# List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 97th Congress by seniority

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 97th United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 97th Congress (January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983). 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 depends on the date on which members were sworn into office. Since many members are sworn in on the same day, subsequent ranking is based on previous congressional service of the individual and then by alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.
Committee chairmanship in the House is often associated with seniority. However, party leadership is typically not associated with seniority.
Note: The "*" indicates that the representative/delegate may have served one or more non-consecutive terms while in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.

## U.S. House seniority list

U.S. House seniority :
| Rank | Representative | Party | District | Seniority date (Previous service, if any) | No.# of term(s) | Notes |
| 1 | Jamie Whitten | D | MS-01 | November 4, 1941 | 21st term | Dean of the House |
| 2 | Charles Melvin Price | D | IL-23 | January 3, 1945 | 19th term |
| 3 | Charles Edward Bennett | D | FL-03 | January 3, 1949 | 17th term |
| 4 | Richard Walker Bolling | D | MO-05 | January 3, 1949 | 17th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 5 | Carl D. Perkins | D | KY-07 | January 3, 1949 | 17th term |
| 6 | Peter W. Rodino | D | NJ-10 | January 3, 1949 | 17th term |
| 7 | Clement J. Zablocki | D | WI-04 | January 3, 1949 | 17th term |
| 8 | Edward Boland | D | MA-02 | January 3, 1953 | 15th term |
| 9 | Jack Brooks | D | TX-09 | January 3, 1953 | 15th term |
| 10 | Lawrence H. Fountain | D | NC-02 | January 3, 1953 | 15th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 11 | Tip O'Neill | D | MA-08 | January 3, 1953 | 15th term | Speaker of the House |
| 12 | John J. Rhodes | R | AZ-01 | January 3, 1953 | 15th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 13 | William Natcher | D | KY-02 | August 1, 1953 | 15th term |
| 14 | Dante Fascell | D | FL-15 | January 3, 1955 | 14th term |
| 15 | Henry S. Reuss | D | WI-05 | January 3, 1955 | 14th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 16 | Jim Wright | D | TX-12 | January 3, 1955 | 14th term |
| 17 | John Dingell | D | MI-16 | December 13, 1955 | 14th term |
| 18 | William Broomfield | R | MI-19 | January 3, 1957 | 13th term |
| 19 | Robert Michel | R | IL-18 | January 3, 1957 | 13th term |
| 20 | Silvio O. Conte | R | MA-01 | January 3, 1959 | 12th term |
| 21 | Ed Derwinski | R | IL-04 | January 3, 1959 | 12th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 22 | Robert Kastenmeier | D | WI-02 | January 3, 1959 | 12th term |
| 23 | Del Latta | R | OH-05 | January 3, 1959 | 12th term |
| 24 | Dan Rostenkowski | D | IL-08 | January 3, 1959 | 12th term |
| 25 | Neal Smith | D | IA-04 | January 3, 1959 | 12th term |
| 26 | Samuel S. Stratton | D | NY-28 | January 3, 1959 | 12th term |
| 27 | Joseph Patrick Addabbo | D | NY-07 | January 3, 1961 | 11th term |
| 28 | Fernand St. Germain | D | RI-01 | January 3, 1961 | 11th term |
| 29 | John M. Ashbrook | R | OH-17 | January 3, 1961 | 11th term | Died on April 24, 1982. |
| 30 | Paul Findley | R | IL-20 | January 3, 1961 | 11th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 31 | Mo Udall | D | AZ-02 | May 2, 1961 | 11th term |
| 32 | Henry B. González | D | TX-20 | November 4, 1961 | 11th term |
| 33 | Benjamin S. Rosenthal | D | NY-08 | February 20, 1962 | 11th term |
| 34 | Jim Broyhill | R | NC-10 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 35 | Don Edwards | D | CA-10 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 36 | Don Fuqua | D | FL-02 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 37 | Sam Gibbons | D | FL-07 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 38 | Augustus F. Hawkins | D | CA-29 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 39 | Frank Horton | R | NY-34 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 40 | Clarence Long | D | MD-02 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 41 | Robert McClory | R | IL-13 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 42 | Joseph McDade | R | PA-10 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 43 | Joseph Minish | D | NJ-11 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 44 | Claude Pepper | D | FL-14 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 45 | Jimmy Quillen | R | TN-01 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 46 | Edward R. Roybal | D | CA-25 | January 3, 1963 | 10th term |
| 47 | Don H. Clausen | R | CA-02 | January 22, 1963 | 10th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 48 | J. J. Pickle | D | TX-10 | December 21, 1963 | 10th term |
| 49 | Phillip Burton | D | CA-06 | February 18, 1964 | 10th term |
| 50 | Frank Annunzio | D | IL-11 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 51 | Jonathan Brewster Bingham | D | NY-22 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 52 | Barber Conable | R | NY-35 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 53 | John Conyers | D | MI-01 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 54 | Bill Dickinson | R | AL-02 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 55 | John Duncan Sr. | R | TN-02 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 56 | Jack Edwards | R | AL-01 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 57 | John N. Erlenborn | R | IL-14 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 58 | Tom Foley | D | WA-05 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 59 | William Ford | D | MI-15 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 60 | Kika De la Garza | D | TX-15 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 61 | Lee Hamilton | D | IN-09 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 62 | James J. Howard | D | NJ-03 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term |
