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.
House of Representatives
Current Representatives
List of members of the Alabaman United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 7 members, including 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
| District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
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| 1st |  Bradley Byrne (R-Mobile)
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Republican | R+15 | January 7, 2014 – present | 
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| 2nd |  Martha Roby (R-Montgomery)
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Republican | R+17 | January 3, 2011 – present | 
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| 3rd |  Michael Rogers (R-Tuskegee)
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Republican | R+16 | January 3, 2003 – present | 
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| 4th |  Robert Aderholt (R-Gadsden)
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Republican | R+28 | January 3, 1997 – present | 
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| 5th |  Morris Brooks Jr. (R-Huntsville)
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Republican | R+17 | January 3, 2011 – present | 
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| 6th |  Gary Palmer (R-Vestavia Hills)
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Republican | R+28 | January 3, 2015 – present | 
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| 7th |  Terrycina Sewell (D-Birmingham)
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Democratic | D+20 | January 3, 2011 – present | 
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Delegation timeline (1818 – Present)
Tables showing membership in the Alabama federal House delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
1818 – 1819: 1 non-voting delegate
Starting on January 29, 1818, Alabama Territory sent a non-voting delegate to the House.
| Congress | Delegate |
|---|---|
| 15th Congress (1817–1819) |
John Crowell (D-R) |
| 16th Congress (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 |
|---|---|
| 16th Congress (December 14, 1819 – 1821) |
John Crowell (D-R) |
| 17th Congress (1821–1823) |
Gabriel Moore (D-R) |
1823 – 1833: 3 seats
Following the 1820 census, Alabama had three seats.
| Congress | District | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 18th Congress (1823–1825) |
Gabriel Moore (J-DR) | John McKee (J-DR) | George W. Owen (J-DR) |
| 19th Congress (1825–1827) |
Gabriel Moore (J) | John McKee (J) | George W. Owen (J) |
| 20th Congress (1827–1829) | |||
| 21st Congress (1829–1831) |
Clement Comer Clay (J) | Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (J) | Dixon Hall Lewis (J) |
| 22nd Congress (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 Congress (1833–1835) |
Clement Comer Clay (J) | John McKinley (J) | Samuel Wright Mardis (J) | Dixon Hall Lewis (N) | John Murphy (J) |
| 24th Congress (1835–1837) |
Reuben Chapman (J) | Joshua L. Martin (J) | Joab Lawler (J) | Francis Strother Lyon (AJ) | |
| 25th Congress (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 Congress (1839–1841) |
David Hubbard (D) | James Dellet (W) | |||
| 27th Congress (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.
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 | |
| 38th Congress (1863–1865) |
Vacant during American Civil War | |||||
| 39th Congress (1865–1867) | ||||||
| 40th Congress (1867–1869) | ||||||
| Francis William Kellogg (R) | Charles Waldron Buckley (R) | Benjamin White Norris (R) | Charles Wilson Pierce (R) | John Benton Callis (R) | Thomas Haughey (R) | |
| 41st Congress (1869–1871) |
Alfred Eliab Buck (R) | Robert Stell Heflin (R) | Charles Hays (R) | Peter Myndert Dox (D) | William Crawford Sherrod (D) | |
| 42nd Congress (1871–1873) |
Benjamin Sterling Turner (R) | William Anderson Handley (D) | Joseph Humphrey 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.
1893 – 1913: 9 seats
Following the 1890 census, Alabama was apportioned nine seats.
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 Congress (1913–1915) |
George W. Taylor (D) | S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (D) | Henry D. Clayton (D) | Fred L. Blackmon (D) | J. Thomas Heflin (D) | Richmond P. Hobson (D) | John L. Burnett (D) | William N. Richardson (D) | Oscar W. Underwood (D) | John Abercrombie (D) |
| William Oscar Mulkey (D) | Christopher Columbus Harris (D) | |||||||||
| 64th Congress (1915–1917) |
Oscar Lee Gray (D) | Henry B. Steagall (D) | William B. Oliver (D) | Edward B. Almon (D) | George Huddleston (D) | |||||
| 65th Congress (1917–1919) |
10th district | |||||||||
| William B. Bankhead (D) | ||||||||||
| 66th Congress (1919–1921) |
John McDuffie (D) | |||||||||
| William B. Bowling (D) | Lilius Bratton Rainey (D) | |||||||||
| 67th Congress (1921–1923) |
John R. Tyson (D) | Lamar Jeffers (D) | ||||||||
| 68th Congress (1923–1925) |
Miles C. Allgood (D) | |||||||||
| J. Lister Hill (D) | ||||||||||
| 69th Congress (1925–1927) | ||||||||||
| 70th Congress (1927–1929) | ||||||||||
| LaFayette L. Patterson (D) | ||||||||||
| 71st Congress (1929–1931) | ||||||||||
| 72nd Congress (1931–1933) | ||||||||||
1933 – 1963: 9 seats
Following the 1930 census, Alabama was apportioned nine seats.
