List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 35th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 35th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As a historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 35th Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859). 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 the 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.

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U.S. House seniority list

U.S. House seniority
Rank	Representative	Party	District	Seniority date (Previous service, if any)	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	Joshua R. Giddings	R	OH-20	December 5, 1842 Previous service, 1838–1842.	12th term*	Dean of the House Left the House in 1859.
2	George W. Jones	D	TN-06	March 4, 1843	08th term	Left the House in 1859.
3	Alexander H. Stephens	D	GA-08	October 2, 1843	08th term	Left the House in 1859.
4	John S. Phelps	D	MO-06	March 4, 1845	07th term
5	Thomas L. Clingman	D	NC-08	March 4, 1847 Previous service, 1843–1845.	07th term*	Resigned on May 7, 1858.
6	Thomas S. Bocock	D	VA-05	March 4, 1847	06th term
7	Williamson R. W. Cobb	D	AL-06	March 4, 1847	06th term
8	John McQueen	D	SC-01	February 12, 1849	06th term
9	Henry Bennett	R	NY-21	March 4, 1849	05th term	Left the House in 1859.
10	Lewis D. Campbell	R	OH-03	March 4, 1849	05th term	Resigned on May 25, 1858.
11	Henry A. Edmundson	D	VA-12	March 4, 1849	05th term
12	John Millson	D	VA-02	March 4, 1849	05th term
13	James L. Orr	D	SC-05	March 4, 1849	05th term	Speaker of the House Left the House in 1859.
14	Paulus Powell	D	VA-06	March 4, 1849	05th term	Left the House in 1859.
15	John Caskie	D	VA-03	March 4, 1851	04th term	Left the House in 1859.
16	Charles J. Faulkner	D	VA-08	March 4, 1851	04th term	Left the House in 1859.
17	Thomas B. Florence	D	PA-01	March 4, 1851	04th term
18	Galusha A. Grow	D	PA-14	March 4, 1851	04th term
19	George S. Houston	D	AL-05	March 4, 1851 Previous service, 1841–1849.	08th term*
20	John Letcher	D	VA-09	March 4, 1851	04th term	Left the House in 1859.
21	Israel Washburn, Jr.	R	ME-05	March 4, 1851	04th term
22	Nathaniel P. Banks	R	MA-07	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Resigned on December 24, 1857.
23	William Barksdale	D	MS-03	March 4, 1853	03rd term
24	William W. Boyce	D	SC-06	March 4, 1853	03rd term
25	Samuel Caruthers	D	MO-07	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
26	Francis B. Craige	D	NC-07	March 4, 1853	03rd term
27	John Dick	R	PA-25	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
28	James F. Dowdell	D	AL-03	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
29	John M. Elliott	D	KY-06	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
30	William H. English	D	IN-02	March 4, 1853	03rd term
31	William Goode	D	VA-04	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1841–1843.	04th term*
32	Alfred B. Greenwood	D	AR-01	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
33	Aaron Harlan	R	OH-07	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
34	Edwin B. Morgan	R	NY-25	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
35	Matthias H. Nichols	R	OH-04	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
36	Charles Ready	W	TN-05	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
37	David Ritchie	R	PA-21	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
38	Thomas H. Ruffin	D	NC-02	March 4, 1853	03rd term
39	James L. Seward	D	GA-01	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
40	Samuel A. Smith	D	TN-03	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
41	William Smith	D	VA-07	March 4, 1853 Previous service, 1841–1843.	04th term*
42	Edward Wade	R	OH-19	March 4, 1853	03rd term
43	Elihu B. Washburne	R	IL-01	March 4, 1853	03rd term
44	Felix Zollicoffer	D	TN-08	March 4, 1853	03rd term	Left the House in 1859.
45	Jehu G. Jones	D	PA-08	February 4, 1854 Previous service, 1851–1853.	04th term*	Resigned on October 30, 1858.
46	Philemon Bliss	R	OH-14	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
47	Charles Billinghurst	R	WI-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
48	John Bingham	R	OH-21	March 4, 1855	02nd term
49	Thomas F. Bowie	D	MD-06	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
50	Lawrence O'Bryan Branch	D	NC-04	March 4, 1855	02nd term
51	Samuel Brenton	R	IN-10	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1851–1853.	03rd term*	Died on March 29, 1857.
