List of United States Representatives from Iowa

Current U.S. Representatives from Iowa

Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district lies in northeastern Iowa and includes Davenport, Bettendorf, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Dubuque, and Clinton....

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Iowa's 1st congressional district
Iowa's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers the northeastern part of the state. The district includes Dubuque, Clinton, Davenport and Waterloo....
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Iowa's 2nd congressional district
Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that generally covers most of the southeastern part of the state including Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.The district is currently represented by Democrat Dave Loebsack....
Leonard Boswell
Leonard Boswell
Leonard L. Boswell is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Des Moines.-Early life, education and career:...

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Iowa's 3rd congressional district
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Tom Latham
Tom Latham
Thomas "Tom" Latham is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

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Iowa's 4th congressional district
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Steve King
Steve King
Steven Arnold "Steve" King is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district is located in the western part of the state and includes Sioux City and Council Bluffs....

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Iowa's 5th congressional district
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Previous representatives

Representative	Years	Party
Lucien Lester Ainsworth Lucien Lester Ainsworth Lucien Lester Ainsworth was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district in northeastern Iowa....	1875–1877	Democratic
William B. Allison William B. Allison William Boyd Allison was an early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, who represented northeastern Iowa for four consecutive terms in the U.S. House before representing his state for six consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate...	1863–1871	Republican
Albert R. Anderson Albert R. Anderson Albert Raney Anderson was a one-term U.S. Representative from Iowa's 8th congressional district in southwestern Iowa...	1887–1889	Independent Republican
Bert Bandstra Bert Bandstra Bert Andrew Bandstra served one term as a Democratic U.S. Representative from south central Iowa, winning election in 1964 but losing elections in 1966 and 1968....	1965–1967	Democratic
Berkley Bedell Berkley Bedell Berkley Warren Bedell is a former U.S. Representative from Iowa. After starting a successful business in his youth, Berkley Fly Co., he ran for the United States Congress in 1972, but was defeated by incumbent Wiley Mayne...	1975–1987	Democratic
Fred Biermann Fred Biermann Frederick Elliott Biermann was a three-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district...	1933–1939	Democratic
Benjamin P. Birdsall Benjamin P. Birdsall Benjamin Pixley Birdsall was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district during the first decade of the 20th century....	1903–1909	Republican
Mike Blouin Mike Blouin Michael Thomas Blouin , American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, representing Iowa's 2nd congressional district...	1975–1979	Democratic
William D. Boies William D. Boies William Dayton Boies was a lawyer, trial-court judge, and five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa....	1919–1929	Republican
Thomas Bowman Thomas Bowman (Iowa) Thomas Bowman was a local official, newspaper publisher, and one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district...	1891–1893	Democratic
James E. Bromwell James E. Bromwell James Edward Bromwell was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. He was elected in 1960, re-elected in 1962, and defeated in 1964....	1961–1965	Republican
Theodore W. Burdick	1877–1879	Republican
Walter H. Butler	1891–1893	Democratic
Ed H. Campbell Ed H. Campbell Ed Hoyt Campbell was the last U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district. When Iowa lost two seats in Congress due to the 1930 census, Campbell's district was renumbered but its boundaries were left intact...	1929–1933	Republican
Cyrus C. Carpenter Cyrus C. Carpenter Cyrus Clay Carpenter was a Civil War officer, the eighth Governor of Iowa and U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district.-Early life:...	1879–1883	Republican
Steven V. Carter Steven V. Carter Steven V. Carter was a Democratic U.S. Representative from south central Iowa in 1959.Born in Carterville, Utah, at age fourteen Carter moved with his parents to Lamoni, Iowa, and graduated from Lamoni High School...	1959	Democratic
