List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 65th Congress by seniority
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 65th 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 65th Congress (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919). 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 65th Congress.[2]
Seniority
[edit]House seniority
[edit]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. If there is still a tie, then the first names are used.
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), the member is ranked above all others whose service begins on the same day.
Committee seniority
[edit]At the start of the 65th Congress in 1917, 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. 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 a group of fifty five standing committee chairmen, at the start of this Congress, Nelson Polsby identified forty five as the most senior member of the majority on the committee. In seven other cases, senior majority members were compensated for not being chairman of the committee (five chaired another committee and two received better committee assignments than in the previous Congress). In three instances there was no obvious compensation for the apparent violation of the seniority custom.[4]
Committees
[edit]This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 65th Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee (adoption of the name used in 1917), 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. | 1917 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 | Industrial Arts and Expositions | 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 | Pensions | 1880 | 15 | Veterans' Affairs |
45 | Post Office and Post Roads | 1808 | 21 | Oversight and Government Reform |
46 | Public Buildings and Grounds | 1837 | 20 | Transportation and Infrastructure |
47 | Public Lands | 1805 | 21 | Natural Resources |
48 | Railways and Canals | 1831 (1869) | 14 | Transportation and Infrastructure |
49 | Reform in the Civil Service | 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 | 17 | Natural Resources |
55 | War Claims | 1825 (1873) | 15 | Judiciary |
56 | Ways and Means | 1802 | 22 | Ways and Means |
57 | Woman Suffrage | 1917 | 13 | ... |
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
[edit]A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 435 members initially elected to the 65th Congress. Other members, who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number. Three Representatives-elect died before the Congress started and one resigned after the legal start of the term without qualifying. The list below includes those Representatives-elect (with names in italics), with the seniority they would have held if they had been able 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-one non-consecutive terms | |||||
1 | Joseph G. Cannon | R | IL-18 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1873–91 and 1893–1913 while in the House. |
Fourteen consecutive terms | |||||
2 | William A. Jones | D | VA-1 | March 4, 1891 | Dean of the House. Chairman: Insular Affairs. Died on April 17, 1918, while still serving in the House. |
Thirteen consecutive terms | |||||
3 | Henry A. Cooper | R | WI-1 | March 4, 1893 | Last term while serving in the House until 67th Congress |
4 | Frederick H. Gillett | R | MA-2 | ||
Twelve non-consecutive terms | |||||
5 | James B. (Champ) Clark | D | MO-9 | March 4, 1897 | Speaker of the House. Previously served 1893–95 while in the House. |
Eleven consecutive terms | |||||
6 | William C. Adamson | D | GA-4 | March 4, 1897 | Chairman: Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Resigned on December 18, 1917, while still serving in the House. |
7 | Thomas S. Butler | R | PA-7 | Independent Republican, 1897–99 | |
8 | Edward L. Hamilton | R | MI-4 | ||
9 | James R. Mann | R | IL-2 | Minority Leader | |
10 | John A. Moon | D | TN-3 | Chairman: Post Office and Post Roads | |
11 | Thetus W. Sims | D | TN-8 | Chairman: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1917) | |
12 | James L. Slayden | D | TX-14 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
13 | William S. Greene | R | MA-15 | May 31, 1898 | Republican Conference Chairman |
Eleven non-consecutive terms | |||||
14 | George E. Foss | R | IL-10 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1895–1913 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
15 | Ebenezer J. Hill | R | CT-4 | Previously served 1895–1913 while in the House. Died on September 27, 1917, while still serving in the House. | |
16 | Frank W. Mondell | R | WY-al | March 4, 1899 | Previously served 1895–97 while in the House. |
