List of United States Representatives in the 114th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (January 3, 2015 - January 3, 2017) ordered by seniority.

Standards for 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.

Representatives who return to the House after having previously served in the House are credited with service equal to one less than the number of terms they served. For example, Rep. Steve Chabot had previously served seven terms, from 1995 to 2009, when he was once again elected in 2010. Instead of holding seniority with others whose terms began January 3, 2011, he was credited with six terms, and holds seniority above all representatives whose terms began January 3, 1999, and after. When a representative has served a prior term of fewer than two terms (i.e., prior term minus one equals less than one), he or she is ranked above all others whose service begins on the same day.

Benefits of seniority

Committee chairmanship in the House is often associated with seniority, especially in the Democratic Caucus. The Republican leadership has a stronger hand in choosing chairmen and ranking minority members, and does so based on voting records and campaign fundraising.[1] However, party leadership is not strictly associated with seniority.

Non-consecutive terms

The "*" indicates that the representative/delegate may have served one or more non-consecutive terms while in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.

Complete seniority list

U.S. House Seniority
Rank Representative Party District Seniority date No.# of term(s) Committee and leadership positions
1 John Conyers D MI-13 January 3, 1965 26th term Dean of the House
Ranking Member: Judiciary
2 Charles B. Rangel D NY-13 January 3, 1971 23rd term  
3 Don Young R AK March 6, 1973 22nd term
4 James Sensenbrenner R WI-05 January 3, 1979 19th term
5 Hal Rogers R KY-05 January 3, 1981 18th term Chair: Appropriations
6 Christopher Smith R NJ-04 18th term  
7 Steny Hoyer D MD-05 May 19, 1981 18th term Minority Whip
8 Marcy Kaptur D OH-09 January 3, 1983 17th term  
9 Sander Levin D MI-09 Ranking Member: Ways and Means
10 Joe Barton R TX-06 January 3, 1985 16th term  
11 Pete Visclosky D IN-01
12 Peter DeFazio D OR-04 January 3, 1987 15th term Ranking Member: Transportation and Infrastructure
13 John Lewis D GA-05  
14 Louise Slaughter D NY-25 Ranking Member: Rules
15 Lamar Smith R TX-21 Chair: Science, Space and Technology
16 Fred Upton R MI-06 Chair: Energy and Commerce
17 Nancy Pelosi D CA-12 June 2, 1987 16th term Minority Leader
18 John Duncan R TN-02 November 8, 1988 16th term  
19 Frank Pallone D NJ-06 Ranking Member: Energy and Commerce
20 Eliot Engel D NY-16 January 3, 1989 14th term Ranking Member: Foreign Affairs
21 Nita Lowey D NY-17 Ranking Member: Appropriations
22 Jim McDermott D WA-07  
23 Richard Neal D MA-01
24 Dana Rohrabacher R CA-48
