List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 38th Congress by seniority

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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 38th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 38th Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865). 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

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

Rank Representative Party District Seniority date
(Previous service, if any)
 No.# of term(s) Notes
1 Elihu B. Washburne R IL-03 March 4, 1853 6th term Dean of the House
2 Schuyler Colfax R IN-09 March 4, 1855 5th term Speaker of the House
3
Justin S. Morrill
 R VT-02 March 4, 1855 5th term
4 Samuel S. Cox D OH-07 March 4, 1857 4th term
5 Henry L. Dawes R MA-10 March 4, 1857 4th term
6 Reuben Fenton R NY-31 March 4, 1857
Previous service: 1853–1855 		5th term* Resigned on December 20, 1864.
7 Owen Lovejoy R IL-05 March 4, 1857 4th term Died on March 25, 1864.
8 George H. Pendleton D OH-01 March 4, 1857 4th term
9 Daniel W. Gooch R MA-06 January 31, 1858 4th term
10 John B. Alley R MA-05 March 4, 1859 3rd term
11 James M. Ashley R OH-10 March 4, 1859 3rd term
12 Thomas D. Eliot R MA-01 March 4, 1859
Previous service: 1854–1855 		4th term*
13 Augustus Frank R NY-29 March 4, 1859 3rd term
14 James T. Hale R PA-18 March 4, 1859 3rd term
15 William S. Holman D IN-04 March 4, 1859 3rd term
16 Francis William Kellogg R MI-04 March 4, 1859 3rd term
17 Robert Mallory UU KY-05 March 4, 1859 3rd term
18 James K. Moorhead R PA-22 March 4, 1859 3rd term
19
John W. Noell
 UU MO-03 March 4, 1859 3rd term Died on March 14, 1863.
20 Alexander H. Rice R MA-03 March 4, 1859 3rd term
21 James C. Robinson D IL-11 March 4, 1859 3rd term
22 Thaddeus Stevens R PA-09 March 4, 1859
Previous service: 1849–1853 		5th term*
23
Edwin H. Webster
 UU MD-02 March 4, 1859 3rd term
24 William Windom R MN-01 March 4, 1859 3rd term
25
Sydenham E. Ancona
 D PA-08 March 4, 1861 2nd term
26 Isaac N. Arnold R IL-01 March 4, 1861 2nd term
27 Joseph Bailey D PA-15 March 4, 1861 2nd term
28 Portus Baxter R VT-03 March 4, 1861 2nd term
29 Fernando C. Beaman R MI-01 March 4, 1861 2nd term
30
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
 R MO-01 March 4, 1861
Previous service: 1857–1859 and 1860 		4th term** Resigned on June 10, 1864.
31 Ambrose W. Clark R NY-20 March 4, 1861 2nd term
32 Erastus Corning D NY-14 March 4, 1861
Previous service: 1857–1859 		3rd term* Resigned on October 5, 1863.
33 James A. Cravens D IN-02 March 4, 1861 2nd term
34 James E. English D CT-02 March 4, 1861 2nd term
35 Henry Grider U KY-03 March 4, 1861
Previous service: 1843–1847 		4th term*
36 Aaron Harding U KY-04 March 4, 1861 2nd term
37 Philip Johnson D PA-11 March 4, 1861 2nd term
38
George W. Julian
 R IN-05 March 4, 1861
Previous service: 1849–1851 		3rd term*
39 William D. Kelley R PA-04 March 4, 1861 2nd term
40 John Law D IN-01 March 4, 1861 2nd term
41 Jesse Lazear D PA-24 March 4, 1861 2nd term
42 James R. Morris D OH-15 March 4, 1861 2nd term
43 Warren P. Noble D OH-09 March 4, 1861 2nd term
44 John B. Steele D NY-13 March 4, 1861 2nd term
45 Moses F. Odell D NY-03 March 4, 1861 2nd term
46 Nehemiah Perry D NJ-05 March 4, 1861 2nd term
47 Frederick A. Pike R ME-05 March 4, 1861 2nd term
48 Theodore M. Pomeroy R NY-24 March 4, 1861 2nd term
49 John H. Rice R ME-04 March 4, 1861 2nd term
50 Edward H. Rollins R NH-02 March 4, 1861 2nd term
51 James S. Rollins U MO-09 March 4, 1861 2nd term
52 William G. Steele D NJ-03 March 4, 1861 2nd term
53 Francis Thomas UU MD-04 March 4, 1861
Previous service: 1831–1841 		7th term*
54 Robert B. Van Valkenburgh R NY-27 March 4, 1861 2nd term
55 Daniel W. Voorhees D IN-07 March 4, 1861 2nd term
56 William H. Wadsworth U KY-09 March 4, 1861 2nd term
57 Elijah Ward D NY-06 March 4, 1861
Previous service: 1857–1859 		3rd term*
58 Chilton A. White D OH-06 March 4, 1861 2nd term
59 Benjamin Wood D NY-04 March 4, 1861 2nd term
60 James F. Wilson R IA-01 October 8, 1861 2nd term
61 Samuel Hooper R MA-04 December 2, 1861 2nd term
62 Anthony L. Knapp D IL-10 December 12, 1861 2nd term
63
William A. Hall
 U MO-08 January 20, 1862 2nd term
64 William J. Allen D IL-13 June 2, 1862 2nd term
65
John D. Stiles
 D PA-06 June 3, 1862 2nd term
66
George H. Yeaman
 U KY-02 December 1, 1862 2nd term
