List of United States representatives from Wisconsin

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The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Wisconsin. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from Wisconsin. The list of names should be complete (as of January 3, 2019), but other data may be incomplete.

Current members

Updated May 12, 2020 .[1]

List of members and delegates

Member/Delegate Years Party District Electoral history
Henry Cullen Adams March 4, 1903 –
July 9, 1906
Republican 2nd Died.
Thomas Ryum Amlie October 13, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
Republican 1st [data missing]
January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939
Progressive [data missing]
Les Aspin January 3, 1971 –
January 20, 1993
Democratic 1st Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Defense.
David Atwood February 23, 1870 –
March 3, 1871
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Clinton Babbitt March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Democratic 1st [data missing]
Joseph W. Babcock March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1907
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Alvin Baldus January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1981
Democratic 3rd [data missing]
Tammy Baldwin January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2013
Democratic 2nd [data missing]
J. Allen Barber March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Peter W. Barca May 4, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
Democratic 1st [data missing]
Lyman E. Barnes March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
Democratic 8th [data missing]
Samuel S. Barney March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903
Republican 5th [data missing]
Tom Barrett January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003
Democratic 5th [data missing]
Charles Barwig March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1895
Democratic 2nd [data missing]
Joseph D. Beck March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1929
Republican 7th [data missing]
Victor L. Berger March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
Socialist 5th [data missing]
March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1929
[data missing]
Andrew Biemiller January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
Democratic 5th [data missing]
January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
[data missing]
Charles Billinghurst March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Opposition 3rd [data missing]
March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
Republican 3rd
George W. Blanchard March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
Republican 1st [data missing]
Gerald J. Boileau March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
Republican 8th [data missing]
March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
7th
January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939
Progressive
Stephen Bolles January 3, 1939 –
July 8, 1941
Republican 1st Died.
Gabriel Bouck March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
Democratic 6th [data missing]
Edward S. Bragg March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883
Democratic 5th [data missing]
March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
2nd [data missing]
George H. Brickner March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1895
Democratic 5th [data missing]
John C. Brophy January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
Republican 4th [data missing]
James S. Brown March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
Democratic 1st [data missing]
Webster E. Brown March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903
Republican 9th [data missing]
March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
10th
Edward E. Browne March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1931
Republican 8th [data missing]
Samuel D. Burchard March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
Democratic 5th [data missing]
Michael E. Burke March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
Democratic 6th [data missing]
March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1917
Democratic 2nd
Allen R. Bushnell March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Democratic 3rd [data missing]
John W. Byrnes January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1973
Republican 8th [data missing]
Raymond Joseph Cannon March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
Democratic 4th [data missing]
William J. Cary March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1919
Republican 4th [data missing]
Lucien B. Caswell March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1883
Republican 2nd [data missing]
March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891
Republican 1st [data missing]
George W. Cate March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
Democratic 8th [data missing]
Charles B. Clark March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891
Republican 6th [data missing]
David G. Classon March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1923
Republican 9th [data missing]
Amasa Cobb March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1871
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Frank P. Coburn March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Democratic 7th [data missing]
Orasmus Cole March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
Whig 2nd [data missing]
Samuel A. Cook March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897
Republican 6th [data missing]
Henry A. Cooper March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1919
Republican 1st [data missing]
March 4, 1921 –
March 1, 1931
Died.
Robert John Cornell January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1979
Democratic 8th [data missing]
Herman B. Dahle March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Mason Cook Darling June 9, 1848 –
March 3, 1849
Democratic 2nd [data missing]
James H. Davidson March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1903
Republican 6th [data missing]
March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913
8th
March 4, 1917 –
August 6, 1918
6th Died.
Glenn Robert Davis April 22, 1947 –
January 3, 1957
Republican 2nd [data missing]
January 3, 1965 –
December 31, 1974
9th Resigned
Peter V. Deuster March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885 Democratic 4th [data missing]
LaVern R. Dilweg January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
Democratic 8th [data missing]
James D. Doty January 14, 1839 –
March 3, 1841
Democratic Territory [data missing]
Retired.
March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
3rd [data missing]
March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
Independent Democratic [data missing]
Sean Duffy January 3, 2011 –
September 23, 2019
Republican 7th Elected in 2010.
Resigned.
Charles Durkee March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
Free Soil Party 1st [data missing]
Ben C. Eastman March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855
Democratic 2nd [data missing]
Charles A. Eldredge March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1873
Democratic 4th [data missing]
March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
5th
John J. Esch March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1921
Republican 7th [data missing]
Gerald T. Flynn January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
Democratic 1st [data missing]
James A. Frear March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1933
Republican 10th [data missing]
March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
9th
Harold Vernon Froehlich January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975
Republican 8th [data missing]
Mike Gallagher January 3, 2017 –
present
Republican 8th Incumbent
Bernard J. Gehrmann January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1943
Progressive 10th [data missing]
Mark Green January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2007
Republican 8th [data missing]
Michael Griffin November 5, 1894 –
March 3, 1899
Republican 7th [data missing]
Harry W. Griswold January 3, 1939 –
July 4, 1939
Republican 3rd Died.
Glenn Grothman January 3, 2015 –
present
Republican 6th Incumbent
Richard W. Guenther March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1887
Republican 6th [data missing]
March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
2nd
Steve Gunderson January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1997
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Luther Hanchett March 4, 1861 –
November 24, 1862
Republican 2nd Died.
Nils P. Haugen March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1893
Republican 8th [data missing]
March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
10th
Charles Hawks Jr. January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
Republican 2nd [data missing]
George Cochrane Hazelton March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Gerry Whiting Hazelton March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Charles W. Henney March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
Democratic 2nd [data missing]
Robert K. Henry January 3, 1945 –
November 20, 1946
Republican 2nd Died.
Benjamin F. Hopkins March 4, 1867 –
January 1, 1870
Republican 2nd Died.
Thomas R. Hudd March 8, 1886 –
March 3, 1889
Democratic 5th [data missing]
James F. Hughes March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
Democratic 8th [data missing]
Merlin Hull March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1931
Republican 7th [data missing]
January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1947
Progressive 9th [data missing]
Died.
January 3, 1947 –
May 17, 1953
Republican
Herman L. Humphrey March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883
Republican 7th [data missing]
John J. Jenkins March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903
Republican 10th [data missing]
March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1909
11th
Joshua L. Johns January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1943
Republican 8th [data missing]
Jay W. Johnson January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 1999
Democratic 8th [data missing]
Lester Johnson October 13, 1953 –
January 3, 1965
Democratic 9th [data missing]
Burr W. Jones March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
Democratic 3rd [data missing]
George Wallace Jones January 26, 1837 –
March 3, 1837
Jacksonian Territory Election invalidated.
March 4, 1837 –
January 14, 1839
Democratic
Henry Dodge March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1845
Democratic Territory Appointed Governor of Wisconsin Territory
Morgan L. Martin March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
Democratic Territory [data missing]
Lost re-election.
John H. Tweedy March 4, 1847 –
May 28, 1848
Whig Territory [data missing]
Resigned.
Henry H. Sibley October 30, 1848 –
March 3, 1849
Democratic Territory Elected to finish Tweedy's term.
District eliminated and was elected in Minnesota Territory.
Charles A. Kading March 4, 1927 –
March 3, 1933
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Steve Kagen January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2011
Democratic 8th [data missing]
Bob Kasten January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1979
Republican 9th [data missing]
Robert Kastenmeier January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1991
Democratic 2nd [data missing]
Frank Bateman Keefe January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1951
Republican 6th [data missing]
Charles J. Kersten January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
Republican 5th [data missing]
January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1955
[data missing]
Alanson M. Kimball March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
Republican 6th [data missing]
Ron Kind January 3, 1997 –
present
Democratic 3rd Incumbent
Jerry Kleczka April 3, 1984 –
January 3, 2005
Democratic 4th [data missing]
John C. Kleczka March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1923
Republican 4th [data missing]
Scott L. Klug January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1999
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Thomas F. Konop March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1917
Democratic 9th [data missing]
Arthur W. Kopp March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1913
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Gustav Küstermann March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911
Republican 9th [data missing]
Robert M. La Follette Sr. March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Melvin R. Laird January 3, 1953 –
January 21, 1969
Republican 7th Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Florian Lampert November 5, 1918 –
July 18, 1930
Republican 6th Died.
Charles H. Larrabee March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
Democratic 3rd [data missing]
Irvine Lenroot March 4, 1909 –
April 17, 1918
Republican 11th Resigned when elected U.S. senator.
Thomas Lynch March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1895
Democratic 9th [data missing]
William Pitt Lynde June 5, 1848 –
March 3, 1849
Democratic 1st [data missing]
March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
4th [data missing]
John B. Macy March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
Democratic 3rd [data missing]
Henry S. Magoon March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Myron H. McCord March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
Republican 9th [data missing]
Alexander S. McDill March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
Republican 8th [data missing]
Walter D. McIndoe January 26, 1863 –
March 3, 1863
Republican 2nd [data missing]
March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1867
6th
Howard J. McMurray January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
Democratic 5th [data missing]
Lucas M. Miller March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Democratic 6th [data missing]
Edward S. Minor March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903
Republican 8th [data missing]
March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
9th
Alexander Mitchell March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
Democratic 1st [data missing]
March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
4th
John L. Mitchell March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Democratic 4th [data missing]
James G. Monahan March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Jim Moody January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993
Democratic 5th [data missing]
Gwen Moore January 3, 2005 –
present
Democratic 4th Incumbent
Elmer A. Morse March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1913
Republican 10th [data missing]
James William Murphy March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1909
Democratic 3rd [data missing]
Reid F. Murray January 3, 1939 –
April 29, 1952
Republican 7th Died.
