List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 64th Congress by seniority

This is a list of members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 64th United States Congress by seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office.

As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 64th Congress (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917). Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other Congresses will be different for certain members.

This article describes the criteria for seniority in the House of Representatives and sets out the list of members by seniority. It is prepared on the basis of the interpretation of seniority applied to the House of Representatives in the 112th Congress. In the absence of information to the contrary, it is presumed that the twenty-first century practice is identical to the seniority customs used during the 64th Congress.^[1]

Contents 1 Seniority 1.1 House seniority 1.2 Committee seniority 2 Committees 3 List of Representatives by seniority 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

Seniority

House seniority

Seniority in the House, for Congressmen with unbroken service, depends on the date on which the members first term began. That date is either the start of the Congress (4 March in odd numbered years, for the era up to and including the 73rd Congress starting in 1933) or the date of a special election during the Congress. Since many members start serving on the same day as others, ranking between them is based on alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.

Representatives who return to the House, after having previously served, are credited with service equal to one less than the total number of terms they served. When a representative has served a prior term of less than two terms (i.e., prior term minus one equals less than one), he is ranked above all others whose service begins on the same day.

Committee seniority

Until 1910, House committee members and chairmen were selected by the Speaker, who also ranked the members of the committee. Seniority on the committee was just one of the factors that was taken into account in ranking the members. In the 61st Congress, Speaker Cannon (R-IL) had used his power to change committee assignments to demote and punish insurgent Republicans. In March 1910 the Speaker was stripped of his powers over the composition of standing committees.

As a result of the events of 1910, at the start of the 64th Congress in 1915, the committee assignments were made by each party and then formally approved by the whole House. Each party controlled the committee ranking of its members, but usually this followed the order of seniority of members in terms of service on the committee. It became customary for members of a committee, in the previous congress, to be re-appointed at the start of the next.

A seniority rule was normally used to decide committee chairmen, similar to that which the Senate had usually followed since 1846. The chairman was likely to be the majority member of a committee, with the longest continuous service on it. However, party leadership was typically not associated with seniority.^[2]

Out of the group of fifty six standing committee chairmen, at the start of this Congress, Nelson Polsby identified fifty as the most senior member of the majority on the committee. In the other six cases, all senior majority members were compensated for not being chairman of the committee (three chaired another committee and three received better committee assignments than in the previous Congress). Thus in no instance was the seniority custom violated, without obvious compensation for the Congressman passed over.^[3]

Committees

This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 64th Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee (adoption of the name used in 1915), the number of members assigned to the committee and the corresponding committee in the 112th Congress. Because of consolidation of committees and changes of jurisdiction, it is not always possible to identify a clear successor panel. ^[4]

No.	1915 Committee	Established	Members	2011 Committee
01	Accounts	1805	11	House Administration
02	Agriculture	1820	21	Agriculture
03	Alcoholic Liquor Traffic	1893	11	Judiciary
04	Appropriations	1865	21	Appropriations
05	Banking and Currency	1865	21	Financial Services
06	Census	1901	16	Oversight and Government Reform
07	Claims	1794	16	Judiciary
08	Coinage, Weights and Measures	1864 (1867)	18	Financial Services
09	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	17	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	16	Natural Resources
55	War Claims	1825 (1873)	15	Judiciary
56	Ways and Means	1802	22	Ways and Means
Joint Committees (House standing committee members only)
Jt 1	Library Joint	1806	5	House Administration
Jt 2	Printing Joint	1846	3	House Administration

List of Representatives by seniority

A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 435 members initially elected to the 64th Congress. The seniority date given is the start of the current period of continuous service and past non-continuous terms are recorded in the notes. Other members, who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number. Three Representatives-elect died before the Congress started. The list below includes those Representatives-elect (with names in italics), with the seniority they would have held if they had survived to be sworn in.

Major party designations used in this article are D for Democratic members and R for Republican representatives. Other designations include Ind for Independent, Prog for Progressive, Proh for Prohibition and Soc for Socialist.