| 63 | J. William Stanton | R | OH-11 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 64 | Richard Crawford White | D | TX-16 | January 3, 1965 | 09th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 65 | Sidney Yates | D | IL-09 | January 3, 1965 Previous service, 1949–1963. | 16th term* |
| 66 | Clarence Brown Jr. | R | OH-07 | November 2, 1965 | 09th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 67 | Walter B. Jones Sr. | D | NC-01 | February 5, 1966 | 09th term |
| 68 | Guy Vander Jagt | R | MI-09 | November 8, 1966 | 09th term |
| 69 | Tom Bevill | D | AL-04 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 70 | Jack Thomas Brinkley | D | GA-03 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 71 | John Paul Hammerschmidt | R | AR-03 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 72 | Margaret Heckler | R | MA-10 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 73 | Abraham Kazen | D | TX-23 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 74 | Clarence E. Miller | R | OH-10 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 75 | Sonny Montgomery | D | MS-03 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 76 | John Myers | R | IN-07 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 77 | Bill Nichols | D | AL-03 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 78 | Tom Railsback | R | IL-19 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 79 | Gene Snyder | R | KY-04 | January 3, 1967 Previous service, 1963–1965. | 09th term* |
| 80 | William C. Wampler | R | VA-09 | January 3, 1967 Previous service, 1953–1955. | 09th term* | Left the House in 1983. |
| 81 | Larry Winn | R | KS-03 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 82 | Chalmers Wylie | R | OH-15 | January 3, 1967 | 08th term |
| 83 | Pete McCloskey | D | CA-12 | December 12, 1967 | 08th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 84 | James M. Collins | R | TX-03 | August 24, 1968 | 08th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 85 | Joseph M. Gaydos | D | PA-20 | November 5, 1968 | 08th term |
| 86 | Bill Alexander | D | AR-01 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 87 | Glenn M. Anderson | D | CA-32 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 88 | Mario Biaggi | D | NY-10 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 89 | William V. Chappell Jr. | D | FL-04 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 90 | Shirley Chisholm | D | NY-12 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 91 | Bill Clay | D | MO-01 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 92 | Lawrence Coughlin | R | PA-13 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 93 | Dan Daniel | D | VA-05 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 94 | Hamilton Fish | R | NY-25 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 95 | Manuel Lujan Jr. | R | NM-01 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 96 | Bob Mollohan | D | WV-01 | January 3, 1969 Previous service, 1953–1957. | 09th term* | Left the House in 1983. |
| 97 | Louis Stokes | D | OH-21 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 98 | G. William Whitehurst | R | VA-02 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 99 | Gus Yatron | D | PA-06 | January 3, 1969 | 07th term |
| 100 | Ed Jones | D | TN-07 | March 25, 1969 | 07th term |
| 101 | Dave Obey | D | WI-07 | April 1, 1969 | 07th term |
| 102 | Barry Goldwater Jr. | R | CA-20 | April 29, 1969 | 07th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 103 | Robert A. Roe | D | NJ-08 | November 4, 1969 | 07th term |
| 104 | Phil Crane | R | IL-12 | November 25, 1969 | 07th term |
| 105 | John H. Rousselot | R | CA-26 | June 30, 1970 Previous service, 1961–1963. | 08th term* | Left the House in 1983. |
| 106 | Edwin B. Forsythe | R | NJ-06 | November 3, 1970 | 07th term |
| 107 | Bill Archer | R | TX-07 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 108 | Les Aspin | D | WI-01 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 109 | William R. Cotter | D | CT-01 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term | Died on September 8, 1981. |
| 110 | George E. Danielson | D | CA-30 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term | Resigned on March 9, 1982. |
| 111 | Ron Dellums | D | CA-08 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 112 | Bill Frenzel | R | MN-03 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 113 | Elwood Hillis | R | IN-05 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 114 | Jack Kemp | R | NY-38 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 115 | Norman F. Lent | R | NY-04 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 116 | Stewart McKinney | R | CT-04 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 117 | Romano Mazzoli | D | KY-03 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 118 | Parren Mitchell | D | MD-07 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 119 | Charles B. Rangel | D | NY-19 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 120 | J. Kenneth Robinson | R | VA-07 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 121 | John F. Seiberling | D | OH-14 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 122 | Floyd Spence | R | SC-02 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 123 | Bill Young | R | FL-06 | January 3, 1971 | 06th term |
