Almanac of American Politics
SEARCH SPONSOR
Search the Almanac
Example: 'Pelosi' or 'California'

House Seniority

Democrats
House Democrats base seniority on length of time in office. Democratic members who return after previous House service are given seniority over others elected at that time, but do not receive full credit for their previous stint in the House.
Member State Start of Service Past Service
John Dingell MI 12/13/55  
John Conyers MI 01/03/65  
David Obey WI 04/01/69  
Charles Rangel NY 01/03/71  
Pete Stark CA 01/03/73  
John Murtha PA 02/05/74  
George Miller CA 01/03/75  
James Oberstar MN 01/03/75  
Henry Waxman CA 01/03/75  
Edward Markey MA 11/02/76  
Norm Dicks WA 01/03/77  
Dale Kildee MI 01/03/77  
Nick Rahall WV 01/03/77  
Ike Skelton MO 01/03/77  
Barney Frank MA 01/03/81  
Steny Hoyer MD 05/19/81  
Howard Berman CA 01/03/83  
Rick Boucher VA 01/03/83  
Marcy Kaptur OH 01/03/83  
Sander Levin MI 01/03/83  
Alan Mollohan WV 01/03/83  
Solomon Ortiz TX 01/03/83  
John Spratt SC 01/03/83  
Edolphus Towns NY 01/03/83  
Gary Ackerman NY 03/01/83  
Bart Gordon TN 01/03/85  
Paul Kanjorski PA 01/03/85  
Peter Visclosky IN 01/03/85  
Peter DeFazio OR 01/03/87  
John Lewis GA 01/03/87  
Louise Slaughter NY 01/03/87  
Nancy Pelosi CA 06/02/87  
Jerry Costello IL 08/09/88  
Frank Pallone NJ 11/08/88  
Eliot Engel NY 01/03/89  
Nita Lowey NY 01/03/89  
Jim McDermott WA 01/03/89  
Richard Neal MA 01/03/89  
Donald Payne NJ 01/03/89  
John Tanner TN 01/03/89  
Gene Taylor MS 10/17/89  
José Serrano NY 03/20/90  
Robert Andrews NJ 11/06/90  
Neil Abercrombie* HI 01/03/91 Also served Sept. 1986- Jan. 1987
Rosa DeLauro CT 01/03/91  
Chet Edwards TX 01/03/91  
Jim Moran VA 01/03/91  
Collin Peterson MN 01/03/91  
Maxine Waters CA 01/03/91  
John Olver MA 06/04/91  
Ed Pastor AZ 09/24/91  
Jerrold Nadler NY 11/04/92  
Xavier Becerra CA 01/03/93  
Sanford Bishop GA 01/03/93  
Corrine Brown FL 01/03/93  
James Clyburn SC 01/03/93  
Anna Eshoo CA 01/03/93  
Bob Filner CA 01/03/93  
Gene Green TX 01/03/93  
Luis Gutierrez IL 01/03/93  
Alcee Hastings FL 01/03/93  
Maurice Hinchey NY 01/03/93  
Tim Holden PA 01/03/93  
Eddie Bernice Johnson TX 01/03/93  
Carolyn Maloney NY 01/03/93  
Earl Pomeroy ND 01/03/93  
Lucille Roybal-Allard CA 01/03/93  
Bobby Rush IL 01/03/93  
Bobby Scott VA 01/03/93  
Bart Stupak MI 01/03/93  
Nydia Velázquez NY 01/03/93  
Melvin Watt NC 01/03/93  
Lynn Woolsey CA 01/03/93  
Bennie Thompson MS 04/13/93  
Sam Farr CA 06/08/93  
Lloyd Doggett TX 01/03/95  
Mike Doyle PA 01/03/95  
Chaka Fattah PA 01/03/95  
Sheila Jackson Lee TX 01/03/95  
Patrick Kennedy RI 01/03/95  
Zoe Lofgren CA 01/03/95  