Rank	Representative	Party	District	Seniority date	Notes
Twenty non-consecutive terms
001	Joseph G. Cannon	R	IL-18	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1873-91 and 1893-1913
Sixteen non-consecutive terms
002	Sereno E. Payne	R	NY-36	01889-12-02 December 2, 1889	Previously served 1883-87. Died as Representative-elect December 10, 1914.
Thirteen consecutive terms
003	William A. Jones	D	VA-1	01891-03-04 March 4, 1891	Dean of the House. Chairman: Insular Affairs.
Twelve consecutive terms
004	Henry A. Cooper	R	WI-1	01893-03-04 March 4, 1893
005	Frederick H. Gillett	R	MA-2
Eleven consecutive terms
006	Stephen M. Sparkman	D	FL-1	01895-03-04 March 4, 1895	Chairman: Rivers and Harbors. Last term.
Eleven non-consecutive terms
007	James B. (Champ) Clark	D	MO-9	01897-03-04 March 4, 1897	Speaker of the House. Previously served 1893-95.
Ten consecutive terms
008	William C. Adamson	D	GA-4	01897-03-04 March 4, 1897	Chairman: Interstate and Foreign Commerce
009	Thomas S. Butler	R	PA-7		Independent Republican, 1897-99
010	Edward L. Hamilton	R	MI-4
011	James Hay	D	VA-7		Chairman: Military Affairs. Resigned October 1, 1916.
012	Robert L. Henry	D	TX-11		Chairman: Rules. Last term.
013	James R. Mann	R	IL-2		Minority Leader
014	John A. Moon	D	TN-3		Chairman: Post Office and Post Roads
015	Thetus W. Sims	D	TN-8
016	James L. Slayden	D	TX-14
017	John H. Stephens	D	TX-13		Chairman: Indian Affairs. Last term.
018	James T. Lloyd	D	MO-1	01897-06-01 June 1, 1897	Chairman: Accounts. Last term.
019	William S. Greene	R	MA-15	01898-05-31 May 31, 1898	Republican Conference Chairman
Ten non-consecutive terms
020	George E. Foss	R	IL-10	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1895–1913
021	Ebenezer J. Hill	R	CT-4		Previously served 1895–1913
022	Frank W. Mondell	R	WY-al	01899-03-04 March 4, 1899	Previously served 1895-97
023	Cyrus A. Sulloway	R	NH-1	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1895–1913
024	Richard W. Parker	D	NJ-9	01914-12-01 December 1, 1914	Previously served 1895–1911
Nine consecutive terms
025	John L. Burnett	D	AL-7	01899-03-04 March 4, 1899	Chairman: Immigration and Naturalization
026	John J. Esch	R	WI-7
027	David E. Finley	D	SC-5		Died January 26, 1917
028	John J. Fitzgerald	D	NY-7		Chairman: Appropriations
029	Joseph W. Fordney	R	MI-8
030	Gilbert N. Haugen	R	IA-4
031	Ernest W. Roberts	R	MA-9		Last term
032	William W. Rucker	D	MO-2		Chairman: Election of President, Vice President and Representatives
033	John H. Small	D	NC-1
034	Dorsey W. Shackleford	D	MO-8	01899-08-29 August 29, 1899	Chairman: Roads
Eight consecutive terms
035	George F. Burgess	D	TX-9	01901-03-04 March 4, 1901	Last term
036	Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr.	D	MS-1
037	Henry D. Flood	D	VA-10		Chairman: Foreign Affairs
038	Joseph T. Johnson	D	SC-4		Resigned to become a US District Judge: April 19, 1915
039	Claude Kitchin	D	NC-2		Chairman: Ways and Means. Majority Leader.
040	Lemuel P. Padgett	D	TN-7		Chairman: Naval Affairs
041	Edward W. Pou	D	NC-4		Chairman: Claims
