United States congressional delegations from Kansas
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Since Kansas became a U.S. state in 1861,<ref name="ks-statehood">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Kansas Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1854 to 1861.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Kansas to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Current delegation
| Current U.S. senators from Kansas | |||||
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Class II senator | Class III senator | |||
.jpg) Roger Marshall Template:Small Template:Small |
.jpg) Jerry Moran Template:Small Template:Small | ||||
| Party | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | |||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2021 | January 3, 2011 | |||
Kansas's current congressional delegation in the Template:USCongressOrdinalCongress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Republicans, and its four representatives: three Republicans and one Democrat.
The current dean of the Kansas delegation is Senator Jerry Moran, having served in the Senate since 2011 and in Congress since 1997. {{#section:Kansas's congressional districts|Representatives}}
United States Senate
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| Class II senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Party cell rowspan=3|Jim Lane (R) | 37th (1861–1863) | Template:Party cell rowspan=7|Samuel C. Pomeroy (R) | ||
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||||
| 39th (1865–1867) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=3|Edmund G. Ross (R) | ||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=2|Alexander Caldwell (R) | 42nd (1871–1873) | |||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | Template:Party cell rowspan=11|John J. Ingalls (R) | |||
| Template:Party cell|Robert Crozier (R) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=2|James M. Harvey (R) | ||||
| 44th (1875–1877) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=8|Preston B. Plumb (R) | 45th (1877–1879) | |||
| 46th (1879–1881) | ||||
| 47th (1881–1883) | ||||
| 48th (1883–1885) | ||||
| 49th (1885–1887) | ||||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell|William A. Peffer (Pop) | |||
| Template:Party cell|Bishop W. Perkins (R) | ||||
| Template:Party cell|John Martin (D) | 53rd (1893–1895) | |||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=3|Lucien Baker (R) | 54th (1895–1897) | |||
| 55th (1897–1899) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell|William A. Harris (Pop) | |||
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=3|Joseph R. Burton (R) | 57th (1901–1903) | |||
| 58th (1903–1905) | Template:Party cell rowspan=4|Chester I. Long (R) | |||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||||
| Template:Party cell|Alfred W. Benson (R) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=3|Charles Curtis (R) | 60th (1907–1909) | |||
| 61st (1909–1911) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3|Joseph L. Bristow (R) | |||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=3|William H. Thompson (D) |
63rd (1913–1915) | |||
| 64th (1915–1917) | rowspan=7 Template:Party cell|Charles Curtis (R) | |||
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=16|Arthur Capper (R) | 66th (1919–1921) | |||
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||||
| 71st (1929–1931) | Template:Party cell|Henry J. Allen (R) | |||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=5|George McGill (D) | ||||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | Template:Party cell rowspan=6|Clyde M. Reed (R) | |||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=9|Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) |
81st (1949–1951) | |||
| Template:Party cell|Harry Darby (R) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=11|Frank Carlson (R) | ||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=9|James B. Pearson (R) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | Template:Party cell rowspan=15|Bob Dole (R) | |||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=12|Nancy Kassebaum (R) | ||||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| Template:Party cell|Sheila Frahm (R) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=8|Sam Brownback (R) | ||||
| Template:Party cell rowspan=12|Pat Roberts (R) | 105th (1997–1999) | |||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | rowspan="8" Template:Party cell |Jerry Moran (R) | |||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| rowspan="3" Template:Party cell |Roger Marshall (R) | 117th (2021–2023) | |||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| 119th (2025–2027) | ||||
United States House of Representatives
1854–1861: 1 non-voting delegate
Starting on December 20, 1854, Kansas Territory sent a non-voting delegate to the House.
| Congress | Delegate from Template:Ushr |
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| 33rd (1853–1854) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | John Wilkins Whitfield (D) |
| 34th (1855–1856) | |
| 35th (1857–1858) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Marcus J. Parrott (R) |
| 36th (1859–1860) |
1859–1873: 1 at-large seat
Following statehood on January 29, 1861, Kansas had one seat in the House.
| Congress | Template:Ushr |
|---|---|
| 36th (1859–1861) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Martin F. Conway (R) |
| 37th (1861–1863) | |
| 38th (1863–1865) | Template:Party cell | A. Carter Wilder (R) |
| 39th (1865–1867) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Sidney Clarke (R) |
| 40th (1867–1869) | |
| 41st (1869–1871) | |
| 42nd (1871–1873) | Template:Party cell | David P. Lowe (R) |
1873–1883: 3 seats
Following the 1870 census, Kansas was apportioned 3 seats, all of which were elected at-large statewide until 1875, when it redistricted into 3 districts.
| Congress | Template:Ushr | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | |
| 43rd (1873–1875) | Template:Party cell | David P. Lowe (R) | Template:Party cell | Stephen A. Cobb (R) | Template:Party cell | William A. Phillips (R) |
| Congress | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr |
| 44th (1875–1877) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | William A. Phillips (R) | Template:Party cell | John R. Goodin (D) | Template:Party cell | William Ripley Brown (R) |
| 45th (1877–1879) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Dudley C. Haskell (R) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Thomas Ryan (R) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | John A. Anderson (R) | ||
| 47th (1881–1883) | |||
1883–1893: 7 seats
Following the 1880 census, Kansas was apportioned 7 seats. Until 1885, 3 seats were elected from single member districts and 4 were elected at-large statewide on a general ticket. In 1885, all 7 seats were redistricted.
1893–1933: 8 seats
Following the 1890 census, Kansas was apportioned 8 seats. Until 1907, 7 seats were elected from single-member districts and 1 was elected at-large statewide. In 1907, all 8 seats were redistricted.
1933–1943: 7 seats
Following the 1930 census, Kansas was apportioned 7 seats, all of which were elected from single-member districts.
| Congress | District | ||||||
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| 73rd Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | William P. Lambertson (R) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | U. S. Guyer (R) | Template:Party cell | Harold C. McGugin (R) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Randolph Carpenter (D) |
Template:Party cell | William A. Ayers (D) |
Template:Party cell | Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy (D) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | Clifford R. Hope (R) |
| 74th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Edward White Patterson (D) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | John M. Houston (D) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | Frank Carlson (R) | ||||
| 75th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Edward H. Rees (R) | ||||||
| 76th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | Thomas D. Winter (R) | ||||||
| 77th Template:Nowrap | |||||||
1943–1963: 6 seats
Following the 1940 census, Kansas was apportioned 6 seats, all of which were elected from single-member districts.
1963–1993: 5 seats
Following the 1960 census, Kansas was apportioned 5 seats, all of which were elected from single-member districts.
1993–present: 4 seats
Following the 1990 census, Kansas was apportioned 4 seats, all of which were elected from single member districts.
Key
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- Kansas's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Kansas
References
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