List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 39th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 39th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 39th Congress (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867). 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.

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.

U.S. House Seniority List

U.S. House Seniority
RankRepresentativePartyDistrictSeniority dateNotes
1 Elihu B. Washburne R IL-03 March 4, 1853 Dean of the House
2 Schuyler Colfax R IN-09 March 4, 1855 Speaker of the House
3 Justin S. Morrill R VT-02 March 4, 1855 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
4 Henry L. Dawes R MA-10 March 4, 1857
5 Daniel W. Gooch R MA-06 January 31, 1858 Resigned on September 1, 1865 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
6 John B. Alley R MA-05 March 4, 1859 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
7 James M. Ashley R OH-10 March 4, 1859
8 Thomas D. Eliot R MA-01 March 4, 1859
Previous service, 1854–1855.
9 James K. Moorhead R PA-22 March 4, 1859
10 Alexander H. Rice R MA-04 March 4, 1859 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
11 Thaddeus Stevens R PA-09 March 4, 1859
Previous service, 1849–1853.
12 Edwin Hanson Webster D MD-02 March 4, 1859 Resigned in July 1865 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
13 William Windom R MN-01 March 4, 1859
14 Sydenham E. Ancona D PA-08 March 4, 1861 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
15 Portus Baxter R VT-03 March 4, 1861 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
16 Fernando C. Beaman R MI-01 March 4, 1861
17 Henry Grider D KY-03 March 4, 1861
Previous service, 1843–1847.
Died on September 7, 1866 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
18 Aaron Harding R KY-04 March 4, 1861 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
19 Philip Johnson D PA-11 March 4, 1861
20 George W. Julian D IN-05 March 4, 1861
Previous service, 1849–1851.
21 William D. Kelley R PA-04 March 4, 1861
22 Frederick A. Pike R ME-05 March 4, 1861
23 Theodore M. Pomeroy R NY-24 March 4, 1861
24 John H. Rice R ME-04 March 4, 1861 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
25 Edward H. Rollins R NH-02 March 4, 1861 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
26 Francis Thomas D MD-04 March 4, 1861
Previous service, 1831–1841.
27 Daniel W. Voorhees D IN-07 March 4, 1861 Resigned on February 23, 1866 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
28 James F. Wilson R IA-01 October 8, 1861
29 Samuel Hooper R MA-04 December 2, 1861
30 Walter D. McIndoe R WI-06 January 26, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
31 William B. Allison R IA-03 March 4, 1863
32 Oakes Ames R MA-02 March 4, 1863
33 John D. Baldwin R MA-08 March 4, 1863
34 James G. Blaine R ME-03 March 4, 1863
35 Henry T. Blow R MO-02 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
36 George S. Boutwell D MA-07 March 4, 1863
37 Augustus Brandegee R CT-03 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
38 James Brooks D NY-08 March 4, 1863
Previous service, 1849–1853.
Died on April 7, 1866 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
39 John Martin Broomall R PA-07 March 4, 1863
40 John W. Chanler D NY-07 March 4, 1863
41 Amasa Cobb R WI-03 March 4, 1863
42 Alexander Hamilton Coffroth R PA-16 March 4, 1863 Resigned on July 19, 1866 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
43 Thomas T. Davis R NY-23 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
44 John L. Dawson D PA-21 March 4, 1863
Previous service, 1851–1855.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
45 Henry C. Deming R CT-01 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
46 Charles Denison D PA-12 March 4, 1863
47 Nathan F. Dixon II R RI-02 March 4, 1863
Previous service, 1849–1851.
48 Ignatius L. Donnelly R MN-02 March 4, 1863
49 John F. Driggs R MI-06 March 4, 1863
50 Ebenezer Dumont R IN-06 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
51 Ephraim R. Eckley R OH-17 March 4, 1863
52 Charles A. Eldredge D WI-04 March 4, 1863
53 John F. Farnsworth R IL-02 March 4, 1863
Previous service, 1857–1861.
54 William E. Finck D OH-12 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
55 James A. Garfield R OH-19 March 4, 1863
56 Josiah B. Grinnell R IA-04 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
57 John A. Griswold D NY-15 March 4, 1863
58 Benjamin Gwinn Harris D MD-05 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
59 William Higby R CA-02 March 4, 1863
60 Giles W. Hotchkiss R NY-26 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
61 Asahel W. Hubbard R IA-06 March 4, 1863
62 John H. Hubbard R CT-04 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
63 Calvin T. Hulburd R NY-17 March 4, 1863
64 Thomas Jenckes R RI-01 March 4, 1863
65 John A. Kasson R IA-05 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
66 Orlando Kellogg D NY-16 March 4, 1863 Died on August 23, 1865 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