042	Asbury F. Lever	D	SC-7	01901-11-05 November 5, 1901	Chairman: Agriculture
043	Augustus P. Gardner	R	MA-6	01902-11-04 November 4, 1902
044	Carter Glass	D	VA-6		Chairman: Banking and Currency
Eight non-consecutive terms
045	Julius Kahn	R	CA-4	01905-03-04 March 4, 1905	Previously served 1899–1903
046	J. Frederick Talbott	D	MD-2	01909-03-04 March 4, 1909	Previously served 1879-85 and 1893-95
Seven consecutive terms
047	Wyatt Aiken	D	SC-3	01903-03-04 March 4, 1903	Last term
048	Philip P. Campbell	R	KS-3
049	Charles R. Davis	R	MN-3
050	John N. Garner	D	TX-15
051	Alexander W. Gregg	D	TX-7		Chairman: War Claims
052	Joseph Howell	R	UT-1		Last term
053	William E. Humphrey	R	WA-1		Last term
054	Benjamin G. Humphreys	D	MS-3		Chairman: Flood Control
055	Moses P. Kinkaid	R	NE-6
056	Robert N. Page	D	NC-7		Last term
057	Henry T. Rainey	D	IL-20
058	J. Swagar Sherley	D	KY-5
059	William R. Smith	D	TX-16		Chairman: Irrigation of Arid Lands. Last term.
060	Halvor Steenerson	R	MN-9
061	Andrew J. Volstead	R	MN-7
062	Edwin Y. Webb	D	NC-9		Chairman: Judiciary
063	J. Thomas Heflin	D	AL-5	01904-05-19 May 19, 1904
Seven non-consecutive terms
064	William A. Rodenberg	R	IL-22	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1899-1901 and 1903-13
065	Daniel J. Riordan	D	NY-11	01906-11-06 November 6, 1906	Previously served 1899–1901
Six consecutive terms
066	Andrew J. Barchfeld	R	PA-32	01905-03-04 March 4, 1905	Last term
067	Thomas M. Bell	D	GA-9
068	Frank Clark	D	FL-2		Chairman: Public Buildings and Grounds
069	Lincoln Dixon	D	IN-4
070	Finis J. Garrett	D	TN-9
071	Everis A. Hayes	R	CA-8
072	William C. Houston	D	TN-5		Chairman: Territories
073	Gordon Lee	D	GA-7
074	Martin B. Madden	R	IL-1
075	John T. Watkins	D	LA-4		Chairman: Revision of Laws
076	John M. Nelson	R	WI-3	01906-09-04 September 4, 1906
077	J. Hampton Moore	R	PA-3	01906-11-06 November 6, 1906
078	Edward W. Saunders	D	VA-5		Democratic Caucus Chairman
Six non-consecutive terms
079	Charles E. Fuller	R	IL-12	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previosly served 1903-13
080	Joseph A. Goulden	D	NY-23	01913-03-04 March 4, 1913	Previously served 1903-11. Died May 3, 1915.
081	Courtney W. Hamlin	D	MO-7	01907-03-04 March 4, 1907	Previously served 1903-05. Chairman: Expenditures in the State Department
082	Daniel F. Lafean	R	PA-al	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1903-13. Last term.
083	Nicholas Longworth	R	OH-1		Previously served 1903-13
084	George A. Loud	R	MI-10		Previously served 1903-13. Last term.
085	Isaac R. Sherwood	D	OH-9	01907-03-04 March 4, 1907	Previously served (R) 1873-75. Chairman: Invalid Pensions.
086	William H. Stafford	R	WI-5	01913-03-04 March 4, 1913	Previously served 1903-11
087	John A. Sterling	R	IL-17	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1903-13
088	William W. Wilson	R	IL-3
089	Charles F. Booher	D	MO-4	01907-03-04 March 4, 1907	Previously served February 19-March 3, 1889
Five consecutive terms
090	John A. M. Adair	D	IN-8	01907-03-04 March 4, 1907	Last term
091	Joshua W. Alexander	D	MO-3		Chairman: Merchant Marine and Fisheries
