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Colorado's 1st congressional district

49 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1875. Now: Diana DeGette D.

Holders
49
24 D · 21 R · 3 SR · 1 P
Longest tenure
12 years
Diana DeGette
Current
12 years
Diana DeGette, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/co-1Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020James Burns Belford · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJames Burns Belford · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJames Burns Belford · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJames Burns Belford · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJames Burns Belford · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Gifford Symes · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Gifford Symes · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanHosea Townsend · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanHosea Townsend · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanLafayette Pence · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · PopulistJohn Franklin Shafroth · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Franklin Shafroth · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · Silver RepublicanJohn Franklin Shafroth · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · Silver RepublicanJohn Franklin Shafroth · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · Silver RepublicanRobert William Bonynge · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanRobert William Bonynge · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanRobert William Bonynge · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanAtterson Walden Rucker · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratAtterson Walden Rucker · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratGeorge John Kindel · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Clark Hilliard · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Clark Hilliard · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Newell Vaile · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Newell Vaile · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Newell Vaile · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Newell Vaile · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanSebastian Harrison White · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Robb Eaton · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Robb Eaton · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanLawrence Lewis · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratLawrence Lewis · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratJohn Albert Carroll · 1947-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratByron Giles Rogers · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratByron Giles Rogers · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratByron Giles Rogers · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJames Douglas McKevitt · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanPatricia Scott Schroeder · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratPatricia Scott Schroeder · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratPatricia Scott Schroeder · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratDiana DeGette · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratDiana DeGette · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratDiana DeGette · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratDiana DeGette · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratDiana DeGette · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratThomas MacDonald Patterson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Franklin Shafroth · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratDean Milton Gillespie · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanByron Giles Rogers · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratPatricia Scott Schroeder · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Democrat
Diana DeGette D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Diana DeGette D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Diana DeGette D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Diana DeGette D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Diana DeGette D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Patricia Scott Schroeder D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Patricia Scott Schroeder D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Patricia Scott Schroeder D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Patricia Scott Schroeder D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
James Douglas McKevitt R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Byron Giles Rogers D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Byron Giles Rogers D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Byron Giles Rogers D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Byron Giles Rogers D
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
John Albert Carroll D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1951 · 4 years
Lawrence Lewis D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Dean Milton Gillespie R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Lawrence Lewis D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
William Robb Eaton R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Robb Eaton R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Sebastian Harrison White D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Newell Vaile R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Newell Vaile R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Newell Vaile R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Newell Vaile R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Benjamin Clark Hilliard D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Benjamin Clark Hilliard D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
George John Kindel D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Atterson Walden Rucker D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Atterson Walden Rucker D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Robert William Bonynge R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Robert William Bonynge R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Robert William Bonynge R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Franklin Shafroth D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Franklin Shafroth SR
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Franklin Shafroth SR
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Franklin Shafroth SR
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Franklin Shafroth R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Lafayette Pence P
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Hosea Townsend R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Hosea Townsend R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
George Gifford Symes R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
George Gifford Symes R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Burns Belford R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
James Burns Belford R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Burns Belford R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
James Burns Belford R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Thomas MacDonald Patterson D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
James Burns Belford R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months

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