List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 17th Congress by seniority

This is a list of members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 17th United States Congress by seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office.

As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 17th Congress (March 4, 1821–March 3, 1823). 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 112th 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 17th Congress.

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 (4th 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.

Congressmen, in early Congresses, were often elected after the legal start of the Congress. Such representatives are attributed with unbroken seniority, from the legal start of the congressional term, if they were the first person elected to a seat in a Congress. The date of the election is indicated in a note.

The seniority date is normally taken from the members entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, except where the date given is the legal start of the Congress and the actual election (for someone who was not the first person elected to the seat in that Congress) was later. The date of election is taken from United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997. In a few instances the latter work provides dates, for the start and end of terms, which correct those in the Biographical Directory.

The Biographical Directory normally uses the date of a special election, as the seniority date. However, mostly in early Congresses, the date of the member taking his seat can be the one given. The date of the special election is mentioned in a note to the list below, when that date is not used as the seniority date by the Biographical Directory.

Representatives who returned 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.

Leadership

In this Congress the only formal leader was the Speaker of the House. A Speakership election was held on December 3-4, 1821 and Philip P. Barbour (DR-VA) was elected on the tenth ballot. In the final ballot, Speaker Barbour received 88 votes, John W. Taylor (DR-NY) (Speaker at the end of the previous Congress) had 67 votes, Henry Baldwin (DR-PA) 6, Samuel Smith (DR-MD) 4, Caesar A. Rodney (DR-DE) 3 and there were 4 scattering votes.

The title Dean of the House (sometimes known, in the nineteenth century, as Father of the House) was held by the member with the longest continuous service. It was not a formal leadership position.

Standing Committees

The House created its first standing committee, on April 13, 1789. There were twenty-one standing committees, listed in the rules initially used by the 17th Congress. Four additional committees were added during the Congress. The Committees on Indian Affairs was created on December 17, 1821. Standing committees on Foreign Affairs, Military Affairs and Naval Affairs were authorised, when the rules of the House were amended on March 14, 1822.

Committees, in this period, were normally appointed for a session at a time by the Speaker. However the resolution of March 30, 1816, which created the committees on departmental expenditures and Expenditures on Public Buildings, provided for those standing committees to be appointed for the whole Congress.

This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 17th Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee, the number of members assigned to the committee and the dates of appointment in each session (or if appropriate for the Congress), the end of the session (if appropriate) and its chairman. Chairmen, who were re-appointed after serving in the previous Congress, are indicated by an *.

The first session was December 3, 1821-May 8, 1822 (157 days) and the second session was December 2, 1822-March 3, 1823 (92 days).

No.	Committee	From	Mbrs	Term	Chairman
01	Accounts	1805	3	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	Samuel C. Allen (F-MA)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
02	Agriculture	1820	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	Josiah Butler (DR-NH)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
03	Claims	1794	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	*Lewis Williams (DR-NC)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
04	Commerce	1795	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	*Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR-VA)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
05	District of Columbia	1808	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	*Joseph Kent (DR-MD)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
06	Elections	1789	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	John Sloane (DR-OH)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
07	Expenditures in the Navy Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	Samuel Edwards (F-PA)
08	Expenditures in the Post Office Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	George Denison (DR-PA)
09	Expenditures in the State Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	Silas Wood (F-NY)
10	Expenditures in the Treasury Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	Albert H. Tracy (DR-NY)
11	Expenditures in the War Department	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	George Tucker (DR-VA)
12	Expenditures on Public Buildings	1816	3	December 5, 1821-March 3, 1823	Jeremiah Nelson (F-MA)
13	Foreign Affairs	1822	7	December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	Jonathan Russell (DR-MA)
14	Indian Affairs	1821	7	December 7, 1821-May 8, 1822	Samuel Moore (DR-PA)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	Thomas Metcalfe (DR-KY)
15	Judiciary	1813	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	*John Sergeant (F-PA)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	Hugh Nelson (DR-VA) (a)
16	Manufactures	1819	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	*Henry Baldwin (DR-PA)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	John Tod (DR-PA)
17	Military Affairs	1822	7	December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	William Eustis (DR-MA)
18	Naval Affairs	1822	7	December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	Timothy Fuller (DR-MA)
19	Pensions and Revolutionary Claims	1813	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	*John Rhea (DR-TN)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
20	Post Office and Post Roads	1808	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	Francis Johnson (DR-KY)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
21	Private Land Claims	1816	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	*John W. Campbell (DR-OH)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
22	Public Expenditures	1814	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	Thomas Montgomery (DR-KY)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
23	Public Lands	1805	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	Christopher Rankin (DR-MS)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823
24	Revisal and Unfinished Business	1795	3	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	Samuel Lathrop (F-MA)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823	Thomas R. Ross (DR-OH)
25	Ways and Means	1802	7	December 5, 1821-May 8, 1822	*Samuel Smith (DR-MD) (b)
				December 3, 1822-March 3, 1823

