VA-11	December 2, 1861	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Samuel Hooper	R	MA-05	December 2, 1861	01st term
	Anthony L. Knapp	D	IL-06	December 12, 1861	01st term
	William A. Hall	D	MO-03	January 20, 1862	01st term
	Thomas L. Price	D	MO-05	January 21, 1862	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Samuel L. Casey	U	KY-01	March 10, 1862	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Joseph Segar	U	VA-01	March 16, 1862	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	William J. Allen	D	IL-09	June 2, 1862	01st term
	Frederick Low	R	CA	June 3, 1862	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	John D. Stiles	D	PA-07	June 3, 1862	01st term
	T. A. D. Fessenden	R	ME-02	December 1, 1862	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Amasa Walker	D	MA-09	December 1, 1862	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	George H. Yeaman	U	KY-02	December 1, 1862	01st term
	Michael Hahn	U	LA-02	December 3, 1862	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Benjamin Flanders	U	LA-01	December 3, 1862	01st term	Left the House in 1863.
	Walter D. McIndoe	R	WI-02	January 26, 1863	01st term
	Lewis McKenzie	U	VA-07	February 16, 1863	01st term	Left the House in 1863.

Delegates

Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	Samuel Gordon Daily	R	NE	May 18, 1860	02nd term
2	John Milton Bernhisel	Ind.	UT	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1851–1859.	05th term*
3	William H. Wallace	D	WA	March 4, 1861	01st term
4	John Sebrie Watts	R	NM	March 4, 1861	01st term
	Hiram Pitt Bennet	R	CO	August 19, 1861	01st term
	John Cradlebaugh	Ind.	NV	December 2, 1861	01st term
	John Blair Smith Todd	D	DAK	December 9, 1861	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

• 37th United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States Senators in the 37th Congress by seniority

External links

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