United States congressional delegations from Alabama

These are tables of congressional delegations from Alabama to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

Contents 1 United States Senate 2 House of Representatives 2.1 1818 – 1819: 1 non-voting delegate 2.2 1819 – 1823: 1 seat 2.3 1823 – 1833: 3 seats 2.4 1833 – 1843: 5 seats 2.5 1843 – 1863: 7 seats 2.6 1863 – 1873: 6 seats 2.7 1873 – 1893: 9 seats 2.8 1893 – present 3 Footnotes 4 Key

United States Senate

Class 2 Senators	Congress	Class 3 Senators
William Rufus King (D-R)	16th (1819–1821)	John W. Walker1 (D-R)
	17th (1821–1823)
		William Kelly (D-R)
	18th (1823–1825)
	19th (1825–1827)	Henry H. Chambers2 (D-R)
		Israel Pickens3 (D-R)
		John McKinley (D-R)
	20th (1827–1829)
	21st (1829–1831)
	22nd (1831–1833)	Gabriel Moore (D-R)
	23rd (1833–1835)
	24th (1835–1837)
William Rufus King1 (D)	25th (1837–1839)	John McKinley1 (D-R)
		Clement Comer Clay1 (D)
	26th (1839–1841)
	27th (1841–1843)
		Arthur P. Bagby1 (D)
	28th (1843–1845)
Dixon Hall Lewis2 (D)
	29th (1845–1847)
	30th (1847–1849)
Benjamin Fitzpatrick3 (D)		William Rufus King1 (D)
	31st (1849–1851)
Jeremiah Clemens (D)
	32nd (1851–1853)
		Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D)
Vacant 4	33rd (1853–1855)
Clement Claiborne Clay (D)
	34th (1855–1857)	Vacant 4
		Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D)
	35th (1857–1859)
	36th (1859–1861)
American Civil War 5		American Civil War 5
	37th (1861–1863)
	38th (1863–1865)
	39th (1865–1867)
	40th6 (1867–1869)
Willard Warner (R)		George E. Spencer (R)
	41st (1869–1871)
George Goldthwaite (D)	42nd (1871–1873)
	43rd (1873–1875)
	44th (1875–1877)
John Tyler Morgan2 (D)	45th (1877–1879)
	46th (1879–1881)	George S. Houston2 (D)
		Luke Pryor3 (D)
		James L. Pugh (D)
	47th (1881–1883)
	48th (1883–1885)
	49th (1885–1887)
	50th (1887–1889)
	51st (1889–1891)
	52nd (1891–1893)
	53rd (1893–1895)
	54th (1895–1897)
	55th (1897–1899)	Edmund Pettus2 (D)
	56th (1899–1901)
	57th (1901–1903)
	58th (1903–1905)
	59th (1905–1907)
	60th (1907–1909)
John H. Bankhead2 (D)		Joseph F. Johnston2 (D)
	61st (1909–1911)
	62nd (1911–1913)
	63rd (1913–1915)	vacant 10
		Francis S. White (D)
	64th (1915–1917)	Oscar W. Underwood (D)
	65th (1917–1919)
	66th (1919–1921)
B. B. Comer3 (D)
J. Thomas Heflin (D)
	67th (1921–1923)
	68th (1923–1925)
	69th (1925–1927)
	70th (1927–1929)	Hugo L. Black1 (D)
	71st (1929–1931)
John H. Bankhead II2 (D)	72nd (1931–1933)
	73rd (1933–1935)
	74th (1935–1937)
	75th (1937–1939)
		Dixie Bibb Graves3 (D)
		J. Lister Hill (D)
	76th (1939–1941)
	77th (1941–1943)
	78th (1943–1945)
	79th (1945–1947)
George R. Swift3 (D)
John J. Sparkman (D)
	80th (1947–1949)
	81st (1949–1951)
	82nd (1951–1953)
	83rd (1953–1955)
	84th (1955–1957)
	85th (1957–1959)
	86th (1959–1961)
	87th (1961–1963)
	88th (1963–1965)
	89th (1965–1967)
	90th (1967–1969)
	91st (1969–1971)	James B. Allen2 (D)
	92nd (1971–1973)
	93rd (1973–1975)
	94th (1975–1977)
	95th (1977–1979)
		Maryon Pittman Allen3 (D)
		Donald W. Stewart1 (D)
Howell T. Heflin (D)	96th (1979–1981)
		Jeremiah A. Denton Jr. (R)
	97th (1981–1983)
	98th (1983–1985)
	99th (1985–1987)
	100th (1987–1989)	Richard C. Shelby (D)
	101st (1989–1991)
	102nd (1991–1993)
	103rd (1993–1995)
	104th (1995–1997)	Richard C. Shelby11(R)
Jefferson B. Sessions III (R)	105th (1997–1999)
	106th (1999–2001)
	107th (2001–2003)
	108th (2003–2005)
	109th (2005–2007)
	110th (2007–2009)
	111th (2009–2011)
	112th (2011–2013)

