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Members of the US House of Representatives from Alabama

Current congressional districts: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th.

Obsolete congressional districts: At-Large | 8th | 9th | 10th.


At-Large Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s At-Large Congressional District
Gabriel Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1785; d. August 6 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1823

Reuben Chapman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1799; d. May 17 1882.

Democratic Party

1841 – 1843

George Smith Houston

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1811; d. December 31 1879.

Democratic Party

1841 – 1843

Dixon Hall Lewis

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1802; d. October 25 1848.

Democratic Party

1841 – 1843


1st Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 1st Congressional District
Gabriel Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1785; d. August 6 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1829)

1823 – 1829

Clement Comer Clay

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1789; d. September 6 1866.

Democratic Party

1829 – 1835

Reuben Chapman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1799; d. May 17 1882.

Democratic Party

1835 – 1841

John Gayle

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1792; d. July 21 1859.

Whig Party

1847 – 1849

John McDuffie

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1883; d. November 1 1950.

Democratic Party

1919 – 1935

Josiah Robins “Jo” Bonner, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1959.

Republican Party

2003 – 2013

Felix Barry Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1966.

Republican Party

2025 – present


2nd Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District
John McKinley

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1780; d. July 19 1852.

Democratic Party

1833 – 1835

Hilary Abner Herbert

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1834; d. March 6 1919.

Democratic Party

1877 – 1893

Oscar Wilder Underwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1862; d. January 25 1929.

Democratic Party

1895 – 1896

Joseph Lister Hill

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1894; d. Decemeber 20 1984.

Democratic Party

1923 – 1938

William Louis Dickinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1925; d. March 31 2008.

Republican Party

1965 – 1993

Martha Kehres Roby

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1976.

Republican Party

2011 – 2021

Felix Barry Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1966.

Republican Party

2021 – 2025

Shomari Coleman Figures

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1985.

Democratic Party

2025 – present


3rd Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District
Dixon Hall Lewis

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1802; d. October 25 1848.

Democratic Party

1829 – 1833

Dixon Hall Lewis

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1802; d. October 25 1848.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1844

Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1857; d. December 21 1929.

Democratic Party

1897 – 1914

Henry Bascom Steagall

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1873; d. November 22 1943.

Democratic Party

1915 – 1943

Michael Dennis “Mike” Rogers

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 16 1958.

Republican Party

2003 – present


4th Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 4th Congressional District
Dixon Hall Lewis

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1802; d. October 25 1848.

Nullifier Party (1833 – 1837); Democratic Party (1837 – 1841)

1833 – 1841

Charles Hays

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1834; d. June 24 1879.

Republican Party

1869 – 1877

Robert Brown Aderholt

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 22 1965.

Republican Party

1997 – present


5th Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 5th Congressional District
George Smith Houston

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1811; d. December 31 1879.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1849

George Smith Houston

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1811; d. December 31 1879.

Democratic Party

1851 – 1861

John Henry Caldwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1826; d. September 4 1902.

Democratic Party

1873 – 1877

Dale Whitney Strong

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1970.

Republican Party

2023 – present


6th Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 6th Congressional District
Reuben Chapman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1799; d. May 17 1882.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1847

William Robert Winfield Cobb

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1807; d. November 1 1864.

Democratic Party

1847 – 1861

Spencer Thomas Bachus III

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1947.

Republican Party

1993 – 2015

Gary James Palmer

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1954.

Republican Party

2015 – present


7th Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 7th Congressional District
William Brockman Bankhead

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1874; d. September 15 1940.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1940

Richard Craig Shelby

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1934.

Democratic Party

1979 – 1987

Terrycina Andrea “Terri” Sewell

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1965.

Democratic Party

2011 – present


8th Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 8th Congressional District
John Jackson Sparkman

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1899; d. November 16 1985.

Democratic Party

1937 – 1946


9th Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 9th Congressional District
Oscar Wilder Underwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1862; d. January 25 1929.

Democratic Party

1897 – 1915


10th Congressional District of Alabama

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama’s 10th Congressional District
William Brockman Bankhead

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1874; d. September 15 1940.

Democratic Party

1917 – 1933