17 | Cyrus A. Sulloway | R | NH-1 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1895–1913 while in the House. Died March 11, 1917, while serving in the House. |
18 | Richard W. Parker | D | NJ-9 | December 1, 1914 | Previously served 1895–1911 while in the House. Last term until 67th Congress while serving in the House. |
Ten consecutive terms | |||||
19 | John L. Burnett | D | AL-7 | March 4, 1899 | Chairman: Immigration and Naturalization |
20 | John J. Esch | R | WI-7 | ||
21 | David E. Finley | D | SC-5 | Died, as Representative-elect, January 26, 1917 | |
22 | John J. Fitzgerald | D | NY-7 | Chairman: Appropriations. Resigned on December 31, 1917, while still serving in the House. | |
23 | Joseph W. Fordney | R | MI-8 | ||
24 | Gilbert N. Haugen | R | IA-4 | ||
25 | William W. Rucker | D | MO-2 | Chairman: Election of President, Vice President and Representatives | |
26 | John H. Small | D | NC-1 | Chairman: Rivers and Harbors | |
27 | Dorsey W. Shackleford | D | MO-8 | August 29, 1899 | Chairman: Roads. Last term while serving in the House. |
Nine consecutive terms | |||||
28 | Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. | D | MS-1 | March 4, 1901 | |
29 | Henry D. Flood | D | VA-10 | Chairman: Foreign Affairs | |
30 | Claude Kitchin | D | NC-2 | Chairman: Ways and Means. Majority Leader. | |
31 | Lemuel P. Padgett | D | TN-7 | Chairman: Naval Affairs | |
32 | Edward W. Pou | D | NC-4 | Chairman: Rules | |
33 | Asbury F. Lever | D | SC-7 | November 5, 1901 | Chairman: Agriculture |
34 | Augustus P. Gardner | R | MA-6 | November 4, 1902 | Resigned on May 15, 1917, while still serving in the House. |
35 | Carter Glass | D | VA-6 | Chairman: Banking and Currency. Resigned on December 16, 1918, while still serving in the House. | |
Nine non-consecutive terms | |||||
36 | James H. Davidson | R | WI-6 | March 4, 1917 | Previously served 1897–1913 while in the House. Died on August 6, 1918, while still serving in the House. |
37 | Julius Kahn | R | CA-4 | March 4, 1905 | Previously served 1899–1903 while in the House. |
38 | J. Frederick Talbott | D | MD-2 | March 4, 1909 | Previously served 1879–85 and 1893–95 while in the House. Died on October 5, 1918, while still serving in the House. |
Eight consecutive terms | |||||
39 | Philip P. Campbell | R | KS-3 | March 4, 1903 | |
40 | Charles R. Davis | R | MN-3 | ||
41 | John N. Garner | D | TX-15 | ||
42 | Alexander W. Gregg | D | TX-7 | Chairman: War Claims. Last term while serving in the House. | |
43 | Benjamin G. Humphreys | D | MS-3 | Chairman: Flood Control | |
44 | Moses P. Kinkaid | R | NE-6 | ||
45 | Henry T. Rainey | D | IL-20 | ||
46 | J. Swagar Sherley | D | KY-5 | Chairman: Appropriations (1918). Last term while serving in the House. | |
47 | Halvor Steenerson | R | MN-9 | ||
48 | Andrew J. Volstead | R | MN-7 | ||
49 | Edwin Y. Webb | D | NC-9 | Chairman: Judiciary | |
50 | J. Thomas Heflin | D | AL-5 | May 19, 1904 | |
Eight non-consecutive terms | |||||
51 | William A. Rodenberg | R | IL-22 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1899–1901 and 1903–13 while in the House. |
52 | Daniel J. Riordan | D | NY-11 | November 6, 1906 | Previously served 1899–1901 while in the House. |
Seven consecutive terms | |||||
53 | Thomas M. Bell | D | GA-9 | March 4, 1905 | |
54 | Frank Clark | D | FL-2 | Chairman: Public Buildings and Grounds | |
55 | Lincoln Dixon | D | IN-4 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
56 | Finis J. Garrett | D | TN-9 | Chairman: Insular Affairs (1918) | |
57 | Everis A. Hayes | R | CA-8 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
58 | William C. Houston | D | TN-5 | Chairman: Territories. Last term while serving in the House. | |
59 | Gordon Lee | D | GA-7 | ||
60 | Martin B. Madden | R | IL-1 | ||
61 | John T. Watkins | D | LA-4 | Chairman: Revision of Laws | |
62 | John M. Nelson | R | WI-3 | September 4, 1906 | Last term while serving in the House until 67th Congress. |
63 | J. Hampton Moore | R | PA-3 | November 6, 1906 | |
64 | Edward W. Saunders | D | VA-5 | Democratic Caucus Chairman | |
Seven non-consecutive terms | |||||
65 | Charles E. Fuller | R | IL-12 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1903–13 while in the House. |
66 | Courtney W. Hamlin | D | MO-7 | March 4, 1907 | Previously served 1903–05 while in the House. Chairman: Expenditures in the State Department. Last term while serving in the House. |
67 | Nicholas Longworth | R | OH-1 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1903–13 while in the House. |
68 | Isaac R. Sherwood | D | OH-9 | March 4, 1907 | Previously served (R) 1873–75 while in the House. Chairman: Invalid Pensions. |