Adolphus P. Nelson November 5, 1918 –
March 3, 1923
Republican 11th [data missing]
John M. Nelson September 4, 1906 –
March 3, 1913
Republican 2nd [data missing]
March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1919
3rd
March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1933
[data missing]
Mark Neumann January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1999
Republican 1st [data missing]
Alvin O'Konski January 3, 1943 –
March 3, 1973
Republican 10th [data missing]
Thomas O'Malley March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
Democratic 5th [data missing]
Dave Obey April 1, 1969 –
January 3, 2011
Democratic 7th [data missing]
Theobald Otjen March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1907
Republican 4th [data missing]
Halbert E. Paine March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1871
Republican 1st [data missing]
Hubert H. Peavey March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1933
Republican 11th [data missing]
March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
10th
Tom Petri April 3, 1979 –
January 3, 2015
Republican 6th [data missing]
Mark Pocan January 3, 2013 –
present
Democratic 2nd Incumbent
John F. Potter March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1863
Republican 1st [data missing]
Thaddeus C. Pound March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883
Republican 8th [data missing]
Hugh H. Price January 18, 1887 –
March 3, 1887
Republican 8th [data missing]
William T. Price March 4, 1883 –
December 6, 1886
Republican 8th Died.
John Abner Race January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
Democratic 6th [data missing]
Clifford E. Randall March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
Republican 1st [data missing]
Joseph Rankin March 4, 1883 –
January 24, 1886
Democratic 5th Died.
Michael K. Reilly March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1917
Democratic 6th [data missing]
November 4, 1930 –
January 3, 1939
[data missing]
Henry S. Reuss January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1983
Democratic 5th [data missing]
Reid Ribble January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2017
Republican 8th [data missing]
Toby Roth January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1997
Republican 8th [data missing]
Jeremiah McLain Rusk March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
Republican 6th [data missing]
March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877
7th
Paul Ryan January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2019
Republican 1st Retired.
Edward Sauerhering March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Harry Sauthoff January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939
Progressive 2nd [data missing]
January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1945
[data missing]
Philetus Sawyer March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1873
Republican 5th [data missing]
March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
6th
Henry C. Schadeberg January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1965
Republican 1st [data missing]
January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1971
[data missing]
John C. Schafer March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1933
Republican 4th [data missing]
January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
[data missing]
George J. Schneider March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1933
Republican 9th [data missing]
January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939
Progressive 8th [data missing]
Jim Sensenbrenner January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 2003
Republican 9th Incumbent
January 3, 2003 –
present
5th
George B. Shaw March 4, 1893 –
August 27, 1894
Republican 7th Died.
A. Scott Sloan March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Ithamar Sloan March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1867
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Henry Smith March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
Laborite 4th [data missing]
Lawrence H. Smith August 29, 1941 –
January 22, 1958
Republican 1st Died.
Peter J. Somers August 27, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
Democratic 4th [data missing]
William H. Stafford March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911
Republican 5th [data missing]
March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1919
[data missing]
March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923
[data missing]
March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1933
[data missing]
Lynn E. Stalbaum January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
Democratic 1st [data missing]
William A. Steiger January 3, 1967 –
December 4, 1978
Republican 6th Died.
Bryan Steil January 3, 2019 –
present
Republican 1st Incumbent
Isaac Stephenson March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1889
Republican 9th [data missing]
William H. Stevenson January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1949
Republican 3rd [data missing]
Alexander Stewart March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1901
Republican 9th [data missing]
Daniel H. Sumner March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
Democratic 2nd [data missing]
Donald Edgar Tewes January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Lewis D. Thill January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1943
Republican 5th [data missing]
Ormsby B. Thomas March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891
Republican 7th [data missing]
Vernon Wallace Thomson January 3, 1961 –
December 31, 1974
Republican 3rd Resigned
William Van Pelt January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1965
Republican 6th [data missing]
Isaac W. Van Schaick March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
Republican 4th [data missing]
March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
[data missing]
Tom Tiffany May 12, 2020 –
present
Republican 7th Incumbent
Edward Voigt March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1927
Republican 2nd [data missing]
Cadwallader C. Washburn March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1861
Republican 2nd [data missing]
March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871
6th [data missing]
Thaddeus Wasielewski January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1947
Democratic 4th [data missing]
Charles H. Weisse March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911
Democratic 6th [data missing]
Daniel Wells Jr. March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1857
Democratic 1st [data missing]
Owen A. Wells March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
Democratic 6th [data missing]
Ezra Wheeler March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
Democratic 5th [data missing]
Charles G. Williams March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1883
Republican 1st [data missing]
John Winans March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
Democratic 1st [data missing]
Gardner R. Withrow March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
Republican 7th [data missing]
March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
3rd
January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939
Progressive
January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1961
Republican [data missing]
Gilbert M. Woodward March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
Democratic 7th [data missing]
Clement J. Zablocki January 3, 1949 –
December 3, 1983
Democratic 4th Died.

