List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 7th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 7th United States Congress listed 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 7th Congress (March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803). 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 current 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 7th Congress.[1]

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.

Congressmen, in early Congresses, were often elected after the legal start of the Congress. Such representatives are attributed with unbroken seniority, from the legal start of the congressional term, if they were the first person elected to a seat in a Congress. The date of the election is indicated in a note.

The seniority date is normally taken from the members entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, except where the date given is the legal start of the Congress and the actual election (for someone who was not the first person elected to the seat in that Congress) was later. The date of election is taken from United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997. In a few instances the latter work provides dates, for the start and end of terms, which correct those in the Biographical Directory.

The Biographical Directory normally uses the date of a special election, as the seniority date. However, mostly in early Congresses, the date of the member taking his seat can be the one given. The date of the special election is mentioned in a note to the list below, when that date is not used as the seniority date by the Biographical Directory.

Representatives who returned 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.

Leadership

In this Congress the only formal leader was the Speaker of the House. A Speakership ballot was held on December 7, 1801 and Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC) was elected.[2]

Standing committees

The House created its first standing committee, on April 13, 1789. There were four standing committees, listed in the rules initially used by the 7th Congress. In addition there was a Ways and Means Committee. The Ways and Means Committee was not formally added to the main list of standing committees, until the rules were revised on January 7, 1802. The modern Ways and Means Committee dates its foundation as a standing committee to 1802, but considers the pre-1802 panel to be its forerunner.

Committees, in this period, were appointed for a session at a time and not necessarily for every one in a Congress. The Speaker appointed the members.

This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 7th Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee, the number of members assigned to the committee and the dates of appointment in each session, the end of the session and its chairman. Chairmen, who were re-appointed after serving in the previous Congress, are indicated by an *.[3]

The first session was December 7, 1801 – May 3, 1802 (148 days), and the second session was December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803 (88 days).

No.CommitteeFromMbrsAppointedChairman
1Claims17947December 8, 1801 – May 3, 1802John C. Smith (F-CT)
December 8, 1802 – March 3, 1803
2Commerce and Manufactures17957December 8, 1801 – May 3, 1802*Samuel Smith (DR-MD)
December 8, 1802 – March 3, 1803
3Elections17897December 8, 1801 – May 3, 1802John Milledge (DR-GA)
December 8, 1802 – March 3, 1803John Bacon (DR-MA)
4Revisal and Unfinished Business17953December 8, 1801 – May 3, 1802John Davenport (F-CT)
December 8, 1802 – March 3, 1803
5Ways and Means[1794] 18029December 8, 1801 – May 3, 1802John Randolph (DR-VA)
7December 14, 1802 – March 3, 1803

List of Representatives by seniority

A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 106 members initially elected to the 7th Congress. Other members, who were not the first person elected to a seat but who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number.

Twelve Representatives-elect were not sworn in, as one died and eleven resigned. The list below includes the Representatives-elect (with name in italics), with the seniority they would have held if they had been sworn in.

Party designations used in this article are DR for Democratic-Republican members and F for Federalist representatives. Designations used for service in the first three congresses are (A) for Anti-Administration members and (P) for Pro-Administration representatives.

