List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 64th Congress by seniority
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 64th United States Congress listed by seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office.[1]
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 64th Congress (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917). Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other Congresses will be different for certain members.
This article describes the criteria for seniority in the House of Representatives and sets out the list of members by seniority. It is prepared on the basis of the interpretation of seniority applied to the House of Representatives in the current congress. In the absence of information to the contrary, it is presumed that the twenty-first-century practice is identical to the seniority customs used during the 64th Congress.[2]
Seniority[]
House seniority[]
Seniority in the House, for Congressmen with unbroken service, depends on the date on which the members first term began. That date is either the start of the Congress (4 March in odd numbered years, for the era up to and including the 73rd Congress starting in 1933) or the date of a special election during the Congress. Since many members start serving on the same day as others, ranking between them is based on alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.
Representatives who return to the House, after having previously served, are credited with service equal to one less than the total number of terms they served. When a representative has served a prior term of less than two terms (i.e., prior term minus one equals less than one), he is ranked above all others whose service begins on the same day.
Committee seniority[]
Until 1910, House committee members and chairmen were selected by the Speaker, who also ranked the members of the committee. Seniority on the committee was just one of the factors that was taken into account in ranking the members. In the 61st Congress, Speaker Cannon (R-IL) had used his power to change committee assignments to demote and punish insurgent Republicans. In March 1910 the Speaker was stripped of his powers over the composition of standing committees.
As a result of the events of 1910, at the start of the 64th Congress in 1915, the committee assignments were made by each party and then formally approved by the whole House. Each party controlled the committee ranking of its members, but usually this followed the order of seniority of members in terms of service on the committee. It became customary for members of a committee, in the previous congress, to be re-appointed at the start of the next.
A seniority rule was normally used to decide committee chairmen, similar to that which the Senate had usually followed since 1846. The chairman was likely to be the majority member of a committee, with the longest continuous service on it. However, party leadership was typically not associated with seniority.[3]
Out of the group of fifty six standing committee chairmen, at the start of this Congress, Nelson Polsby identified fifty as the most senior member of the majority on the committee. In the other six cases, all senior majority members were compensated for not being chairman of the committee (three chaired another committee and three received better committee assignments than in the previous Congress). Thus in no instance was the seniority custom violated, without obvious compensation for the Congressman passed over.[4]
Committees[]
This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 64th Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee (adoption of the name used in 1915), the number of members assigned to the committee and the corresponding committee in the current congress. Because of consolidation of committees and changes of jurisdiction, it is not always possible to identify a clear successor panel.[5]
No. | 1915 Committee | Established | Members | 2011 Committee |
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1 | Accounts | 1805 | 11 | House Administration |
2 | Agriculture | 1820 | 21 | Agriculture |
3 | Alcoholic Liquor Traffic | 1893 | 11 | Judiciary |
4 | Appropriations | 1865 | 21 | Appropriations |
5 | Banking and Currency | 1865 | 21 | Financial Services |
6 | Census | 1901 | 16 | Oversight and Government Reform |
7 | Claims | 1794 | 16 | Judiciary |
8 | Coinage, Weights and Measures | 1864 (1867) | 18 | Financial Services |
9 | Disposition of Executive Papers | 1911 | 2 | House Administration |
10 | District of Columbia | 1808 | 21 | Oversight and Government Reform |
11 | Education | 1867 (1883) | 15 | Education and the Workforce |
12 | Election of President, Vice President and Representatives | 1893 | 13 | House Administration |
13 | Elections No. 1 | 1789 (1895) | 9 | House Administration |
14 | Elections No. 2 | 1895 | 9 | House Administration |
