List of United States Representatives from Florida
Encyclopedia
This is an incomplete list of Members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida in alphabetical order.

Unlike many smaller states that generally have continuity in their districts when reapportioned every 10 years after the US Census, Florida has had too much demographic change to consider each district to be a continuation of the same numbered district before reapportionment. For example, while Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
Adam H. Putnam is the current Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 and before him Charles T. Canady
Charles T. Canady
Charles Terrance Canady is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida and has been a Justice on the court since taking his seat in 2008...

 have represented the 12th District since 1993, they are often seen as "successors" of Andy Ireland
Andy Ireland
Andrew Poysell "Andy" Ireland was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born to a wealthy family in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended a prestigious private school within the city. He finished his high school career at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, a school that is known as a stepping stone...

 not Tom Lewis since the current district and the previous 10th district were the Polk County
Polk County, Florida
Polk County is located in central Florida between the Tampa Bay and Greater Orlando metropolitan areas. The county was established by the state government in 1861 on the eve of the American Civil War and named after former United States president James K. Polk. The county seat is Bartow and its...

 districts designed to give this medium sized district its own representative.
Representative Party District Years District home Note
Jim Bacchus
Jim Bacchus
James Bacchus is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a former chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization....

 
Democratic 1991-1993 Redistricting
1993-1995 Retired
Louis A. Bafalis
Louis A. Bafalis
Louis Arthur Bafalis, is a retired American politician, who served as a Representative from Florida....

 
Republican 1973-1983 Ran for governor (lost)
Charles Edward Bennett
Charles Edward Bennett
Charles Edward Bennett was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1949 to 1993. He was a Democrat who resided in Jacksonville, Florida.-Early years:...

 
Democratic 1949-1967 Redistricting
1967-1993 Chairman of House Ethics Committee (1979-1981); retired; longest-serving member of Congress from Florida until at least 2015
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Michael Bilirakis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives.- Early life, education and career :...

 
Republican 2007-Present Incumbent; son of predecessor Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983 until 2007, representing the 9th District of Florida....

 
Republican 1983-2007 Retired; father of successor Gus Bilirakis
Horatio Bisbee, Jr.
Horatio Bisbee, Jr.
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Canton, Maine, Bisbee attended the public schools, and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, in 1863....

 
Republican 1877-1879 Election contested, unseated
1881 Contested election, seated
1882-1885 Contested election, seated, re-elected 1882, lost 1884 election
Allen Boyd
Allen Boyd
Fred Allen Boyd Jr. is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First Century Group.-Early life, education and career:...

 
Democratic 1997-2011 Lost re-election
William Henry Brockenbrough
William Henry Brockenbrough
William Henry Brockenbrough was a US Representative from Florida.Born in Virginia, Brockenbrough studied law, was admitted to the bar and settled in Tallahassee, Florida. In 1837 he became a member of the State house of representatives and served in the State senate from 1840 to 1844, sitting as...

 
Democratic 1846-1847 Contested election, seated
Corrine Brown
Corrine Brown
Corrine Brown is an U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes parts of Duval, Clay, Putnam, Alachua, Volusia, Marion, Lake, Seminole, and Orange Counties....

 
Democratic 1993-Present Incumbent
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party....

 
Republican 2003-2011 Retired
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
Vernon G. "Vern" Buchanan is the Congressman for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:...

 
Republican 2007-Present Incumbent
Robert Bullock
Robert Bullock
Robert Bullock was a United States Representative from Florida and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army. He was born in Greenville, North Carolina where he attended the common schools. He moved to Fort King, Florida in 1844 which was then a United States Government post, near the...

 
Democratic 1889-1893 Retired
J. Herbert Burke
J. Herbert Burke
J. Herbert Burke was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Burke attended the public schools of Chicago, Illinois.He attended Central YMCA College in Chicago, Illinois, and Northwestern University....

 
Republican 1967-1973 Redistricting
1973-1979 Lost re-election
Edward Carrington Cabell
Edward Carrington Cabell
Edward Carrington Cabell was the first US Representative from Florida.Born in Richmond, Virginia; attended Washington College , Lexington, Virginia in 1832 and 1833 and Reynolds' Classical Academy in 1833 and 1834; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia in 1836;...

 
Whig 1845-1846 1st Florida Representative; election contested, unseated
1847-1853 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (1847-1849); lost re-election
Millard F. Caldwell
Millard F. Caldwell
Millard Fillmore Caldwell was an American politician. He was the 29th Governor of Florida and served in all three branches of government at various times in his life, including as a U.S. Representative and Florida Supreme Court justice.Caldwell was born in the rural area of Beverly, Tennessee,...

