List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 40th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 40th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 40th Congress (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869). 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.

Note: The "*" indicates that the representative/delegate may have served one or more non-consecutive terms while in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.

U.S. House seniority list

U.S. House seniority

Rank	Representative	Party	District	Seniority date (Previous service, if any)	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	Elihu B. Washburne	R	IL-03	March 4, 1853	08th term	Dean of the House
2	Schuyler Colfax	R	IN-09	March 4, 1855	07th term	Speaker of the House Left the House in 1869.
3	Henry L. Dawes	R	MA-10	March 4, 1857	06th term
4	James M. Ashley	R	OH-10	March 4, 1859	05th term	Left the House in 1869.
5	Thomas D. Eliot	R	MA-01	March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1854–1855.	06th term*	Left the House in 1869.
6	James K. Moorhead	R	PA-22	March 4, 1859	05th term	Left the House in 1869.
7	Thaddeus Stevens	R	PA-09	March 4, 1859 Previous service, 1849–1853.	07th term*	Died on August 11, 1868.
8	William Windom	R	MN-01	March 4, 1859	05th term	Left the House in 1869.
9	Fernando C. Beaman	R	MI-01	March 4, 1861	04th term
10	George W. Julian	R	IN-05	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1849–1851.	05th term*
11	William D. Kelley	R	PA-04	March 4, 1861	04th term
12	Frederick A. Pike	R	ME-05	March 4, 1861	04th term	Left the House in 1869.
13	Theodore M. Pomeroy	R	NY-24	March 4, 1861	04th term	Speaker after Colfax resigned. Left the House in 1869.
14	Francis Thomas	R	MD-04	March 4, 1861 Previous service, 1831–1841.	09th term*	Left the House in 1869.
15	James F. Wilson	R	IA-01	October 8, 1861	04th term	Left the House in 1869.
16	Samuel Hooper	R	MA-04	December 2, 1861	04th term
17	William B. Allison	R	IA-03	March 4, 1863	03rd term
18	Oakes Ames	R	MA-02	March 4, 1863	03rd term
19	John D. Baldwin	R	MA-08	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
20	James G. Blaine	R	ME-03	March 4, 1863	03rd term
21	George S. Boutwell	R	MA-07	March 4, 1863	03rd term
22	John Martin Broomall	R	PA-07	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
23	John W. Chanler	D	NY-07	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
24	Amasa Cobb	R	WI-03	March 4, 1863	03rd term
25	Charles Denison	D	PA-12	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Died on June 27, 1867.
26	Nathan F. Dixon II	R	RI-02	March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1849–1851.	04th term*
27	Ignatius L. Donnelly	R	MN-02	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
28	John F. Driggs	R	MI-06	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
29	Ephraim R. Eckley	R	OH-17	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
30	Charles A. Eldredge	D	WI-04	March 4, 1863	03rd term
31	John F. Farnsworth	R	IL-02	March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1857–1861.	05th term*
32	James A. Garfield	R	OH-19	March 4, 1863	03rd term
33	John A. Griswold	R	NY-15	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
34	William Higby	R	CA-02	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
35	Asahel W. Hubbard	R	IA-06	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
36	Calvin T. Hulburd	R	NY-17	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
37	Thomas Jenckes	R	RI-01	March 4, 1863	03rd term
38	Benjamin F. Loan	R	MO-07	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
39	James M. Marvin	R	NY-18	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
40	Joseph W. McClurg	R	MO-05	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Resigned in July 1868.
41	Leonard Myers	R	PA-03	March 4, 1863	03rd term
42	Godlove Stein Orth	R	IN-08	March 4, 1863	03rd term
43	Charles O'Neill	R	PA-02	March 4, 1863	03rd term
44	Sidney Perham	R	ME-02	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
45	Hiram Price	R	IA-02	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
46	Samuel J. Randall	D	PA-01	March 4, 1863	03rd term
47	Lewis Winans Ross	D	IL-09	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
48	Robert C. Schenck	R	OH-03	March 4, 1863 Previous service, 1843–1851.	07th term*
49	Glenni W. Scofield	R	PA-19	March 4, 1863	03rd term
50	Rufus P. Spalding	R	OH-18	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
51	Charles Upson	R	MI-02	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
52	William B. Washburn	R	MA-09	March 4, 1863	03rd term
53	Thomas Williams	R	PA-23	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
54	Frederick E. Woodbridge	R	VT-01	March 4, 1863	03rd term	Left the House in 1869.
