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.
Virginia22
Virginia delegation →- Thomas DowningVirginiaDistrict 1Democratic1959–1977
- George WhitehurstVirginiaDistrict 2Republican1969–1987
- Porter Hardy Jr.VirginiaDistrict 2Democratic1947–1969
- David Satterfield IIIVirginiaDistrict 3Democratic1965–1981
- Robert Daniel Jr.VirginiaDistrict 4Republican1973–1983
- Watkins AbbittVirginiaDistrict 4Democratic1947–1973
- Dan DanielVirginiaDistrict 5Democratic1969–1988
- Thomas StanleyVirginiaDistrict 5Democratic1946–1955
- William TuckVirginiaDistrict 5Democratic1953–1969
- Clarence BurtonVirginiaDistrict 6Democratic1947–1953
- Manley ButlerVirginiaDistrict 6Republican1971–1983
- Richard PoffVirginiaDistrict 6Republican1953–1973
- Burr HarrisonVirginiaDistrict 7Democratic1946–1963
- James RobinsonVirginiaDistrict 7Republican1971–1985
- John Marsh Jr.VirginiaDistrict 7Democratic1963–1971
- Herbert Harris IIVirginiaDistrict 8Democratic1975–1981
- Stanford ParrisVirginiaDistrict 8Republican1973–1991
- Thomas FugateVirginiaDistrict 9Democratic1949–1953
- William JenningsVirginiaDistrict 9Democratic1955–1967
- William WamplerVirginiaDistrict 9Republican1953–1983
- Joel BroyhillVirginiaDistrict 10Republican1953–1975
- Joseph FisherVirginiaDistrict 10Democratic1975–1981
Washington15
Washington delegation →- Homer JonesWashingtonDistrict 1Republican1947–1949
- Joel PritchardWashingtonDistrict 1Republican1973–1985
- Thomas PellyWashingtonDistrict 1Republican1953–1973
- Jack WestlandWashingtonDistrict 2Republican1953–1965
- Lloyd MeedsWashingtonDistrict 2Democratic1965–1979
- Don BonkerWashingtonDistrict 3Democratic1975–1989
- Julia HansenWashingtonDistrict 3Democratic1959–1975
- Russell MackWashingtonDistrict 3Republican1947–1961
- Catherine MayWashingtonDistrict 4Republican1959–1971
- Mike McCormackWashingtonDistrict 4Democratic1971–1981
- Thomas FoleyWashingtonDistrict 5Democratic1965–1995
- Floyd HicksWashingtonDistrict 6Democratic1965–1977
- Thor TollefsonWashingtonDistrict 6Republican1947–1965
- Donald MagnusonWashingtonDistrict 7Democratic1953–1963
- K. StinsonWashingtonDistrict 7Republican1963–1965
West Virginia11
West Virginia delegation →- Arch Moore Jr.West VirginiaDistrict 1Republican1957–1969
- Francis LoveWest VirginiaDistrict 1Republican1947–1949
- Robert MollohanWest VirginiaDistrict 1Democratic1953–1983
- Harley StaggersWest VirginiaDistrict 2Democratic1949–1981
- Melvin SnyderWest VirginiaDistrict 2Republican1947–1949
- John Slack Jr.West VirginiaDistrict 3Democratic1959–1981
- Kenneth HechlerWest VirginiaDistrict 4Democratic1959–1977
- Maurice BurnsideWest VirginiaDistrict 4Democratic1949–1957
- William NealWest VirginiaDistrict 4Republican1953–1959
- James KeeWest VirginiaDistrict 5Democratic1965–1973
- Maude KeeWest VirginiaDistrict 5Democratic1951–1965
Wisconsin21
Wisconsin delegation →- Gerald FlynnWisconsinDistrict 1Democratic1959–1961
- Henry SchadebergWisconsinDistrict 1Republican1961–1971
- Leslie AspinWisconsinDistrict 1Democratic1971–1993
- Lynn StalbaumWisconsinDistrict 1Democratic1965–1967
- Donald TewesWisconsinDistrict 2Republican1957–1959
- Robert KastenmeierWisconsinDistrict 2Democratic1959–1991
- Alvin BaldusWisconsinDistrict 3Democratic1975–1981
- Vernon ThomsonWisconsinDistrict 3Republican1961–1975
- Clement ZablockiWisconsinDistrict 4Democratic1949–1983
- John BrophyWisconsinDistrict 4Republican1947–1949
- Charles KerstenWisconsinDistrict 5Republican1947–1955
- Henry ReussWisconsinDistrict 5Democratic1955–1983
- John RaceWisconsinDistrict 6Democratic1965–1967
- William SteigerWisconsinDistrict 6Republican1967–1979
- William Van PeltWisconsinDistrict 6Republican1951–1965
- Dave ObeyWisconsinDistrict 7Democratic1969–2011
- Melvin LairdWisconsinDistrict 7Republican1953–1971
- Harold FroehlichWisconsinDistrict 8Republican1973–1975
- Robert CornellWisconsinDistrict 8Democratic1975–1979
- Glenn DavisWisconsinDistrict 9Republican1947–1975
- Lester JohnsonWisconsinDistrict 9Democratic1953–1965
Wyoming4
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