List of members of the United States Congress from multiple states
Throughout the history of the United States Congress, some members were elected either as representatives and/or senators from more than one U.S. state at different times in their career.
Multiple states in the House
[edit]Multiple states in the Senate
[edit]Only two senators have represented more than one state.[1]
- James Shields uniquely served terms in the US Senate for three states; representing Illinois (1849–1855), Minnesota (1858–1859), and 20 years later he was appointed by the State of Missouri for a term expiring in just six weeks (1879). He was a Democrat.[2]
- Waitman T. Willey was a Restored Government of Virginia Senator (1861–1863) who helped create West Virginia. He was then appointed as one of the new state's first two senators (1863–1871). He was a Unionist until 1865 and a Republican thereafter.[1]
One state in the House, another in the Senate
[edit]| Name | Offices | Start | End | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brown | 1789 | 1792 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1792 | 1805 | |||
| Robert Harper | 1795 | 1801 | Federalist | |
| 1816 | 1816 | |||
| Edward Livingston | 1795 | 1801 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1829 | 1831 | Jacksonian | ||
| William Claiborne | 1797 | 1801 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1817 | 1817 | |||
| David Holmes | 1797 | 1809 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1820 | 1825 | |||
| John Chandler | 1805 | 1809 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1820 | 1829 | |||
| William R. King | 1811 | 1816 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1819 | 1844 | |||
| Democratic | ||||
| 1848 | 1852 | |||
| Israel Pickens | 1811 | 1817 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1826 | 1826 | Jacksonian | ||
| Daniel Webster | 1813 | 1817 | Federalist | |
| 1827 | 1833 | National Republican | ||
| 1833 | 1841 | Whig | ||
| 1845 | 1850 | |||
| Albion Parris | 1815 | 1818 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1827 | 1828 | Jacksonian | ||
| John Holmes | 1817 | 1820 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1820 | 1827 | |||
| 1829 | 1833 | National Republican | ||
| Sam Houston | 1823 | 1827 | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1846 | 1859 | Democratic | ||
| Jesse Speight | 1829 | 1837 | Jacksonian | |
| 1845 | 1847 | Democratic | ||
| John B. Weller | 1839 | 1845 | Democratic | |
| 1852 | 1857 | |||
| William Gwin | 1841 | 1843 | Democratic | |
| 1850 | 1855 | |||
| 1857 | 1861 | |||
| Alexander Ramsey | 1843 | 1847 | Whig | |
| 1863 | 1875 | Republican | ||
| Edward Baker | 1845 | 1847 | Whig | |
| 1849 | 1851 | |||
| 1860 | 1861 | Republican | ||
| James Lane | 1853 | 1855 | Democratic | |
| 1861 | 1866 | Republican | ||
| Charles Van Wyck | 1859 | 1863 | Republican | |
| 1867 | 1869 | |||
| 1870 | 1871 | |||
| 1881 | 1887 | |||
| J. Hamilton Lewis | 1897 | 1899 | Democratic | |
| 1913 | 1919 | |||
| 1933 | 1939 | |||
| Charles A. Towne | 1900 | 1901 | Democratic | |
| 1905 | 1907 |
Territories and states
[edit]- William Henry Harrison – the future president of the United States was a delegate to the 6th United States Congress from Northwest Territory (1799–1800), resigning to become territorial Governor of Indiana. He returned to Congress first as a representative from Ohio's 1st congressional district (1816–19), and then serving an incomplete term as senator for Ohio (1825–28), resigning to become U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Gran Colombia. He was a Whig.
- James M. Cavanaugh – represented Minnesota (1858–59) as a representative and then Montana Territory (1867–71) as a delegate. He was a Democrat.
- Stephen Benton Elkins – represented New Mexico Territory (1873–77) as a delegate and later West Virginia (1895–1911) as a senator. He was a Republican.
- John Noble Goodwin – represented Maine as a representative (1861–63) and later Arizona Territory as a delegate (1866–76). He was also first governor of the Territory of Arizona. He was a Republican.
- George Wallace Jones – was a delegate from Michigan Territory (1835–37) until Michigan was created as a State. He continued representing the remaining renamed Wisconsin Territory as a delegate (1837–39). Later, after Iowa was carved from the Wisconsin Territory and subsequently admitted to the union, he became one of the first senators from Iowa (1848–59). He was a Democrat.
- Richard Cunningham McCormick – represented Arizona Territory (1869–75) and later New York as a representative (1895–97). He was a Unionist as a delegate and a Republican as a representative.
- Henry Hastings Sibley – represented Wisconsin Territory (1848–49) and later Minnesota Territory as a delegate (1849–53). He was a Democrat.
- Jesse B. Thomas – represented Indiana Territory (1808–09) as a delegate and later Illinois (1818–1829) as a senator. He was initially a Democratic-Republican, but became an Anti-Jacksonian while senator.
- William H. Wallace – represented Washington Territory (1861–63) and later Idaho Territory as a delegate (1864–65). He was a Republican.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Scott Brown won his primary. Now he wants to be the first multi-state senator in 135 years". www.vox.com.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: Senator for Three States". www.senate.gov.