Notes:-

• (a) Resigned from the House on January 14, 1823. William Plumer, Jr. (DR-NH) became Chairman for the rest of the Congress.
• (a) Resigned from the House on December 17, 1822. Louis McLane (DR-DE) was the ranking member of the committee named for the session. He became Chairman for the rest of the Congress, although this is not recorded in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

List of Representatives by seniority

A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 186 members initially elected to the 17th Congress. Other members, who were not the first person elected to a seat but who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number (except for the representative from the newly admitted state of Missouri, who is assigned the number 187). The recently admitted state of Maine was assigned six additional seats in this Congress, to add to the one transferred in the last Congress, which had previously been allocated to Massachusetts.

Eleven representatives-elect were not sworn in. 1 declined to serve (SC-8), 1 did not qualify (TN-6), 3 died (KY-8, NJ-al:Linn, NY-6), 4 resigned (KY-7, OH-4, PA-5:Duncan, PA-10:Ellis) and 2 were unseated (not having taken their seats) after election contests (MD-6, NY-1:Sharp). The list below includes the Representatives-elect (with name in italics), with the seniority they would have held if sworn in.

The notes indicate, with [H], a member (the Territorial Delegate from Florida) with a Hispanic backgrounds.

Party designations used in this article are DR for Democratic-Republican members and F for Federalist representatives. Designations used for service in the first three congresses are (A) for Anti-Administration members and (P) for Pro-Administration representatives.

