These are tables of congressional delegations from Alabama to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
United States Senate
| Class 2 Senators |
Congress |
Class 3 Senators |
| William Rufus King (D-R) |
16th (1819–1821) |
John W. Walker1 (D-R) |
| 17th (1821–1823) |
| William Kelly (D-R) |
| 18th (1823–1825) |
| 19th (1825–1827) |
Henry H. Chambers2 (D-R) |
| Israel Pickens3 (D-R) |
| John McKinley (D-R) |
| 20th (1827–1829) |
| 21st (1829–1831) |
| 22nd (1831–1833) |
Gabriel Moore (D-R) |
| 23rd (1833–1835) |
| 24th (1835–1837) |
| William Rufus King1 (D) |
25th (1837–1839) |
John McKinley1 (D-R) |
| Clement Comer Clay1 (D) |
| 26th (1839–1841) |
| 27th (1841–1843) |
| Arthur P. Bagby1 (D) |
| 28th (1843–1845) |
| Dixon Hall Lewis2 (D) |
| 29th (1845–1847) |
| 30th (1847–1849) |
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick3 (D) |
William Rufus King1 (D) |
| 31st (1849–1851) |
| Jeremiah Clemens (D) |
| 32nd (1851–1853) |
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) |
| 4 |
33rd (1853–1855) |
| Clement Claiborne Clay (D) |
| 34th (1855–1857) |
4 |
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) |
| 35th (1857–1859) |
| 36th (1859–1861) |
| 5 |
5 |
| 37th (1861–1863) |
| 38th (1863–1865) |
| 39th (1865–1867) |
| 40th6 (1867–1869) |
| Willard Warner (R) |
George E. Spencer (R) |
| 41st (1869–1871) |
| George Goldthwaite (D) |
42nd (1871–1873) |
| 43rd (1873–1875) |
| 44th (1875–1877) |
| John Tyler Morgan2 (D) |
45th (1877–1879) |
| 46th (1879–1881) |
George S. Houston2 (D) |
| Luke Pryor3 (D) |
| James L. Pugh (D) |
| 47th (1881–1883) |
| 48th (1883–1885) |
| 49th (1885–1887) |
| 50th (1887–1889) |
Edmund Pettus2 (D) |
| 51st (1889–1891) |
| 52nd (1891–1893) |
| 53rd (1893–1895) |
| 54th (1895–1897) |
| 55th (1897–1899) |
| 56th (1899–1901) |
| 57th (1901–1903) |
| 58th (1903–1905) |
| 59th (1905–1907) |
| 60th (1907–1909) |
| John H. Bankhead2 (D) |
Joseph F. Johnston2 (D) |
| 61st (1909–1911) |
| 62nd (1911–1913) |
| 63rd (1913–1915) |
vacant 10 |
| Francis S. White (D) |
| 64th (1915–1917) |
Oscar W. Underwood (D) |
| 65th (1917–1919) |
| 66th (1919–1921) |
| B. B. Comer3 (D) |
| J. Thomas Heflin (D) |
| 67th (1921–1923) |
| 68th (1923–1925) |
| 69th (1925–1927) |
| 70th (1927–1929) |
Hugo L. Black1 (D) |
| 71st (1929–1931) |
| John H. Bankhead II2 (D) |
72nd (1931–1933) |
| 73rd (1933–1935) |
| 74th (1935–1937) |
| 75th (1937–1939) |
| Dixie Bibb Graves3 (D) |
| J. Lister Hill (D) |
| 76th (1939–1941) |
| 77th (1941–1943) |
| 78th (1943–1945) |
| 79th (1945–1947) |
| George R. Swift3 (D) |
| John J. Sparkman (D) |
| 80th (1947–1949) |
| 81st (1949–1951) |
| 82nd (1951–1953) |
| 83rd (1953–1955) |
| 84th (1955–1957) |
| 85th (1957–1959) |
| 86th (1959–1961) |
| 87th (1961–1963) |
| 88th (1963–1965) |
| 89th (1965–1967) |
| 90th (1967–1969) |
| 91st (1969–1971) |
James B. Allen2 (D) |
| 92nd (1971–1973) |
| 93rd (1973–1975) |
| 94th (1975–1977) |
| 95th (1977–1979) |
| Maryon Pittman Allen3 (D) |
| Donald W. Stewart1 (D) |
| Howell T. Heflin (D) |
96th (1979–1981) |
| Jeremiah A. Denton Jr. (R) |
| 97th (1981–1983) |
| 98th (1983–1985) |
| 99th (1985–1987) |
| 100th (1987–1989) |
Richard C. Shelby (D) |
| 101st (1989–1991) |
| 102nd (1991–1993) |
| 103rd (1993–1995) |
| 104th (1995–1997) |
Richard C. Shelby11(R) |
| Jefferson B. Sessions III (R) |
105th (1997–1999) |
| 106th (1999–2001) |
| 107th (2001–2003) |
| 108th (2003–2005) |
| 109th (2005–2007) |
| 110th (2007–2009) |
| 111th (2009–2011) |
| 112th (2011–2013) |
House of Representatives
1818 - 1819: 1 non-voting delegate
Starting on January 29, 1818, Alabama Territory sent a non-voting delegate to the House.
