United States congressional delegations from Kansas

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Since Kansas became a U.S. state in 1861, 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.

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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
Kansas

CPVI (2022): [1]
R+10
Class II senator Class III senator
Roger Marshall 117th Congress portrait (cropped).jpg
Roger Marshall
(Junior senator)
Jerry Moran, official portrait, 112th Congress (cropped).jpg
Jerry Moran
(Senior senator)
PartyRepublicanRepublican
Incumbent sinceJanuary 3, 2021January 3, 2011

Kansas's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress 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.

U.S. representatives from Kansas
DistrictMember
(Residence) [2]
PartyIncumbent since CPVI
(2022) [3]
District map
1st Tracey Mann, official portrait, 117th Congress (cropped).jpg
Tracey Mann
(Salina)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2021R+18 Kansas's 1st congressional district in Lawrence and Kansas City (since 2023).svg
2nd Jake-LaTurner.jpg
Jake LaTurner
(Topeka)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2021R+11 Kansas's 2nd congressional district in Lawrence and Kansas City (since 2023).svg
3rd Sharice Davids.jpg
Sharice Davids
(Roeland Park)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2019R+1 Kansas's 3rd congressional district in Lawrence and Kansas City (since 2023).svg
4th Ron Estes, 115th official photo.jpg
Ron Estes
(Wichita)
RepublicanApril 25, 2017R+14
Kansas's 4th congressional district (since 2023).svg

United States Senate

Class II senator Congress Class III senator
James Henry Lane (R) 37th (1861–1863) Samuel C.
Pomeroy
(R)
38th (1863–1865)
39th (1865–1867)
Edmund G. Ross (R)
40th (1867–1869)
41st (1869–1871)
Alexander Caldwell (R) 42nd (1871–1873)
43rd (1873–1875) John J. Ingalls (R)
Robert Crozier (R)
James M. Harvey (R)
44th (1875–1877)
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) William A. Peffer (Pop)
Bishop W. Perkins (R)
John Martin (D) 53rd (1893–1895)
Lucien Baker (R) 54th (1895–1897)
55th (1897–1899) William Alexander
Harris
(Pop)
56th (1899–1901)
Joseph R. Burton (R) 57th (1901–1903)
58th (1903–1905) Chester I. Long (R)
59th (1905–1907)
Alfred W. Benson (R)
Charles Curtis (R) 60th (1907–1909)
61st (1909–1911) Joseph L. Bristow (R)
62nd (1911–1913)
William H.
Thompson
(D)
63rd (1913–1915)
64th (1915–1917) Charles Curtis (R)
65th (1917–1919)
Arthur Capper (R) 66th (1919–1921)
67th (1921–1923)
68th (1923–1925)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931) Henry J. Allen (R)
George McGill (D)
72nd (1931–1933)
73rd (1933–1935)
74th (1935–1937)
75th (1937–1939)
76th (1939–1941) Clyde M. Reed (R)
77th (1941–1943)
78th (1943–1945)
79th (1945–1947)
80th (1947–1949)
Andrew Frank
Schoeppel
(R)
81st (1949–1951)
Harry Darby (R)
Frank Carlson (R)
82nd (1951–1953)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
86th (1959–1961)
87th (1961–1963)
James B. Pearson (R)
88th (1963–1965)
89th (1965–1967)
90th (1967–1969)
91st (1969–1971) Bob Dole (R)
92nd (1971–1973)
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977)
95th (1977–1979)
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)
Sheila Frahm (R)
Sam Brownback (R)
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) Jerry Moran (R)
113th (2013–2015)
114th (2015–2017)
115th (2017–2019)
116th (2019–2021)
Roger Marshall (R) 117th (2021–2023)
118th (2023–2025)

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
Territory's at-large district
33rd (1853–1854) John Wilkins Whitfield (D)
34th (1855–1856)
35th (1857–1858) Marcus Junius Parrott (R)
36th (1859–1860)

1859–1873: 1 at-large seat

Following statehood on January 29, 1961, Kansas had one seat in the House.