U.S. House Seniority
RankRepresentativePartyDistrictSeniority dateNotes
Seven consecutive terms
1George ThatcherFMA-14March 4, 1789 (P) 1789-95. Resigned as Representative-elect.[4]
Six consecutive terms
2Andrew GreggDRPA-9March 4, 1791 (A) 1791-95
3William B. GroveFNC-7 (P) 1791-95. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
4Nathaniel MaconDRNC-5 (A) 1791-95. Speaker of the House.
Six non-consecutive terms
5William B. GilesDRVA-9March 4, 1801 Previously served (A) December 7, 1790–95 and (DR) 1795-October 2, 1798 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
Five consecutive terms
6Anthony NewDRVA-16March 4, 1793 (A) 1793-95. Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801.
7Samuel SmithDRMD-5 (A) 1793-95 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: April 6, 1801. Chairman:
Commerce and Manufactures. Last term until 14th Congress.
8Philip Van CortlandtDRNY-3 (A) 1793-95
9Peleg WadsworthFMA-13 (P) 1793-95
Five non-consecutive terms
10Thomas SumterDRSC-4March 4, 1797 Previously served (A) 1789-93 while as a member of the House. Resigned, to become US Senator:
December 15, 1801.
11Abiel FosterF NH-alMarch 4, 1795 Previously served (P) June 22, 1789-91 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
12Daniel HiesterDRMD-4March 4, 1801 Previously served (PA-A) 1789-95 and (PA-DR) 1795-July 1, 1796 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: April 6, 1801.
Four consecutive terms
13Samuel J. CabellDRVA-14March 4, 1795 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
14Albert GallatinDRPA-12 Resigned as Representative-elect, to become Secretary of the
Treasury [5]
15Roger GriswoldFCT-al
16Joseph B. VarnumDRMA-9
17Samuel W. DanaFCT-alJanuary 3, 1797
Four non-consecutive terms
18Thomas ClaiborneDRVA-8March 4, 1801 Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795-99 while as a member of the House. Elected to this
Congress: April 22, 1801.
19Peter MuhlenbergDRPA-4March 4, 1799 Previously served (A) 1789-91 and 1793-95 while as a member of the House.. Resigned, as
Representative-elect, to become a US Senator.[6]
20Israel SmithDRVT-1March 4, 1801 Previously served (A) October 17, 1791–95 and (DR) 1795-97 while as a member of the House.
Last term while serving as a member of the House.
Three consecutive terms
21James A. BayardFDE-alMarch 4, 1797 Last term while serving as a member of the House. (elected to 9th Congress but did not serve)
22Matthew ClayDRVA-6 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801
23Thomas T. DavisDRKY-1 Elected to this Congress: August 3, 1801. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
24John DawsonDRVA-15 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801
25John DennisFMD-8 Elected to this Congress: April 6, 1801
26Lucas C. ElmendorfDRNY-4 Last term while serving as a member of the House.
27John FowlerDRKY-2 Elected to this Congress: August 3, 1801
28John A. HannaDRPA-6
29David HolmesDRVA-2 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801
30John Rutledge, Jr.FSC-2 Last term while serving as a member of the House.
31William ShepardFMA-2
32Richard StanfordDRNC-4
33Abram TriggDRVA-4 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801
34John J. TriggDRVA-5
35Robert WilliamsDRNC-3 Last term while serving as a member of the House.
36Lewis R. MorrisFVT-2May 22, 1797
37William EdmondFCT-alNovember 13, 1797 Resigned as Representative-elect: c. August 1801 [7]
38William ClaiborneDRTN-alNovember 23, 1797 Elected to this Congress: August 3–4, 1801. Resigned as
Representative-elect: September 22, 1801.[8]
39Joseph HiesterDRPA-5December 1, 1798
40Robert BrownDRPA-4December 4, 1798
Three non-consecutive terms
41Richard BrentDRVA-17March 4, 1801 Previously (DR) 1795-99 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress:
April 22, 1801. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
42John CloptonDRVA-13 Previously served (DR) 1795-99 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress:
April 22, 1801.
43George JacksonDRVA-3March 4, 1799 Previously served (DR) 1795-97 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress:
April 22, 1801. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
44John SmilieDRPA-11 Previously served (A) 1793-95 while as a member of the House.
45Richard Sprigg, Jr.DRMD-2March 4, 1801 Previously served (DR) May 5, 1796-99. Elected to this Congress:
April 6, 1801. Resigned on February 11, 1802 while still serving as a member of the House.
Two consecutive terms
46Willis AlstonDRNC-9March 4, 1799
47John BirdFNY-6 Resigned as Representative-elect: July 25, 1801 [9]
48Phanuel BishopDRMA-7
49John ConditDRNJ-al Last term while as a member of the House until 16th Congress.
50John DavenportFCT-al Chairman: Revisal and Unfinished Business
51Edwin GrayDRVA-10 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801
52Archibald HendersonFNC-2 Last term while serving as a member of the House.
53William H. HillFNC-6
54Benjamin HugerFSC-3
55James JonesFGA-al Died as Representative-elect: January 11, 1801 [10]
56Silas LeeFMA-12 Resigned as Representative-elect: August 20, 1801 [11]
57Michael LeibDRPA-2
58Joseph H. NicholsonDRMD-7 Elected to this Congress: April 6, 1801
59John RandolphDRVA-7 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801. Chairman: Ways and Means.
60David StoneDRNC-8 Resigned, as Representative-elect, to become a US Senator [12]
61Benjamin TaliaferroDRGA-al (F) 1799-1801. Resigned in February 1802 while still serving as a member of the House.
62Lemuel WilliamsFMA-5
63Henry WoodsFPA-10 Last term while serving as a member of the House.
64Elizur GoodrichFCT-alSeptember 16, 1799 Special election. Resigned as Representative-elect: March 3, 1801.[13]
65John SmithDRNY-1February 6, 1800
66Nathan ReadFMA-10November 25, 1800 Last term while serving as a member of the House.
67John C. SmithFCT-alNovember 17, 1800 Chairman: Claims
68Samuel TenneyFNH-alNovember 18, 1800
