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Alabama's 2nd congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Shomari Figures D.

Holders
70
43 D · 15 R · 6 J · 5 W · 1 U
Longest tenure
16 years
George McInvale Grant
Current
21 months
Shomari Figures, since Jan 3, 2025
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020John McKee · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04John McKee · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJohn McKee · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonRobert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonSamuel Wright Mardis · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJohn McKinley · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJoshua Lanier Martin · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJoshua Lanier Martin · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratDavid Hubbard · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJames Edwin Belser · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratHenry Washington Hilliard · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigHenry Washington Hilliard · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigHenry Washington Hilliard · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJames Abercrombie · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJames Abercrombie · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigEli Sims Shorter · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratEli Sims Shorter · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJames Lawrence Pugh · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratCharles Waldron Buckley · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Thomas Rapier · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJeremiah Norman Williams · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratHilary Abner Herbert · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratHilary Abner Herbert · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratHilary Abner Herbert · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratHilary Abner Herbert · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratHilary Abner Herbert · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratHilary Abner Herbert · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratHilary Abner Herbert · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratHilary Abner Herbert · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJesse Francis Stallings · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJesse Francis Stallings · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJesse Francis Stallings · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJesse Francis Stallings · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratAriosto Appling Wiley · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratAriosto Appling Wiley · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratAriosto Appling Wiley · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratAriosto Appling Wiley · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratStanley Hubert Dent Jr. · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratStanley Hubert Dent Jr. · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratStanley Hubert Dent Jr. · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratStanley Hubert Dent Jr. · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratStanley Hubert Dent Jr. · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratStanley Hubert Dent Jr. · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn Russell Tyson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJohn Russell Tyson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Lister Hill · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJoseph Lister Hill · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Lister Hill · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Lister Hill · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Lister Hill · 1933-03-09 – 1938-01-12 · DemocratGeorge McInvale Grant · 1938-06-14 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratGeorge McInvale Grant · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratGeorge McInvale Grant · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Louis Dickinson · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Louis Dickinson · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Louis Dickinson · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Louis Dickinson · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Louis Dickinson · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Louis Dickinson · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanTerry Everett · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanTerry Everett · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanTerry Everett · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanTerry Everett · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanBobby Bright · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratMartha Roby · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanMartha Roby · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanShomari Figures · 2025-01-03 – present · DemocratOliver Cicero Wiley · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Lister Hill · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratBarry Moore · 2021-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · Republican
Shomari Figures D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Barry Moore R
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2025 · 4 years
Martha Roby R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Martha Roby R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Bobby Bright D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Terry Everett R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Terry Everett R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Terry Everett R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Terry Everett R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
William Louis Dickinson R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
William Louis Dickinson R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
William Louis Dickinson R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Louis Dickinson R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
William Louis Dickinson R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Louis Dickinson R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
George McInvale Grant D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
George McInvale Grant D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
George McInvale Grant D
Jun 14, 1938 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4.6 years
Joseph Lister Hill D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 12, 1938 · 4.8 years
Joseph Lister Hill D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Joseph Lister Hill D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Joseph Lister Hill D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Joseph Lister Hill D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Russell Tyson D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Joseph Lister Hill D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Russell Tyson D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Ariosto Appling Wiley D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Oliver Cicero Wiley D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Ariosto Appling Wiley D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Ariosto Appling Wiley D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Ariosto Appling Wiley D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Jesse Francis Stallings D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Jesse Francis Stallings D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Jesse Francis Stallings D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Jesse Francis Stallings D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Jeremiah Norman Williams D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Thomas Rapier R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Charles Waldron Buckley R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
James Lawrence Pugh D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Eli Sims Shorter D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Eli Sims Shorter D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
James Abercrombie W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
James Abercrombie W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Henry Washington Hilliard W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Henry Washington Hilliard W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Henry Washington Hilliard W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
James Edwin Belser D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
David Hubbard D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Joshua Lanier Martin D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Joshua Lanier Martin J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John McKinley J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Samuel Wright Mardis J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John McKee J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John McKee J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John McKee
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.