52	James Buffington	R	MA-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term
53	Anson Burlingame	KN	MA-05	March 4, 1855	02nd term
54	Henry C. Burnett	D	KY-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term
55	Calvin C. Chaffee	R	MA-10	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
56	Ezra Clark, Jr.	KN	CT-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
57	Isaiah D. Clawson	R	NJ-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
58	Schuyler Colfax	R	IN-09	March 4, 1855	02nd term
59	Linus B. Comins	R	MA-04	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
60	John Covode	R	PA-19	March 4, 1855	02nd term
61	Aaron H. Cragin	R	NH-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
62	Martin J. Crawford	D	GA-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term
63	William S. Damrell	R	MA-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
64	Thomas G. Davidson	D	LA-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term
65	Timothy Davis	KN	MA-06	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
66	Henry W. Davis	D	MD-04	March 4, 1855	02nd term
67	Sidney Dean	R	CT-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
68	Edward Dodd	R	NY-15	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
69	Nathan B. Durfee	KN	RI-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
70	John Rufus Edie	R	PA-18	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
71	George Eustis, Jr.	KN	LA-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
72	Amos P. Granger	R	NY-24	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
73	Robert B. Hall	R	MA-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
74	John Hickman	D	PA-06	March 4, 1855	02nd term
75	James M. Harris	D	MD-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term
76	Thomas L. Harris	D	IL-06	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1849–1851.	03rd term*	Died on November 24, 1858.
77	Valentine B. Horton	R	OH-11	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
78	William A. Howard	R	MI-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
79	Joshua Jewett	D	KY-05	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
80	John Kelly	D	NY-04	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Resigned on December 25, 1858.
81	William H. Kelsey	R	NY-28	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
82	Chauncey L. Knapp	R	MA-08	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
83	John C. Kunkel	R	PA-10	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
84	Benjamin F. Leiter	R	OH-18	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
85	Humphrey Marshall	KN	KY-07	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1849–1852.	04th term*	Left the House in 1859.
86	Samuel S. Marshall	D	IL-09	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
87	Justin S. Morrill	R	VT-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term
88	Richard Mott	D	OH-05	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
89	Ambrose S. Murray	R	NY-10	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
90	John M. Parker	R	NY-27	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
91	John U. Pettit	R	IN-11	March 4, 1855	02nd term
92	James Pike	KN	NH-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
93	Samuel Anderson Purviance	R	PA-22	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
94	John A. Quitman	D	MS-05	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Died on July 17, 1858.
95	James B. Ricaud	KN	MD-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
96	George R. Robbins	R	NJ-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
97	Anthony E. Roberts	D	PA-09	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
98	John M. Sandidge	D	LA-04	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
99	John H. Savage	D	TN-04	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1849–1853.	04th term*	Left the House in 1859.