15 | Elections No. 3 | 1895 | 9 | House Administration |
16 | Enrolled Bills | 1876 | 7 | House Administration |
17 | Expenditures in the Agriculture Department | 1889 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
18 | Expenditures in the Commerce Department | 1903 (1913) | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
19 | Expenditures in the Interior Department | 1860 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
20 | Expenditures in the Justice Department | 1874 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
21 | Expenditures in the Labor Department | 1913 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
22 | Expenditures in the Navy Department | 1816 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
23 | Expenditures in the Post Office Department | 1816 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
24 | Expenditures in the State Department | 1816 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
25 | Expenditures in the Treasury Department | 1816 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
26 | Expenditures in the War Department | 1816 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
27 | Expenditures on Public Buildings | 1816 | 7 | Oversight and Government Reform |
28 | Foreign Affairs | 1822 | 21 | Foreign Affairs |
29 | Immigration and Naturalization | 1893 | 15 | Judiciary |
30 | Indian Affairs | 1821 | 19 | Natural Resources |
31 | 1903 | 16 | Foreign Affairs | |
32 | Insular Affairs | 1899 | 21 | Natural Resources |
33 | Interstate and Foreign Commerce | 1795 (1892) | 21 | Energy and Commerce |
34 | Invalid Pensions | 1831 | 16 | Veterans' Affairs |
35 | Irrigation of Arid Lands | 1893 | 13 | Natural Resources |
36 | Judiciary | 1813 | 21 | Judiciary |
37 | Labor | 1883 | 13 | Education and the Workforce |
38 | Merchant Marine and Fisheries | 1887 | 21 | ... |
39 | Mileage | 1837 | 5 | House Administration |
40 | Military Affairs | 1822 | 21 | Armed Services |
41 | Mines and Mining | 1865 | 14 | Natural Resources |
42 | Naval Affairs | 1822 | 21 | Armed Services |
43 | Patents | 1837 | 14 | Judiciary |
44 | 1880 | 15 | Veterans' Affairs | |
45 | Post Office and Post Roads | 1808 | 21 | Oversight and Government Reform |
46 | Public Buildings and Grounds | 1837 | 17 | Transportation and Infrastructure |
47 | Public Lands | 1805 | 21 | Natural Resources |
48 | Railways and Canals | 1831 (1869) | 14 | Transportation and Infrastructure |
49 | 1893 | 13 | Oversight and Government Reform | |
50 | Revision of Laws | 1868 | 13 | Judiciary |
51 | Rivers and Harbors | 1883 | 21 | Transportation and Infrastructure |
52 | Roads | 1913 | 21 | Transportation and Infrastructure |
53 | Rules | 1880 | 11 | Rules |
54 | Territories | 1825 | 16 | Natural Resources |
55 | War Claims | 1825 (1873) | 15 | Judiciary |
56 | Ways and Means | 1802 | 22 | Ways and Means |
Joint Committees (House standing committee members only) | ||||
Jt 1 | Library Joint | 1806 | 5 | House Administration |
Jt 2 | Printing Joint | 1846 | 3 | House Administration |
List of representatives by seniority[]
A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 435 members initially elected to the 64th Congress. The seniority date given is the start of the current period of continuous service and past non-continuous terms are recorded in the notes. Other members, who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number. Three Representatives-elect died before the Congress started. The list below includes those Representatives-elect (with names in italics), with the seniority they would have held if they had survived to be sworn in.
Major party designations used in this article are D for Democratic members and R for Republican representatives. Other designations include Ind for Independent, Prog for Progressive, Proh for Prohibition and Soc for Socialist.
Rank | Representative | Party | District | Seniority date | Notes |
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Twenty non-consecutive terms | |||||
1 | Joseph G. Cannon | R | IL-18 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1873-91 and 1893–1913 while in the House. |
Sixteen non-consecutive terms | |||||
2 | Sereno E. Payne | R | NY-36 | December 2, 1889 | Previously served 1883-87 while in the House. Died as Representative-elect December 10, 1914. |
Thirteen consecutive terms | |||||
3 | William A. Jones | D | VA-1 | March 4, 1891 | Dean of the House. Chairman: Insular Affairs. |
Twelve consecutive terms | |||||
4 | Henry A. Cooper | R | WI-1 | March 4, 1893 | |
5 | Frederick H. Gillett | R | MA-2 | ||
Eleven consecutive terms | |||||
6 | Stephen M. Sparkman | D | FL-1 | March 4, 1895 | Chairman: Rivers and Harbors. Last term while in the House. |
Eleven non-consecutive terms | |||||
7 | James B. (Champ) Clark | D | MO-9 | March 4, 1897 | Speaker of the House. Previously served 1893-95 while in the House. |
Ten consecutive terms | |||||
