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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.
Illinois 8 277 David Kustoff: R Tennessee 8 278 Al Lawson: D Florida 5 279 Brian Mast: R Florida 18 280 Donald McEachin: D Virginia 4 Died on November 28, 2022. 281 Stephanie Murphy: D Florida 7 282 Tom O'Halleran: D Arizona 1 283 Jimmy Panetta: D California 20 284 Jamie Raskin: D Maryland 8 285 John Rutherford: R Florida 4 286 Lloyd Smucker: R
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 ...
Across both houses of Congress, Rogers' 35 years of service from 1925 to 1960 was the longest for a female member when she died in office in 1960. Her record was surpassed in 2012 by Mikulski, who served a total of 40 years in Congress from 1977 to 2017 (10 years in the House of Representatives and 30 years in the Senate).
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 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.
List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service; Retrieved from "https: ...
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 103rd Congress (January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995). Current seats and party affiliations on the List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by seniority will be different for certain members.
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 (March 4 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.