House of Representatives

1818 – 1819: 1 non-voting delegate

Starting on January 29, 1818, Alabama Territory sent a non-voting delegate to the House.

Congress	Delegate
15th (1817 –1819)	John Crowell (D-R)

1819 – 1823: 1 seat

After statehood, Alabama had one seat in the House.

Congress	At-large district
16th (1819–1821)	John Crowell (D-R)
17th (1821–1823)	Gabriel Moore (D-R)

1823 – 1833: 3 seats

Following the 1820 census, Alabama had three seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd
18th (1823–1825)	Gabriel Moore (J)	John McKee (J)	George W. Owen (J)
19th (1825–1827)
20th (1827–1829)
21st (1829–1831)	Clement Comer Clay (D)	Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (J)	Dixon Hall Lewis (D)
22nd (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 state-wide at-large on a general ticket.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
23rd (1833–1835)	Clement Comer Clay (D)	John McKinley (J)	Samuel Wright Mardis (J)	Dixon Hall Lewis (D)	John Murphy (J)
24th (1835–1837)	Reuben Chapman (D)	Joshua L. Martin (D)	Joab Lawler2 (W)		Francis Strother Lyon (W)
25th (1837–1839)
			George Whitfield Crabb (W)
26th (1839–1841)		David Hubbard (D)			James Dellet (W)
27th (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)	Dixon Hall Lewis1 (D)	William Winter Payne (D)	Benjamin Glover Shields (D)

1843 – 1863: 7 seats

Following the 1840 census, Alabama resumed the use of districts, now increased to seven.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
28th (1843–1845)	James Dellet (W)	James Edwin Belser (D)	Dixon Hall Lewis1 (D)	William Winter Payne (D)	George S. Houston (D)	Reuben Chapman (D)	Felix Grundy McConnell2 (D)
			William Lowndes Yancey1 (D)
29th (1845–1847)	Edmund Strother Dargan (D)	Henry Washington Hilliard (W)
			James La Fayette Cottrell (D)				Franklin Welsh Bowdon (D)
30th (1847–1849)	John Gayle (W)		Sampson Willis Harris (D)	Samuel Williams Inge (D)		Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (D)
31st (1849–1851)	William Jeffreys Alston (W)				David Hubbard (D)
32nd (1851–1853)	John Bragg (D)	James Abercrombie (W)		William Russell Smith (K-N)	George S. Houston (D)		Alexander White (W)
33rd (1853–1855)	Philip Phillips (D)						James Ferguson Dowdell (D)
34th (1855–1857)	Percy Walker (K-N)	Eli Sims Shorter (D)	James Ferguson Dowdell (D)				Sampson Willis Harris (D)
35th (1857–1859)	James Adams Stallworth (D)			Sydenham Moore (D)			Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (D)
36th (1859–1861)		James L. Pugh (D)	David Clopton (D)
37th (1861–1863)	American Civil War 5

1863 – 1873: 6 seats

Following the 1860 census, Alabama was apportioned six seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
38th (1863–1865)	American Civil War 5
39th (1865–1867)
40th (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 (1869–1871)	Alfred Eliab Buck (R)		Robert Stell Heflin (R)	Charles Hays (R)	Peter Myndert Dox (D)	William Crawford Sherrod (D)
42nd (1871–1873)	Benjamin Sterling Turner (R)		William Anderson Handley (D)			Joseph Humphrey Sloss (D)

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.