8 | William C. Adamson | D | GA-4 | March 4, 1897 | Chairman: Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
9 | Thomas S. Butler | R | PA-7 | Independent Republican, 1897–99 | |
10 | Edward L. Hamilton | R | MI-4 | ||
11 | James Hay | D | VA-7 | Chairman: Military Affairs. Resigned on October 1, 1916 while in the House. | |
12 | Robert L. Henry | D | TX-11 | Chairman: Rules. Last term while serving in the House. | |
13 | James R. Mann | R | IL-2 | Minority Leader | |
14 | John A. Moon | D | TN-3 | Chairman: Post Office and Post Roads | |
15 | Thetus W. Sims | D | TN-8 | ||
16 | James L. Slayden | D | TX-14 | ||
17 | John H. Stephens | D | TX-13 | Chairman: Indian Affairs. Last term while serving in the House. | |
18 | James T. Lloyd | D | MO-1 | June 1, 1897 | Chairman: Accounts. Last term while serving in the House. |
19 | William S. Greene | R | MA-15 | May 31, 1898 | Republican Conference Chairman |
Ten non-consecutive terms | |||||
20 | George E. Foss | R | IL-10 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1895–1913 while in the House. |
21 | Ebenezer J. Hill | R | CT-4 | Previously served 1895–1913 while in the House. | |
22 | Frank W. Mondell | R | WY-al | March 4, 1899 | Previously served 1895-97 while in the House. |
23 | Cyrus A. Sulloway | R | NH-1 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1895–1913 while in the House. |
24 | Richard W. Parker | D | NJ-9 | December 1, 1914 | Previously served 1895–1911 while in the House. |
Nine consecutive terms | |||||
25 | John L. Burnett | D | AL-7 | March 4, 1899 | Chairman: Immigration and Naturalization |
26 | John J. Esch | R | WI-7 | ||
27 | David E. Finley | D | SC-5 | Died on January 26, 1917 while still serving in the House. | |
28 | John J. Fitzgerald | D | NY-7 | Chairman: Appropriations | |
29 | Joseph W. Fordney | R | MI-8 | ||
30 | Gilbert N. Haugen | R | IA-4 | ||
31 | Ernest W. Roberts | R | MA-9 | Last term while still serving in the House. | |
32 | William W. Rucker | D | MO-2 | Chairman: Election of President, Vice President and Representatives | |
33 | John H. Small | D | NC-1 | ||
34 | Dorsey W. Shackleford | D | MO-8 | August 29, 1899 | Chairman: Roads |
Eight consecutive terms | |||||
35 | George F. Burgess | D | TX-9 | March 4, 1901 | Last term while still serving in the House. |
36 | Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. | D | MS-1 | ||
37 | Henry D. Flood | D | VA-10 | Chairman: Foreign Affairs | |
38 | Joseph T. Johnson | D | SC-4 | Resigned to become a US District Judge: April 19, 1915 | |
39 | Claude Kitchin | D | NC-2 | Chairman: Ways and Means. Majority Leader. | |
40 | Lemuel P. Padgett | D | TN-7 | Chairman: Naval Affairs | |
41 | Edward W. Pou | D | NC-4 | Chairman: Claims | |
42 | Asbury F. Lever | D | SC-7 | November 5, 1901 | Chairman: Agriculture |
43 | Augustus P. Gardner | R | MA-6 | November 4, 1902 | |
44 | Carter Glass | D | VA-6 | Chairman: Banking and Currency | |
Eight non-consecutive terms | |||||
45 | Julius Kahn | R | CA-4 | March 4, 1905 | Previously served 1899–1903 while in the House. |
46 | J. Frederick Talbott | D | MD-2 | March 4, 1909 | Previously served 1879-85 and 1893–95 while in the House. |
Seven consecutive terms | |||||
47 | Wyatt Aiken | D | SC-3 | March 4, 1903 | Last term while serving in the House. |
48 | Philip P. Campbell | R | KS-3 | ||
49 | Charles R. Davis | R | MN-3 | ||
50 | John N. Garner | D | TX-15 | ||
51 | Alexander W. Gregg | D | TX-7 | Chairman: War Claims | |
52 | Joseph Howell | R | UT-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
53 | William E. Humphrey | R | WA-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
54 | Benjamin G. Humphreys | D | MS-3 | Chairman: Flood Control | |
55 | Moses P. Kinkaid | R | NE-6 | ||
56 | Robert N. Page | D | NC-7 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
57 | Henry T. Rainey | D | IL-20 | ||
58 | J. Swagar Sherley | D | KY-5 | ||
59 | William R. Smith | D | TX-16 | Chairman: Irrigation of Arid Lands. Last term while serving in the House. | |
60 | Halvor Steenerson | R | MN-9 | ||
61 | Andrew J. Volstead | R | MN-7 | ||
62 | Edwin Y. Webb | D | NC-9 | Chairman: Judiciary | |
63 | J. Thomas Heflin | D | AL-5 | May 19, 1904 | |
Seven non-consecutive terms | |||||
64 | William A. Rodenberg | R | IL-22 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1899-1901 and 1903–13 while in the House. |
65 | Daniel J. Riordan | D | NY-11 | November 6, 1906 | Previously served 1899–1901 while in the House. |
Six consecutive terms | |||||
66 | Andrew J. Barchfeld | R | PA-32 | March 4, 1905 | Last term while serving in the House. |
67 | Thomas M. Bell | D | GA-9 | ||
68 | Frank Clark | D | FL-2 | Chairman: Public Buildings and Grounds | |
69 | Lincoln Dixon | D | IN-4 | ||
70 | Finis J. Garrett | D | TN-9 | ||
71 | Everis A. Hayes | R | CA-8 | ||
72 | William C. Houston | D | TN-5 | Chairman: Territories | |
73 | Gordon Lee | D | GA-7 | ||
74 | Martin B. Madden | R | IL-1 | ||
