History / Congress

Kansas's 2nd congressional district

57 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1875. Now: Derek Schmidt R.

Holders
57
44 R · 12 D · 1 P
Longest tenure
16 years
Errett Power Scrivner
Current
21 months
Derek Schmidt, since Jan 3, 2025
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18801900192019401960198020002020John Randolph Goodin · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratDudley Chase Haskell · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanDudley Chase Haskell · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanDudley Chase Haskell · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanDudley Chase Haskell · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hogue Funston · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hogue Funston · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hogue Funston · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hogue Funston · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hogue Funston · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanOrrin Larrabee Miller · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanMason Summers Peters · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · PopulistJustin De Witt Bowersock · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJustin De Witt Bowersock · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJustin De Witt Bowersock · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJustin De Witt Bowersock · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Frederick Scott · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Frederick Scott · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Clark Mitchell · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Taggart · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Taggart · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratEdward Campbell Little · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Campbell Little · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Campbell Little · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Campbell Little · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanChauncey Bundy Little · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratUlysses Samuel Guyer · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanUlysses Samuel Guyer · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanUlysses Samuel Guyer · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanUlysses Samuel Guyer · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanUlysses Samuel Guyer · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanNewell Adolphus George · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Avery · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanChester Louis Mize · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanChester Louis Mize · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Robert Roy · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratMartha Elizabeth Keys · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJames Edmund Jeffries · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanJames Charles Slattery · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratSamuel D. Brownback · 1995-01-04 – 1996-11-08 · RepublicanJim R. Ryun · 1996-11-27 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJim R. Ryun · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJim R. Ryun · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJim R. Ryun · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanNancy E. Boyda · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratLynn Jenkins · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanLynn Jenkins · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanJake LaTurner · 2021-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Hogue Funston · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Ladd Moore · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Taggart · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratUlysses Samuel Guyer · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanErrett Power Scrivner · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Fred Ellsworth · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJames Charles Slattery · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratSteve Watkins · 2019-01-03 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanDerek Schmidt · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
Derek Schmidt R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Jake LaTurner R
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2025 · 4 years
Steve Watkins R
Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 4, 2021 · 2 years
Lynn Jenkins R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Lynn Jenkins R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Nancy E. Boyda D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Jim R. Ryun R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Jim R. Ryun R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Jim R. Ryun R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Jim R. Ryun R
Nov 27, 1996 – Jan 4, 1997 · 38 days
Samuel D. Brownback R
Jan 4, 1995 – Nov 8, 1996 · 22 months
James Charles Slattery D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
James Charles Slattery D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
James Edmund Jeffries R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Martha Elizabeth Keys D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Robert Roy D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Chester Louis Mize R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Chester Louis Mize R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
William Henry Avery R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Robert Fred Ellsworth R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Newell Adolphus George D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Errett Power Scrivner R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Chauncey Bundy Little D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Edward Campbell Little R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Edward Campbell Little R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Edward Campbell Little R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Edward Campbell Little R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Joseph Taggart D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Joseph Taggart D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Alexander Clark Mitchell R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Joseph Taggart D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Frederick Scott R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Frederick Scott R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Justin De Witt Bowersock R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Justin De Witt Bowersock R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Justin De Witt Bowersock R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Justin De Witt Bowersock R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Mason Summers Peters P
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Orrin Larrabee Miller R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Edward Hogue Funston R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Horace Ladd Moore D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Edward Hogue Funston R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Edward Hogue Funston R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Edward Hogue Funston R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Edward Hogue Funston R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Dudley Chase Haskell R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Edward Hogue Funston R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Dudley Chase Haskell R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Dudley Chase Haskell R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Dudley Chase Haskell R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Randolph Goodin D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months

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