United States congressional delegations from Alabama
These are tables of congressional delegations from Alabama to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The current dean of the Alabama delegation is Senator Richard Shelby, having served in the U.S. Senate since 1987, and in Congress since 1979.
U.S. House of Representatives[]
Current members[]
List of members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has 7 members: 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
District | Member | District | |||
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Member (Residence) |
Party | Incumbency | CPVI | Map | |
1st | Jerry Carl (Mobile) |
Republican | January 3, 2021 | R+16 | |
2nd | Barry Moore (Enterprise) |
Republican | January 3, 2021 | R+17 | |
3rd | Mike Rogers (Tuskegee) |
Republican | January 3, 2003 | R+18 | |
4th | Robert Aderholt (Gadsden) |
Republican | January 3, 1997 | R+34 | |
5th | Mo Brooks (Huntsville) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 | R+17 | |
6th | Gary Palmer (Vestavia Hills) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 | R+22 | |
7th | Terri Sewell (Birmingham) |
Democratic | January 3, 2011 | D+19 |
1818–1819: 1 non-voting delegate[]
Starting on January 29, 1818, Alabama Territory sent a non-voting delegate to the House.
Congress | Delegate |
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15th (1817–1819) | John Crowell (DR) |
16th (March 4, 1819– December 14, 1819) |
vacant |
1819–1823: 1 seat[]
After statehood on December 14, 1819, Alabama had one seat in the House.
Congress | At-large district |
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16th (1819–1821) | John Crowell (DR) |
17th (1821–1823) | Gabriel Moore (DR) |
1823–1833: 3 seats[]
Following the 1820 census, Alabama had three seats.
Congress | District | ||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
18th (1823–1825) | Gabriel Moore (DR)[a] | John McKee (DR)[a] | George Washington Owen (DR)[a] |
19th (1825–1827) | Gabriel Moore (J) | John McKee (J) | George Washington Owen (J) |
20th (1827–1829) | |||
21st (1829–1831) | Clement Comer Clay (J) | Robert E. B. Baylor (J) | Dixon Hall Lewis (J) |
22nd (1831–1833) | Samuel Wright Mardis (J) |
1833–1843: 5 seats[]
Following the 1830 census, Alabama had five seats. During the 27th Congress, those seats were all elected statewide at-large on a general ticket.
Congress | District | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
23rd (1833–1835) | Clement Comer Clay (J) | John McKinley (J) | Samuel Wright Mardis (J) | Dixon Hall Lewis (N) | John Murphy (J) |
24th (1835–1837) | Reuben Chapman (J) | Joshua L. Martin (J) | Joab Lawler (J) | Francis Strother Lyon (NR) | |
25th (1837–1839) | Reuben Chapman (D) | Joshua L. Martin (D) | Joab Lawler (W) | Dixon Hall Lewis (D) | Francis Strother Lyon (W) |
George Whitfield Crabb (W) | |||||
26th (1839–1841) | David Hubbard (D) | James Dellet (W) | |||
27th (1841–1843) | 5 seats elected at-large on a general ticket | ||||
1st seat | 2nd seat | 3rd seat | 4th seat | 5th seat | |
Reuben Chapman (D) | George S. Houston (D) | William Winter Payne (D) |
Dixon Hall Lewis (D) | Benjamin Glover Shields (D) |
1843–1863: 7 seats[]
Following the 1840 census, Alabama resumed the use of districts, now increased to seven.