55	Ebon C. Ingersoll	R	IL-05	May 20, 1864	03rd term
56	Delos R. Ashley	R	NV	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
57	George W. Anderson	R	MO-09	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
58	Jehu Baker	R	IL-12	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
59	John F. Benjamin	R	MO-08	March 4, 1865	02nd term
60	John Bingham	R	OH-16	March 4, 1865 Previous service, 1855–1863.	06th term*
61	Henry P. H. Bromwell	R	IL-07	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
62	Benjamin M. Boyer	D	PA-06	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
63	Ralph P. Buckland	R	OH-09	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
64	Reader W. Clarke	R	OH-06	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
65	Sidney Clarke	R	KS	March 4, 1865	02nd term
66	Burton C. Cook	R	IL-06	March 4, 1865	02nd term
67	Shelby M. Cullom	R	IL-08	March 4, 1865	02nd term
68	Benjamin Eggleston	R	OH-01	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
69	Thomas W. Ferry	R	MI-04	March 4, 1865	02nd term
70	Adam J. Glossbrenner	D	PA-15	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
71	Abner C. Harding	R	IL-04	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
72	Rutherford B. Hayes	R	OH-02	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Resigned on July 20, 1867.
73	Chester D. Hubbard	R	WV-01	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
74	James M. Humphrey	D	NY-30	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
75	Michael C. Kerr	D	IN-02	March 4, 1865	02nd term
76	John H. Ketcham	R	NY-12	March 4, 1865	02nd term
77	Addison H. Laflin	R	NY-20	March 4, 1865	02nd term
78	George Van Eman Lawrence	R	PA-24	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
79	William Lawrence	R	OH-04	March 4, 1865	02nd term
80	John Lynch	R	ME-01	March 4, 1865	02nd term
81	Samuel S. Marshall	D	IL-11	March 4, 1865 Previous service, 1855–1859.	04th term*
82	Hiram McCullough	D	MD-01	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
83	Ulysses Mercur	R	PA-13	March 4, 1865	02nd term
84	George F. Miller	R	PA-14	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
85	William E. Niblack	D	IN-01	March 4, 1865 Previous service, 1857–1861.	04th term*
86	John A. Nicholson	D	DE	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
87	Thomas E. Noell	D	MO-03	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Died on October 3, 1867.
88	Halbert E. Paine	R	WI-01	March 4, 1865	02nd term
89	Charles E. Phelps	D	MD-03	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
90	Tobias A. Plants	R	OH-15	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
91	Philetus Sawyer	R	WI-05	March 4, 1865	02nd term
92	Samuel Shellabarger	R	OH-07	March 4, 1865 Previous service, 1861–1863.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1869.
93	Charles Sitgreaves	D	NJ-03	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
94	Stephen Taber	D	NY-01	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
95	Lawrence S. Trimble	D	KY-01	March 4, 1865	02nd term
96	Rowland E. Trowbridge	R	MI-05	March 4, 1865 Previous service, 1861–1863.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1869.
97	Burt Van Horn	R	NY-29	March 4, 1865 Previous service, 1861–1863.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1869.
98	Henry Van Aernam	R	NY-31	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
99	Robert T. Van Horn	R	MO-06	March 4, 1865	02nd term
100	Hamilton Ward, Sr.	R	NY-27	March 4, 1865	02nd term
101	Martin Welker	R	OH-14	March 4, 1865	02nd term
102	Stephen F. Wilson	R	PA-18	March 4, 1865	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
103	Nathaniel P. Banks	R	MA-06	December 4, 1865 Previous service, 1853–1857.	05th term*
104	Isaac R. Hawkins	R	TN-07	December 4, 1865	02nd term
105	Henry D. Washburn	R	IN-07	February 23, 1866	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
106	William Henry Koontz	R	PA-16	July 18, 1866	02nd term	Left the House in 1869.
107	Samuel M. Arnell	R	TN-06	July 24, 1866	02nd term
108	Horace Maynard	R	TN-02	July 24, 1866 Previous service, 1857–1863.	05th term*
109	William Brickly Stokes	R	TN-03	July 24, 1866 Previous service, 1859–1861.	03rd term*
110	Elijah Hise	R	KY-03	December 3, 1866	02nd term	Died on May 8, 1867.
111	George M. Adams	D	KY-08	March 4, 1867	01st term
112	Stevenson Archer	D	MD-02	March 4, 1867	01st term
113	Samuel Beach Axtell	D	CA-01	March 4, 1867	01st term
114	Daniel Myers Van Auken	D	PA-11	March 4, 1867	01st term
115	William Henry Barnum	D	CT-04	March 4, 1867	01st term
116	Demas Barnes	D	NY-02	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
117	James B. Beck	D	KY-07	March 4, 1867	01st term
118	Jacob Benton	R	NH-03	March 4, 1867	01st term
