United States congressional delegations from Alabama
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Alabama
| Census Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 5,024,279 |
| Gender |
48.6% Male 51.4% Female |
| Race |
64.1% White 25.8% Black 1.5% Asian 0.7% Native American 0.1% Pacific Islander |
| Ethnicity | 5.3% Hispanic |
| Median household income | $59,609 |
| High school graduation rate | 87.7% |
| College graduation rate | 27.2% |
| Upcoming elections |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2022 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from Alabama.
Here is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional members from Alabama.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Alabama | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Current members
U.S. Senate
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Alabama are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate Alabama | Katie Britt | Republican | January 3, 2023 | January 3, 2029 |
| U.S. Senate Alabama | Tommy Tuberville | Republican | January 3, 2021 | January 3, 2027 |
U.S. House
The current members of the U.S. House from Alabama are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House Alabama District 1 | Jerry Carl | Republican | January 3, 2021 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. House Alabama District 2 | Barry Moore | Republican | January 3, 2021 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. House Alabama District 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. House Alabama District 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. House Alabama District 5 | Dale Strong | Republican | January 3, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. House Alabama District 6 | Gary Palmer | Republican | January 3, 2015 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. House Alabama District 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | January 3, 2011 | January 3, 2025 |
Historical members
U.S. Senate
| Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Alabama | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 32 | |||
| Republican | 8 | |||
| Democratic Republican; Jacksonian | 2 | |||
| Democratic Republican | 1 | |||
| Jacksonian | 4 | |||
| Class 2 Senators from Alabama | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| William R. King | 1819-1844 | Democratic Republican; Jacksonian | ||||||
| Dixon H. Lewis | 1844-1848 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick | 1848-1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeremiah Clemens | 1849-1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. | 1853-1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| Willard Warner | 1868-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| George Goldthwaite | 1871-1877 | Democratic | ||||||
| John T. Morgan | 1877-1907 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Bankhead | 1907-1920 | Democratic | ||||||
| Braxton B. Comer | 1920-1920 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Thomas Heflin | 1920-1931 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Bankhead II | 1931-1946 | Democratic | ||||||
| George R. Swift | 1946-1946 | Democratic | ||||||
| John J. Sparkman | 1946-1979 | Democratic | ||||||
| Howell T. Heflin | 1979-1997 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeff Sessions | 1997-2017 | Republican | ||||||
| Luther Strange | 2017-2018 | Republican | ||||||
| Doug Jones | 2018-2021 | Democratic | ||||||
| Tommy Tuberville | 2021 - Present | Republican | ||||||
| Class 3 Senators from Alabama | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John W. Walker | 1819-1822 | Democratic Republican | ||||||
| William Kelly | 1822-1825 | Democratic Republican; Jacksonian | ||||||
| Henry H. Chambers | 1825-1826 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| Israel Pickens | 1826-1826 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| John McKinley | 1826-1831 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| Gabriel Moore | 1831-1837 | Jacksonian | ||||||
| John McKinley | 1837-1837 | Democratic | ||||||
| Clement Comer Clay | 1837-1841 | Democratic | ||||||
| Arthur P. Bagby | 1841-1848 | Democratic | ||||||
| William R. King | 1848-1852 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick | 1853-1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| George E. Spencer | 1868-1879 | Republican | ||||||
| George S. Houston | 1879-1879 | Democratic | ||||||
| Luke Pryor | 1880-1880 | Democratic | ||||||