69Levi LincolnDRMA-4December 15, 1800 Resigned, as Representative-elect, to become Attorney General:
March 5, 1801 [14]
70John StewartDRPA-8January 15, 1801
71Ebenezer MattoonFMA-3February 2, 1801 Last term while serving as a member of the House.
Two non-consecutive terms
72James HollandDRNC-1March 4, 1801 Previously served (DR) 1795-97 while as a member of the House.
73Thomas TillinghastDRRI-al Previously served (F) November 13, 1797-99 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
One term
74John ArcherDRMD-6March 4, 1801 Elected to this Congress: April 6, 1801
75John BaconDRMA-1 Elected to this Congress: March 9, 1801. Chairman: Elections
(1802–03). Only term while serving as a member of the House.
76Thomas BoudeFPA-7 Only term while serving as a member of the House.
77William ButlerDRSC-5
78John CampbellFMD-1 Elected to this Congress: April 6, 1801
79Manasseh CutlerFMA-11
80Ebenezer ElmerDRNJ-al
81William EustisDRMA-8
82William HelmsDRNJ-al
83Joseph HemphillFPA-3 Only term while serving as a member of the House until 16th Congress
84William JonesDRPA-1 Only term while serving as a member of the House.
85Thomas LowndesFSC-1
86Samuel L. MitchillDRNY-2
87Thomas MooreDRSC-6
88Thomas MorrisFNY-10 Only term while serving as a member of the House.
89James MottDRNJ-al
90Thomas Newton, Jr.DRVA-11 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801
91Joseph PeirceFNH-al Resigned in 1802 while still serving as a member of the House.
92Elias PerkinsFCT-al Only term while serving as a member of the House.
93Thomas PlaterFMD-3 Elected to this Congress: April 6, 1801
94John SmithDRVA-1 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801
95Josiah SmithDRMA-6 Elected to this Congress: March 9, 1801. Only term while serving as a member of the House.
96Henry SouthardDRNJ-al
97John StanlyFNC-10 Only term while as a member of the House until 11th Congress
98Joseph Stanton Jr.DRRI-al Elected to this Congress: April 15, 1801
99John StrattonFVA-12 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801. Only term while serving as a member of the House.
100John TaliaferroDRVA-1 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801. Only term while serving as a member of the House until 12th Congress.
101David ThomasDRNY-7
102Thomas TillotsonDRNY-7 Resigned as Representative-elect: August 10, 1801 [15]
103Philip R. ThompsonDRVA-18 Elected to this Congress: April 22, 1801
104George B. UphamFNH-al
105Killian K. Van RensselaerFNY-8
106Benjamin WalkerFNY-9 Only term while serving as a member of the House.
Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress
...John MilledgeDRGA-alMarch 23, 1801 Previously served (A) November 22, 1792–93 and (DR) 1795-99 while as a member of the House.
Special election. Chairman: Elections (1801–02).
Resigned to become Governor: November 9, 1802.
...Calvin GoddardFCT-alMay 18, 1801 Special election: April 9, 1801
...Richard CuttsDRMA-14June 22, 1801 Special election
...Charles JohnsonDRNC-8August 7, 1801 Special election: August 6–7, 1801. Died on July 23, 1802 while still serving as a member of the House.
...Seth HastingsFMA-14August 24, 1801 Special election. Seated January 11, 1802.
...Benjamin TallmadgeFCT-alSeptember 21, 1801 Special election
...Theodorus BaileyDRNY-5October 6, 1801 Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795-97 and 1799-1801 while as a member of the House.
Special election: October 6–8, 1801. Last term while serving as a member of the House.
...John P. Van NessDRNY-6 Special election: October 6–8, 1801. Seated December 7, 1801.
Seat declared forfeited: January 17, 1803.
...William HogeDRPA-12October 13, 1801 Special election
...Isaac Van HorneDRPA-4
...William DicksonDRTN-alOctober 30, 1801 Special election: October 29–30, 1801
...Walter BowieDRMD-2March 24, 1802 Special election: March 2, 1802
...Samuel HuntFNH-alDecember 6, 1802 Special election: August 30, 1802
...David MeriwetherDRGA-al Special election: April 5, 1802
...Samuel ThatcherFMA-12 Special election: July 29, 1802
...Thomas WynnsDRNC-8December 7, 1802 Special election: October 15, 1802
...Peter EarlyDRGA-alJanuary 10, 1803 Special election: December 15, 1802
...Richard WinnDRSC-4January 24, 1803 Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795-97. Special election: April 12–14, 1802.
Non voting members
aPaul FearingFOH-alMarch 4, 1801 Delegate for Northwest Territory (future OH).
Term ended on OH admission.
bNarsworthy Hunter-MS-al Delegate for Mississippi Territory. Died on March 11, 1802.
cThomas M. Green, Jr.DRMS-alDecember 6, 1802 Delegate for Mississippi Territory. Special election. Only term.

See also

References

  1. 112th Congress official House seniority list
  2. Annals of Congress, for the date of election
  3. Based on Rule X Organisation of Committees, in the House Rules and Manual for the 112th Congress. For membership and chairmen, see the Journal of the House of Representatives for the 7th Congress for the dates of appointment specified.
  4. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 9 on page 25).
  5. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 15 on page 25).
  6. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 14 on page 25).
  7. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 1 on page 25).
  8. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 23) and resignation (note 18 on page 25).
  9. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 12 on page 25).
  10. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and death (note 3 on page 25).
  11. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 8 on page 25).
  12. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 13 on page 25).
  13. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 2 on page 25).
  14. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 7 on page 25).
  15. United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, election (page 22) and resignation (note 11 on page 25).

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