Congress At-large district
36th (1859–1861) Martin F. Conway (R)
37th (1861–1863)
38th (1863–1865) Abel Carter Wilder (R)
39th (1865–1867) Sidney Clarke (R)
40th (1867–1869)
41st (1869–1871)
42nd (1871–1873) David Perley 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 At-large district
Seat ASeat BSeat C
43rd (1873–1875) David Perley Lowe (R) Stephen A. Cobb (R) William A. Phillips (R)
CongressDistrict
1st 2nd 3rd
44th (1875–1877) William A. Phillips (R) John R. Goodin (D) William Ripley Brown (R)
45th (1877–1879) Dudley C. Haskell (R) Thomas Ryan (R)
46th (1879–1881) 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.

CongressDistrictElected on a general ticket from Kansas's at-large district
1st 2nd 3rd Seat ASeat BSeat CSeat D
48th (1883–1885) John A. Anderson (R) Dudley C. Haskell (R) Thomas Ryan (R) Lewis Hanback (R) Edmund Needham
Morrill
(R)
Bishop W. Perkins (R) Samuel R. Peters (R)
CongressDistrict
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
49th (1885–1887) Edmund Needham
Morrill
(R)
Edward H. Funston (R) Bishop W. Perkins (R) Thomas Ryan (R) John A. Anderson (R) Lewis Hanback (R) Samuel R. Peters (R)
50th (1887–1889) John A. Anderson (IR) Erastus J. Turner (R)
51st (1889–1891) John A. Anderson (R)
Harrison Kelley (R)
52nd (1891–1893) Case Broderick (R) Benjamin H. Clover (Pop) John G. Otis (Pop) John Davis (Pop) William Baker (Pop) Jerry Simpson (Pop)

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.

CongressDistrict At-large
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
53rd (1893–1895) Case Broderick (R) Horace Ladd Moore (D) Thomas Jefferson
Hudson
(Pop)
Charles Curtis (R) John Davis (Pop) William Baker (Pop) Jerry Simpson (Pop) William Alexander
Harris
(Pop)
54th (1895–1897) Orrin Larrabee
Miller
(R)
Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R) William A.
Calderhead
(R)
Chester I. Long (R) Richard W. Blue (R)
55th (1897–1899) Mason S. Peters (Pop) Edwin R. Ridgely (Pop) William D. Vincent (Pop) Nelson B.
McCormick
(Pop)
Jerry Simpson (Pop) Jeremiah D. Botkin (Pop)
56th (1899–1901) Charles Curtis (R) Justin De Witt
Bowersock
(R)
James Monroe
Miller
(R)
William A.
Calderhead
(R)
William Augustus
Reeder
(R)
Chester I. Long (R) Willis J. Bailey (R)
57th (1901–1903) Alfred Metcalf
Jackson
(D)
Charles Frederick
Scott
(R)
58th (1903–1905) Philip P. Campbell (R) Victor Murdock (R)
59th (1905–1907)
CongressDistrict
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
60th (1907–1909) Daniel Read
Anthony Jr.
(R)
Charles Frederick
Scott
(R)
Philip P. Campbell (R) James Monroe
Miller
(R)
William A.
Calderhead
(R)
William Augustus
Reeder
(R)
Edmond H. Madison (R) Victor Murdock (R)
61st (1909–1911)
62nd (1911–1913) Alexander C. Mitchell (R) Fred S. Jackson (R) Rollin R. Rees (R) Isaac D. Young (R)
Joseph Taggart (D)
63rd (1913–1915) Dudley Doolittle (D) Guy T. Helvering (D) John R. Connelly (D) George A. Neeley (D)
64th (1915–1917) Jouett Shouse (D) William Augustus
Ayres
(D)
65th (1917–1919) Edward C. Little (R)
66th (1919–1921) Homer Hoch (R) James G. Strong (R) Hays B. White (R) Jasper N. Tincher (R)
67th (1921–1923) Richard Ely Bird (R)
68th (1923–1925) William H. Sproul (R) William Augustus
Ayres
(D)
69th (1925–1927) Chauncey B. Little (D)
70th (1927–1929) Ulysses Samuel
Guyer
(R)
Clifford R. Hope (R)
71st (1929–1931) William P.
Lambertson
(R)
Charles I. Sparks (R)
72nd (1931–1933) Harold C. McGugin (R)

1933–1943: 7 seats

Following the 1930 census, Kansas was apportioned 7 seats, all of which were elected from single member districts.