| James L. Pugh | 1880-1897 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edmund W. Pettus | 1897-1907 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joseph F. Johnston | 1907-1913 | Democratic | ||||||
| Francis S. White | 1914-1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Oscar W. Underwood | 1915-1927 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hugo L. Black | 1927-1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Dixie Bibb Graves | 1937-1938 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Lister Hill | 1938-1969 | Democratic | ||||||
| James B. Allen | 1969-1978 | Democratic | ||||||
| Maryon Pittman Allen | 1978-1978 | Democratic | ||||||
| Donald W. Stewart | 1978-1981 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. | 1981-1987 | Republican | ||||||
| Richard Shelby | 1987-2023 | Republican | ||||||
| Katie Britt | 2023-Present | Republican | ||||||
U.S. House
2000s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 2000s from Alabama | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 3 | |||
| Republican | 10 | |||
| Total Representatives | 13 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Alabama | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Artur Davis | 2003–2011 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jo Bonner | 2003-2013 | Republican | ||||||
| Mike Rogers | 2003-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Bobby Bright | 2009–2011 | Democratic | ||||||
| Parker Griffith | 2009–2011 | Republican | ||||||
| Martha Roby | 2011-2021 | Republican | ||||||
| Mo Brooks | 2011-2023 | Republican | ||||||
| Terri Sewell | 2011-Present | Democratic | ||||||
| Bradley Byrne | 2014-2021 | Republican | ||||||
| Gary Palmer | 2015-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Jerry Carl | 2021-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Barry Moore | 2021-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Dale Strong | 2023-Present | Republican | ||||||
1900s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1900s from Alabama | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 59 | |||
| Republican | 11 | |||
| Total Representatives | 70 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Alabama | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| William N. Richardson | 1900–1914 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Winston Thompson | 1901–1904 | Democratic | ||||||
| Sydney J. Bowie | 1901–1907 | Democratic | ||||||
| Ariosto A. Wiley | 1901–1908 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Thomas Heflin | 1904–1920 | Democratic | ||||||
| William B. Craig | 1907–1911 | Democratic | ||||||
| Richmond P. Hobson | 1907–1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Oliver C. Wiley | 1908–1909 | Democratic | ||||||
| S. Hubert Dent, Jr. | 1909–1921 | Democratic | ||||||
| Fred L. Blackmon | 1911–1921 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Abercrombie | 1913–1917 | Democratic | ||||||
| Christopher C. Harris | 1914–1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| William O. Mulkey | 1914–1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Oscar L. Gray | 1915–1919 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward B. Almon | 1915–1933 | Democratic | ||||||
| George Huddleston | 1915–1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| William Bacon Oliver | 1915–1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry B. Steagall | 1915–1943 | Democratic | ||||||
| William B. Bankhead | 1917–1940 | Democratic | ||||||
| Lilius B. Rainey | 1919–1923 | Democratic | ||||||
| John McDuffie | 1919–1935 | Democratic | ||||||
| William B. Bowling | 1920–1928 | Democratic | ||||||
| John R. Tyson | 1921–1923 | Democratic | ||||||
| Lamar Jeffers | 1921–1935 | Democratic | ||||||
| Miles C. Allgood | 1923–1935 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Lister Hill | 1923–1938 | Democratic | ||||||
| LaFayette L. Patterson | 1928–1933 | Democratic | ||||||
| Archibald Hill Carmichael | 1933–1937 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joe Starnes | 1935–1945 | Democratic | ||||||
| Sam Hobbs | 1935–1951 | Democratic | ||||||
| Frank W. Boykin | 1935–1963 | Democratic | ||||||
| Luther Patrick | 1937–1943 and 1945–1947 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Sparkman | 1937–1946 | Democratic | ||||||
| Pete Jarman | 1937–1949 | Democratic | ||||||
| George M. Grant | 1938–1965 | Democratic | ||||||
| Zadoc L. Weatherford | 1940–1941 | Democratic | ||||||
| Walter W. Bankhead | 1941 | Democratic | ||||||
| Carter Manasco | 1941–1949 | Democratic | ||||||