Lincoln Clark Lincoln Clark Lincoln Clark was a lawyer and one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. His life began and ended in the same small town in western Massachusetts, but included service in every branch of Alabama state government, the U.S...	1851–1853	Democratic
Rush Clark Rush Clark Rush Clark was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Iowa, who died on the floor of Congress in 1879....	1877–1879	Republican
Samuel M. Clark Samuel M. Clark Samuel Mercer Clark was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district at the end of the 19th century...	1895–1899	Republican
Merwin Coad Merwin Coad Merwin Coad was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district for six years—January 1957 to January 1963. His election snapped the Republican Party's fourteen-year hold on every U.S. House seat from Iowa....	1957–1963	Democratic
Cyrenus Cole Cyrenus Cole Cyrenus Cole was a newspaper editor, columnist and historian, then a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district for over eleven years....	1921–1933	Republican
Edwin H. Conger Edwin H. Conger Edwin Hurd Conger was an Civil War soldier, lawyer, banker, Iowa congressman, and United States diplomat. As the United States' minister to China during the Boxer Rebellion, Conger, his family, and other western diplomatic legations were under siege in Beijing until rescued by the China Relief...	1885–1890	Republican
James P. Conner	1900–1909	Republican
Maurice Connolly Maurice Connolly Maurice Connolly was elected in 1912 to a single term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. After giving up his House seat in an unsuccessful bid for election to the U.S...	1913–1915	Democratic
John C. Cook John C. Cook John Calhoun Cook was a 19th-century American politician, lawyer and judge from Iowa. He was twice elected to the U.S...	1883–1835	Democratic
John P. Cook	1853–1855	Whig
Aylett R. Cotton Aylett R. Cotton Aylett Rains Cotton was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge, teacher and miner from Iowa and California....	1871–1875	Republican
Robert G. Cousins Robert G. Cousins Robert Gordon Cousins was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district...	1893–1909	Republican
John Culver John Culver John Chester Culver is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Iowa in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate....	1965–1975	Democratic
Henry J. B. Cummings Henry J. B. Cummings Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings was a lawyer, Civil War officer, editor and publisher, and one-term Republican Congressman from Iowa's 7th congressional district....	1877–1879	Republican
Paul H. Cunningham Paul Cunningham (Iowa) Paul Harvey Cunningham served nine consecutive terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. First elected in 1940, he was re-elected eight times, and defeated in 1958....	1941–1959	Republican
George M. Curtis George M. Curtis George Martin Curtis was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.Born near Oxford, New York, to John S. and Elizabeth Curtis, Curtis moved to Ogle County, Illinois, in 1856 with his parents, who settled on a farm near Rochelle, Illinois...	1895–1899	Republican
Samuel Curtis Samuel Curtis Samuel Ryan Curtis was an American military officer, and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress. He was most famous for his role as a Union Army general the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.-Biography:Born near Champlain, New York, Curtis graduated from the United...	1857–1861	Republican
Marsena E. Cutts Marsena E. Cutts Marsena Edgar Cutts was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and teacher from Iowa.Born in Orwell, Vermont, Cutts attended common schools in his native village and later attended St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York. He moved to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin in 1853 where he taught school for...	1881–1883	Republican
Timothy Davis Timothy Davis (Iowa) Brandi Swan , a lawyer, was a one-term U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. He was the only Iowa congressman born before 1800....	1857–1859	Republican
Albert F. Dawson Albert F. Dawson Albert Foster Dawson was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district....	1905–1911	Republican
Nathaniel C. Deering	1877–1883	Republican
Lester J. Dickinson Lester J. Dickinson Lester Jesse Dickinson was a Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. He was, in the words of Time magazine, "a big, friendly, white-thatched Iowa lawyer." In early 1936 he dreamed of winning the presidency...	1919–1931	Republican
Grenville M. Dodge Grenville M. Dodge Grenville Mellen Dodge was a Union army officer on the frontier and during the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped construct the Transcontinental Railroad....	1867–1869	Republican