CongressDistrict
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
73rd (1933–1935) William P.
Lambertson
(R)
Ulysses Samuel
Guyer
(R)
Harold C.
McGugin
(R)
Randolph
Carpenter
(D)
William A.
Ayers
(D)
Kathryn O'Loughlin
McCarthy
(D)
Clifford R.
Hope
(R)
74th (1935–1937) Edward White
Patterson
(D)
John Mills
Houston
(D)
Frank Carlson (R)
75th (1937–1939) Edward Herbert
Rees
(R)
76th (1939–1941) Thomas Daniel
Winter
(R)
77th (1941–1943)

1943–1963: 6 seats

Following the 1940 census, Kansas was apportioned 6 seats, all of which were elected from single member districts.

CongressDistrict
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
78th (1943–1945) William P.
Lambertson
(R)
Errett P. Scrivner (R) Thomas Daniel
Winter
(R)
Edward Herbert
Rees
(R)
Clifford R. Hope (R) Frank Carlson (R)
79th (1945–1947) Albert M. Cole (R)
80th (1947–1949) Herbert Alton
Meyer
(R)
Wint Smith (R)
81st (1949–1951)
82nd (1951–1953) Myron V. George (R)
83rd (1953–1955) Howard Miller (D)
84th (1955–1957) William H. Avery (R)
85th (1957–1959) James Floyd
Breeding
(D)
86th (1959–1961) Newell A. George (D) Denver D. Hargis (D)
87th (1961–1963) Robert Ellsworth (R) Walter McVey Jr. (R) Garner E. Shriver (R) Bob Dole (R)

1963–1993: 5 seats

Following the 1960 census, Kansas was apportioned 5 seats, all of which were elected from single member districts.

CongressDistrict
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
88th (1963–1965) Bob Dole (R) William H. Avery (R) Robert Ellsworth (R) Garner E. Shriver (R) Joe Skubitz (R)
89th (1965–1967) Chester L. Mize (R)
90th (1967–1969) Larry Winn (R)
91st (1969–1971) Keith Sebelius (R)
92nd (1971–1973) William R. Roy (D)
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977) Martha Keys (D)
95th (1977–1979) Dan Glickman (D)
96th (1979–1981) James Edmund
Jeffries
(R)
Bob Whittaker (R)
97th (1981–1983) Pat Roberts (R)
98th (1983–1985) Jim Slattery (D)
99th (1985–1987) Jan Meyers (R)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993) Dick Nichols (R)

1993–present: 4 seats

Following the 1990 census, Kansas was apportioned 4 seats, all of which were elected from single member districts.

CongressDistrict
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
103rd (1993–1995) Pat Roberts (R) Jim Slattery (D) Jan Meyers (R) Dan Glickman (D)
104th (1995–1997) Sam Brownback (R) Todd Tiahrt (R)
Jim Ryun (R)
105th (1997–1999) Jerry Moran (R) Vince Snowbarger (R)
106th (1999–2001) Dennis Moore (D)
107th (2001–2003)
108th (2003–2005)
109th (2005–2007)
110th (2007–2009) Nancy Boyda (D)
111th (2009–2011) Lynn Jenkins (R)
112th (2011–2013) Tim Huelskamp (R) Kevin Yoder (R) Mike Pompeo (R)
113th (2013–2015)
114th (2015–2017)
115th (2017–2019) Roger Marshall (R)
Ron Estes (R)
116th (2019–2021) Steve Watkins (R) Sharice Davids (D)
117th (2021–2023) Tracey Mann (R) Jake LaTurner (R)
118th (2023–2025)

Key

Democratic (D)
Independent Republican (IR)
Populist (Pop)
Republican (R)

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