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Iowa's 5th congressional district

55 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
55
46 R · 9 D
Longest tenure
16 years
Paul Harvey Cunningham
Current
—
nobody
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18801900192019401960198020002020John Adam Kasson · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Adam Kasson · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanGrenville Mellen Dodge · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Wayland Palmer · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Wilson · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJames Wilson · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanRush Clark · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanRush Clark · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam George Thompson · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJames Wilson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Todd Frederick · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Kerr · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Kerr · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Taylor Hamilton · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratRobert Gordon Cousins · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Gordon Cousins · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Gordon Cousins · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Gordon Cousins · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Gordon Cousins · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Gordon Cousins · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Gordon Cousins · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Gordon Cousins · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJames William Good · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJames William Good · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJames William Good · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJames William Good · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJames William Good · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJames William Good · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJames William Good · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanCyrenus Cole · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanCyrenus Cole · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCyrenus Cole · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCyrenus Cole · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCyrenus Cole · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanLloyd Thurston · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Harvey Cunningham · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanNeal Edward Smith · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratNeal Edward Smith · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratNeal Edward Smith · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratNeal Edward Smith · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratTom Harkin · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratTom Harkin · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratJames Ross Lightfoot · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanFrederick Lawrence Grandy · 1993-01-05 – 1995-01-04 · RepublicanTom Latham · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanTom Latham · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanTom Latham · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanSteve King · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanSteve King · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam George Thompson · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Todd Frederick · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCyrenus Cole · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanKarl Miles Le Compte · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Joseph Scherle · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJames Ross Lightfoot · 1985-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Republican
Steve King R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Steve King R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Tom Latham R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Tom Latham R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Tom Latham R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1995 · 2 years
James Ross Lightfoot R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
James Ross Lightfoot R
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 years
Tom Harkin D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Tom Harkin D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Joseph Scherle R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Neal Edward Smith D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Neal Edward Smith D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Neal Edward Smith D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Neal Edward Smith D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Paul Harvey Cunningham R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Karl Miles Le Compte R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Lloyd Thurston R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Cyrenus Cole R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Cyrenus Cole R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Cyrenus Cole R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Cyrenus Cole R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Cyrenus Cole R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
James William Good R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Cyrenus Cole R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James William Good R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
James William Good R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James William Good R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James William Good R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James William Good R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James William Good R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Taylor Hamilton D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Daniel Kerr R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Daniel Kerr R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Benjamin Todd Frederick D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Wilson R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Benjamin Todd Frederick D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William George Thompson R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Rush Clark R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William George Thompson R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Rush Clark R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
James Wilson R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Wilson R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Francis Wayland Palmer R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Grenville Mellen Dodge R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
John Adam Kasson R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
John Adam Kasson R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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