Throughout the history of the United States Congress, some members were elected either as representatives and/or senators from more than one U.S. state at different times in their career.
Multiple states in the House
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 (1849–1855), Minnesota (1858–1859), and 20 years later he was appointed by the State of Missouri for a term expiring in just six weeks (1879). He was a Democrat. [2]
- Waitman T. 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
| Name | Offices | Start | End | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brown |
 Representative from Virginia (
2nd district) |
1789 | 1792 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Kentucky |
1792 | 1805 | ||
| Robert Harper |
 Representative from South Carolina (
5th district) |
1795 | 1801 | Federalist |
 Senator from Maryland |
1816 | 1816 | ||
| Edward Livingston |
 Representative from New York (
2nd district) |
1795 | 1801 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Louisiana |
1829 | 1831 | Jacksonian | |
| William Claiborne |
 Representative from Tennessee (
at-large) |
1797 | 1801 | Democratic-Republican |
|
Senator from Louisiana |
1817 | 1817 | ||
| David Holmes |
Representative from Virginia (
2nd/
4th districts) |
1797 | 1809 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Mississippi |
1820 | 1825 | ||
| John Chandler |
 Representative from Massachusetts (
17th district) |
1805 | 1809 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Maine |
1820 | 1829 | ||
| William R. King |
 Representative from North Carolina (
5th district) |
1811 | 1816 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Alabama |
1819 | 1844 | ||
| Democratic | ||||
| 1848 | 1852 | |||
| Israel Pickens |
Representative from North Carolina (
11th/
12th districts) |
1811 | 1817 | Democratic-Republican |
|
Senator from Alabama |
1826 | 1826 | Jacksonian | |
| Daniel Webster |
 Representative from New Hampshire (
at-large) |
1813 | 1817 | Federalist |
|
Senator from Massachusetts |
1827 | 1833 | National Republican | |
| 1833 | 1841 | Whig | ||
| 1845 | 1850 | |||
| Albion Parris |
Representative from Massachusetts (
20th district) |
1815 | 1818 | Democratic-Republican |
|
Senator from Maine |
1827 | 1828 | Jacksonian | |
| John Holmes |
Representative from Massachusetts (
14th district) |
1817 | 1820 | Democratic-Republican |
|
Senator from Maine |
1820 | 1827 | ||
| 1829 | 1833 | National Republican | ||
| Sam Houston |
Representative from Tennessee (
7th) |
1823 | 1827 | Democratic-Republican |
 Senator from Texas |
1846 | 1859 | Democratic | |
| Jesse Speight |
Representative from North Carolina (
4th district) |
1829 | 1837 | Jacksonian |
|
Senator from Mississippi |
1845 | 1847 | Democratic | |
| John B. Weller |
 Representative from Ohio (
2nd district) |
1839 | 1845 | Democratic |
 Senator from California |
1852 | 1857 | ||
| William Gwin |
Representative from Mississippi (
at-large) |
1841 | 1843 | Democratic |
|
Senator from California |
1850 | 1855 | ||
| 1857 | 1861 | |||
| Alexander Ramsey |
 Representative from Pennsylvania (
15th district) |
1843 | 1847 | Whig |
 Senator from Minnesota |
1863 | 1875 | Republican | |
| Edward Baker |
 Representative from Illinois (
7th district) |
1845 | 1847 | Whig |
|
Representative from Illinois (
6th district) |
1849 | 1851 | ||
 Senator from Oregon |
1860 | 1861 | Republican | |
| James Lane |
 Representative from Indiana (
4th district) |
1853 | 1855 | Democratic |
 Senator from Kansas |
1861 | 1866 | Republican | |
| Charles Van Wyck |
Representative from New York (
10th district) |
1859 | 1863 | Republican |
|
Representative from New York (
11th district) |
1867 | 1869 | ||
| 1870 | 1871 | |||
 Senator from Nebraska |
1881 | 1887 | ||
| J. Hamilton Lewis |
 Representative from Washington (
at-large district) |
1897 | 1899 | Democratic |
|
Senator from Illinois |
1913 | 1919 | ||
| 1933 | 1939 | |||
| Charles A. Towne |
Senator from Minnesota |
1900 | 1901 | Democratic |
|
Representative from New York (
14th district) |
1905 | 1907 |
Territories and states
- William Henry Harrison – the future president of the United States was a delegate to the 6th United States Congress from Northwest Territory (1799–1800), resigning to become territorial Governor of Indiana. He returned to Congress first as a representative from Ohio's 1st congressional district (1816–19), and then serving an incomplete term as senator for Ohio (1825–28), resigning to become U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Gran Colombia. He was a Whig.
- James M. Cavanaugh – represented Minnesota (1858–59) as a representative and then Montana Territory (1867–71) as a delegate. He was a Democrat.
- Stephen Benton Elkins – represented New Mexico Territory (1873–77) as a delegate and later West Virginia (1895–1911) as a senator. He was a Republican.
- John Noble Goodwin – represented Maine as a representative (1861–63) and later Arizona Territory as a delegate (1866–76). He was also first governor of the Territory of Arizona. He was a Republican.
- George Wallace Jones – was a delegate from Michigan Territory (1835–37) until Michigan was created as a State. He continued representing the remaining renamed Wisconsin Territory as a delegate (1837–39). Later, after Iowa was carved from the Wisconsin Territory and subsequently admitted to the union, he became one of the first senators from Iowa (1848–59). He was a Democrat.
- Richard Cunningham McCormick – represented Arizona Territory (1869–75) and later New York as a representative (1895–97). He was a Unionist as a delegate and a Republican as a representative.
- Henry Hastings Sibley – represented Wisconsin Territory (1848–49) and later Minnesota Territory as a delegate (1849–53). He was a Democrat.
- Jesse B. Thomas – represented Indiana Territory (1808–09) as a delegate and later Illinois (1818–1829) as a senator. He was initially a Democratic-Republican, but became an Anti-Jacksonian while senator.
- William H. Wallace – represented Washington Territory (1861–63) and later Idaho Territory as a delegate (1864–65). He was a Republican.
References
- ^ a b "Scott Brown won his primary. Now he wants to be the first multi-state senator in 135 years". www.vox.com.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: Senator for Three States". www.senate.gov.