67 Francis Celeste Le Blond D OH-05 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
68 Benjamin F. Loan R MO-07 March 4, 1863
69 John W. Longyear R MI-03 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
70 James M. Marvin R NY-18 March 4, 1863
71 Joseph W. McClurg R MO-05 March 4, 1863
72 Daniel Morris R NY-25 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
73 Leonard Myers R PA-03 March 4, 1863
74 Charles O'Neill R PA-02 March 4, 1863
75 Godlove Stein Orth D IN-08 March 4, 1863
76 James W. Patterson R NH-03 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
77 Sidney Perham R ME-02 March 4, 1863
78 Hiram Price R IA-02 March 4, 1863
79 William Radford D NY-10 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
80 Samuel J. Randall D PA-01 March 4, 1863
81 William H. Randall D KY-08 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
82 Andrew J. Rogers D NJ-04 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
83 Lewis W. Ross D IL-09 March 4, 1863
84 Robert C. Schenck D OH-03 March 4, 1863
Previous service, 1843–1851.
85 Glenni W. Scofield R PA-19 March 4, 1863
86 Ithamar Sloan R WI-02 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
87 Green C. Smith D KY-06 March 4, 1863 Resigned on July 13, 1866 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
88 Rufus P. Spalding R OH-18 March 4, 1863
89 John F. Starr R NJ-01 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
90 Myer Strouse D PA-10 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
91 Martin R. Thayer R PA-05 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
92 William Upson R MI-02 March 4, 1863
93 William B. Washburn R MA-09 March 4, 1863
94 Thomas Williams R PA-23 March 4, 1863
95 Charles H. Winfield D NY-11 March 4, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
96 Frederick E. Woodbridge R VT-01 March 4, 1863
97 Kellian Whaley D WV-03 December 7, 1863 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
98 Ebon C. Ingersoll R IL-05 May 20, 1864
99 George W. Anderson R MO-09 March 4, 1865
100 Delos R. Ashley R NV March 4, 1865
101 Jehu Baker R IL-12 March 4, 1865
102 Abraham Andrews Barker R PA-17 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
103 John F. Benjamin R MO-08 March 4, 1865
104 Teunis G. Bergen D NY-02 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
105 John Bidwell R CA-03 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
106 John Bingham R OH-16 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1855–1863.
107 Benjamin M. Boyer D PA-06 March 4, 1865
108 Henry P. H. Bromwell D IL-07 March 4, 1865
109 Ralph P. Buckland R OH-09 March 4, 1865
110 Hezekiah S. Bundy R OH-11 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
111 Reader W. Clarke D OH-06 March 4, 1865
112 Sidney Clarke R KS March 4, 1865
113 Roscoe Conkling R NY-21 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1859–1863.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
114 Burton C. Cook D IL-06 March 4, 1865
115 Shelby M. Cullom R IL-08 March 4, 1865
116 Charles Vernon Culver R PA-20 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
117 William A. Darling D NY-09 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
118 Joseph H. Defrees R IN-10 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
119 Columbus Delano R OH-13 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1845–1847.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
120 James H. D. Dickerson R OR March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
121 Benjamin Eggleston R OH-01 March 4, 1865
122 John H. Farquhar D IN-04 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
123 Thomas W. Ferry R MI-04 March 4, 1865
124 Adam J. Glossbrenner R PA-15 March 4, 1865
125 Charles Goodyear D NY-14 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1845–1847.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
126 Abner C. Harding R IL-04 March 4, 1865
127 Roswell Hart R NY-28 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
128 Rutherford B. Hayes R OH-02 March 4, 1865
129 Ralph Hill D IN-03 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
130 John Hogan R MO-01 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
131 Sidney T. Holmes R NY-22 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
132 James Randolph Hubbell R OH-08 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
133 Chester D. Hubbard R WV-01 March 4, 1865
134 Demas Hubbard, Jr. R NY-19 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
135 Edwin N. Hubbell R NY-13 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
136 James Humphrey R NY-03 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1859–1861.
Died on June 16, 1866 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
137 James M. Humphrey D NY-30 March 4, 1865
138 Morgan Jones D NY-04 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
139 John R. Kelso D MO-04 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
140 Michael C. Kerr D IN-02 March 4, 1865
141 Andrew J. Kuykendall R IL-13 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