Jesse Jackson Jr. IL 12/12/95  
Elijah Cummings MD 04/16/96  
Earl Blumenauer OR 05/21/96  
David Price* NC 01/03/97 Also served 1987-1995
Marion Berry AR 01/03/97  
Leonard Boswell IA 01/03/97  
Allen Boyd FL 01/03/97  
Danny Davis IL 01/03/97  
Diana DeGette CO 01/03/97  
Bill Delahunt MA 01/03/97  
Bob Etheridge NC 01/03/97  
Rubén Hinojosa TX 01/03/97  
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick MI 01/03/97  
Ron Kind WI 01/03/97  
Dennis Kucinich OH 01/03/97  
Carolyn McCarthy NY 01/03/97  
Jim McGovern MA 01/03/97  
Mike McIntyre NC 01/03/97  
Bill Pascrell NJ 01/03/97  
Silvestre Reyes TX 01/03/97  
Steven Rothman NJ 01/03/97  
Loretta Sanchez CA 01/03/97  
Brad Sherman CA 01/03/97  
Adam Smith WA 01/03/97  
Vic Snyder AR 01/03/97  
John Tierney MA 01/03/97  
Robert Wexler FL 01/03/97  
Gregory Meeks NY 02/03/98  
Lois Capps CA 03/10/98  
Barbara Lee CA 04/07/98  
Robert Brady PA 05/19/98  
Jay Inslee* WA 01/03/99 Also served 1993-1995
Brian Baird WA 01/03/99  
Tammy Baldwin WI 01/03/99  
Shelley Berkley NV 01/03/99  
Michael Capuano MA 01/03/99  
Joseph Crowley NY 01/03/99  
Charles Gonzalez TX 01/03/99  
Rush Holt NJ 01/03/99  
John Larson CT 01/03/99  
Dennis Moore KS 01/03/99  
Grace Napolitano CA 01/03/99  
Jan Schakowsky IL 01/03/99  
Mike Thompson CA 01/03/99  
Anthony Weiner NY 01/03/99  
David Wu OR 01/03/99  
Joe Baca CA 11/17/99  
Jane Harman* CA 01/03/01 Also served 1993-1999
William Lacy Clay MO 01/03/01  
Susan Davis CA 01/03/01  
Mike Honda CA 01/03/01  
Steve Israel NY 01/03/01  
Jim Langevin RI 01/03/01  
Rick Larsen WA 01/03/01  
Jim Matheson UT 01/03/01  
Betty McCollum MN 01/03/01  
Mike Ross AR 01/03/01  
Adam Schiff CA 01/03/01  
Diane Watson CA 06/05/01  
Stephen Lynch MA 10/16/01  
Jim Cooper* TN 01/03/03 Also served 1983-1995
Tim Bishop NY 01/03/03  
Dennis Cardoza CA 01/03/03  
Artur Davis AL 01/03/03  
Lincoln Davis TN 01/03/03  
Raúl Grijalva AZ 01/03/03  
Jim Marshall GA 01/03/03  
Kendrick Meek FL 01/03/03  
Michael Michaud ME 01/03/03  
Brad Miller NC 01/03/03  
Dutch Ruppersberger MD 01/03/03  
Tim Ryan OH 01/03/03  
Linda Sánchez CA 01/03/03  
David Scott GA 01/03/03  
Chris Van Hollen MD 01/03/03  
Ben Chandler KY 02/17/04  
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin SD 06/01/04  
G.K. Butterfield NC 07/20/04  
John Barrow GA 01/03/05  
Melissa Bean IL 01/03/05  
Dan Boren OK 01/03/05  
Russ Carnahan MO 01/03/05  
Emanuel Cleaver MO 01/03/05  
Jim Costa CA 01/03/05  
Henry Cuellar TX 01/03/05  
Al Green TX 01/03/05  
Brian Higgins NY 01/03/05  
Daniel Lipinski IL 01/03/05  
Charlie Melancon LA 01/03/05  
Gwen Moore WI 01/03/05  
John Salazar CO 01/03/05  
