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Missouri's 5th congressional district

64 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Emanuel Cleaver D.

Holders
64
46 D · 12 R · 3 A · 1 W · 1 IRD · 1 UU
Longest tenure
12 years
Emanuel Cleaver
Current
12 years
Emanuel Cleaver, since Jan 6, 2015
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186018801900192019401960198020002020John Smith Phelps · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Smith Phelps · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Smith Phelps · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJohn Gaines Miller · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigThomas Peter Akers · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanSamuel Hughes Woodson · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanSamuel Hughes Woodson · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · AmericanThomas Lawson Price · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Washington McClurg · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistJoseph Washington McClurg · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Swinfin Burdett · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Parks Bland · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratRichard Parks Bland · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratRichard Parks Bland · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratRichard Parks Bland · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratRichard Parks Bland · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Graves · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Warner · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Warner · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Charles Tarsney · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Charles Tarsney · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Charles Tarsney · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn Charles Tarsney · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Strother Cowherd · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Strother Cowherd · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Strother Cowherd · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Strother Cowherd · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratEdgar Clarence Ellis · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanEdgar Clarence Ellis · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Patterson Borland · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Patterson Borland · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Patterson Borland · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Patterson Borland · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Patterson Borland · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Thomas Bland · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratEdgar Clarence Ellis · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Lee Jost · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratEdgar Clarence Ellis · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanGeorge Hamilton Combs Jr. · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratEdgar Clarence Ellis · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Bernard Shannon · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Bernard Shannon · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratRoger Caldwell Slaughter · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratRichard Walker Bolling · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratRichard Walker Bolling · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRichard Walker Bolling · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRichard Walker Bolling · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRichard Walker Bolling · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRichard Walker Bolling · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRichard Walker Bolling · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratAlan Dupree Wheat · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratKaren McCarthy · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratKaren McCarthy · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratKaren McCarthy · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratKaren McCarthy · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratEmanuel Cleaver · 2005-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratEmanuel Cleaver · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratEmanuel Cleaver · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratJohn Gaines Miller · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJohn William Reid · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hubler Stover · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Thompson Van Horn · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Lee Reeves Jr. · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanAlan Dupree Wheat · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Democrat
Emanuel Cleaver D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Emanuel Cleaver D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Emanuel Cleaver D
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 4 years
Karen McCarthy D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Karen McCarthy D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Karen McCarthy D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Karen McCarthy D
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Alan Dupree Wheat D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Alan Dupree Wheat D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Richard Walker Bolling D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Richard Walker Bolling D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Richard Walker Bolling D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Richard Walker Bolling D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Richard Walker Bolling D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Richard Walker Bolling D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Richard Walker Bolling D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Albert Lee Reeves Jr. R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Roger Caldwell Slaughter D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Joseph Bernard Shannon D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Joseph Bernard Shannon D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Edgar Clarence Ellis R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
George Hamilton Combs Jr. D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Edgar Clarence Ellis R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Henry Lee Jost D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Edgar Clarence Ellis R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Thomas Bland D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Patterson Borland D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Patterson Borland D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Patterson Borland D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Patterson Borland D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Patterson Borland D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Edgar Clarence Ellis R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edgar Clarence Ellis R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Strother Cowherd D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Strother Cowherd D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Strother Cowherd D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Strother Cowherd D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Charles Tarsney D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Robert Thompson Van Horn R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Charles Tarsney D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Charles Tarsney D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Charles Tarsney D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Warner R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Warner R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Alexander Graves D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Richard Parks Bland D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Richard Parks Bland D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Richard Parks Bland D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Richard Parks Bland D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Richard Parks Bland D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
John Hubler Stover R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Joseph Washington McClurg R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Joseph Washington McClurg UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Thomas Lawson Price D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John William Reid D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Samuel Hughes Woodson A
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Samuel Hughes Woodson A
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Peter Akers A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Gaines Miller IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Gaines Miller W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Smith Phelps D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Smith Phelps D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Smith Phelps D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

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