Rank	Representative	Party	District	Seniority date	Notes
Eleven consecutive terms
001	Thomas Newton, Jr.	DR	VA-21	01801-03-04March 4, 1801	Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821. Dean of the House. Chairman: Commerce.
Ten non-consecutive terms
002	John Randolph	DR	VA-16	01819-03-04March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) 1799-1813 and 1815-17. Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821.
Nine non-consecutive terms
003	Anthony New	DR	KY-5	01821-03-04March 4, 1821	Previously served (A-VA) 1793-95, (DR-VA) 1795-1805, (DR-KY) 1811-13 and 1817-19. Last term.
004	John Rhea	DR	TN-1	01817-03-04March 4, 1817	Previously served (DR) 1803-15. Elected to this Congress: August 9-10, 1821. Chairman: Pensions and Revolutionary Claims. Last term.
005	Samuel Smith	DR	MD-5	01816-01-31January 31, 1816	Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795-1803. Chairman: Ways and Means (1821-22). Resigned, to become US Senator: December 17, 1822. Elected to 18th Congress but did not take seat.
Seven non-consecutive terms
006	Burwell Bassett	DR	VA-13	01821-03-04March 4, 1821	Previously served (DR) 1805-13 and 1815-19. Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
Six consecutive terms
007	William Lowndes	DR	SC-9	01811-03-04March 4, 1811	Resigned: May 8, 1822
008	William McCoy	DR	VA-4		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
009	Hugh Nelson	DR	VA-22		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821. Chairman: Judiciary (1822-23). Resigned: January 14, 1823.
Six non-consecutive terms
010	Lemuel Sawyer	DR	NC-1	01817-03-04March 4, 1817	Previously served (DR) 1807-13. Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Last term until 19th Congress.
Five consecutive terms
011	John W. Taylor	DR	NY-11	01813-03-04March 4, 1813	Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821
012	Philip P. Barbour	DR	VA-11	01814-09-19September 19, 1814	Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821. Speaker of the House.
Five non-consecutive terms
013	Jeremiah Nelson	F	MA-3	01815-03-04March 4, 1815	Previously served (F) 1805-07. Chairman: Expenditures on Public Buildings.
014	Peter Little	DR	MD-5	01816-09-02September 2, 1816	Previously served (DR) 1811-13
015	Robert Wright	DR	MD-7	01821-03-04March 4, 1821	Previously served (DR) November 29, 1810-17. Last term.
Four consecutive terms
016	Ephraim Bateman	DR	NJ-al	01815-03-04March 4, 1815	Last term
017	Lewis Williams	DR	NC-13		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Chairman: Claims.
018	John Sergeant	F	PA-1	01815-10-10October 10, 1815	Chairman: Judiciary (1821-22). Last term until 20th Congress.
019	Weldon N. Edwards	DR	NC-6	01816-02-07February 7, 1816	Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
020	William Hendricks	DR	IN-al	01816-12-11December 11, 1816	Resigned, to become Governor: July 25, 1822
Four non-consecutive terms
021	Joseph Kent	DR	MD-2	01819-03-04March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) 1811-15. Chairman: District of Columbia.
022	William Milnor	F	PA-1	01821-03-04March 4, 1821	Previously served (F) 1807-11 and 1815-17. Resigned: May 8, 1822.
023	Charles Rich	DR	VT-3	01817-03-04March 4, 1817	Previously served (DR) 1813-15
024	Ezekiel Whitman	F	ME-2		Previously served (F-MA) 1809-11 and 1817-21. Resigned June 1, 1822.
025	William Eustis	DR	MA-13	01820-08-21August 21, 1820	Previously served (DR) 1801-05. Chairman: Military Affairs (1822-23). Last term. Elected to 18th Congress but did not take seat.
026	Newton Cannon	DR	TN-5	01819-03-04March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) September 16, 1814-17. Elected to this Congress: August 9-10, 1821. Last term.
Three consecutive terms
027	Joel Abbot	DR	GA-al	01817-03-04March 4, 1817
028	Samuel C. Allen	F	MA-6		Chairman: Accounts
029	Henry Baldwin	DR	PA-14		Chairman: Manufactures (1821-22). Resigned: May 8, 1822.
030	William L. Ball	DR	VA-9		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
031	Thomas Bayly	F	MD-8		Last term
032	Josiah Butler	DR	NH-al		Chairman: Agriculture. Last term.
033	John W. Campbell	DR	OH-2		Chairman: Private Land Claims
034	Samuel C. Crafts	DR	VT-5
035	John Floyd	DR	VA-5		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
036	Timothy Fuller	DR	MA-4		Chairman: Naval Affairs (1822-23)
037	Robert S. Garnett	DR	VA-12		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
038	Thomas H. Hall	DR	NC-3		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
039	Francis Jones	DR	TN-3		Elected to this Congress: August 9-10, 1821. Last term.
040	John Linn	DR	NJ-al		Died, as Representative-elect: January 5, 1821