James I. Dolliver James I. Dolliver James Isaac Dolliver served six terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district, beginning in 1944. He was the nephew of U.S. Senator Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver of Iowa....	1945–1957	Republican
Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century...	1889–1900	Republican
William G. Donnan William G. Donnan William G. Donnan was a pioneer lawyer, Civil War officer, and two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district during the administration of President Ulysses S...	1871–1875	Republican
Cassius C. Dowell Cassius C. Dowell Cassius Clay Dowell was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to his death in 1940, except for a two-year period in 1935-36 resulting from a 1934 election loss....	1915–1935 1937–1940	Republican
Edward C. Eicher Edward C. Eicher Edward C. Eicher was a three-term congressman, federal securities regulator, and federal district court judge during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was considered a consummate "New Deal" liberal....	1933–1938	Democratic
Hiram Kinsman Evans Hiram Kinsman Evans Hiram Kinsman Evans served part of one term as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 8th congressional district....	1923–1925	Republican
T. Cooper Evans T. Cooper Evans Thomas Cooper Evans was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district...	1981–1987	Republican
Sewall S. Farwell Sewall S. Farwell Sewall Spaulding Farwell was a Civil War officer and one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district....	1881–1883	Republican
James P. Flick	1889–1893	Republican
Benjamin T. Frederick Benjamin T. Frederick Benjamin Todd Frederick was a miner, businessman, real estate agent, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa's 5th congressional district....	1885–1887	Democratic
William E. Fuller William E. Fuller William Elijah Fuller , was an attorney, and a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district in northeastern Iowa during the 1880s....	1885–1889	Republican
Greg Ganske Greg Ganske John Greg Ganske is a politician from Iowa. He began a career as a plastic surgeon, but went on to serve as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003....	1995–2003	Republican
John H. Gear John H. Gear John Henry Gear was the 11th Governor of Iowa, United States Representative, and Senator.-Biography:Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Galena, Illinois in 1836, to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to Burlington in 1843, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits...	1887–1891 1893–1895	Republican
Fred C. Gilchrist Fred C. Gilchrist Fred Cramer Gilchrist was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa, from 1931 to 1945.Born in California, Pennsylvania, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Gilchrist moved with his parents to Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1871.He attended the public schools. He graduated from State Teachers'...	1931–1945	Republican
Edward H. Gillette Edward H. Gillette Edward Hooker Gillette was a nineteenth-century populist politician and editor from Iowa. He was elected on the Greenback Party ticket to represent Iowa's 7th congressional district for only one term in Congress, but remained active in populist political movements.Gillette was the son of Senator...	1879–1881	Greenbacker
Guy Mark Gillette Guy Mark Gillette Guy Mark Gillette was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again.-Personal background:...	1933–1936	Democratic
James William Good James William Good James William Good was an American politician from the state of Iowa, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet. He was a member of the United States Republican Party.-Background:...	1909–1921	Republican
Robert K. Goodwin Robert K. Goodwin Robert Kingman Goodwin was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa from a March 1940 special election until the end of his term in January 1941.Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Goodwin attended the public schools....	1940–1941	Republican
Fred Grandy Fred Grandy Fredrick Lawrence "Fred" Grandy is a former actor best known for his role as 'Gopher' on the sitcom The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa...	1987–1995	Republican
Chuck Grassley Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley is the senior United States Senator from Iowa . A member of Republican Party, he previously served in the served in the United States House of Representatives and the Iowa state legislature...	1975–1981	Republican
William R. Green William R. Green William Raymond Green was a longtime Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district, and chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, until he resigned to accept appointment as an associate judge on the United States Court of Claims.Born in Colchester,...	1911–1928	Republican
