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Alabama's 6th congressional district

63 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Gary J. Palmer R.

Holders
63
50 D · 13 R
Longest tenure
12 years
Gary J. Palmer
Current
12 years
Gary J. Palmer, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/al-6Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Reuben Chapman · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratReuben Chapman · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWilliamson Robert Winfield Cobb · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWilliamson Robert Winfield Cobb · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWilliamson Robert Winfield Cobb · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratWilliamson Robert Winfield Cobb · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratWilliamson Robert Winfield Cobb · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratWilliamson Robert Winfield Cobb · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratWilliamson Robert Winfield Cobb · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratThomas Haughey · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Crawford Sherrod · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Humphrey Sloss · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Humphrey Sloss · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratGoldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratGoldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratNewton Nash Clements · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratGoldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratGoldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mason Martin · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hollis Bankhead · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratRichmond Pearson Hobson · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratRichmond Pearson Hobson · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratRichmond Pearson Hobson · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratRichmond Pearson Hobson · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bacon Oliver · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratPeterson Bryant Jarman · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratPeterson Bryant Jarman · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratArmistead Inge Selden Jr. · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratArmistead Inge Selden Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJohn Hall Buchanan Jr. · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Hall Buchanan Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Hall Buchanan Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Hall Buchanan Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Hall Buchanan Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Lee Smith Jr. · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanBen Erdreich · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratSpencer Bachus · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanSpencer Bachus · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanSpencer Bachus · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanSpencer Bachus · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanSpencer Bachus · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanGary J. Palmer · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanBurwell Boykin Lewis · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratEdward deGraffenried · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratBen Erdreich · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Democrat
Gary J. Palmer R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Spencer Bachus R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Spencer Bachus R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Spencer Bachus R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Spencer Bachus R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Spencer Bachus R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Ben Erdreich D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Ben Erdreich D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Albert Lee Smith Jr. R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Edward deGraffenried D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Peterson Bryant Jarman D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Peterson Bryant Jarman D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
William Bacon Oliver D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
William Bacon Oliver D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Bacon Oliver D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Bacon Oliver D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Bacon Oliver D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Bacon Oliver D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Bacon Oliver D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Bacon Oliver D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Bacon Oliver D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Bacon Oliver D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Richmond Pearson Hobson D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Richmond Pearson Hobson D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Richmond Pearson Hobson D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Richmond Pearson Hobson D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Hollis Bankhead D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Hollis Bankhead D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Mason Martin D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Newton Nash Clements D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Burwell Boykin Lewis D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Joseph Humphrey Sloss D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Joseph Humphrey Sloss D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Crawford Sherrod D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Thomas Haughey R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Reuben Chapman D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Reuben Chapman D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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