69 | William H. Stafford | R | WI-5 | March 4, 1913 | Previously served 1903–11 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House until 67th Congress |
70 | John A. Sterling | R | IL-17 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1903–13 while in the House. Died on October 17, 1918, while still serving in the House. |
71 | William W. Wilson | R | IL-3 | Previously served 1903–13 while in the House. | |
72 | Charles F. Booher | D | MO-4 | March 4, 1907 | Previously served February 19-March 3, 1889, while in the House. |
Six consecutive terms | |||||
73 | Joshua W. Alexander | D | MO-3 | March 4, 1907 | Chairman: Merchant Marine and Fisheries |
74 | William A. Ashbrook | D | OH-17 | Chairman: Coinage, Weights and Measures | |
75 | William J. Cary | R | WI-4 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
76 | William E. Cox | D | IN-3 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
77 | George W. Fairchild | R | NY-34 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
78 | Martin D. Foster | D | IL-23 | Chairman: Mines and Mining. Last term while serving in the House. | |
79 | Hannibal L. Godwin | D | NC-6 | Chairman: Reform in the Civil Service | |
80 | James A. Hamill | D | NJ-12 | Chairman: Elections No. 2 | |
81 | Rufus Hardy | D | TX-6 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Navy Department | |
82 | Willis C. Hawley | R | OR-1 | ||
83 | Harvey Helm | D | KY-8 | Chairman: Census. Died March 3, 1919, while still serving in the House. | |
84 | Cordell Hull | D | TN-4 | ||
85 | Ben Johnson | D | KY-4 | Chairman: District of Columbia | |
86 | Charles A. Kennedy | R | IA-1 | ||
87 | John W. Langley | R | KY-10 | ||
88 | James C. McLaughlin | R | MI-9 | ||
89 | Adolph J. Sabath | D | IL-5 | Chairman: Alcohol Liquor Traffic | |
90 | Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. | R | KS-1 | May 23, 1907 | |
91 | Charles C. Carlin | D | VA-8 | November 5, 1907 | |
92 | Charles D. Carter | D | OK-3 | November 16, 1907 | Chairman: Indian Affairs |
93 | Scott Ferris | D | OK-6 | Chairman: Public Lands | |
94 | C. Bascom Slemp | R | VA-9 | December 17, 1907 | |
95 | Henry A. Barnhart | D | IN-13 | November 3, 1908 | Last term while serving in the House. |
96 | Albert Estopinal | D | LA-1 | ||
Six non-consecutive terms | |||||
97 | Burton L. French | R | ID-al | March 4, 1917 | Previously served 1903–09 and 1911–15 while in the House. |
98 | William B. McKinley | R | IL-19 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1905–13 while in the House. |
99 | Harry C. Woodyard | R | WV-4 | November 7, 1916 | Previously served 1903–11 while in the House. |
Five consecutive terms | |||||
100 | Richard W. Austin | R | TN-2 | March 4, 1909 | Last term while in the House. |
101 | William P. Borland | D | MO-5 | Died on February 20, 1919, while still serving in the House. | |
102 | Joseph W. Byrns | D | TN-6 | ||
103 | J. Campbell Cantrill | D | KY-7 | Chairman: Industrial Arts and Expositions | |
104 | James W. Collier | D | MS-8 | ||
105 | Michael F. Conry | D | NY-15 | Died as Representative-elect March 2, 1917 | |
106 | S. Hubert Dent, Jr. | D | AL-2 | Chairman: Military Affairs | |
107 | Martin Dies | D | TX-2 | Last term while still serving in the House. | |
108 | Thomas Gallagher | D | IL-8 | ||
109 | James W. Good | R | IA-5 | ||
110 | William W. Griest | R | PA-9 | ||
111 | Irvine L. Lenroot | R | WI-11 | Resigned to become a US Senator: April 17, 1918 | |
112 | Clarence B. Miller | R | MN-8 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
113 | Dick T. Morgan | R | OK-8 | ||
114 | William A. Oldfield | D | AR-2 | ||
115 | Thomas U. Sisson | D | MS-4 | ||
116 | Edward T. Taylor | D | CO-4 | Chairman: Irrigation of Arid Lands | |
117 | Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. | D | KY-3 | ||
118 | Frank P. Woods | R | IA-10 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
119 | Clement C. Dickinson | D | MO-6 | February 1, 1910 | |
120 | H. Garland Dupré | D | LA-2 | November 8, 1910 | |
Five non-consecutive terms | |||||
121 | Benjamin K. Focht | R | PA-17 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1907–13 while in the House. |
122 | James McAndrews | D | IL-6 | March 4, 1913 | Previously served 1901–05 while in the House. |
123 | Joseph J. Russell | D | MO-14 | March 4, 1911 | Previously served 1907–09 while in the House. Last term while in the House. |
Four consecutive terms | |||||
124 | Sydney Anderson | R | MN-1 | March 4, 1911 | |
125 | Fred L. Blackmon | D | AL-4 | ||
126 | James F. Byrnes | D | SC-2 | ||
127 | Ira C. Copley | R | IL-11 | Progressive 1915–17 while in the House. | |
128 | Frank E. Doremus | D | MI-1 | ||