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
28th (1843–1845) |
James Dellet (W) | James Edwin Belser (D) | Dixon Hall Lewis (D) | William Winter Payne (D) | George S. Houston (D) | Reuben Chapman (D) | Felix Grundy McConnell (D) |
William Lowndes Yancey (D) | |||||||
29th (1845–1847) |
Edmund Strother Dargan (D) |
Henry Washington Hilliard (W) | |||||
James La Fayette Cottrell (D) |
Franklin Welsh Bowdon (D) | ||||||
30th (1847–1849) |
John Gayle (W) | Sampson Willis Harris (D) |
Samuel Williams Inge (D) | Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (D) | |||
31st (1849–1851) |
William J. Alston (W) | David Hubbard (D) | |||||
32nd (1851–1853) |
John Bragg (D) | James Abercrombie (W) | William Russell Smith (U) | George S. Houston (D) | Alexander White (W) | ||
33rd (1853–1855) |
Philip Phillips (D) | William Russell Smith (D) | James Ferguson Dowdell (D) | ||||
34th (1855–1857) |
Percy Walker (KN) | Eli Sims Shorter (D) | James Ferguson Dowdell (D) |
William Russell Smith (KN) | Sampson Willis Harris (D) | ||
35th (1857–1859) |
James Adams Stallworth (D) |
Sydenham Moore (D) | Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (D) | ||||
36th (1859–1861) |
James L. Pugh (D) | David Clopton (D) | |||||
Vacant during American Civil War | |||||||
37th (1861–1863) |
1863–1873: 6 seats[]
Following the 1860 census, Alabama was apportioned six seats.
Congress | District | |||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
38–39th (1863–1867) |
Vacant during American Civil War | |||||
40th (1867–1869) | ||||||
Francis W. Kellogg (R) | Charles Waldron Buckley (R) |
Benjamin W. Norris (R) | Charles W. Pierce (R) | John B. Callis (R) | Thomas Haughey (R) | |
41st (1869–1871) | Alfred Eliab Buck (R) | Robert Stell Heflin (R) | Charles Hays (R) | Peter Myndert Cox (D) |
William C. Sherrod (D) | |
42nd (1871–1873) | Benjamin S. Turner (R) | William A. Handley (D) | Joseph H. Sloss (D) |
1873–1893: 8 seats[]
Following the 1870 census, Alabama was apportioned eight seats. From 1873 to 1877, the two new seats were elected at large, statewide. After 1877, however, the entire delegation was redistricted.
Congress | District | At-large | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 1st seat | 2nd seat | |
43rd (1873–1875) |
Frederick George Bromberg (LR) |
James T. Rapier (R) | Charles Pelham (R) | Charles Hays (R) | John Henry Caldwell (D) |
Joseph Humphrey Sloss (D) |
Charles Christopher Sheats (R) |
Alexander White (R) |
44th (1875–1877) |
Jeremiah Haralson (R) | Jeremiah Norman Williams (D) |
Taul Bradford (D) | Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) | William H. Forney (D) | Burwell B. Lewis (D) | ||
45th (1877–1879) |
James T. Jones (D) | Hilary A. Herbert (D) | Jeremiah Norman Williams (D) |
Charles M. Shelley (D) | Robert F. Ligon (D) | 7th district | 8th district | |
William H. Forney (D) | William W. Garth (D) | |||||||
46th (1879–1881) |
Thomas H. Herndon (D) |
William J. Samford (D) | Thomas Williams (D) | Burwell B. Lewis (D) | William M. Lowe (GB) | |||
Newton N. Clements (D) | ||||||||
47th (1881–1883) |
William C. Oates (D) | Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) | Joseph Wheeler (D) | |||||
vacant[b] | William M. Lowe (GB)[c] | |||||||
Charles M. Shelley (D) | Joseph Wheeler (D) | |||||||
48th (1883–1885) |
Luke Pryor (D) | |||||||
James T. Jones (D) | George H. Craig (R) | |||||||
49th (1885–1887) |
Alexander C. Davidson (D) |
Thomas William Sadler (D) |
John Mason Martin (D) | Joseph Wheeler (D) | ||||
50th (1887–1889) |
James E. Cobb (D) | John H. Bankhead (D) | ||||||
51st (1889–1891) |
Richard Henry Clarke (D) |
Louis W. Turpin (D) | ||||||
John V. McDuffie (R) | ||||||||
52nd (1891–1893) |
Louis W. Turpin (D) |
1893–1913: 9 seats[]
Following the 1890 census, Alabama was apportioned nine seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
53rd (1893–1895) |
