List of United States Representatives from Iowa

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. 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 Iowa. The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete.

Current members

Alphabetical Rod Blum (R) - Website - Iowa 1st Steve King (R) - Website - Iowa 4th Dave Loebsack (D) - Website - Iowa 2nd David Young (R) - Website - Iowa 3rd

By District 1st District - Rod Blum (R) (2015-present) 2nd District - Dave Loebsack (D) (2007-present) 3rd District - David Young (R) (2015-present) 4th District - Steve King (R) (2003-present)

List of representatives

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Lucien Lester Ainsworth	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877	Democratic	3rd
William B. Allison	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1871	Republican	3rd
Albert R. Anderson	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889	Independent Republican	8th
Bert Bandstra	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	Democratic	4th
Berkley Bedell	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987	Democratic	6th
Fred Biermann	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	4th
Benjamin P. Birdsall	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1909	Republican	3rd
Mike Blouin	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	Democratic	2nd
Rod Blum	January 3, 2015 – present	Republican	1st	Incumbent
William D. Boies	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1929	Republican	11th
Leonard Boswell	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013	Democratic	3rd
Thomas Bowman	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893	Democratic	9th
Bruce Braley	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015	Democratic	1st
James E. Bromwell	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	Republican	2nd
Theodore W. Burdick	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879	Republican	3rd
Walter H. Butler	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893	Democratic	4th
Ed H. Campbell	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933	Republican	11th
Cyrus C. Carpenter	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883	Republican	9th
Steven V. Carter	January 3, 1959 - November 4, 1959	Democratic	4th	Died
William W. Chapman	September 10, 1838 - October 27, 1840	Democratic	Territory
Lincoln Clark	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853	Democratic	2nd
Rush Clark	March 4, 1877 – April 29, 1879	Republican	5th	Died
Samuel M. Clark	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1899	Republican	1st
Merwin Coad	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963	Democratic	6th
Cyrenus Cole	August 1, 1921 – March 4, 1933	Republican	5th
Edwin H. Conger	March 4, 1885 – October 3, 1890	Republican	7th	Resigned after being appointed US Ambasssador to Brazil
James P. Conner	December 4, 1900 – March 4, 1909	Republican	10th
Maurice Connolly	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915	Democratic	3rd
John C. Cook	March 3, 1883 – March 4, 1833	Democratic	6th
	October 9, 1883 – March 4, 1835
John P. Cook	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Whig	2nd
Aylett R. Cotton	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875	Republican	2nd
Robert G. Cousins	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1909	Republican	5th
John Culver	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1975	Democratic	2nd
Henry J. B. Cummings	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879	Republican	7th
Paul H. Cunningham	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Republican	6th
	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959	5th
George M. Curtis	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1899	Republican	2nd
Samuel Curtis	March 4, 1857 – August 4, 1861	Republican	1st	Resigned to serve in the Civil War
Marsena E. Cutts	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Republican	6th	Lost contested election
	March 4, 1883 – September 1, 1883	Died
Timothy Davis	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859	Republican	2nd
Albert F. Dawson	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	Republican	2nd
Nathaniel C. Deering	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1883	Republican	4th
Lester J. Dickinson	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1931	Republican	10th
Augustus C. Dodge	October 28, 1840 - December 28, 1846	Democratic	Territory
Grenville M. Dodge	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869	Republican	5th
James I. Dolliver	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1957	Republican	6th
Jonathan P. Dolliver	March 4, 1889 – August 22, 1900	Republican	10th	Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate
William G. Donnan	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875	Republican	3rd
Cassius C. Dowell	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1933	Republican	7th
	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	6th
	January 3, 1937 – February 4, 1940		Died
Edward C. Eicher	March 4, 1933 – December 2, 1938	Democratic	1st	Resigned after being appointed as a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Hiram Kinsman Evans	June 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925	Republican	8th
T. Cooper Evans	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican	3rd
Sewall S. Farwell	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883	Republican	2nd
James P. Flick	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893	Republican	8th
Benjamin T. Frederick	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887	Democratic	5th
William E. Fuller	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889	Republican	4th
Greg Ganske	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	Republican	4th
John H. Gear	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891	Republican	1st
	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
Fred C. Gilchrist	March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933	Republican	10th
	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	8th
	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	6th
Edward H. Gillette	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881	Greenback	7th
Guy Mark Gillette	March 4, 1933 – November 3, 1936	Democratic	9th	Resigned after being elected to the US Senate
James William Good	March 4, 1909 – June 15, 1921	Republican	5th	Resigned
Robert K. Goodwin	March 5, 1940 – January 3, 1941	Republican	6th
Fred Grandy	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	Republican	6th
	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	5th
Chuck Grassley	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Republican	3rd
William R. Green	June 5, 1911 – March 31, 1928	Republican	9th	Resigned after being appointed a judge of the US Court of Claims
Stanley L. Greigg	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	Democratic	6th
Josiah B. Grinnell	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1867	Republican	4th
Harold R. Gross	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1975	Republican	3rd
John W. Gwynne	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949	Republican	3rd
Alva L. Hager	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899	Republican	9th
Augustus Hall	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	Democratic	1st
Benton J. Hall	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887	Democratic	1st
Daniel W. Hamilton	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909	Democratic	6th
John Taylor Hamilton	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893	Democratic	5th
John R. Hansen	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	Democratic	7th
Tom Harkin	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985	Democratic	5th
Vincent F. Harrington	March 4, 1937 – September 5, 1942	Democratic	9th	Resigned to accept commission in the US Army
S. Clinton Hastings	December 29, 1846 – March 4, 1847	Democratic	At-large
Gilbert N. Haugen	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1933	Republican	4th
Walter I. Hayes	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1895	Democratic	2nd
Edward R. Hays	November 4, 1890 – March 4, 1891	Republican	7th
Thomas Hedge	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1907	Republican	1st
David B. Henderson	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1903	Republican	3rd
Bernhart Henn	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	1st
William P. Hepburn	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887	Republican	8th
	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1909
Charles B. Hoeven	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1963	Republican	8th
	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	6th
Adoniram J. Holmes	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889	Republican	10th
Asahel W. Hubbard	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869	Republican	6th
Elbert H. Hubbard	March 4, 1905– June 4, 1912	Republican	11th	Died
Harry E. Hull	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1925	Republican	2nd
John A. T. Hull	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1911	Republican	7th
Bernhard M. Jacobsen	March 4, 1931 – June 30, 1936	Democratic	2nd	Died
