List of United States Representatives from Florida

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Florida. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from Florida. The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete.

Unlike many smaller states that generally have continuity in their districts when reapportioned every 10 years after the US Census, Florida has had too much demographic change to consider each district to be a continuation of the same numbered district before reapportionment. For example, while Dennis Ross, Adam Putnam and Charles T. Canady have represented the 12th District since 1993, they are often seen as "successors" of Andy Ireland not Tom Lewis since the current district and the previous 10th district were the Polk County districts designed to give this medium-sized district its own representative.

Current members

Alphabetical

By District

List of representatives

Representative Party District Years District home Note
Sandy Adams Republican 24th January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Jim Bacchus Democratic 11th January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 Redistricting
15th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 Retired
Louis A. Bafalis Republican 10th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 Ran for governor (lost)
Charles Edward Bennett Democratic 2nd January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1967 Redistricting
3rd January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1993 Chairman of House Ethics Committee (1979–1981); retired; longest-serving member of Congress from Florida until at least 2015
Gus Bilirakis Republican 9th January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 son of predecessor Michael Bilirakis
12th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Michael Bilirakis Republican 9th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2007 Retired; father of successor Gus Bilirakis
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. Republican 2nd March 4, 1877 – February 20, 1879 Election contested, unseated
January 22, 1881 – March 4, 1881 Contested election, seated
June 1, 1882 – March 4, 1885 Contested election, seated, re-elected 1882, lost 1884 election
Allen Boyd Democratic 2nd January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 Lost re-election
William Henry Brockenbrough Democratic At-Large January 24, 1846 – March 4, 1847 Contested election, seated
Corrine Brown Democratic 3rd January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013
5th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Ginny Brown-Waite Republican 5th January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 Retired
Vern Buchanan Republican 13th January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013
16th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Robert Bullock Democratic 2nd March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 Retired
J. Herbert Burke Republican 10th January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 Redistricting
12th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 Lost re-election
Edward Carrington Cabell Whig AL October 6, 1845 – January 24, 1846 1st Florida Representative; election contested, unseated
March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (1847–1849); lost re-election
Millard F. Caldwell Democratic 3rd March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941 Retired; later 29th Governor of Florida (1945–1949)
Richard K. Call Delegate Territory March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 Retired; later 3rd & 5th Territorial Governor of Florida (1835–1840) & (1841–1844); uncle of Wilkinson Call
Courtney W. Campbell Democratic 1st January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 Lost re-election
Charles T. Canady Republican 12th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 Retired; later Justice & current Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Florida
Pat Cannon Democratic 4th January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947 Lost re-election
Kathy Castor Democratic 11th January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013
14th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
William V. Chappell, Jr. Democratic 4th January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1989 Lost re-election
Frank Clark Democratic 2nd March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1925 Lost re-election; Chairman of Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (1913–1919)
Curt Clawson Republican 19th June 25, 2014 – present Incumbent
Charles Merian Cooper Democratic 2nd March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 Retired
William C. Cramer Republican 1st January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 Redistricting
12th January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 Redistricting
8th January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Ander Crenshaw Republican 4th January 3, 2001 – present Incumbent
Carlos Curbelo Republican 26th January 3, 2015 – present Incumbent
Robert H. M. Davidson Democratic 1st March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1891 Chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (1883–1889); lost primary
Jim Davis Democratic 11th January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007 Ran for governor (lost)
Robert Wyche Davis Democratic 2nd March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1905 Retired
Ron DeSantis Republican 6th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Ted Deutch Democratic 19th April 13, 2010 – January 3, 2013
21st January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Peter Deutsch Democratic 20th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Republican 21st January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 Retired; succeeded by his brother, Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 25th January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011
21st January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 succeeded his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart
25th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Charles Dougherty Democratic 2nd March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 Retired
Charles Downing Delegate Territory March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1851
Herbert J. Drane Democratic 1st March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1933 Lost primary
Dante Fascell Democratic 4th January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 Redistricting
12th January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 Redistricting
15th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 Redistricting
19th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee (1984–1993); retired
Tom Feeney Republican 24th January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 Lost general
Jesse J. Finley Democratic 2nd April 19, 1876 – March 4, 1877 Contested election, seated
February 20, 1879 – March 4, 1879 Contested election, seated
March 4, 1881 – June 1, 1882 Election contested, unseated; unsuccessfully appointed to U.S. Senate 1887
Mark Foley Republican 16th January 3, 1995 – September 29, 2006 Resigned
Tillie K. Fowler Republican 4th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 Retired
