List of United States representatives from Colorado
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Colorado. 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 Colorado. The list of names should be complete (as of January 3, 2015), but other data may be incomplete. It includes members who have represented both the state and the Territory, both past and present.
Current members
Updated January 2015.[1]
- Colorado's 1st district: Diana DeGette (D) (since 1997)
- Colorado's 2nd district: Jared Polis (D) (since 2009)
- Colorado's 3rd district: Scott Tipton (R) (since 2011)
- Colorado's 4th district: Ken Buck (R) (since 2015)
- Colorado's 5th district: Doug Lamborn (R) (since 2007)
- Colorado's 6th district: Mike Coffman (R) (since 2009)
- Colorado's 7th district: Ed Perlmutter (D) (since 2007)
List of representatives
Representative | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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Wayne Allard | Republican | 4th | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 | |
William L. Armstrong | Republican | 5th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 | |
Wayne N. Aspinall | Democratic | 4th | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 | |
Bob Beauprez | Republican | 7th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | |
James B. Belford | Republican | At-large | October 3, 1876 – December 13, 1877 | State of Colorado established Lost contested election |
March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885 | ||||
John Calhoun Bell | Populist | 2nd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1903 | |
Hiram Pitt Bennet | Conservative Republican |
Territory | August 19, 1861 – March 4, 1865 | Territory was established |
Robert W. Bonynge | Republican | 1st | February 16, 1904 – March 4, 1909 | |
Allen Alexander Bradford | Republican | Territory | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | ||||
Franklin E. Brooks | Republican | At-large | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1907 | |
Donald G. Brotzman | Republican | 2nd | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975 | ||||
Hank Brown | Republican | 4th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 | |
Ken Buck | Republican | 4th | January 3, 2015 – present | Incumbent |
William E. Burney | Democratic | 3rd | November 5, 1940 – January 3, 1941 | elected to finish John Andrew Martin's term |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell | Democratic | 3rd | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 | |
John A. Carroll | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951 | |
Jerome B. Chaffee | Republican | Territory | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875 | |
John Chenoweth | Republican | 3rd | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1949 | |
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1965 | ||||
George M. Chilcott | Republican | Territory | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |
Mike Coffman | Republican | 6th | January 3, 2009 – present | Incumbent |
George W. Cook | Republican | At-large | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |
Fred N. Cummings | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941 | |
Diana DeGette | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1997 – present | Incumbent |
Peter H. Dominick | Republican | 2nd | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |
William R. Eaton | Republican | 1st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 | |
Frank Evans | Democratic | 3rd | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1979 | |
Cory Gardner | Republican | 4th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | |
Dean M. Gillespie | Republican | 1st | March 7, 1944 – January 3, 1947 | elected to finish Lawrence Lewis's term |
Warren A. Haggott | Republican | 2nd | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |
Guy U. Hardy | Republican | 3rd | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1933 | |
Joel Hefley | Republican | 5th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2007 | |
William S. Hill | Republican | 2nd | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959 | |
Benjamin C. Hilliard | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1919 | |
Herschel M. Hogg | Republican | 2nd | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1907 | |
Byron L. Johnson | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |
Jim Johnson | Republican | 4th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 | |
Edward Keating | Democratic | At-large | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |
3rd | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1919 | |||
George John Kindel | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |
Raymond P. Kogovsek | Democratic | 3rd | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 | |
Ken Kramer | Republican | 5th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987 | |
Doug Lamborn | Republican | 5th | January 3, 2007 – present | Incumbent |
Lawrence Lewis | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1933 – December 9, 1943 | Died |
