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Missouri's 2nd congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Ann Wagner R.

Holders
65
40 D · 18 R · 1 W · 1 IRD · 1 A · 1 ID · 1 CU · 1 UU · 1 LR
Longest tenure
12 years
Ann Wagner
Current
12 years
Ann Wagner, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/mo-2Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020John Jameson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Van Ness Bay · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratGilchrist Porter · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigAlfred William Lamb · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratGilchrist Porter · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratThomas Lilbourne Anderson · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanThomas Lilbourne Anderson · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. DemocratJames Sidney Rollins · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · Constitutional UnionistHenry Taylor Blow · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistHenry Taylor Blow · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanCarman Adam Newcomb · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanGustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · Republican → Liberal RepublicanErastus Wells · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratErastus Wells · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratNathan Cole · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanErastus Wells · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratThomas Allen · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratArmstead Milton Alexander · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Blackwell Hale · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratCharles Harley Mansur · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratCharles Harley Mansur · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratCharles Harley Mansur · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratUriel Sebree Hall · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratUriel Sebree Hall · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratRobert Nall Bodine · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Waller Rucker · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratRalph Fulton Lozier · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratRalph Fulton Lozier · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratRalph Fulton Lozier · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratRalph Fulton Lozier · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratRalph Fulton Lozier · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lester Nelson · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratMax Schwabe · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Bradford Curtis · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Bradford Curtis · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Bradford Curtis · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Bradford Curtis · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · RepublicanJames Wadsworth Symington · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJames Wadsworth Symington · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratRobert Anton Young III · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRobert Anton Young III · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJohn William Buechner · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · RepublicanJames M. Talent · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJames M. Talent · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJames M. Talent · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · RepublicanW. Todd Akin · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanW. Todd Akin · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanAnn Wagner · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanJames Henry McLean · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanMorgan Moore Moulder · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJames Wadsworth Symington · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJoan Kelly Horn · 1991-01-03 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratW. Todd Akin · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanAnn Wagner · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Republican
Ann Wagner R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Ann Wagner R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
W. Todd Akin R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
W. Todd Akin R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
W. Todd Akin R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
James M. Talent R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
James M. Talent R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
James M. Talent R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Joan Kelly Horn D
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1993 · 2 years
John William Buechner R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Robert Anton Young III D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Robert Anton Young III D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
James Wadsworth Symington D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
James Wadsworth Symington D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
James Wadsworth Symington D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Thomas Bradford Curtis R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Thomas Bradford Curtis R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Thomas Bradford Curtis R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Thomas Bradford Curtis R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Morgan Moore Moulder D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Max Schwabe R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
William Lester Nelson D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Ralph Fulton Lozier D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Ralph Fulton Lozier D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Ralph Fulton Lozier D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Ralph Fulton Lozier D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Ralph Fulton Lozier D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Waller Rucker D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Waller Rucker D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Waller Rucker D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Waller Rucker D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Waller Rucker D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Waller Rucker D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Waller Rucker D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Waller Rucker D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Waller Rucker D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Waller Rucker D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Waller Rucker D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Waller Rucker D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Robert Nall Bodine D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Uriel Sebree Hall D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Uriel Sebree Hall D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Harley Mansur D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Harley Mansur D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Harley Mansur D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Blackwell Hale D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Armstead Milton Alexander D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Thomas Allen D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Henry McLean R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Erastus Wells D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Nathan Cole R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Erastus Wells D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Erastus Wells D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R→LR
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Carman Adam Newcomb R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Henry Taylor Blow R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Henry Taylor Blow UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
James Sidney Rollins CU
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson ID
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson A
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Gilchrist Porter IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Alfred William Lamb D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Gilchrist Porter W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William Van Ness Bay D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Jameson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

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