129 | Robert L. Doughton | D | NC-8 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Agriculture Department | |
130 | John R. Farr | R | PA-10 | Last term while serving in the House until seated during the 66th Congress | |
131 | William J. Fields | D | KY-9 | ||
132 | William S. Goodwin | D | AR-7 | ||
133 | Pat Harrison | D | MS-6 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
134 | Henry T. Helgesen | R | ND-1 | Died on April 10, 1917, while still serving in the House. | |
135 | Walter L. Hensley | D | MO-13 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
136 | Edward E. Holland | D | VA-2 | ||
137 | William S. Howard | D | GA-5 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
138 | Henderson M. Jacoway | D | AR-5 | ||
139 | William L. La Follette | R | WA-4 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
140 | J. Charles Linthicum | D | MD-4 | ||
141 | Charles O. Lobeck | D | NE-2 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Last term while serving in the House. | |
142 | James P. Maher | D | NY-5 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Labor Department | |
143 | John C. McKenzie | R | IL-13 | ||
144 | Luther W. Mott | R | NY-32 | ||
145 | George F. O'Shaunessy | D | RI-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
146 | Stephen G. Porter | R | PA-29 | ||
147 | Caleb Powers | R | KY-11 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
148 | John E. Raker | D | CA-2 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Justice Department; Chairman: Woman Suffrage | |
149 | Edwin E. Roberts | R | NV-al | Last term while serving in the House. | |
150 | Arthur B. Rouse | D | KY-6 | ||
151 | Thomas L. Rubey | D | MO-16 | ||
152 | Thomas J. Scully | D | NJ-3 | ||
153 | Sam R. Sells | R | TN-1 | ||
154 | Charles H. Sloan | R | NE-4 | Last term while serving in the House until 71st Congress | |
155 | Charles B. Smith | D | NY-41 | Chairman: Patents. Last term while serving in the House. | |
156 | John M. C. Smith | R | MI-3 | ||
157 | Charles M. Stedman | D | NC-5 | ||
158 | Hubert D. Stephens | D | MS-2 | Chairman: Claims | |
159 | Robert M. Switzer | R | OH-10 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
160 | Horace M. Towner | R | IA-8 | ||
161 | Samuel J. Tribble | D | GA-8 | Died as Representative-elect on December 8, 1916 | |
162 | James Young | D | TX-3 | ||
163 | William R. Green | R | IA-9 | June 5, 1911 | |
164 | Leonidas C. Dyer | R | MO-12 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1911-June 19, 1914, while in the House. |
165 | William J. Browning | R | NJ-1 | November 7, 1911 | |
166 | Dan V. Stephens | D | NE-3 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
167 | Carl T. Hayden | D | AZ-al | February 19, 1912 | |
168 | William S. Vare | R | PA-1 | May 24, 1912 | |
169 | Frank L. Greene | R | VT-1 | July 30, 1912 | |
170 | Samuel M. Taylor | D | AR-6 | January 15, 1913 | |
Four non-consecutive terms | |||||
171 | John Q. Tilson | R | CT-3 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1909–13 while in the House. |
172 | Charles R. Crisp | D | GA-3 | March 4, 1913 | Previously served December 19, 1896–97 while in the House. |
Three consecutive terms | |||||
173 | James B. Aswell | D | LA-8 | March 4, 1913 | |
174 | Alben W. Barkley | D | KY-1 | ||
175 | Frederick A. Britten | R | IL-9 | ||
176 | Edward E. Browne | R | WI-8 | ||
177 | Henry Bruckner | D | NY-22 | Chairman: Railways and Canals. Resigned December 31, 1917, while still serving in the House. | |
178 | Clement L. Brumbaugh | D | OH-12 | Chairman: Railways and Canals (1918) | |
179 | Thaddeus H. Caraway | D | AR-1 | ||
180 | John F. Carew | D | NY-17 | ||
181 | Walter M. Chandler | R | NY-19 | Progressive 1913–17 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House until 67th Congress. | |
182 | Denver S. Church | D | CA-7 | Last term while serving in the House until 73rd Congress | |
183 | John R. Connelly | D | KS-6 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
184 | Louis C. Cramton | R | MI-7 | ||
185 | Robert Crosser | D | OH-21 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Commerce Department. Last term while serving in the House until 68th Congress | |
186 | Charles F. Curry | R | CA-3 | ||
187 | Harry H. Dale | D | NY-4 | Resigned on January 6, 1919, while still serving in the House. | |
188 | Perl D. Decker | D | MO-15 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
189 | Charles H. Dillon | R | SD-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
190 | Peter J. Dooling | D | NY-16 | Chairman: Expenditures in the War Department | |
191 | Dudley Doolittle | D | KS-4 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
