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This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of December 8, 2024, the 118th 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.
The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member congressional districts allocated to each state on the basis of population as measured by the United States census, with each district having at least a single representative, provided that that state is entitled to them. [5]
U.S. House of Representatives [a] Arizona House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal: 1979 Delaware: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) 3rd (93rd overall) No Open seat; replacing Tom Carper (D) [2] U.S. House of Representatives [b] Delaware Secretary of Labor 1962 Indiana: Jim Banks (R) 2nd (92nd overall) No Open seat; replacing Mike ...
There are 435 voting members in the House of Representatives. Each representative is elected to a two-year term to serve a certain congressional district in their designated state.
Members-elect of the United States Senate are sworn in, but members-elect of the United States House of Representatives cannot be sworn as the House adjourns for the day without electing a speaker. [21] January 3–7, 2023: The election for the House speakership takes 15 ballots.
The 116th United States Congress began on January 3, 2019. There were nine new senators (two Democrats, seven Republicans) and a minimum of 89 new representatives (59 Democrats, 29 Republicans, with one open seat pending), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), at the start of its first session.
Representative Marcy Kaptur, the longest serving woman in the chamber's history, has represented Ohio's 9th congressional district since 1983. Representative Marcy Kaptur, who has served in the House since January 3, 1983, has the longest-serving tenure of any female member in the chamber's history. [47]
U.S. House of Representatives seniority Rank Representative Party District Seniority date Previous service [2] Notes 1 Don Young: R Alaska at-large: March 6, 1973 Dean of the House Died on March 18, 2022. 2 Hal Rogers: R Kentucky 5: January 3, 1981 Dean of the House from March 18, 2022 3 Chris Smith: R New Jersey 4 4 Steny Hoyer: D Maryland 5 ...