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Washington's 5th congressional district

29 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1915. Now: Michael Baumgartner R.

Holders
29
15 D · 14 R
Longest tenure
16 years
Walter Franklin Horan
Current
21 months
Michael Baumgartner, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/wa-5Every holder, newest first
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19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Clarence Cleveland Dill · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratClarence Cleveland Dill · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Stanley Webster · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Stanley Webster · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Stanley Webster · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Billingsley Hill · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratSamuel Billingsley Hill · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Billingsley Hill · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Billingsley Hill · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Billingsley Hill · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratCharles Henry Leavy · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratWalter Franklin Horan · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWalter Franklin Horan · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanWalter Franklin Horan · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Stephen Foley · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratThomas Stephen Foley · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratThomas Stephen Foley · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratThomas Stephen Foley · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratThomas Stephen Foley · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratThomas Stephen Foley · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratGeorge R. Nethercutt Jr. · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge R. Nethercutt Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge R. Nethercutt Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge R. Nethercutt Jr. · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · RepublicanCathy McMorris Rodgers · 2005-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanCathy McMorris Rodgers · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanCathy McMorris Rodgers · 2015-01-06 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Billingsley Hill · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratMichael Baumgartner · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
Michael Baumgartner R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Cathy McMorris Rodgers R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2025 · 10 years
Cathy McMorris Rodgers R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Cathy McMorris Rodgers R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 4 years
George R. Nethercutt Jr. R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
George R. Nethercutt Jr. R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
George R. Nethercutt Jr. R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
George R. Nethercutt Jr. R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Thomas Stephen Foley D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Thomas Stephen Foley D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Thomas Stephen Foley D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Thomas Stephen Foley D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Thomas Stephen Foley D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Thomas Stephen Foley D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Walter Franklin Horan R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Walter Franklin Horan R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Walter Franklin Horan R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Charles Henry Leavy D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Samuel Billingsley Hill D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Samuel Billingsley Hill D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Samuel Billingsley Hill D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Samuel Billingsley Hill D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Samuel Billingsley Hill D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Stanley Webster R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Samuel Billingsley Hill D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Stanley Webster R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Stanley Webster R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Clarence Cleveland Dill D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Clarence Cleveland Dill D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months

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