25 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R FL-27 August 29, 1989 14th term
26 José Serrano D NY-15 March 20, 1990 14th term
27 David Price D NC-04 January 3, 1997
Previous service, 1987–1995.[2]		 14th term*  
28 John Boehner R OH-08 January 3, 1991 13th term Speaker of the House
29 Rosa DeLauro D CT-03  
30 Collin Peterson D MN-07 Ranking Member: Agriculture
31 Maxine Waters D CA-43 Ranking Member: Financial Services
32 Sam Johnson R TX-03 May 8, 1991 13th term  
33 Jerrold Nadler D NY-10 November 3, 1992 13th term
34 Jim Cooper D TN-05 January 3, 2003
Previous service, 1983–1995.[2]		 13th term*
35 Xavier Becerra D CA-34 January 3, 1993 12th term Democratic Caucus Chairman
36 Sanford Bishop D GA-02  
37 Corrine Brown D FL-05 Ranking Member: Veterans' Affairs
38 Ken Calvert R CA-42  
39 Jim Clyburn D SC-06 Assistant Minority Leader
40 Anna Eshoo D CA-18  
41 Bob Goodlatte R VA-06 Chair: Judiciary
42 Gene Green D TX-29  
43 Luis Gutiérrez D IL-04
44 Alcee Hastings D FL-20
45 Eddie Bernice Johnson D TX-30 Ranking Member: Science, Space and Technology
46 Peter King R NY-02  
47 Carolyn Maloney D NY-12
48 John Mica R FL-07
49 Lucille Roybal-Allard D CA-40
50 Ed Royce R CA-39 Chair: Foreign Affairs
51 Bobby Rush D IL-01  
52 Bobby Scott D VA-03 Ranking Member: Education and the Workforce
53 Nydia Velázquez D NY-07 Ranking Member: Small Business
54 Bennie Thompson D MS-02 April 13, 1993 12th term Ranking Member: Homeland Security
55 Sam Farr D CA-20 June 8, 1993 12th term  
56 Frank Lucas R OK-03 May 10, 1994 12th term ??
57 Lloyd Doggett D TX-35 January 3, 1995 11th term  
58 Mike Doyle D PA-14
59 Chaka Fattah D PA-02
60 Rodney Frelinghuysen R NJ-11
61 Sheila Jackson-Lee D TX-18
62 Walter B. Jones R NC-03
63 Frank LoBiondo R NJ-02
64 Zoe Lofgren D CA-19
65 Mac Thornberry R TX-13 Chair: Armed Services
66 Ed Whitfield R KY-01  
67 Elijah Cummings D MD-07 April 16, 1996 11th term Ranking Member: Oversight and Government Reform
68 Earl Blumenauer D OR-03 May 21, 1996 11th term  
69 Robert Aderholt R AL-04 January 3, 1997 10th term
70 Kevin Brady R TX-08
71 Danny Davis D IL-07
72 Diana DeGette D CO-01
73 Kay Granger R TX-12
74 Rubén Hinojosa D TX-15
75 Ron Kind D WI-03
76 Jim McGovern D MA-02
77 Bill Pascrell D NJ-09
78 Joe Pitts R PA-16
79 Loretta Sanchez D CA-46
80 Pete Sessions R TX-32 Chair: Rules
81 Brad Sherman D CA-30  
82 John Shimkus R IL-15
83 Adam Smith D WA-09 Ranking Member: Armed Services
84 Gregory Meeks D NY-05 February 3, 1998 10th term  
85 Lois Capps D CA-24 March 10, 1998
86 Barbara Lee D CA-13 April 7, 1998
87 Robert Brady D PA-01 May 19, 1998 Ranking Member: House Administration
88 Steve Chabot R OH-01 January 3, 2011
Previous service, 1995–2009.[2]		 10th term*  
89 Mike Capuano D MA-07 January 3, 1999 09th term
90 Joe Crowley D NY-14
91 John Larson D CT-01
92 Grace Napolitano D CA-32
93 Paul Ryan R WI-01 Chair: Ways and Means
94 Jan Schakowsky D IL-09  
95 Mike Simpson R ID-02