092	William A. Ashbrook	D	OH-17		Chairman: Coinage, Weights and Measures
093	William J. Cary	R	WI-4
094	William E. Cox	D	IN-3
095	Charles G. Edwards	D	GA-1		Last term until 69th Congress
096	George W. Fairchild	R	NY-34
097	Martin D. Foster	D	IL-23		Chairman: Mines and Mining
098	Hannibal L. Godwin	D	NC-6		Chairman: Reform in the Civil Service
099	James A. Hamill	D	NJ-12		Chairman: Elections No. 2
100	Rufus Hardy	D	TX-6		Chairman: Expenditures in the Navy Department
101	Willis C. Hawley	R	OR-1
102	Harvey Helm	D	KY-8		Chairman: Census
103	Cordell Hull	D	TN-4
104	Ben Johnson	D	KY-4		Chairman: District of Columbia
105	Charles A. Kennedy	R	IA-1
106	John W. Langley	R	KY-10
107	Charles A. Lindbergh	R	MN-6		Last term
108	James C. McLaughlin	R	MI-9
109	George W. Rauch	D	IN-11		Last term
110	Adolph J. Sabath	D	IL-5		Chairman: Alcohol Liquor Traffic
111	James T. McDermott	D	IL-4	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1907-July 21, 1914. Last term.
112	Daniel R. Anthony, Jr.	R	KS-1	01907-05-23 May 23, 1907
113	Charles C. Carlin	D	VA-8	01907-11-05 November 5, 1907
114	Charles D. Carter	D	OK-3	01907-11-16 November 16, 1907
115	Scott Ferris	D	OK-6		Chairman: Public Lands
116	C. Bascom Slemp	R	VA-9	01907-12-17 December 17, 1907
117	Henry A. Barnhart	D	IN-13	01908-11-03 November 3, 1908
118	Albert Estopinal	D	LA-1
119	Frank E. Guernsey	R	ME-4		Last term
Five non-consecutive terms
120	William B. McKinley	R	IL-19	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1905-13
Four consecutive terms
121	Richard W. Austin	R	TN-2	01909-03-04 March 4, 1909
122	William P. Borland	D	MO-5
123	Joseph W. Byrns	D	TN-6
124	J. Campbell Cantrill	D	KY-7		Chairman: Industrial Arts and Expositions
125	Cyrus Cline	D	IN-12		Last term
126	James W. Collier	D	MS-8
127	Michael F. Conry	D	NY-15		Died March 2, 1917
128	William A. Cullop	D	IN-2		Last term
129	S. Hubert Dent, Jr.	D	AL-2
130	Martin Dies	D	TX-2		Chairman: Railways and Canals
131	Daniel A. Driscoll	D	NY-42		Last term
132	Thomas Gallagher	D	IL-8
133	James W. Good	R	IA-5
134	William W. Griest	R	PA-9
135	Dudley M. Hughes	D	GA-12		Chairman: Education. Last term.
136	Irvine L. Lenroot	R	WI-11
137	Clarence B. Miller	R	MN-8
138	Dick T. Morgan	R	OK-8
139	Martin A. Morrison	D	IN-9		Chairman: Patents. Last term.
140	Ralph W. Moss	D	IN-5		Last term
141	William A. Oldfield	D	AR-2
142	Thomas U. Sisson	D	MS-4
143	Edward T. Taylor	D	CO-4
144	Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.	D	KY-3
145	Frank P. Woods	R	IA-10
146	Clement C. Dickinson	D	MO-6	01910-02-01 February 1, 1910
147	H. Garland Dupré	D	LA-2	01910-11-08 November 8, 1910
Four non-consecutive terms
148	Benjamin K. Focht	R	PA-17	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1907-13
149	James McAndrews	D	IL-6	01913-03-04 March 4, 1913	Previously served 1901-05
150	Joseph J. Russell	D	MO-14	01911-03-04 March 4, 1911	Previously served 1907-09
151	James S. Davenport	D	OK-1		Previously served November 16, 1907-09. Last term.
Three consecutive terms
152	Alfred G. Allen	D	OH-2	01911-03-04 March 4, 1911	Last term