75 | John T. Watkins | D | LA-4 | Chairman: Revision of Laws | |
76 | John M. Nelson | R | WI-3 | September 4, 1906 | |
77 | J. Hampton Moore | R | PA-3 | November 6, 1906 | |
78 | Edward W. Saunders | D | VA-5 | Democratic Caucus Chairman | |
Six non-consecutive terms | |||||
79 | Charles E. Fuller | R | IL-12 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1903-13 while in the House. |
80 | Joseph A. Goulden | D | NY-23 | March 4, 1913 | Previously served 1903–11. Died May 3, 1915 while still serving in the House. |
81 | Courtney W. Hamlin | D | MO-7 | March 4, 1907 | Previously served 1903-05 while in the House. Chairman: Expenditures in the State Department |
82 | Daniel F. Lafean | R | PA-al | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1903-13 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
83 | Nicholas Longworth | R | OH-1 | Previously served 1903-13 while in the House. | |
84 | George A. Loud | R | MI-10 | Previously served 1903-13 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
85 | Isaac R. Sherwood | D | OH-9 | March 4, 1907 | Previously served (R) 1873-75 while in the House. Chairman: Invalid Pensions. |
86 | William H. Stafford | R | WI-5 | March 4, 1913 | Previously served 1903-11 while in the House. |
87 | John A. Sterling | R | IL-17 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1903-13 while in the House. |
88 | William W. Wilson | R | IL-3 | ||
89 | Charles F. Booher | D | MO-4 | March 4, 1907 | Previously served February 19-March 3, 1889 while in the House. |
Five consecutive terms | |||||
90 | John A. M. Adair | D | IN-8 | March 4, 1907 | Last term while serving in the House. |
91 | Joshua W. Alexander | D | MO-3 | Chairman: Merchant Marine and Fisheries | |
92 | William A. Ashbrook | D | OH-17 | Chairman: Coinage, Weights and Measures | |
93 | William J. Cary | R | WI-4 | ||
94 | William E. Cox | D | IN-3 | ||
95 | Charles G. Edwards | D | GA-1 | Last term while in the House until 69th Congress. | |
96 | George W. Fairchild | R | NY-34 | ||
97 | Martin D. Foster | D | IL-23 | Chairman: Mines and Mining | |
98 | Hannibal L. Godwin | D | NC-6 | Chairman: | |
99 | James A. Hamill | D | NJ-12 | Chairman: Elections No. 2 | |
100 | Rufus Hardy | D | TX-6 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Navy Department | |
101 | Willis C. Hawley | R | OR-1 | ||
102 | Harvey Helm | D | KY-8 | Chairman: Census | |
103 | Cordell Hull | D | TN-4 | ||
104 | Ben Johnson | D | KY-4 | Chairman: District of Columbia | |
105 | Charles A. Kennedy | R | IA-1 | ||
106 | John W. Langley | R | KY-10 | ||
107 | Charles A. Lindbergh | R | MN-6 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
108 | James C. McLaughlin | R | MI-9 | ||
109 | George W. Rauch | D | IN-11 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
110 | Adolph J. Sabath | D | IL-5 | Chairman: Alcohol Liquor Traffic | |
111 | James T. McDermott | D | IL-4 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1907-July 21, 1914 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
112 | Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. | R | KS-1 | May 23, 1907 | |
113 | Charles C. Carlin | D | VA-8 | November 5, 1907 | |
114 | Charles D. Carter | D | OK-3 | November 16, 1907 | |
115 | Scott Ferris | D | OK-6 | Chairman: Public Lands | |
116 | C. Bascom Slemp | R | VA-9 | December 17, 1907 | |
117 | Henry A. Barnhart | D | IN-13 | November 3, 1908 | |
118 | Albert Estopinal | D | LA-1 | ||
119 | Frank E. Guernsey | R | ME-4 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
Five non-consecutive terms | |||||
120 | William B. McKinley | R | IL-19 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1905-13 while in the House. |
Four consecutive terms | |||||
121 | Richard W. Austin | R | TN-2 | March 4, 1909 | |
122 | William P. Borland | D | MO-5 | ||
123 | Joseph W. Byrns | D | TN-6 | ||
124 | J. Campbell Cantrill | D | KY-7 | Chairman: | |
125 | Cyrus Cline | D | IN-12 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
126 | James W. Collier | D | MS-8 | ||
127 | Michael F. Conry | D | NY-15 | Died on March 2, 1917 while still serving in the House. | |
128 | William A. Cullop | D | IN-2 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
129 | S. Hubert Dent, Jr. | D | AL-2 | ||
130 | Martin Dies | D | TX-2 | Chairman: Railways and Canals | |
131 | Daniel A. Driscoll | D | NY-42 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
132 | Thomas Gallagher | D | IL-8 | ||
133 | James W. Good | R | IA-5 | ||
134 | William W. Griest | R | PA-9 | ||
135 | Dudley M. Hughes | D | GA-12 | Chairman: Education. Last term while serving in the House. | |
136 | Irvine L. Lenroot | R | WI-11 | ||
137 | Clarence B. Miller | R | MN-8 | ||
138 | Dick T. Morgan | R | OK-8 | ||
139 | Martin A. Morrison | D | IN-9 | Chairman: Patents. Last term while serving in the House. | |
140 | Ralph W. Moss | D | IN-5 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