041	Louis McLane	F	DE-al		Chairman: Ways and Means (1822-23)
042	Charles F. Mercer	F	VA-8		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
043	Thomas Patterson	DR	PA-12
044	George Robertson	DR	KY-7		Resigned, as Representative-elect, in 1821
045	Alexander Smyth	DR	VA-6		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
046	David Trimble	DR	KY-1
047	Starling Tucker	DR	SC-4
048	Nathaniel Upham	DR	NH-al		Last term
049	Felix Walker	DR	NC-12		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Last term.
050	Thomas J. Rogers	DR	PA-6	01818-03-03March 3, 1818
051	Samuel Moore	DR	PA-6	01818-10-13October 13, 1818	Chairman: Indian Affairs (1821-22). Resigned: May 20, 1822.
052	Enoch Lincoln	DR	ME-7	01818-11-04November 4, 1818	Previously served (DR-MA) November 4, 1818-21
053	Robert R. Reid	DR	GA-al	01819-02-18February 18, 1819	Last term
Three non-consecutive terms
054	William Darlington	DR	PA-2	01819-03-04March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) 1815-17. Last term.
055	Benjamin Hardin	DR	KY-10		Previously served (DR) 1815-17. Last term until 23rd Congress.
056	Joseph Hemphill	F	PA-1		Previously served (F) 1801-03
057	John Reed, Jr.	F	MA-9	01821-03-04March 4, 1821	Previously served (F) 1813-17
058	Thomas Montgomery	DR	KY-9	01820-08-01August 1, 1820	Previously served (DR) 1813-15. Chairman: Public Expenditures. Last term.
059	Charles Hooks	DR	NC-5	01819-03-04March 4, 1819	Previously served (DR) December 2, 1816-17. Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821.
060	Alfred Cuthbert	DR	GA-al	01821-03-04March 4, 1821	Previously served (DR) December 13, 1813-November 9, 1816
Two consecutive terms
061	Mark Alexander	DR	VA-18	01819-03-04March 4, 1819	Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
062	Robert Allen	DR	TN-4		Elected to this Congress: August 9-10, 1821
063	Henry H. Bryan	DR	TN-6		Elected to this Congress: August 9-10, 1821. Representative-elect, who did not qualify.
064	Hutchins G. Burton	DR	NC-2		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
065	John Cocke	DR	TN-2		Elected to this Congress: August 9-10, 1821
066	Daniel P. Cook	DR	IL-al
067	Joshua Cushman	DR	ME-6		Previously served (DR-MA) 1819-21
068	George Denison	DR	PA-10		Chairman: Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Last term
069	John D. Dickinson	F	NY-10		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Last term until 20th Congress.
070	Samuel Eddy	DR	RI-al
071	Henry W. Edwards	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821. Last term.
072	Samuel Edwards	F	PA-1		Chairman: Expenditures in the Navy Department
073	Samuel Gross	DR	PA-2		Last term
074	Mark L. Hill	DR	ME-3		Previously served (DR-MA) 1819-21. Last term.
075	James Jones	DR	VA-19		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821. Last term.
076	Samuel Lathrop	F	MA-5		Chairman: Revisal and Unfinished Business (1821-22)
077	Thomas Metcalfe	DR	KY-3		Chairman: Indian Affairs (1822-23)
078	Raphael Neale	F	MD-1
079	James Overstreet	DR	SC-3		Died: May 24, 1822
080	Nathaniel Pitcher	DR	NY-12		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Last term until 22nd Congress.
081	William Plumer, Jr.	DR	NH-al		Chairman: Judiciary (1823)
082	Christopher Rankin	DR	MS-al		Chairman: Public Lands
083	Thomas R. Ross	DR	OH-6		Chairman: Revisal and Unfinished Business (1822-23)
084	John Russ	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821. Last term.
085	John Sloane	DR	OH-1		Chairman: Elections
086	Gideon Tomlinson	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821
087	Albert H. Tracy	DR	NY-22		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Chairman: Expenditures in the Treasury Department.
088	George Tucker	DR	VA-15		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821. Chairman: Expenditures in the War Department.
089	Solomon Van Rensselaer	F	NY-9		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Resigned: January 14, 1822.
090	Thomas Van Swearingen	F	VA-2		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821. Died: August 19, 1822.
091	Henry R. Warfield	F	MD-3
092	Jared Williams	DR	VA-3		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
093	Silas Wood	F	NY-1		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Chairman: Expenditures in the State Department.
094	William S. Archer	DR	VA-17	01820-01-03January 3, 1820	Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
095	Rollin C. Mallary	DR	VT-1	01820-01-13January 13, 1820
096	Edward B. Jackson	DR	VA-1	01820-10-23October 23, 1820	Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821. Last term.
097	Joseph Dane	F	ME-1	01820-11-06November 6, 1820	Last term
