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

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. 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

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

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
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

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.

U.S. House Seniority
Rank	Representative	Party	District	Seniority date	Notes
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	March 4, 1893
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. Last term while serving in the House.
15	Ebenezer J. Hill	R	CT-4	March 4, 1915	Previously served 1895–1913. Died 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	November 4, 1902	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	November 6, 1906	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	March 4, 1915	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	November 16, 1907	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	November 3, 1908
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	November 7, 1911	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	April 7, 1914
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	November 3, 1914
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	March 4, 1917	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		November 2, 1915
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 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 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.

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 2011-07-25.
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
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 website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

Cannon's Precedents (U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access)
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

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[elevated_seniority2-1] Delegates are non-voting members and Representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.

[2] "112th Congress official House seniority list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-07-25.

[3] 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

[4] 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

[5] 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

[6] 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.

[7] 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).

[8] Congressional Biographical Directory Index=F000405

[9] 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).

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