U.S. House · Historical
Former U.S. Representatives
Individuals who have served in the United States House of Representatives and have since left office, grouped first by the state they represented and then by congressional district. The House seats 435 voting members apportioned among the fifty states by population, each elected from a single congressional district to a two-year term; the members below completed their service through retirement, defeat, resignation, death in office, or election to higher office. Each profile links to a sourced page covering the former representative’s biography, the state and district they represented, their party, term history, notable legislation and positions, and the external authority records (Bioguide, congress.gov, Wikipedia, Wikidata) that back every fact. Use the party filter to narrow the roster, switch between the card grid and the compact list, open a state to see its former delegation, or open a district to trace the lineage of members who held that seat over time. This hub lists members from the immutable historical office-holder dataset — once a representative’s service ends and the record is finalized, the row is stable, which gives LLM crawlers a durable citation target. Currently-serving members appear on the companion serving-representatives hub. The full machine-readable roster is published as a versioned JSON dataset for downstream researchers and language models.
Iowa13
Iowa delegation →- Albert WillfordIowaDistrict 3Democratic1933–1935
- John GwynneIowaDistrict 3Republican1935–1949
- Frederick BiermannIowaDistrict 4Democratic1933–1939
- Karl Le CompteIowaDistrict 4Republican1939–1959
- Paul CunninghamIowaDistrict 5Republican1941–1959
- Charles HoevenIowaDistrict 6Republican1943–1965
- Hubert UtterbackIowaDistrict 6Democratic1935–1937
- James DolliverIowaDistrict 6Republican1945–1957
- Robert GoodwinIowaDistrict 6Republican1939–1941
- Benton JensenIowaDistrict 7Republican1939–1965
- Otha WearinIowaDistrict 7Democratic1933–1939
- Harry NareyIowaDistrict 9Republican1941–1943
- Vincent HarringtonIowaDistrict 9Democratic1937–1943
Kansas8
Kansas delegation →- Albert ColeKansasDistrict 1Republican1945–1953
- Errett ScrivnerKansasDistrict 2Republican1943–1959
- Edward PattersonKansasDistrict 3Democratic1935–1939
- Thomas WinterKansasDistrict 3Republican1939–1947
- Edward ReesKansasDistrict 4Republican1937–1961
- William CarpenterKansasDistrict 4Democratic1933–1937
- John HoustonKansasDistrict 5Democratic1935–1943
- Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthyKansasDistrict 6Democratic1933–1935
Kentucky9
Kentucky delegation →- Finley HamiltonKentuckyAt-LargeDemocratic1933–1935
- John BrownKentuckyAt-LargeDemocratic1933–1935
- Noble GregoryKentuckyDistrict 1Democratic1937–1959
- Beverly VincentKentuckyDistrict 2Democratic1937–1945
- Emmet O’NealKentuckyDistrict 3Democratic1935–1947
- Chester CarrierKentuckyDistrict 4Republican1943–1945
- Edward CrealKentuckyDistrict 4Democratic1935–1945
- Frank ChelfKentuckyDistrict 4Democratic1945–1967
- Joseph BatesKentuckyDistrict 8Democratic1937–1953
Louisiana14
Louisiana delegation →- Felix HébertLouisianaDistrict 1Democratic1941–1977
- Thomas Boggs Sr.LouisianaDistrict 2Democratic1941–1972
- James DomengeauxLouisianaDistrict 3Democratic1941–1949
- Robert MoutonLouisianaDistrict 3Democratic1937–1941
- Overton BrooksLouisianaDistrict 4Democratic1937–1963
- Charles McKenzieLouisianaDistrict 5Democratic1943–1947
- Newt MillsLouisianaDistrict 5Democratic1937–1943
- James MorrisonLouisianaDistrict 6Democratic1943–1967