Allyson Schwartz PA 01/03/05  
Debbie Wasserman Schultz FL 01/03/05  
Doris Matsui CA 03/08/05  
Albio Sires NJ 11/13/06  
Ciro Rodriguez* TX 01/04/07 Also served 1997-2005
Baron Hill* IN 01/04/07 Also served 1999-2005
Jason Altmire PA 01/04/07  
Michael Arcuri NY 01/04/07  
Bruce Braley IA 01/04/07  
Christopher Carney PA 01/04/07  
Kathy Castor FL 01/04/07  
Yvette Clarke NY 01/04/07  
Steve Cohen TN 01/04/07  
Joe Courtney CT 01/04/07  
Joe Donnelly IN 01/04/07  
Keith Ellison MN 01/04/07  
Brad Ellsworth IN 01/04/07  
Gabrielle Giffords AZ 01/04/07  
John Hall NY 01/04/07  
Phil Hare IL 01/04/07  
Dean Heller NV 01/04/07  
Mazie Hirono HI 01/04/07  
Paul Hodes NH 01/04/07  
Hank Johnson GA 01/04/07  
Steve Kagen WI 01/04/07  
Ron Klein FL 01/04/07  
Dave Loebsack IA 01/04/07  
Jerry McNerney CA 01/04/07  
Harry Mitchell AZ 01/04/07  
Chris Murphy CT 01/04/07  
Patrick Murphy PA 01/04/07  
Ed Perlmutter CO 01/04/07  
John Sarbanes MD 01/04/07  
Joe Sestak PA 01/04/07  
Carol Shea-Porter NH 01/04/07  
Heath Shuler NC 01/04/07  
Zack Space OH 01/04/07  
Betty Sutton OH 01/04/07  
Tim Walz MN 01/04/07  
Peter Welch VT 01/04/07  
Charlie Wilson OH 01/04/07  
John Yarmuth KY 01/04/07  
Laura Richardson CA 09/04/07  
Niki Tsongas MA 10/18/07  
Bill Foster IL 03/11/08  
André Carson IN 03/13/08  
Jackie Speier CA 04/10/08  
Travis Childers MS 05/20/08  
Donna Edwards MD 06/19/08  
Marcia Fudge OH 11/19/08  
John Adler NJ 01/06/09  
Bobby Bright AL 01/06/09  
John Boccieri OH 01/06/09  
Gerry Connolly VA 01/06/09  
Kathy Dahlkemper PA 01/06/09  
Steve Driehaus OH 01/06/09  
Alan Grayson FL 01/06/09  
Parker Griffith AL 01/06/09  
Debbie Halvorson IL 01/06/09  
Martin Heinrich NM 01/06/09  
Jim Himes CT 01/06/09  
Mary Jo Kilroy OH 01/06/09  
Ann Kirkpatrick AZ 01/06/09  
Larry Kissell NC 01/06/09  
Suzanne Kosmas FL 01/06/09  
Frank Kratovil MD 01/06/09  
Ben Ray Luján NM 01/06/09  
Dan Maffei NY 01/06/09  
Betsy Markey CO 01/06/09  
Eric Massa NY 01/06/09  
Michael McMahon NY 01/06/09  
Walt Minnick ID 01/06/09  
Glenn Nye VA 01/06/09  
Tom Perriello VA 01/06/09  
Gary Peters MI 01/06/09  
Chellie Pingree ME 01/06/09  
Jared Polis CO 01/06/09  
Mark Schauer MI 01/06/09  
Kurt Schrader OR 01/06/09  
Harry Teague NM 01/06/09  
Dina Titus NV 01/06/09  
Paul Tonko NY 01/06/09  
Mike Quigley IL 04/21/09  
Scott Murphy NY 04/29/09  
Judy Chu CA 07/16/09  

* Previous House service
Republicans
House Republicans base seniority on length of time in office. Members who return after previous House service are usually allowed to claim most of their earlier service for seniority purposes, although final decisions are made by the Republican leadership.