96 Mike Thompson D CA-05
97 Greg Walden R OR-02
98 William Lacy Clay D MO-01 January 3, 2001 08th term
99 Ander Crenshaw R FL-04
100 John Culberson R TX-07
101 Susan Davis D CA-53
102 Sam Graves R MO-06 Chair: Small Business
103 Mike Honda D CA-15  
104 Steve Israel D NY-03
105 Darrell Issa R CA-49
106 James Langevin D RI-02
107 Rick Larsen D WA-02
108 Betty McCollum D MN-04
109 Adam Schiff D CA-28 Ranking Member: Intelligence
110 Patrick Tiberi R OH-12  
111 Bill Shuster R PA-09 May 15, 2001 08th term Chair: Transportation and Infrastructure
112 Randy Forbes R VA-04 June 19, 2001 08th term  
113 Stephen Lynch D MA-08 October 16, 2001 08th term
114 Jeff Miller R FL-01 Chair: Veterans' Affairs
115 Joe Wilson R SC-02 December 18, 2001 08th term  
116 Rob Bishop R UT-01 January 3, 2003 07th term Chair: Natural Resources
117 Marsha Blackburn R TN-07  
118 Michael Burgess R TX-26
119 John Carter R TX-31
120 Tom Cole R OK-04
121 Mario Diaz-Balart R FL-25
122 Trent Franks R AZ-08
123 Scott Garrett R NJ-05
124 Raúl Grijalva D AZ-03 Ranking Member: Natural Resources
125 Jeb Hensarling R TX-05 Chair: Financial Services
126 Steve King R IA-04  
127 John Kline R MN-02 Chair: Education and the Workforce
128 Candice Miller R MI-10 Chair: House Administration
129 Tim Murphy R PA-18  
130 Devin Nunes R CA-22 Chair: Intelligence
131 Mike D. Rogers R AL-03  
132 Dutch Ruppersberger D MD-02
133 Tim Ryan D OH-13
134 Linda Sánchez D CA-38 Ranking Member: Ethics
135 David Scott D GA-13  
136 Michael Turner R OH-10
137 Chris Van Hollen D MD-08 Ranking Member: Budget
138 Randy Neugebauer R TX-19 June 3, 2003 07th term  
139 G. K. Butterfield D NC-01 July 20, 2004 07th term
140 Charles Boustany R LA-03 January 3, 2005 06th term
141 Emanuel Cleaver D MO-05
142 Mike Conaway R TX-11 Chair: Agriculture
143 Jim Costa D CA-16  
144 Henry Cuellar D TX-28
145 Charlie Dent R PA-15 Chair: Ethics
146 Jeff Fortenberry R NE-01  
147 Virginia Foxx R NC-05
148 Louie Gohmert R TX-01
149 Al Green D TX-09
150 Brian Higgins D NY-26
151 Dan Lipinski D IL-03
152 Kenny Marchant R TX-24
153 Michael McCaul R TX-10 Chair: Homeland Security
154 Patrick McHenry R NC-10  
155 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA-05 Republican Conference Chairwoman
156 Gwen Moore D WI-04  
157 Ted Poe R TX-02
158 Tom Price R GA-06 Chair: Budget
159 Dave Reichert R WA-08  
160 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL-23
161 Lynn Westmoreland R GA-03
162 Doris Matsui D CA-06 March 8, 2005 06th term
163 Albio Sires D NJ-08 November 7, 2006 06th term
164 Steve Pearce R NM-02 January 3, 2011
Previous service, 2003–2009.[2]		 06th term*  
165 Gus Bilirakis R FL-12 January 3, 2007 05th term
166 Vern Buchanan R FL-16
167 Kathy Castor D FL-14
168 Yvette D. Clarke D NY-09
169 Steve Cohen D TN-09
170 Joe Courtney D CT-02
171 Keith Ellison D MN-05
172 Hank Johnson D GA-04
173 Jim Jordan R OH-04
174 Doug Lamborn R CO-05
