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These are tables of congressional delegations from Alabama to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
[edit] United States Senate
- See also: List of United States Senators from Alabama
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] 1818 - 1819: 1 non-voting delegate
Starting on January 29, 1818, Alabama Territory sent a non-voting delegate to the House.
[edit] 1819 - 1823: 1 seat
After statehood, Alabama had one seat in the House.
[edit] 1823 - 1833: 3 seats
Following the 1820 census, Alabama had three seats.
[edit] 1833 - 1843: 5 seats
Following the 1830 census, Alabama had five seats. During the 27th Congress, those seats were all elected state-wide at-large on a general ticket.
[edit] 1843 - 1863: 7 seats
Following the 1840 census, Alabama resumed the use of districts, now increased to seven.
[edit] 1863 - 1873: 6 seats
Following the 1860 census, Alabama was apportioned six seats.
[edit] 1873 - 1893: 9 seats
Following the 1870 census, Alabama was apportioned eight seats. From 1873 to 1877, the two new seats were elected at large, state-wide. After 1877, however, the entire delegation was redistricted.
[edit] 1893 - present
Following the 1890 census, Alabama was apportioned nine seats. It currently has seven.
| Congress |
District |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
| 53rd (1893–1895) |
Richard Henry Clarke (D) |
Jesse F. Stallings (D) |
Gaston A. Robbins (D) |
James E. Cobb (D) |
John H. Bankhead (D) |
William Henry Denson (D) |
Joseph Wheeler1 (D) |
Louis Washington Turpin (D) |
| George Paul Harrison (D) |
| 54th (1895–1897) |
Milford W. Howard
(Populist) |
Oscar W. Underwood (D) |
| William F. Aldrich7 (R) |
Albert Taylor Goodwyn7
(Populist) |
Truman Heminway Aldrich7 (R) |
| 55th (1897–1899) |
George W. Taylor (D) |
Henry D. Clayton1 (D) |
Thomas S. Plowman (D) |
Willis Brewer (D) |
Oscar W. Underwood (D) |
| William F. Aldrich7 (R) |
| 56th (1899–1901) |
Gaston A. Robbins (D) |
John L. Burnett2 (D) |
| William F. Aldrich7 (R) |
William N. Richardson2 (D) |
| 57th (1901–1903) |
Ariosto A. Wiley2 (D) |
Sydney J. Bowie (D) |
Charles Winston Thompson2 (D) |
| 58th (1903–1905) |
| J. Thomas Heflin1 (D) |
| 59th (1905–1907) |
| 60th (1907–1909) |
William B. Craig (D) |
Richmond P. Hobson (D) |
| Oliver C. Wiley (D) |
| 61st (1909–1911) |
S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (D) |
| 62nd (1911–1913) |
Fred L. Blackmon2 (D) |
| 63rd (1913–1915) |
John Abercrombie
(At-large) (D) |
| William Oscar Mulkey (D) |
Christopher Columbus Harris (D) |
| 64th (1915–1917) |
Oscar Lee Gray (D) |
Henry B. Steagall2 (D) |
William B. Oliver (D) |
Edward B. Almon2 (D) |
George Huddleston (D) |
| 65th (1917–1919) |
William B. Bankhead (D) |
| 66th (1919–1921) |
John McDuffie1 (D) |
| William B. Bowling1 (D) |
Lilius Bratton Rainey (D) |
| 67th (1921–1923) |
John R. Tyson2 (D) |
Lamar Jeffers9 (D) |
| 68th (1923–1925) |
Miles C. Allgood (D) |
| J. Lister Hill1 (D) |
| 69th (1925–1927) |
| 70th (1927–1929) |
| LaFayette L. Patterson (D) |
| 71st (1929–1931) |
| 72nd (1931–1933) |
| 73rd (1933–1935) |
Miles C. Allgood (D) |
William B. Bankhead2 (D) |
Archibald Hill Carmichael (D) |
| 74th (1935–1937) |
Frank W. Boykin (D) |
Sam Hobbs (D) |
Joe Starnes (D) |
| 75th (1937–1939) |
Pete Jarman (D) |
John J. Sparkman1 (D) |
Luther Patrick (D) |
| George M. Grant (D) |
| 76th (1939–1941) |
| Zadoc L. Weatherford (D) |
| 77th (1941–1943) |
Walter W. Bankhead1 (D) |
| Carter Manasco (D) |
| 78th (1943–1945) |
George W. Andrews2 (D) |
John P. Newsome (D) |
| 79th (1945–1947) |
Albert Rains (D) |
Luther Patrick (D) |
| 80th (1947–1949) |
Robert E. Jones, Jr. (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) |
88th
(1963–1965) |
George Huddleston, Jr. (D) |
| 89th (1965–1967) |
Jack Edwards (R) |
William L. Dickinson (R) |
Arthur Glenn Andrews (R) |
Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D) |
John Hall Buchanan, Jr. (R) |
James D. Martin (R) |
| 90th (1967–1969) |
William Flynt Nichols (D) |
Tom Bevill (D) |
| 91st (1969–1971) |
| 92nd (1971–1973) |
Walter Flowers (D) |
| Elizabeth B. Andrews (D) |
| 93rd (1973–1975) |
William Flynt Nichols2 (D) |
Tom Bevill (D) |
Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) |
Walter Flowers (D) |
| 94th (1975–1977) |
| 95th (1977–1979) |
Ronnie Flippo (D) |
| 96th (1979–1981) |
Richard C. Shelby (D) |
| 97th (1981–1983) |
Albert L. Smith, Jr. (R) |
| 98th (1983–1985) |
Ben Erdreich (D) |
| 99th (1985–1987) |
H. L. 'Sonny' Callahan (R) |
| 100th (1987–1989) |
Claude Harris, Jr. (D) |
| 101st (1989–1991) |
Glen Browder (D) |
| 102nd (1991–1993) |
Bud Cramer (D) |
| 103rd (1993–1995) |
Terry Everett (R) |
Spencer Bachus (R) |
Earl F. Hilliard (D) |
| 104th (1995–1997) |
| 105th (1997–1999) |
Bob Riley (R) |
Robert B. Aderholt (R) |
| 106th (1999–2001) |
| 107th (2001–2003) |
| 108th (2003–2005) |
Jo Bonner (R) |
Mike D. Rogers (R) |
Artur Davis (D) |
| 109th (2005–2007) |
| 110th (2007–2009) |
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7th |
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[edit] Footnotes
- * designates those Congresses in which representatives were elected from the state at large, rather than by district.
- 1. Resigned.
- 2. Died in office.
- 3. Was appointed to the office, and was later replaced by an elected successor.
- 4. Seat was vacant due to failure of legislature to elect a senator by the beginning of the congress.
- 5. From secession until readmission to the Union, Alabama did not participate in the U.S. Congress.
- 6. 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.
- 7. Successfully contested the election of the representative that was replaced.
- 8. Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the previous representative being elected to the next term, but dying before the term began.
- 9. Seat was contested by James Q. Smith and declared vacant; the original representative won back his own seat.
- 10. 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.
- 11. Senator Shelby was elected as a Democrat in 1986, but switched his party affiliation to Republican on November 9, 1994.
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