141 | William A. Oldfield | D | AR-2 | ||
142 | Thomas U. Sisson | D | MS-4 | ||
143 | Edward T. Taylor | D | CO-4 | ||
144 | Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. | D | KY-3 | ||
145 | Frank P. Woods | R | IA-10 | ||
146 | Clement C. Dickinson | D | MO-6 | February 1, 1910 | |
147 | H. Garland Dupré | D | LA-2 | November 8, 1910 | |
Four non-consecutive terms | |||||
148 | Benjamin K. Focht | R | PA-17 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1907-13 while in the House. |
149 | James McAndrews | D | IL-6 | March 4, 1913 | Previously served 1901-05 while in the House. |
150 | Joseph J. Russell | D | MO-14 | March 4, 1911 | Previously served 1907-09 while in the House. |
151 | James S. Davenport | D | OK-1 | Previously served November 16, 1907-09 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
Three consecutive terms | |||||
152 | Alfred G. Allen | D | OH-2 | March 4, 1911 | Last term while serving in the House. |
153 | Sydney Anderson | R | MN-1 | ||
154 | Fred L. Blackmon | D | AL-4 | ||
155 | William G. Brown, Jr. | D | WV-2 | Died on March 9, 1916 while still serving in the House. | |
156 | Frank Buchanan | D | IL-7 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
157 | Michael E. Burke | D | WI-2 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
158 | James F. Byrnes | D | SC-2 | ||
159 | Oscar Callaway | D | TX-12 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
160 | Ira C. Copley | Prog | IL-11 | Republican 1911-15 | |
161 | Henry G. Danforth | R | NY-39 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
162 | Frank E. Doremus | D | MI-1 | ||
163 | Robert L. Doughton | D | NC-8 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Agriculture Department | |
164 | John R. Farr | R | PA-10 | ||
165 | William J. Fields | D | KY-9 | ||
166 | William S. Goodwin | D | AR-7 | ||
167 | Finly H. Gray | D | IN-6 | Last term while serving in the House until 73rd Congress | |
168 | Pat Harrison | D | MS-6 | ||
169 | Henry T. Helgesen | R | ND-1 | ||
170 | Walter L. Hensley | D | MO-13 | ||
171 | Asher C. Hinds | R | ME-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
172 | Edward E. Holland | D | VA-2 | ||
173 | William S. Howard | D | GA-5 | ||
174 | Henderson M. Jacoway | D | AR-5 | ||
175 | William Kent | Ind | CA-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
176 | Thomas F. Konop | D | WI-9 | Chairman: Expenditures on Public Buildings. Last term while serving in the House. | |
177 | William L. La Follette | R | WA-4 | ||
178 | David J. Lewis | D | MD-6 | Chairman: Labor. Last term while serving in the House until 72nd Congress | |
179 | J. Charles Linthicum | D | MD-4 | ||
180 | Charles O. Lobeck | D | NE-2 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Treasury Department | |
181 | James P. Maher | D | NY-5 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Labor Department | |
182 | Daniel J. McGillicuddy | D | ME-2 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
183 | John C. McKenzie | R | IL-13 | ||
184 | Luther W. Mott | R | NY-32 | ||
185 | George F. O'Shaunessy | D | RI-1 | ||
186 | Thomas G. Patten | D | NY-18 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
187 | Stephen G. Porter | R | PA-29 | ||
188 | Caleb Powers | R | KY-11 | ||
189 | John E. Raker | D | CA-2 | ||
190 | Edwin E. Roberts | R | NV-al | ||
191 | Arthur B. Rouse | D | KY-6 | ||
192 | Thomas L. Rubey | D | MO-16 | ||
193 | Thomas J. Scully | D | NJ-3 | ||
194 | Sam R. Sells | R | TN-1 | ||
195 | Charles H. Sloan | R | NE-4 | ||
196 | Charles B. Smith | D | NY-41 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Commerce Department | |
197 | John M. C. Smith | R | MI-3 | ||
198 | Charles M. Stedman | D | NC-5 | ||
199 | Hubert D. Stephens | D | MS-2 | Chairman: Elections | |
200 | William Stephens | Prog | CA-10 | R 1911–15. Resigned on July 22, 1916 while still serving in the House. | |
201 | Claude U. Stone | D | IL-16 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
202 | Robert M. Switzer | R | OH-10 | ||
203 | Horace M. Towner | R | IA-8 | ||
204 | Samuel J. Tribble | D | GA-8 | Died on December 8, 1916 while still serving in the House. | |
205 | Samuel A. Witherspoon | D | MS-5 | Died on November 24, 1915 while still serving in the House. | |
206 | James Young | D | TX-3 | ||
207 | William R. Green | R | IA-9 | June 5, 1911 | |
208 | Leonidas C. Dyer | R | MO-12 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1911-June 19, 1914 while in the House. |
209 | William J. Browning | R | NJ-1 | November 7, 1911 | |
210 | Kenneth McKellar | D | TN-10 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
211 | Dan V. Stephens | D | NE-3 | ||
212 | Joseph Taggart | D | KS-2 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
213 | Carl T. Hayden | D | AZ-al | February 19, 1912 | |
214 | William S. Vare | R | PA-1 | May 24, 1912 | |
215 | Frank L. Greene | R | VT-1 | July 30, 1912 | |