 
Democratic 1933-1941 Retired; later 29th Governor of Florida (1945-1949)
Richard K. Call
Richard K. Call
Richard Keith Call was the third and fifth territorial governor of Florida.Named after his uncle, a Revolutionary War hero, he was born in Pittsfield, Prince George County, Virginia. In 1813 he left school to take part in the Creek War. He came favorably to the attention of General Andrew Jackson,...

 
Delegate Territory
Florida Territory's At-large congressional district
Until statehood on March 3, 1845, Florida Territory was represented by a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives.-References:*...

 
1823-1825 Retired; later 3rd & 5th Territorial Governor of Florida (1835-1840) & (1841-1844); uncle of Wilkinson Call
Wilkinson Call
Wilkinson Call was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1879 to 1897.Call was a nephew of Florida Governor Richard K. Call and cousin of Arkansas Senator James D...

Courtney W. Campbell
Courtney W. Campbell
Courtney Warren Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, Campbell was educated in Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, and the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri....

 
Democratic 1953-1955 Lost re-election
Charles T. Canady
Charles T. Canady
Charles Terrance Canady is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida and has been a Justice on the court since taking his seat in 2008...

 
Republican 1993-2001 Retired; later Justice & current Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Florida
Pat Cannon
Pat Cannon
Pat Cannon was a United States Representative from Florida. His full name was Arthur Patrick Cannon. He was born in Powder Springs, Georgia. Later, he moved to Laurens County, South Carolina where he attended the public schools...

 
Democratic 1939-1947 Lost re-election
Kathy Castor
Kathy Castor
Kathy Castor is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district covers most of the city of Tampa, most of south St...

 
Democratic 2007-Present Incumbent
William V. Chappell, Jr.
William V. Chappell, Jr.
William Venroe Chappell, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Kendrick, Florida, Chappell was in the University of Florida, B.A., 1947, LL.B., 1949, and J.D., 1967....

 
Democratic 1969-1989 Lost re-election
Frank Clark
Frank Clark (politician)
Frank Clark was an American politician.He was born in Eufaula, Alabama. A Democrat, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Florida and served from March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1925. He died in Washington, D.C...

 
Democratic 1905-1925 Lost re-election; Chairman of Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (1913-1919)
Charles Merian Cooper
Charles Merian Cooper
Charles Merian Cooper was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Athens, Georgia, Cooper moved with his parents to Florida in 1864.He pursued academic studies at Gainesville Academy.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1893-1897 Retired
William C. Cramer
William C. Cramer
William Cato Cramer was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Cramer was born in Denver, Colorado. He was three years old when his parents moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He attended the public schools and St...

 
Republican 1955-1963 Redistricting
1963-1967 Redistricting
1967-1971 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
United States Senate election in Florida, 1970
The 1970 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Spessard Holland decided to retire instead of seeking a fifth term...

Ander Crenshaw
Ander Crenshaw
Ander Crenshaw is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 
Republican 2001-Present Incumbent
Robert H. M. Davidson
Robert H. M. Davidson
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Quincy, Florida, Davidson attended the common schools and the Quincy Academy in Quincy, Florida....

 
Democratic 1877-1879
1879-1891 Chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (1883-1889); lost primary
Jim Davis  Democratic 1997-2007 Ran for governor (lost)
Florida gubernatorial election, 2006
The 2006 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited, and could not run for re-election. Republican Charlie Crist, the state's Attorney General, won the election for Governor of Florida.-Democrats:...

Robert Wyche Davis
Robert Wyche Davis
Robert Wyche Davis was a United States Representative from Florida.Born near Albany, Georgia, Davis attended public schools. He enlisted in 1863 in the Fifth Georgia Regiment of the Confederate States Army at the age of 14...

 
Democratic 1897-1905 Retired
Peter Deutsch
Peter Deutsch
Peter R. Deutsch is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. Deutsch was a Democratic Representative from Florida's 20th congressional district from 1993 until 2005.- Background :...

 
Democratic 1993-2005 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
United States Senate election in Florida, 2004
The 2004 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 2, 2004 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob...

Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart was the U.S. Representative for from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate...

 
Democratic 1993-2011 Retired; succeeded by his brother, Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart Caballero is the current U.S. Representative for , serving since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart. The district includes the city of Hialeah, along with several of Miami's southwestern suburbs...

 
Democratic 2003-2011 Changed districts
2011-Present Incumbent; succeeded his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Charles Dougherty
Charles Dougherty (Florida)
Charles Dougherty was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Athens, Georgia. He moved to Florida in 1871. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Florida and served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889. He died in Daytona Beach, Florida.-References:*...

