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Iowa's 2nd congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Ashley Hinson R.

Holders
65
39 R · 24 D · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
16 years
Henry Oscar Talle
Current
3.8 years
Ashley Hinson, since Jan 3, 2023
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Shepherd Leffler · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratShepherd Leffler · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratLincoln Clark · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJohn Parsons Cook · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigJames Thorington · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratTimothy Davis · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Vandever · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Vandever · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanHiram Price · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanHiram Price · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Smyth · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanAylett Rains Cotton · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanAylett Rains Cotton · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quincy Tufts · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanHiram Price · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanHiram Price · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanSewall Spaulding Farwell · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJeremiah Henry Murphy · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJeremiah Henry Murphy · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWalter Ingalls Hayes · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWalter Ingalls Hayes · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWalter Ingalls Hayes · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWalter Ingalls Hayes · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Martin Curtis · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Martin Curtis · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Reed Lane · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Nicholas William Rumple · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Joseph Wade · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Foster Dawson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Foster Dawson · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Foster Dawson · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanIrvin St. Clair Pepper · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratIrvin St. Clair Pepper · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratHarry Edward Hull · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Edward Hull · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Edward Hull · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Edward Hull · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Edward Hull · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanFred Dickinson Letts · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFred Dickinson Letts · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFred Dickinson Letts · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanBernhard Martin Jacobsen · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratBernhard Martin Jacobsen · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Sebastian Jacobsen · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratHenry Oscar Talle · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanLeonard George Wolf · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratJames Edward Bromwell · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Chester Culver · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Chester Culver · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Chester Culver · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratMichael Thomas Blouin · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph Tauke · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Joseph Tauke · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · RepublicanJames Allen Nussle · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJames Allen Nussle · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJames A. Leach · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Loebsack · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratDavid Loebsack · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratDavid Loebsack · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · DemocratAshley Hinson · 2023-01-03 – present · RepublicanWilliam Penn Wolf · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Vollmer · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Edward Bromwell · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJames Allen Nussle · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanMariannette Miller-Meeks · 2021-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · Republican
Ashley Hinson R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Mariannette Miller-Meeks R
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2023 · 2 years
David Loebsack D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
David Loebsack D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
David Loebsack D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
James A. Leach R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
James Allen Nussle R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
James Allen Nussle R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
James Allen Nussle R
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Thomas Joseph Tauke R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Thomas Joseph Tauke R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Michael Thomas Blouin D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Chester Culver D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Chester Culver D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Chester Culver D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
James Edward Bromwell R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
James Edward Bromwell R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Leonard George Wolf D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Henry Oscar Talle R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
William Sebastian Jacobsen D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Fred Dickinson Letts R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Fred Dickinson Letts R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Fred Dickinson Letts R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Harry Edward Hull R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Harry Edward Hull R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Harry Edward Hull R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Harry Edward Hull R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Harry Edward Hull R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Irvin St. Clair Pepper D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Henry Vollmer D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Irvin St. Clair Pepper D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Albert Foster Dawson R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Albert Foster Dawson R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Albert Foster Dawson R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Martin Joseph Wade D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Nicholas William Rumple R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Joseph Reed Lane R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
George Martin Curtis R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
George Martin Curtis R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Walter Ingalls Hayes D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Walter Ingalls Hayes D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Walter Ingalls Hayes D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Walter Ingalls Hayes D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Jeremiah Henry Murphy D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Jeremiah Henry Murphy D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Sewall Spaulding Farwell R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Hiram Price R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Hiram Price R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Quincy Tufts R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Aylett Rains Cotton R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Aylett Rains Cotton R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Smyth R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
William Penn Wolf R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Hiram Price R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Hiram Price R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Vandever R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Vandever R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Timothy Davis R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Thorington IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Parsons Cook W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Lincoln Clark D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Shepherd Leffler D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Shepherd Leffler D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

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