| 124 | John Breaux | D | LA-07 | September 30, 1972 | 06th term |
| 125 | M. Caldwell Butler | R | VA-06 | November 7, 1972 | 06th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 126 | Ike F. Andrews | D | NC-04 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 127 | Louis A. Bafalis | R | FL-10 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 128 | Robin Beard | R | TN-06 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 129 | David R. Bowen | D | MS-02 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 130 | George Brown Jr. | D | CA-36 | January 3, 1973 Previous service, 1963–1971. | 09th term* |
| 131 | Clair Burgener | R | CA-43 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 132 | Robert Daniel | R | VA-04 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 133 | Benjamin A. Gilman | R | NY-26 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 134 | Ronald Ginn | D | GA-01 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 135 | Tennyson Guyer | R | OH-04 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term | Died on April 12, 1981. |
| 136 | Marjorie Holt | R | MD-04 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 137 | James Robert Jones | D | OK-01 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 138 | William Lehman | D | FL-13 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 139 | Gillis W. Long | D | LA-08 | January 3, 1973 Previous service, 1963–1965. | 06th term* |
| 140 | Trent Lott | R | MS-05 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 141 | Edward Rell Madigan | R | IL-21 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 142 | James G. Martin | R | NC-09 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 143 | Donald J. Mitchell | R | NY-31 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 144 | Joe Moakley | D | MA-09 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 145 | Carlos Moorhead | R | CA-22 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 146 | George M. O'Brien | R | IL-17 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 147 | Joel Pritchard | R | WA-01 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 148 | Ralph Regula | R | OH-16 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 149 | Matthew John Rinaldo | R | NJ-12 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 150 | Charlie Rose | D | NC-07 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 151 | Patricia Schroeder | D | CO-01 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 152 | Bud Shuster | R | PA-09 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 153 | Pete Stark | D | CA-09 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 154 | Gerry Studds | D | MA-12 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 155 | Gene Taylor | R | MO-07 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 156 | Charles Wilson | D | TX-02 | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 157 | Don Young | R | AK | March 6, 1973 | 05th term |
| 158 | Lindy Boggs | D | LA-02 | March 20, 1973 | 05th term |
| 159 | Cardiss Collins | D | IL-07 | June 5, 1973 | 05th term |
| 160 | John Murtha | D | PA-12 | February 5, 1974 | 05th term |
| 161 | Robert J. Lagomarsino | R | CA-19 | March 5, 1974 | 05th term |
| 162 | J. Bob Traxler | D | MI-08 | April 23, 1974 | 05th term |
| 163 | John L. Burton | D | CA-05 | June 4, 1974 | 05th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 164 | Les AuCoin | D | OR-01 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 165 | Berkley Bedell | D | IA-06 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 166 | James Blanchard | D | MI-18 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Resigned on January 1, 1983. |
| 167 | Don Bonker | D | WA-03 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 168 | William M. Brodhead | D | MI-17 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 169 | Butler Derrick | D | SC-03 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 170 | Thomas Downey | D | NY-02 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 171 | Norman D'Amours | D | NH-01 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 172 | Joseph D. Early | D | MA-03 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 173 | Robert W. Edgar | D | PA-07 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 174 | David F. Emery | R | ME-01 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 175 | Glenn English | D | OK-06 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 176 | David W. Evans | D | IN-06 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 177 | Millicent Fenwick | R | NJ-05 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 178 | Floyd Fithian | D | IN-02 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 179 | James Florio | D | NJ-01 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 180 | Harold Ford | D | TN-08 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 181 | Bill Goodling | R | PA-19 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 182 | Bill Gradison | R | OH-01 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 183 | Tom Hagedorn | R | MN-02 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 184 | George V. Hansen | R | ID-02 | January 3, 1975 Previous service, 1965–1969. | 06th term* |
