This is a complete list of United States 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). Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other congresses will be different for certain members.Delegates are non-voting members and representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.

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 representative.

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

Delegates RankDelegatePartyDistrictSeniority date(Previous service, if any)No.# of term(s)Notes 1 Samuel Gordon Daily R May 18, 1860 3rd term 2 Hiram Pitt Bennet R August 19, 1861 2nd term 3 George Edward Cole D March 4, 1863 1st term 4 William Jayne March 4, 1863 1st term 5 John F. Kinney D March 4, 1863 1st term 6 Gordon Newell Mott R March 4, 1863 1st term 7 Francisco Perea R March 4, 1863 1st term William H. Wallace R February 1, 1864Previous service, 1861–1863. 2nd term* John Blair Smith Todd D June 17, 1864Previous service, 1861–1863. 2nd term* Charles Debrille Poston R December 5, 1864 1st term Samuel McLean D January 6, 1865 1st term

See also 38th United States Congress List of United States congressional districts List of United States senators in the 38th Congress

References

United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company 1998)

External links Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives