United States congressional delegations from Colorado
Since Colorado became a U.S. state in 1876, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Colorado Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1861 to 1876.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Colorado to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Current delegation
| Current U.S. senators from Colorado | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colorado
|
Class II senator | Class III senator | ||
.jpeg) John Hickenlooper (Junior senator) |
.jpg) Michael Bennet (Senior senator) | |||
| Party | Democratic | Democratic | ||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2021 | January 21, 2009 | ||
Colorado's current congressional delegation in the 117th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its seven representatives: 4 Democrats and 3 Republicans.
The current dean of the Colorado delegation is Representative Diana DeGette of the 1st district, having served in the House since 1997. Template:Current U.S. representatives from Colorado
United States Senate
| Class II senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado statehood August 1, 1876 | ||||
| Henry M. Teller (R) | 44th (1875–1877) | Jerome B. Chaffee (R) | ||
| 45th (1877–1879) | ||||
| 46th (1879–1881) | Nathaniel P. Hill (R) | |||
| 47th (1881–1883) | ||||
| George M. Chilcott (R) | ||||
| Horace Tabor (R) | ||||
| Thomas M. Bowen (R) | 48th (1883–1885) | |||
| 49th (1885–1887) | Henry M. Teller (R) | |||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||||
| Edward O. Wolcott (R) | 51st (1889–1891) | |||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
| 53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||||
| 55th (1897–1899) | Henry M. Teller (SvR) | |||
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||||
| Thomas M. Patterson (D) | 57th (1901–1903) | |||
| 58th (1903–1905) | Henry M. Teller (D) | |||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||||
| Simon Guggenheim (R) | 60th (1907–1909) | |||
| 61st (1909–1911) | Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D) | |||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | Charles S. Thomas (D) | |||
| John F. Shafroth (D) | 63rd (1913–1915) | |||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||||
| Lawrence C. Phipps (R) | 66th (1919–1921) | |||
| 67th (1921–1923) | Samuel D. Nicholson (R) | |||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||||
| Alva B. Adams (D) | ||||
| Rice W. Means (R) | ||||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | Charles W. Waterman (R) | |||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||||
| Edward P. Costigan (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |||
| Walter Walker (D) | ||||
| Karl C. Schuyler (R) | ||||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | Alva B. Adams (D) | |||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||||
| Edwin C. Johnson (D) | 75th (1937–1939) | |||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||||
| Eugene Millikin (R) | ||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
| Gordon Allott (R) | 84th (1955–1957) | |||
| 85th (1957–1959) | John A. Carroll (D) | |||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | Peter H. Dominick (R) | |||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| Floyd Haskell (D) | 93rd (1973–1975) | |||
| 94th (1975–1977) | Gary Hart (D) | |||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||||
| William L. Armstrong (R) | 96th (1979–1981) | |||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | Tim Wirth (D) | |||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| Hank Brown (R) | 102nd (1991–1993) | |||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D) | |||
| 104th (1995–1997) | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) | |||
| Wayne Allard (R) | 105th (1997–1999) | |||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | Ken Salazar (D) | |||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| Mark Udall (D) | 111th (2009–2011) | |||
| Michael Bennet (D) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| Cory Gardner (R) | 114th (2015–2017) | |||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| John Hickenlooper (D) | 117th (2021–2023) | |||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
United States House of Representatives
1861–1876: 1 non-voting delegate
Starting on August 19, 1861, the Territory of Colorado sent a non-voting delegate to the House.
| Congress | Delegate from Territory's at-large district |
|---|---|
| 37th (1861–1863) | Hiram Pitt Bennet (Cons. R) |
| 38th (1863–1865) | |
| 39th (1865–1867) | Allen Alexander Bradford (R) |
| 40th (1867–1869) | George M. Chilcott (R) |
| 41st (1869–1871) | Allen Alexander Bradford (R) |
| 42nd (1871–1873) | Jerome B. Chaffee (R) |
| 43rd (1873–1875) | |
| 44th (1875–1877) | Thomas M. Patterson (D) |
1876–1893: 1 seat
Following statehood on August 1, 1876, the State of Colorado was granted one seat in the House.