| 185 | Tom Harkin | D | IA-05 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 186 | Bill Hefner | D | NC-08 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 187 | Jack English Hightower | D | TX-13 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 188 | Kenneth Lamar Holland | D | SC-05 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 189 | Carroll Hubbard | D | KY-01 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 190 | William Hughes | D | NJ-02 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 191 | Henry Hyde | R | IL-06 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 192 | Andrew Jacobs Jr. | D | IN-11 | January 3, 1975 Previous service, 1965–1973. | 08th term* |
| 193 | Jim Jeffords | R | VT | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 194 | Tom Kindness | R | OH-08 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 195 | John LaFalce | D | NY-36 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 196 | Elliott H. Levitas | D | GA-04 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 197 | Marilyn Lloyd | D | TN-03 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 198 | Larry McDonald | D | GA-07 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 199 | Matthew F. McHugh | D | NY-27 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 200 | George Miller | D | CA-07 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 201 | Norman Mineta | D | CA-13 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 202 | Toby Moffett | D | CT-06 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 203 | Henson Moore | R | LA-06 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 204 | Ronald M. Mottl | D | OH-23 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 205 | Stephen Neal | D | NC-05 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 206 | Henry J. Nowak | D | NY-37 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 207 | Jim Oberstar | D | MN-08 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 208 | Richard Ottinger | D | NY-24 | January 3, 1975 Previous service, 1965–1971. | 07th term* |
| 209 | Jerry M. Patterson | D | CA-38 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 210 | Fred Richmond | D | NY-14 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Resigned on August 25, 1982. |
| 211 | Marty Russo | D | IL-03 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 212 | James David Santini | D | NV | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 213 | James H. Scheuer | D | NY-11 | January 3, 1975 Previous service, 1965–1973. | 08th term* |
| 214 | Richard T. Schulze | R | PA-05 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 215 | Philip Sharp | D | IN-10 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 216 | Paul Simon | D | IL-24 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 217 | Virginia D. Smith | R | NE-03 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 218 | Stephen J. Solarz | D | NY-13 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 219 | Gladys Spellman | D | MD-05 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Declared incapacitated on February 24, 1981. |
| 220 | Henry Waxman | D | CA-24 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 221 | Jim Weaver | D | OR-03 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 222 | Tim Wirth | D | CO-02 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term |
| 223 | Leo C. Zeferetti | D | NY-15 | January 3, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 224 | John G. Fary | D | IL-05 | July 8, 1975 | 04th term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 225 | Stan Lundine | D | NY-39 | March 2, 1976 | 04th term |
| 226 | Sam B. Hall Jr. | D | TX-01 | June 19, 1976 | 04th term |
| 227 | Earl Thomas Coleman | R | MO-06 | November 2, 1976 | 04th term |
| 228 | Ed Markey | D | MA-07 | November 2, 1976 | 04th term |
| 229 | Daniel Akaka | D | HI-02 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 230 | Douglas Applegate | D | OH-18 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 231 | Robert Badham | R | CA-40 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 232 | Doug Barnard Jr. | D | GA-10 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 233 | Anthony C. Beilenson | D | CA-23 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 234 | Adam Benjamin Jr. | D | IN-01 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Died on September 7, 1982. |
| 235 | David Bonior | D | MI-12 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 236 | Tom Corcoran | R | IL-15 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 237 | Norm Dicks | D | WA-06 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 238 | Bob Dornan | R | CA-27 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 239 | Mickey Edwards | R | OK-05 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 240 | Allen E. Ertel | D | PA-17 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 241 | Billy Lee Evans | D | GA-08 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 242 | Thomas B. Evans Jr. | R | DE | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 243 | Ronnie Flippo | D | AL-05 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 244 | Dick Gephardt | D | MO-03 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 245 | Dan Glickman | D | KS-04 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 246 | Al Gore | D | TN-04 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 247 | Cecil Heftel | D | HI-01 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 248 | Harold C. Hollenbeck | R | NJ-09 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 249 | Jerry Huckaby | D | LA-05 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 250 | Andy Ireland | D | FL-08 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 251 | Ed Jenkins | D | GA-09 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 252 | Dale Kildee | D | MI-07 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 253 | Jim Leach | R | IA-01 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 254 | Raymond F. Lederer | D | PA-03 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Resigned on April 29, 1981. |