192 | Thomas B. Dunn | R | NY-38 | ||
193 | John J. Eagan | D | NJ-11 | ||
194 | Joe H. Eagle | D | TX-8 | ||
195 | George W. Edmonds | R | PA-4 | ||
196 | John M. Evans | D | MT-al | ||
197 | Simeon D. Fess | R | OH-7 | ||
198 | James A. Frear | R | WI-10 | ||
199 | Warren Gard | D | OH-3 | ||
200 | William Gordon | D | OH-20 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
201 | George S. Graham | R | PA-2 | ||
202 | Daniel J. Griffin | D | NY-8 | Resigned on December 31, 1917, while still serving in the House. | |
203 | Charles M. Hamilton | R | NY-43 | Minority Whip. Last term while serving in the House. | |
204 | Guy T. Helvering | D | KS-5 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
205 | William L. Igoe | D | MO-11 | ||
206 | Albert Johnson | R | WA-3 | ||
207 | Edward Keating | D | CO-3 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Last term while serving in the House. | |
208 | Patrick H. Kelley | R | MI-6 | ||
209 | Ambrose Kennedy | R | RI-3 | ||
210 | William Kettner | D | CA-11 | ||
211 | John A. Key | D | OH-8 | Chairman: Pensions. Last term while serving in the House. | |
212 | Edgar R. Kiess | R | PA-15 | ||
213 | Aaron S. Kreider | R | PA-18 | ||
214 | Ladislas Lazaro | D | LA-7 | ||
215 | John V. Lesher | D | PA-16 | ||
216 | Carl E. Mapes | R | MI-5 | ||
217 | Andrew J. Montague | D | VA-3 | ||
218 | John M. Morin | R | PA-31 | ||
219 | John I. Nolan | R | CA-5 | ||
220 | Patrick D. Norton | R | ND-3 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
221 | James S. Parker | R | NY-29 | ||
222 | Michael F. Phelan | D | MA-7 | Chairman: Banking and Currency (1918) | |
223 | Edmund Platt | R | NY-26 | ||
224 | Percy E. Quin | D | MS-7 | ||
225 | J. Willard Ragsdale | D | SC-6 | ||
226 | Sam Rayburn | D | TX-4 | ||
227 | John J. Rogers | R | MA-5 | ||
228 | Nicholas J. Sinnott | R | OR-2 | ||
229 | Addison T. Smith | R | ID-al | ||
230 | Hatton W. Sumners | D | TX-5 | ||
231 | Joseph B. Thompson | D | OK-5 | ||
232 | Allen T. Treadway | R | MA-1 | ||
233 | John R. Walker | D | GA-11 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
234 | Walter A. Watson | D | VA-4 | Chairman: Elections No. 3 | |
235 | Otis T. Wingo | D | AR-4 | ||
236 | Samuel E. Winslow | R | MA-4 | ||
237 | George M. Young | R | ND-2 | ||
238 | James P. Buchanan | D | TX-10 | April 15, 1913 | |
239 | Richard S. Whaley | D | SC-1 | April 29, 1913 | |
240 | John A. Peters | R | ME-3 | September 9, 1913 | |
241 | Matthew M. Neely | D | WV-1 | October 14, 1913 | |
242 | Charles P. Coady | D | MD-3 | November 4, 1913 | |
243 | Calvin D. Paige | R | MA-3 | ||
244 | Frank Park | D | GA-2 | Chairman: Accounts | |
245 | Dow H. Drukker | R | NJ-7 | April 7, 1914 | Last term while serving in the House. |
246 | James A. Gallivan | D | MA-12 | ||
247 | Henry W. Temple | R | PA-24 | November 2, 1915 | Previously served (Progressive) 1913–15 while in the House. |
248 | Jesse D. Price | D | MD-1 | November 3, 1914 | Last term while serving in the House. |
249 | Carl Vinson | D | GA-10 | ||
Three non-consecutive terms | |||||
250 | Elsworth R. Bathrick | D | OH-14 | March 4, 1917 | Previously served 1911–15. Died on December 23, 1917, while still serving in the House. |
251 | Horatio C. Claypool | D | OH-11 | Previously served 1911–15 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
252 | Thomas S. Crago | R | PA-al | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1911–13 while in the House. |
253 | David Hollingsworth | R | OH-18 | Previously served 1909–11 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
254 | Adam B. Littlepage | D | WV-6 | Previously served 1911–13 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
255 | William E. Mason | R | IL-al | March 4, 1917 | Previously served 1887–91 while in the House. |
256 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | D | NE-5 | March 4, 1915 | Previously served 1901–03 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House until 68th Congress. |
257 | John S. Snook | D | OH-5 | March 4, 1917 | Previously served 1901–05 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
258 | George White | D | OH-15 | Previously served 1911–15 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
259 | George C. Scott | R | IA-11 | Previously served November 5, 1912–15 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
Two consecutive terms | |||||
260 | Edward B. Almon | D | AL-8 | March 4, 1915 | |
261 | William A. Ayres | D | KS-8 | ||
262 | Isaac Bacharach | R | NJ-2 | ||
263 | Eugene Black | D | TX-1 | ||
264 | C. Pope Caldwell | D | NY-2 | ||
265 | John H. Capstick | R | NJ-5 | Died on March 17, 1918, while still serving in the House. | |
