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Iowa's 4th congressional district

55 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Now: Randy Feenstra R.

Holders
55
46 R · 8 D · 1 NG
Longest tenure
16 years
Karl Miles Le Compte
Current
5.8 years
Randy Feenstra, since Jan 3, 2021
history/seat/ia-4Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Josiah Bushnell Grinnell · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJosiah Bushnell Grinnell · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Loughridge · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanMadison Miner Walden · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Otis Pratt · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Otis Pratt · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Cobb Deering · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Cobb Deering · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Cobb Deering · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanLuman Hamlin Weller · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · National GreenbackerWilliam Elijah Fuller · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Elijah Fuller · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Henry Sweney · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Halben Butler · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratThomas Updegraff · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Updegraff · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Updegraff · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Nelson Haugen · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Elliott Biermann · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratKarl Miles Le Compte · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanSteven V. Carter · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Kyl · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanBert Andrew Bandstra · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Kyl · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Kyl · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanNeal Edward Smith · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratNeal Edward Smith · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratNeal Edward Smith · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratGreg Ganske · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanGreg Ganske · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanGreg Ganske · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanTom Latham · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanTom Latham · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanSteve King · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanHenry Oscar Talle · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Kyl · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanNeal Edward Smith · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratSteve King · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanRandy Feenstra · 2021-01-03 – present · Republican
Randy Feenstra R
Jan 3, 2021 – present · 5.8 years
Steve King R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Steve King R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Tom Latham R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Tom Latham R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Greg Ganske R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Greg Ganske R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Greg Ganske R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Neal Edward Smith D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Neal Edward Smith D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Neal Edward Smith D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Neal Edward Smith D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
John Henry Kyl R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
John Henry Kyl R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Bert Andrew Bandstra D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
John Henry Kyl R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Steven V. Carter D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
John Henry Kyl R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Karl Miles Le Compte R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Henry Oscar Talle R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Frederick Elliott Biermann D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Thomas Updegraff R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Thomas Updegraff R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas Updegraff R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Walter Halben Butler D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Joseph Henry Sweney R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Elijah Fuller R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Elijah Fuller R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Luman Hamlin Weller NG
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Henry Otis Pratt R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Henry Otis Pratt R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Madison Miner Walden R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Loughridge R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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