# List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 9th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 9th 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 9th Congress (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807). 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 9th Congress.

## 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 2, 1805, and Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC) was re-elected for a third consecutive term.

## Standing committees

The House created its first standing committee, on April 13, 1789. There were five standing committees, listed in the rules initially used by the 9th Congress. On December 17, 1805, the Accounts Committee and a new Public Lands Committee were included in revised rules.
Committees, in this period, were appointed for a session at a time by the Speaker.
This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 9th 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 *.
The first session was December 2, 1805-April 21, 1806 (141 days) and the second session was December 1, 1806-March 3, 1807 (93 days).
| No. | Committee | From | Mbrs | Appointed | Chairman |
| 1 | Accounts | 1803 (1805) | 3 | December 2, 1805-April 21, 1806 | Frederick Conrad (DR-PA) |
| 1 | Accounts | 1803 (1805) | 3 | December 1, 1806-March 3, 1807 | Frederick Conrad (DR-PA) |
| 2 | Claims | 1794 | 7 | December 2, 1805-April 21, 1806 | *John C. Smith (F-CT) |
| 2 | Claims | 1794 | 7 | December 1, 1806-March 3, 1807 | David Holmes (DR-VA) |
| 3 | Commerce and Manufactures | 1795 | 7 | December 2, 1805-April 21, 1806 | *Jacob Crowninshield (DR-MA) a |
| 3 | Commerce and Manufactures | 1795 | 7 | December 1, 1806-March 3, 1807 | *Jacob Crowninshield (DR-MA) a |
| 4 | Elections | 1789 | 7 | December 2, 1805-April 21, 1806 | *William Findley (DR-PA) |
| 4 | Elections | 1789 | 7 | December 1, 1806-March 3, 1807 | *William Findley (DR-PA) |
| 5 | Public Lands | 1805 | 7 | December 7, 1805-April 21, 1806 | Andrew Gregg (DR-PA) |
| 5 | Public Lands | 1805 | 7 | December 1, 1806-March 3, 1807 | John Boyle (DR-KY) |
| 6 | Revisal and Unfinished Business | 1795 | 3 | December 2, 1805-April 2, 1806 | *Samuel Tenney (F-NH) |
| 6 | Revisal and Unfinished Business | 1795 | 3 | December 1, 1806-March 3, 1807 | *Samuel Tenney (F-NH) |
| 7 | Ways and Means | 1802 | 7 | December 2, 1805-April 2, 1806 | *John Randolph (DR-VA) |
| 7 | Ways and Means | 1802 | 7 | December 1, 1806-March 3, 1807 | Joseph Clay (DR-PA) |
Note:-
* a On January 6, 1807, Crowninshield was absent on leave and the House appointed Gurdon S. Mumford (DR-NY) in his place.

## List of representatives by seniority

A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 142 members initially elected to the 9th 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.
Ten Representatives-elect were not sworn in, as two died and eight 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 :
| Rank | Representative | Party | District | Seniority date | Notes |
| Eight consecutive terms ||||||
| 1 | Andrew Gregg | DR | PA-5 | March 4, 1791 | (A) 1791–95. Chairman: Public Lands (1805–06). Last term while serving in the House. |
| 2 | Nathaniel Macon | DR | NC-6 | March 4, 1791 | (A) 1791–95. Speaker of the House. |
| Seven consecutive terms ||||||
| 3 | Philip Van Cortlandt | DR | NY-4 | March 4, 1793 | (A) 1793-95 |
| 4 | Peleg Wadsworth | F | MA-15 | March 4, 1793 | (P) 1793–95. Last term while serving in the House. |
| Six consecutive terms ||||||
| 5 | Roger Griswold | F | CT-al | March 4, 1795 | Resigned as Representative-elect, before Congress convened, in 1805 |
| 6 | Joseph B. Varnum | DR | MA-4 | March 4, 1795 | |
| 7 | Samuel W. Dana | F | CT-al | January 3, 1797 | |
| Six non-consecutive terms ||||||
| 8 | William Findley | DR | PA-8 | March 4, 1803 | Previously served (A) 1791-95 and (DR) 1795–99. Chairman: Elections. |
| Five consecutive terms ||||||
| 9 | Matthew Clay | DR | VA-14 | March 4, 1797 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 10 | John Dawson | DR | VA-10 | March 4, 1797 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 11 | John Fowler | DR | KY-5 | March 4, 1797 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 12 | John A. Hanna | DR | PA-4 | March 4, 1797 | Died, as Representative-elect: July 23, 1805 |
| 13 | David Holmes | DR | VA-4 | March 4, 1797 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805. Chairman: Claims (1806–07). |
| 14 | Richard Stanford | DR | NC-8 | March 4, 1797 | |
| 15 | Abram Trigg | DR | VA-6 | March 4, 1797 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 16 | Robert Brown | DR | PA-2 | December 4, 1798 | |
| Five non-consecutive terms ||||||