266 | William H. Carter | R | MA-13 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
267 | Edward Cooper | R | WV-5 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
268 | John G. Cooper | R | OH-19 | ||
269 | Peter E. Costello | R | PA-5 | ||
270 | Porter H. Dale | R | VT-2 | ||
271 | Frederick W. Dallinger | R | MA-8 | ||
272 | George P. Darrow | R | PA-6 | ||
273 | S. Wallace Dempsey | R | NY-40 | ||
274 | Edward E. Denison | R | IL-25 | ||
275 | Arthur G. Dewalt | D | PA-13 | ||
276 | Clarence C. Dill | D | WA-5 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
277 | Cassius C. Dowell | R | IA-7 | ||
278 | Franklin Ellsworth | R | MN-2 | ||
279 | John A. Elston | Prog | CA-6 | Republican and Progressive candidate: 1916 election [6] | |
280 | Henry I. Emerson | R | OH-22 | ||
281 | Joseph V. Flynn | D | NY-3 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
282 | Richard P. Freeman | R | CT-2 | ||
283 | Harry L. Gandy | D | SD-3 | ||
284 | Mahlon M. Garland | R | PA-al | ||
285 | James P. Glynn | R | CT-5 | ||
286 | Edward W. Gray | R | NJ-8 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
287 | Oscar L. Gray | D | AL-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
288 | Lindley H. Hadley | R | WA-2 | ||
289 | Reuben L. Haskell | R | NY-10 | ||
290 | William W. Hastings | D | OK-2 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Interior Department | |
291 | Robert D. Heaton | R | PA-12 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
292 | Frederick C. Hicks | R | NY-1 | ||
293 | Benjamin C. Hilliard | D | CO-1 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
294 | George E. Hood | D | NC-3 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
295 | George Huddleston | D | AL-9 | ||
296 | G. Murray Hulbert | D | NY-21 | Resigned on January 1, 1918, while still serving in the House. | |
297 | Harry E. Hull | R | IA-2 | ||
298 | James W. Husted | R | NY-25 | ||
299 | Elijah C. Hutchinson | R | NJ-4 | ||
300 | W. Frank James | R | MI-12 | ||
301 | Royal C. Johnson | R | SD-2 | ||
302 | Charles C. Kearns | R | OH-6 | ||
303 | David H. Kincheloe | D | KY-2 | ||
304 | Edward J. King | R | IL-15 | ||
305 | Frederick R. Lehlbach | R | NJ-10 | ||
306 | Meyer London | Soc | NY-12 | Socialist. Last term while serving in the House until 67th Congress | |
307 | Walter W. Magee | R | NY-35 | ||
308 | Whitmell P. Martin | Prog | LA-3 | ||
309 | James H. Mays | D | UT-2 | ||
310 | Clifton N. McArthur | R | OR-3 | ||
311 | James V. McClintic | D | OK-7 | Chairman: Expenditures on Public Buildings | |
312 | Roscoe C. McCulloch | R | OH-16 | ||
313 | Louis T. McFadden | R | PA-14 | ||
314 | A. Jeff McLemore | D | TX-al | Last term while serving in the House. | |
315 | Jacob E. Meeker | R | MO-10 | Died on October 16, 1918, while still serving in the House. | |
316 | Merrill Moores | R | IN-7 | ||
317 | Sydney E. Mudd II | R | MD-5 | ||
318 | Charles A. Nichols | R | MI-13 | ||
319 | William B. Oliver | D | AL-6 | ||
320 | Richard Olney II | D | MA-14 | ||
321 | Arthur W. Overmyer | D | OH-13 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
322 | Harry H. Pratt | R | NY-37 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
323 | C. William Ramseyer | R | IA-6 | ||
324 | Charles H. Randall | Proh | CA-9 | Prohibition | |
325 | C. Frank Reavis | R | NE-1 | ||
326 | Frederick W. Rowe | R | NY-6 | ||
327 | Charles H. Rowland | R | PA-21 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
328 | Rollin B. Sanford | R | NY-28 | ||
329 | Thomas D. Schall | R | MN-10 | ||
330 | Frank D. Scott | R | MI-11 | ||
331 | John R. K. Scott | R | PA-al | Resigned on January 5, 1919, while still serving in the House. | |
332 | William J. Sears | D | FL-4 | Chairman: Education | |
333 | Jouett Shouse | D | KS-7 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
334 | Isaac Siegel | R | NY-20 | ||
335 | Homer P. Snyder | R | NY-33 | ||
336 | Henry B. Steagall | D | AL-3 | ||
337 | Henry J. Steele | D | PA-26 | ||
338 | Walter R. Stiness | R | RI-2 | ||
339 | Burton E. Sweet | R | IA-3 | ||
340 | Oscar W. Swift | R | NY-9 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
341 | Peter F. Tague | D | MA-10 | Last term while serving in the House until seated in 66th Congress | |
342 | John N. Tillman | D | AR-3 | ||
343 | Charles B. Timberlake | R | CO-2 | ||
344 | George H. Tinkham | R | MA-11 | ||
345 | Carl Van Dyke | D | MN-4 | ||
346 | Joseph Walsh | R | MA-16 | ||
347 | Charles B. Ward | R | NY-27 | ||
348 | Edward H. Wason | R | NH-2 | ||
349 | Henry W. Watson | R | PA-8 | ||
350 | Loren E. Wheeler | R | IL-21 | ||
351 | Thomas S. Williams | R | IL-24 | ||
