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Iowa's 1st congressional district

66 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Mariannette Miller-Meeks R.

Holders
66
51 R · 14 D · 1 W
Longest tenure
12 years
Thomas Ellsworth Martin
Current
3.8 years
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, since Jan 3, 2023
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186018801900192019401960198020002020William Thompson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Fry Miller · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigBernhart Henn · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratBernhart Henn · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratAugustus Hall · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Ryan Curtis · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Ryan Curtis · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Ryan Curtis · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJames Falconer Wilson · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJames Falconer Wilson · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington McCrary · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington McCrary · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington McCrary · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Champlin Stone · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanMoses Ayers McCoid · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanMoses Ayers McCoid · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanMoses Ayers McCoid · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanBenton Jay Hall · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Gear · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Gear · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Joseph Seerley · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Gear · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Mercer Clark · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Mercer Clark · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Hedge · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Hedge · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Hedge · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Hedge · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Augustus Kennedy · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Augustus Kennedy · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Augustus Kennedy · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Augustus Kennedy · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Augustus Kennedy · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Augustus Kennedy · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Augustus Kennedy · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Frederick Kopp · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Frederick Kopp · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Frederick Kopp · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam Frederick Kopp · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Frederick Kopp · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Frederick Kopp · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Clayton Eicher · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratThomas Ellsworth Martin · 1943-01-06 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanFrederick Delbert Schwengel · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanFrederick Delbert Schwengel · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanFrederick Delbert Schwengel · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Richard Schmidhauser · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratFrederick Delbert Schwengel · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanFrederick Delbert Schwengel · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Maurice Mezvinsky · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratJames A. Leach · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJames A. Leach · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJames A. Leach · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJames A. Leach · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJames A. Leach · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJames Allen Nussle · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanBruce L. Braley · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBruce L. Braley · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratRod Blum · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanAshley Hinson · 2021-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Thompson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJames Falconer Wilson · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Ellsworth Martin · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Maurice Mezvinsky · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratAbby Finkenauer · 2019-01-03 – 2021-01-04 · DemocratMariannette Miller-Meeks · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Mariannette Miller-Meeks R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Ashley Hinson R
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2023 · 2 years
Abby Finkenauer D
Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 4, 2021 · 2 years
Rod Blum R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Bruce L. Braley D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Bruce L. Braley D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
James Allen Nussle R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
James A. Leach R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
James A. Leach R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
James A. Leach R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
James A. Leach R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
James A. Leach R
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Richard Schmidhauser D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1955 · 12 years
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Edward Clayton Eicher D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
William Frederick Kopp R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Frederick Kopp R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Frederick Kopp R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Frederick Kopp R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Frederick Kopp R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Frederick Kopp R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Charles Augustus Kennedy R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Augustus Kennedy R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Charles Augustus Kennedy R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Charles Augustus Kennedy R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Charles Augustus Kennedy R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Augustus Kennedy R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Augustus Kennedy R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Thomas Hedge R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Thomas Hedge R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Thomas Hedge R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Thomas Hedge R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Samuel Mercer Clark R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Samuel Mercer Clark R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Henry Gear R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Joseph Seerley D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Henry Gear R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Henry Gear R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Benton Jay Hall D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Moses Ayers McCoid R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Moses Ayers McCoid R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Moses Ayers McCoid R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Joseph Champlin Stone R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
George Washington McCrary R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
George Washington McCrary R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
George Washington McCrary R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
James Falconer Wilson R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
James Falconer Wilson R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Samuel Ryan Curtis R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
James Falconer Wilson R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Samuel Ryan Curtis R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Samuel Ryan Curtis R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Augustus Hall D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Bernhart Henn D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Bernhart Henn D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Daniel Fry Miller W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Thompson D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Thompson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

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