142 John H. Ketcham R NY-12 March 4, 1865
143 Addison H. Laflin R NY-20 March 4, 1865
144 George R. Latham D WV-02 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
145 George Van Eman Lawrence R PA-24 March 4, 1865
146 William Lawrence R OH-04 March 4, 1865
147 John Lynch R ME-01 March 4, 1865
148 Samuel S. Marshall D IL-11 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1855–1859.
149 Gilman Marston R NH-01 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1859–1863.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
150 Ulysses Mercur R PA-13 March 4, 1865
151 Hiram McCullough D MD-01 March 4, 1865
152 Samuel McKee D KY-09 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
153 Donald C. McRuer R CA-01 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
154 George F. Miller R PA-14 March 4, 1865
155 Samuel W. Moulton D IL March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
156 William A. Newell R NJ-02 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1847–1851.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
157 William E. Niblack D IN-01 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1857–1861.
158 John A. Nicholson D DE March 4, 1865
159 Thomas E. Noell D MO-03 March 4, 1865
160 Halbert E. Paine R WI-01 March 4, 1865
161 Charles E. Phelps R MD-03 March 4, 1865
162 Tobias A. Plants R OH-15 March 4, 1865
163 Henry J. Raymond R NY-06 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
164 Burwell C. Ritter D KY-02 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
165 Lovell Rousseau D KY-05 March 4, 1865 Resigned on July 21, 1866 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
Returned to the House on December 3, 1866 and left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
166 Philetus Sawyer R WI-05 March 4, 1865
167 George S. Shanklin D KY-07 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
168 Samuel Shellabarger R OH-07 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1861–1863.
169 Charles Sitgreaves D NJ-03 March 4, 1865
170 Thomas N. Stilwell R IN-11 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
171 Stephen Taber D NY-01 March 4, 1865
172 Nelson Taylor D NY-05 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
173 John Lewis Thomas, Jr. D MD-02 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
174 Anthony Thornton D IL-10 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
175 Lawrence S. Trimble D KY-01 March 4, 1865
176 Rowland E. Trowbridge R MI-05 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1861–1863.
177 Henry Van Aernam R NY-31 March 4, 1865
178 Burt Van Horn R NY-29 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1861–1863.
179 Robert T. Van Horn R MO-06 March 4, 1865
180 Hamilton Ward, Sr. R NY-27 March 4, 1865
181 Samuel L. Warner R CT-02 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
182 Martin Welker R OH-14 March 4, 1865
183 John Wentworth D IL-01 March 4, 1865
Previous service, 1843–1851 and 1853–1855.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
184 Stephen F. Wilson R PA-18 March 4, 1865
185 Edwin R. V. Wright D NJ-05 March 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
Nathaniel P. Banks D MA-06 December 4, 1865
Previous service, 1853–1857.
Robert S. Hale R NY-16 December 4, 1865 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
Isaac R. Hawkins R TN-07 December 4, 1865
Henry D. Washburn R IN-07 February 23, 1866
John W. Chanler R NY-08 April 7, 1866 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
William Henry Koontz R PA-16 July 18, 1866
Samuel M. Arnell R TN-06 July 24, 1866
William B. Campbell R TN-05 July 24, 1866
Previous service, 1837–1843.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
Edmund Cooper R TN-04 July 24, 1866 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
John W. Leftwich D TN-08 July 24, 1866 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
Horace Maynard R TN-02 July 24, 1866
Previous service, 1857–1863.
William Brickly Stokes R TN-03 July 24, 1866
Previous service, 1859–1861.
Nathaniel G. Taylor R TN-01 July 24, 1866
Previous service, 1854–1855.
Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
Elijah Hise D KY-03 December 3, 1866 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
Andrew H. Ward D KY-06 December 3, 1866 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
John W. Hunter R NY-03 December 4, 1866 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.
Turner M. Marquette R NE-01 March 2, 1867 Left the House in 1867 while still serving in the House as a U.S. Congress member.

Delegates

RankDelegatePartyDistrictSeniority dateNotes
1 Samuel McLean R MT January 6, 1865
2 Allen Alexander Bradford R CO March 4, 1865
3 Walter A. Burleigh R DAK March 4, 1865
4 José Francisco Chaves R NM March 4, 1865
5 Phineas Hitchcock R NE March 4, 1865
6 Edward Dexter Holbrook D ID March 4, 1865
7 William Henry Hooper D UT March 4, 1865
8 Arthur A. Denny R WA March 4, 1865
John Noble Goodwin R AZ January 17, 1866

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