Richard Henry Clarke (D) |
Jesse F. Stallings (D) |
William C. Oates (D) | Gaston A. Robbins (D) | James E. Cobb (D) | John H. Bankhead (D) |
William Henry Denson (D) |
Joseph Wheeler (D) |
Louis Washington Turpin (D) |
George Paul Harrison Jr. (D) | |||||||||
54th (1895–1897) |
Milford W. Howard (Pop) |
Oscar Underwood (D) | |||||||
William F. Aldrich (R) | Albert T. Goodwyn (Pop) | Truman H. Aldrich (R) | |||||||
55th (1897–1899) |
George W. Taylor (D) |
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (D) |
Thomas S. Plowman (D) | Willis Brewer (D) | Oscar Underwood (D) | ||||
William F. Aldrich (R) | |||||||||
56th (1899–1901) |
Gaston A. Robbins (D) | John L. Burnett (D) | |||||||
William F. Aldrich (R) | William Richardson (D) | ||||||||
57th (1901–1903) |
Ariosto A. Wiley (D) | Sydney J. Bowie (D) | Charles Winston Thompson (D) | ||||||
58th (1903–1905) | |||||||||
James Thomas Heflin (D) | |||||||||
59th (1905–1907) | |||||||||
60th (1907–1909) |
William Benjamin Craig (D) |
Richmond P. Hobson (D) | |||||||
Oliver C. Wiley (D) | |||||||||
61st (1909–1911) |
S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D) | ||||||||
62nd (1911–1913) |
Fred L. Blackmon (D) |
1913–1933: 10 seats[]
Following the 1910 census, Alabama was apportioned ten seats. At first, the extra seat was elected at-large. Starting with the 1916 elections, the seats were redistricted and a tenth district was added.
Congress | District | At-large | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | ||
63rd (1913–1915) | George W. Taylor (D) |
S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D) |
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (D) |
Fred L. Blackmon (D) |
James Thomas Heflin (D) |
Richmond P. Hobson (D) |
John L. Burnett (D) |
William Richardson (D) | Oscar Underwood (D) |
John Abercrombie (D) |
William Oscar Mulkey (D) |
Christopher Columbus Harris (D) | |||||||||
64th (1915–1917) | Oscar Lee Gray (D) |
Henry B. Steagall (D) |
William Bacon Oliver (D) |
Edward B. Almon (D) | George Huddleston (D) | |||||
65th (1917–1919) | 10th district | |||||||||
William B. Bankhead (D) | ||||||||||
66th (1919–1921) | John McDuffie (D) | |||||||||
William B. Bowling (D) |
Lilius Bratton Rainey (D) | |||||||||
67th (1921–1923) | John R. Tyson (D) |
Lamar Jeffers (D) | ||||||||
68th (1923–1925) | Miles C. Allgood (D) | |||||||||
Lister Hill (D) | ||||||||||
69th (1925–1927) | ||||||||||
70th (1927–1929) | ||||||||||
LaFayette L. Patterson (D) | ||||||||||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||||||||
72nd (1931–1933) |
1933–1963: 9 seats[]
Following the 1930 census, Alabama was apportioned nine seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
73rd (1933–1935) | John McDuffie (D) | Lister Hill (D) | Henry B. Steagall (D) |
Lamar Jeffers (D) | Miles C. Allgood (D) | William Bacon Oliver (D) |
William B. Bankhead (D) | Archibald Hill Carmichael (D) |
George Huddleston (D) |
74th (1935–1937) | Frank W. Boykin (D) |
Sam Hobbs (D) | Joe Starnes (D) | ||||||
75th (1937–1939) | Pete Jarman (D) | John Sparkman (D) |
Luther Patrick (D) | ||||||
George M. Grant (D) | |||||||||
76th (1939–1941) | |||||||||
Zadoc Weatherford (D) | |||||||||
77th (1941–1943) | Walter W. Bankhead (D) | ||||||||
Carter Manasco (D) | |||||||||
78th (1943–1945) | George W. Andrews (D) |
John P. Newsome (D) | |||||||
79th (1945–1947) | Albert Rains (D) | Luther Patrick (D) | |||||||
80th (1947–1949) | Bob Jones (D) |
Laurie C. Battle (D) | |||||||
81st (1949–1951) | Edward deGraffenried (D) |
Carl Elliott (D) | |||||||
82nd (1951–1953) | Kenneth A. Roberts (D) | ||||||||
83rd (1953–1955) | Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) | ||||||||
84th (1955–1957) | George Huddleston Jr. (D) | ||||||||
85th (1957–1959) | |||||||||
86th (1959–1961) | |||||||||
87th (1961–1963) |
1963–1973: 8 seats[]
Following the 1960 census, Alabama was apportioned eight seats.
