List of members of the US House of Representatives from Iowa

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Abby Finkenauer, current Iowa First Congressional District Representative
David Loebsack, current Iowa Second Congressional District Representative
Cindy Axne, current Iowa Third Congressional District Representative
Steve King, current Iowa Fourth Congressional District Representative

This list shows all politicians who since 1838 for the Iowa Territory later for the and the state of Iowa to the United States House of Representatives have listened. After joining the Union in 1846, the new state initially had two MPs, by 1933 the number rose to eleven. From 1993 to 2013 the state sent five MPs to Washington ; since 2013 there are only four. Except for the first election in 1846, which was carried out nationwide (“at large”), each was divided into electoral districts .

Iowa Territory Delegate (1838–1846)

Surname Term of office Political party
William Williams Chapman September 10, 1838 - October 27, 1840 democrat
Augustus Caesar Dodge October 28, 1840 - December 28, 1846 democrat

1st seat (since 1846)

Surname Term of office Political party
Serranus Clinton Hastings December 29, 1846 - March 3, 1847 democrat
William Thompson March 4, 1847 - June 29, 1850 democrat
Daniel Fry Miller December 20, 1850 - March 3, 1851 Whig
Bernhart Henn March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1855 democrat
Augustus Hall March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 democrat
Samuel Ryan Curtis March 4, 1857 - August 4, 1861 republican
James Falconer Wilson October 8, 1861 - March 3, 1869 republican
George Washington McCrary March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1877 republican
Joseph Champlin Stone March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 republican
Moses Ayers McCoid March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1885 republican
Benton Jay Hall March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 democrat
John Henry Gear March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891 republican
John Joseph Seerley March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 democrat
John Henry Gear March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895 republican
Samuel Mercer Clark March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1899 republican
Thomas Hedge March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1907 republican
Charles Augustus Kennedy March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1921 republican
William Frederick Kopp March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1933 republican
Edward Clayton Eicher March 4, 1933 - December 2, 1938 democrat
Thomas Ellsworth Martin January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1955 republican
Frederick Delbert Schwengel Jan. 3, 1955 - January 3, 1965 republican
John Richard Schmidhauser January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967 democrat
Frederick Delbert Schwengel Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1973 republican
Edward Mezvinsky Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1977 democrat
James Albert Smith Leach January 3, 1977 - January 3, 2003 republican
James Allen Nussle January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2007 republican
Bruce Braley January 3, 2007 - January 3, 2015 democrat
Rodney Leland Blum January 3, 2015 - January 3, 2019 republican
Abby Lea Finkenauer January 3, 2019 - democrat

2nd seat (since 1846)

Surname Term of office Political party
Shepherd Leffler December 29, 1846 - March 3, 1851 democrat
Lincoln Clark March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 democrat
John Parsons Cook March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 Whig
James Thorington March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 Whig
Timothy Davis March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859 republican
William Vandever March 4, 1859 - September 24, 1861 republican
Hiram Price March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869 republican
William Smyth March 4, 1869 - September 30, 1870 republican
William Penn Wolf December 6, 1870 - March 3, 1871 republican
Aylett Rains Cotton March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875 republican
John Quincy Tufts March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 republican
Hiram Price March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881 republican
Sewall Spaulding Farwell March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 republican
Jeremiah Henry Murphy March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Walter Ingalls Hayes March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1895 democrat
George Martin Curtis March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1899 republican
Joseph Reed Lane March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1901 republican
John Nicholas William Rumple March 4, 1901 - January 31, 1903 republican
Martin Joseph Wade March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1905 democrat
Albert Foster Dawson March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911 republican
Irvin St. Clair Pepper March 4, 1911 - December 22, 1913 democrat
Henry Vollmer February 10, 1914 - March 3, 1915 democrat
Harry Edward Hull March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1925 republican
Fred Dickinson Letts March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1931 republican
Bernhard Martin Jacobsen March 4, 1931 - June 30, 1936 democrat
William Sebastian Jacobsen January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1943 democrat
Henry Oscar Talle January 3, 1943 - March 3, 1959 republican
Leonard George Wolf Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1961 democrat
James Edward Bromwell January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1965 republican
John Chester Culver January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1975 democrat
Michael Thomas Blouin Jan. 3, 1975 - January 3, 1979 democrat
Thomas Joseph Tauke Jan. 3, 1979 - January 3, 1991 republican
James Allen Nussle January 3, 1991 - January 3, 2003 republican
James Albert Smith Leach January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2007 republican
David Wayne Loebsack January 3, 2007 - democrat