| 255 | Tom Luken | D | OH-02 | January 3, 1977 Previous service, 1974–1975. | 04th term* |
| 256 | Ron Marlenee | R | MT-02 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 257 | Marc L. Marks | R | PA-24 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 258 | David D. Marriott | R | UT-02 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 259 | Jim Mattox | D | TX-05 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 260 | Barbara Mikulski | D | MD-03 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 261 | Austin Murphy | D | PA-22 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 262 | Mary Rose Oakar | D | OH-20 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 263 | Leon Panetta | D | CA-16 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 264 | Donald J. Pease | D | OH-13 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 265 | Carl Pursell | R | MI-02 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 266 | Nick Rahall | D | WV-04 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 267 | Eldon Rudd | R | AZ-04 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 268 | Harold S. Sawyer | R | MI-05 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 269 | Ike Skelton | D | MO-04 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 270 | David Stockman | R | MI-04 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Resigned on January 21, 1981. |
| 271 | Bob Stump | D | AZ-03 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 272 | Paul S. Trible Jr. | R | VA-01 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 273 | Bruce Vento | D | MN-04 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 274 | Harold Volkmer | D | MO-09 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 275 | Doug Walgren | D | PA-18 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 276 | Robert Walker | R | PA-16 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 277 | Wes Watkins | D | OK-03 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 278 | Theodore S. Weiss | D | NY-20 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 279 | Charles Whitley | D | NC-03 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 280 | Robert A. Young | D | MO-02 | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 281 | Arlan Stangeland | R | MN-07 | February 22, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 282 | Wyche Fowler | D | GA-05 | April 6, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 283 | Bob Livingston | R | LA-01 | August 27, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 284 | S. William Green | R | NY-18 | February 14, 1978 | 03rd term |
| 285 | Robert Garcia | D | NY-21 | February 21, 1978 | 03rd term |
| 286 | Donald J. Albosta | D | MI-10 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 287 | Beryl Anthony Jr. | D | AR-04 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 288 | Eugene Atkinson | D | PA-25 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 289 | Donald A. Bailey | D | PA-21 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 290 | Michael D. Barnes | D | MD-08 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 291 | Doug Bereuter | R | NE-01 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 292 | Ed Bethune | R | AR-02 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 293 | Bill Boner | D | TN-05 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 294 | Beverly Byron | D | MD-06 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 295 | Carroll A. Campbell Jr. | R | SC-04 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 296 | William Carney | R | NY-01 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 297 | Dick Cheney | R | WY | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 298 | Bill Clinger | R | PA-23 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 299 | Tony Coelho | D | CA-15 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 300 | Jim Courter | R | NJ-13 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 301 | Dan Crane | R | IL-22 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 302 | William E. Dannemeyer | R | CA-39 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 303 | Thomas Daschle | D | SD-01 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 304 | Robert William Davis | R | MI-11 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 305 | H. Joel Deckard | R | IN-08 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 306 | Julian C. Dixon | D | CA-28 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 307 | Brian J. Donnelly | D | MA-11 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 308 | Charles F. Dougherty | R | PA-04 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 309 | Arlen Erdahl | R | MN-01 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 310 | Vic Fazio | D | CA-04 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 311 | Geraldine Ferraro | D | NY-09 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 312 | Martin Frost | D | TX-24 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 313 | Newt Gingrich | R | GA-06 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 314 | Phil Gramm | D | TX-06 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 315 | William H. Gray | D | PA-02 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 316 | Wayne R. Grisham | R | CA-33 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 317 | Frank Joseph Guarini | D | NJ-14 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 318 | Tony Hall | D | OH-03 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 319 | Kent Hance | D | TX-19 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 320 | Jon Hinson | R | MS-04 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Resigned on April 13, 1981. |