| Congress |
Delegate |
15th
(1817
–1819) |
John Crowell (D-R) |
1819 - 1823: 1 seat
After statehood, Alabama had one seat in the House.
| Congress |
At-large district |
| 16th (1819–1821) |
John Crowell (D-R) |
| 17th (1821–1823) |
Gabriel Moore (D-R) |
1823 - 1833: 3 seats
Following the 1820 census, Alabama had three seats.
| Congress |
District |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
| 18th (1823–1825) |
Gabriel Moore (J) |
John McKee (J) |
George W. Owen (J) |
| 19th (1825–1827) |
| 20th (1827–1829) |
| 21st (1829–1831) |
Clement Comer Clay (D) |
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (J) |
Dixon Hall Lewis (D) |
| 22nd (1831–1833) |
Samuel Wright Mardis (J) |
1833 - 1843: 5 seats
Following the 1830 census, Alabama had five seats. During the 27th Congress, those seats were all elected state-wide at-large on a general ticket.
| Congress |
District |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
| 23rd (1833–1835) |
Clement Comer Clay (D) |
John McKinley (J) |
Samuel Wright Mardis (J) |
Dixon Hall Lewis (D) |
John Murphy (J) |
| 24th (1835–1837) |
Reuben Chapman (D) |
Joshua L. Martin (D) |
Joab Lawler (W) |
Francis Strother Lyon (W) |
| 25th (1837–1839) |
| George Whitfield Crabb (W) |
| 26th (1839–1841) |
David Hubbard (D) |
James Dellet (W) |
| 27th (1841–1843) |
5 seats elected At-large on a general ticket |
| 1st seat |
2nd seat |
3rd seat |
4th seat |
5th seat |
| Reuben Chapman (D) |
George S. Houston (D) |
Dixon Hall Lewis (D) |
William Winter Payne (D) |
Benjamin Glover Shields (D) |
1843 - 1863: 7 seats
Following the 1840 census, Alabama resumed the use of districts, now increased to seven.
| Congress |
District |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
| 28th (1843–1845) |
James Dellet (W) |
James Edwin Belser (D) |
Dixon Hall Lewis (D) |
William Winter Payne (D) |
George S. Houston (D) |
Reuben Chapman (D) |
Felix Grundy McConnell (D) |
| William Lowndes Yancey (D) |
| 29th (1845–1847) |
Edmund Strother Dargan (D) |
Henry Washington Hilliard (W) |
| James La Fayette Cottrell (D) |
Franklin Welsh Bowdon (D) |
| 30th (1847–1849) |
John Gayle (W) |
Sampson Willis Harris (D) |
Samuel Williams Inge (D) |
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (D) |
| 31st (1849–1851) |
William Jeffreys Alston (W) |
David Hubbard (D) |
| 32nd (1851–1853) |
John Bragg (D) |
James Abercrombie (W) |
William Russell Smith (K-N) |
George S. Houston (D) |
Alexander White (W) |
| 33rd (1853–1855) |
Philip Phillips (D) |
James Ferguson Dowdell (D) |
| 34th (1855–1857) |
Percy Walker (K-N) |
Eli Sims Shorter (D) |
James Ferguson Dowdell (D) |
Sampson Willis Harris (D) |
| 35th (1857–1859) |
James Adams Stallworth (D) |
Sydenham Moore (D) |
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (D) |
| 36th (1859–1861) |
James L. Pugh (D) |
David Clopton (D) |
| 37th (1861–1863) |
|
1863 - 1873: 6 seats
Following the 1860 census, Alabama was apportioned six seats.