| 17 | John Clopton | DR | VA-22 | March 4, 1801 | Previously served (DR) 1795–99. Elected to this Congress: April 1805. |
| 18 | James Gillespie | DR | NC-5 | March 4, 1803 | Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795–99. Died, as Representative-elect: January 11, 1805. |
| 19 | John Smilie | DR | PA-9 | March 4, 1799 | Previously served (A) 1793-95 while serving in the House. |
| 20 | Richard Winn | DR | SC-5 | January 24, 1803 | Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795-97 while serving in the House. |
| Four consecutive terms ||||||
| 21 | Willis Alston | DR | NC-2 | March 4, 1799 | |
| 22 | Phanuel Bishop | DR | MA-9 | March 4, 1799 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 23 | John Davenport | F | CT-al | March 4, 1799 | |
| 24 | Edwin Gray | DR | VA-19 | March 4, 1799 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 25 | Michael Leib | DR | PA-1 | March 4, 1799 | Resigned: February 14, 1806 |
| 26 | Joseph H. Nicholson | DR | MD-7 | March 4, 1799 | Resigned: March 1, 1806 |
| 27 | John Randolph | DR | VA-15 | March 4, 1799 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805. Chairman: Ways and Means (1805–06). |
| 28 | John C. Smith | F | CT-al | November 17, 1800 | Chairman: Claims (1805–06). Resigned: August 1806. |
| 29 | Samuel Tenney | F | NH-al | December 8, 1800 | Chairman: Revisal and Unfinished Business. Last term while serving in the House. |
| Four non-consecutive terms ||||||
| 30 | David Bard | DR | PA-4 | March 4, 1803 | Previously served (DR) 1795-99 while serving in the House. |
| 31 | James A. Bayard | F | DE-al | March 4, 1805 | Previously served (F) 1797–1803. Resigned, as Representative-elect, in 1804, to become US Senator. |
| 32 | Thomas Blount | DR | NC-3 | March 4, 1805 | Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795-99 while serving in the House. |
| 33 | James Holland | DR | NC-11 | March 4, 1801 | Previously served (DR) 1795-97 while serving in the House. |
| 34 | Matthew Lyon | DR | KY-1 | March 4, 1803 | Previously served (DR-VT) 1797–1801 while serving in the House. |
| Three consecutive terms ||||||
| 35 | John Archer | DR | MD-6 | March 4, 1801 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 36 | William Butler | DR | SC-2 | March 4, 1801 | |
| 37 | John Campbell | F | MD-1 | March 4, 1801 | |
| 38 | Ebenezer Elmer | DR | NJ-al | March 4, 1801 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 39 | William Helms | DR | NJ-al | March 4, 1801 | |
| 40 | Samuel L. Mitchill | DR | NY-2/3 | March 4, 1801 | Resigned, as Representative-elect, to become US Senator: November 22, 1804. Last term until 11th Congress. |
| 41 | Thomas Moore | DR | SC-7 | March 4, 1801 | |
| 42 | Thomas Newton, Jr. | DR | VA-20 | March 4, 1801 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 43 | John Smith | DR | VA-3 | March 4, 1801 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 44 | Henry Southard | DR | NJ-al | March 4, 1801 | |
| 45 | Joseph Stanton, Jr. | DR | RI-al | March 4, 1801 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 46 | David Thomas | DR | NY-12 | March 4, 1801 | |
| 47 | Philip R. Thompson | DR | VA-9 | March 4, 1801 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805. Last term while serving in the House. |
| 48 | Killian K. Van Rensselaer | F | NY-9 | March 4, 1801 | |
| 49 | Calvin Goddard | F | CT-al | May 14, 1801 | Resigned, as Representative-elect, before Congress convened in 1805 |
| 50 | Richard Cutts | DR | MA-14 | June 22, 1801 | |
| 51 | Seth Hastings | F | MA-10 | August 24, 1801 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 52 | Benjamin Tallmadge | F | CT-al | September 21, 1801 | |
| 53 | William Dickson | DR | TN-3 | October 30, 1801 | Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1805. Mero District. Last term while serving in the House. |
| 54 | David Meriwether | DR | GA-al | December 6, 1802 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 55 | Thomas Wynns | DR | NC-1 | December 7, 1802 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 56 | Peter Early | DR | GA-al | January 10, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| Three non-consecutive terms ||||||
| 57 | Walter Jones | DR | VA-8 | March 4, 1803 | Previously served (DR) 1797–99. Elected to this Congress: April 1805. |
| 58 | Joseph Winston | DR | NC-12 | March 4, 1803 | Previously served (A) 1793-95 while serving in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
| Two consecutive terms ||||||
| 59 | Nathaniel Alexander | DR | NC-10 | March 4, 1803 | Resigned as Representative-elect, to become governor, November 1805 |