67 Walter D. McIndoe R WI-06 January 26, 1863 2nd term
68 James C. Allen D IL March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1853–1856 and 1856-1857 		4th term**
69 William B. Allison R IA-03 March 4, 1863 1st term
70 Oakes Ames R MA-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
71 Lucien Anderson UU KY-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
72 Augustus C. Baldwin D MI-05 March 4, 1863 1st term
73
John D. Baldwin
 R MA-08 March 4, 1863 1st term
74 James G. Blaine R ME-03 March 4, 1863 1st term
75
George Bliss
 D OH-14 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1853–1855 		2nd term*
76 Henry T. Blow UU MO-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
77 George S. Boutwell R MA-07 March 4, 1863 1st term
78 Sempronius H. Boyd UU MO-04 March 4, 1863 1st term
79 Augustus Brandegee R CT-03 March 4, 1863 1st term
80 James Brooks D NY-08 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1849–1853 		3rd term*
81
John Martin Broomall
 R PA-07 March 4, 1863 1st term
82 James S. Brown D WI-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
83 John W. Chanler D NY-07 March 4, 1863 1st term
84 Freeman Clarke R NY-28 March 4, 1863 1st term
85 Brutus J. Clay U KY-07 March 4, 1863 1st term
86 John Creswell UU MD-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
87 Amasa Cobb R WI-03 March 4, 1863 1st term
88
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth
 D PA-16 March 4, 1863 1st term
89 Cornelius Cole R CA March 4, 1863 1st term
90
John L. Dawson
 D PA-21 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1851–1855 		3rd term*
91 Henry W. Davis UU MD-03 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1855–1861 		4th term*
92 Thomas T. Davis R NY-23 March 4, 1863 1st term
93 Henry C. Deming R CT-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
94 Charles Denison D PA-12 March 4, 1863 1st term
95 Nathan F. Dixon II R RI-02 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1849–1851 		2nd term*
96 Ignatius L. Donnelly R MN-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
97 John F. Driggs R MI-06 March 4, 1863 1st term
98 Ebenezer Dumont R IN-06 March 4, 1863 1st term
99
Josiah B. Grinnell
 R IA-04 March 4, 1863 1st term
100 John R. Eden D IL-07 March 4, 1863 1st term
101 Joseph K. Edgerton D IN-10 March 4, 1863 1st term
102 Charles A. Eldredge D WI-04 March 4, 1863 1st term
103 John F. Farnsworth R IL-02 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1857–1861 		3rd term*
104 William E. Finck D OH-12 March 4, 1863 1st term
105 John Ganson D NY-30 March 4, 1863 1st term
106 James A. Garfield R OH-19 March 4, 1863 1st term
107 John A. Griswold D NY-15 March 4, 1863 1st term
108 Ephraim R. Eckley R OH-17 March 4, 1863 1st term
109
Benjamin Gwinn Harris
 D MD-05 March 4, 1863 1st term
110 Charles M. Harris D IL-04 March 4, 1863 1st term
111 Henry W. Harrington D IN-03 March 4, 1863 1st term
112 Anson Herrick D NY-09 March 4, 1863 1st term
113 William Higby R CA March 4, 1863 1st term
114 Giles W. Hotchkiss R NY-26 March 4, 1863 1st term
115 Asahel W. Hubbard R IA-06 March 4, 1863 1st term
116 John H. Hubbard R CT-04 March 4, 1863 1st term
117 Calvin T. Hulburd R NY-17 March 4, 1863 1st term
118 Wells A. Hutchins D OH-11 March 4, 1863 1st term
119 Thomas Jenckes R RI-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
120 William Johnston D OH-08 March 4, 1863 1st term
121 John A. Kasson R IA-05 March 4, 1863 1st term
122 Martin Kalbfleisch D NY-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
123 Orlando Kellogg R NY-16 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1847–1849 		2nd term*
124 Francis Kernan D NY-21 March 4, 1863 1st term
125
Austin A. King
 U MO-06 March 4, 1863 1st term
126 Francis Celeste Le Blond D OH-05 March 4, 1863 1st term
127 DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn R NY-22 March 4, 1863 1st term
128 Benjamin F. Loan UU MO-07 March 4, 1863 1st term
129 Alexander Long D OH-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
130 John W. Longyear R MI-03 March 4, 1863 1st term
131 Daniel Marcy D NH-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
132 James M. Marvin R NY-18 March 4, 1863 1st term
133 Archibald McAllister D PA-17 March 4, 1863 1st term
134 John R. McBride R OR March 4, 1863 1st term
135 Joseph W. McClurg UU MO-05 March 4, 1863 1st term
136 James F. McDowell D IN-11 March 4, 1863 1st term
