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Missouri's 7th congressional district

60 members have held this seat since Dec 5, 1853. Now: Eric Burlison R.

Holders
60
31 D · 25 R · 1 W · 1 IRD · 1 UU · 1 NG
Longest tenure
14 years
Dewey Jackson Short
Current
3.8 years
Eric Burlison, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/mo-7Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Samuel Caruthers · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigSamuel Caruthers · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratSamuel Caruthers · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Noell · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Noell · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Loan · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistBenjamin Franklin Loan · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJoel Funk Asper · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Charles Parker · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Theodore Crittenden · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratJohn Finis Philips · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratThomas Theodore Crittenden · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Morrison Lay · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratTheron Moses Rice · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · National GreenbackerAylett Hawes Buckner · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Hutton · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Hutton · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratRichard Henry Norton · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratRichard Henry Norton · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Taddeus Heard · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn Plank Tracey · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJames Cooney · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJames Cooney · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJames Cooney · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratCourtney Walker Hamlin · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJohn Welborn · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCourtney Walker Hamlin · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratCourtney Walker Hamlin · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratCourtney Walker Hamlin · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratCourtney Walker Hamlin · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratCourtney Walker Hamlin · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratCourtney Walker Hamlin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Collier Major · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratRoscoe Conkling Patterson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Collier Major · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Collier Major · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratSamuel Collier Major · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Palmer · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Davis Johnson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratDewey Jackson Short · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanDewey Jackson Short · 1943-01-06 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Harrison Brown · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratDurward Gorham Hall · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanDurward Gorham Hall · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanDurward Gorham Hall · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanGene Taylor · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanGene Taylor · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanGene Taylor · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanRoy Blunt · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanRoy Blunt · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRoy Blunt · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanRoy Blunt · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanBilly Long · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanBilly Long · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Finis Philips · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratCharles Harrison Brown · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratDurward Gorham Hall · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanGene Taylor · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanMelton D. Hancock · 1989-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanEric Burlison · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Eric Burlison R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Billy Long R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Billy Long R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Roy Blunt R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Roy Blunt R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Roy Blunt R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Roy Blunt R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Melton D. Hancock R
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1997 · 8 years
Gene Taylor R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Gene Taylor R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Gene Taylor R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Gene Taylor R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Durward Gorham Hall R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Durward Gorham Hall R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Durward Gorham Hall R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Durward Gorham Hall R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Charles Harrison Brown D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Charles Harrison Brown D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Dewey Jackson Short R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1957 · 14 years
Dewey Jackson Short R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Robert Davis Johnson D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John William Palmer R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Samuel Collier Major D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Samuel Collier Major D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Samuel Collier Major D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Roscoe Conkling Patterson R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Samuel Collier Major D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Courtney Walker Hamlin D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Courtney Walker Hamlin D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Courtney Walker Hamlin D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Courtney Walker Hamlin D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Courtney Walker Hamlin D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Courtney Walker Hamlin D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Welborn R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Courtney Walker Hamlin D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Cooney D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Cooney D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Cooney D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Plank Tracey R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Taddeus Heard D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Richard Henry Norton D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Richard Henry Norton D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Edward Hutton D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Edward Hutton D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Aylett Hawes Buckner D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Theron Moses Rice NG
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Alfred Morrison Lay D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Finis Philips D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas Theodore Crittenden D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Finis Philips D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Thomas Theodore Crittenden D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Isaac Charles Parker R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Joel Funk Asper R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Benjamin Franklin Loan R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Benjamin Franklin Loan UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John William Noell D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John William Noell D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Samuel Caruthers D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Samuel Caruthers IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Samuel Caruthers W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months

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