216 | Edwin A. Merritt | R | NY-31 | November 5, 1912 | Died as Representative-elect December 4, 1914 |
217 | Lewis L. Morgan | D | LA-6 | Chairman: Elections No. 3. Last term while serving in the House. | |
218 | Samuel M. Taylor | D | AR-6 | January 15, 1913 | |
219 | Archibald C. Hart | D | NJ-6 | July 22, 1913 | Previously served November 5, 1912-1913 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
Three non-consecutive terms | |||||
220 | Samuel H. Miller | R | PA-28 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1881-85 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
221 | John Q. Tilson | R | CT-3 | Previously served 1909-13 while in the House. | |
222 | William E. Williams | D | IL-al | March 4, 1913 | Previously served 1899-1901 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
223 | Charles R. Crisp | D | GA-3 | Previously served December 19, 1896–97 while in the House. | |
Two consecutive terms | |||||
224 | John W. Abercrombie | D | AL-al | March 4, 1913 | Last term while serving in the House. |
225 | James B. Aswell | D | LA-8 | ||
226 | Warren W. Bailey | D | PA-19 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Justice Department. Last term while serving in the House. | |
227 | Alben W. Barkley | D | KY-1 | ||
228 | Samuel W. Beakes | D | MI-2 | Last term while in the House until 65th Congress | |
229 | Frederick A. Britten | R | IL-9 | ||
230 | Edward E. Browne | R | WI-8 | ||
231 | Henry Bruckner | D | NY-22 | ||
232 | Clement L. Brumbaugh | D | OH-12 | ||
233 | Thaddeus H. Caraway | D | AR-1 | ||
234 | John F. Carew | D | NY-17 | ||
235 | John J. Casey | D | PA-11 | Last term while serving in the House until 66th Congress | |
236 | Walter M. Chandler | Prog | NY-19 | ||
237 | Denver S. Church | D | CA-7 | ||
238 | John R. Connelly | D | KS-6 | ||
239 | Louis C. Cramton | R | MI-7 | ||
240 | Robert Crosser | D | OH-21 | ||
241 | Charles F. Curry | R | CA-3 | ||
242 | Harry H. Dale | D | NY-4 | ||
243 | Perl D. Decker | D | MO-15 | ||
244 | Charles H. Dillon | R | SD-1 | ||
245 | Peter J. Dooling | D | NY-16 | ||
246 | Dudley Doolittle | D | KS-4 | ||
247 | Thomas B. Dunn | R | NY-38 | ||
248 | John J. Eagan | D | NJ-11 | ||
249 | Joe H. Eagle | D | TX-8 | ||
250 | George W. Edmonds | R | PA-4 | ||
251 | John M. Evans | D | MT-al | ||
252 | Simeon D. Fess | R | OH-7 | ||
253 | James A. Frear | R | WI-10 | ||
254 | Warren Gard | D | OH-3 | ||
255 | William Gordon | D | OH-20 | ||
256 | George S. Graham | R | PA-2 | ||
257 | Daniel J. Griffin | D | NY-8 | ||
258 | Charles M. Hamilton | R | NY-43 | Minority Whip. | |
259 | Guy T. Helvering | D | KS-5 | ||
260 | William L. Igoe | D | MO-11 | ||
261 | Albert Johnson | R | WA-3 | ||
262 | Edward Keating | D | CO-3 | ||
263 | Abraham L. Keister | R | PA-22 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
264 | Patrick H. Kelley | R | MI-6 | ||
265 | Ambrose Kennedy | R | RI-3 | ||
266 | William Kettner | D | CA-11 | ||
267 | John A. Key | D | OH-8 | Chairman: | |
268 | Edgar R. Kiess | R | PA-15 | ||
269 | Aaron S. Kreider | R | PA-18 | ||
270 | Ladislas Lazaro | D | LA-7 | ||
271 | John V. Lesher | D | PA-16 | ||
272 | Charles Lieb | D | IN-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
273 | Carl E. Mapes | R | MI-5 | ||
274 | Andrew J. Montague | D | VA-3 | ||
275 | John M. Morin | R | PA-31 | ||
276 | Hunter H. Moss, Jr. | R | WV-4 | Died on July 15, 1916 while still serving in the House | |
277 | William H. Murray | D | OK-4 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
278 | John I. Nolan | R | CA-5 | ||
279 | Patrick D. Norton | R | ND-3 | ||
280 | Woodson R. Oglesby | D | NY-24 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
281 | James S. Parker | R | NY-29 | ||
282 | Michael F. Phelan | D | MA-7 | ||
283 | Edmund Platt | R | NY-26 | ||
284 | Percy E. Quin | D | MS-7 | ||
285 | J. Willard Ragsdale | D | SC-6 | ||
286 | Sam Rayburn | D | TX-4 | ||
287 | Michael K. Reilly | D | WI-6 | Last term while serving in the House. until 71st Congress | |
288 | John J. Rogers | R | MA-5 | ||
289 | Nicholas J. Sinnott | R | OR-2 | ||
290 | Addison T. Smith | R | ID-al | ||
291 | George R. Smith | R | MN-5 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
292 | Tom Stout | D | MT-al | Chairman: Expenditures in the Interior Department. Last term while serving in the House. | |
293 | Hatton W. Sumners | D | TX-5 | ||
294 | Howard Sutherland | R | WV-al | Last term while serving in the House. | |
295 | Clyde H. Tavenner | D | Il-14 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Last term while serving in the House. | |
296 | Joseph B. Thompson | D | OK-5 | ||
297 | Allen T. Treadway | R | MA-1 | ||
298 | John R. Walker | D | GA-11 | ||
299 | Walter A. Watson | D | VA-4 | ||
300 | Emmett Wilson | D | FL-3 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
301 | Otis T. Wingo | D | AR-4 | ||
302 | Samuel E. Winslow | R | MA-4 | ||
303 | George M. Young | R | ND-2 | ||
