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Alabama's 4th congressional district

67 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Now: Robert B. Aderholt R.

Holders
67
49 D · 15 R · 2 N · 1 A
Longest tenure
12 years
Robert B. Aderholt
Current
12 years
Robert B. Aderholt, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/al-4Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Dixon Hall Lewis · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · NullifierDixon Hall Lewis · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · NullifierDixon Hall Lewis · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratDixon Hall Lewis · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Winter Payne · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Winter Payne · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Williams Inge · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Williams Inge · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Russell Smith · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Russell Smith · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Russell Smith · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanSydenham Moore · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratSydenham Moore · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratCharles Wilson Pierce · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Hays · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Hays · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Hays · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Miller Shelley · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratCharles Miller Shelley · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratCharles Miller Shelley · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Henry Craig · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Caldwell Davidson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Caldwell Davidson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Van McDuffie · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Washington Turpin · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratGaston Ahi Robbins · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Farrington Aldrich · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Scales Plowman · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Farrington Aldrich · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanSydney Johnston Bowie · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratSydney Johnston Bowie · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratSydney Johnston Bowie · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Benjamin Craig · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Benjamin Craig · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratFred Leonard Blackmon · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratFred Leonard Blackmon · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratFred Leonard Blackmon · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratFred Leonard Blackmon · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratFred Leonard Blackmon · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratLamar Jeffers · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratLamar Jeffers · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratLamar Jeffers · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratLamar Jeffers · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratLamar Jeffers · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratLamar Jeffers · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratLamar Jeffers · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratSamuel Francis Hobbs · 1943-01-06 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratKenneth Allison Roberts · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratArthur Glenn Andrews · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Flynt Nichols · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Flynt Nichols · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratTom Bevill · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratTom Bevill · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratTom Bevill · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRobert B. Aderholt · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanRobert B. Aderholt · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRobert B. Aderholt · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanRobert B. Aderholt · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanRobert B. Aderholt · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanCharles Miller Shelley · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratLouis Washington Turpin · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratGaston Ahi Robbins · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Farrington Aldrich · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanGaston Ahi Robbins · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Francis Hobbs · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratKenneth Allison Roberts · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratTom Bevill · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Democrat
Robert B. Aderholt R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Robert B. Aderholt R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Robert B. Aderholt R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Robert B. Aderholt R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Robert B. Aderholt R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Tom Bevill D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Tom Bevill D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Tom Bevill D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Tom Bevill D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
William Flynt Nichols D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
William Flynt Nichols D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Arthur Glenn Andrews R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Kenneth Allison Roberts D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Kenneth Allison Roberts D
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Samuel Francis Hobbs D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1951 · 8 years
Samuel Francis Hobbs D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Lamar Jeffers D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Lamar Jeffers D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Lamar Jeffers D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Lamar Jeffers D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Lamar Jeffers D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Lamar Jeffers D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Lamar Jeffers D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Fred Leonard Blackmon D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Fred Leonard Blackmon D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Fred Leonard Blackmon D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Fred Leonard Blackmon D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Fred Leonard Blackmon D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Benjamin Craig D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Benjamin Craig D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Sydney Johnston Bowie D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Sydney Johnston Bowie D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Sydney Johnston Bowie D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Farrington Aldrich R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Gaston Ahi Robbins D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Thomas Scales Plowman D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Farrington Aldrich R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Farrington Aldrich R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Gaston Ahi Robbins D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Gaston Ahi Robbins D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Louis Washington Turpin D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Van McDuffie R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Louis Washington Turpin D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Alexander Caldwell Davidson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Alexander Caldwell Davidson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
George Henry Craig R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Charles Miller Shelley D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Charles Miller Shelley D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Charles Miller Shelley D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Charles Miller Shelley D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Charles Hays R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Charles Hays R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Charles Hays R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Charles Wilson Pierce R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Sydenham Moore D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Sydenham Moore D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
William Russell Smith A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Russell Smith D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
William Russell Smith D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Samuel Williams Inge D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Samuel Williams Inge D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Winter Payne D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
William Winter Payne D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Dixon Hall Lewis D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Dixon Hall Lewis D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Dixon Hall Lewis N
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Dixon Hall Lewis N
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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