098	Benjamin Gorham	DR	MA-1		Last term until 20th Congress
099	Francis Johnson	DR	KY-6	01820-11-13November 13, 1820	Chairman: Post Office and Post Roads
100	Thomas L. Moore	DR	VA-10		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821. Last term.
101	Aaron Hobart	DR	MA-8	01820-11-24November 24, 1820
102	William S. Blackledge	DR	NC-4	01821-02-07February 7, 1821	Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Last term.
Two non-consecutive terms
103	Levi Barber	DR	OH-3	01821-03-04March 4, 1821	Previously served (DR) 1817-19. Last term.
104	Thomas H. Hubbard	DR	NY-17		Previously served (DR) 1817-19. Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Last term.
105	Caesar A. Rodney	DR	DE-al		Previously served (DR) 1803-05. Resigned, to become US Senator: January 24, 1822.
One term
106	Noyes Barber	DR	CT-al	01821-03-04March 4, 1821	Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821
107	Gideon Barstow	DR	MA-2		Elected to this Congress: April 16, 1821. Only term.
108	Francis Baylies	F	MA-10
109	Lewis Bigelow	F	MA-12		Only term
...	James Blair	DR	SC-8		Special election, before start of Congress: February 5-6, 1821. Resigned: May 8, 1822. Only term until 21st Congress.
110	John Brown	DR	PA-9
111	James Buchanan	F	PA-3
112	Wingfield Bullock	DR	KY-8		Died, as Representative-elect: October 13, 1821
113	Daniel Burrows	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821. Only term.
114	Churchill C. Cambreleng	DR	NY-2		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821
115	Samuel Campbell	DR	NY-15		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
116	George Cassedy	DR	NJ-al
117	Alfred Conkling	DR	NY-14		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
118	Henry W. Connor	DR	NC-11		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
119	Jeremiah Cosden	DR	MD-6		Unseated, as Representative-elect, after an election contest: March 19, 1822
120	Josiah Crudup	DR	NC-8		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Only term.
121	James Duncan	F	PA-5		Resigned, as Representative-elect: April 1821
122	Job Durfee	DR	RI-al
123	Henry W. Dwight	F	MA-7
124	William C. Ellis	F	PA-10		Resigned, as Representative-elect: July 20, 1821. Only term until 18th Congress.
125	Patrick Farrelly	DR	PA-15
126	John Gebhard	F	NY-13		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
127	George R. Gilmer	DR	GA-al		Only term until 20th Congress
128	Joseph Gist	DR	SC-7
129	Matthew Harvey	DR	NH-al
130	James Hawkes	DR	NY-15		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
131	Ebenezer Herrick	DR	ME-5		Elected to this Congress: May 7, 1821
132	George Holcombe	DR	NJ-al
133	John T. Johnson	DR	KY-3
134	Josiah S. Johnston	DR	LA-al		Only term
135	Elias Keyes	DR	VT-4
136	Joseph Kirkland	F	NY-16		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
137	Jabez Leftwich	DR	VA-14		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
138	Elisha Litchfield	DR	NY-19		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821
139	John Long	DR	NC-10		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
140	James Matlack	DR	NJ-al
141	Aaron Matson	DR	NH-al
142	John Mattocks	DR	VT-6		Only term until 19th Congress
143	Richard McCarty	DR	NY-8		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
144	George McDuffie	DR	SC-5
145	Archibald McNeill	F	NC-7		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821. Only term until 19th Congress.
146	James McSherry	F	PA-5		Only term
147	James S. Mitchell	DR	PA-4
148	Thomas R. Mitchell	DR	SC-2		Only term until 19th Congress
149	Gabriel Moore	DR	AL-al		Elected to this Congress: August 5-6, 1821
150	John J. Morgan	DR	NY-2		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821
151	John Nelson	DR	MD-4		Only term
152	Walter Patterson	F	NY-5		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
153	John Phillips	F	PA-3		Only term
154	Jeremiah H. Pierson	DR	NY-3		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
155	George Plumer	DR	PA-11
156	Joel R. Poinsett	DR	SC-1
157	Joseph Richardson	DR	SC-8		Declined to serve, as Representative-elect, before start of Congress
158	William B. Rochester	DR	NY-20		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821
159	Charles H. Ruggles	F	NY-7		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
160	Jonathan Russell	DR	MA-11		Chairman: Foreign Affairs (1822-23). Only term.
161	Romulus M. Saunders	DR	NC-9		Elected to this Congress: August 9, 1821
162	Peter Sharpe	DR	NY-1		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Unseated, as Representative-elect, after an election contest: December 12, 1821.
163	Arthur Smith	DR	VA-20		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