304 | James P. Buchanan | D | TX-10 | April 15, 1913 | |
305 | Richard S. Whaley | D | SC-1 | April 29, 1913 | |
306 | John A. Peters | R | ME-3 | September 9, 1913 | |
307 | Matthew M. Neely | D | WV-1 | October 14, 1913 | |
308 | Charles P. Coady | D | MD-3 | November 4, 1913 | |
309 | George W. Loft | D | NY-13 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
310 | Calvin D. Paige | R | MA-3 | ||
311 | Frank Park | D | GA-2 | ||
312 | Dow H. Drukker | R | NJ-7 | April 7, 1914 | |
313 | James A. Gallivan | D | MA-12 | ||
314 | Jesse D. Price | D | MD-1 | November 3, 1914 | |
315 | Carl Vinson | D | GA-10 | ||
Two non-consecutive terms | |||||
316 | Thomas S. Crago | R | PA-al | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1911-13 while in the House. |
317 | David Hollingsworth | R | OH-18 | Previously served 1909-11 while in the House. | |
318 | Adam B. Littlepage | D | WV-3 | Previously served 1911-13 while in the House. | |
319 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | D | NE-5 | Previously served 1901-03 while in the House. | |
One term | |||||
320 | Edward B. Almon | D | AL-8 | March 4, 1915 | |
321 | William A. Ayres | D | KS-8 | ||
322 | Isaac Bacharach | R | NJ-2 | ||
323 | C. William Beales | R | PA-20 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
324 | Eugene Black | D | TX-1 | ||
325 | James J. Britt | R | NC-10 | Only term while serving in the House until 65th Congress | |
326 | William M. Brown | R | PA-24 | Died as Representative-elect on January 31, 1915 | |
327 | C. Pope Caldwell | D | NY-2 | ||
328 | John H. Capstick | R | NJ-5 | ||
329 | William H. Carter | R | MA-13 | ||
330 | William B. Charles | R | NY-30 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
331 | Burnett M. Chiperfield | R | IL-al | Only term while serving in the House. until 71st Congress | |
332 | William H. Coleman | R | PA-30 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
333 | Edward Cooper | R | WV-5 | ||
334 | John G. Cooper | R | OH-19 | ||
335 | Peter E. Costello | R | PA-5 | ||
336 | Porter H. Dale | R | VT-2 | ||
337 | Frederick W. Dallinger | R | MA-8 | ||
338 | George P. Darrow | R | PA-6 | ||
339 | James H. Davis | D | TX-al | Only term while serving in the House. | |
340 | S. Wallace Dempsey | R | NY-40 | ||
341 | Edward E. Denison | R | IL-25 | ||
342 | Arthur G. Dewalt | D | PA-13 | ||
343 | Clarence C. Dill | D | WA-5 | ||
344 | Cassius C. Dowell | R | IA-7 | ||
345 | Franklin Ellsworth | R | MN-2 | ||
346 | John A. Elston | Prog | CA-6 | ||
347 | Henry I. Emerson | R | OH-22 | ||
348 | Michael F. Farley | D | NY-14 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
349 | Joseph V. Flynn | D | NY-3 | ||
350 | Richard P. Freeman | R | CT-2 | ||
351 | Harry L. Gandy | D | SD-3 | ||
352 | Mahlon M. Garland | R | PA-al | ||
353 | James P. Glynn | R | CT-5 | ||
354 | Edward W. Gray | R | NJ-8 | ||
355 | Oscar L. Gray | D | AL-1 | ||
356 | Lindley H. Hadley | R | WA-2 | ||
357 | Reuben L. Haskell | R | NY-10 | ||
358 | William W. Hastings | D | OK-2 | ||
359 | Robert D. Heaton | R | PA-12 | ||
360 | Benigno C. Hernández | R | NM-al | Only term while serving in the House until 66th Congress. | |
361 | Frederick C. Hicks | R | NY-1 | ||
362 | Benjamin C. Hilliard | D | CO-1 | ||
363 | George E. Hood | D | NC-3 | ||
364 | Robert F. Hopwood | R | PA-23 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
365 | George Huddleston | D | AL-9 | ||
366 | G. Murray Hulbert | D | NY-21 | ||
367 | Harry E. Hull | R | IA-2 | ||
368 | James W. Husted | R | NY-25 | ||
369 | Elijah C. Hutchinson | R | NJ-4 | ||
370 | W. Frank James | R | MI-12 | ||
371 | Royal C. Johnson | R | SD-2 | ||
372 | Charles C. Kearns | R | OH-6 | ||
373 | David H. Kincheloe | D | KY-2 | ||
374 | Edward J. King | R | IL-15 | ||
375 | Frederick R. Lehlbach | R | NJ-10 | ||
376 | Michael Liebel, Jr. | D | PA-25 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
377 | Meyer London | Soc | NY-12 | ||
378 | Walter W. Magee | R | NY-35 | ||
379 | Whitmell P. Martin | Prog | LA-3 | ||
380 | Nelson E. Matthews | R | OH-5 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
381 | James H. Mays | D | UT-2 | ||
382 | Clifton N. McArthur | R | OR-3 | ||
383 | James V. McClintic | D | OK-7 | ||
384 | Robert M. McCracken | R | ID-al | Only term while serving in the House. | |
385 | Roscoe C. McCulloch | R | OH-16 | ||
386 | Louis T. McFadden | R | PA-14 | ||
387 | A. Jeff McLemore | D | TX-al | ||
388 | Jacob E. Meeker | R | MO-10 | ||
389 | Thomas W. Miller | R | DE-al | Only term while serving in the House. | |
390 | William C. Mooney | R | OH-15 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
391 | Merrill Moores | R | IN-7 | ||
392 | Sydney E. Mudd II | R | MD-5 | ||
393 | Charles A. Nichols | R | MI-13 | ||
394 | Solomon T. North | R | PA-27 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
395 | P. Davis Oakey | R | CT-1 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