| Congress |
District |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
| 38th (1863–1865) |
|
| 39th (1865–1867) |
| 40th (1867–1869) |
Francis William Kellogg (R) |
Charles Waldron Buckley (R) |
Benjamin White Norris (R) |
Charles Wilson Pierce (R) |
John Benton Callis (R) |
Thomas Haughey (R) |
| 41st (1869–1871) |
Alfred Eliab Buck (R) |
Robert Stell Heflin (R) |
Charles Hays (R) |
Peter Myndert Dox (D) |
William Crawford Sherrod (D) |
| 42nd (1871–1873) |
Benjamin Sterling Turner (R) |
William Anderson Handley (D) |
Joseph Humphrey Sloss (D) |
1873 - 1893: 9 seats
Following the 1870 census, Alabama was apportioned eight seats. From 1873 to 1877, the two new seats were elected at large, state-wide. After 1877, however, the entire delegation was redistricted.
| Congress |
District |
At-large |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
1st seat |
2nd seat |
| 43rd (1873–1875) |
Frederick George Bromberg
(Liberal R) |
James T. Rapier (R) |
Charles Pelham (R) |
Charles Hays (R) |
John Henry Caldwell (D) |
Joseph Humphrey Sloss (D) |
Charles Christopher Sheats (R) |
Alexander White (R) |
| 44th (1875–1877) |
Jeremiah Haralson (R) |
Jeremiah Norman Williams (D) |
Taul Bradford (D) |
Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) |
William H. Forney (D) |
Burwell Boykin Lewis (D) |
| Congress |
District |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
| 45th (1877–1879) |
James T. Jones (D) |
Hilary A. Herbert (D) |
Jeremiah Norman Williams (D) |
Charles M. Shelley (D) |
Robert Fulwood Ligon (D) |
Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) |
William H. Forney (D) |
William Willis Garth (D) |
| 46th (1879–1881) |
Thomas H. Herndon (D) |
William James Samford (D) |
Thomas Williams (D) |
Burwell Boykin Lewis (D) |
William M. Lowe (GB) |
| Newton Nash Clements (D) |
| 47th (1881–1883) |
William C. Oates (D) |
Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) |
Joseph Wheeler (D) |
| |
William M. Lowe, (GB) |
| Charles M. Shelley (D) |
Joseph Wheeler (D) |
| 48th (1883–1885) |
Luke Pryor (D) |
| James T. Jones (D) |
George Henry Craig (R) |
| 49th (1885–1887) |
Alexander C. Davidson (D) |
Thomas William Sadler (D) |
John Mason Martin (D) |
Joseph Wheeler (D) |
| 50th (1887–1889) |
James E. Cobb (D) |
John H. Bankhead (D |
| 51st (1889–1891) |
Richard Henry Clarke (D) |
Louis Washington Turpin (D) |
| John Van McDuffie (R) |
| 52nd (1891–1893) |
Louis Washington Turpin (D) |
1893 - present
Following the 1890 census, Alabama was apportioned nine seats. It currently has seven.
| Congress |
District |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
| 53rd (1893–1895) |
Richard Henry Clarke (D) |
Jesse F. Stallings (D) |
William C. Oates (D) |
Gaston A. Robbins (D) |
James E. Cobb (D) |
John H. Bankhead (D) |
William Henry Denson (D) |
Joseph Wheeler (D) |
Louis Washington Turpin (D) |
| George Paul Harrison (D) |
| 54th (1895–1897) |
Milford W. Howard (Pop) |
Oscar W. Underwood (D) |
| William F. Aldrich (R) |
Albert Taylor Goodwyn (Pop) |
Truman Heminway Aldrich (R) |
| 55th (1897–1899) |
George W. Taylor (D) |
Henry D. Clayton (D) |
Thomas S. Plowman (D) |
Willis Brewer (D) |
Oscar W. Underwood (D) |
| William F. Aldrich (R) |
| 56th (1899–1901) |
Gaston A. Robbins (D) |
John L. Burnett (D) |
| William F. Aldrich (R) |
William N. Richardson (D) |
| 57th (1901–1903) |
Ariosto A. Wiley (D) |
Sydney J. Bowie (D) |
Charles Winston Thompson (D) |
| 58th (1903–1905) |
| J. Thomas Heflin (D) |
| 59th (1905–1907) |
| 60th (1907–1909) |
William B. Craig (D) |
Richmond P. Hobson (D) |
| Oliver C. Wiley (D) |
| 61st (1909–1911) |
S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (D) |
| 62nd (1911–1913) |
Fred L. Blackmon (D) |
| 63rd (1913–1915) |
John Abercrombie
(At-large) (D) |
| William Oscar Mulkey (D) |
Christopher Columbus Harris (D) |
| 64th (1915–1917) |
Oscar Lee Gray (D) |
Henry B. Steagall (D) |
William B. Oliver (D) |
Edward B. Almon (D) |
George Huddleston (D) |
| 65th (1917–1919) |
William B. Bankhead (D) |
| 66th (1919–1921) |
John McDuffie (D) |
| William B. Bowling (D) |
Lilius Bratton Rainey (D) |
| 67th (1921–1923) |
John R. Tyson (D) |
Lamar Jeffers (D) |
| 68th (1923–1925) |
Miles C. Allgood (D) |
| J. Lister Hill (D) |
| 69th (1925–1927) |
| 70th (1927–1929) |
| LaFayette L. Patterson (D) |
| 71st (1929–1931) |
| 72nd (1931–1933) |
| 73rd (1933–1935) |
Miles C. Allgood (D) |
William B. Bankhead (D) |
Archibald Hill Carmichael (D) |
| 74th (1935–1937) |
Frank W. Boykin (D) |
Sam Hobbs (D) |
Joe Starnes (D) |
| 75th (1937–1939) |
Pete Jarman (D) |
John J. Sparkman (D) |
Luther Patrick (D) |
| George M. Grant (D) |
| 76th (1939–1941) |
| Zadoc L. Weatherford (D) |
| 77th (1941–1943) |
Walter W. Bankhead (D) |
| Carter Manasco (D) |
| 78th (1943–1945) |
George W. Andrews (D) |
John P. Newsome (D) |
| 79th (1945–1947) |
Albert Rains (D) |
Luther Patrick (D) |
| 80th (1947–1949) |
Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) |
Laurie C. Battle (D) |
| 81st (1949–1951) |
Edward deGraffenried (D) |
Carl Elliott (D) |
| 82nd (1951–1953) |
Kenneth A. Roberts (D) |
| 83rd (1953–1955) |
Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D) |
| 84th (1955–1957) |
George Huddleston, Jr. (D) |
| 85th (1957–1959) |
| 86th (1959–1961) |
| 87th (1961–1963) |
|
State-wide at-large on a general ticket |
| 1st seat |
2nd seat |
3rd seat |
4th seat |
5th seat |
6th seat |
7th seat |
8th seat |
88th
(1963–1965) |
George Huddleston, Jr. (D) |
George M. Grant (D) |
George W. Andrews (D) |
Kenneth A. Roberts (D) |
Albert Rains (D) |
Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D) |
Carl Elliott (D) |
Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) |
|
District |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
| 89th (1965–1967) |
Jack Edwards (R) |
William Louis Dickinson (R) |
George W. Andrews (D) |
Arthur Glenn Andrews (R) |
Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D) |
John Hall Buchanan, Jr. (R) |
James D. Martin (R) |
Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) |
| 90th (1967–1969) |
William Flynt Nichols (D) |
Tom Bevill (D) |
| 91st (1969–1971) |
Walter Flowers (D) |
| 92nd (1971–1973) |
| Elizabeth B. Andrews (D) |
| 93rd (1973–1975) |
William Flynt Nichols (D) |
Tom Bevill (D) |
Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) |
Walter Flowers (D) |
| 94th (1975–1977) |
| 95th (1977–1979) |
Ronnie Flippo (D) |
| 96th (1979–1981) |
Richard C. Shelby (D) |
| 97th (1981–1983) |
Albert L. Smith, Jr. (R) |
