List of former members of the U.S. House of Representatives
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
This is an incomplete list of notable former members of the United States House of Representatives.
A
- Fred George Aandahl
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt
- Amos Abbott
- Josiah Gardner Abbott
- Nehemiah Abbott
- Bella Abzug
- John Quincy Adams
- Carl Albert (1947–1977), Oklahoma Democrat
- Donald Albosta
- Fisher Ames
- Arthur Andrews
- Frank Annunzio
- Leslie C. Arends
- Dick Armey (1985–2003), Texas Republican
- John B. Ashe
- Thomas Ashley
- William Avery
B
- Abraham Baldwin
- Frank Ballance (2003–2004), North Carolina Democrat
- Alben W. Barkley
- Charles E. Bennett
- Egbert Benson
- Lloyd Bentsen (1948–1955), Texas Democrat
- Theodorick Bland
- Timothy Bloodworth
- Hale Boggs (1947–1972), Louisiana Democrat
- Edward P. Boland
- Frances Payne Bolton
- Sonny Bono (1995–1998), California Republican
- Elias Boudinot
- Benjamin Bourne
- John Breaux (1972–1987), Louisiana Democrat
- John C. Breckenridge
- Jack Brooks
- Overton Brooks
- Preston Brooks
- John Brown (1757–1837), Kentucky District of Virginia
- John Brown (????-1815), Maryland
- John Brown (1772–1845), Pennsylvania
- John Brown (1736–1803), Rhode Island
- John Brewer Brown (1836–1898), Maryland
- John Robert Brown (1842–1927), Virginia
- John W. Brown (1796–1875), New York
- John Young Brown (1835–1904), Kentucky
- John Young Brown (1900–1985), Kentucky
- James Buchanan
- Jim Bunning
- Aedanus Burke
- George H. W. Bush
C
- Lambert Cadwalader
- John C. Calhoun
- Clarence Cannon
- Joseph G. Cannon
- Daniel Carroll
- Emanuel Celler
- Dick Cheney (1979–1989), Wyoming Republican
- Shirley Chisholm (1969–1983), New York Democrat
- Henry Clay
- George Clymer
- Cornelius Cole
- Isaac Coles
- Schuyler Colfax
- William M. Colmer
- Barber Conable
- Silvio O. Conte
- Benjamin Contee
- Phil Crane
- Davy Crockett
- Charles Curtis
D
- Martin Dies Jr.
- Robert L. Doughton
- Robert Drinan
E
- Warren B. English
F
- Dante Fascell
- Geraldine Ferraro (1979–1985), New York Democrat
- Millard Fillmore
- Hamilton Fish III
- Thomas Fitzsimons
- William Floyd
- Gerald Ford (1949–1973), Michigan Republican
- Abiel Foster
- Tillie Fowler (1993–2001), Florida Republican
G
- George Gale
- James A. Garfield
- John Nance Garner
- Dick Gephardt (1977–2005), Missouri Democrat
- Elbridge Gerry (1789–1793), Massachusetts Republican
- Henry R. Gibson
- William Branch Giles
- Nicholas Gilman
- Newt Gingrich (1979–1999), Georgia Republican
- Henry B. Gonzalez (1961–1999), Texas Democrat
- Benjamin Goodhue
- Albert Gore Sr.
