Seniority in the United States House of Representatives
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This is a complete list of current United States representatives based on seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office. Representatives whose terms begin the same day are ranked alphabetically by last name.
Tables
· Current seniority list
1
1
Rank
1
Member
Hal Rogers
Party
R
District
Kentucky 5
Seniority date
January 3, 1981
Committee and leadership positions
Dean of the House
2
2
Rank
2
Member
Chris Smith
Party
R
District
New Jersey 4
3
3
Rank
3
Member
Steny Hoyer
Party
D
District
Maryland 5
Seniority date
May 19, 1981
4
4
Rank
4
Member
Marcy Kaptur
Party
D
District
Ohio 9
Seniority date
January 3, 1983
5
5
Rank
5
Member
Nancy Pelosi
Party
D
District
California 11
Seniority date
June 2, 1987
Previous service
Speaker Emerita of the House
6
6
Rank
6
Member
Frank Pallone
Party
D
District
New Jersey 6
Seniority date
November 8, 1988
Previous service
Ranking Member: Energy and Commerce
7
7
Rank
7
Member
Richard Neal
Party
D
District
Massachusetts 1
Seniority date
January 3, 1989
Previous service
Ranking Member: Ways and Means
8
8
Rank
8
Member
Rosa DeLauro
Party
D
District
Connecticut 3
Seniority date
January 3, 1991
Previous service
Ranking Member: Appropriations
9
9
Rank
9
Member
Maxine Waters
Party
D
District
California 43
Seniority date
Ranking Member: Financial Services
10
10
Rank
10
Member
Jerry Nadler
Party
D
District
New York 12
Seniority date
November 3, 1992
11
11
Rank
11
Member
Sanford Bishop
Party
D
District
Georgia 2
Seniority date
January 3, 1993
12
12
Rank
12
Member
Ken Calvert
Party
R
District
California 41
13
13
Rank
13
Member
Jim Clyburn
Party
D
District
South Carolina 6
14
14
Rank
14
Member
Bobby Scott
Party
D
District
Virginia 3
Seniority date
Ranking Member: Education and the Workforce
15
15
Rank
15
Member
Nydia Velázquez
Party
D
District
New York 7
Seniority date
Ranking Member: Small Business
16
16
Rank
16
Member
Bennie Thompson
Party
D
District
Mississippi 2
Seniority date
April 13, 1993
Previous service
Ranking Member: Homeland Security
17
17
Rank
17
Member
Frank Lucas
Party
R
District
Oklahoma 3
Seniority date
May 10, 1994
18
18
Rank
18
Member
Lloyd Doggett
Party
D
District
Texas 37
Seniority date
January 3, 1995
19
19
Rank
19
Member
Zoe Lofgren
Party
D
District
California 18
Seniority date
Ranking Member: Science, Space and Technology
20
20
Rank
20
Member
Robert Aderholt
Party
R
District
Alabama 4
Seniority date
January 3, 1997
21
21
Rank
21
Member
Danny Davis
Party
D
District
Illinois 7
22
22
Rank
22
Member
Diana DeGette
Party
D
District
Colorado 1
23
23
Rank
23
Member
Jim McGovern
Party
D
District
Massachusetts 2
Seniority date
Ranking Member: Rules
24
24
Rank
24
Member
Brad Sherman
Party
D
District
California 32
25
25
Rank
25
Member
Adam Smith
Party
D
District
Washington 9
Seniority date
Ranking Member: Armed Services
26
26
Rank
26
Member
Gregory Meeks
Party
D
District
New York 5
Seniority date
February 3, 1998
Previous service
Ranking Member: Foreign Affairs
27
27
Rank
27
Member
John B. Larson
Party
D
District
Connecticut 1
Seniority date
January 3, 1999
28
28
Rank
28
Member
Jan Schakowsky
Party
D
District
Illinois 9
29
29
Rank
29
Member
Mike Simpson
Party
R
District
Idaho 2
30
30
Rank
30
Member
Mike Thompson
Party
D
District
California 4
31
31
Rank
31
Member
Pete Sessions
Party
R
District
Texas 17