| 60 | Isaac Anderson | DR | PA-3 | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 61 | George M. Bedinger | DR | KY-6 | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 62 | Silas Betton | F | NH-al | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 63 | William Blackledge | DR | NC-4 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 64 | John Boyle | DR | KY-2 | March 4, 1803 | Chairman: Public Lands (1806–07) |
| 65 | George W. Campbell | DR | TN-2 | March 4, 1803 | Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1805. Hamilton District. |
| 66 | Levi Casey | DR | SC-6 | March 4, 1803 | Died February 3, 1807, while serving in the House.. Elected to but did not serve in 10th Congress. |
| 67 | Martin Chittenden | F | VT-4 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 68 | Joseph Clay | DR | PA-1 | March 4, 1803 | Chairman: Ways and Means (1806–07). |
| 69 | Frederick Conrad | DR | PA-2 | March 4, 1803 | Chairman: Accounts. Last term while serving in the House. |
| 70 | Jacob Crowninshield | DR | MA-2 | March 4, 1803 | Chairman: Commerce and Manufactures |
| 71 | John B. Earle | DR | SC-8 | March 4, 1803 | Resigned, as Representative-elect: August 1805 |
| 72 | James Elliot | F | VT-2 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 73 | John W. Eppes | DR | VA-16 | March 4, 1803 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 74 | Peterson Goodwyn | DR | VA-18 | March 4, 1803 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 75 | David Hough | F | NH-al | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 76 | John G. Jackson | DR | VA-1 | March 4, 1803 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 77 | Nehemiah Knight | DR | RI-al | March 4, 1803 | |
| 78 | Joseph Lewis, Jr. | F | VA-7 | March 4, 1803 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 79 | Henry W. Livingston | F | NY-8 | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 80 | John B. C. Lucas | DR | PA-11 | March 4, 1803 | Resigned, as Representative-elect, before Congress convened in 1805 |
| 81 | William McCreery | DR | MD-5 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 82 | Nicholas R. Moore | DR | MD-5 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 83 | Jeremiah Morrow | DR | OH-al | March 4, 1803 | |
| 84 | Gideon Olin | DR | VT-1 | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 85 | Thomas M. Randolph | DR | VA-21 | March 4, 1803 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805. Last term while serving in the House. |
| 86 | John Rea | DR | PA-7 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 87 | John Rhea | DR | TN-1 | March 4, 1803 | Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1805. Washington District. |
| 88 | Jacob Richards | DR | PA-1 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 89 | Thomas Sammons | DR | NY-13 | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House until 11th Congress. |
| 90 | Thomas Sandford | DR | KY-4 | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 91 | Ebenezer Seaver | DR | MA-13 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 92 | James Sloan | DR | NJ-al | March 4, 1803 | |
| 93 | William Stedman | F | MA-11 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 94 | Samuel Taggart | F | MA-6 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 95 | Matthew Walton | DR | KY-3 | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 96 | John Whitehill | DR | PA-3 | March 4, 1803 | Last term while serving in the House. |
| 97 | Marmaduke Williams | DR | NC-9 | March 4, 1803 | |
| 98 | Joseph Bryan | DR | GA-al | October 3, 1803 | Resigned 1806 |
| 99 | Daniel C. Verplanck | DR | NY-6 | October 17, 1803 | |
| 100 | Christopher H. Clark | DR | VA-13 | November 5, 1804 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805. Resigned: July 1, 1806. |
| 101 | Roger Nelson | DR | MD-4 | November 6, 1804 | |
| 102 | Alexander Wilson | DR | VA-5 | December 4, 1804 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| ... | George Clinton, Jr. | DR | NY-2/3 | February 14, 1805 | Special election before this Congress started |
| One term ||||||
| 103 | Joseph Barker | DR | MA-7 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 104 | Burwell Bassett | DR | VA-12 | March 4, 1805 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 105 | Barnabas Bidwell | DR | MA-12 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 106 | John Blake, Jr. | DR | NY-5 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 107 | John Chandler | DR | MA-17 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 108 | John Claiborne | DR | VA-17 | March 4, 1805 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 109 | Orchard Cook | DR | MA-16 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 110 | Leonard Covington | DR | MD-2 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 111 | Ezra Darby | DR | NJ-al | March 4, 1805 | |