Stanley L. Greigg Stanley L. Greigg Stanley Lloyd Greigg served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northwestern Iowa. He was elected to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Republican Charles B. Hoeven in 1964 but lost to Republican Wiley Mayne two years later in 1966...	1965–1967	Democratic
Josiah B. Grinnell	1863–1867	Republican
Harold R. Gross Harold R. Gross Harold Royce Gross was a Republican United States Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district for thirteen terms...	1949–1975	Republican
John W. Gwynne John W. Gwynne John Williams Gwynne was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, and a Federal Trade Commission member and chairman during the Eisenhower Administration.- Personal background :...	1935–1949	Republican
Alva L. Hager Alva L. Hager Alva Lysander Hager was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s....	1893–1899	Republican
Augustus Hall Augustus Hall Augustus Hall , a lawyer, was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district, and chief justice of the Nebraska Territory.-Biography:...	1855–1857	Democratic
Benton J. Hall	1885–1887	Democratic
Daniel W. Hamilton Daniel W. Hamilton Daniel Webster Hamilton was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district....	1907–1909	Democratic
John Taylor Hamilton John Taylor Hamilton John Taylor Hamilton was a businessman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a one-term Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa's 5th congressional district.-Early life:...	1891–1893	Democratic
John R. Hansen John R. Hansen John Robert Hansen served one term, from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967, as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa. He and Tom Harkin are the only two Democrats to have represented southwestern Iowa in the U.S...	1965–1967	Democratic
Tom Harkin Tom Harkin Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives ....	1975–1985	Democratic
Vincent F. Harrington Vincent F. Harrington Vincent Francis Harrington was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa. Harrington was commissioned in the United States Army Air Corps after the Pearl Harbor attack, resigned from Congress when President Franklin D...	1937–1942	Democratic
S. Clinton Hastings	1846–1847	Democratic
Gilbert N. Haugen Gilbert N. Haugen Gilbert Nelson Haugen was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member of the House...	1899–1933	Republican
Walter I. Hayes Walter I. Hayes Walter Ingalls Hayes was a four-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district during the Gilded Age....	1887–1895	Democratic
Edward R. Hays Edward R. Hays Edward Retilla Hays was a nineteenth century politician, soldier, and lawyer from Ohio and Iowa, who briefly represented Iowa's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.-Biography:...	1890–1891	Republican
Thomas Hedge Thomas Hedge Thomas Hedge was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district, in southeastern Iowa.Born in Burlington, Iowa Territory, Hedge attended the common schools and Denmark Academy....	1899–1907	Republican
David B. Henderson David B. Henderson David Bremner Henderson , a ten-term Republican Congressman from Dubuque, Iowa, was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903...	1883–1903	Republican
Bernhart Henn Bernhart Henn Bernhart Henn was a pioneer lawyer and businessman, and a two-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district during Iowa's first decade of statehood....	1851–1855	Democratic
William P. Hepburn	1881–1887 1893–1909	Republican
Charles B. Hoeven Charles B. Hoeven Charles Bernard Hoeven held elective office for forty consecutive years. He was elected or re-elected eleven times to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent districts in northern Iowa...	1943–1965	Republican
Adoniram J. Holmes Adoniram J. Holmes Adoniram Judson Holmes a Republican, was the first U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district.-Biography:Born in Wooster, Ohio, Holmes moved with his parents to Palmyra, Wisconsin, in 1853...	1883–1889	Republican
Asahel W. Hubbard Asahel W. Hubbard Asahel Wheeler Hubbard was an attorney, judge, Indiana legislator, and three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district during the Civil War and the first stage of the Reconstruction era. He was the father of Iowa Congressman Elbert H. Hubbard.Born in Haddam,...	1863–1869	Republican
Elbert H. Hubbard Elbert H. Hubbard Elbert Hamilton Hubbard , a second-generation congressman, was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from the now-obsolete 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa....	1905–1912	Republican
Harry E. Hull Harry E. Hull Harry Edward Hull was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and Commissioner General of Immigration in the Coolidge and Hoover administrations....	1915–1925	Republican
John A. T. Hull John A. T. Hull John Albert Tiffin Hull was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district...	1891–1911	Republican
