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Alabama's 7th congressional district

60 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Terri A. Sewell D.

Holders
60
56 D · 2 P · 1 W · 1 R
Longest tenure
12 years
Terri A. Sewell
Current
12 years
Terri A. Sewell, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/al-7Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Felix Grundy McConnell · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratFelix Grundy McConnell · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratFranklin Welsh Bowdon · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratFranklin Welsh Bowdon · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratAlexander White · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJames Ferguson Dowdell · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratSampson Willis Harris · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJabez Lamar Monroe Curry · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJabez Lamar Monroe Curry · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Forney · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Forney · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Forney · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Forney · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Forney · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Forney · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Forney · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Forney · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Denson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratMilford Wriarson Howard · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · PopulistMilford Wriarson Howard · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · PopulistJohn Lawson Burnett · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lawson Burnett · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratLilius Bratton Rainey · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratMiles Clayton Allgood · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratMiles Clayton Allgood · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratMiles Clayton Allgood · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratMiles Clayton Allgood · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratMiles Clayton Allgood · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brockman Bankhead · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratCarter Manasco · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratCarl Atwood Elliott · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJames Douglas Martin · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanTom Bevill · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratTom Bevill · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratWalter Flowers · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRichard C. Shelby · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratClaude Harris Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratEarl F. Hilliard · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratEarl F. Hilliard · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratEarl F. Hilliard · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratArtur Davis · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratArtur Davis · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratTerri A. Sewell · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratTerri A. Sewell · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratFranklin Welsh Bowdon · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratLilius Bratton Rainey · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratZadoc Lorenzo Weatherford · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratCarl Atwood Elliott · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratWalter Flowers · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWalter Will Bankhead · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCarter Manasco · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · Democrat
Terri A. Sewell D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Terri A. Sewell D
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Artur Davis D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Artur Davis D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Earl F. Hilliard D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Earl F. Hilliard D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Earl F. Hilliard D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Claude Harris Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Richard C. Shelby D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Walter Flowers D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Walter Flowers D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Tom Bevill D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Tom Bevill D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James Douglas Martin R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Carl Atwood Elliott D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Carl Atwood Elliott D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Carter Manasco D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Walter Will Bankhead D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Carter Manasco D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
William Brockman Bankhead D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
Miles Clayton Allgood D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Miles Clayton Allgood D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Miles Clayton Allgood D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Miles Clayton Allgood D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Miles Clayton Allgood D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Lilius Bratton Rainey D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Lawson Burnett D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Lilius Bratton Rainey D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Lawson Burnett D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Lawson Burnett D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Milford Wriarson Howard P
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Milford Wriarson Howard P
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Henry Denson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Henry Forney D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Henry Forney D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Henry Forney D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Henry Forney D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Henry Forney D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William Henry Forney D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William Henry Forney D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Henry Forney D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Sampson Willis Harris D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
James Ferguson Dowdell D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Alexander White W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Felix Grundy McConnell D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Felix Grundy McConnell D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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