175 Dave Loebsack D IA-02
176 Kevin McCarthy R CA-23 Majority Leader
177 Jerry McNerney D CA-09  
178 Ed Perlmutter D CO-07
179 Peter Roskam R IL-06
180 John Sarbanes D MD-03
181 Adrian Smith R NE-03
182 Tim Walz D MN-01
183 Peter Welch D VT
184 John Yarmuth D KY
185 Niki Tsongas D MA-03 October 16, 2007 05th term
186 Bob Latta R OH-05 December 11, 2007 05th term
187 Rob Wittman R VA-01
188 André Carson D IN-07 March 11, 2008 05th term
189 Jackie Speier D CA-14 April 8, 2008 05th term
190 Steve Scalise R LA-01 May 3, 2008 05th term Majority Whip
191 Donna Edwards D MD-04 June 17, 2008 05th term  
192 Marcia Fudge D OH-11 November 18, 2008 05th term
193 Rick Nolan D MN-08 January 3, 2013
Previous service, 1975–1981.[2]		 05th term*
194 Matt Salmon R AZ-05 January 3, 2013
Previous service, 1995–2001.[2]		 05th term*
195 Mark Sanford R SC-01 May 7, 2013
Previous service, 1995–2001.[2]		 05th term*
196 Jason Chaffetz R UT-03 January 3, 2009 04th term Chair: Oversight and Government Reform
197 Mike Coffman R CO-06  
198 Gerry Connolly D VA-11
199 John C. Fleming R LA-04
200 Brett Guthrie R KY-02
201 Gregg Harper R MS-03
202 Jim Himes D CT-04
203 Duncan D. Hunter R CA-50
204 Lynn Jenkins R KS-02
205 Leonard Lance R NJ-07
206 Blaine Luetkemeyer R MO-03
207 Ben R. Luján D NM-03
208 Cynthia Lummis R WY
209 Tom McClintock R CA-04
210 Pete Olson R TX-22
211 Erik Paulsen R MN-03
212 Chellie Pingree D ME-01
213 Jared Polis D CO-02
214 Bill Posey R FL-08
215 Phil Roe R TN-01
216 Tom Rooney R FL-17
217 Aaron Schock R IL-18
218 Kurt Schrader D OR-05
219 Glenn Thompson R PA-05
220 Paul Tonko D NY-20
221 Michael Quigley D IL-05 April 7, 2009 04th term
222 Judy Chu D CA-27 July 14, 2009
223 John Garamendi D CA-03 November 3, 2009
224 Ted Deutch D FL-21 April 13, 2010
225 Tom Graves R GA-14 June 8, 2010
226 Tom Reed R NY-23 November 2, 2010
227 Marlin Stutzman R IN-03
228 Mike Fitzpatrick R PA-08 January 3, 2011
Previous service, 2005–2007.[2]		 04th term*
229 Tim Walberg R MI-07 January 3, 2011
Previous service, 2007–2009.[2]		 04th term*
230 Bill Foster D IL-11 January 3, 2013
Previous service, 2008–2011.[2]		 04th term*
231 Justin Amash R MI-03 January 3, 2011 03rd term
232 Lou Barletta R PA-11
233 Karen Bass D CA-37
234 Dan Benishek R MI-01
235 Diane Black R TN-06
236 Mo Brooks R AL-05
237 Larry Bucshon R IN-08
238 John Carney D DE
239 David Cicilline D RI-01
240 Rick Crawford R AR-01
241 Jeff Denham R CA-10
242 Scott DesJarlais R TN-04
243 Sean Duffy R WI-07
244 Jeff Duncan R SC-03
245 Renee Ellmers R NC-02
246 Blake Farenthold R TX-27
247 Stephen Fincher R TN-08
248 Chuck Fleischmann R TN-03
249 Bill Flores R TX-17
250 Bob Gibbs R OH-17
251 Chris Gibson R NY-19
252 Paul Gosar R AZ-04
253 Trey Gowdy R SC-04
254 Morgan Griffith R VA-09
255 Michael Grimm R NY-11
256 Richard Hanna R NY-22
257 Andy Harris R MD-01
258 Vicky Hartzler R MO-04
259 Joe Heck R NV-03
260 Jaime Herrera Beutler R WA-03