| 98th (1983–1985) |
Ben Erdreich (D) |
| 99th (1985–1987) |
H. L. 'Sonny' Callahan (R) |
| 100th (1987–1989) |
Claude Harris, Jr. (D) |
| 101st (1989–1991) |
Glen Browder (D) |
| 102nd (1991–1993) |
Bud Cramer (D) |
| 103rd (1993–1995) |
Terry Everett (R) |
Spencer Bachus (R) |
Earl F. Hilliard (D) |
| 104th (1995–1997) |
| 105th (1997–1999) |
Bob Riley (R) |
Robert B. Aderholt (R) |
| 106th (1999–2001) |
| 107th (2001–2003) |
| 108th (2003–2005) |
Jo Bonner (R) |
Mike D. Rogers (R) |
Artur Davis (D) |
| 109th (2005–2007) |
| 110th (2007–2009) |
| 111th (2009–2011) |
Bobby Bright (D) |
Parker Griffith (D) |
| Parker Griffith (R) |
| 112th (2011–2013) |
Martha Roby (R) |
Mo Brooks (R) |
Terri Sewell (D) |
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
| District |
- * designates those Congresses in which representatives were elected from the state at large, rather than by district.
- 1. Resigned.
- 2. Died in office.
- 3. Was appointed to the office, and was later replaced by an elected successor.
- 4. Seat was vacant due to failure of legislature to elect a senator by the beginning of the congress.
- 5. From secession until readmission to the Union, Alabama did not participate in the U.S. Congress.
- 6. George S. Houston presented credentials as a senator-elect on February 9, 1866 but was not permitted to take his seat, Alabama having not been re-admitted to the Union.
- 7. Successfully contested the election of the representative that was replaced.
- 8. Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the previous representative being elected to the next term, but dying before the term began.
- 9. Seat was contested by James Q. Smith and declared vacant; the original representative won back his own seat.
- 10. The seat was vacant from August 8, 1913 to May 11, 1914. Henry D. Clayton was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph F. Johnston in 1913, but his appointment was challenged and withdrawn. Franklin Potts Glass, Sr. was also appointed to the seat, but the U.S. Senate voted not to seat him.
- 11. Senator Shelby was elected as a Democrat in 1986, but switched his party affiliation to Republican on November 9, 1994.
- 12. Parker Griffith was elected as a Democrat, but switched his party affiliation to Republican on December 22, 2009.
Key
| Key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress |
| American (Know-Nothing) (K-N) |
Adams (A),
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J),
National Republican (NR) |
| Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin) |
| Anti-Masonic (Anti-M) |
| Democratic (D) |
|
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' rights (SR) |
| Democratic-Republican (D-R) |
| Farmer-Labor (FL) |
| Federalist (F) |
| Free Soil (FS) |
| Free Silver (FSv) |
|
| Greenback (GB) |
| Jacksonian (J) |
| Non-Partisan League (NPL) |
| Nullifier (N) |
| Opposition (O) |
| Populist (Pop) |
| Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin) |
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| Progressive (Prog) |
| Prohibition (Proh) |
| Readjuster (Rea) |
| Republican (R) |
| Socialist (Soc) |
| Unionist (U) |
| Whig (W) |
|
,
None,
Unaffiliated,
changed
mid-term |
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| Alabama's current delegation to the United States Congress |
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| Senators |
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| Representatives |
Jo Bonner (R), Martha Roby (R), Mike D. Rogers (R), Robert Aderholt (R), Mo Brooks (R), Spencer Bachus (R), Terri Sewell (D)
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Other states'
delegations |
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| Lists of United States congressional delegations |
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| Obsolete |
Dakota Territory · Northwest Territory · Orleans Territory · Philippines · Southwest Territory
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