352 | Riley J. Wilson | D | LA-5 | Chairman: Elections No. 1 | |
353 | James W. Wise | D | GA-6 | ||
354 | William R. Wood | R | IN-10 | ||
355 | Samuel J. Nicholls | D | SC-4 | September 14, 1915 | |
356 | Norman J. Gould | R | NY-36 | November 2, 1915 | |
357 | Bertrand H. Snell | R | NY-31 | ||
358 | William W. Venable | D | MS-5 | January 4, 1916 | |
359 | George M. Bowers | R | WV-2 | May 9, 1916 | |
360 | Thomas W. Harrison | D | VA-7 | November 7, 1916 | |
Two non-consecutive terms | |||||
361 | Andrew R. Brodbeck | D | PA-20 | March 4, 1917 | Previously served 1913–15 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
362 | Benjamin L. Fairchild | R | NY-24 | Previously served 1895–97 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House until 67th Congress. | |
363 | Daniel E. Garrett | D | TX-al | Previously served 1913–15 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House until 67th Congress. | |
364 | M. Clyde Kelly | Prog | PA-30 | Previously served (Republican) 1913–15 while in the House. | |
365 | Augustine Lonergan | D | CT-1 | Previously served 1913–15 while in the House. | |
366 | Edward E. Robbins | R | PA-22 | Previously served 1897–99 while in the House. Died January 25, 1919, while still serving in the House. | |
367 | James W. Overstreet | D | GA-1 | Previously served October 3, 1906–07 while in the House. | |
One term | |||||
368 | Mark R. Bacon | R | MI-2 | March 4, 1917 | Unseated after recount: December 13, 1917 |
369 | William B. Bankhead | D | AL-10 | ||
370 | Oscar E. Bland | R | IN-2 | ||
371 | Thomas L. Blanton | D | TX-16 | ||
372 | Orrin D. Bleakley | R | PA-28 | Resigned as Representative-elect April 3, 1917 (never qualified) | |
... | Charles H. Brand | D | GA-8 | Special election January 11, 1917 (before start of the term) [7] | |
373 | Guy E. Campbell | D | PA-32 | ||
374 | Thomas A. Chandler | R | OK-1 | Only term while serving in the House until 67th Congress | |
375 | Henry A. Clark | R | PA-25 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
376 | David G. Classon | R | WI-9 | ||
377 | Daniel W. Comstock | R | IN-6 | Died on May 19, 1917, while still serving in the House. | |
378 | Tom T. Connally | D | TX-11 | ||
379 | Gilbert A. Currie | R | MI-10 | ||
380 | George K. Denton | D | IN-1 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
381 | Frederick H. Dominick | D | SC-3 | ||
382 | Herbert J. Drane | D | FL-1 | ||
383 | Louis W. Fairfield | R | IN-12 | ||
384 | Hubert F. Fisher | D | TN-10 | ||
385 | George B. Francis | R | NY-18 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
386 | Alvan T. Fuller | Ind R | MA-9 | Independent Republican[8] | |
387 | Louis B. Goodall | R | ME-1 | ||
388 | William J. Graham | R | IL-14 | ||
389 | Victor Heintz | R | OH-2 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
390 | Ira G. Hersey | R | ME-4 | ||
391 | Clifford C. Ireland | R | IL-16 | ||
392 | John M. Jones | D | TX-13 | ||
393 | Niels Juul | R | IL-7 | ||
394 | J. Walter Kehoe | D | FL-3 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
395 | Harold Knutson | R | MN-6 | ||
396 | Milton Kraus | R | IN-11 | ||
397 | Fiorello H. La Guardia | R | NY-14 | ||
398 | William W. Larsen | D | GA-12 | ||
399 | Clarence F. Lea | D | CA-1 | ||
400 | Edward C. Little | R | KS-2 | ||
401 | Ernest Lundeen | R | MN-5 | Only term while serving in the House until 73rd Congress | |
402 | George R. Lunn | D | NY-30 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
403 | Joseph J. Mansfield | D | TX-9 | ||
404 | Charles Martin | D | IL-4 | Died on October 28, 1917, while still serving in the House. | |
405 | J. Medill McCormick | R | IL-al | Only term while serving in the House. | |
406 | Thomas D. McKeown | D | OK-4 | ||
407 | Joseph McLaughlin | R | PA-al | Only term while serving in the House until 67th Congress | |
408 | John F. Miller | R | WA-1 | ||
409 | Daniel C. Oliver | D | NY-23 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
410 | Henry Z. Osborne | R | CA-10 | ||
411 | Albert F. Polk | D | DE-al | Only term while serving in the House. | |
412 | Fred S. Purnell | R | IN-9 | ||
413 | John R. Ramsey | R | NJ-6 | ||
414 | Jeannette Rankin | R | MT-al | Only term while serving in the House until 77th Congress. First female Representative. | |
415 | Stuart F. Reed | R | WV-3 | ||
416 | Leonidas D. Robinson | D | NC-7 | ||
417 | Milton A. Romjue | D | MO-1 | ||
418 | John M. Rose | R | PA-19 | ||
419 | Archie D. Sanders | R | NY-39 | ||
420 | Everett Sanders | R | IN-5 | ||
421 | Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. | D | LA-6 | ||
422 | Bruce F. Sterling | D | PA-23 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