261 Tim Huelskamp R KS-01
262 Bill Huizenga R MI-02
263 Randy Hultgren R IL-14
264 Robert Hurt R VA-05
265 Bill Johnson R OH-06
266 Bill Keating D MA-09
267 Mike Kelly R PA-03
268 Adam Kinzinger R IL-16
269 Raúl Labrador R ID-01
270 Billy Long R MO-07
271 Tom Marino R PA-10
272 David McKinley R WV-01
273 Pat Meehan R PA-07
274 Mick Mulvaney R SC-05
275 Kristi Noem R SD
276 Rich Nugent R FL-11
277 Alan Nunnelee R MS-01
278 Steven Palazzo R MS-04
279 Mike Pompeo R KS-04
280 Jim Renacci R OH-16
281 Reid Ribble R WI-08
282 Cedric Richmond D LA-02
283 Scott Rigell R VA-02
284 Martha Roby R AL-02
285 Todd Rokita R IN-04
286 Dennis Ross R FL-15
287 David Schweikert R AZ-06
288 Austin Scott R GA-08
289 Terri Sewell D AL-07
290 Steve Stivers R OH-15
291 Scott Tipton R CO-03
292 Daniel Webster R FL-10
293 Frederica Wilson D FL-24
294 Steve Womack R AR-03
295 Rob Woodall R GA-07
296 Kevin Yoder R KS-03
297 Todd Young R IN-09
298 Janice Hahn D CA-44 July 12, 2011 03rd term
299 Mark Amodei R NV-02 September 13, 2011 03rd term
300 Suzanne Bonamici D OR-01 January 31, 2012 03rd term
301 Suzan DelBene D WA-01 November 6, 2012 03rd term
302 Thomas Massie R KY-04
303 Donald Payne, Jr. D NY-10
304 Alan Grayson D FL-09 January 3, 2013
Previous service, 2009–2011.[2]		 03rd term*
305 Ann Kirkpatrick D AZ-01 January 3, 2013 03rd term*
306 Dina Titus D NV-01
307 Andy Barr R KY-06
308 Joyce Beatty D OH-03
309 Ami Bera D CA-07
310 Jim Bridenstine R OK-01
311 Susan Brooks R IN-05
312 Julia Brownley D CA-26
313 Cheri Bustos D IL-17
314 Tony Cardenas D CA-29
315 Matt Cartwright D PA-17
316 Joaquin Castro D TX-20
317 Chris Collins R NY-27
318 Doug Collins R GA-09
319 Paul Cook R CA-08
320 Kevin Cramer R ND
321 Rodney Davis R IL-13
322 John Delaney D MD-06
323 Ron DeSantis R FL-06
324 Tammy Duckworth D IL-08
325 Elizabeth Esty D CT-05
326 Lois Frankel D FL-22
327 Tulsi Gabbard D HI-02
328 Dennis Heck D WA-10
329 George Holding R NC-13
330 Richard Hudson R NC-08
331 Jared Huffman D CA-02
332 Hakeem Jeffries D NY-08
333 David Joyce R OH-14
334 Joseph Kennedy III D MA-04
335 Dan Kildee D MI-05
336 Derek Kilmer D WA-06
337 Ann McLane Kuster D NH-02
338 Doug LaMalfa R CA-01
339 Alan Lowenthal D CA-47
340 Michelle Lujan Grisham D NM-01
341 Sean Patrick Maloney D NY-18
342 Mark Meadows R NC-11
343 Grace Meng D NY-06
344 Luke Messer R IN-06
345 Markwayne Mullin R OK-02
346 Patrick Murphy D FL-18
347 Beto O'Rourke D TX-16
348 Scott Perry R PA-04
349 Scott Peters D CA-52
350 Robert Pittenger R NC-09
351 Mark Pocan D WI-02
352 Tom Rice R SC-07
353 Keith Rothfus R PA-12
354 Raul Ruiz D CA-36
355 Kyrsten Sinema D AZ-09
356 Chris Stewart R UT-02
357 Eric Swalwell D CA-15
358 Mark Takano D CA-41
359 David Valadao R CA-21
360 Juan Vargas D CA-51
361 Marc Veasey D TX-33
362 Filemon Vela D TX-34
363 Ann Wagner R MO-02
364 Jackie Walorski R IN-02
365 Randy Weber R TX-14
366 Brad Wenstrup R OH-02
367 Roger Williams R TX-25