119	Austin Blair	R	MI-03	March 4, 1867	01st term
120	James Brooks	D	NY-08	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1849–1853 and 1863–1866.	06th term**
121	Albert G. Burr	D	IL-10	March 4, 1867	01st term
122	Benjamin Butler	R	MA-05	March 4, 1867	01st term
123	Roderick R. Butler	R	TN-01	March 4, 1867	01st term
124	Henry L. Cake	R	PA-10	March 4, 1867	01st term
125	John C. Churchill	R	NY-22	March 4, 1867	01st term
126	John Coburn	R	IN-06	March 4, 1867	01st term
127	Thomas Cornell	R	NY-13	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
128	John Covode	W	PA-21	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1855–1863.	05th term*	Left the House in 1869.
129	Grenville M. Dodge	R	IA-05	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
130	Jacob H. Ela	R	NH-01	March 4, 1867	01st term
131	Orange Ferriss	R	NY-16	March 4, 1867	01st term
132	William C. Fields	R	NY-19	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
133	Darwin Abel Finney	R	PA-20	March 4, 1867	01st term	Died on August 25, 1868.
134	John Fox	D	NY-04	March 4, 1867	01st term
135	James L. Getz	D	PA-08	March 4, 1867	01st term
136	Joseph J. Gravely	R	MO-04	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
137	Asa Grover	D	KY-05	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
138	Charles Haight	D	NJ-02	March 4, 1867	01st term
139	George A. Halsey	R	NJ-05	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
140	Cornelius S. Hamilton	R	OH-08	March 4, 1867	01st term	Died on December 22, 1867.
141	John Hill	R	NJ-04	March 4, 1867	01st term
142	William S. Holman	D	IN-04	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1859–1865.	04th term*
143	Benjamin F. Hopkins	R	WI-02	March 4, 1867	01st term
144	Julius Hotchkiss	D	CT-02	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
145	Richard D. Hubbard	D	CT-01	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
146	Morton C. Hunter	R	IN-03	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
147	James A. Johnson	D	CA-03	March 4, 1867	01st term
148	Thomas L. Jones	D	KY-06	March 4, 1867	01st term
149	Norman B. Judd	R	IL-01	March 4, 1867	01st term
150	William H. Kelsey	R	NY-25	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1855–1859.	03rd term*
151	Bethuel Kitchen	R	WV-02	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
152	William S. Lincoln	R	NY-26	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
153	John A. Logan	R	IL	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1859–1862.	03rd term*
154	William Loughridge	R	IA-04	March 4, 1867	01st term
155	J. Proctor Knott	D	KY-04	March 4, 1867	01st term
156	Rufus Mallory	R	OR	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
157	Dennis McCarthy	R	NY-23	March 4, 1867	01st term
158	George W. Morgan	D	OH-13	March 4, 1867	01st term	Resigned on June 3, 1868.
159	William Moore	R	NJ-01	March 4, 1867	01st term
160	Daniel Johnson Morrell	R	PA-17	March 4, 1867	01st term
161	John Morrissey	D	NY-05	March 4, 1867	01st term
162	James Mullins	R	TN-04	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
163	William Mungen	D	OH-05	March 4, 1867	01st term
164	Carman A. Newcomb	R	MO-02	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
165	David A. Nunn	R	TN-08	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
166	Green Berry Raum	R	IL-13	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
167	John A. Peters	R	ME-04	March 4, 1867	01st term
168	William A. Pile	R	MO-01	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
169	Luke P. Poland	R	VT-02	March 4, 1867	01st term
170	Daniel Polsley	R	WV-03	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
171	John V. L. Pruyn	D	NY-14	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1863–1865.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1869.
172	William E. Robinson	D	NY-03	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
173	William H. Robertson	R	NY-10	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
174	Lewis Selye	R	NY-28	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
175	John P. C. Shanks	R	IN-11	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1861–1863.	02nd term*
176	Worthington C. Smith	R	VT-03	March 4, 1867	01st term
177	Henry H. Starkweather	R	CT-03	March 4, 1867	01st term
178	Aaron F. Stevens	R	NH-02	March 4, 1867	01st term
179	Thomas E. Stewart	R	NY-06	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
180	Frederick Stone	D	MD-05	March 4, 1867	01st term
181	J. Hale Sypher	R	LA-01	March 4, 1867	01st term
182	John Taffe	D	NE	March 4, 1867	01st term
183	Caleb N. Taylor	R	PA-05	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
184	John Trimble	R	TN-05	March 4, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
185	Ginery Twichell	R	MA-03	March 4, 1867	01st term