 
Democratic 1885-1889 Retired
Charles Downing
Charles Downing
Charles Downing was a Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the Florida Territory. He was born in Virginia, although it is unknown when. In his life, Downing studied law, and after being admitted to The Florida Bar, practiced in St. Augustine, Florida...

 
Delegate Territory
Florida Territory's At-large congressional district
Until statehood on March 3, 1845, Florida Territory was represented by a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives.-References:*...

 
1847-1851
Herbert J. Drane
Herbert J. Drane
Herbert Jackson Drane was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Franklin, Kentucky, Drane attended the public schools of Louisville, Kentucky, and Brevards Academy at Franklin, Kentucky....

 
Democratic 1917-1933 Lost primary
Dante Fascell
Dante Fascell
Dante Bruno Fascell served as an American politician from the state of Florida.-Early life:Fascell, born in Bridgehampton, New York in 1917, moved to Florida in 1925. He graduated from the University of Miami law school in 1938. Fascell was a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity and the...

 
Democratic 1955-1963 Redistricting
1963-1973 Redistricting
1973-1983 Redistricting
1983-1993 Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee (1984-1993); retired
Tom Feeney
Tom Feeney
Thomas Charles "Tom" Feeney III, usually known as Tom Feeney , is an American politician from the state of Florida. He represented . He was defeated in the 2008 election by Democrat Suzanne Kosmas.-Early life:...

 
Republican 2003-2009 Lost general
Jesse J. Finley
Jesse J. Finley
Jesse Johnson Finley was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida and the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. He was also a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War....

 
Democratic 1876-1877 Contested election, seated
1879 Contested election, seated
1881-1882 Election contested, unseated; unsuccessfully appointed to U.S. Senate 1887
Mark Foley
Mark Foley
Mark Adam Foley is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party....

 
Republican 1995-2006 Resigned
Tillie K. Fowler  Republican 1993-2001 Retired
Louis Frey, Jr.
Louis Frey, Jr.
Louis Frey, Jr. is an American+ politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979...

 
Republican 1969-1973 Redistricting
1973-1979 Ran for governor (lost)
Don Fuqua
Don Fuqua
Don Fuqua is a U.S. Democratic politician.Fuqua graduated from the University of Florida in 1957. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Florida and served from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1987.During most of his congressional career, Fuqua maintained his...

 
Democratic 1963-1967 Redistricting
1967-1987 Chairman of House Committee on Science and Technology (1979-1987); retired
Sam Gibbons
Sam Gibbons
Sam Melville Gibbons is a politician from the state of Florida, who served in the Florida State House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives.-Early life and education:...

 
Democratic 1963-1967 Redistricting
1967-1973 Redistricting
1973-1993 Redistricting
1993-1997 Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee
United States House Committee on Ways and Means
The Committee of Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. Members of the Ways and Means Committee are not allowed to serve on any other House Committees unless they apply for a waiver from their party's congressional leadership...

; retired
Porter Goss  Republican 1989-1993 Redistricting
1993-2004 Chairman of House Intelligence Committee
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Mike Rogers. It is the primary committee in the U.S...

 (1997-2004); resigned to become 19th Director of Central Intelligence
Director of Central Intelligence
The Office of United States Director of Central Intelligence was the head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the principal intelligence advisor to the President and the National Security Council, and the coordinator of intelligence activities among and between the various United...

 (2004-2005), redesignated Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which is part of the United States Intelligence Community. The Director reports to the Director of National Intelligence . The Director is assisted by the Deputy Director of the Central...

 (2005)
James W. Grant
James W. Grant
James William "Bill" Grant is an American banker and former politician from Madison, Florida.A graduate of Florida State University, he attended the University of Florida for graduate studies. He represented in the U. S. Congress from 1987 to 1991...

 
Democratic 1987-1989 Re-elected, changed parties
Republican 1989-1991 Lost re-election
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
Alan Mark Grayson is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party and loves cookies. After losing the election he moved to Austin to start stand-up comedy and a cookie business. The district Grayson represented lies in central Florida...

 
Democratic 2009-2011 Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

 
Lost general
Robert A. Green
Robert A. Green
Robert Alexis Green was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County , Florida, Green attended the rural schools....

 
Democratic 1925-1944 Chairman of Committee on Territories
United States House Committee on Territories
The United States House Committee on Territories was a committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1825 to 1946 . Its jurisdiction was reporting on a variety to topics related to the territories, including legislation concerning them, and their admission as new states....

 (1933-1944); ran for governor (lost); resigned to become lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

, served past the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

Bill Gunter
Bill Gunter
William Dawson "Bill" Gunter, Jr. was an American politician from the state of Florida.-Early life and education:Gunter was born in Jacksonville in 1934. He attended public schools in Live Oak and received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Florida in 1956...

