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The more senior a representative is, the more likely the representative is to receive desirable committee assignments or leadership posts. Seniority also affects access to more desirable office space in the House Office Buildings: [ 3 ] after an office is vacated, members next in seniority can choose whether to move into it.
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 117th United States Congress, which runs from January 3, 2021, through January 3, 2023, ordered by seniority. [1]
Ranking Member: Judiciary: 11 Sanford Bishop: D Georgia 2: January 3, 1993 12 Ken Calvert: R California 41: 13 Jim Clyburn: D South Carolina 6: Assistant Democratic Leader until February 14, 2024 14 Anna Eshoo: D California 16 15 Bobby Scott: D Virginia 3: Ranking Member: Education and the Workforce: 16 Nydia Velázquez: D New York 7: Ranking ...
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
In the next Congress, there will be a record 62 CBC members, more than a quarter of the 215-member Democratic caucus. While CBC leaders insist that seniority isn’t dead and that it is still a ...
In March 2022, he became the most senior member of Congress. At the time of his retirement, Leahy was the dean of Vermont's congressional delegation, Vermont's longest-serving U.S. senator, and the first Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Vermont.
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 118th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.