List of members of the United States Congress from multiple states

Throughout the History of the United States Congress, some members were elected as either Representatives and/or as Senators from more than one U.S. state at different times in their career.

Multiple states in the House

NameState / DistrictStartEndParty
Daniel Hiester Pennsylvania (at-large/5th districts)17891795Anti-Administration
17951796Democratic-Republican
 Maryland (4th district)18011804
John Sevier North Carolina (5th district)17901791Pro-Administration
 Tennessee (2nd district)18111815Democratic-Republican
Anthony New Virginia (16th/11th district)17931795Anti-Administration
17951805Democratic-Republican
 Kentucky (1st district)18111813
 Kentucky (5th district)18171819
18211823
Edward Livingston New York (2nd district)17951801Democratic-Republican
 Louisiana (1st district)18231825
18251829Jacksonian
Matthew Lyon Vermont (1st district)17971801Democratic-Republican
 Kentucky (1st district)18031811
Ezekiel Whitman Massachusetts (15th district)18091811Federalist
18171821
 Maine (2nd district)18211822
Daniel Webster New Hampshire (at-large)18131817Federalist
 Massachusetts (1st district)18231825
18251827National Republican
Enoch Lincoln Massachusetts (20th district)18181821Democratic-Republican
 Maine (7th/5th districts)18211826
Joshua Cushman Massachusetts (19th district)18191821Democratic-Republican
 Maine (6th/4th districts)18211825
Mark Hill Massachusetts (16th district)18191821Democratic-Republican
 Maine (3rd district)18211823
Samuel Clark New York (25th district)18331835Jacksonian
 Michigan (3rd district)18531855Democratic
William Brown Virginia (15th district)18451849Democratic
 Virginia (10th district)18611863Unionist
 West Virginia (2nd district)18631865
Charles Faulkner Virginia (10th/8th districts)18511859Democratic
 West Virginia (2nd district)18751877
Samuel Cox Ohio (12th/7th districts)18571865Democratic
 New York (6th district)18691873
 New York (6th/8th districts)18731885
 New York (9th district)18861889
Francis Kellogg Michigan (3rd/4th districts)18591865Republican
 Alabama (1st district)18681869
William Vandever Iowa (2nd district)18591863Republican
 California (6th district)18871891
Jacob B. Blair Virginia (11th district)18611863Unionist
 West Virginia (1st district)18631865
Kellian Whaley Virginia (12th district)18611863Unionist
 West Virginia (2nd district)18631867Unconditional Unionist
Charles A. Towne Minnesota (6th district)18951897Republican
 New York (14th district)19051907Democratic
Robert P. Hill Illinois (25th district)19131915Democratic
 Oklahoma (5th district)19371937
Ed Foreman Texas (16th district)19631965Republican
 New Mexico (2nd district)19691971

Multiple states in the Senate

Only two Senators have represented more than one state.[1]

  • James Shields uniquely served terms in the US Senate for three states; representing Illinois (1849–55), Minnesota (1858–59), and 20 years later he was appointed by the State of Missouri for a term expiring in just six weeks (1879). He was also a Union General in the American Civil War. He was a Democrat.[2]
  • Waitman Thomas 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

NameOfficesStartEndParty
John Brown Representative from Virginia (2nd district)17891792Democratic-Republican
Senator from Kentucky17921805
Robert Harper Representative from South Carolina (5th district)17951801Federalist
Senator from Maryland18161816
Edward Livingston Representative from New York (2nd district)17951801Democratic-Republican
Senator from Louisiana18291831Jacksonian
William Claiborne Representative from Tennessee (at-large)17971801Democratic-Republican
Senator from Louisiana18171817
David Holmes Representative from Virginia (2nd/4th districts)17971809Democratic-Republican
Senator from Mississippi18201825
John Chandler Representative from Massachusetts (17th district)18051809Democratic-Republican
Senator from Maine18201829
William R. King Representative from North Carolina (5th district)18111816Democratic-Republican
Senator from Alabama18191844
Democratic
18481852
Israel Pickens Representative from North Carolina (11th/12th districts)18111817Democratic-Republican
Senator from Alabama18261826Jacksonian
Daniel Webster Representative from New Hampshire (at-large)18131817Federalist
Senator from Massachusetts18271833National Republican
18331841Whig
18451850
Albion Parris Representative from Massachusetts (20th district)18151818Democratic-Republican
Senator from Maine18271828Jacksonian
John Holmes Representative from Massachusetts (14th district)18171820Democratic-Republican
Senator from Maine18201827
18291833National Republican
Sam Houston Representative from Tennessee (7th)18231827Democratic-Republican
Senator from Texas18461859Democratic
Jesse Speight Representative from North Carolina (4th district)18291837Jacksonian
Senator from Mississippi18451847Democratic
John B. Weller Representative from Ohio (2nd district)18391845Democratic
Senator from California18521857
William Gwin Representative from Mississippi (at-large)18411843Democratic
Senator from California18501855
18571861
Alexander Ramsey Representative from Pennsylvania (15th district)18431847Whig
Senator from Minnesota18631875Republican
Edward Baker Representative from Illinois (7th district)18451847Whig
Representative from Illinois (6th district)18491851
Senator from Oregon18601861Republican
James Lane Representative from Indiana (4th district)18531855Republican
Senator from Kansas18611866
Charles Van Wyck Representative from New York (10th district)18591863Republican
Representative from New York (11th district)18671869
18701871
Senator from Nebraska18811887
J. Hamilton Lewis Representative from Washington (at-large district)18971899Democratic
Senator from Illinois19131919
19331939
Charles A. Towne Senator from Minnesota19001901Democratic
Representative from New York (14th district)19051907

Territories and states

References

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