List of United States representatives in the 97th Congress

This is a complete list of United States 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). Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other congresses will be different for certain members.^[1]

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 representative.

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.

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Rank	Delegate	Party	District	Seniority date (Previous service, if any)	No.# of term(s)
1	Walter E. Fauntroy	D	DC	March 23, 1971	6th term
2	Antonio Borja Won Pat	D	GU	January 3, 1973	5th term
3	Baltasar Corrada del Río	D	PR	January 3, 1977	3rd term
4	Ron de Lugo	D	VI	January 3, 1981 Previous service, 1973–1979.	4th term*
5	Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia	D	AS	January 3, 1981	1st term

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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