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Oregon's 2nd congressional district

41 members have held this seat since Aug 7, 1893. Now: Cliff Bentz R.

Holders
41
33 R · 8 D
Longest tenure
10 years
Lowell Stockman
Current
5.8 years
Cliff Bentz, since Jan 3, 2021
history/seat/or-2Every holder, newest first
+41
1900192019401960198020002020William Russell Ellis · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Russell Ellis · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Russell Ellis · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanMalcolm Adelbert Moody · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanMalcolm Adelbert Moody · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Newton Williamson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Newton Williamson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Russell Ellis · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Russell Ellis · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Walter Lafferty · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanNicholas John Sinnott · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanNicholas John Sinnott · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanNicholas John Sinnott · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanNicholas John Sinnott · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanNicholas John Sinnott · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanNicholas John Sinnott · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanNicholas John Sinnott · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanNicholas John Sinnott · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Reyburn Butler · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Reyburn Butler · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Marcus Pierce · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratLowell Stockman · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Conrad Ullman · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Conrad Ullman · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Conrad Ullman · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Conrad Ullman · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Conrad Ullman · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Conrad Ullman · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Conrad Ullman · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratDennis Alan Smith · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Freeman Smith · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · RepublicanWes Cooley · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Freeman Smith · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanGreg Walden · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanGreg Walden · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanGreg Walden · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanGreg Walden · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Reyburn Butler · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Harrison Coon · 1953-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Freeman Smith · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanCliff Bentz · 2021-01-03 – present · Republican
Cliff Bentz R
Jan 3, 2021 – present · 5.8 years
Greg Walden R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Greg Walden R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Greg Walden R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Greg Walden R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Robert Freeman Smith R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Wes Cooley R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Robert Freeman Smith R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Robert Freeman Smith R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Dennis Alan Smith R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Albert Conrad Ullman D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Albert Conrad Ullman D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Albert Conrad Ullman D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Albert Conrad Ullman D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Albert Conrad Ullman D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Albert Conrad Ullman D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Albert Conrad Ullman D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Samuel Harrison Coon R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1957 · 4 years
Lowell Stockman R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Walter Marcus Pierce D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Robert Reyburn Butler R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Robert Reyburn Butler R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Nicholas John Sinnott R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Robert Reyburn Butler R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Nicholas John Sinnott R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Nicholas John Sinnott R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Nicholas John Sinnott R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Nicholas John Sinnott R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Nicholas John Sinnott R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Nicholas John Sinnott R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Nicholas John Sinnott R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Abraham Walter Lafferty R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Russell Ellis R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Russell Ellis R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Newton Williamson R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Newton Williamson R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Malcolm Adelbert Moody R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Malcolm Adelbert Moody R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Russell Ellis R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Russell Ellis R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Russell Ellis R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months

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