Member State Start of Service Past Service
Bill Young FL 01/03/71  
Don Young AK 03/06/73  
Jerry Lewis CA 01/03/79  
Jim Sensenbrenner WI 01/03/79  
Tom Petri WI 04/03/79  
David Dreier CA 01/03/81  
Ralph Hall TX 01/03/81  
Harold Rogers KY 01/03/81  
Chris Smith NJ 01/03/81  
Frank Wolf VA 01/03/81  
Dan Burton IN 01/03/83  
Joe Barton TX 01/03/85  
Howard Coble NC 01/03/85  
Elton Gallegly CA 01/03/87  
Wally Herger CA 01/03/87  
Lamar Smith TX 01/03/87  
Fred Upton MI 01/03/87  
John Duncan TN 11/08/88  
Dana Rohrabacher CA 01/03/89  
Cliff Stearns FL 01/03/89  
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen FL 08/29/89  
Ron Paul* TX 01/03/97 Also served 1976-1977; 1979-1985
John Boehner OH 01/03/91  
Dave Camp MI 01/03/91  
Sam Johnson TX 05/18/91  
Spencer Bachus AL 01/03/93  
Roscoe Bartlett MD 01/03/93  
Steve Buyer IN 01/03/93  
Ken Calvert CA 01/03/93  
Michael Castle DE 01/03/93  
Nathan Deal GA 01/03/93  
Lincoln Diaz-Balart FL 01/03/93  
Bob Goodlatte VA 01/03/93  
Pete Hoekstra MI 01/03/93  
Peter King NY 01/03/93  
Jack Kingston GA 01/03/93  
John Linder GA 01/03/93  
Buck McKeon CA 01/03/93  
Don Manzullo IL 01/03/93  
John Mica FL 01/03/93  
Ed Royce CA 01/03/93  
Vernon Ehlers MI 12/07/93  
Frank Lucas OK 05/10/94  
Rodney Frelinghuysen NJ 01/03/95  
Doc Hastings WA 01/03/95  
Walter Jones NC 01/03/95  
Tom Latham IA 01/03/95  
Steven LaTourette OH 01/03/95  
Frank LoBiondo NJ 01/03/95  
Dan Lungren* CA 01/03/05 Also served 1979-1989
Sue Myrick NC 01/03/95  
George Radanovich CA 01/03/95  
John Shadegg AZ 01/03/95  
Mark Souder IN 01/03/95  
Mac Thornberry TX 01/03/95  
Todd Tiahrt KS 01/03/95  
Zach Wamp TN 01/03/95  
Ed Whitfield KY 01/03/95  
Jo Ann Emerson MD 11/05/96  
Robert Aderholt AL 01/03/97  
Roy Blunt MO 01/03/97  
Kevin Brady TX 01/03/97  
Kay Granger TX 01/03/97  
Jerry Moran KS 01/03/97  
Joe Pitts PA 01/03/97  
Pete Sessions TX 01/03/97  
John Shimkus IL 01/03/97  
Mary Bono Mack CA 04/07/98  
Judy Biggert IL 01/03/99  
Bob Inglis* SC 01/03/05 Also served 1993-1999
Gary Miller CA 01/03/99  
Paul Ryan WI 01/03/99  
Mike Simpson ID 01/03/99  
Lee Terry NE 01/03/99  
Greg Walden OR 01/03/99  
Brian Bilbray* CA 06/06/06 Also served 1995-2001
Todd Akin MO 01/03/01  
Henry Brown SC 01/03/01  
Eric Cantor VA 01/03/01  
Shelley Moore Capito WV 01/03/01  
Ander Crenshaw FL 01/03/01  
John Culberson TX 01/03/01  
Jeff Flake AZ 01/03/01  
Sam Graves MO 01/03/01  
Darrell Issa CA 01/03/01  
Tim Johnson IL 01/03/01  
Mark Kirk IL 01/03/01  