William S. Jacobsen	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	2nd
William Darius Jamieson	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911	Democratic	8th
Ben F. Jensen	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1965	Republican	7th
John A. Kasson	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1867	Republican	5th
	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1877	7th
	March 4, 1881 – July 31, 1884		Resigned after being appointed United States Ambassador to Germany
Nathan E. Kendall	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913	Republican	6th
Charles A. Kennedy	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921	Republican	1st
Daniel Kerr	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891	Republican	5th
Steve King	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Republican	5th
	January 3, 2013 – present	4th	Incumbent
Sanford Kirkpatrick	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915	Democratic	6th
William F. Kopp	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1933	Republican	1st
John Henry Kyl	December 15, 1959 – January 3, 1965	Republican	4th
	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973
John F. Lacey	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891	Republican	6th
	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1907
Joseph R. Lane	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901	Republican	2nd
Tom Latham	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	Republican	5th
	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	4th
	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	3rd
Jim Leach	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2003	Republican	1st
	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	2nd
Karl M. LeCompte	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	Republican	5th
	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959	4th
Shepherd Leffler	December 28, 1846 – March 4, 1847	Democratic	At-large
	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1851	2nd
F. Dickinson Letts	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931	Republican	2nd
Jim Ross Lightfoot	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993	Republican	5th
	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	3rd
Dave Loebsack	January 3, 2007 – present	Democratic	2nd	Incumbent
William Loughridge	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1871	Republican	4th
	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875	6th
Joseph Lyman	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889	Republican	9th
Thomas E. Martin	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1955	Republican	1st
Wiley Mayne	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975	Republican	6th
Moses A. McCoid	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885	Republican	1st
George W. McCrary	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877	Republican	1st
James W. McDill	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1877	Republican	8th
Smith McPherson	March 4, 1899 – June 6, 1900	Republican	9th	Resigned after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Edward Mezvinsky	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	Democratic	1st
Daniel F. Miller	December 20, 1850 – March 4, 1851	Whig	1st
Jeremiah H. Murphy	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887	Democratic	2nd
David R. Nagle	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	3rd
Harry E. Narey	November 3, 1942 – January 3, 1943	Republican	9th
Jim Nussle	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2003	Republican	2nd
	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	1st
S. Addison Oliver	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879	Republican	9th
Jackson Orr	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873	Republican	6th
	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875	9th
Francis W. Palmer	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873	Republican	5th
Irvin S. Pepper	March 4, 1911 – December 22, 1913	Democratic	2nd
George D. Perkins	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1899	Republican	11th
Charles E. Pickett	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913	Republican	3rd
Charles Pomeroy	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871	Republican	6th
Henry O. Pratt	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1877	Republican	4th
Hiram Price	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869	Republican	2nd
	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
Solomon F. Prouty	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1915	Republican	7th
William H. M. Pusey	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	Democratic	9th
C. William Ramseyer	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1933	Republican	6th
Joseph R. Reed	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891	Republican	9th
Thomas J. B. Robinson	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1933	Republican	3rd
John N. W. Rumple	March 4, 1901 – January 31, 1903	Republican	2nd	Died
Ezekiel S. Sampson	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879	Republican	6th
William F. Sapp	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881	Republican	8th
William J. Scherle	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	Republican	7th
	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	5th
John R. Schmidhauser	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	Democratic	1st
Fred Schwengel	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965	Republican	1st
	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973
George Cromwell Scott	November 5, 1912 – March 4, 1915	Republican	11th
	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919
John J. Seerley	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893	Democratic	1st
Hiram Y. Smith	December 2, 1884 – March 4, 1885	Republican	7th
Neal Smith	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973	Democratic	5th
	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1995	4th
Walter I. Smith	December 3, 1900 – March 15, 1911	Republican	9th	Resigned after being appointed judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
William Smyth	March 4, 1869 – September 30, 1870	Republican	2nd	Died
Thomas J. Steele	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917	Democratic	11th
Joseph C. Stone	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879	Republican	1st
Isaac S. Struble	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1891	Republican	11th
Charles Edward Swanson	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933	Republican	9th
Burton E. Sweet	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923	Republican	3rd
Joseph H. Sweney	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891	Republican	4th
Henry O. Talle	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	Republican	4th
	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959	2nd
Tom Tauke	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991	Republican	2nd
Lot Thomas	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905	Republican	11th
William Thompson	March 4, 1847 – June 29, 1850	Democratic	1st	Seat declared vacant
William George Thompson	December 1, 1879 – March 4, 1883	Republican	5th
James Thorington	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	Whig	2nd
Lloyd Thurston	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1933	Republican	8th
	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	5th
Horace Mann Towner	March 4, 1911 – April 1, 1923	Republican	8th	Resigned after becoming Governor of Puerto Rico
John Q. Tufts	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877	Republican	2nd
Thomas Updegraff	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883	Republican]]	3rd
	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899	4th
Hubert Utterback	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	Democratic	6th
William Vandever	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1863	Republican	2nd
Earl W. Vincent	June 4, 1928 – March 4, 1929	Republican	9th
Henry Vollmer	February 10, 1914 – March 4, 1915	Democratic	2nd
Martin Joseph Wade	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905	Democratic	2nd
Madison M. Walden	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873	Republican	4th
Otha Wearin	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	7th
James B. Weaver	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881	Greenback	6th
	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
Luman Hamlin Weller	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	Greenback	4th
Frederick E. White	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893	Democratic	6th
Albert C. Willford	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Democratic	3rd
James Wilson	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1877	Republican	5th
	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885
James F. Wilson	October 8, 1861 – March 4, 1869	Republican	1st
Leonard G. Wolf	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	Democratic	2nd
William P. Wolf	December 6, 1870 – March 4, 1871	Republican	2nd
Frank P. Woods	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1919	Republican	10th
David Young	January 3, 2015 – present	Republican	3rd	Incumbent