- Jared Sanders Jr.LouisianaDistrict 6Democratic1933–1943
- John GriffithLouisianaDistrict 6Democratic1937–1941
- Henry Larcade Jr.LouisianaDistrict 7Democratic1943–1953
- Vance PlauchéLouisianaDistrict 7Democratic1941–1943
- Asa AllenLouisianaDistrict 8Democratic1937–1953
- Cleveland DearLouisianaDistrict 8Democratic1933–1937
Maine7
Maine delegation →- James OliverMaineDistrict 1Democratic1937–1961
- Robert HaleMaineDistrict 1Republican1943–1959
- Simon HamlinMaineDistrict 1Democratic1935–1937
- Clyde SmithMaineDistrict 2Republican1937–1941
- Edward Moran Jr.MaineDistrict 2Democratic1933–1937
- Frank FellowsMaineDistrict 3Republican1941–1953
- John UtterbackMaineDistrict 3Democratic1933–1935
Maryland10
Maryland delegation →- David WardMarylandDistrict 1Democratic1939–1945
- Dudley RoeMarylandDistrict 1Democratic1945–1947
- Harry BaldwinMarylandDistrict 2Democratic1943–1947
- Thomas D’Alesandro Jr.MarylandDistrict 3Democratic1939–1949
- Daniel EllisonMarylandDistrict 4Republican1943–1945
- George FallonMarylandDistrict 4Democratic1945–1971
- John MeyerMarylandDistrict 4Democratic1941–1943
- Lansdale SasscerMarylandDistrict 5Democratic1939–1953
- Katharine ByronMarylandDistrict 6Democratic1941–1941
- William ByronMarylandDistrict 6Democratic1939–1941
Massachusetts14
Massachusetts delegation →- John HeseltonMassachusettsDistrict 1Republican1945–1959
- Charles ClasonMassachusettsDistrict 2Republican1937–1949
- Joseph CaseyMassachusettsDistrict 3Democratic1935–1943
- Philip PhilbinMassachusettsDistrict 3Democratic1943–1971
- George BatesMassachusettsDistrict 6Republican1937–1951
- Lawrence ConneryMassachusettsDistrict 7Democratic1937–1943
- Thomas LaneMassachusettsDistrict 7Democratic1941–1963
- Angier GoodwinMassachusettsDistrict 8Republican1943–1955
- Arthur HealeyMassachusettsDistrict 8Democratic1933–1943
- Richard RussellMassachusettsDistrict 9Democratic1935–1937
- Thomas EliotMassachusettsDistrict 9Democratic1941–1943
- Christian HerterMassachusettsDistrict 10Republican1943–1953
- John HigginsMassachusettsDistrict 11Democratic1935–1939
- Thomas FlahertyMassachusettsDistrict 11Democratic1937–1943
Michigan25
Michigan delegation →- George SadowskiMichiganDistrict 1Democratic1933–1951
- Rudolph TenerowiczMichiganDistrict 1Democratic1939–1943
- John LehrMichiganDistrict 2Democratic1933–1935
- Henry KimballMichiganDistrict 3Republican1935–1937
- Paul ShaferMichiganDistrict 3Republican1937–1955
- Verner MainMichiganDistrict 3Republican1935–1937
- Clare HoffmanMichiganDistrict 4Republican1935–1963
- George FoulkesMichiganDistrict 4Democratic1933–1935
- Bartel JonkmanMichiganDistrict 5Republican1939–1949
- Andrew TransueMichiganDistrict 6Democratic1937–1939
- Claude CadyMichiganDistrict 6Democratic1933–1935
- William BlackneyMichiganDistrict 6Republican1935–1953
- Fred CrawfordMichiganDistrict 8Republican1935–1953
- Michael HartMichiganDistrict 8Democratic1933–1935
- Albert EngelMichiganDistrict 9Republican1935–1951
- Harry MusselwhiteMichiganDistrict 9Democratic1933–1935
- Frederick BradleyMichiganDistrict 11Republican1939–1947
- John LueckeMichiganDistrict 11Democratic1937–1939
- Frank HookMichiganDistrict 12Democratic1935–1947
- John BennettMichiganDistrict 12Republican1943–1965
- George O’BrienMichiganDistrict 13Democratic1937–1955
- Carl WeidemanMichiganDistrict 14Democratic1933–1935
- Louis RabautMichiganDistrict 14Democratic1935–1963
- John DingellMichiganDistrict 15Democratic1933–1957
- John LesinskiMichiganDistrict 16Democratic1933–1951
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