3rd seat (since 1863)

Surname Term of office Political party
William Boyd Allison March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1871 republican
William G. Donnan March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875 republican
Lucien Lester Ainsworth March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 democrat
Theodore Weld Burdick March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 republican
Thomas Updegraff March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883 republican
David Bremner Henderson March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1903 republican
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1909 republican
Charles Edgar Pickett March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913 republican
Maurice Connolly March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 democrat
Burton Erwin Sweet March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1923 republican
Thomas John Bright Robinson March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933 republican
Albert Clinton Willford March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 democrat
John Williams Gwynne January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1949 republican
Harold Royce Gross January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1975 republican
Charles Ernest Grassley Jan. 3, 1975 - January 3, 1981 republican
Thomas Cooper Evans Jan. 3, 1981 - January 3, 1987 republican
David Ray Nagle January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1993 democrat
James Ross Lightfoot January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1997 republican
Leonard L. Boswell January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2013 democrat
Thomas Latham January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015 republican
David Young January 3, 2015 - January 3, 2019 republican
Cynthia Lynne Axne January 3, 2019 - democrat

4th seat (since 1863)

Surname Term of office Political party
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867 republican
William Loughridge March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871 republican
Madison Miner Walden March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873 republican
Henry Otis Pratt March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 republican
Nathaniel Cobb Deering March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 republican
Luman Hamlin Weller March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 Greenback party
William Elijah Fuller March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889 republican
Joseph Henry Sweney March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 republican
Walter Halben Butler March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 democrat
Thomas Updegraff March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1899 republican
Gilbert Nelson Haugen March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1933 republican
Frederick Elliott Biermann March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1939 democrat
Henry Oscar Talle January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1943 republican
Karl Miles Le Compte January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1959 republican
Steven V. Carter Jan. 3, 1959 - November 4, 1959 democrat
John Henry Kyl December 15, 1959 - January 3, 1965 republican
Bert Andrew Bandstra January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967 democrat
John Henry Kyl Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1973 republican
Neal Edward Smith Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1995 democrat
John Greg Ganske January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2003 republican
Thomas Latham January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2013 republican
Steven Arnold King January 3, 2013 - republican

5th seat (1863–2013)

Surname Term of office Political party
John Adam Kasson March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867 republican
Grenville Mellen Dodge March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869 republican
Francis Wayland Palmer March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1873 republican
James Wilson March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 republican
Rush Clark March 4, 1877 - April 29, 1879 republican
William George Thompson December 1, 1879 - March 3, 1883 republican
James Wilson March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 republican
Benjamin Todd Frederick March 3, 1885 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Daniel Kerr March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891 republican
John Taylor Hamilton March 3, 1891 - March 3, 1893 democrat
Robert Gordon Cousins March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1909 republican
James William Good March 4, 1909 - June 15, 1921 republican
Cyrenus Cole August 1, 1921 - March 3, 1933 republican
Lloyd Thurston March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1939 republican
Karl Miles Le Compte January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1943 republican
Paul Harvey Cunningham January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1959 republican
Neal Edward Smith Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1973 democrat
William Joseph Scherle Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1975 republican
Thomas Richard Harkin Jan. 3, 1975 - January 3, 1985 democrat
James Ross Lightfoot January 3, 1985 - January 3, 1993 republican
Fredrick Lawrence Grandy January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1995 republican
Thomas Latham January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2003 republican
Steven Arnold King January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2013 republican

6th seat (1863–1993)