Bernhard M. Jacobsen Bernhard M. Jacobsen Bernhard Martin Jacobsen was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa who served nearly three full terms during the Great Depression. He was the father of William S. Jacobsen, who succeeded him in Congress following his death....	1931–1936	Democratic
William S. Jacobsen William S. Jacobsen William Sebastian Jacobsen was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district who served three terms from 1937 to 1942. He was the son of his predecessor, Bernhard M...	1937–1943	Democratic
William Darius Jamieson William Darius Jamieson William Darius Jamieson was a newspaper publisher and a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 8th congressional district. The only Democrat elected from that district in its ninety-year history, Jamieson served only a single term...	1909–1911	Democratic
Ben F. Jensen Ben F. Jensen Benton Franklin Jensen served thirteen consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district in the southwestern corner of the state. While on the floor of the U.S...	1939–1965	Republican
John A. Kasson John A. Kasson John Adam Kasson was a nineteenth century lawyer, politician and diplomat from south-central Iowa. Elected to the U.S...	1863–1867 1873–1877 1881–1884	Republican
Nathan E. Kendall Nathan E. Kendall Nathan Edward Kendall , a Republican politician, was a two-term U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district and the 23rd Governor of Iowa.-Background:...	1909–1913	Republican
Charles A. Kennedy Charles A. Kennedy Charles Augustus Kennedy was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.Born in Montrose, Iowa, Kennedy completed preparatory studies....	1907–1921	Republican
Daniel Kerr Daniel Kerr (politician) Daniel Kerr was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district in the 1880s, who later switched parties....	1887–1891	Republican
Sanford Kirkpatrick Sanford Kirkpatrick Sanford "Sant" Kirkpatrick was a revenue agent and a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was the last Civil War veteran elected to represent Iowa in Congress...	1913–1915	Democratic
William F. Kopp William F. Kopp William Frederick Kopp was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district.Born near Dodgeville, Iowa, Kopp attended the common schools. He was graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College at Mount Pleasant in 1892 and from the University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa...	1921–1933	Republican
John Henry Kyl John Henry Kyl John Henry Kyl , was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa. He was the father of Jon Kyl, a Senator from Arizona, the current Senate Minority Whip....	1959–1965 1967–1973	Republican
John F. Lacey John F. Lacey John Fletcher Lacey was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal game across state lines, and the Lacey Act of 1907, which further regulated the handling of...	1889–1891 1893–1907	Republican
Joseph R. Lane Joseph R. Lane Joseph Reed Lane was an attorney and a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district at the close of the 19th century....	1899–1901	Republican
Jim Leach Jim Leach James Albert Smith "Jim" Leach is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. In August 2009, he became Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities ....	1977–2007	Republican
Karl M. LeCompte	1939–1959	Republican
Shepherd Leffler Shepherd Leffler Shepherd Leffler was a one of the two original U.S. Representatives from Iowa. Elected as a Democrat just as Iowa was admitted to the Union in 1846, Leffler went on to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the U.S...	1846–1851	Democratic
F. Dickinson Letts F. Dickinson Letts Fred Dickinson Letts was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa, and a thirty-year federal trial court judge in the District of Columbia.-Life and work:...	1925–1931	Republican
Jim Ross Lightfoot Jim Ross Lightfoot James Ross "Jim" Lightfoot is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa.-Early life:...	1985–1997	Republican
William Loughridge William Loughridge William Loughridge was a pioneer attorney, judge, and three-term United States Congressman from Iowa....	1867–1871 1873–1875	Republican
Joseph Lyman Joseph Lyman Joseph Lyman was a Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge. In the 1880s, he was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in southwestern Iowa.-Biography:...	1885–1889	Republican
Thomas E. Martin Thomas E. Martin Thomas Ellsworth Martin was a United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. Martin, a Republican, served in Congress for 22 consecutive years, from January 1939 to January 1961....	1939–1955	Republican