Lois Frankel Democratic 22nd January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Louis Frey, Jr. Republican 5th January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 Redistricting
9th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 Ran for governor (lost)
Don Fuqua Democratic 9th January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 Redistricting
1st January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1987 Chairman of House Committee on Science and Technology (1979–1987); retired
Joe Garcia Democratic 27th January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
Sam Gibbons Democratic 10th January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 Redistricting
6th January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 Redistricting
7th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993 Redistricting
11th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee; retired
Porter Goss Republican 13th January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 Redistricting
14th January 3, 1993 – September 23, 2004 Chairman of House Intelligence Committee (1997–2004); resigned to become 19th Director of Central Intelligence (2004–2005), redesignated Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2005)
Gwen Graham Democratic 2nd January 3, 2015 – present Tallahassee Incumbent
James W. Grant Democratic 2nd January 3, 1987 – February 21, 1989 Re-elected, changed parties
Republican February 21, 1989 – January 3, 1991 Lost re-election
Alan Grayson Democratic 8th January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 Orlando Lost general
9th January 3, 2013 – present Orlando Incumbent
Robert A. Green Democratic 2nd March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1943 Chairman of Committee on Territories (1933–1944)
At-large January 3, 1943 – November 25, 1944 ran for governor (lost); resigned to become lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, served past the end of World War II
Bill Gunter Democratic 5th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Edward Gurney Republican 11th January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 Redistricting
5th January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 U.S. Senator (1969–1974)
James A. Haley Democratic 7th January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973 Redistricting
8th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977 Chairman of Interior and Insular Affairs Committee (1973–1977); retired
Charles M. Hamilton Republican At-Large July 1, 1868 – March 4, 1871 Lost primary
Katherine Harris Republican 13th January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 Lost general
Alcee Hastings Democratic 23rd January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 Miramar
20th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
George Sydney Hawkins Democratic At-Large March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861 Withdrew due to the secession of Florida
Joe Hendricks Democratic 5th January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1949 Retired
Joseph Marion Hernández Delegate Territory September 30, 1822 – March 4, 1823 1st delegate; lost re-election
Albert S. Herlong, Jr. Democratic 5th January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1967 Redistricting
4th January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 Retired
Noble A. Hull Democratic 2nd March 4, 1879 – January 22, 1881 Election contested, unseated
Earl Dewitt Hutto Democratic 1st January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1995 Retired
Andy Ireland Democratic 8th January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 Redistricting
10th January 3, 1983 – July 15, 1984 Re-elected, changed parties
Republican July 15, 1984 – January 3, 1993 Retired
Craig T. James Republican 4th January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 Retired
David Jolly Democratic 13th March 11, 2014 – present Incumbent
Harry Johnston Democratic 14th January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 Redistricting
19th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 Retired
Walter Kehoe Democratic 1st March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 Lost re-election
Ric Keller Republican 8th January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2009 Lost general
Richard Kelly Republican 5th January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 Lost primary
Ron Klein Democratic 22nd January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 Lost general
Suzanne Kosmas Democratic 24th January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 Lost general
William Bailey Lamar Democratic 3rd March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1909 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
William C. Lantaff Democratic 4th January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955 Retired
William Lehman Democratic 13th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 Redistricting
17th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 Retired
Claude L'Engle Democratic At-Large March 4, 1913 – 1March 4, 1915 Lost primary
Tom Lewis Republican 12th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 Redistricting
16th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 Retired
Connie Mack Republican 13th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 U.S. Senator (1989–2001); father of Connie Mack IV
Connie Mack IV Republican 14th January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 son of Connie Mack III
Buddy MacKay Democratic 6th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost); later, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Florida (1991–1998) & 42nd Governor of Florida (1998–1999)
Tim Mahoney Democratic 16th January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 Lost general
Stephen Mallory II Democratic 1st March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895 Later U.S. Senator (1897–1907d); son of Stephen Mallory
Donald Ray Matthews Democratic 8th January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1967
Augustus Maxwell Democratic At-Large March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 Later Confederate Senator (1862–1865); Associate Justice Supreme Court of Florida (1865–1866); its Chief Justice, then Associate Justice (1887–1891); grandfather of Emmett Wilson
Dannite H. Mays Democratic 3rd March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 Lost primary
Bill McCollum Republican 5th January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 Redistricting
8th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost); later Florida Attorney General (2007–2011)
Chester B. McMullen Democratic 1st January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 Retired
Carrie P. Meek Democratic 17th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 Retired; succeeded by her son, Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek Democratic 17th January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 Succeeded his mother, Carrie P. Meek; ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Dan Mica Democratic 11th January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 Redistricting
14th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost primary)
John Mica Republican 7th January 3, 1993 – present Incumbent