| 321 | Larry J. Hopkins | R | KY-06 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 322 | Earl Dewitt Hutto | D | FL-01 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 323 | James Edmund Jeffries | R | KS-02 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 324 | Ken Kramer | R | CO-05 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 325 | Raymond P. Kogovsek | D | CO-03 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 326 | Marvin Leath | D | TX-11 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 327 | Mickey Leland | D | TX-18 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 328 | Gary A. Lee | R | NY-33 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 329 | Jerry Lewis | R | CA-37 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 330 | Tom Loeffler | R | TX-21 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 331 | Mike Lowry | D | WA-07 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 332 | Dan Lungren | R | CA-34 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 333 | Bob Matsui | D | CA-03 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 334 | Nicholas Mavroules | D | MA-06 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 335 | Dan Mica | D | FL-11 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 336 | Bill Nelson | D | FL-09 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 337 | Chip Pashayan | R | CA-17 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 338 | Peter A. Peyser | D | NY-23 | January 3, 1979 Previous service, 1971–1977. | 05th term* | Left the House in 1983. |
| 339 | Ron Paul | R | TX-22 | January 3, 1979 Previous service, 1976–1977. | 03rd term* |
| 340 | William R. Ratchford | D | CT-05 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 341 | Donald L. Ritter | R | PA-15 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 342 | Toby Roth | R | WI-08 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 343 | Martin Olav Sabo | D | MN-05 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 344 | James Sensenbrenner | R | WI-09 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 345 | James Shannon | D | MA-05 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 346 | Richard Shelby | D | AL-07 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 347 | Norman D. Shumway | R | CA-14 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 348 | Olympia Snowe | R | ME-02 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 349 | Charles Stenholm | D | TX-17 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 350 | Gerald Solomon | R | NY-29 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 351 | Al Swift | D | WA-02 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 352 | Mike Synar | D | OK-02 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 353 | Tom Tauke | R | IA-02 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 354 | Bill Thomas | R | CA-18 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 355 | Bob Whittaker | R | KS-05 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 356 | Pat Williams | D | MT-01 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 357 | Lyle Williams | R | OH-19 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 358 | Howard Wolpe | D | MI-03 | January 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 359 | Tom Petri | R | WI-06 | April 3, 1979 | 02nd term |
| 360 | John Porter | R | IL-10 | January 22, 1980 | 02nd term |
| 361 | Billy Tauzin | D | LA-03 | May 22, 1980 | 02nd term |
| 362 | George W. Crockett Jr. | D | MI-13 | November 4, 1980 | 02nd term |
| 363 | Wendell Bailey | R | MO-08 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 364 | Cleve Benedict | R | WV-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 365 | Thomas Bliley | R | VA-03 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 366 | Hank Brown | R | CO-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 367 | Gregory W. Carman | R | NY-03 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 368 | Eugene A. Chappie | R | CA-01 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 369 | Dan Coats | R | IN-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 370 | James K. Coyne III | R | PA-08 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 371 | William Coyne | D | PA-14 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 372 | Larry Craig | R | ID-01 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 373 | Hal Daub | R | NE-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 374 | Lawrence J. DeNardis | R | CT-03 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 375 | Byron Dorgan | D | ND | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 376 | David Dreier | R | CA-35 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 377 | James Whitney Dunn | R | MI-06 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 378 | Bernard J. Dwyer | D | NJ-15 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 379 | Mervyn M. Dymally | D | CA-31 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 380 | Roy Dyson | D | MD-01 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 381 | Dennis E. Eckart | D | OH-22 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 382 | Bill Emerson | R | MO-10 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 383 | T. Cooper Evans | R | IA-03 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 384 | Bobbi Fiedler | R | CA-21 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 385 | Jack Fields | R | TX-08 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 386 | Tom Foglietta | D | PA-01 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 387 | Barney Frank | D | MA-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 388 | Sam Gejdenson | D | CT-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 389 | Judd Gregg | R | NH-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 390 | Steve Gunderson | R | WI-03 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 391 | Ralph Hall | D | TX-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 392 | James Hansen | R | UT-01 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 393 | Charles Floyd Hatcher | D | GA-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 394 | Thomas F. Hartnett | R | SC-01 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 395 | Bill Hendon | R | NC-11 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 396 | Dennis M. Hertel | D | MI-14 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 397 | John P. Hiler | R | IN-03 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 398 | Duncan Hunter | R | CA-42 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 399 | Tom Lantos | D | CA-11 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 400 | John LeBoutillier | R | NY-06 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 401 | Bill Lowery | R | CA-41 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 402 | Walter E. Johnston, III | R | NC-06 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 403 | David O'Brien Martin | R | NY-30 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 404 | Lynn Morley Martin | R | IL-16 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 405 | Bill McCollum | R | FL-05 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 406 | Dave McCurdy | D | OK-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 407 | Bob McEwen | R | OH-06 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 408 | Raymond J. McGrath | R | NY-05 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 409 | Guy Molinari | R | NY-17 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 410 | Sid Morrison | R | WA-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 411 | John Light Napier | R | SC-06 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 412 | James L. Nelligan | R | PA-11 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 413 | Stanford Parris | R | VA-08 | January 3, 1981 Previous service, 1973–1975. | 02nd term* |
| 414 | Clint Roberts | R | SD-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 415 | Pat Roberts | R | KS-01 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 416 | Buddy Roemer | D | LA-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 417 | Hal Rogers | R | KY-05 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 418 | Marge Roukema | R | NJ-07 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 419 | William Neff Patman | D | TX-14 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 420 | Gus Savage | D | IL-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 421 | Claudine Schneider | R | RI-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 422 | Chuck Schumer | D | NY-16 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 423 | Bob Shamansky | D | OH-12 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 424 | E. Clay Shaw Jr. | R | FL-12 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 425 | Joe Skeen | R | NM-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 426 | Albert L. Smith Jr. | R | AL-06 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 427 | Christopher Smith | R | NJ-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 428 | Denny Smith | R | OR-04 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 429 | Mick Staton | R | WV-03 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 430 | Harold Washington | D | IL-01 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 431 | Ed Weber | R | OH-09 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| 432 | Vin Weber | R | MN-06 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 433 | Frank Wolf | R | VA-10 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 434 | George C. Wortley | R | NY-32 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| 435 | Ron Wyden | D | OR-02 | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |
| | Mark D. Siljander | R | MI-04 | April 21, 1981 | 01st term |
| | Steny H. Hoyer | D | MD-05 | May 19, 1981 | 01st term |
| | Mike Oxley | R | OH-04 | June 25, 1981 | 01st term |
| | Wayne Dowdy | D | MS-04 | July 7, 1981 | 01st term |
| | Joseph F. Smith | D | PA-03 | July 21, 1981 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| | Barbara B. Kennelly | D | CT-01 | January 12, 1982 | 01st term |
| | Jean Spencer Ashbrook | R | OH-17 | June 29, 1982 | 01st term | Left the House in 1983. |
| | Matthew G. Martínez | D | CA-30 | July 13, 1982 | 01st term |
| | Katie Hall | D | IN-01 | November 2, 1982 | 01st term |

## Delegates

| Rank | Delegate | Party | District | Seniority date (Previous service, if any) | No.# of term(s) |
| 1 | Walter E. Fauntroy | D | DC | March 23, 1971 | 06th term |
| 2 | Antonio Borja Won Pat | D | GU | January 3, 1973 | 05th term |
| 3 | Baltasar Corrada del Río | D | PR | January 3, 1977 | 03rd term |
| 4 | Ron de Lugo | D | VI | January 3, 1981 Previous service, 1973–1979. | 04th term* |
| 5 | Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia | D | AS | January 3, 1981 | 01st term |