Mike Pence IN 01/03/01  
Todd Platts PA 01/03/01  
Adam Putnam FL 01/03/01  
Denny Rehberg MT 01/03/01  
Mike Rogers MI 01/03/01  
Pat Tiberi OH 01/03/01  
Bill Shuster PA 05/15/01  
Randy Forbes VA 06/19/01  
Jeff Miller FL 10/16/01  
John Boozman AR 11/20/01  
Joe Wilson SC 12/18/01  
John Sullivan OK 02/27/02  
Rodney Alexander LA 01/03/03  
Gresham Barrett SC 01/03/03  
Rob Bishop UT 01/03/03  
Marsha Blackburn TN 01/03/03  
Jo Bonner AL 01/03/03  
Ginny Brown-Waite FL 01/03/03  
Michael Burgess TX 01/03/03  
John Carter TX 01/03/03  
Tom Cole OK 01/03/03  
Mario Diaz-Balart FL 01/03/03  
Trent Franks AZ 01/03/03  
Scott Garrett NJ 01/03/03  
Jim Gerlach PA 01/03/03  
Phil Gingrey GA 01/03/03  
Jeb Hensarling TX 01/03/03  
Steve King IA 01/03/03  
John Kline MN 01/03/03  
Thaddeus McCotter MI 01/03/03  
Candice Miller MI 01/03/03  
Tim Murphy PA 01/03/03  
Devin Nunes CA 01/03/03  
Mike Rogers AL 01/03/03  
Mike Turner OH 01/03/03  
Randy Neugebauer TX 06/03/03  
Charles Boustany LA 01/03/05  
Mike Conaway TX 01/03/05  
Geoff Davis KY 01/03/05  
Charlie Dent PA 01/03/05  
Jeff Fortenberry NE 01/03/05  
Virginia Foxx NC 01/03/05  
Louie Gohmert TX 01/03/05  
Michael McCaul TX 01/03/05  
Patrick McHenry NC 01/03/05  
Cathy McMorris Rodgers WA 01/03/05  
Connie Mack FL 01/03/05  
Kenny Marchant TX 01/03/05  
Ted Poe TX 01/03/05  
Tom Price GA 01/03/05  
Dave Reichert WA 01/03/05  
Lynn Westmoreland GA 01/03/05  
Jean Schmidt OH 08/02/05  
John Campbell CA 12/07/05  
Michele Bachmann MN 01/04/07  
Gus Bilirakis FL 01/04/07  
Vern Buchanan FL 01/04/07  
Mary Fallin OK 01/04/07  
Jim Jordan OH 01/04/07  
Doug Lamborn CO 01/04/07  
Kevin McCarthy CA 01/04/07  
Peter Roskam IL 01/04/07  
Adrian Smith NE 01/04/07  
Paul Broun GA 07/25/07  
Bob Latta OH 12/13/07  
Rob Wittman VA 12/13/07  
Steve Scalise LA 05/07/08  
Steve Austria OH 01/06/09  
Joseph Cao LA 01/06/09  
Bill Cassidy LA 01/06/09  
Jason Chaffetz UT 01/06/09  
Mike Coffman CO 01/06/09  
John Fleming LA 01/06/09  
Brett Guthrie KY 01/06/09  
Gregg Harper MS 01/06/09  
Duncan D. Hunter CA 01/06/09  
Lynn Jenkins KS 01/06/09  
Leonard Lance NJ 01/06/09  
Chris Lee NY 01/06/09  
Blaine Luetkemeyer MO 01/06/09  
Cynthia Lummis WY 01/06/09  
Tom McClintock CA 01/06/09  
Pete Olson TX 01/06/09  
Erik Paulsen MN 01/06/09  
Bill Posey FL 01/06/09  
Phil Roe TN 01/06/09  
Tom Rooney FL 01/06/09  
Aaron Schock IL 01/06/09  
Glenn Thompson PA 01/06/09  

* Previous House service; approximate seniority
TOOLS SPONSOR
Advertisement
Advertisement