 
Democratic 1973-1975 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Edward Gurney  Republican 1963-1967 Redistricting
1967-1969 U.S. Senator (1969-1974)
James A. Haley
James A. Haley
James Andrew Haley was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida from...

 
Democratic 1953-1973 Redistricting
1973-1977 Chairman of Interior and Insular Affairs Committee (1973-1977); retired
Charles M. Hamilton
Charles Memorial Hamilton
Charles Memorial Hamilton was a US Representative from Florida.-Biography:Born in Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania; attended the public schools and was graduated from the Columbia Law School, Columbia, Pennsylvania.During the American Civil War, Hamilton entered the Union Army as...

 
Republican 1868-1871 Lost primary
Katherine Harris
Katherine Harris
Katherine Harris is an American Republican politician, former Secretary of State of Florida, and former member of the United States House of Representatives. Harris won the 2002 election to represent Florida's 13th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. She held that post...

 
Republican 2003-2007 Lost general
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Lamar Hastings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 
Democratic 1993-Present Miramar
Miramar, Florida
Miramar is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city was named after the Miramar district of Havana, Cuba. As of the 2010 census, the population was 122,041...

 
Incumbent
George Sydney Hawkins
George Sydney Hawkins
George Sydney Hawkins was a US Representative from Florida.Born in Kingston, Ulster County, New York; attended the common schools and was graduated from Columbia University, New York City; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Florida and settled in Pensacola, Florida;...

 
Democratic 1857-1861 Withdrew due to the secession of Florida
Joe Hendricks
Joe Hendricks
Joseph Edward Hendricks was a United States Representative from Florida. He was born at Lake Butler, Florida where he attended the rural schools and Montverde School. He also attended Stetson University in De Land, Florida and graduated with an undergraduate degree in 1930 and a graduate degree...

 
Democratic 1937-1949 Retired
Joseph Marion Hernández
Joseph Marion Hernández
José Mariano Hernández or Joseph Marion Hernández was an American politician, plantation owner, and soldier. He was the first from the Florida Territory and the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Congress. He served from September 1822 to March 1823. He was a member of the Whig...

 
Delegate Territory
Florida Territory's At-large congressional district
Until statehood on March 3, 1845, Florida Territory was represented by a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives.-References:*...

 
1822-1823 1st delegate; lost re-election
Albert S. Herlong, Jr.
Albert S. Herlong, Jr.
Albert Sydney Herlong, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Herlong was born in the small community of Manistee, Alabama in 1909, and moved with his parents to Marion County, Florida in 1912. He attended the public schools of Sumter and Lake counties and graduated from Leesburg High School...

 
Democratic 1949-1967 Redistricting
1967-1969 Retired
Noble A. Hull
Noble A. Hull
Noble Andrew Hull was a U.S. Representative from Florida and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Florida.-Early life:...

 
Democratic 1879-1881 Election contested, unseated
Earl Dewitt Hutto
Earl Dewitt Hutto
Earl Dewitt Hutto was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Midland City, Alabama, Hutto attended Dale County public schools, and received a Bachelor of Science from Troy State University in 1949. He did graduate work in broadcasting at Northwestern University in 1951 and served in the United...

 
Democratic 1979-1995 Retired
Andy Ireland
Andy Ireland
Andrew Poysell "Andy" Ireland was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born to a wealthy family in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended a prestigious private school within the city. He finished his high school career at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, a school that is known as a stepping stone...

 
Democratic 1977-1983 Redistricting
1983-1984 Re-elected, changed parties
Republican 1984-1993 Retired
Craig T. James
Craig T. James
Craig T. James is an American politician who was elected to the 101st United States Congress representing Florida's 4th Congressional district in 1988 as a newly-registered Republican, defeating William V. Chappell, Jr...

 
Republican 1989-1993 Retired
Harry Johnston
Harry Johnston (politician)
Harry A. Johnston II is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 
Democratic 1989-1993 Redistricting
1993-1997 Retired
Walter Kehoe
Walter Kehoe
James Walter Kehoe was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Eufaula, Alabama, Kehoe attended the common schools.He moved to Florida in 1883.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1917-1919 Lost re-election
Ric Keller
Ric Keller
Richard Anthony "Ric" Keller is an American politician, and was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing .Keller was defeated in his bid for a fifth term by Democrat Alan Grayson....

 
Republican 2001-2009 Lost general
Richard Kelly
Richard Kelly (politician)
Richard Kelly was an American politician from Florida. He was the only Republican convicted of taking bribes in the 1980 Abscam scandal.-Early life and career:...