Congress | Statewide at-large on a general ticket | |||||||
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1st seat | 2nd seat | 3rd seat | 4th seat | 5th seat | 6th seat | 7th seat | 8th seat | |
88th (1963–1965) | George Huddleston Jr. (D) |
George M. Grant (D) |
George Andrews (D) | Kenneth A. Roberts (D) |
Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) |
Albert Rains (D) | Carl Elliott (D) | Bob Jones (D) |
Congress | District | |||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
89th (1965–1967) | Jack Edwards (R) | Bill Dickinson (R) |
George Andrews (D) | Glenn Andrews (R) | Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) |
John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R) |
James D. Martin (R) | Bob Jones (D) |
90th (1967–1969) | Bill Nichols (D) | Tom Bevill (D) | ||||||
91st (1969–1971) | Walter Flowers (D) | |||||||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||||||||
Elizabeth Andrews (D) |
1973–present: 7 seats[]
Since the 1970 census, Alabama has been apportioned seven seats.
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | ||
93rd (1973–1975) | Jack Edwards (R) | Bill Dickinson (R) |
Bill Nichols (D) | Tom Bevill (D) | Bob Jones (D) |
John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R) |
Walter Flowers (D) | |
94th (1975–1977) | ||||||||
95th (1977–1979) | Ronnie Flippo (D) | |||||||
96th (1979–1981) | Richard Shelby (D) | |||||||
97th (1981–1983) | Albert Smith Jr. (R) | |||||||
98th (1983–1985) | Ben Erdreich (D) | |||||||
99th (1985–1987) | Sonny Callahan (R) | |||||||
100th (1987–1989) | Claude Harris Jr. (D) | |||||||
101st (1989–1991) | Glen Browder (D) | |||||||
102nd (1991–1993) | Robert E. Cramer (D) | |||||||
103rd (1993–1995) | Terry Everett (R) | Spencer Bachus (R) | Earl Hilliard (D) | |||||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||||||
105th (1997–1999) | Bob Riley (R) | Robert Aderholt (R) | ||||||
106th (1999–2001) | ||||||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||||||
108th (2003–2005) | Jo Bonner (R) | Mike Rogers (R) | Artur Davis (D) | |||||
109th (2005–2007) | ||||||||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||||||
111th (2009–2011) | Bobby Bright (D) | Parker Griffith (D) | ||||||
Parker Griffith (R) | ||||||||
112th (2011–2013) | Martha Roby (R) | Mo Brooks (R) | Terri Sewell (D) | |||||
113th (2013–2015) | ||||||||
Bradley Byrne (R) | ||||||||
114th (2015–2017) | Gary Palmer (R) | |||||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||||||
117th (2021–2023) | Jerry Carl (R) | Barry Moore (R) | ||||||
Congress | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
District |
United States Senate[]
Class II | Congress | Class III | ||
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William R. King (DR) | 16th (1819–1821) | John Williams Walker (DR) | ||
17th (1821–1823) | ||||
William Kelly (DR) | ||||
18th (1823–1825) | ||||
William R. King (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | Henry H. Chambers (J) | ||
Israel Pickens (J) | ||||
John McKinley (J) | ||||
20th (1827–1829) | ||||
21st (1829–1831) | ||||
22nd (1831–1833) | Gabriel Moore (J) | |||
23rd (1833–1835) | Gabriel Moore (NR) | |||
24th (1835–1837) | ||||
William R. King (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | John McKinley (D) | ||
Clement Comer Clay (D) | ||||
26th (1839–1841) | ||||
27th (1841–1843) | ||||
Arthur P. Bagby (D) | ||||
28th (1843–1845) | ||||
Dixon Hall Lewis (D) | ||||
29th (1845–1847) | ||||
30th (1847–1849) | ||||
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | William R. King (D) | |||
31st (1849–1851) | ||||
Jeremiah Clemens (D) | ||||
32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | ||||
vacant[2] | 33rd (1853–1855) | |||
Clement Claiborne Clay (D) | ||||
34th (1855–1857) | vacant[2] | |||
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | ||||
35th (1857–1859) | ||||
36th (1859–1861) | ||||
vacant[3] | vacant | |||
37th (1861–1863) | ||||
38th (1863–1865) | ||||
39th (1865–1867) | ||||
40th (1867–1869) | ||||
Willard Warner (R) | George E. Spencer (R) | |||
41st (1869–1871) | ||||