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 Congress (1963–1965) |
George Huddleston, Jr. (D) | George M. Grant (D) | George W. Andrews (D) | Kenneth A. Roberts (D) | Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D) | Albert Rains (D) | Carl Elliott (D) | Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) |
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 89th Congress (1965–1967) |
Jack Edwards (R) | William Louis Dickinson (R) | George W. Andrews (D) | Arthur Glenn Andrews (R) | Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D) | John Hall Buchanan, Jr. (R) | James D. Martin (R) | Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) |
| 90th Congress (1967–1969) |
William Flynt Nichols (D) | Tom Bevill (D) | ||||||
| 91st Congress (1969–1971) |
Walter Flowers (D) | |||||||
| 92nd Congress (1971–1973) | ||||||||
| Elizabeth B. Andrews (D) | ||||||||
1973 – Present: 7 seats
Since the 1970 census, Alabama has been apportioned seven seats.
Key
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama
As of April 2015[update], there are seventeen former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Alabama who are currently living at this time.
| Representative | Term of office | District | Date of birth (and age) |
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| James D. Martin | 1965–1967 | 7th | September 1, 1918 |
| John Hall Buchanan, Jr. | 1965–1981 | 6th | March 19, 1928 |
| Jack Edwards | 1965–1985 | 1st | September 20, 1928 |
| Ronnie Flippo | 1977–1991 | 5th | August 15, 1937 |
| Richard Shelby | 1979–1987 | 7th | May 6, 1934 |
| Ben Erdreich | 1983–1993 | 6th | December 9, 1938 |
| Sonny Callahan | 1985–2003 | 1st | September 11, 1932 |
| Glen Browder | 1989–1997 | 3rd | January 15, 1943 |
| Robert E. Cramer | 1991–2009 | 5th | August 22, 1947 |
| Earl F. Hilliard | 1993–2003 | 7th | April 9, 1942 |
| Terry Everett | 1993–2009 | 2nd | February 15, 1937 |
| Spencer Bachus | 1993–2015 | 6th | December 28, 1947 |
| Bob Riley | 1997–2003 | 3rd | October 3, 1944 |
| Artur Davis | 2003–2011 | 7th | October 9, 1967 |
| Jo Bonner | 2003–2013 | 1st | November 19, 1959 |
| Parker Griffith | 2009–2011 | 5th | August 6, 1942 |
| Bobby Bright | 2009–2011 | 2nd | July 21, 1952 |
United States Senate
Per WP:PSEUDOHEADING fake headings should not be used in articles.
 Senator Richard Shelby (R) |  Senator Jeff Sessions (R) |
Senate delegation timeline (1819 – Present)
Tables showing membership in the Alabama federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
| Class 2 | Congress | Class 3 | ||
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| William R. King (D-R) | 16th Congress (1819–1821) |
John Williams Walker (D-R) | ||
| 17th Congress (1821–1823) | ||||
| William Kelly (D-R) | ||||
| William R. King (Jackson D-R) | 18th Congress (1823–1825) |
William Kelly (Jackson D-R) | ||
| William R. King (J) | 19th Congress (1825–1827) |
Henry H. Chambers (J) | ||
| Israel Pickens (J) | ||||
| John McKinley (J) | ||||
| 20th Congress (1827–1829) | ||||
| 21st Congress (1829–1831) | ||||
| 22nd Congress (1831–1833) |
Gabriel Moore (J) | |||
| 23rd Congress (1833–1835) | ||||
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| William R. King (D) | 25th Congress (1837–1839) |
John McKinley (D) | ||
| Clement Comer Clay (D) | ||||
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| 27th Congress (1841–1843) | ||||
| Arthur P. Bagby (D) | ||||
| 28th Congress (1843–1845) |
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| Dixon Hall Lewis (D) | ||||
| 29th Congress (1845–1847) | ||||
| 30th Congress (1847–1849) | ||||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | William R. King (D) | |||
| 31st Congress (1849–1851) |
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| Jeremiah Clemens (D) | ||||
| 32nd Congress (1851–1853) | ||||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | ||||
| Vacant[5] | 33rd Congress (1853–1855) | |||
| Clement Claiborne Clay (D) | ||||
| 34th Congress (1855–1857) |
Vacant [5] | |||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | ||||
| 35th Congress (1857–1859) | ||||
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| American Civil War [6] |
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| 37th Congress (1861–1863) |
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| 38th Congress (1863–1865) | ||||
| 39th Congress (1865–1867) | ||||
| 40th Congress (1867–1869) |
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| Willard Warner (R) | George E. Spencer (R) | |||
| 41st Congress (1869–1871) | ||||
| George Goldthwaite (D) | 42nd Congress (1871–1873) | |||
| 43rd Congress (1873–1875) |
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| 44th Congress (1875–1877) | ||||
| John Tyler Morgan (D) | 45th Congress (1877–1879) | |||