Congress	District						At-large
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	1st seat	2nd seat
43rd (1873–1875)	Frederick George Bromberg (Liberal R)	James T. Rapier (R)	Charles Pelham (R)	Charles Hays (R)	John Henry Caldwell (D)	Joseph Humphrey Sloss (D)	Charles Christopher Sheats (R)	Alexander White (R)
44th (1875–1877)	Jeremiah Haralson (R)	Jeremiah Norman Williams (D)	Taul Bradford (D)			Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)	William H. Forney (D)	Burwell Boykin Lewis (D)

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
45th (1877–1879)	James T. Jones (D)	Hilary A. Herbert (D)	Jeremiah Norman Williams (D)	Charles M. Shelley (D)	Robert Fulwood Ligon (D)	Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)	William H. Forney (D)	William Willis Garth (D)
46th (1879–1881)	Thomas H. Herndon2 (D)		William James Samford (D)		Thomas Williams (D)	Burwell Boykin Lewis1 (D)		William M. Lowe (GB)
						Newton Nash Clements (D)
47th (1881–1883)			William C. Oates1 (D)			Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)		Joseph Wheeler (D)
				Vacant 9				William M. Lowe2, 7 (GB)
				Charles M. Shelley (D)				Joseph Wheeler (D)
48th (1883–1885)								Luke Pryor (D)
	James T. Jones (D)			George Henry Craig7 (R)
49th (1885–1887)				Alexander C. Davidson (D)	Thomas William Sadler (D)	John Mason Martin (D)		Joseph Wheeler (D)
50th (1887–1889)					James E. Cobb (D)	John H. Bankhead (D
51st (1889–1891)	Richard Henry Clarke (D)			Louis Washington Turpin (D)
				John Van McDuffie7 (R)
52nd (1891–1893)				Louis Washington Turpin (D)

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
53rd (1893–1895)	Richard Henry Clarke (D)	Jesse F. Stallings (D)	William C. Oates (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 (Pop)		Oscar W. Underwood (D)
				William F. Aldrich7 (R)	Albert Taylor Goodwyn7 (Pop)				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)										At-large
										John Abercrombie (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)										10th
										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. Andrews (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)
	State-wide at-large on a general ticket
	1st seat	2nd seat	3rd seat	4th seat	5th seat	6th seat	7th seat	8th seat
88th (1963–1965)	George Huddleston, Jr. (D)	George M. Grant (D)	George W. Andrews (D)	Kenneth A. Roberts (D)	Albert Rains (D)	Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D)	Carl Elliott (D)	Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D)
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
89th (1965–1967)	Jack Edwards (R)	William Louis Dickinson (R)	George W. Andrews2 (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 (1967–1969)				William Flynt Nichols (D)			Tom Bevill (D)
91st (1969–1971)					Walter Flowers (D)
92nd (1971–1973)
			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)	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)
111th (2009–2011)		Bobby Bright (D)			Parker Griffith (D)
					Parker Griffith12 (R)
112th (2011–2013)		Martha Roby (R)			Mo Brooks (R)		Terri Sewell (D)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
	District

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. Franklin Potts Glass, Sr. was also appointed to the seat, but the U.S. Senate voted not to seat him.
• 11. Senator Shelby was elected as a Democrat in 1986, but switched his party affiliation to Republican on November 9, 1994.
• 12. Parker Griffith was elected as a Democrat, but switched his party affiliation to Republican on December 22, 2009.

Key

Key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know-Nothing) (K-N) Adams (A), Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J), National Republican (NR) Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin) Anti-Masonic (Anti-M) Democratic (D)	Dixiecrat (Dix), States' rights (SR) Democratic-Republican (D-R) Farmer-Labor (FL) Federalist (F) Free Soil (FS) Free Silver (FSv)	Greenback (GB) Jacksonian (J) Non-Partisan League (NPL) Nullifier (N) Opposition (O) Populist (Pop) Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)	Progressive (Prog) Prohibition (Proh) Readjuster (Rea) Republican (R) Socialist (Soc) Unionist (U) Whig (W)	Independent, None, Unaffiliated, or changed mid-term

Alabama's current delegation to the United States Congress Senators Richard Shelby (R) Jeff Sessions (R) Representatives Jo Bonner (R) Martha Roby (R) Mike D. Rogers (R) Robert Aderholt (R) Mo Brooks (R) Spencer Bachus (R) Terri Sewell (D) Other states' delegations Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Non‑voting: American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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