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Missouri's 6th congressional district

62 members have held this seat since Dec 5, 1853. Now: Sam Graves R.

Holders
62
45 D · 15 R · 1 U · 1 NG
Longest tenure
12 years
Sam Graves
Current
12 years
Sam Graves, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/mo-6Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020John Smith Phelps · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Smith Phelps · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJohn Smith Phelps · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Smith Phelps · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJohn Smith Phelps · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratAustin Augustus King · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · UnionistRobert Thompson Van Horn · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanAbram Comingo · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratHarrison Eugene Havens · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Henry Morgan · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratCharles Henry Morgan · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJames Richard Waddill · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratIra Sherwin Hazeltine · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · National GreenbackerJohn Cosgrove · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Taddeus Heard · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Taddeus Heard · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Taddeus Heard · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Taddeus Heard · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratDavid Albaugh De Armond · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratClement Cabell Dickinson · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratClement Cabell Dickinson · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratClement Cabell Dickinson · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratClement Cabell Dickinson · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratClement Cabell Dickinson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Oscar Atkeson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanClement Cabell Dickinson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratClement Cabell Dickinson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratClement Cabell Dickinson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Halsey · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanClement Cabell Dickinson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratReuben Terrell Wood · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratMarion Tinsley Bennett · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanOrland Kay Armstrong · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Raleigh Hull Jr. · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Raleigh Hull Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Raleigh Hull Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Raleigh Hull Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Raleigh Hull Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratJerry Lon Litton · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratEarl Thomas Coleman · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanEarl Thomas Coleman · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanPat Danner · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratPat Danner · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratPat Danner · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratSam Graves · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanSam Graves · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanSam Graves · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanClement Cabell Dickinson · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratPhilip Allen Bennett · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Henry Christopher · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Clay Cole · 1953-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanJerry Lon Litton · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratEarl Thomas Coleman · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanSam Graves · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · Republican
Sam Graves R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Sam Graves R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Sam Graves R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Sam Graves R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Pat Danner D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Pat Danner D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Pat Danner D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Earl Thomas Coleman R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Earl Thomas Coleman R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Jerry Lon Litton D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Earl Thomas Coleman R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Jerry Lon Litton D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
William Clay Cole R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1955 · 2 years
Orland Kay Armstrong R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
George Henry Christopher D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Marion Tinsley Bennett R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Philip Allen Bennett R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Reuben Terrell Wood D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Halsey R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Oscar Atkeson R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
David Albaugh De Armond D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Clement Cabell Dickinson D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
David Albaugh De Armond D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
David Albaugh De Armond D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
David Albaugh De Armond D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
David Albaugh De Armond D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
David Albaugh De Armond D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
David Albaugh De Armond D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
David Albaugh De Armond D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
David Albaugh De Armond D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Taddeus Heard D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Taddeus Heard D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Taddeus Heard D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Taddeus Heard D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Cosgrove D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Ira Sherwin Hazeltine NG
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Richard Waddill D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Charles Henry Morgan D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Charles Henry Morgan D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Harrison Eugene Havens R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Abram Comingo D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Robert Thompson Van Horn R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Austin Augustus King U
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Smith Phelps D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Smith Phelps D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Smith Phelps D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Smith Phelps D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Smith Phelps D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months

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