153	Sydney Anderson	R	MN-1
154	Fred L. Blackmon	D	AL-4
155	William G. Brown, Jr.	D	WV-2		Died March 9, 1916
156	Frank Buchanan	D	IL-7		Last term
157	Michael E. Burke	D	WI-2		Last term
158	James F. Byrnes	D	SC-2
159	Oscar Callaway	D	TX-12		Last term
160	Ira C. Copley	Prog	IL-11		Republican 1911-15
161	Henry G. Danforth	R	NY-39		Last term
162	Frank E. Doremus	D	MI-1
163	Robert L. Doughton	D	NC-8		Chairman: Expenditures in the Agriculture Department
164	John R. Farr	R	PA-10
165	William J. Fields	D	KY-9
166	William S. Goodwin	D	AR-7
167	Finly H. Gray	D	IN-6		Last term until 73rd Congress
168	Pat Harrison	D	MS-6
169	Henry T. Helgesen	R	ND-1
170	Walter L. Hensley	D	MO-13
171	Asher C. Hinds	R	ME-1		Last term
172	Edward E. Holland	D	VA-2
173	William S. Howard	D	GA-5
174	Henderson M. Jacoway	D	AR-5
175	William Kent	Ind	CA-1		Last term
176	Thomas F. Konop	D	WI-9		Chairman: Expenditures on Public Buildings. Last term.
177	William L. La Follette	R	WA-4
178	David J. Lewis	D	MD-6		Chairman: Labor. Last term until 72nd Congress.
179	J. Charles Linthicum	D	MD-4
180	Charles O. Lobeck	D	NE-2		Chairman: Expenditures in the Treasury Department
181	James P. Maher	D	NY-5		Chairman: Expenditures in the Labor Department
182	Daniel J. McGillicuddy	D	ME-2		Last term
183	John C. McKenzie	R	IL-13
184	Luther W. Mott	R	NY-32
185	George F. O'Shaunessy	D	RI-1
186	Thomas G. Patten	D	NY-18		Last term
187	Stephen G. Porter	R	PA-29
188	Caleb Powers	R	KY-11
189	John E. Raker	D	CA-2
190	Edwin E. Roberts	R	NV-al
191	Arthur B. Rouse	D	KY-6
192	Thomas L. Rubey	D	MO-16
193	Thomas J. Scully	D	NJ-3
194	Sam R. Sells	R	TN-1
195	Charles H. Sloan	R	NE-4
196	Charles B. Smith	D	NY-41		Chairman: Expenditures in the Commerce Department
197	John M. C. Smith	R	MI-3
198	Charles M. Stedman	D	NC-5
199	Hubert D. Stephens	D	MS-2		Chairman: Elections
200	William Stephens	Prog	CA-10		R 1911-15. Resigned July 22, 1916.
201	Claude U. Stone	D	IL-16		Last term
202	Robert M. Switzer	R	OH-10
203	Horace M. Towner	R	IA-8
204	Samuel J. Tribble	D	GA-8		Died December 8, 1916
205	Samuel A. Witherspoon	D	MS-5		Died November 24, 1915
206	James Young	D	TX-3
207	William R. Green	R	IA-9	01911-06-05 June 5, 1911
208	Leonidas C. Dyer	R	MO-12	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1911-June 19, 1914
209	William J. Browning	R	NJ-1	01911-11-07 November 7, 1911
210	Kenneth McKellar	D	TN-10		Last term
211	Dan V. Stephens	D	NE-3
212	Joseph Taggart	D	KS-2		Last term
213	Carl T. Hayden	D	AZ-al	01912-02-19 February 19, 1912
214	William S. Vare	R	PA-1	01912-05-24 May 24, 1912
215	Frank L. Greene	R	VT-1	01912-07-30 July 30, 1912
216	Edwin A. Merritt	R	NY-31	01912-11-05 November 5, 1912	Died as Representative-elect December 4, 1914
217	Lewis L. Morgan	D	LA-6		Chairman: Elections No. 3. Last term.
218	Samuel M. Taylor	D	AR-6	01913-01-15 January 15, 1913
219	Archibald C. Hart	D	NJ-6	01913-07-22 July 22, 1913	Previously served November 5, 1912-1913. Last term.
Three non-consecutive terms
220	Samuel H. Miller	R	PA-28	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1881-85. Last term.
221	John Q. Tilson	R	CT-3		Previously served 1909-13
222	William E. Williams	D	IL-al	01913-03-04 March 4, 1913	Previously served 1899-1901. Last term.
223	Charles R. Crisp	D	GA-3		Previously served December 19, 1896-97
Two consecutive terms
224	John W. Abercrombie	D	AL-al	01913-03-04 March 4, 1913	Last term
225	James B. Aswell	D	LA-8
226	Warren W. Bailey	D	PA-19		Chairman: Expenditures in the Justice Department. Last term.
227	Alben W. Barkley	D	KY-1
228	Samuel W. Beakes	D	MI-2		Last term until 65th Congress
229	Frederick A. Britten	R	IL-9
230	Edward E. Browne	R	WI-8
231	Henry Bruckner	D	NY-22
232	Clement L. Brumbaugh	D	OH-12
233	Thaddeus H. Caraway	D	AR-1
234	John F. Carew	D	NY-17
235	John J. Casey	D	PA-11		Last term until 66th Congress
236	Walter M. Chandler	Prog	NY-19
237	Denver S. Church	D	CA-7
238	John R. Connelly	D	KS-6
239	Louis C. Cramton	R	MI-7
240	Robert Crosser	D	OH-21
241	Charles F. Curry	R	CA-3
242	Harry H. Dale	D	NY-4
243	Perl D. Decker	D	MO-15
244	Charles H. Dillon	R	SD-1
245	Peter J. Dooling	D	NY-16
246	Dudley Doolittle	D	KS-4
247	Thomas B. Dunn	R	NY-38
248	John J. Eagan	D	NJ-11
249	Joe H. Eagle	D	TX-8
250	George W. Edmonds	R	PA-4
251	John M. Evans	D	MT-al
252	Simeon D. Fess	R	OH-7
253	James A. Frear	R	WI-10
254	Warren Gard	D	OH-3
255	William Gordon	D	OH-20
256	George S. Graham	R	PA-2
257	Daniel J. Griffin	D	NY-8
258	Charles M. Hamilton	R	NY-43		Minority Whip.
259	Guy T. Helvering	D	KS-5
260	William L. Igoe	D	MO-11
261	Albert Johnson	R	WA-3
262	Edward Keating	D	CO-3
263	Abraham L. Keister	R	PA-22		Last term
264	Patrick H. Kelley	R	MI-6
265	Ambrose Kennedy	R	RI-3
266	William Kettner	D	CA-11
267	John A. Key	D	OH-8		Chairman: Pensions
268	Edgar R. Kiess	R	PA-15
269	Aaron S. Kreider	R	PA-18
270	Ladislas Lazaro	D	LA-7
271	John V. Lesher	D	PA-16
272	Charles Lieb	D	IN-1		Last term
273	Carl E. Mapes	R	MI-5
274	Andrew J. Montague	D	VA-3
275	John M. Morin	R	PA-31
276	Hunter H. Moss, Jr.	R	WV-4		Died July 15, 1916
277	William H. Murray	D	OK-4		Last term
278	John I. Nolan	R	CA-5
279	Patrick D. Norton	R	ND-3
280	Woodson R. Oglesby	D	NY-24		Last term
281	James S. Parker	R	NY-29
282	Michael F. Phelan	D	MA-7
283	Edmund Platt	R	NY-26
284	Percy E. Quin	D	MS-7
285	J. Willard Ragsdale	D	SC-6
286	Sam Rayburn	D	TX-4
287	Michael K. Reilly	D	WI-6		Last term until 71st Congress
288	John J. Rogers	R	MA-5
289	Nicholas J. Sinnott	R	OR-2
290	Addison T. Smith	R	ID-al
291	George R. Smith	R	MN-5	Last term
292	Tom Stout	D	MT-al	Chairman: Expenditures in the Interior Department. Last term.
293	Hatton W. Sumners	D	TX-5
294	Howard Sutherland	R	WV-al	Last term
295	Clyde H. Tavenner	D	Il-14	Chairman: Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Last term.
296	Joseph B. Thompson	D	OK-5
297	Allen T. Treadway	R	MA-1
298	John R. Walker	D	GA-11
299	Walter A. Watson	D	VA-4
300	Emmett Wilson	D	FL-3	Last term
301	Otis T. Wingo	D	AR-4
302	Samuel E. Winslow	R	MA-4
303	George M. Young	R	ND-2
304	James P. Buchanan	D	TX-10		01913-04-15 April 15, 1913
305	Richard S. Whaley	D	SC-1		01913-04-29 April 29, 1913
306	John A. Peters	R	ME-3		01913-09-09 September 9, 1913
307	Matthew M. Neely	D	WV-1		01913-10-14 October 14, 1913
308	Charles P. Coady	D	MD-3		01913-11-04 November 4, 1913
309	George W. Loft	D	NY-13	Last term
310	Calvin D. Paige	R	MA-3
311	Frank Park	D	GA-2
312	Dow H. Drukker	R	NJ-7		01914-04-07 April 7, 1914
313	James A. Gallivan	D	MA-12
314	Jesse D. Price	D	MD-1		01914-11-03 November 3, 1914
315	Carl Vinson	D	GA-10
Two non-consecutive terms
316	Thomas S. Crago	R	PA-al	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915	Previously served 1911-13
317	David Hollingsworth	R	OH-18		Previously served 1909-11
318	Adam B. Littlepage	D	WV-3		Previously served 1911-13
319	Ashton C. Shallenberger	D	NE-5		Previously served 1901-03
One term
320	Edward B. Almon	D	AL-8	01915-03-04 March 4, 1915
321	William A. Ayres	D	KS-8
322	Isaac Bacharach	R	NJ-2
323	C. William Beales	R	PA-20		Only term
324	Eugene Black	D	TX-1
325	James J. Britt	R	NC-10		Only term until 65th Congress
326	William M. Brown	R	PA-24		Died as Representative-elect January 31, 1915
327	C. Pope Caldwell	D	NY-2
328	John H. Capstick	R	NJ-5
329	William H. Carter	R	MA-13
330	William B. Charles	R	NY-30		Only term
331	Burnett M. Chiperfield	R	IL-al		Only term until 71st Congress
332	William H. Coleman	R	PA-30		Only term
333	Edward Cooper	R	WV-5
334	John G. Cooper	R	OH-19
335	Peter E. Costello	R	PA-5
336	Porter H. Dale	R	VT-2
337	Frederick W. Dallinger	R	MA-8
338	George P. Darrow	R	PA-6
339	James H. Davis	D	TX-al		Only term
340	S. Wallace Dempsey	R	NY-40
341	Edward E. Denison	R	IL-25
342	Arthur G. Dewalt	D	PA-13
343	Clarence C. Dill	D	WA-5
344	Cassius C. Dowell	R	IA-7
345	Franklin Ellsworth	R	MN-2
346	John A. Elston	Prog	CA-6
347	Henry I. Emerson	R	OH22
348	Michael F. Farley	D	NY-14		Only term
349	Joseph V. Flynn	D	NY-3
350	Richard P. Freeman	R	CT-2
351	Harry L. Gandy	D	SD-3
352	Mahlon M. Garland	R	PA-al
353	James P. Glynn	R	CT-5
354	Edward W. Gray	R	NJ-8
355	Oscar L. Gray	D	AL-1
356	Lindley H. Hadley	R	WA-2
357	Reuben L. Haskell	R	NY-10
358	William W. Hastings	D	OK-2
359	Robert D. Heaton	R	PA-12
360	Benigno C. Hernández	R	NM-al		Only term until 66th Congress
361	Frederick C. Hicks	R	NY-1
362	Benjamin C. Hilliard	D	CO-1
363	George E. Hood	D	NC-3
364	Robert F. Hopwood	R	PA-23		Only term
365	George Huddleston	D	AL-9
366	G. Murray Hulbert	D	NY-21
367	Harry E. Hull	R	IA-2
368	James W. Husted	R	NY-25
369	Elijah C. Hutchinson	R	NJ-4
370	W. Frank James	R	MI-12
371	Royal C. Johnson	R	SD-2
372	Charles C. Kearns	R	OH-6
373	David H. Kincheloe	D	KY-2
374	Edward J. King	R	IL-15
375	Frederick R. Lehlbach	R	NJ-10
376	Michael Liebel, Jr.	D	PA-25		Only term
377	Meyer London	Soc	NY-12
378	Walter W. Magee	R	NY-35
379	Whitmell P. Martin	Prog	LA-3
380	Nelson E. Matthews	R	OH-5		Only term
381	James H. Mays	D	UT-2
382	Clifton N. McArthur	R	OR-3
383	James V. McClintic	D	OK-7
384	Robert M. McCracken	R	ID-al	Only term
385	Roscoe C. McCulloch	R	OH-16
386	Louis T. McFadden	R	PA-14
387	A. Jeff McLemore	D	TX-al
388	Jacob E. Meeker	R	MO-10
389	Thomas W. Miller	R	DE-al	Only term
390	William C. Mooney	R	OH-15	Only term
391	Merrill Moores	R	IN-7
392	Sydney E. Mudd II	R	MD-5
393	Charles A. Nichols	R	MI-13
394	Solomon T. North	R	PA-27	Only term
395	P. Davis Oakey	R	CT-1	Only term
396	William B. Oliver	D	AL-6
397	Richard Olney II	D	MA-14
398	Arthur W. Overmyer	D	OH-13
399	Harry H. Pratt	R	NY-37
400	C. William Ramseyer	R	IA-6
401	Charles H. Randall	Proh	CA-9
402	C. Frank Reavis	R	NE-1
403	Edwin D. Ricketts	R	OH-11	Only term until 66th Congress
404	Frederick W. Rowe	R	NY-6
405	Charles H. Rowland	R	PA-21
406	J. Edward Russell	R	OH-4	Only term
407	Rollin B. Sanford	R	NY-28
408	Thomas D. Schall	R	MN-10
409	Frank D. Scott	R	MI-11
410	John R. K. Scott	R	PA-al
411	William J. Sears	D	FL-4
412	Jouett Shouse	D	KS-7
413	Isaac Siegel	R	NY-20
414	Homer P. Snyder	R	NY-33
415	Henry B. Steagall	D	AL-3
416	Henry J. Steele	D	PA-26
417	Thomas J. Steele	D	IA-11	Only term
418	Walter R. Stiness	R	RI-2
419	Burton E. Sweet	R	IA-3
420	Oscar W. Swift	R	NY-9
421	Peter F. Tague	D	MA-10
422	John N. Tillman	D	AR-3
423	Charles B. Timberlake	R	CO-2
424	George H. Tinkham	R	MA-11
425	Carl Van Dyke	D	MN-4
426	Joseph Walsh	R	MA-16
427	Charles B. Ward	R	NY-27
428	Edward H. Wason	R	NH-2
429	Henry W. Watson	R	PA-8
430	Loren E. Wheeler	R	IL-21
431	Seward H. Williams	R	OH-14	Only term
432	Thomas S. Williams	R	IL-24
433	Riley J. Wilson	D	LA-5
434	James W. Wise	D	GA-6
435	William R. Wood	R	IN-10
Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress
	Samuel J. Nicholls	D	SC-4	01915-09-14 September 14, 1915	Special election
	William S. Bennet	R	NY-23	01915-11-02 November 2, 1915	Previously served 1905-11. Special election. Last term.
	Henry W. Temple	R	PA-24		Previously served as Prog 1913-15. Special election.
	Norman J. Gould	R	NY-36		Special election
	Bertrand H. Snell	R	NY-31		Special election
	William W. Venable	D	MS-5	01916-01-04 January 4, 1916	Special election
	George M. Bowers	R	WV-2	01916-05-09 May 9, 1916	Special election
	Harry C. Woodyard	R	WV-4	01916-11-07 November 7, 1916	Previously served 1903-11. Special election.
	Henry S. Benedict	R	CA-10		Special election. Only term.
	Thomas W. Harrison	D	VA-7		Special election
	Tinsley W. Rucker, Jr.	D	GA-8	01917-01-11 January 11, 1917	Special election. Only term.
	Paul G. McCorkle	D	SC-5	01917-02-21 February 21, 1917	Special election. Only term.
Non voting members
a	Jonah K. Kalaniana'ole	R	HI-al	01903-03-04 March 4, 1903	Territorial Delegate
b	James Wickersham	R	AK-al	01909-03-04 March 4, 1909	Territorial Delegate. Last term until 65th Congress.
c	Manuel L. Quezón	N	PI-al	01909-11-23 November 23, 1909	Resident Commissioner. Nationalist Party (PI). Resigned October 15, 1916.
d	Luis Muñoz Rivera	U	PR-al	01911-03-04 March 4, 1911	Resident Commissioner. Unionist Party (PR). Died November 15, 1916.
e	Manuel Earnshaw	Ind	PI-al	01913-03-04 March 4, 1913	Resident Commissioner. Last term.

References

• 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

See also

• 64th United States Congress
• List of United States Senators in the 64th Congress by seniority

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