Betsy Markey | Democratic | 4th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |
John H. Marsalis | Democratic | 3rd | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |
John Andrew Martin | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 | |
3rd | March 4, 1933 – December 23, 1939 | Died | ||
Scott McInnis | Republican | 3rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 | |
Mike McKevitt | Republican | 1st | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |
Roy H. McVicker | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |
Marilyn Musgrave | Republican | 4th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 | |
Thomas M. Patterson | Democratic | Territory | March 4, 1875 –August 1, 1876 | Colorado achieved statehood |
At-large | December 13, 1877– March 4, 1879 | Won contested election | ||
Lafe Pence | Populist | 1st | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |
Ed Perlmutter | Democratic | 7th | January 3, 2007 – present | Incumbent |
Jared Polis | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 2009 – present | Incumbent |
Robert F. Rockwell | Republican | 4th | December 9, 1941 – January 3, 1949 | elected to finish Edward T. Taylor's term |
Byron G. Rogers | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971 | |
Atterson W. Rucker | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 | |
John Salazar | Democratic | 3rd | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2011 | |
Daniel Schaefer | Republican | 6th | March 29, 1983 – January 3, 1999 | elected to finish term of Rep-elect Jack Swigert |
Bob Schaffer | Republican | 4th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | |
Pat Schroeder | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997 | |
Harry H. Seldomridge | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |
John F. Shafroth | Republican | 1st | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |
Silver Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903 | |||
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – February 15, 1904 | Resigned after declaring his conviction that his opponent was actually elected | ||
David Skaggs | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1999 | |
Michael L. Strang | Republican | 3rd | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |
George G. Symes | Republican | At-large | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 | |
Tom Tancredo | Republican | 6th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009 | |
Edward T. Taylor | Democratic | At-large | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915 | |
4th | March 4, 1915 – September 3, 1941 | Died | ||
Charles B. Timberlake | Republican | 2nd | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1933 | |
Scott Tipton | Republican | 3rd | January 3, 2011 – present | Incumbent |
Hosea Townsend | Republican | At-large | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 | |
Mark Udall | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009 | |
William N. Vaile | Republican | 1st | March 4, 1919 – July 2, 1927 | Died |
S. Harrison White | Democratic | 1st | November 15, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | elected to finish William N. Vaile's term |
Tim Wirth | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987 |
See also
- Outline of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- State of Colorado
- United States of America
- United States Congress
- United States congressional delegations from Colorado
- List of United States Senators from Colorado
- List of United States Representatives from Colorado
- United States congressional delegations from Colorado
- United States Congress
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado
As of October 2016[update], there are seventeen former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Colorado who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was Raymond P. Kogovsek (1979–1985) on April 30, 2017. The most recently serving representative to die was Daniel Schaefer (1983–1999) on April 16, 2006.
Representative | Term of office | District | Date of birth (and age) |
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James Paul Johnson | 1973–1981 | 4th | June 2, 1930 |
Patricia Schroeder | 1973–1997 | 1st | July 30, 1940 |
Tim Wirth | 1975–1987 | 2nd | September 22, 1939 |
Ken Kramer | 1979–1987 | 5th | February 19, 1942 |
Hank Brown | 1981–1991 | 4th | February 12, 1940 |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell | 1987–1993 | 3rd | April 13, 1933 |
David Skaggs | 1987–1999 | 2nd | February 22, 1943 |
Joel Hefley | 1987–2007 | 5th | April 18, 1935 |
Wayne Allard | 1991–1997 | 2nd | December 2, 1943 |
Scott McInnis | 1993–2005 | 3rd | May 9, 1953 |
Bob Schaffer | 1997–2003 | 4th | July 24, 1962 |
Tom Tancredo | 1999–2009 | 6th | December 20, 1945 |
Bob Beauprez | 2003–2007 | 7th | September 22, 1948 |
Marilyn Musgrave | 2003–2009 | 4th | January 27, 1949 |
John Salazar | 2005–2011 | 3rd | July 21, 1953 |
Betsy Markey | 2009–2011 | 4th | April 27, 1956 |
Cory Gardner | 2011–2015 | 4th | August 22, 1974 |
References
- ^ "Directory of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 3 January 2015.