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

As of April 2015, there are nineteen former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Iowa who are currently living at this time.

Representative	Term of office	District	Date of birth (and age)
Merwin Coad	1957–1963	6th	September 28, 1924
Neal Edward Smith	1959–1995	5th (1959–1993) 4th (1993–1995)	March 23, 1920
John R. Schmidhauser	1965–1967	1st	January 3, 1922
John Culver	1965–1975	2nd	August 8, 1932
Edward Mezvinsky	1973–1977	1st	January 17, 1937
Mike Blouin	1975–1979	2nd	November 7, 1945
Chuck Grassley	1975–1981	3rd	September 17, 1933
Tom Harkin	1975–1985	5th	November 19, 1939
Berkley Bedell	1975–1987	6th	March 5, 1921
Jim Leach	1977–2007	1st (1977–2003) 2nd (2003–2007)	October 15, 1942
Tom Tauke	1979–1991	2nd	October 11, 1950
Jim Ross Lightfoot	1985–1997	5th (1985–1993) 3rd (1993–1997)	September 27, 1938
David R. Nagle	1987–1993	3rd	April 15, 1943
Fred Grandy	1987–1995	6th (1987–1993) 5th (1993–1995)	June 29, 1948
Jim Nussle	1991–2007	2nd (1991–2003) 1st (2003–2007)	June 27, 1960
Greg Ganske	1995–2003	4th	March 31, 1949
Tom Latham	1995–2015	5th (1995–2003) 4th (2003–2013) 3rd (2013–2015)	July 14, 1948
Leonard Boswell	1997–2013	3rd	January 10, 1934
Bruce Braley	2007–2015	1st	October 30, 1957

See also