| John P. Newsome | 1943–1945 | Democratic | ||||||
| George W. Andrews | 1944–1971 | Democratic | ||||||
| Albert Rains | 1945–1965 | Democratic | ||||||
| Laurie C. Battle | 1947–1955 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert E. Jones, Jr. | 1947–1977 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward deGraffenried | 1949–1953 | Democratic | ||||||
| Carl Elliott | 1949–1965 | Democratic | ||||||
| Kenneth A. Roberts | 1951–1965 | Democratic | ||||||
| Armistead I. Selden, Jr. | 1953–1969 | Democratic | ||||||
| George Huddleston, Jr. | 1955–1965 | Democratic | ||||||
| Glenn Andrews | 1965–1967 | Republican | ||||||
| James D. Martin | 1965–1967 | Republican | ||||||
| John Hall Buchanan, Jr. | 1965–1981 | Republican | ||||||
| Jack Edwards | 1965–1985 | Republican | ||||||
| William Louis Dickinson | 1965–1993 | Republican | ||||||
| William Flynt Nichols | 1967–1988 | Democratic | ||||||
| Tom Bevill | 1967–1997 | Democratic | ||||||
| Walter Flowers | 1969–1979 | Democratic | ||||||
| Elizabeth B. Andrews | 1972–1973 | Democratic | ||||||
| Ronnie Flippo | 1977–1991 | Democratic | ||||||
| Richard Shelby | 1979–1987 | Democratic | ||||||
| Albert L. Smith, Jr. | 1981–1983 | Republican | ||||||
| Ben Erdreich | 1983–1993 | Democratic | ||||||
| Sonny Callahan | 1985–2003 | Republican | ||||||
| Claude Harris, Jr. | 1987–1993 | Democratic | ||||||
| Glen Browder | 1989–1997 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert E. Cramer | 1991–2009 | Democratic | ||||||
| Earl F. Hilliard | 1993–2003 | Democratic | ||||||
| Terry Everett | 1993–2009 | Republican | ||||||
| Spencer Bachus | 1993-2015 | Republican | ||||||
| Bob R. Riley | 1997–2003 | Republican | ||||||
| Robert Aderholt | 1997-Present | Republican | ||||||
1800s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1800s from Alabama | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 75 | |||
| Republican | 21 | |||
| Whig | 6 | |||
| Know-Nothing | 1 | |||
| Greenbacker | 1 | |||
| Populist | 2 | |||
| Total Representatives | 106 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Alabama | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John Crowell | 1819–1821 | Democratic | ||||||
| Gabriel Moore | 1821–1829 | Democratic | ||||||
| John McKee | 1823–1829 | Democratic | ||||||
| George Washington Owen | 1823–1829 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor | 1829–1831 | Democratic | ||||||
| Clement Comer Clay | 1829–1835 | Democratic | ||||||
| Dixon Hall Lewis | 1829–1844 | Democratic | ||||||
| Samuel W. Mardis | 1831–1835 | Democratic | ||||||
| John McKinley | 1833–1835 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Murphy | 1833–1835 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joab Lawler | 1835-1838 | Democratic | ||||||
| Francis S. Lyon | 1835–1839 | Republican | ||||||
| Joshua L. Martin | 1835–1839 | Democratic | ||||||
| Reuben Chapman | 1835–1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| George W. Crabb | 1838–1841 | Whig | ||||||
| James Dellet | 1839–1841 and 1843–1845 | Whig | ||||||
| David Hubbard | 1839–1841 and 1849–1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin Glover Shields | 1841–1843 | Democratic | ||||||
| William W. Payne | 1841–1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| George S. Houston | 1841–1849 and 1851–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| James E. Belser | 1843–1845 | Democratic | ||||||
| Felix G. McConnell | 1843–1846 | Democratic | ||||||
| William Lowndes Yancey | 1844–1846 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edmund S. Dargan | 1845–1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry W. Hilliard | 1845–1851 | Whig | ||||||
| James L. Cottrell | 1846–1847 | Democratic | ||||||
| Franklin Welsh Bowdon | 1846–1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Gayle | 1847–1849 | Whig | ||||||
| Samuel Williams Inge | 1847–1851 | Democratic | ||||||
| Sampson Willis Harris | 1847–1857 | Democratic | ||||||
| Williamson R. W. Cobb | 1847–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| William J. Alston | 1849–1851 | Whig | ||||||
| John Bragg | 1851–1853 | Democratic | ||||||
| Alexander White | 1851–1853 and 1873–1875 | Republican | ||||||
| James Abercrombie | 1851–1855 | Whig | ||||||
| William Russell Smith | 1851–1857 | Democratic | ||||||
| Philip Phillips | 1853–1855 | Democratic | ||||||
| James F. Dowdell | 1853–1859 | Democratic | ||||||
| Percy Walker | 1855–1857 | Know-Nothing | ||||||