Living former representatives

As of September 2019, there are sixteen living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin. The most recent death among former representatives was Jim Moody (served 1983–1993) on March 22, 2019. The most recently serving representative to die was Jerry Kleczka (served 1984–2005) who died on October 8, 2017.

Representative Term of office District Date of birth (and age)
Dave Obey 1969–2011 7th (1938-10-03) October 3, 1938 (age 85)
Harold Vernon Froehlich 1973–1975 8th (1932-05-12) May 12, 1932 (age 92)
Bob Kasten 1975–1979 9th (1942-06-19) June 19, 1942 (age 81)
Toby Roth 1979–1997 8th (1938-10-10) October 10, 1938 (age 85)
Tom Petri 1979–2015 6th (1940-05-28) May 28, 1940 (age 83)
Steve Gunderson 1981–1997 3rd (1951-05-10) May 10, 1951 (age 73)
Scott L. Klug 1991–1999 2nd (1953-01-16) January 16, 1953 (age 71)
Peter W. Barca 1993–1995 1st (1955-08-07) August 7, 1955 (age 68)
Tom Barrett 1993–2003 5th (1953-12-08) December 8, 1953 (age 70)
Mark Neumann 1995–1999 1st (1954-02-27) February 27, 1954 (age 70)
Mark A. Green 1999–2007 8th (1960-06-01) June 1, 1960 (age 63)
Tammy Baldwin 1999–2013 2nd (1962-02-11) February 11, 1962 (age 62)
Paul Ryan 1999–2019 1st (1970-01-29) January 29, 1970 (age 54)
Steve Kagen 2007–2011 8th (1949-12-12) December 12, 1949 (age 74)
Reid Ribble 2011–2017 8th (1956-04-05) April 5, 1956 (age 68)
Sean Duffy 2011–2019 7th (1971-10-03) October 3, 1971 (age 52)

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Representatives". Retrieved September 23, 2019.