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
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Multiple states in the Senate
[edit]Only two senators have represented more than one state.[1]
- James Shields uniquely served terms in the U.S. 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 |  Representative from Virginia (2nd district) |
1789 | 1792 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Kentucky |
1792 | 1805 | ||
| Robert Harper |  Representative from South Carolina (5th district) |
1795 | 1801 | Federalist |
 Senator from Maryland |
1816 | 1816 | ||
| Edward Livingston |  Representative from New York (2nd district) |
1795 | 1801 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Louisiana |
1829 | 1831 | Jacksonian | |
| William Claiborne |  Representative from Tennessee (at-large) |
1797 | 1801 | Democratic-Republican |
| Senator from Louisiana |
1817 | 1817 | ||
| David Holmes | Representative from Virginia (2nd/4th districts) |
1797 | 1809 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Mississippi |
1820 | 1825 | ||
| John Chandler |  Representative from Massachusetts (17th district) |
1805 | 1809 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Maine |
1820 | 1829 | ||
| William R. King |  Representative from North Carolina (5th district) |
1811 | 1816 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Alabama |
1819 | 1844 | ||
| Democratic | ||||
| 1848 | 1852 | |||
| Israel Pickens | Representative from North Carolina (11th/12th districts) |
1811 | 1817 | Democratic-Republican |
| Senator from Alabama |
1826 | 1826 | Jacksonian | |
| Daniel Webster |  Representative from New Hampshire (at-large) |
1813 | 1817 | Federalist |
| Senator from Massachusetts |
1827 | 1833 | National Republican | |
| 1833 | 1841 | Whig | ||
| 1845 | 1850 | |||
| Albion Parris | Representative from Massachusetts (20th district) |
1815 | 1818 | Democratic-Republican |
| Senator from Maine |
1827 | 1828 | Jacksonian | |
| John Holmes | Representative from Massachusetts (14th district) |
1817 | 1820 | Democratic-Republican |
| Senator from Maine |
1820 | 1827 | ||
| 1829 | 1833 | National Republican | ||
| Sam Houston | Representative from Tennessee (7th) |
1823 | 1827 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Texas |
1846 | 1859 | Democratic | |
| Jesse Speight | Representative from North Carolina (4th district) |
1829 | 1837 | Jacksonian |
| Senator from Mississippi |
1845 | 1847 | Democratic | |
| John B. Weller |  Representative from Ohio (2nd district) |
1839 | 1845 | Democratic |
 Senator from California |
1852 | 1857 | ||
| William Gwin | Representative from Mississippi (at-large) |
1841 | 1843 | Democratic |
| Senator from California |
1850 | 1855 | ||
| 1857 | 1861 | |||
| Alexander Ramsey |  Representative from Pennsylvania (15th district) |
1843 | 1847 | Whig |
 Senator from Minnesota |
1863 | 1875 | Republican | |
| Edward Baker |  Representative from Illinois (7th district) |
1845 | 1847 | Whig |
| Representative from Illinois (6th district) |
1849 | 1851 | ||
 Senator from Oregon |
1860 | 1861 | Republican | |
| James Lane |  Representative from Indiana (4th district) |
1853 | 1855 | Democratic |
 Senator from Kansas |
1861 | 1866 | Republican | |
| Charles Van Wyck | Representative from New York (10th district) |
1859 | 1863 | Republican |
| Representative from New York (11th district) |
1867 | 1869 | ||
| 1870 | 1871 | |||
 Senator from Nebraska |
1881 | 1887 | ||
| J. Hamilton Lewis |  Representative from Washington (at-large district) |
1897 | 1899 | Democratic |
| Senator from Illinois |
1913 | 1919 | ||
| 1933 | 1939 | |||
| Charles A. Towne | Senator from Minnesota |
1900 | 1901 | Democratic |
| Representative from New York (14th district) |
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.