George Goldthwaite (D) | 42nd (1871–1873) | |||
43rd (1873–1875) | ||||
44th (1875–1877) | ||||
John Tyler Morgan (D) | 45th (1877–1879) | |||
46th (1879–1881) | George S. Houston (D) | |||
Luke Pryor (D) | ||||
James L. Pugh (D) | ||||
47th (1881–1883) | ||||
48th (1883–1885) | ||||
49th (1885–1887) | ||||
50th (1887–1889) | ||||
51st (1889–1891) | ||||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
54th (1895–1897) | ||||
55th (1897–1899) | Edmund Pettus (D) | |||
56th (1899–1901) | ||||
57th (1901–1903) | ||||
58th (1903–1905) | ||||
59th (1905–1907) | ||||
60th (1907–1909) | ||||
John H. Bankhead (D) | Joseph F. Johnston (D) | |||
61st (1909–1911) | ||||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
63rd (1913–1915) | vacant[4] | |||
Francis S. White (D) | ||||
64th (1915–1917) | Oscar Underwood (D) | |||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||
66th (1919–1921) | ||||
B. B. Comer (D) | ||||
James Thomas Heflin (D) | ||||
67th (1921–1923) | ||||
68th (1923–1925) | ||||
69th (1925–1927) | ||||
70th (1927–1929) | Hugo Black (D) | |||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||
John H. Bankhead II (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
74th (1935–1937) | ||||
75th (1937–1939) | ||||
Dixie Bibb Graves (D) | ||||
J. Lister Hill (D) | ||||
76th (1939–1941) | ||||
77th (1941–1943) | ||||
78th (1943–1945) | ||||
79th (1945–1947) | ||||
George R. Swift (D) | ||||
John Sparkman (D) | ||||
80th (1947–1949) | ||||
81st (1949–1951) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
84th (1955–1957) | ||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||
86th (1959–1961) | ||||
87th (1961–1963) | ||||
88th (1963–1965) | ||||
89th (1965–1967) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) | ||||
91st (1969–1971) | James Allen (D) | |||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | ||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||
Maryon Pittman Allen (D) | ||||
Donald Stewart (D) | ||||
Howell Heflin (D) | 96th (1979–1981) | |||
Jeremiah Denton (R) | ||||
97th (1981–1983) | ||||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
99th (1985–1987) | ||||
100th (1987–1989) | Richard Shelby (D) | |||
101st (1989–1991) | ||||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
Richard Shelby (R) | ||||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||
Jeff Sessions (R) | 105th (1997–1999) | |||
106th (1999–2001) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||
109th (2005–2007) | ||||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | ||||
113th (2013–2015) | ||||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||
Luther Strange (R) | ||||
Doug Jones (D) | ||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
Tommy Tuberville (R) | 117th (2021-2023) |
Key[]
Democratic (D) |
Democratic-Republican (DR) |
Greenback (GB) |
Jacksonian (J) |
Know Nothing (KN) |
National Republican (NR) |
Nullifier (N) |
Populist (Pop) |
Republican (R) |
Unionist (U) |
Whig (W) |
See also[]
- List of United States congressional districts
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- ^ Seat was contested by and declared vacant; the original representative won back his own seat.
- ^ Successfully contested the election of the representative that was replaced.
References[]
- ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Seat was vacant due to failure of legislature to elect a senator by the beginning of the congress.
- ^ George S. Houston presented credentials as a senator-elect on February 9, 1866, but was not permitted to take his seat, Alabama having not been re-admitted to the Union.
- ^ The seat was vacant from August 8, 1913, to May 11, 1914. Henry D. Clayton was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph F. Johnston in 1913, but his appointment was challenged and withdrawn. Franklin Potts Glass Sr. was also appointed to the seat, but the U.S. Senate voted not to seat him.
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama
- United States senators from Alabama
- United States congressional delegations by state
- Politics of Alabama
- Lists of Alabama politicians