Dan Miller Republican 13th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 Retired
Jeff Miller Republican 1st October 16, 2001 – present Incumbent; Chairman of House Veterans' Affairs Committee (2011–present)
Patrick Murphy Democratic 18th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Bill Nelson Democratic 9th January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 Redistricting
11th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991 Ran for governor (lost primary); U.S. Senator (2001–present)
Silas L. Niblack Democratic At-Large January 28, 1873 – March 4, 1873 Contested election, seated; lost re-election
Rich Nugent Republican 5th January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
11th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Ruth Bryan Owen Democratic 4th March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 Lost primary; later, first woman Ambassador (1933–1936)
Claude Pepper Democratic 3rd January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 Previously U.S. Senator (1936–1951); redistricting
11th January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 Chairman of House Select Committee on Crime (1969–1981); redistricting
14th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 Chairman of House Committee on Aging (1977–1983); redistricting
18th January 3, 1983 – May 30, 1989 Died; Chairman of House Rules Committee (1983–1989)
J. Hardin Peterson Democratic 1st March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951 Chairman of Committee on Public Lands (1943–1947) & (1949–1951); retired
Pete Peterson Democratic 2nd January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 Former POW in Vietnam; retired; later, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam (1997–2001)
Bill Posey Republican 15th January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
8th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Emory H. Price Democratic 2nd January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 Lost primary
William J. Purman Republican At-Large March 4, 1873 – January 25, 1875 Resigned
1st March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 Re-elected; lost re-election
Adam Putnam Republican 12th January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2011 Retired
Trey Radel Republican 19th January 3, 2013 – January 27, 2014 Resigned
David Rivera Republican 25th January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Dwight L. Rogers Democratic 6th January 3, 1945 – December 1, 1954 Died; had been re-elected to another term; succeeded by his son, Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers Democratic 6th January 4, 1955 – January 3, 1967 Succeeded his late father, Dwight L. Rogers; redistricting
9th January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 Redistricting
11th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 Retired
Tom Rooney Republican 16th January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
17th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 18th August 29, 1989 – January 3, 2013
27th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent; Chairwoman of House Foreign Affairs Committee (2011–present)
Dennis A. Ross Republican 14th January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
15th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent9,
Joe Scarborough Republican 1st January 3, 1995 – September 5, 2001 Resigned; had been re-elected to another term
William J. Sears Democratic 4th March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1929 Chairman of Committee on Education (1917–1919); lost primary
At-Large March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 Redistricting; lost primary
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Republican 12th January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 Redistricting
15th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 Redistricting
22nd January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007 Lost general
Robert L. F. Sikes Democratic 3rd January 3, 1941 – October 19, 1944 Resigned to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1963 Redistricting
1st January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979 Retired
George Smathers Democratic 4th January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951 U.S. Senator (1951–1969)
Lawrence J. Smith Democratic 16th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 Retired
John H. Smithwick Democratic 3rd March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1927 Lost primary
Steve Southerland Republican 2nd January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 Lost general
Stephen M. Sparkman Democratic 3rd March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1917 Chairman of Committee on Rivers and Harbors (1911–1917); retired
Edward J. Stack Democratic 12th January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 Lost primary
Cliff Stearns Republican 6th January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013
Karen Thurman Democratic 5th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 Redistricting; lost general
Josiah T. Walls Republican At-Large March 4, 1871 – January 29, 1873 Election contested, unseated
March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 Redistricting; re-elected
2nd March 4, 1875 – April 19, 1876 Election contested, unseated
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 20th January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013
23rd January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Daniel Webster Republican 8th January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
10th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Dave Weldon Republican 15th January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009 Retired
Allen West Republican 22nd January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Robert Wexler Democratic 19th January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2010 Resigned; became president of S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace
Joseph M. White Delegate Territory March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1837 Lost re-election
J. Mark Wilcox Democratic 4th March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Emmett Wilson Democratic 3rd March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1917 Lost primary; grandson of Augustus Maxwell
Frederica Wilson Democratic 17th January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
24th January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Ted Yoho Republican 3rd January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent
Tom A. Yon Democratic 3rd March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1933 Lost primary
Bill Young Republican 8th January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 Redistricting
6th January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 Redistricting
8th January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 Redistricting
10th January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 Chairman of House Appropriations Committee (1999–2005)
13th January 3, 2013 - October 18, 2013 Died
David Levy Yulee Delegate Territory March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 Statehood; U.S. Senator (1845–1851) & (1855–1861) (secession)