- Al Gore (1977–1985), Tennessee Democrat
- Fred Grandy
- Samuel Griffin
- Martha Griffiths
- Harold R. Gross
- Jonathan Grout
H
- Sam B. Hall
- Tony Hall (1979–2001), Ohio Democrat
- Hannibal Hamlin
- William Henry Harrison
- Thomas Hartley
- John Hathorn
- Augustus F. Hawkins
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- Thomas A. Hendricks
- Daniel Hiester
- George Frisbie Hoar
- Samuel Hoar
- Clare Hoffman
- Chester E. Holifield
- Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck, 3rd woman in the House
- Claude Benton Hudspeth
- Daniel Huger
- Benjamin Huntington
I
J
- Andrew Jackson
- James Jackson
- Andrew Johnson
- Lyndon Johnson
- Richard M. Johnson
- Barbara Jordan (1973–1979), Texas Democrat
- Walter H. Judd
K
- Florence Kahn, first woman to serve more than 10 years (12) in Congress
- Jack Kemp (1971–1989), New York Republican
- John F. Kennedy
- William R. King
- Michael Kirwan
- Joseph R. Knowland
L
- John Laurance
- Richard Bland Lee
- William Lehman
- Mickey Leland
- George Leonard
- Abraham Lincoln
- Samuel Livermore
- Clare Boothe Luce
- Donald "Buz" Lukens
M
- Ray J. Madden
- James Madison
- Patrick Magruder
- George H. Mahon
- Vito Marcantonio
- Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- George A. Mathews
- Robert Matsui (1979–2005), California Democrat
- Paul Norton McCloskey, Jr. (Pete)
- John W. McCormack
- William McKinley
- John L. McMillan
- Schuyler Merritt
- William Edward Miller
- Wilbur Mills
- Norman Y. Mineta (1975–1995), California Democrat
- Patsy Mink (1991–2002), Hawaii Democrat
- Joe Moakley
- Andrew Moore
- Levi P. Morton
- Frederick Muhlenberg
- John Peter Muhlenberg
N
- Richard Nixon
- Mae Nolan, 4th woman in the House
- Mary Teresa Norton, first woman to serve more than 20 years (26) in Congress
O
- Alvin O'Konski
- Tip O'Neill (1953–1987), Massachusetts Democrat
P
- John Page
- Josiah Parker
- George Partridge
- Wright Patman
- Franklin Pierce
- William R. Poage
- James Knox Polk
- Adam Clayton Powell
- Melvin Price
Q
- Dan Quayle (1977–1981), Indiana Republican
- James H. Quillen
R
- Jeannette Rankin, first woman in Congress
- Joseph E. Ransdell
- Sam Rayburn (1913–1961), Texas Democrat
- John Rea
- Mel Reynolds
- John J. Rhodes
- Alice Mary Robertson, 2nd woman in Congress
- Peter Wallace Rodino (1949–1989), New Jersey Democrat
- Tim Roemer
- Edith Nourse Rogers, longest-serving woman in Congress
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
- Dan Rostenkowski
- Donald Rumsfeld (1963–1969), Illinois Republican
S
- Adolph J. Sabath
- Gus Savage
- James Schureman
- Thomas Scott
- Theodore Sedgwick
- Joshua Seney
- John Sevier
- James S. Sherman
- Roger Sherman
- Daniel E. Sickles
- Peter Silvester
- Thomas Sinnickson
- Norman Sisisky
- Clyde Smith
- Howard Worth Smith
- Margaret Chase Smith
- William Smith
- William Loughton Smith
- John Steele
- Alexander Stephens
- Thaddeus Stevens
- Adlai E. Stevenson
- Michael Jenifer Stone
- Bob Stump
- Jonathan Sturges
- Thomas Sumter
T
- George Thatcher
- Maurice H. Thatcher
- John Q. Tilson
- Daniel D. Tompkins
- James A. Traficant Jr. (1985–2002), Ohio Democrat
- Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
- Thomas T. Tucker
- John Tyler
U
- Morris K. Udall (1961–1991), Arizona Democrat
V
- Jeremiah Van Renssellaer
- Charles Vanik
- Bruce Vento (1977–2000), Minnesota Democrat
- John Vining
- Carl Vinson
- Andrew Volstead
W
- Jeremiah Wadsworth
- William A. Wheeler
- Alexander White
- Jamie L. Whitten
- John Bell Williams
- Hugh Williamson
- Henry Wynkoop
- Otha Wearin
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Y
Z
See also
External links
- http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp – Congressional Biographical Directory