Surname Term of office Political party
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869 republican
Charles Pomeroy March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871 republican
Jackson Orr March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873 republican
William Loughridge March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 republican
Ezekiel Silas Sampson March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879 republican
James Baird Weaver March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881 Greenback party
Marsena Edgar Cutts March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 republican
John Calhoun Cook March 3, 1883 democrat
Marsena Edgar Cutts March 4, 1883 - September 1, 1883 republican
John Calhoun Cook October 9, 1883 - March 3, 1885 democrat
James Baird Weaver March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889 Greenback party
John Fletcher Lacey March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 republican
Frederick Edward White March 3, 1891 - March 3, 1893 democrat
John Fletcher Lacey March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1907 republican
Daniel Webster Hamilton March 3, 1907 - March 3, 1909 democrat
Nathan Edward Kendall March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913 republican
Sanford Kirkpatrick March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 democrat
Christian William Ramseyer March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1933 republican
Cassius Clay Dowell March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 republican
Hubert Utterback January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937 democrat
Cassius Clay Dowell January 3, 1937 - February 4, 1940 republican
Robert Kingman Goodwin March 5, 1940 - January 3, 1941 republican
Paul Harvey Cunningham January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 republican
Fred Cramer Gilchrist January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1945 republican
James Isaac Dolliver January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1957 republican
Merwin Coad Jan. 3, 1957 - January 3, 1963 democrat
Charles Bernard Hoeven Jan. 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965 republican
Stanley Lloyd Greigg January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967 democrat
Wiley Mayne Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1975 republican
Berkley Warren Bedell Jan. 3, 1975 - January 3, 1987 democrat
Fredrick Lawrence Grandy January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1993 republican

7th seat (1873–1973)

Surname Term of office Political party
John Adam Kasson March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 republican
Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 republican
Edward Hooker Gillette March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881 Greenback party
John Adam Kasson March 4, 1881 - July 13, 1884 republican
Hiram Ypsilanti Smith December 2, 1884 - March 3, 1885 republican
Edwin Hurd Conger March 4, 1885 - October 3, 1890 republican
Edward Retilla Hays November 4, 1890 - March 3, 1891 republican
John Albert Tiffin Hull March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1911 republican
Solomon Francis Prouty March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1915 republican
Cassius Clay Dowell March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1933 republican
Otha Donner Wearin March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1939 democrat
Benton Franklin Jensen January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1965 republican
John Robert Hansen January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967 democrat
William Joseph Scherle Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1973 republican

8th seat (1873–1963)

Surname Term of office Political party
James Wilson McDill March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 republican
William Fletcher Sapp March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881 republican
William Peters Hepburn March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1887 republican
Albert Raney Anderson March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 More independent
James Patton Flick March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893 republican
William Peters Hepburn March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1909 republican
William Darius Jamieson March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1911 democrat
Horace Mann Towner March 4, 1911 - April 1, 1923 republican
Hiram Kinsman Evans June 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925 republican
Lloyd Thurston March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1933 republican
Fred Cramer Gilchrist March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1943 republican
Charles Bernard Hoeven January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1963 republican

9th seat (1873–1943)

Surname Term of office Political party
Jackson Orr March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 republican
Samuel Addison Oliver March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879 republican
Cyrus Clay Carpenter March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883 republican
William Henry Mills Pusey March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 democrat
Joseph Lyman March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889 republican
Joseph Rea Reed March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 republican
Thomas Bowman March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 democrat
Alva Lysander Hager March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1899 republican
Smith McPherson March 4, 1899 - June 6, 1900 republican
Walter Inglewood Smith December 3, 1900 - March 15, 1911 republican
William Raymond Green June 5, 1911 - March 31, 1928 republican
Earl W. Vincent June 4, 1928 - March 3, 1929 republican
Charles Edward Swanson March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1933 republican
Guy Mark Gillette March 4, 1933 - November 3, 1936 democrat
Vincent Francis Harrington January 3, 1937 - September 5, 1942 democrat
Harry Elsworth Narey November 3, 1942 - January 3, 1943 republican

10th seat (1883–1933)

Surname Term of office Political party
Adoniram Judson Holmes March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1889 republican
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver March 4, 1889 - August 22, 1900 republican
James Perry Conner December 4, 1900 - March 3, 1909 republican
Frank Plowman Woods March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1919 republican
Lester Jesse Dickinson March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1931 republican
Fred Cramer Gilchrist March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933 republican

11th seat (1883–1933)

Surname Term of office Political party
Isaac S. Struble March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1891 republican
George Douglas Perkins March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1899 republican
Lot Thomas March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1905 republican
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard March 4, 1905 - June 4, 1912 republican
George Cromwell Scott November 5, 1912 - March 3, 1915 republican
Thomas Jefferson Steele March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1917 democrat
George Cromwell Scott March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919 republican
William Dayton Boies March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1929 republican
Ed Hoyt Campbell March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1933 republican

See also

Web links

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