137 John F. McKinney D OH-04 March 4, 1863 1st term
138
George Middleton
 D NJ-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
139 William H. Miller D PA-14 March 4, 1863 1st term
140 Samuel F. Miller R NY-19 March 4, 1863 1st term
141 Daniel Morris R NY-25 March 4, 1863 1st term
142 William R. Morrison D IL-12 March 4, 1863 1st term
143 Amos Myers R PA-20 March 4, 1863 1st term
144 Leonard Myers R PA-03 March 4, 1863 1st term
145 Homer A. Nelson D NY-12 March 4, 1863 1st term
146 Jesse O. Norton R IL-06 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1853–1857 		3rd term*
147 Charles O'Neill R PA-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
148 John O'Neill D OH-13 March 4, 1863 1st term
149
Godlove Stein Orth
 R IN-08 March 4, 1863 1st term
150 James W. Patterson R NH-03 March 4, 1863 1st term
151 Sidney Perham R ME-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
152 Hiram Price R IA-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
153 William Radford D NY-10 March 4, 1863 1st term
154 Samuel J. Randall D PA-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
155 William H. Randall UU KY-08 March 4, 1863 1st term
156 Andrew J. Rogers D NJ-04 March 4, 1863 1st term
157 Lewis W. Ross D IL-09 March 4, 1863 1st term
158 Robert C. Schenck R OH-03 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1843–1851 		5th term*
159
Glenni W. Scofield
 R PA-19 March 4, 1863 1st term
160 Thomas B. Shannon R CA March 4, 1863 1st term
161 Ithamar Sloan R WI-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
162
Green C. Smith
 UU KY-06 March 4, 1863 1st term
163 Rufus P. Spalding R OH-18 March 4, 1863 1st term
164 John F. Starr R NJ-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
165 Henry G. Stebbins D NY-01 March 4, 1863 1st term Resigned on October 24, 1864.
166 Myer Strouse D PA-10 March 4, 1863 1st term
167 John T. Stuart D IL-08 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1839–1843 		3rd term*
168 Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D ME-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
169
William Temple
 D DE March 4, 1863 1st term Died on May 28, 1863.
170 Martin R. Thayer R PA-05 March 4, 1863 1st term
171 Henry W. Tracy R PA-13 March 4, 1863 1st term
172 Charles Upson R MI-02 March 4, 1863 1st term
173 William B. Washburn R MA-09 March 4, 1863 1st term
174 Ezra Wheeler D WI-05 March 4, 1863 1st term
175 Joseph W. White D OH-16 March 4, 1863 1st term
176
Abel C. Wilder
 R KS March 4, 1863 1st term
177 Thomas Williams R PA-23 March 4, 1863 1st term
178 Charles H. Winfield D NY-11 March 4, 1863 1st term
179 Fernando Wood D NY-05 March 4, 1863
Previous service: 1841–1843 		2nd term*
180 Frederick E. Woodbridge R VT-01 March 4, 1863 1st term
—
William G. Brown, Sr.
 UU WV-02 December 7, 1863
Previous service: 1845–1849 and 1861–1863 		4th term**
— John V. L. Pruyn D NY-14 December 7, 1863 1st term
—
John G. Scott
 D MO-03 December 7, 1863 1st term
— Nathaniel B. Smithers UU DE December 7, 1863 1st term
— Kellian Whaley UU WV-03 December 7, 1863
Previous service: 1861–1863 		2nd term*
— Jacob B. Blair UU WV-01 December 17, 1863
Previous service: 1861–1863 		2nd term*
— Ebon C. Ingersoll R IL-05 May 20, 1864 1st term
— Samuel Knox UU MO-01 June 10, 1864 1st term
— Henry G. Worthington R NV October 31, 1864 1st term
— Dwight Townsend D NY-01 December 5, 1864 1st term

Delegates

Rank Delegate Party District Seniority date
(Previous service, if any)
 No.# of term(s) Notes
1 Samuel Gordon Daily R NE May 18, 1860 03rd term
2 Hiram Pitt Bennet R CO August 19, 1861 02nd term
3 George Edward Cole D WA March 4, 1863 01st term
4 William Jayne DAK March 4, 1863 01st term
5 John F. Kinney D UT March 4, 1863 01st term
6 Gordon Newell Mott R NV March 4, 1863 01st term
7 Francisco Perea R NM March 4, 1863 01st term
William H. Wallace R ID February 1, 1864
Previous service, 1861–1863. 		02nd term*
John Blair Smith Todd D DAK June 17, 1864
Previous service, 1861–1863. 		02nd term*
Charles Debrille Poston R AZ December 5, 1864 01st term
Samuel McLean D MT January 6, 1865 01st term

See also

References

  1. ^ Delegates are non-voting members and representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  • United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company 1998)
    ISBN 0-7864-0283-0

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