Wiley Mayne Wiley Mayne Wiley Mayne was a four-term Republican United States Congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was one of several Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee who were defeated in the fall of 1974 after voting against resolutions to impeach President Richard M...	1967–1975	Republican
Moses A. McCoid Moses A. McCoid Moses Ayers McCoid was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War and a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa....	1879–1885	Republican
George W. McCrary George W. McCrary George Washington McCrary was a four-term Republican Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district, a United States Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Rutherford B. Hayes, and a federal circuit judge....	1869–1877	Republican
James W. McDill James W. McDill James Wilson McDill was a lawyer, state-court judge, Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa, state railroad commissioner, and member of the Interstate Commerce Commission....	1873–1877	Republican
Smith McPherson Smith McPherson Smith McPherson was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's now-obsolete 9th congressional district for one year, and a federal district court judge for over fourteen years....	1899–1900	Republican
Edward Mezvinsky Edward Mezvinsky Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky is a former congressman. A Democrat, he represented Iowa's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977....	1973–1977	Democratic
Daniel F. Miller Daniel F. Miller Daniel Fry Miller , a pioneer lawyer, was briefly a U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district...	1850–1851	Whig
Jeremiah H. Murphy	1883–1887	Democratic
David R. Nagle David R. Nagle David R. Nagle in Grinnell, Iowa was a Representative in the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 1993. Nagle is a member of the Democratic Party....	1987–1993	Democratic
Harry E. Narey Harry E. Narey Harry Elsworth Narey was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa for several weeks between the 1942 general election and the commencement of the 1943-44 Congress. He was the last Congressman to serve in Iowa's 9th congressional district...	1942–1943	Republican
Jim Nussle Jim Nussle James Allen "Jim" Nussle is an American politician and was the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Nussle was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007...	1991–2007	Republican
S. Addison Oliver S. Addison Oliver Samuel Addison Oliver was an American pioneer, lawyer, judge, and politician from western Iowa.He was born near Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and received a classical education at the common schools and West Alexandria Academy...	1875–1879	Republican
Jackson Orr Jackson Orr Jackson Orr was a lawyer, Civil War officer, businessman, and two-term Republican U.S. Representative from western Iowa...	1871–1875	Republican
Francis W. Palmer Francis W. Palmer Francis Wayland Palmer was a nineteenth-century politician, publisher, printer, editor and proprietor from New York, Iowa and Illinois.-Biography:...	1869–1873	Republican
Irvin S. Pepper Irvin S. Pepper Irvin St. Clair Pepper was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Pepper died at age 37, in the middle of his second term in Congress....	1911–1913	Democratic
George D. Perkins George D. Perkins George Douglas Perkins was a longtime newspaper editor, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa, and unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination as Governor of Iowa....	1891–1899	Republican
Charles E. Pickett Charles E. Pickett Charles Edgar Pickett was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district.-Early years:...	1909–1913	Republican
Charles Pomeroy Charles Pomeroy Charles Pomeroy was a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district.Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Pomeroy received an academic education.He studied and practiced law....	1869–1871	Republican
Henry O. Pratt	1873–1877	Republican
Hiram Price Hiram Price Hiram Price was a nineteenth-century banker, merchant, bookkeeper, bank president, railroad president, and five-term Republican congressman from Iowa's 2nd congressional district....	1863–1869 1877–1881	Republican
Solomon F. Prouty Solomon F. Prouty Solomon Francis Prouty was a one-term state legislator, Iowa trial court judge and a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district....	1911–1915	Republican
William H. M. Pusey	1883–1885	Democratic
C. William Ramseyer C. William Ramseyer Christian William Ramseyer was a nine-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district....	1915–1933	Republican
Joseph R. Reed	1889–1891	Republican
Thomas J. B. Robinson Thomas J. B. Robinson Thomas John Bright Robinson was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Elected in an era in which Republicans held every Iowa U.S. House seat, Robinson served five terms before losing in the 1932 general election.Born in New Diggings, Wisconsin, Robinson moved...	1923–1933	Republican