Seniority date
January 3, 2021
Previous service
1997–2019
32
32
Rank
32
Member
Sam Graves
Party
R
District
Missouri 6
Seniority date
January 3, 2001
Committee and leadership positions
Chair: Transportation and Infrastructure
33
33
Rank
33
Member
Rick Larsen
Party
D
District
Washington 2
Seniority date
Ranking Member: Transportation and Infrastructure
34
34
Rank
34
Member
Betty McCollum
Party
D
District
Minnesota 4
35
35
Rank
35
Member
Stephen Lynch
Party
D
District
Massachusetts 8
Seniority date
October 16, 2001
36
36
Rank
36
Member
Joe Wilson
Party
R
District
South Carolina 2
Seniority date
December 18, 2001
37
37
Rank
37
Member
John Carter
Party
R
District
Texas 31
Seniority date
January 3, 2003
38
38
Rank
38
Member
Tom Cole
Party
R
District
Oklahoma 4
Seniority date
Chair: Appropriations
39
39
Rank
39
Member
Mario Díaz-Balart
Party
R
District
Florida 26
40
40
Rank
40
Member
Mike Rogers
Party
R
District
Alabama 3
Seniority date
Chair: Armed Services
41
41
Rank
41
Member
Linda Sánchez
Party
D
District
California 38
42
42
Rank
42
Member
Mike Turner
Party
R
District
Ohio 10
43
43
Rank
43
Member
Darrell Issa
Party
R
District
California 48
Seniority date
January 3, 2021
Previous service
2001–2019
44
44
Rank
44
Member
Emanuel Cleaver
Party
D
District
Missouri 5
Seniority date
January 3, 2005
45
45
Rank
45
Member
Jim Costa
Party
D
District
California 21
46
46
Rank
46
Member
Henry Cuellar
Party
D
District
Texas 28
47
47
Rank
47
Member
Virginia Foxx
Party
R
District
North Carolina 5
Seniority date
Chair: Rules
48
48
Rank
48
Member
Al Green
Party
D
District
Texas 9
49
49
Rank
49
Member
Michael McCaul
Party
R
District
Texas 10
50
50
Rank
50
Member
Gwen Moore
Party
D
District
Wisconsin 4
51
51
Rank
51
Member
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Party
D
District
Florida 25
52
52
Rank
52
Member
Doris Matsui
Party
D
District
California 7
Seniority date
March 8, 2005
53
53
Rank
53
Member
Gus Bilirakis
Party
R
District
Florida 12
Seniority date
January 3, 2007
54
54
Rank
54
Member
Vern Buchanan
Party
R
District
Florida 16
55
55
Rank
55
Member
Kathy Castor
Party
D
District
Florida 14
56
56
Rank
56
Member
Yvette Clarke
Party
D
District
New York 9
57
57
Rank
57
Member
Steve Cohen
Party
D
District
Tennessee 9
58
58
Rank
58
Member
Joe Courtney
Party
D
District
Connecticut 2
59
59
Rank
59
Member
Hank Johnson
Party
D
District
Georgia 4
60
60
Rank
60
Member
Jim Jordan
Party
R
District
Ohio 4
Seniority date
Chair: Judiciary
61
61
Rank
61
Member
Adrian Smith
Party
R
District
Nebraska 3
62
62
Rank
62
Member
Bob Latta
Party
R
District
Ohio 5
Seniority date
December 11, 2007
63
63
Rank
63
Member
Rob Wittman
Party
R
District
Virginia 1
64
64
Rank
64
Member
André Carson
Party
D
District
Indiana 7
Seniority date
March 11, 2008
65
65
Rank
65
Member
Steve Scalise
Party
R
District
Louisiana 1
Seniority date
May 3, 2008
Previous service
Majority Leader
66
66
Rank
66
Member
Brett Guthrie
Party
R
District
Kentucky 2
Seniority date
January 3, 2009
Previous service
Chair: Energy and Commerce
67
67
Rank
67
Member
Jim Himes
Party
D
District
Connecticut 4
Seniority date
Ranking Member: Intelligence
68
68
Rank
68
Member
Tom McClintock
Party
R
District
California 5
69
69
Rank
69
Member
Chellie Pingree
Party
D
District
Maine 1
70
70
Rank
70
Member
Glenn Thompson
Party
R
District
Pennsylvania 15
Seniority date
Chair: Agriculture
71
71
Rank
71
Member
Paul Tonko
Party
D
District
New York 20