| Eli S. Shorter | 1855–1859 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jabez L. M. Curry | 1857–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| Sydenham Moore | 1857–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| James A. Stallworth | 1857–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| David Clopton | 1859–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| James L. Pugh | 1859–1861 | Democratic | ||||||
| John B. Callis | 1868–1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas Haughey | 1868–1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Francis William Kellogg | 1868–1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Benjamin White Norris | 1868–1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles W. Pierce | 1868–1869 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles W. Buckley | 1868–1873 | Republican | ||||||
| Alfred E. Buck | 1869–1871 | Republican | ||||||
| Robert S. Heflin | 1869–1871 | Republican | ||||||
| William C. Sherrod | 1869–1871 | Democratic | ||||||
| Peter M. Dox | 1869–1873 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Hays | 1869–1877 | Republican | ||||||
| William A. Handley | 1871–1873 | Democratic | ||||||
| Benjamin S. Turner | 1871–1873 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph H. Sloss | 1871–1875 | Democratic | ||||||
| Frederick G. Bromberg | 1873–1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles Pelham | 1873–1875 | Republican | ||||||
| James T. Rapier | 1873–1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles C. Sheats | 1873–1875 | Republican | ||||||
| John Henry Caldwell | 1873–1877 | Democratic | ||||||
| Taul Bradford | 1875–1877 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeremiah Haralson | 1875–1877 | Republican | ||||||
| Burwell Boykin Lewis | 1875–1880 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jeremiah N. Williams | 1875–1879 | Democratic | ||||||
| Goldsmith W. Hewitt | 1875–1879 and 1881–1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| William H. Forney | 1875–1893 | Democratic | ||||||
| William Willis Garth | 1877–1879 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert F. Ligon | 1877–1879 | Democratic | ||||||
| James T. Jones | 1877–1879 and 1883–1889 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles M. Shelley | 1877–1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hilary A. Herbert | 1877–1893 | Democratic | ||||||
| William J. Samford | 1879–1881 | Democratic | ||||||
| William M. Lowe | 1879–1882 | Greenbacker | ||||||
| Thomas H. Herndon | 1879–1883 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas Williams | 1879–1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| Newton N. Clements | 1880–1881 | Democratic | ||||||
| Joseph Wheeler | 1881–1883 and 1885–1890 | Democratic | ||||||
| William C. Oates | 1881–1894 | Democratic | ||||||
| Luke Pryor | 1883–1885 | Democratic | ||||||
| George H. Craig | 1885 | Republican | ||||||
| John Mason Martin | 1885–1887 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas W. Sadler | 1885–1887 | Democratic | ||||||
| Alexander C. Davidson | 1885–1889 | Democratic | ||||||
| James E. Cobb | 1887–1896 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Bankhead | 1887–1907 | Democratic | ||||||
| Louis Washington Turpin | 1889–1895 | Democratic | ||||||
| Richard Henry Clarke | 1889–1897 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Van McDuffie | 1890–1891 | Republican | ||||||
| William Henry Denson | 1893–1895 | Democratic | ||||||
| Gaston A. Robbins | 1893–1896,1899–1900 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jesse F. Stallings | 1893–1901 | Democratic | ||||||
| George Paul Harrison | 1894–1897 | Democratic | ||||||
| Oscar Underwood | 1895–1896 and 1897–1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Milford W. Howard | 1895–1899 | Populist | ||||||
| Truman H. Aldrich | 1896–1897 | Republican | ||||||
| Albert T. Goodwyn | 1896–1897 | Populist | ||||||
| William F. Aldrich | 1896–1901 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas S. Plowman | 1897–1898 | Democratic | ||||||
| Willis Brewer | 1897–1901 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry D. Clayton | 1897–1914 | Democratic | ||||||
| George W. Taylor | 1897–1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| John L. Burnett | 1899–1919 | Democratic | ||||||
District map
Footnotes
Senators
Katie Britt (R)
Tommy Tuberville (R)
Representatives
District 1
Jerry Carl (R)
District 2
Barry Moore (R)
District 3
Mike Rogers (R)
District 4
Robert Aderholt (R)
District 5
Dale Strong (R)
District 6
Gary Palmer (R)
District 7
Terri Sewell (D)
Republican Party (8)
Democratic Party (1)
