List of congressional opponents of the Iraq War

Last updated September 21, 2023

This is a list of U.S. senators and representatives who have taken a clear stand in opposition to the Iraq War.

Name	Party	Date first in U.S. congressional office	Iraq resolution^[1]^[2]
Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	September 20, 1986	Against
Daniel Akaka	Democratic	January 3, 1977	Against
Brian Baird	Democratic	January 3, 1999	Against
Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	January 3, 1999	Against
Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	January 3, 1983	Against
Earl Blumenauer	Democratic	May 21, 1996	Against
David Bonior	Democratic	January 3, 1987	Against
Barbara Boxer	Democratic	January 3, 1983	Against
Sherrod Brown	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Robert Byrd	Democratic	January 3, 1959	Against
Lois Capps	Democratic	March 17, 1998	Against
Lincoln Chafee	Republican	November 2, 1999	Against
Steve Cohen	Democratic	January 3, 2007
Kent Conrad	Democratic-NPL	January 3, 1987	Against
John Conyers	Democratic	January 3, 1965	Against
Jon Corzine	Democratic	January 3, 2001	Against
Mark Dayton	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 3, 2001	Against
Peter DeFazio	Democratic	January 3, 1987	Against
Bill Delahunt	Democratic	January 3, 1997	Against
John Dingell	Democratic	December 13, 1955	Against
Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	January 3, 1995	Against
Jimmy Duncan	Republican	November 8, 1988	Against
Dick Durbin	Democratic	January 3, 1983	Against
Keith Ellison	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 3, 2007
Sam Farr	Democratic	June 8, 1993	Against
Chaka Fattah	Democratic	January 3, 1995	Against
Russ Feingold	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Barney Frank	Democratic	January 3, 1981	Against
Bob Graham	Democratic	January 3, 1987	Against
Maurice Hinchey	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Rush D. Holt, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1999	Against
John Hostettler	Republican	January 3, 1995	Against
Daniel Inouye	Democratic	August 21, 1959	Against
Jim Jeffords	Independent	January 3, 1975	Against
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Ted Kennedy	Democratic	November 7, 1962	Against
Dale Kildee	Democratic	January 3, 1977	Against
Carolyn Kilpatrick	Democratic	January 3, 1997	Against
Dennis Kucinich	Democratic	January 3, 1997	Against
Patrick Leahy	Democratic	January 3, 1975	Against
Barbara Lee	Democratic	April 7, 1998	Against
Carl Levin	Democratic	January 1979	Against
Sander Levin	Democratic	January 3, 1983	Against
John Lewis	Democratic	January 3, 1987	Against
Jim McDermott	Democratic	January 3, 1989	Against
Jim McGovern	Democratic	January 3, 1997	Against
Cynthia McKinney	Green Party	January 3, 1993	Against
Bob Menendez	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Jeff Merkley	Democratic	January 3, 2009
Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	January 3, 1977	Against
George Miller	Democratic	January 3, 1975	Against
Jim Moran	Democratic	January 3, 1991	Against
Patrick Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 2007
Patty Murray	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Barack Obama	Democratic	January 3, 2005
Ron Paul	Republican	April 3, 1976	Against
Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	June 2, 1987	Against
Jack Reed	Democratic	January 3, 1991	Against
Lynn Rivers	Democratic	January 3, 1995	Against
Bobby Rush	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Tim Ryan	Democratic	January 3, 2003
Bernie Sanders	Independent	January 3, 1991	Against
Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	January 3, 1971	Against
Jan Schakowsky	Democratic	January 3, 1999	Against
José Serrano	Democratic	March 20, 1990	Against
Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	January 3, 1997	Against
Pete Stark	Democratic	January 3, 1973	Against
Ted Strickland	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Bart Stupak	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Maxine Waters	Democratic	January 3, 1991	Against
Diane Watson	Democratic	June 5, 2001	Against
Jim Webb	Democratic	January 3, 2007
Paul Wellstone	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1991	Against
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	January 3, 2007
Lynn Woolsey	Democratic	January 3, 1993	Against
Ron Wyden	Democratic	January 3, 1981	Against

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