| Congress | At-large district |
|---|---|
| 44th (1875–1877) | James B. Belford (R) |
| 45th (1877–1879) | |
| Thomas M. Patterson (D) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | James B. Belford (R) |
| 47th (1881–1883) | |
| 48th (1883–1885) | |
| 49th (1885–1887) | George G. Symes (R) |
| 50th (1887–1889) | |
| 51st (1889–1891) | Hosea Townsend (R) |
| 52nd (1891–1893) |
1893–1903: 2 seats
Following the 1890 census, Colorado was apportioned with two seats.
| Congress | District | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | |
| 53rd (1893–1895) | Lafe Pence (Pop) | John Calhoun Bell (Pop) |
| 54th (1895–1897) | John F. Shafroth (R) | |
| 55th (1897–1899) | John F. Shafroth (Sv) | |
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||
1903–1913: 3 seats
Following the 1900 census, Colorado was apportioned with three seats.
| Congress | District | At-large | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | ||
| 58th (1903–1905) | John F. Shafroth (D) | Herschel M. Hogg (R) | Franklin E. Brooks (R) |
| Robert W. Bonynge (R) | |||
| 59th (1905–1907) | |||
| 60th (1907–1909) | Warren A. Haggott (R) | George W. Cook (R) | |
| 61st (1909–1911) | Atterson W. Rucker (D) | John Andrew Martin (D) | Edward T. Taylor (D) |
| 62nd (1911–1913) | |||
1913–1973: 4 seats
Following the 1910 census, Colorado was apportioned with four seats.
1973–1983: 5 seats
Following the 1970 census, Colorado was apportioned with five seats.
| Congress | District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| 93rd (1973–1975) | Pat Schroeder (D) | Donald G. Brotzman (R) | Frank Evans (D) | James Johnson (R) | William L. Armstrong (R) |
| 94th (1975–1977) | Tim Wirth (D) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | |||||
| 96th (1979–1981) | Ray Kogovsek (D) | Ken Kramer (R) | |||
| 97th (1981–1983) | Hank Brown (R) | ||||
1983–2003: 6 seats
Following the 1980 census, Colorado was apportioned with six seats.
| Congress | District | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
| 98th (1983–1985) | Pat Schroeder (D) | Tim Wirth (D) | Ray Kogovsek (D) | Hank Brown (R) | Ken Kramer (R) | Daniel Schaefer (R) |
| 99th (1985–1987) | Mike Strang (R) | |||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | David Skaggs (D) | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D) |
Joel Hefley (R) | |||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | Wayne Allard (R) | |||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | Scott McInnis (R) | |||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | Diana DeGette (D) | Bob Schaffer (R) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | Mark Udall (D) | Tom Tancredo (R) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||||
2003–2023: 7 seats
Following the 2000 census, Colorado was apportioned with seven seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
| 108th (2003–2005) | Diana DeGette (D) |
Mark Udall (D) | Scott McInnis (R) | Marilyn Musgrave (R) |
Joel Hefley (R) | Tom Tancredo (R) |
Bob Beauprez (R) |
| 109th (2005–2007) | John Salazar (D) | ||||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | Doug Lamborn (R) |
Ed Perlmutter (D) | |||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | Jared Polis (D) | Betsy Markey (D) | Mike Coffman (R) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | Scott Tipton (R) | Cory Gardner (R) | |||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | |||||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | Ken Buck (R) | ||||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | |||||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | Joe Neguse (D) | Jason Crow (D) | |||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | Lauren Boebert (R) | ||||||
2023–present: 8 seats
Following the 2020 census, Colorado was apportioned with eight seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||||||
Key
| Democratic (D) |
| Populist (Pop) |
| Republican (R) |
| Silver (Sv) |
| Silver Republican (SvR) |
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- Colorado's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Colorado
References
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2022-01-17.