396 | William B. Oliver | D | AL-6 | ||
397 | Richard Olney II | D | MA-14 | ||
398 | Arthur W. Overmyer | D | OH-13 | ||
399 | Harry H. Pratt | R | NY-37 | ||
400 | C. William Ramseyer | R | IA-6 | ||
401 | Charles H. Randall | Proh | CA-9 | ||
402 | C. Frank Reavis | R | NE-1 | ||
403 | Edwin D. Ricketts | R | OH-11 | Only term while serving in the House until 66th Congress. | |
404 | Frederick W. Rowe | R | NY-6 | ||
405 | Charles H. Rowland | R | PA-21 | ||
406 | J. Edward Russell | R | OH-4 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
407 | Rollin B. Sanford | R | NY-28 | ||
408 | Thomas D. Schall | R | MN-10 | ||
409 | Frank D. Scott | R | MI-11 | ||
410 | John R. K. Scott | R | PA-al | ||
411 | William J. Sears | D | FL-4 | ||
412 | Jouett Shouse | D | KS-7 | ||
413 | Isaac Siegel | R | NY-20 | ||
414 | Homer P. Snyder | R | NY-33 | ||
415 | Henry B. Steagall | D | AL-3 | ||
416 | Henry J. Steele | D | PA-26 | ||
417 | Thomas J. Steele | D | IA-11 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
418 | Walter R. Stiness | R | RI-2 | ||
419 | Burton E. Sweet | R | IA-3 | ||
420 | Oscar W. Swift | R | NY-9 | ||
421 | Peter F. Tague | D | MA-10 | ||
422 | John N. Tillman | D | AR-3 | ||
423 | Charles B. Timberlake | R | CO-2 | ||
424 | George H. Tinkham | R | MA-11 | ||
425 | Carl Van Dyke | D | MN-4 | ||
426 | Joseph Walsh | R | MA-16 | ||
427 | Charles B. Ward | R | NY-27 | ||
428 | Edward H. Wason | R | NH-2 | ||
429 | Henry W. Watson | R | PA-8 | ||
430 | Loren E. Wheeler | R | IL-21 | ||
431 | Seward H. Williams | R | OH-14 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
432 | Thomas S. Williams | R | IL-24 | ||
433 | Riley J. Wilson | D | LA-5 | ||
434 | James W. Wise | D | GA-6 | ||
435 | William R. Wood | R | IN-10 | ||
Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress | |||||
Samuel J. Nicholls | D | SC-4 | September 14, 1915 | Special election | |
William S. Bennet | R | NY-23 | November 2, 1915 | Previously served 1905-11 while in the House. Special election. Last term. | |
Henry W. Temple | R | PA-24 | Previously served as Prog 1913-15 while in the House. Special election. | ||
Norman J. Gould | R | NY-36 | Special election | ||
Bertrand H. Snell | R | NY-31 | Special election | ||
William W. Venable | D | MS-5 | January 4, 1916 | Special election | |
George M. Bowers | R | WV-2 | May 9, 1916 | Special election | |
Harry C. Woodyard | R | WV-4 | November 7, 1916 | Previously served 1903-11 while in the House. Special election. | |
Henry S. Benedict | R | CA-10 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. | ||
Thomas W. Harrison | D | VA-7 | Special election | ||
Tinsley W. Rucker, Jr. | D | GA-8 | January 11, 1917 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. | |
Paul G. McCorkle | D | SC-5 | February 21, 1917 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. | |
Non voting members | |||||
a | Jonah K. Kalaniana'ole | R | HI-al | March 4, 1903 | Territorial Delegate |
b | James Wickersham | R | AK-al | March 4, 1909 | Territorial Delegate. Last term while serving in the House until 65th Congress. |
c | Manuel L. Quezón | N | PI-al | November 23, 1909 | Resident Commissioner. Nationalist Party (PI). Resigned on October 15, 1916 while still serving in the House. |
d | Luis Muñoz Rivera | U | PR-al | March 4, 1911 | Resident Commissioner. Unionist Party (PR). Died on November 15, 1916 while still serving in the House. |
e | Manuel Earnshaw | Ind | PI-al | March 4, 1913 | Resident Commissioner. Last term while serving in the House. |
See also[]
- 64th United States Congress
- List of United States congressional districts
- List of United States senators in the 64th Congress by seniority
References[]
- ^ Delegates are non-voting members and representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.
- ^ "112th Congress official House seniority list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ Congress at the Crossroads, pp. 186-189 and see Cannon's Precedents, Volume VIII (8), Chapter CCXXXIV (234) for the rules and precedents applied by the House after 1910
- ^ Nelson W. Polsby, "The Growth of the Seniority System in the U.S. House of Representatives" American Political Science Review 63.3 (1970):787-807
- ^ Based on Rule X Organisation of Committees, in the House Rules and Manual for the 111th Congress. For membership, see section 2183 of Cannon's Precedents Volume VIII (8), Chapter CCXXXIV (234). For establishment of standing committees see [1]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
- Cannon's Precedents (U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access) [2]
- Congress at the Crossroads, by George B. Galloway (Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1946)
- United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company 1998) ISBN 0-7864-0283-0
External links[]
- Lists of members of the United States House of Representatives by seniority