164	William Smith	DR	VA-7
165	Elijah Spencer	DR	NY-21		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
166	Ansel Sterling	DR	CT-al		Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821
167	Micah Sterling	F	NY-18		Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
168	Andrew Stevenson	DR	VA-23		Elected to this Congress: April 1-30, 1821
169	Andrew Stewart	DR	PA-13
170	Ebenezer Stoddard	DR	CT-al	Elected to this Congress: April 2, 1821
171	Samuel Swan	DR	NJ-al
172	Edward F. Tattnall	DR	GA-al
173	Wiley Thompson	DR	GA-al
174	John Tod	DR	PA-8	Chairman: Manufactures (1822-23)
175	Selah Tuthill	DR	NY-6	Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Died, as Representative-elect: September 7, 1821.
176	Joseph Vance	DR	OH-5
177	William W. Van Wyck	DR	NY-4	Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821
178	Reuben H. Walworth	DR	NY-12	Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term.
179	Thomas Whipple, Jr.	DR	NH-al
180	Phineas White	DR	VT-2	Elected to this Congress: October 22, 1821. Only term.
181	William D. Williamson	DR	ME-4	Elected to this Congress: September 10, 1821. Only term.
182	John Wilson	DR	SC-6
183	David Woodcock	DR	NY-20	Elected to this Congress: April 24-26, 1821. Only term until 20th Congress.
184	Samuel H. Woodson	DR	KY-2	Only term
185	Ludwig Worman	F	PA-7	Died: October 17, 1822
186	John C. Wright	DR	OH-4	Resigned, as Representative-elect: March 3, 1821. Only term until 18th Congress.
Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress
...	John S. Smith	DR	KY-7	01821-08-06August 6, 1821	Special election. Only term.
187	John Scott	DR	MO-al	01821-08-10August 10, 1821	First representative from new state. Previously served as Delegate: August 6, 1816-January 13, 1817 and August 4, 1817-21. Elected to this Congress: August 28, 1821.
...	Lewis Condict	DR	NJ-al	01821-10-09October 9, 1821	Previously served (DR) 1811-17. Special election: October 8-9, 1821.
...	David Chambers	DR	OH-4		Special election. Only term.
...	John Findlay	DR	PA-5		Special election
...	Thomas Murray, Jr.	DR	PA-10		Special election. Only term.
...	Charles Borland, Jr.	DR	NY-6	01821-11-08November 8, 1821	Special election: November 6-8, 1821. Only term.
...	James D. Breckinridge	DR	KY-8	01821-11-21November 21, 1821	Special election: November 19, 1821. Only term.
...	Cadwallader D. Colden	F	NY-1	01821-12-12December 12, 1821	Seated, after election contest. Only term.
...	Stephen Van Rensselaer	F	NY-9	01822-02-27February 27, 1822	Special election: February 25-27, 1822
...	Philip Reed	DR	MD-6	01822-03-19March 19, 1822	Previously served (DR) 1817-19. Seated, after election contest. Last term.
...	Daniel Rodney	F	DE-al	01822-10-01October 1, 1822	Special election. Only term.
...	Samuel D. Ingham	DR	PA-6	01822-10-08October 8, 1822	Previously served (DR) 1813-July 6, 1818. Special election: October 1, 1822.
...	Thomas Forrest	F	PA-1		Previously served (F) 1819-21. Special election: October 1, 1822. Last term.
...	Walter Forward	DR	PA-14		Special election: October 1, 1822
...	James Stephenson	F	VA-2	01822-10-28October 28, 1822	Previously served (F) 1803-05 and 1809-11. Special election: October 7, 8, 10, 14, 28, 1822.
...	Mark Harris	DR	ME-2	01822-12-02December 2, 1822	Special election: September 9, 1822. Only term.
...	Jonathan Jennings	DR	IN-al		Previously Delegate: November 27, 1809-December 11, 1816. Special election: August 5, 1822.
...	Andrew R. Govan	DR	SC-3	01822-12-04December 4, 1822	Special election: October 14-15, 1822
...	Daniel Udree	DR	PA-7	01822-12-10December 10, 1822	Previously served (DR) October 12, 1813-15 and December 26, 1820-21. Special election.
...	John Carter	DR	SC-8	01822-12-11December 11, 1822	Special election: October 14-15, 1822
...	James Hamilton, Jr.	DR	SC-9	01822-12-13December 13, 1822	Special election: November 25-26, 1822
...	Isaac McKim	DR	MD-5	01823-01-04January 4, 1823	Special election: January 1, 1823
Non voting members
a	James W. Bates	-	AR-al	01819-12-21December 21, 1819	Delegate from Arkansas Territory. Last term.
b	Solomon Sibley	-	MI-al	01820-11-20November 20, 1820	Delegate from Michigan Territory. Last term.
c	Joseph M. Hernández	-	FL-al	01822-09-30September 30, 1822	[H] Delegate from Florida Territory. Only term.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of 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

See also

• 17th United States Congress
• List of United States Senators in the 17th Congress by seniority

External links

• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House of Representatives list of members of the 17th Congress