This is a complete list of United States representatives during the 67th United States Congress listed by seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office.Delegates are non-voting members and representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 67th Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923). 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 67th Congress.
Seniority House seniority Seniority in the House, for representatives 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 representative. If there is still a tie, then the first names are used.
Representatives who return 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), the member is ranked above all others whose service begins on the same day.
Committee seniority At the start of the 67th Congress in 1921, the committee assignments were made by each party and then formally approved by the whole House. Each party controlled the committee ranking of its members, but usually this followed the order of seniority of members in terms of service on the committee. It was customary for members of a committee, in the previous congress, to be re-appointed at the start of the next.
A seniority rule was normally used to decide committee chairmen. The chairman was likely to be the majority member of a committee, with the longest continuous service on it. However, party leadership was typically not associated with seniority.Congress at the Crossroads, pp. 186-189 and see Cannon's Precedents, Volume VIII (8), Chapter CCXXXIV (234) for the rules and precedents applied by the House after 1910
Out of a group of fifty nine standing committee chairmen, at the start of this Congress, Nelson Polsby identified forty four as the most senior member of the majority on the committee. In fifteen other cases, senior majority members were compensated for not being chairman of the committee (ten chaired another committee and five received better committee assignments than in the previous Congress). In no instance was there no obvious compensation for the apparent violation of the seniority custom.Nelson W. Polsby, "The Growth of the Seniority System in the U.S. House of Representatives" American Political Science Review 63.3 (1970):787-807
Committees This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 67th Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee (adoption of the name used in 1921), the number of members assigned to the committee and the corresponding committee in the current congress. Because of consolidation of committees and changes of jurisdiction, it is not always possible to identify a clear successor panel.Based on Rule X Organisation of Committees, in the House Rules and Manual for the 112th Congress. For numbers of committee members, see section 2183 of Cannon's Precedents Volume VIII (8), Chapter CCXXXIV (234). For establishment of standing committees see
No.1921 committeeEstablishedMembers2011 committee1Accounts180511House Administration2Agriculture182021Agriculture3Alcoholic Liquor Traffic189311Judiciary4Appropriations186535Appropriations5Banking and Currency186521Financial Services6Census190116Oversight and Government Reform7Claims179416Judiciary8Coinage, Weights and Measures1864 (1867)18Financial Services9Disposition of Executive Papers19112House Administration10District of Columbia180821Oversight and Government Reform11Education1867 (1883)15Education and the Workforce12Election of President, Vice President and Representatives189313House Administration13Elections No. 11789 (1895)9House Administration14Elections No. 218959House Administration15Elections No. 318959House Administration16Enrolled Bills18767House Administration17Expenditures in the Agriculture Department18897Oversight and Government Reform18Expenditures in the Commerce Department1903 (1913)7Oversight and Government Reform19Expenditures in the Interior Department18607Oversight and Government Reform20Expenditures in the Justice Department18747Oversight and Government Reform21Expenditures in the Labor Department19137Oversight and Government Reform22Expenditures in the Navy Department18167Oversight and Government Reform23Expenditures in the Post Office Department18167Oversight and Government Reform24Expenditures in the State Department18167Oversight and Government Reform25Expenditures in the Treasury Department18167Oversight and Government Reform26Expenditures in the War Department18167Oversight and Government Reform27Expenditures on Public Buildings18167Oversight and Government Reform28Foreign Affairs182221Foreign Affairs29Immigration and Naturalization189315Judiciary30Indian Affairs182119Natural Resources31Industrial Arts and Expositions190316Foreign Affairs32Insular Affairs189921Natural Resources33Interstate and Foreign Commerce1795 (1892)21Energy and Commerce34Invalid Pensions183116Veterans' Affairs35Irrigation of Arid Lands189313Natural Resources36Judiciary181321Judiciary37Labor188313Education and the Workforce38Merchant Marine and Fisheries188721...39Mileage18375House Administration40Military Affairs182221Armed Services41Mines and Mining186514Natural Resources42Naval Affairs182221Armed Services43Patents183714Judiciary44Pensions188015Veterans' Affairs45Post Office and Post Roads180821Oversight and Government Reform46Public Buildings and Grounds183720Transportation and Infrastructure47Public Lands180521Natural Resources48Railways and Canals1831 (1869)14Transportation and Infrastructure49Reform in the Civil Service189313Oversight and Government Reform50Revision of Laws186813Judiciary51Rivers and Harbors188321Transportation and Infrastructure52Roads191321Transportation and Infrastructure53Rules188012Rules54Territories182517Natural Resources55War Claims1825 (1873)15Judiciary56Ways and Means180225Ways and Means57Woman Suffrage191713... Joint Committees (House standing committee members only)Jt 1Library Joint18065House AdministrationJt 2Printing Joint18463House Administration
List of representatives by seniority A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 435 members initially elected to the 67th Congress. Other members, who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number.
Three representatives-elect died before the Congress started.United States Congressional Elections 1788–1997, notes on page 430. The list below includes those Representatives-elect (with names in italics), with the seniority they would have held if they had been able to be sworn in.
The notes indicate female members and those from particular backgrounds: [AA] African American (none in this Congress), [AP] Asian Pacific, [F] Female and [H] Hispanic.
Major party designations used in this article are D for Democratic members and R for Republican representatives. Other designations include Ind for Independent and Soc for Socialist.