John N. W. Rumple John N. W. Rumple John Nicholas William Rumple was a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district....	1901–1903	Republican
Ezekiel S. Sampson Ezekiel S. Sampson Ezekiel Silas Sampson was a lawyer, prosecutor, Civil War officer, judge, and two-term Republican Congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district....	1875–1879	Republican
William F. Sapp	1877–1881	Republican
William J. Scherle William J. Scherle William Joseph Scherle was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from southwestern Iowa.Born in Little Falls, New York, Scherle graduated from St...	1967–1975	Republican
John R. Schmidhauser John R. Schmidhauser John Richard Schmidhauser is a professor emeritus of political science. He served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S...	1965–1967	Democratic
Fred Schwengel Fred Schwengel Frederick Delbert Schwengel was a Republican U.S. Representative from southeastern Iowa.-Personal background:Born on a farm near Sheffield, Iowa, Schwengel attended the rural schools in West Fork Township and high schools in Chapin and Sheffield, Iowa...	1955–1965 1957–1973	Republican
George Cromwell Scott George Cromwell Scott George Cromwell Scott was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district for just over four years, and was a federal district court judge for over twenty-one years....	1912–1915 1917–1919	Republican
John J. Seerley	1891–1893	Democratic
Hiram Y. Smith Hiram Y. Smith Hiram Ypsilanti Smith was a nineteenth century Republican politician, lawyer and clerk from Iowa. For three months, he represented Iowa's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, after winning election to serve out the term of John A. Kasson following Kasson's appointment...	1884–1885	Republican
Neal Smith Neal Smith (politician) Neal Edward Smith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa from 1959 until 1995 — the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in his grandparents' home near Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa. He served in the United States Army Air...	1959–1995	Democratic
Walter I. Smith Walter I. Smith Walter Inglewood Smith was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district, and a federal appellate judge with U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit....	1900–1911	Republican
William Smyth William Smyth (congressman) William Smyth was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Iowa.Born in Eden, Ireland, Smyth attended rural schools as a child, completed preparatory studies and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1838, settling in Pennsylvania...	1869–1870	Republican
Thomas J. Steele Thomas J. Steele Thomas Jefferson Steele was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa...	1915–1917	Democratic
Joseph C. Stone	1877–1879	Republican
Isaac S. Struble Isaac S. Struble Isaac S. Struble was a four-term Republican Representative of Iowa's 11th congressional district. Serving from 1883 to 1891, the Plymouth County resident was a noted congressional opponent of plural marriage in Utah.The member of a politically-active family, Isaac's six brothers included John T....	1883–1891	Republican
Charles Edward Swanson Charles Edward Swanson Charles Edward Swanson served two terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district. His congressional career ended in the landslide that accompanied the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his first term as president.Swanson was born on a farm near Galesburg,...	1929–1933	Republican
Burton E. Sweet Burton E. Sweet Burton Erwin Sweet was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, then a wide but short chain of counties in north-central and northeastern Iowa, in the shape of a monkey wrench....	1915–1923	Republican
Joseph H. Sweney	1889–1891	Republican
Henry O. Talle Henry O. Talle Henry Oscar Talle was an economics professor and a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa. He served in the United States Congress for twenty years from 1938 until 1958.-Background:...	1939–1959	Republican
Tom Tauke Tom Tauke Thomas Joseph "Tom" Tauke is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Tauke represented the northeast corner of the state of Iowa as a Republican from 1979 to 1991, entering Congress as one of the youngest members. Tauke left active politics in 1991 following an unsuccessful bid to...	1979–1991	Republican
Lot Thomas Lot Thomas Lot Thomas was a state-court judge who also served three terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's now-obsolete 11th congressional district, in northwestern Iowa....	1899–1905	Republican
William Thompson William Thompson (Iowa) William Thompson , a lawyer, clerk, newspaperman, longtime Army officer, and Democrat, was the first person elected to Congress from Iowa's 1st congressional district. His race for re-election in 1848 was the only Iowa U.S. House election to be revoted. After Thompson's opponent, Whig candidate...	1847–1850	Democratic
