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Alabama's 5th congressional district

71 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Now: Dale W. Strong R.

Holders
71
61 D · 5 R · 3 W · 1 J · 1 P
Longest tenure
14 years
Albert McKinley Rains
Current
3.8 years
Dale W. Strong, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/al-5Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Murphy · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonFrancis Strother Lyon · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigFrancis Strother Lyon · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJames Dellet · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigGeorge Smith Houston · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Smith Houston · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Smith Houston · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratDavid Hubbard · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Smith Houston · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Smith Houston · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Smith Houston · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Smith Houston · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Smith Houston · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJohn Benton Callis · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Myndert Dox · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Caldwell · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Caldwell · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratRobert Fulwood Ligon · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratThomas Williams · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratThomas Williams · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratThomas Williams · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratThomas William Sadler · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJames Edward Cobb · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJames Edward Cobb · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJames Edward Cobb · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Edward Cobb · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Edward Cobb · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWillis Brewer · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWillis Brewer · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratCharles Winston Thompson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratCharles Winston Thompson · 1903-11-09 – 1904-03-21 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1904-05-19 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Heflin · 1919-05-19 – 1920-11-02 · DemocratWilliam Bismarck Bowling · 1920-12-14 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bismarck Bowling · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bismarck Bowling · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bismarck Bowling · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratWilliam Bismarck Bowling · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratLaFayette Lee Patterson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratLaFayette Lee Patterson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratMiles Clayton Allgood · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratJoe Starnes · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratAlbert McKinley Rains · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratArmistead Inge Selden Jr. · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratArmistead Inge Selden Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratWalter Flowers · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratRobert Emmett Jones Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratRonnie Gene Flippo · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRonnie Gene Flippo · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratRonnie Gene Flippo · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Cramer Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Cramer Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Cramer Jr. · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratParker Griffith · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · Democrat → RepublicanMo Brooks · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanMo Brooks · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Taylor Goodwyn · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · PopulistLaFayette Lee Patterson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJoe Starnes · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratAlbert McKinley Rains · 1945-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratWalter Flowers · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRobert Emmett Jones Jr. · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Cramer Jr. · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratDale W. Strong · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Dale W. Strong R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Mo Brooks R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Mo Brooks R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Parker Griffith D→R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Robert E. Cramer Jr. D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Robert E. Cramer Jr. D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Robert E. Cramer Jr. D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Robert E. Cramer Jr. D
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Ronnie Gene Flippo D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Ronnie Gene Flippo D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Ronnie Gene Flippo D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Walter Flowers D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Walter Flowers D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Albert McKinley Rains D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Albert McKinley Rains D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1959 · 14 years
Joe Starnes D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Joe Starnes D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Miles Clayton Allgood D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
LaFayette Lee Patterson D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
LaFayette Lee Patterson D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Bismarck Bowling D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
LaFayette Lee Patterson D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Bismarck Bowling D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Bismarck Bowling D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Bismarck Bowling D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Bismarck Bowling D
Dec 14, 1920 – Mar 4, 1921 · 3 months
James Thomas Heflin D
May 19, 1919 – Nov 2, 1920 · 18 months
James Thomas Heflin D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James Thomas Heflin D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Thomas Heflin D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Thomas Heflin D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Thomas Heflin D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Thomas Heflin D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Thomas Heflin D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Thomas Heflin D
May 19, 1904 – Mar 4, 1905 · 9 months
Charles Winston Thompson D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 21, 1904 · 4 months
Charles Winston Thompson D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Willis Brewer D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Willis Brewer D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Edward Cobb D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Albert Taylor Goodwyn P
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Edward Cobb D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
James Edward Cobb D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Edward Cobb D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Edward Cobb D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Thomas William Sadler D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Thomas Williams D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Thomas Williams D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Thomas Williams D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Robert Fulwood Ligon D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Henry Caldwell D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Henry Caldwell D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Peter Myndert Dox D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
John Benton Callis R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
George Smith Houston D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
George Smith Houston D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
George Smith Houston D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
George Smith Houston D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
George Smith Houston D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
David Hubbard D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
George Smith Houston D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
George Smith Houston D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
George Smith Houston D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
James Dellet W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Francis Strother Lyon W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Francis Strother Lyon W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John Murphy J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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