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida

As of April 2015, there are forty-eight former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Florida who are currently living at this time.

Representative Term of office District Date of birth (and age)
Don Fuqua 1963–1987 9th (1963–1967)
2nd (1967–1987)
August 20, 1933
Louis Frey, Jr. 1969–1979 5th (1969–1973)
9th (1973–1979)
January 11, 1934
Bill Gunter 1973–1975 5th July 16, 1934
Louis A. Bafalis 1973–1983 10th September 28, 1929
Andy Ireland 1977–1993 8th (1977–1983)
10th (1983–1993)
August 23, 1930
Dan Mica 1979–1989 11th (1979–1983)
14th (1983–1989)
February 4, 1944
Bill Nelson 1979–1991 9th (1979–1983)
11th (1983–1991)
September 29, 1942
Earl Dewitt Hutto 1979–1995 1st May 12, 1926
Bill McCollum 1981–2001 5th (1981–1993)
8th (1993–2001)
July 12, 1944
Buddy MacKay 1983–1989 6th March 22, 1933
Connie Mack III 1983–1989 13th October 29, 1940
Lawrence J. Smith 1983–1993 16th April 25, 1941
Michael Bilirakis 1983–2007 9th July 16, 1930
James W. Grant 1987–1991 2nd September 21, 1943
Craig T. James 1989–1993 4th May 5, 1941
Harry Johnston 1989–1997 14th (1989–1993)
19th (1993–1997)
December 2, 1931
Porter Goss 1989–2004 13th (1989–1993)
14th (1993–2004)
November 26, 1938
Cliff Stearns 1989–2013 6th April 16, 1941
Jim Bacchus 1991–1995 11th (1991–1993)
15th (1993–1995)
June 21, 1949
Pete Peterson 1991–1997 2nd June 26, 1935
Charles T. Canady 1993–2001 12th June 22, 1954
Karen Thurman 1993–2003 5th January 12, 1951
Dan Miller 1993–2003 13th May 30, 1942
Carrie P. Meek 1993–2003 17th April 29, 1926
Peter Deutsch 1993–2005 20th April 1, 1957
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 1993–2011 20th August 13, 1954
Joe Scarborough 1995–2001 1st April 9, 1963
Mark Foley 1995–2006 1st September 8, 1954
Dave Weldon 1995–2009 15th August 31, 1953
Jim Davis 1997–2007 11th October 11, 1957
Robert Wexler 1997–2010 19th January 2, 1961
Allen Boyd 1997–2011 2nd June 6, 1945
Ric Keller 2001–2009 8th September 5, 1964
Adam Putnam 2001–2011 12th July 31, 1974
Katherine Harris 2003–2007 13th April 5, 1957
Tom Feeney 2003–2009 24th May 21, 1958
Ginny Brown-Waite 2003–2011 24th October 5, 1943
Kendrick Meek 2003–2011 17th September 6, 1966
Connie Mack IV 2005–2013 14th August 12, 1967
Tim Mahoney 2007–2009 16th August 16, 1956
Ron Klein 2007–2011 22nd July 10, 1957
Suzanne Kosmas 2009–2011 24th February 25, 1944
Sandy Adams 2011–2013 24th December 14, 1956
David Rivera 2011–2013 25th September 16, 1965
Allen West 2011–2013 22nd February 7, 1961
Steve Southerland 2011–2015 2nd October 10, 1965
Trey Radel 2013–2014 19th April 20, 1976
Joe Garcia 2013–2015 26th October 12, 1963

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