186	Cadwallader C. Washburn	R	WI-06	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1855–1861.	04th term*
187	William Williams	R	IN-10	March 4, 1867	01st term
188	John T. Wilson	R	OH-11	March 4, 1867	01st term
189	Philadelph Van Trump	D	OH-12	March 4, 1867	01st term
190	Charles Van Wyck	R	NY-11	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1859–1863.	03rd term*	Left the House in 1869.
191	Fernando Wood	D	NY-09	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1841–1843 and 1863–1865.	03rd term**
	Samuel F. Cary	R	OH-02	November 21, 1867	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	George W. Woodward	D	PA-12	November 21, 1867	01st term
	Alexander H. Bailey	R	NY-21	November 30, 1867	01st term
	Jacob Golladay	D	KY-03	December 5, 1867	01st term
	James R. McCormick	D	MO-03	December 17, 1867	01st term
	John Beatty	R	OH-08	February 5, 1868	01st term
	Columbus Delano	R	OH-13	June 3, 1868 Previous service, 1845–1847 and 1865–1867.	03rd term**	Left the House in 1869.
	Thomas Boles	R	AR-03	June 22, 1868	01st term
	James M. Hinds	R	AR-02	June 22, 1868	01st term	Died on October 22, 1868.
	Samuel McKee	R	KY-09	June 22, 1868 Previous service, 1865–1867.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1869.
	Logan H. Roots	R	AR-01	June 22, 1868	01st term
	Samuel F. Gove	R	GA-04	June 25, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Charles M. Hamilton	R	FL	July 1, 1868	01st term
	John T. Deweese	R	NC-04	July 6, 1868	01st term
	John R. French	R	NC-01	July 6, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Alexander H. Jones	R	NC-07	July 6, 1868	01st term
	Oliver H. Dockery	R	NC-03	July 13, 1868	01st term
	David Heaton	R	NC-02	July 15, 1868	01st term
	W. Jasper Blackburn	R	LA-05	July 18, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Manuel S. Corley	R	SC-03	July 18, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	James H. Goss	R	SC-04	July 18, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	James Mann	D	LA-02	July 18, 1868	01st term	Died on August 26, 1868.
	Joseph P. Newsham	R	LA-03	July 18, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Benjamin Franklin Whittemore	R	SC-01	July 18, 1868	01st term
	Michel Vidal	R	LA-04	July 18, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Christopher C. Bowen	R	SC-02	July 20, 1868	01st term
	Nathaniel Boyden	D	NC-06	July 20, 1868 Previous service, 1847–1849.	02nd term*	Left the House in 1869.
	Israel G. Lash	R	NC-05	July 20, 1868	01st term
	Charles Waldron Buckley	R	AL-02	July 21, 1868	01st term
	John B. Callis	R	AL-05	July 21, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Thomas Haughey	R	AL-06	July 21, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Benjamin W. Norris	R	AL-03	July 21, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Charles W. Pierce	R	AL-04	July 21, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Francis W. Kellogg	R	AL-01	July 22, 1868 Previous service, 1859–1865.	04th term*	Left the House in 1869.
	Joseph W. Clift	R	GA-01	July 25, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	William P. Edwards	R	GA-03	July 25, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Charles H. Prince	R	GA-05	July 25, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Nelson Tift	D	GA-02	July 25, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Pierce M. B. Young	D	GA-07	July 25, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Oliver J. Dickey	R	PA-09	December 7, 1868	01st term
	John H. Stover	R	MO-05	December 7, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	Solomon Newton Pettis	R	PA-20	December 7, 1868	01st term	Left the House in 1869.
	James T. Elliott	R	AR-02	January 13, 1869	01st term	Left the House in 1869.

Delegates

Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date (Previous service, if any)	No.# of term(s)	Notes
1	Walter A. Burleigh	R	DAK	March 4, 1865	02nd term
2	Edward Dexter Holbrook	D	ID	March 4, 1865	02nd term
3	William Henry Hooper	D	UT	March 4, 1865 Previous service, 1859–1861.	03rd term*
4	Coles Bashford	R	AZ	March 4, 1867	01st term
5	James M. Cavanaugh	D	MT	March 4, 1867 Previous service, 1858–1859.	02nd term*
6	George M. Chilcott	R	CO	March 4, 1867	01st term
7	Alvan Flanders	R	WA	March 4, 1867	01st term
	Charles P. Clever	D	NM	September 2, 1867	01st term
	José Francisco Chaves	R	NM	February 20, 1869 Previous service, 1865–1867.	02nd term*

See also

• 40th United States Congress
• List of United States congressional districts
• List of United States senators in the 40th Congress by seniority

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from 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

External links

• Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives