List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 48th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 48th United States Congress listed by seniority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 48th Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). Current seats and party affiliations on the List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by seniority will be different for certain members.

Seniority depends on the date on which members were sworn into office. Since many members are sworn in on the same day, subsequent ranking is based on previous congressional service of the individual and then by alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.

Committee chairmanship in the House is often associated with seniority. However, party leadership is typically not associated with seniority.

Rank Representative Party District Seniority date Notes
William D. Kelley R PA-04 March 4, 1861
Samuel J. Randall D PA-03 March 4, 1863
Richard P. Bland D MO-11 March 4, 1873
James Henderson Blount D GA-06 March 4, 1873
Aylett Hawes Buckner D MO-07 March 4, 1873
Joseph Gurney Cannon R IL-15 March 4, 1873
Lowndes Henry Davis D MO-14 March 4, 1873
Clement Dowd D NC-06 March 4, 1873
Roger Q. Mills D TX-09 March 4, 1873
William Ralls Morrison D IL-18 March 4, 1873
Charles O'Neill R PA-02 March 4, 1873
Abraham Herr Smith R PA-09 March 4, 1873
Robert B. Vance D NC-08 March 4, 1873
Samuel S. Cox D NY-06 November 4, 1873
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D KY-07 March 4, 1875
George Cabell D VA-05 March 4, 1875
David B. Culberson D TX-04 March 4, 1875
George Gibbs Dibrell D TN-03 March 4, 1875
E. John Ellis D LA-02 March 4, 1875
William H. Forney D AL-07 March 4, 1875
Thomas J. Henderson R IL-07 March 4, 1875
Hernando Money D MS-04 March 4, 1875
John Henninger Reagan D TX-02 March 4, 1875
Alfred Moore Scales D NC-05 March 4, 1875 Resigned on December 30, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Otho R. Singleton D MS-05 March 4, 1875
William McKendree Springer D IL-13 March 4, 1875
John R. Tucker D VA-06 March 4, 1875
John T. Wait R CT-03 April 12, 1876
D. Wyatt Aiken D SC-03 March 4, 1877
Thomas McKee Bayne R PA-23 March 4, 1877
Thomas M. Browne R IN-06 March 4, 1877
William H. Calkins D IN-13 March 4, 1877 Resigned on October 20, 1884 while still serving in the House.
John G. Carlisle D KY-06 March 4, 1877
Thomas R. Cobb D IN-02 March 4, 1877
Robert H. M. Davidson D FL-01 March 4, 1877
John H. Evins D SC-04 March 4, 1877 Died on October 20, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Alfred C. Harmer R PA-05 March 4, 1877
Dudley C. Haskell R KS-02 March 4, 1877 Died on December 16, 1883 while still serving in the House.
Hilary A. Herbert D AL-02 March 4, 1877
Frank Hiscock R NY-25 March 4, 1877
J. Warren Keifer R OH-08 March 4, 1877
John H. Ketcham R NY-13 March 4, 1877
William McKinley R OH-18 March 4, 1877 Resigned on May 27, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Leopold Morse D MA-05 March 4, 1877
Henry L. Muldrow D MS-01 March 4, 1877
Thomas Brackett Reed R ME March 4, 1877
William W. Rice R MA-10 March 4, 1877
George D. Robinson R MA-12 March 4, 1877 Resigned on January 7, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Thomas Ryan R KS-04 March 4, 1877
Richard W. Townshend D IL-19 March 4, 1877
Albert S. Willis D KY-05 March 4, 1877
John Alexander Anderson R KS-05 March 4, 1879
James B. Belford D CO March 4, 1879
Henry H. Bingham R PA-01 March 4, 1879
Martin L. Clardy D MO-10 March 4, 1879
George L. Converse D OH-13 March 4, 1879
George R. Davis R IL-03 March 4, 1879
Peter V. Deuster D WI-04 March 4, 1879
Poindexter Dunn D AR-01 March 4, 1879
George W. Geddes D OH-14 March 4, 1879
Nathaniel Job Hammond D GA-05 March 4, 1879
William H. Hatch D MO-01 March 4, 1879
Thomas H. Herndon D AL-01 March 4, 1879 Died on March 28, 1883 while still serving in the House.
Roswell G. Horr R MI-08 March 4, 1879
Leonidas C. Houk R TN-02 March 4, 1879
J. Floyd King D LA-05 March 4, 1879
Benjamin Le Fevre D OH-04 March 4, 1879
Moses A. McCoid R IA-01 March 4, 1879
Benton McMillin D TN-04 March 4, 1879
William A. Russell R MA-08 March 4, 1879
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D MD-02 March 4, 1879
John R. Thomas D IL-20 March 4, 1879
Philip B. Thompson, Jr. D KY-08 March 4, 1879
Oscar Turner D KY-01 March 4, 1879
Edward K. Valentine R NE March 4, 1879
William D. Washburn R MN-04 March 4, 1879
Olin Wellborn D TX-06 March 4, 1879
Thomas Williams D AL-05 March 4, 1879
Waldo Hutchins D NY-12 November 4, 1879
Ezra B. Taylor R OH-19 December 13, 1880
Ossian Ray R NH-02 January 8, 1881
John S. Barbour, Jr. D VA-08 March 4, 1881
Samuel Fleming Barr R PA-14 March 4, 1881
Lewis Beach D NY-14 March 4, 1881
Perry Belmont D NY-01 March 4, 1881
Newton C. Blanchard D LA-04 March 4, 1881
J. Hart Brewer R NJ-02 March 4, 1881
Charles N. Brumm R PA-13 March 4, 1881
Hugh Buchanan D GA-04 March 4, 1881
Jacob Miller Campbell R PA-17 March 4, 1881
George Williams Cassidy D NE March 4, 1881
Jonathan Chace R RI-02 March 4, 1881 Resigned on January 28, 1885 while still serving in the House.
Judson C. Clements D GA-07 March 4, 1881
George Washington Covington D MD-01 March 4, 1881
William Ruffin Cox D NC-04 March 4, 1881
William Cullen R IL-08 March 4, 1881
Andrew Gregg Curtin D PA-20 March 4, 1881
Marsena E. Cutts R IA-06 March 4, 1881 Died on September 1, 1883 while still serving in the House.
Daniel Ermentrout D PA-08 March 4, 1881
Melvin Clark George R OR March 4, 1881
Richard W. Guenther R WI-06 March 4, 1881
William Peters Hepburn R IA-08 March 4, 1881
Abram Hewitt D NY-10 March 4, 1881
Goldsmith W. Hewitt D AL-06 March 4, 1881
Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D MD-03 March 4, 1881
William S. Holman D IN-04 March 4, 1881
James Kimbrough Jones D AR-02 March 4, 1881 Resigned on February 19, 1885 while still serving in the House.
John A. Kasson R IA-07 March 4, 1881 Resigned on July 13, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Edward S. Lacey R MI-03 March 4, 1881
Courtland C. Matson D IN-05 March 4, 1881
Samuel Henry Miller R PA-26 March 4, 1881
Henry Lee Morey R OH-07 March 4, 1881 Resigned on June 20, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Samuel W. Moulton D IL-17 March 4, 1881
William Mutchler D PA-10 March 4, 1881
William C. Oates D AL-03 March 4, 1881
Abraham X. Parker R NY-19 March 4, 1881
John Paul, Sr. D VA-07 March 4, 1881 Resigned on September 5, 1883 while still serving in the House.
Lewis E. Payson R IL-09 March 4, 1881
Stanton J. Peelle R IN-07 March 4, 1881 Resigned on May 22, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Augustus Herman Pettibone R TN-01 March 4, 1881
Ambrose Ranney R MA-03 March 4, 1881
James S. Robinson R OH-09 March 4, 1881
William Erigena Robinson D NY-02 March 4, 1881
William Rosecrans D CA-01 March 4, 1881
George Washington Steele R IN-11 March 4, 1881
Strother M. Stockslager D IN-03 March 4, 1881
Eben F. Stone R MA-07 March 4, 1881
Horace B. Strait R MN-03 March 4, 1881
Henry Gray Turner D GA-02 March 4, 1881
Richard Warner D TN-05 March 4, 1881
John D. White R KY-10 March 4, 1881
George D. Wise D VA-03 March 4, 1881
Nelson Dingley, Jr. R ME September 12, 1881
Charles R. Skinner R NY-22 November 8, 1881
James Wolcott Wadsworth R NY-27 November 8, 1881
John Hardy D NY-09 December 5, 1881
Henry J. Spooner R RI-01 December 5, 1881
Edmund William McGregor Mackey R SC-07 May 31, 1882 Died on January 27, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. R FL-02 June 1, 1882
Charles M. Shelley D AL-04 November 7, 1882 Resigned on January 9, 1885 while still serving in the House.
Robert R. Hitt R IL-06 December 4, 1882
Seaborn Reese D GA-08 December 4, 1882
Joseph D. Taylor R OH-15 January 2, 1883
George E. Adams R IL-04 March 4, 1883
John J. Adams D NY-08 March 4, 1883
Armstead M. Alexander D MO-02 March 4, 1883
Louis E. Atkinson R PA-18 March 4, 1883
John Arnot, Jr. D NY-29 March 4, 1883
John H. Bagley, Jr. D NY-15 March 4, 1883
John Goff Ballentine D TN-07 March 4, 1883
Ethelbert Barksdale D MS-07 March 4, 1883
Risden Tyler Bennett D NC March 4, 1883
Henry Bowen D VA-09 March 4, 1883
Charles Edmund Boyle D PA-21 March 4, 1883
Samuel Myron Brainerd R PA-27 March 4, 1883
Clifton R. Breckinridge D AR March 4, 1883
Edward Breitung R MI-11 March 4, 1883
Francis B. Brewer R NY-33 March 4, 1883
James Broadhead D MO-09 March 4, 1883
William Wallace Brown R PA-16 March 4, 1883
James Budd D CA-02 March 4, 1883
Henry G. Burleigh R NY-17 March 4, 1883
James N. Burnes D MO-04 March 4, 1883
Andrew Jackson Caldwell D TN-06 March 4, 1883
Felix Campbell D NY-04 March 4, 1883
Allen D. Candler D GA-09 March 4, 1883
Ezra C. Carleton D MI-07 March 4, 1883
James Franklin Clay D KY-02 March 4, 1883
Charles Frederick Crisp D GA-03 March 4, 1883
Patrick Collins D MA-04 March 4, 1883
Daniel W. Connolly D PA-12 March 4, 1883
John Cosgrove D MO-06 March 4, 1883
William Wirt Culbertson D KY-09 March 4, 1883
Byron M. Cutcheon R MI-09 March 4, 1883
George W. Dargan D SC-06 March 4, 1883
Robert T. Davis R MA-01 March 4, 1883
Samuel Dibble D SC-01 March 4, 1883
Alexander Monroe Dockery D MO-03 March 4, 1883
William Dorsheimer D NY-07 March 4, 1883
William Addison Duncan D PA-19 March 4, 1883 Died on November 14, 1884 while still serving in the House.
Ransom W. Dunham R IL-01 March 4, 1883
William W. Eaton D CT-01 March 4, 1883
Nathaniel B. Eldredge D MI-02 March 4, 1883
Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D PA March 4, 1883
Reuben Ellwood R IL-05 March 4, 1883
Isaac Newton Evans R PA-07 March 4, 1883
James Bowen Everhart R PA-06 March 4, 1883
Thomas M. Ferrell D NJ-01 March 4, 1883
John Van Lear Findlay D MD-04 March 4, 1883
John F. Finerty D IL-02 March 4, 1883
William H. F. Fiedler D NJ-06 March 4, 1883
John F. Follett D OH-01 March 4, 1883
Martin A. Foran D OH-21 March 4, 1883
Robert Washington Fyan D MO-13 March 4, 1883
Eustace Gibson D WV-04 March 4, 1883
John R. Glascock D CA March 4, 1883
Nathan Goff, Jr. R WV-01 March 4, 1883
Alexander Graves D MO-05 March 4, 1883
Halbert S. Greenleaf D NY-30 March 4, 1883
Wharton J. Green D NC-03 March 4, 1883
John Edward Halsell D KY-03 March 4, 1883
Lewis Hanback R KS-06 March 4, 1883
John Hancock D TX-10 March 4, 1883
Thomas Hardeman, Jr. D GA-10 March 4, 1883
Alphonso Hart D OH-12 March 4, 1883
Herschel H. Hatch R MI-10 March 4, 1883
Martin Alonzo Haynes R NH-01 March 4, 1883
John J. Hemphill D SC-05 March 4, 1883
David B. Henderson R IA-03 March 4, 1883
Barclay Henley D CA-03 March 4, 1883
William D. Hill D OH-06 March 4, 1883
Adoniram J. Holmes R IA-10 March 4, 1883
Hart Benton Holton R MD-05 March 4, 1883
Benjamin Stephen Hooper D VA-04 March 4, 1883
James Herron Hopkins D PA-22 March 4, 1883
Julius Houseman D MI-05 March 4, 1883
Benjamin Franklin Howey R NJ-04 March 4, 1883
Carleton Hunt D LA-01 March 4, 1883
Frank H. Hurd D OH-10 March 4, 1883
Darwin R. James R NY-03 March 4, 1883
Elza Jeffords R MS-03 March 4, 1883
Frederick A. Johnson R NY-18 March 4, 1883
Burr W. Jones D WI-03 March 4, 1883
James H. Jones D TX-03 March 4, 1883
Isaac M. Jordan D OH-02 March 4, 1883
John Kean R NJ-03 March 4, 1883
William Pitt Kellogg R LA-03 March 4, 1883
John J. Kleiner D IN-01 March 4, 1883
James Laird R NE-02 March 4, 1883
John Edward Lamb D IN-08 March 4, 1883
S. W. T. Lanham D TX-11 March 4, 1883
George Van Eman Lawrence R PA-24 March 4, 1883
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D CT-02 March 4, 1883
Edward T. Lewis D LA-06 March 4, 1883
Harry Libbey R VA-02 March 4, 1883
John Davis Long R MA-02 March 4, 1883
Charles B. Lore D DE March 4, 1883
Henry B. Lovering D MA-06 March 4, 1883
Robert Lowry D IN-12 March 4, 1883
Theodore Lyman R MA-09 March 4, 1883
William C. Maybury D MI-01 March 4, 1883
Robert Murphy Mayo R VA-01 March 4, 1883 Resigned on March 20, 1884 while still serving in the House.
William McAdoo D NJ-07 March 4, 1883
Louis E. McComas R MD-06 March 4, 1883
John W. McCormick R OH-11 March 4, 1883
Stephen C. Millard R NY-28 March 4, 1883
Seth L. Milliken R ME March 4, 1883
James Francis Miller D TX-08 March 4, 1883
Charles Henry Morgan D MO-12 March 4, 1883
Edmund Needham Morrill R KS-01 March 4, 1883
Nicholas Muller D NY-05 March 4, 1883
Jeremiah Henry Murphy D IA-02 March 4, 1883
Robert Maynard Murray D OH-03 March 4, 1883
William H. Neece D IL-11 March 4, 1883
Knute Nelson R MN-05 March 4, 1883
John C. Nicholls D GA-01 March 4, 1883
Newton W. Nutting R NY-24 March 4, 1883
Thomas P. Ochiltree D TX-07 March 4, 1883
James E. O'Hara R NC-02 March 4, 1883
John J. O'Neill D MO-08 March 4, 1883
David R. Paige D OH-20 March 4, 1883
John Denniston Patton D PA-25 March 4, 1883
Sereno E. Payne R NY-26 March 4, 1883
Samuel W. Peel D AR-04 March 4, 1883
Bishop W. Perkins R KS-03 March 4, 1883
Samuel R. Peters R KS-07 March 4, 1883
William Walter Phelps R NJ-05 March 4, 1883
Rice Alexander Pierce D TN-09 March 4, 1883
Luke P. Poland R VT-02 March 4, 1883
Walter F. Pool R NC-01 March 4, 1883 Died on August 25, 1883 while still serving in the House.
George Adams Post D PA-15 March 4, 1883
Orlando B. Potter D NY-11 March 4, 1883
William T. Price R WI-08 March 4, 1883
Luke Pryor D AL-08 March 4, 1883
William Henry Mills Pusey D IA-09 March 4, 1883
Joseph Rankin D WI-05 March 4, 1883
George W. Ray R NY-21 March 4, 1883
James M. Riggs D IL-12 March 4, 1883
Thomas A. Robertson D KY-04 March 4, 1883
John H. Rogers D AR-03 March 4, 1883
William Findlay Rogers D NY-32 March 4, 1883
Jonathan H. Rowell R IL-14 March 4, 1883
George E. Seney D OH-05 March 4, 1883
Edward Woodruff Seymour D CT-04 March 4, 1883
Aaron Shaw D IL-16 March 4, 1883
Henry Warner Slocum D NY March 4, 1883
Charles P. Snyder D WV-03 May 15, 1883
John T. Spriggs D NY-23 March 4, 1883
Isaac Stephenson R WI-09 March 4, 1883
Robert S. Stevens D NY-31 March 4, 1883
Charles Stewart D TX-01 March 4, 1883
John Wolcott Stewart R VT-01 March 4, 1883
John Brutzman Storm D PA-11 March 4, 1883
Isaac S. Struble R IA-11 March 4, 1883
Charles A. Sumner D CA March 4, 1883
Daniel H. Sumner D WI-02 March 4, 1883
John May Taylor D TN-08 March 4, 1883
James W. Throckmorton D TX-05 March 4, 1883
George D. Tillman D SC-02 March 4, 1883
Pleasant B. Tully D CA-04 March 4, 1883
Thomas J. Van Alstyne D NY-16 March 4, 1883
Henry Smith Van Eaton D MS-06 March 4, 1883
James Wakefield R MN-02 March 4, 1883
Thomas B. Ward D IN-09 March 4, 1883
Adoniram J. Warner D OH-17 March 4, 1883
Archibald J. Weaver R NE-01 March 4, 1883
Luman H. Weller R IA-04 March 4, 1883
Edward Wemple D NY-20 March 4, 1883
Milo White R MN-01 March 4, 1883
William Whiting II R MA-11 March 4, 1883
Beriah Wilkins D OH-16 March 4, 1883
James Wilson R IA-05 March 4, 1883
William Lyne Wilson D WV-02 March 4, 1883
Edwin B. Winans D MI-06 March 4, 1883
John Winans D WI-01 March 4, 1883
John Sergeant Wise R VA March 4, 1883
Frank Lane Wolford D KY-11 March 4, 1883
Thomas Jefferson Wood D IN-10 March 4, 1883
Gilbert M. Woodward D WI-07 March 4, 1883
Nicholas E. Worthington D IL-10 March 4, 1883
George L. Yaple D MI-04 March 4, 1883
Tyre York D NC-07 March 4, 1883
H. Casey Young D TN-10 March 4, 1883
John C. Cook D IA-06 October 9, 1883
Thomas Gregory Skinner D NC-01 November 20, 1883
James T. Jones D AL-01 December 3, 1883
Francis W. Rockwell R MA-12 January 17, 1884
Robert Smalls R SC-07 March 18, 1884
George Tankard Garrison D VA-01 March 20, 1884
Edward H. Funston R KS-02 March 21, 1884
Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D VA-07 May 5, 1884
William E. English D IN-07 May 22, 1884
Jonathan H. Wallace D OH-18 May 27, 1884
James E. Campbell D OH-07 June 20, 1884
James R. Chalmers R MS-02 June 25, 1884
Benjamin F. Shively D IN-13 December 1, 1884
Hiram Y. Smith D IA-07 December 2, 1884
John Bratton D SC-04 December 8, 1884
John A. Swope D PA-19 December 23, 1884
George Henry Craig R AL-04 January 9, 1885
James W. Reid D NC-05 January 28, 1885
Nathan F. Dixon III R RI-02 February 12, 1885

Notes

    -->

    External links