William George Thompson William George Thompson William George Thompson was a Civil War officer, trial-court judge, territorial justice, and Republican Representative in the U.S. House of Iowa's 5th congressional district.-Biography:...	1879–1883	Republican
James Thorington James Thorington James Thorington was a frontiersman, lawyer, judge, and one-term U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.-Biography:...	1855–1857	Oppositionist
Lloyd Thurston Lloyd Thurston Lloyd Thurston was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from southern Iowa. First elected in 1924, he served until 1938, when he unsuccessfully sought election to the U.S. Senate. By his final term, he had served on three of the most powerful House committees.Born in Osceola, Iowa, Thurston...	1925–1939	Republican
Horace Mann Towner	1911–1923	Republican
John Q. Tufts John Q. Tufts John Quincy Adams Tufts was an American Republican politician from Iowa and California.The son of Servetus Tufts and Emily , John Q. was born near Aurora, Indiana or Wilton, Maine , Tufts moved to Muscatine County, Iowa, with his parents in 1852...	1875–1877	Republican
Thomas Updegraff Thomas Updegraff Thomas Updegraff was an attorney and five-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service were separated by ten years out of Congress....	1879–1883 1893–1899	Republican
Hubert Utterback Hubert Utterback Hubert Utterback served very briefly on the Iowa Supreme Court, then was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives, serving only one term.-Personal background:...	1935–1937	Democratic
William Vandever	1859–1861	Republican
Earl W. Vincent Earl W. Vincent Earl W. Vincent was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district, for less than one year. On June 4, 1928, he won the special election held to succeed William R...	1928–1929	Republican
Henry Vollmer Henry Vollmer Henry Vollmer was an attorney, the mayor of Davenport, Iowa, and a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Winning a special election in 1914, he served just over one year in Congress....	1914–1915	Democratic
Martin Joseph Wade Martin Joseph Wade 300px\|thumb\|Martin Wade, Bain News Service, undatedMartin Joseph Wade was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and a U.S...	1903–1905	Democratic
Madison M. Walden	1871–1873	Republican
Otha Wearin Otha Wearin Otha Donner Wearin was a writer and politician. Elected as the youngest member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first "New Deal" Congress, his political career stalled in 1938 when he gave up his seat at Roosevelt's urging to run for a U.S. Senate seat held by another Democrat, Guy M. Gillette, but...	1933–1939	Democratic
James B. Weaver	1879–1881 1885–1889	Greenbacker
Luman Hamlin Weller Luman Hamlin Weller Luman Hamlin Weller was a United States Greenback Party member. In the 1880s, he served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a representative of Iowa's 4th congressional district, then in rural northeastern Iowa...	1883–1885	Greenbacker
Frederick E. White	1891–1893	Democratic
Albert C. Willford Albert C. Willford Albert Clinton Willford was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district and supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal." He was elected in 1932, defeated in 1934, and failed to regain his seat in 1936.Born in Vinton, Iowa, Willford attended the country and town...	1933–1935	Democratic
James Wilson James Wilson (U.S. politician) James "Tama Jim" Wilson was a Scotland-born United States politician who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture for sixteen years during three presidencies, from 1897 to 1913. He holds the record as the longest-serving United States Cabinet member.-Personal background:Wilson was born in...	1873–1877 1883–1885	Republican
James Falconer Wilson James Falconer Wilson James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson was a lawyer, Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and a two-term U.S. Senator from Iowa...	1861–1869	Republican
Leonard G. Wolf Leonard G. Wolf Leonard George Wolf was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. He was elected in 1958 and defeated in 1960 when seeking re-election....	1959–1961	Democratic
William P. Wolf William P. Wolf William Penn Wolf was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Iowa.-Biography:Born in Harrisburg, Ohio, Wolf attended public schools as a child and later Holbrook Seminary. He moved to Cedar County, Iowa in 1856, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859, commencing practice...	1870–1871	Republican
Frank P. Woods Frank P. Woods Frank Plowman Woods was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district, in north-central Iowa. He reached a House leadership position after only two terms...	1909–1919	Republican

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