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Iowa's 6th congressional district

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

Holders
52
38 R · 11 D · 3 NG
Longest tenure
12 years
James Isaac Dolliver
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/ia-6Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Asahel Wheeler Hubbard · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanAsahel Wheeler Hubbard · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Pomeroy · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJackson Orr · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Loughridge · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanEzekiel Silas Sampson · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanEzekiel Silas Sampson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJames Baird Weaver · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · National GreenbackerJohn Calhoun Cook · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn Calhoun Cook · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Baird Weaver · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · National GreenbackerJames Baird Weaver · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · National GreenbackerJohn Fletcher Lacey · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Edward White · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Fletcher Lacey · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Fletcher Lacey · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Fletcher Lacey · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Fletcher Lacey · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Fletcher Lacey · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Fletcher Lacey · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Fletcher Lacey · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Webster Hamilton · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratNathan Edward Kendall · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Edward Kendall · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanSanford Kirkpatrick · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratChristian William Ramseyer · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanChristian William Ramseyer · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanChristian William Ramseyer · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanChristian William Ramseyer · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanChristian William Ramseyer · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanChristian William Ramseyer · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanChristian William Ramseyer · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanChristian William Ramseyer · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanChristian William Ramseyer · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanCassius Clay Dowell · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanCassius Clay Dowell · 1937-01-05 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanFred Cramer Gilchrist · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanMerwin Coad · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratMerwin Coad · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratCharles Bernard Hoeven · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanStanley Lloyd Greigg · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWiley Mayne · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanWiley Mayne · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanBerkley Warren Bedell · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratBerkley Warren Bedell · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratFrederick Lawrence Grandy · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanMarsena Edgar Cutts · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanMarsena Edgar Cutts · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanHubert Utterback · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratRobert Kingman Goodwin · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanJames Isaac Dolliver · 1945-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Harvey Cunningham · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · Republican
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Berkley Warren Bedell D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Berkley Warren Bedell D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Wiley Mayne R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Wiley Mayne R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Stanley Lloyd Greigg D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Charles Bernard Hoeven R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Merwin Coad D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Merwin Coad D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
James Isaac Dolliver R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1957 · 12 years
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Paul Harvey Cunningham R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Robert Kingman Goodwin R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Cassius Clay Dowell R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1941 · 4 years
Hubert Utterback D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
Cassius Clay Dowell R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Christian William Ramseyer R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Sanford Kirkpatrick D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Nathan Edward Kendall R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Nathan Edward Kendall R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Daniel Webster Hamilton D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Fletcher Lacey R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Fletcher Lacey R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Fletcher Lacey R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Fletcher Lacey R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Fletcher Lacey R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Fletcher Lacey R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Fletcher Lacey R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Frederick Edward White D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Fletcher Lacey R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Baird Weaver NG
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Baird Weaver NG
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Calhoun Cook D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Marsena Edgar Cutts R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Calhoun Cook D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Marsena Edgar Cutts R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Baird Weaver NG
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Ezekiel Silas Sampson R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Ezekiel Silas Sampson R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Loughridge R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Jackson Orr R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Charles Pomeroy R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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