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United States congressional delegations from Washington

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

The current dean of the Washington delegation is Senator Patty Murray, having served in the Senate since 1993.

United States Senate

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Current U.S. senators from Washington
Washington

CPVI (2022):[1]
D+8
Class I senator Class III senator

Maria Cantwell
(Junior senator)
(Edmonds)

Patty Murray
(Senior senator)
(Freeland)
Party Democratic Democratic
Incumbent since January 3, 2001 January 3, 1993

U.S. House of Representatives

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Current members

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This is a list of members of the current Washington delegation in the U.S. House, along with their respective tenures in office, district boundaries, and district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 10 members, including 8 Democrats and 2 Republicans.

District Representative Party CPVI Incumbency District map
1st
Suzan DelBene
(Medina)
Democratic D+13 since November 13, 2012
2nd
Rick Larsen
(Everett)
Democratic D+9 since January 3, 2001
3rd
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
(Stevenson)
Democratic R+5 since January 3, 2023
4th
Dan Newhouse
(Sunnyside)
Republican R+11 since January 3, 2015
5th
Cathy McMorris
Rodgers

(Spokane)
Republican R+8 since January 3, 2005
6th
Derek Kilmer
(Gig Harbor)
Democratic D+6 since January 3, 2013
7th
Pramila Jayapal
(Seattle)
Democratic D+36 since January 3, 2017
8th
Kim Schrier
(Sammamish)
Democratic D+1 since January 3, 2019
9th
Adam Smith
(Bellevue)
Democratic D+21 since January 3, 1997
10th
Marilyn Strickland
(Tacoma)
Democratic D+7 since January 3, 2021

Delegates from Washington Territory

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Congress Delegate
33rd (1853–1855) Columbia Lancaster (D)
34th (1855–1857) James Patton Anderson (D)
35th (1857–1859) Isaac Stevens (D)
36th (1859–1861)
37th (1861–1863) William H. Wallace (R)
38th (1863–1865) George Edward Cole
39th (1865–1867) Arthur A. Denny (R)
40th (1867–1869) Alvan Flanders
41st (1869–1871) Selucius Garfielde (R)
42nd (1871–1873)
43rd (1873–1875) Obadiah B. McFadden (D)
44th (1875–1877) Orange Jacobs (R)
45th (1877–1879)
46th (1879–1881) Thomas Hurley Brents (R)
47th (1881–1883)
48th (1883–1885)
49th (1885–1887) Charles Stewart Voorhees (D)
50th (1887–1889)
51st (1889–1891) John B. Allen (R)

Members from Washington after statehood

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1889–1913

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From 1889 to 1909, members were elected at-large statewide.

Congress At-large seats
Seat A Seat B Seat C
51st (1889–1891) John L. Wilson (R)
52nd (1891–1893)
53rd (1893–1895) William H.
Doolittle
(R)
54th (1895–1897) Samuel C. Hyde (R)
55th (1897–1899) William C. Jones (SvR) J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
56th (1899–1901) Wesley L. Jones (R) Francis W.
Cushman
(R)
57th (1901–1903)
58th (1903–1905) William E.
Humphrey
(R)
59th (1905–1907)
60th (1907–1909)
Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district
61st (1909–1911) William E.
Humphrey
(R)
Francis W. Cushman (R) Miles Poindexter (R)
W. W. McCredie (R)
62nd (1911–1913) Stanton Warburton (R) William La Follette (R)

1913–1933

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Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 1st at-large seat 2nd at-large seat
63rd (1913–1915) William E.
Humphrey
(R)
Albert
Johnson
(R)
William
La Follette
(R)
James W.
Bryan
(Prog)
Jacob
Falconer
(Prog)
64th (1915–1917) Lindley H.
Hadley
(R)
Albert
Johnson
(R)
4th district 5th district
William
La Follette
(R)
Clarence Dill (D)
65th (1917–1919) John Franklin
Miller
(R)
66th (1919–1921) John W.
Summers
(R)
J. Stanley
Webster
(R)
67th (1921–1923)
68th (1923–1925)
Samuel B.
Hill
(D)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)
72nd (1931–1933) Ralph Horr (R)

1933–1953

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Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
73rd (1933–1935) Marion
Zioncheck
(D)
Monrad
Wallgren
(D)
Martin F. Smith (D) Knute
Hill
(D)
Samuel B.
Hill
(D)
Wesley
Lloyd
(D)
74th (1935–1937)
75th (1937–1939) Maggie
Magnuson
(D)
Charles H.
Leavy
(D)
John M.
Coffee
(D)
76th (1939–1941)
77th (1941–1943) Scoop
Jackson
(D)
78th (1943–1945) Fred B. Norman (R) Hal
Holmes
(R)
Walt
Horan
(R)
79th (1945–1947) Hugh De Lacy (D) Charles R. Savage (D)
80th (1947–1949) Homer Jones (R) Fred B. Norman (R) Thor C.
Tollefson
(R)
Russell V. Mack (R)
81st (1949–1951) Hugh Mitchell (D)
82nd (1951–1953)

1953–1993

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Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th At-large seat 8th
83rd (1953–1955) Thomas
Pelly
(R)
Jack
Westland
(R)
Russell V.
Mack
(R)
Hal Holmes (R) Walt Horan (R) Thor C.
Tollefson
(R)
Don
Magnuson
(D)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
86th (1959–1961) Catherine
Dean May
(R)
7th district
Don
Magnuson
(D)
Julia Butler
Hansen
(D)
87th (1961–1963)
88th (1963–1965) Bill Stinson (R)
89th (1965–1967) Lloyd
Meeds
(D)
Tom Foley (D) Floyd Hicks (D) Brock Adams (D)
90th (1967–1969)
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973) Mike
McCormack
(D)
93rd (1973–1975) Joel
Pritchard
(R)
94th (1975–1977) Don Bonker (D)
95th (1977–1979) Norm Dicks (D)
Jack Cunningham (R)
96th (1979–1981) Al Swift (D) Mike Lowry (D)
97th (1981–1983) Sid
Morrison
(R)
98th (1983–1985) Rod
Chandler
(R)
99th (1985–1987) John
Miller
(R)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991) Jolene
Unsoeld
(D)
Jim
McDermott
(D)
102nd (1991–1993)

1993–present

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Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
103rd (1993–1995) Maria Cantwell (D) Al Swift (D) Jolene Unsoeld (D) Jay Inslee (D) Tom Foley (D) Norm Dicks (D) Jim
McDermott
(D)
Jennifer
Dunn
(R)
Mike Kreidler (D)
104th (1995–1997) Rick White (R) Jack Metcalf (R) Linda Smith (R) Doc Hastings (R) George
Nethercutt
(R)
Randy Tate (R)
105th (1997–1999) Adam Smith (D)
106th (1999–2001) Jay Inslee (D) Brian Baird (D)
107th (2001–2003) Rick Larsen (D)
108th (2003–2005)
109th (2005–2007) Cathy McMorris
Rodgers
(R)
Dave Reichert (R)
110th (2007–2009)
111th (2009–2011)
112th (2011–2013) Jamie Herrera
Beutler
(R)
Suzan
DelBene
(D)
113th (2013–2015) Derek Kilmer (D) Denny Heck (D)
114th (2015–2017) Dan
Newhouse
(R)
115th (2017–2019) Pramila
Jayapal
(D)
116th (2019–2021) Kim Schrier (D)
117th (2021–2023) Marilyn
Strickland
(D)
118th (2023–2025) Marie Gluesenkamp
Perez
(D)

Key

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Democratic (D)
Progressive (Bull Moose) (Prog)
Republican (R)
Silver Republican (SvR)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.