100	John Sherman	R	OH-13	March 4, 1855	02nd term
101	Eli S. Shorter	D	AL-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
102	Francis E. Spinner	R	NY-17	March 4, 1855	02nd term
103	Benjamin Stanton	R	OH-08	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1851–1853.	03rd term*
104	James A. Stewart	D	MD-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term
105	Albert G. Talbott	D	KY-04	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
106	Mason Tappan	R	NH-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term
107	Miles Taylor	D	LA-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term
108	Robert P. Trippe	KN	GA-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
109	Warner Underwood	KN	KY-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
110	David S. Walbridge	R	MI-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
111	Henry Waldron	R	MI-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term
112	Cadwallader C. Washburn	R	WI-02	March 4, 1855	02nd term
113	Albert G. Watkins	D	TN-01	March 4, 1855 Previous service, 1849–1853.	04th term*	Left the House in 1859.
114	Warren Winslow	D	NC-03	March 4, 1855	02nd term
115	John M. Wood	R	ME-01	March 4, 1855	02nd term	Left the House in 1859.
116	John V. Wright	D	TN-07	March 4, 1855	02nd term
117	Laurence M. Keitt	D	SC-03	August 6, 1856 Previous service, 1853–1856.	03rd term*
118	Muscoe R.H. Garnett	D	VA-01	December 1, 1856	02nd term
119	Nehemiah Abbott	R	ME-03	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
120	Garnett Adrain	D	NJ-03	March 4, 1857	01st term
121	John Alexander Ahl	D	PA-16	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
122	Thomas L. Anderson	D	MO-02	March 4, 1857	01st term
123	Samuel G. Andrews	R	NY-29	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
124	Samuel Arnold	D	CT-02	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
125	William T. Avery	D	TN-10	March 4, 1857	01st term
126	John DeWitt Clinton Atkins	D	TN-09	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
127	William D. Bishop	D	CT-04	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
128	Francis P. Blair, Jr.	D	MO-01	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
129	Milledge L. Bonham	D	SC-04	March 4, 1857	01st term
130	Guy M. Bryan	D	TX-02	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
131	William D. Brayton	R	RI-02	March 4, 1857	01st term
132	Joseph Burns	D	OH-15	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
133	Silas M. Burroughs	R	NY-31	March 4, 1857	01st term
134	Henry Chapman	D	PA-07	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
135	Horace F. Clark	D	NY-08	March 4, 1857	01st term
136	James B. Clay	D	KY-08	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
137	Sherrard Clemens	D	VA-10	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1852–1853.	02nd term*
138	Clark B. Cochrane	R	NY-18	March 4, 1857	01st term
139	John Cochrane	D	NY-06	March 4, 1857	01st term
140	Joseph R. Cockerill	D	OH-06	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
141	Erastus Corning	D	NY-14	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
142	Samuel S. Cox	D	OH-12	March 4, 1857	01st term
143	James Craig	D	MO-04	March 4, 1857	01st term
144	Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry	D	AL-07	March 4, 1857	01st term
145	Samuel R. Curtis	R	IA-01	March 4, 1857	01st term
146	John G. Davis	D	IN-07	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1851–1855.	03rd term*
147	Reuben Davis	D	MS-02	March 4, 1857	01st term
148	Timothy Davis	R	IA-02	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
149	Henry L. Dawes	R	MA-11	March 4, 1857	01st term
150	William L. Dewart	D	PA-11	March 4, 1857	01st term
151	William H. Dimmick	D	PA-13	March 4, 1857	01st term
152	John F. Farnsworth	R	IL-02	March 4, 1857	01st term
153	Reuben Fenton	R	NY-33	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1853–1855.	02nd term*
154	James B. Foley	D	IN-04	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
155	Stephen C. Foster	R	ME-06	March 4, 1857	01st term
156	Lucius J. Gartrell	R	GA-04	March 4, 1857	01st term
157	James L. Gillis	D	PA-24	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
158	Charles J. Gilman	R	ME-02	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
159	John A. Gilmer	R	NC-05	March 4, 1857	01st term
160	William S. Groesbeck	D	OH-02	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
161	Henry C. Goodwin	R	NY-22	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1854–1855.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1859.
162	James M. Gregg	D	IN-06	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
163	Lawrence W. Hall	D	OH-09	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
164	John B. Haskin	D	NY-09	March 4, 1857	01st term
165	Israel T. Hatch	D	NY-32	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
166	George S. Hawkins	D	FL	March 4, 1857	01st term
167	Joshua Hill	R	GA-07	March 4, 1857	01st term
168	Charles B. Hoard	R	NY-23	March 4, 1857	01st term
169	George W. Hopkins	D	VA-13	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1835–1847.	07th term*	Left the House in 1859.
170	James Hughes	D	IN-03	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
171	John Huyler	D	NJ-04	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
172	James Jackson	D	GA-06	March 4, 1857	01st term
173	Albert G. Jenkins	D	VA-11	March 4, 1857	01st term
174	Owen Jones	D	PA-05	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
175	William Kellogg	R	IL-04	March 4, 1857	01st term
176	David Kilgore	R	IN-05	March 4, 1857	01st term
177	Jacob M. Kunkel	D	MD-05	March 4, 1857	01st term
178	Lucius Q. C. Lamar II	D	MS-01	March 4, 1857	01st term
179	James Landy	D	PA-03	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
180	William Lawrence	D	OH-17	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
181	Dewitt C. Leach	R	MI-04	March 4, 1857	01st term
182	James Lockhart	D	IN-01	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1851–1853.	02nd term*	Died on September 7, 1857.
183	Owen Lovejoy	R	IL-03	March 4, 1857	01st term
184	William B. Maclay	D	NY-05	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1843–1849.	04th term*
185	Orsamus B. Matteson	R	NY-20	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1849–1851 and 1853–1857.	04th term**	Left the House in 1859.
186	John C. Mason	D	KY-09	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1849–1853.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1859.