... | William F. Stevenson | D | SC-5 | Special election February 21, 1917 (before start of the term) [9] | |
423 | Nathan L. Strong | R | PA-27 | ||
424 | Christopher D. Sullivan | D | NY-13 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Labor Department | |
425 | Thomas W. Templeton | R | PA-11 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
426 | Albert H. Vestal | R | IN-8 | ||
427 | Edward Voigt | R | WI-2 | ||
428 | William F. Waldow | R | NY-42 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
429 | William B. Walton | D | NM-al | Only term while serving in the House. | |
430 | Zebulon Weaver | D | NC-10 | Unseated after election contest: March 1, 1919 | |
431 | Milton H. Welling | D | UT-1 | ||
432 | Benjamin F. Welty | D | OH-4 | ||
433 | Wallace H. White, Jr. | R | ME-2 | ||
434 | James C. Wilson | D | TX-12 | Resigned to become US District Judge: March 3, 1919 | |
435 | Frederick N. Zihlman | R | MD-6 | ||
Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress | |||||
... | Thomas F. Smith | D | NY-15 | April 12, 1917 | Special election |
... | Sherman E. Burroughs | R | NH-1 | May 29, 1917 | Special election |
... | Richard N. Elliott | R | IN-6 | June 29, 1917 | Special election |
... | John M. Baer | R | ND-1 | August 10, 1917 | Special election |
... | Earl H. Beshlin | R | PA-28 | November 6, 1917 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. |
... | Willfred W. Lufkin | R | MA-6 | Special election | |
... | Schuyler Merritt | R | CT-4 | Special election | |
... | Samuel W. Beakes | R | MI-2 | December 13, 1917 | Previously served 1913–17 while in the House. Seated after recount. Last term while serving in the House. |
... | William C. Wright | D | GA-4 | January 16, 1918 | Special election |
... | William E. Cleary | D | NY-8 | March 5, 1918 | Special election |
... | John J. Delaney | D | NY-7 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. | |
... | Jerome F. Donovan | D | NY-21 | Special election | |
... | Anthony J. Griffin | D | NY-22 | Special election | |
... | John W. Rainey | D | IL-4 | April 2, 1918 | Special election |
... | S. Otis Bland | D | VA-1 | July 2, 1918 | Special election |
... | Carville D. Benson | D | MD-2 | November 5, 1918 | Special election |
... | William F. Birch | R | NJ-5 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. | |
... | Martin L. Davey | D | OH-14 | Special election | |
... | Frederick Essen | D | MO-10 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. | |
... | Florian Lampert | R | WI-6 | Special election | |
... | Adolphus P. Nelson | R | WI-11 | Special election | |
... | James P. Woods | D | VA-6 | February 25, 1919 | Special election |
... | James J. Britt | R | NC-10 | March 1, 1919 | Previously served 1915–17 while in the House. Seated after election contest. Last term while serving in the House. |
Non voting members | |||||
a | Jonah K. Kalaniana'ole | R | HI-al | March 4, 1903 | Territorial Delegate |
b | Jaime C. De Veyra | N | PI-al | March 4, 1917 | Resident Commissioner. Nationalist Party (PI). |
c | Charles A. Sulzer | D | AK-al | Territorial Delegate. Unseated after election contest: January 7, 1919. Last term while serving in the House until 66th Congress. | |
d | Teodoro R. Yangco | N | PI-al | Resident Commissioner. Nationalist Party (PI). | |
e | Félix Córdova Dávila | U | PR-al | August 7, 1917 | Resident Commissioner. Unionist Party (PR). |
f | James Wickersham | R | AK-al | January 7, 1919 | Territorial Delegate. Previously served 1909–17 while in the House. Seated after election contest. Last term until 66th Congress. |
See also
[edit]- 65th United States Congress
- List of United States congressional districts
- List of United States senators in the 65th Congress by seniority
References
[edit]- ^ 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 2011-07-25.
- ^ 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 numbers of committee members, see section 2183 of Cannon's Precedents Volume VIII (8), Chapter CCXXXIV (234). For establishment of standing committees see [1]
- ^ United States Congressional Elections, 1788–1997 page 409. Classified as a Republican from the 65th Congress by the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ United States Congressional Elections, 1788–1997 page 417. Not a candidate at the special election, on the same day, for the 64th Congress (page 406).
- ^ Congressional Biographical Directory Index=F000405
- ^ United States Congressional Elections, 1788–1997 page 417. Not a candidate at the special election, on the same day, for the 64th Congress (page 406).
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 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