72
72
Rank
72
Member
Mike Quigley
Party
D
District
Illinois 5
Seniority date
April 7, 2009
73
73
Rank
73
Member
Judy Chu
Party
D
District
California 28
Seniority date
July 14, 2009
74
74
Rank
74
Member
John Garamendi
Party
D
District
California 8
Seniority date
November 3, 2009
75
75
Rank
75
Member
Tim Walberg
Party
R
District
Michigan 5
Seniority date
January 3, 2011
Previous service
2007–2009
Committee and leadership positions
Chair: Education and the Workforce
76
76
Rank
76
Member
Bill Foster
Party
D
District
Illinois 11
Seniority date
January 3, 2013
Previous service
2008–2011
77
77
Rank
77
Member
Kweisi Mfume
Party
D
District
Maryland 7
Seniority date
April 28, 2020
Previous service
1987–1996
78
78
Rank
78
Member
Rick Crawford
Party
R
District
Arkansas 1
Seniority date
January 3, 2011
Committee and leadership positions
Chair: Intelligence
79
79
Rank
79
Member
Scott DesJarlais
Party
R
District
Tennessee 4
| Rank | Member | Party | District | Seniority date | Previous service | Committee and leadership positions |
| 1 | Hal Rogers | R | Kentucky 5 | January 3, 1981 | Dean of the House | |
| 2 | Chris Smith | R | New Jersey 4 | |||
| 3 | Steny Hoyer | D | Maryland 5 | May 19, 1981 | ||
| 4 | Marcy Kaptur | D | Ohio 9 | January 3, 1983 | ||
| 5 | Nancy Pelosi | D | California 11 | June 2, 1987 | Speaker Emerita of the House | |
| 6 | Frank Pallone | D | New Jersey 6 | November 8, 1988 | Ranking Member: Energy and Commerce | |
| 7 | Richard Neal | D | Massachusetts 1 | January 3, 1989 | Ranking Member: Ways and Means | |
| 8 | Rosa DeLauro | D | Connecticut 3 | January 3, 1991 | Ranking Member: Appropriations | |
| 9 | Maxine Waters | D | California 43 | Ranking Member: Financial Services | ||
| 10 | Jerry Nadler | D | New York 12 | November 3, 1992 | ||
| 11 | Sanford Bishop | D | Georgia 2 | January 3, 1993 | ||
| 12 | Ken Calvert | R | California 41 | |||
| 13 | Jim Clyburn | D | South Carolina 6 | |||
| 14 | Bobby Scott | D | Virginia 3 | Ranking Member: Education and the Workforce | ||
| 15 | Nydia Velázquez | D | New York 7 | Ranking Member: Small Business | ||
| 16 | Bennie Thompson | D | Mississippi 2 | April 13, 1993 | Ranking Member: Homeland Security | |
| 17 | Frank Lucas | R | Oklahoma 3 | May 10, 1994 | ||
| 18 | Lloyd Doggett | D | Texas 37 | January 3, 1995 | ||
| 19 | Zoe Lofgren | D | California 18 | Ranking Member: Science, Space and Technology | ||
| 20 | Robert Aderholt | R | Alabama 4 | January 3, 1997 | ||
| 21 | Danny Davis | D | Illinois 7 | |||
| 22 | Diana DeGette | D | Colorado 1 | |||
| 23 | Jim McGovern | D | Massachusetts 2 | Ranking Member: Rules | ||
| 24 | Brad Sherman | D | California 32 | |||
| 25 | Adam Smith | D | Washington 9 | Ranking Member: Armed Services | ||
| 26 | Gregory Meeks | D | New York 5 | February 3, 1998 | Ranking Member: Foreign Affairs | |
| 27 | John B. Larson | D | Connecticut 1 | January 3, 1999 | ||
| 28 | Jan Schakowsky | D | Illinois 9 | |||
| 29 | Mike Simpson | R | Idaho 2 | |||
| 30 | Mike Thompson | D | California 4 | |||
| 31 | Pete Sessions | R | Texas 17 | January 3, 2021 | 1997–2019 | |
| 32 | Sam Graves | R | Missouri 6 | January 3, 2001 | Chair: Transportation and Infrastructure | |
| 33 | Rick Larsen | D | Washington 2 | Ranking Member: Transportation and Infrastructure | ||
| 34 | Betty McCollum | D | Minnesota 4 | |||
| 35 | Stephen Lynch | D | Massachusetts 8 | October 16, 2001 | ||