187	Horace Maynard	D	TN-02	March 4, 1857	01st term
188	Joseph C. McKibbin	D	CA	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
189	William P. Miles	D	SC-02	March 4, 1857	01st term
190	Joseph Miller	D	OH-10	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
191	John G. Montgomery	D	PA-12	March 4, 1857	01st term	Died on April 24, 1857.
192	William Montgomery	D	PA-20	March 4, 1857	01st term
193	Sydenham Moore	D	AL-04	March 4, 1857	01st term
194	Edward J. Morris	R	PA-02	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*
195	Isaac N. Morris	D	IL-05	March 4, 1857	01st term
196	Freeman H. Morse	R	ME-04	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1843–1845.	02nd term*
197	Oliver A. Morse	R	NY-19	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
198	Abram B. Olin	R	NY-13	March 4, 1857	01st term
199	George W. Palmer	R	NY-16	March 4, 1857	01st term
200	George H. Pendleton	D	OH-01	March 4, 1857	01st term
201	Samuel Peyton	D	KY-02	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1847–1849.	02nd term*
202	Henry M. Phillips	D	PA-04	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
203	John F. Potter	R	WI-01	March 4, 1857	01st term
204	Emory B. Pottle	R	NY-26	March 4, 1857	01st term
205	John Henninger Reagan	D	TX-01	March 4, 1857	01st term
206	Wilson Reilly	D	PA-17	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
207	Homer E. Royce	R	VT-03	March 4, 1857	01st term
208	William F. Russell	D	NY-11	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
209	Alfred M. Scales	D	NC-06	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
210	Charles L. Scott	D	CA	March 4, 1857	01st term
211	John A. Searing	D	NY-01	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
212	Aaron Shaw	D	IL-07	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
213	Henry M. Shaw	D	NC-01	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1853–1855.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1859.
214	Daniel Sickles	D	NY-03	March 4, 1857	01st term
215	Otho R. Singleton	D	MS-04	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1853–1855.	02nd term*
216	Judson W. Sherman	R	NY-30	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
217	Robert Smith	D	IL-08	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1843–1849.	04th term*	Left the House in 1859.
218	James A. Stallworth	D	AL-01	March 4, 1857	01st term
219	William Stewart	R	PA-23	March 4, 1857	01st term
220	John W. Stevenson	D	KY-10	March 4, 1857	01st term
221	George Taylor	D	NY-02	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
222	Eli Thayer	R	MA-09	March 4, 1857	01st term
223	John Thompson	R	NY-12	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
224	Cydnor B. Tompkins	R	OH-16	March 4, 1857	01st term
225	Eliakim P. Walton	R	VT-01	March 4, 1857	01st term
226	Elijah Ward	D	NY-07	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
227	Edward A. Warren	D	AR-02	March 4, 1857 Previous service, 1853–1855.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1859.
228	James Wilson	R	IN-08	March 4, 1857	01st term
229	Allison White	D	PA-15	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
230	William G. Whiteley	D	DE	March 4, 1857	01st term
231	Augustus R. Wright	D	GA-05	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
232	Samuel H. Woodson	KN	MO-05	March 4, 1857	01st term
233	Jacob R. Wortendyke	D	NJ-05	March 4, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
	Charles Case	R	IN-10	December 7, 1857	01st term
	John B. Clark	D	MO-03	December 7, 1857	01st term
	Paul Leidy	D	PA-12	December 7, 1857	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
	William E. Niblack	D	IN-01	December 7, 1857	01st term
	Daniel W. Gooch	R	MA-07	January 31, 1858	01st term
	James M. Cavanaugh	D	MN-01	May 11, 1858	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
	William W. Phelps	D	MN-02	May 11, 1858	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
	Clement Vallandigham	D	OH-03	May 25, 1858	01st term
	William H. Keim	R	PA-08	December 7, 1858	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
	John J. McRae	D	MS-05	December 7, 1858	01st term
	Zebulon B. Vance	D	NC-08	December 7, 1858	01st term
	Charles D. Hodges	D	IL-06	January 4, 1859	01st term	Left the House in 1859.
	Thomas J. Barr	D	NY-04	January 17, 1859	01st term
	La Fayette Grover	D	OR	February 14, 1859	01st term	Left the House in 1859.

Delegates

Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date (Previous service, if any)	No.# of term(s)
1	John Milton Bernhisel	D	UT	March 4, 1851	04th term
2	Joseph Lane	D	OR	March 4, 1851	04th term
3	Miguel Antonio Otero	D	NM	July 23, 1856	02nd term
4	Fenner Ferguson	D	NE	March 4, 1857	01st term
5	William W. Kingsbury	D	MN	March 4, 1857	01st term
6	Marcus Junius Parrott	R	KS	March 4, 1857	01st term
7	Isaac Stevens	D	WA	March 4, 1857	01st term