| 112 | Caleb Ellis | F | NH-al | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 113 | William Ely | F | MA-5 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 114 | James Fisk | DR | VT-3 | March 4, 1805 | Elected to this Congress: March 25, 1805 |
| 115 | James M. Garnett | DR | VA-11 | March 4, 1805 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 116 | Charles Goldsborough | F | MD-8 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 117 | Isaiah L. Green | DR | MA-8 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 118 | Silas Halsey | DR | NY-17 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 119 | John Hamilton | DR | PA-10 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 120 | James Kelly | F | PA-6 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 121 | John Lambert | DR | NJ-al | March 4, 1805 | |
| 122 | Christian Lower | DR | PA-3 | March 4, 1805 | Died December 19, 1806, while serving in the House. |
| 123 | Patrick Magruder | DR | MD-3 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 124 | Robert Marion | DR | SC-1 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 125 | Josiah Masters | DR | NY-10 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 126 | Duncan McFarlan | DR | NC-7 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 127 | Cowles Mead | DR | GA-al | March 4, 1805 | Unseated after election challenge: December 24, 1805 |
| 128 | John Morrow | DR | VA-2 | March 4, 1805 | Elected to this Congress: April 1805 |
| 129 | Jonathan O. Moseley | F | CT-al | March 4, 1805 | |
| ... | Gurdon S. Mumford | DR | NY-2/3 | March 4, 1805 | Special election, before this Congress started |
| 130 | Jeremiah Nelson | F | MA-3 | March 4, 1805 | Only term until 14th Congress |
| 131 | John Pugh | DR | PA-2 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 132 | Josiah Quincy | F | MA-1 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 133 | John Russell | DR | NY-14 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 134 | Peter Sailly | DR | NY-11 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 135 | Martin G. Schuneman | DR | NY-7 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 136 | O'Brien Smith | DR | SC-4 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 137 | Thomas W. Thompson | F | NH-al | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 138 | Daniel D. Tompkins | DR | NY-2/3 | March 4, 1805 | Resigned, as Representative-elect, before the Congress started: July 2, 1804 |
| 139 | Uri Tracy | DR | NY-16 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House until 11th Congress. |
| 140 | Eliphalet Wickes | DR | NY-1 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| 141 | David R. Williams | DR | SC-3 | March 4, 1805 | |
| 142 | Nathan Williams | DR | NY-15 | March 4, 1805 | Only term while serving in the House. |
| Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress ||||||
| ... | Thomas Kenan | DR | NC-5 | August 8, 1805 | Special election |
| ... | Timothy Pitkin | F | CT-al | September 16, 1805 | Special election |
| ... | Lewis B. Sturges | F | CT-al | September 16, 1805 | Special election |
| ... | James M. Broom | F | DE-al | October 1, 1805 | Special election |
| ... | Samuel Smith | DR | PA-11 | November 7, 1805 | Special election: October 8, 1805 |
| ... | Robert Whitehill | DR | PA-4 | November 7, 1805 | Special election: October 8, 1805 |
| ... | Thomas Spalding | DR | GA-al | December 24, 1805 | Seated after election contest. Resigned 1806. |
| ... | Evan S. Alexander | DR | NC-10 | February 24, 1806 | Special election: January 23–24, 1806 |
| ... | Dennis Smelt | DR | GA-al | September 1, 1806 | Special election |
| ... | Elias Earle | DR | SC-8 | September 27, 1806 | Special election: September 26–27, 1806. Only term until 12th Congress. |
| ... | William A. Burwell | DR | VA-13 | December 1, 1806 | Special election: November 1806 |
| ... | Theodore Dwight | F | CT-al | December 1, 1806 | Special election: September 15, 1806. Only term while serving in the House. |
| ... | Edward Lloyd | DR | MD-7 | December 3, 1806 | Special election: September 27 and October 4, 1806 |
| ... | John Porter | DR | PA-1 | December 8, 1806 | Special election: November 27, 1806 |
| ... | William W. Bibb | DR | GA-al | January 26, 1807 | Special election: December 1, 1806 |
| Non voting member ||||||
| a | William Lattimore | - | MS-al | March 4, 1803 | Delegate from Mississippi Territory. Last term while serving in the House until 13th Congress. |
| b | Daniel Clark | - | OL-al | December 1, 1806 | Delegate from Orleans Territory |
| c | Benjamin Parke | - | IN-al | December 12, 1806 | Delegate from Indiana Territory |