368 Ted Yoho R FL-03
369 Robin Kelly D IL-02 April 9, 2013 02nd term
370 Jason Smith R MO-08 June 4, 2013 02nd term
371 Katherine Clark D MA-05 December 10, 2013 02nd term
372 Bradley Byrne R AL-01 December 17, 2013 02nd term
373 David Jolly R FL-13 March 11, 2014 02nd term
374 Curt Clawson R FL-19 June 24, 2014 02nd term
375 Alma Adams D NC-12 November 4, 2014 02nd term
376 Dave Brat R VA-07
377 Donald Norcross D NJ-01
378 Robert Dold R IL-10 January 3, 2015
Previous service, 2011–2013.[2]		 02nd term*
379 Frank Guinta R NH-01
380 Ralph Abraham R LA-05 January 3, 2015 01st term
381 Pete Aguilar D CA-31
382 Rick W. Allen R GA-12
383 Brad Ashford D NE-02
384 Brian Babin R TX-36
385 Don Beyer D VA-08
386 Mike Bishop R MI-08
387 Rod Blum R IA-01
388 Mike Bost R IL-12
389 Brendan F. Boyle D PA-13
390 Ken Buck R CO-04
391 Buddy Carter R GA-01
392 Barbara Comstock R VA-10
393 Ryan Costello R PA-06
394 Carlos Curbelo R FL-26
395 Mark DeSaulnier D CA-11
396 Debbie Dingell D MI-12
397 Tom Emmer R MN-06
398 Ruben Gallego D AZ-07
399 Gwen Graham D FL-02
400 Garret Graves R LA-06
401 Glenn Grothman R WI-06
402 Cresent Hardy R NV-04
403 Jody Hice R GA-10
404 French Hill R AR-02
405 Will Hurd R TX-23
406 Evan Jenkins R WV-03
407 John Katko R NY-24
408 Steve Knight R CA-25
409 Brenda Lawrence D MI-14
410 Ted Lieu D CA-33
411 Barry Loudermilk R GA-11
412 Mia Love R UT-04
413 Tom MacArthur R NJ-03
414 Martha McSally R AZ-02
415 John Moolenaar R MI-04
416 Alex Mooney R WV-02
417 Seth Moulton D MA-06
418 Dan Newhouse R WA-04
419 Gary Palmer R AL-06
420 Bruce Poliquin R ME-02
421 John Ratcliffe R TX-04
422 Kathleen Rice D NY-04
423 David Rouzer R NC-07
424 Steve Russell R OK-05
425 Elise Stefanik R NY-21
426 Mark Takai D HI-01
427 Norma Torres D CA-35
428 David Trott R MI-11
429 Mark Walker R NC-06
430 Mimi Walters R CA-45
431 Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ-12
432 Bruce Westerman R AR-04
433 David Young R IA-03
434 Lee Zeldin R NY-01
435 Ryan Zinke R MT
  Dan Donovan R NY-11 May 5, 2015
  Trent Kelly R MS-01 June 2, 2015
  Darin LaHood R IL-18 September 10, 2015
  Warren Davidson R OH-18 June 7, 2016
  Colleen Hanabusa D HI-1 November 8, 2016
Previous service, 2011–2015.
  James Comer R KY-1 November 8, 2016
  Dwight Evans D PA-2

Delegates

Rank Delegate Party District Seniority date No.# of term(s) Notes
1 Eleanor Holmes Norton D DC January 3, 1991 13th term  
2 Madeleine Bordallo D GU January 3, 2003 07th term
3 Pedro Pierluisi NPP/D PR January 3, 2009 04th term
4 Gregorio Sablan D NMI
5 Stacey Plaskett D VI January 3, 2015 01st term
6 Amata Coleman Radewagen R AS

See also

References

  1. ↑ House Seniority and Committee Leadership
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Members elected with substantial prior service receive credit for part of that service when calculating seniority.

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