| 36 | Joe Wilson | R | South Carolina 2 | December 18, 2001 | ||
| 37 | John Carter | R | Texas 31 | January 3, 2003 | ||
| 38 | Tom Cole | R | Oklahoma 4 | Chair: Appropriations | ||
| 39 | Mario Díaz-Balart | R | Florida 26 | |||
| 40 | Mike Rogers | R | Alabama 3 | Chair: Armed Services | ||
| 41 | Linda Sánchez | D | California 38 | |||
| 42 | Mike Turner | R | Ohio 10 | |||
| 43 | Darrell Issa | R | California 48 | January 3, 2021 | 2001–2019 | |
| 44 | Emanuel Cleaver | D | Missouri 5 | January 3, 2005 | ||
| 45 | Jim Costa | D | California 21 | |||
| 46 | Henry Cuellar | D | Texas 28 | |||
| 47 | Virginia Foxx | R | North Carolina 5 | Chair: Rules | ||
| 48 | Al Green | D | Texas 9 | |||
| 49 | Michael McCaul | R | Texas 10 |
· Delegates
1
1
Rank
1
Delegate
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Party
D
District
District of Columbia at-large
Seniority date
(previous service, if any)
January 3, 1991
2
2
Rank
2
Delegate
Stacey Plaskett
Party
D
District
United States Virgin Islands at-large
Seniority date
(previous service, if any)
January 3, 2015
3
3
Rank
3
Delegate
Amata Coleman Radewagen
Party
R
District
American Samoa at-large
4
4
Rank
4
Delegate
James Moylan
Party
R
District
Guam at-large
Seniority date
(previous service, if any)
January 3, 2023
5
5
Rank
5
Delegate
Pablo Hernández Rivera
Party
PPD/D
District
Puerto Rico at-large
Seniority date
(previous service, if any)
January 3, 2025
6
6
Rank
6
Delegate
Kimberlyn King-Hinds
Party
R
District
Northern Mariana Islands at-large
| Rank | Delegate | Party | District | Seniority date (previous service, if any) |
| 1 | Eleanor Holmes Norton | D | District of Columbia at-large | January 3, 1991 |
| 2 | Stacey Plaskett | D | United States Virgin Islands at-large | January 3, 2015 |
| 3 | Amata Coleman Radewagen | R | American Samoa at-large | |
| 4 | James Moylan | R | Guam at-large | January 3, 2023 |
| 5 | Pablo Hernández Rivera | PPD/D | Puerto Rico at-large | January 3, 2025 |
| 6 | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | R | Northern Mariana Islands at-large |
References
- Members elected with substantial prior service receive credit for part of that service when calculating seniority.
- A party change does not affect seniority.
- "Terms of Service for Members of the House of Representatives"https://history.house.gov/Institution/Seniority/Terms-of-Service/
- U . News & World Reporthttps://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2006/12/08/house-seniority-and-committee-leadership.html
- The American Political Science Reviewhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/1952154
- Evansville Courier & Presshttps://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2018/10/16/office-space-congress-impacts-status-secrets-hill/1408904002/
- CBS Newshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/doug-lamalfa-republican-congressman-california-dies-65/
- Axioshttps://www.axios.com/2026/04/14/eric-swalwell-tony-gonzales-resign-congress
- KXTVhttps://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/special-election-to-replace-eric-swalwell-in-house-set-august/103-0c342750-4043-4a15-b790-d30f33ab40d2
- AP Newshttps://apnews.com/article/cherfilusmccormick-ethics-hearing-house-376eaaa9ff51a7bf66a9a5528822d2ef
- "Georgia U . Rep. David Scott has died"https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/04/georgia-us-rep-david-scott-has-died/