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Florida's 1st congressional district

62 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1845. Now: Jimmy Patronis R.

Holders
62
44 D · 14 R · 4 W
Longest tenure
9.8 years
James Hardin Peterson
Current
18 months
Jimmy Patronis, since Apr 2, 2025
history/seat/fl-1Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020William Henry Brockenbrough · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratEdward Carrington Cabell · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigEdward Carrington Cabell · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigEdward Carrington Cabell · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigAugustus Emmett Maxwell · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratAugustus Emmett Maxwell · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Sydney Hawkins · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Sydney Hawkins · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratCharles Memorial Hamilton · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanSilas Leslie Niblack · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratWilliam James Purman · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratRobert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratRobert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratRobert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratRobert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratRobert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratRobert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratStephen Russell Mallory · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratStephen Russell Mallory · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratStephen Milancthon Sparkman · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratHerbert Jackson Drane · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratHerbert Jackson Drane · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratHerbert Jackson Drane · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratHerbert Jackson Drane · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratHerbert Jackson Drane · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratHerbert Jackson Drane · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratHerbert Jackson Drane · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratHerbert Jackson Drane · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJames Hardin Peterson · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJames Hardin Peterson · 1943-01-06 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratCourtney Warren Campbell · 1953-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Cato Cramer · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Cato Cramer · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Lee Fulton Sikes · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRobert Lee Fulton Sikes · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRobert Lee Fulton Sikes · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRobert Lee Fulton Sikes · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratEarl Dewitt Hutto · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratEarl Dewitt Hutto · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratJoe Scarborough · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJoe Scarborough · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJoe Scarborough · 1999-01-06 – 2001-09-06 · RepublicanJeff Miller · 2001-10-23 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJeff Miller · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJeff Miller · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJeff Miller · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanJimmy Patronis · 2025-04-02 – present · RepublicanEdward Carrington Cabell · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJosiah Thomas Walls · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanChester Bartow McMullen · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratMatt Gaetz · 2017-01-03 – 2024-11-14 · Republican
Jimmy Patronis R
Apr 2, 2025 – present · 18 months
Matt Gaetz R
Jan 3, 2017 – Nov 14, 2024 · 7.9 years
Jeff Miller R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Jeff Miller R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Jeff Miller R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Jeff Miller R
Oct 23, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 14 months
Joe Scarborough R
Jan 6, 1999 – Sep 6, 2001 · 2.7 years
Joe Scarborough R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Joe Scarborough R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Earl Dewitt Hutto D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Earl Dewitt Hutto D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Cato Cramer R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Cato Cramer R
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Courtney Warren Campbell D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1955 · 2 years
Chester Bartow McMullen D
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
James Hardin Peterson D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1951 · 8 years
James Hardin Peterson D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Herbert Jackson Drane D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Herbert Jackson Drane D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Herbert Jackson Drane D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Herbert Jackson Drane D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Herbert Jackson Drane D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Herbert Jackson Drane D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Herbert Jackson Drane D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Herbert Jackson Drane D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Stephen Russell Mallory D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Stephen Russell Mallory D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William James Purman R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Silas Leslie Niblack D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Josiah Thomas Walls R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Charles Memorial Hamilton R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
George Sydney Hawkins D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
George Sydney Hawkins D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Edward Carrington Cabell W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Edward Carrington Cabell W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Edward Carrington Cabell W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Henry Brockenbrough D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Edward Carrington Cabell W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months

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