| 46th Congress (1879–1881) |
George S. Houston (D) | |||
| Luke Pryor (D) | ||||
| James L. Pugh (D) | ||||
| 47th Congress (1881–1883) | ||||
| 48th Congress (1883–1885) | ||||
| 49th Congress (1885–1887) |
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| 52nd Congress (1891–1893) |
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| 53rd Congress (1893–1895) | ||||
| 54th Congress (1895–1897) | ||||
| 55th Congress (1897–1899) |
Edmund Pettus (D) | |||
| 56th Congress (1899–1901) | ||||
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| 58th Congress (1903–1905) |
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| 59th Congress (1905–1907) | ||||
| 60th Congress (1907–1909) | ||||
| John H. Bankhead (D) | Joseph F. Johnston (D) | |||
| 61st Congress (1909–1911) |
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| 62nd Congress (1911–1913) | ||||
| 63rd Congress (1913–1915) |
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| Francis S. White (D) | ||||
| 64th Congress (1915–1917) |
Oscar W. Underwood (D) | |||
| 65th Congress (1917–1919) | ||||
| 66th Congress (1919–1921) | ||||
| B. B. Comer (D) | ||||
| J. Thomas Heflin (D) | ||||
| 67th Congress (1921–1923) |
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| 69th Congress (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th Congress (1927–1929) |
Hugo L. Black (D) | |||
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| John H. Bankhead II (D) | 72nd Congress (1931–1933) | |||
| 73rd Congress (1933–1935) |
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| 74th Congress (1935–1937) | ||||
| 75th Congress (1937–1939) | ||||
| Dixie Bibb Graves (D) | ||||
| J. Lister Hill (D) | ||||
| 76th Congress (1939–1941) |
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| 77th Congress (1941–1943) | ||||
| 78th Congress (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th Congress (1945–1947) |
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| George R. Swift (D) | ||||
| John J. Sparkman (D) | ||||
| 80th Congress (1947–1949) | ||||
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| 82nd Congress (1951–1953) |
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| 84th Congress (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th Congress (1957–1959) |
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| 86th Congress (1959–1961) | ||||
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| 88th Congress (1963–1965) |
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| 89th Congress (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th Congress (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st Congress (1969–1971) |
James B. Allen (D) | |||
| 92nd Congress (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd Congress (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th Congress (1975–1977) |
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| 95th Congress (1977–1979) | ||||
| Maryon Pittman Allen (D) | ||||
| Donald W. Stewart (D) | ||||
| Howell T. Heflin (D) | 96th Congress (1979–1981) | |||
| Jeremiah Denton (R) | ||||
| 97th Congress (1981–1983) |
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| 98th Congress (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th Congress (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th Congress (1987–1989) |
Richard Shelby (D) | |||
| 101st Congress (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd Congress (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd Congress (1993–1995) |
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| Richard Shelby (R) | ||||
| 104th Congress (1995–1997) | ||||
| Jeff Sessions (R) | 105th Congress (1997–1999) | |||
| 106th Congress (1999–2001) |
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| 109th Congress (2005–2007) |
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| 112th Congress (2011–2013) |
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Living former U.S. Senators from Alabama
As of April 2015[update], there are two former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Alabama who are currently living at this time, two from Class 3.
| Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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| Maryon P. Allen | 1978 | 3 | November 30, 1925 |
| Donald W. Stewart | 1978–1981 | 3 | February 4, 1940 |
See also
References
- ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Seat was contested by James Q. Smith and declared vacant; the original representative won back his own seat.
- ^ Successfully contested the election of the representative that was replaced.
- ^ Parker Griffith was elected as a Democrat, but switched his party affiliation to Republican on December 22, 2009
- ^ 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.