United States congressional delegations from Oregon

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These are tables of congressional delegations from Oregon to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

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The current Oregon delegation consists of 6 congresspersons and 2 senators serving in the 118th United States Congress. The dean of the current delegation is Senator Ron Wyden, having served in the Senate since 1996 and in Congress since 1981.

United States Senate

Current U.S. senators from Oregon
Oregon

CPVI (2022): [1]
D+6
Class II senator Class III senator
Jeff Merkley, 115th official photo (cropped).jpg
Jeff Merkley
(Junior senator)
(Portland)
Ron Wyden 117th Congress (cropped).jpeg
Ron Wyden
(Senior senator)
(Portland)
PartyDemocraticDemocratic
Incumbent sinceJanuary 3, 2009February 5, 1996

U.S. House of Representatives

Current representatives

Current U.S. representatives from Oregon
DistrictMember
(Residence) [2]
PartyIncumbent since CPVI
(2022) [3]
District map
1st Suzanne Bonamici.jpg
Suzanne Bonamici
(Beaverton)
DemocraticJanuary 31, 2012D+18 Oregon's 1st congressional district (since 2023).png
2nd Cliff Bentz official photo (cropped).jpg
Cliff Bentz
(Ontario)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2021R+15 Oregon's 2nd congressional district (since 2023).png
3rd Dexter Maxine 119th Congress.jpg
Maxine Dexter
(Portland)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2025D+22 Oregon's 3rd congressional district (since 2023).png
4th Rep. Val Hoyle - 118th Congress.jpg
Val Hoyle
(Springfield)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2023D+4 Oregon's 4th congressional district (since 2023).png
5th Bynum Janelle 119th Congress.jpg
Janelle Bynum
(Happy Valley)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2025D+2 Oregon's 5th congressional district (since 2023).png
6th Andrea Salinas, Official Portrait, 118th Congress.jpg
Andrea Salinas
(Tigard)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2023D+4 Oregon's 6th congressional district (since 2023).png

1849–1859: One non-voting delegate

Congress Delegate
31st (1849–1851) Samuel Thurston (D)
32nd (1851–1853) Joseph Lane (D)
33rd (1853–1855)
34th (1855–1857)
35th (1857–1859)

1859–1893: One seat

After statehood on February 14, 1859, Oregon had one seat, elected at-large statewide.

Congress At-large representative
35th (1859) La Fayette Grover (D)
36th (1859–1861) Lansing Stout (D)
37th (1861–1863) Andrew J. Thayer (D)
George K. Shiel (D)
38th (1863–1865) John R. McBride (R)
39th (1865–1867) James H. D. Henderson (R)
40th (1867–1869) Rufus Mallory (R)
41st (1869–1871) Joseph Showalter Smith (D)
42nd (1871–1873) James H. Slater (D)
43rd (1873–1875) Joseph G. Wilson [4] (R)
James Nesmith (D)
44th (1875–1877) George A. La Dow [4] (D)
Lafayette Lane (D)
45th (1877–1879) Richard Williams (R)
46th (1879–1881) John Whiteaker (D)
47th (1881–1883) Melvin Clark George (R)
48th (1883–1885)
49th (1885–1887) Binger Hermann (R)
50th (1887–1889)
51st (1889–1891)
52nd (1891–1893)

1893–present: multiple seats

Key

Democratic (D)
Republican (R)
Independent (I)

See also

Footnotes

  1. "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  2. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Died before Congress assembled.

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