 
Republican 1975-1981 Lost primary
Ron Klein
Ron Klein
Ronald "Ron" Klein is a lawyer and former member of the United States House of Representatives for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He is currently employed by the law firm Holland & Knight.-Early life,...

 
Democratic 2007-2011 Lost general
Suzanne Kosmas
Suzanne Kosmas
Suzanne M. Kosmas is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party...

 
Democratic 2009-2011 Lost general
William Bailey Lamar
William Bailey Lamar
William Bailey Lamar was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Florida.-Biography:Lamar was born in Monticello, Florida, and attended Jefferson Academy in Monticello and the University of Georgia in Athens. He lived in Athens from 1866 through 1873...

 
Democratic 1903-1909 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
William C. Lantaff
William C. Lantaff
William Courtland Lantaff—also known as Bill Lantaff— was a Democratic politician from Florida. He served as State court judge in Florida, 1939; member of Florida House of Representatives, 1947–50; U.S. Representative from Florida 4th District, 1951-55...

 
Democratic 1951-1955 Retired
William Lehman
William Lehman (Florida politician)
William H. Lehman was a United States Representative from Florida.Born in Selma, Alabama, he graduated from Dallas Academy and Selma High School, 1930. He received a B.S...

 
Democratic 1973-1983 Redistricting
1983-1993 Retired
Claude L'Engle
Claude L'Engle
Claude L'Engle was a United States Representative from Florida. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida where he attended the public schools and Duval High School...

 
Democratic 1913-1915 Lost primary
Tom Lewis  Republican 1983-1993 Redistricting
1993-1995 Retired
Connie Mack
Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III , popularly known as Connie Mack, is a former Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and then as a Senator from 1989 to 2001. He served as chairman of the Senate Republican...

 
Republican 1983-1989 U.S. Senator (1989-2001); father of Connie Mack IV
Connie Mack IV
Connie Mack IV
Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV popularly known as Connie Mack IV is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes Fort Myers and Naples....

 
Republican 2005-Present Incumbent; son of Connie Mack III
Buddy MacKay
Buddy MacKay
Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay, Jr. is an American politician and diplomat from Florida. A Democrat, he was briefly the 42nd Governor of Florida following the death of Lawton Chiles on December 12, 1998. During his long public service career he was also state legislator, U.S. Representative, Lt...

 
Democratic 1983-1989 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
United States Senate election in Florida, 1988
The 1988 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican Connie Mack III won the open seat.-Candidates:...

; later, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Lieutenant Governor of Florida
The Lieutenant Governor of Florida is a statewide elected office in the government of the U.S. state of Florida. According to the Florida Constitution, the lieutenant governor is elected to a four-year term congruent with that of the Governor of Florida, and succeeds to the office of Governor if it...

 (1991-1998) & 42nd Governor of Florida (1998-1999)
Tim Mahoney
Tim Mahoney
Timothy Edward "Tim" Mahoney was a U.S. Representative for and a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected in November 2006 after his opponent, six-term Republican incumbent Mark Foley, resigned on September 29, 2006, after questions were raised about an email exchange with a congressional...

 
Democratic 2007-2009 Lost general
Stephen Mallory II
Stephen Mallory II
Stephen Russell Mallory, Jr. was a U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Florida who served as a Democrat. He was the son of U.S...

 
Democratic 1891-1895 Later U.S. Senator (1897-1907d); son of Stephen Mallory
Stephen Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory served in the United States Senate as, Senator from Florida from 1850 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs...

Donald Ray Matthews
Donald Ray Matthews
Donald Ray "Billy" Matthews was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Micanopy, Florida, Matthews attended the public schools of Hawthorne, Florida....

 
Democratic 1953-1963 Redistricting
1963-1967 Lost primary
Augustus Maxwell
Augustus Maxwell
Augustus Emmett Maxwell was a United States Representative from Florida as well as a senator in the Confederate Congress representing Florida.-Early life:...

 
Democratic 1853-1857 Later Confederate Senator
Congress of the Confederate States
The Congress of the Confederate States was the legislative body of the Confederate States of America, existing during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865...

 (1862-1865); Associate Justice Supreme Court of Florida (1865-1866); its Chief Justice, then Associate Justice (1887-1891); grandfather of Emmett Wilson
Emmett Wilson
Emmett Wilson was a United States Representative from Florida. He was the grandson of Augustus Emmett Maxwell...

Dannite H. Mays
Dannite H. Mays
Dannite Hill Mays was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Madison, Florida, Mays attended the county schools, the public schools of Savannah, Georgia, and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia....

 
Democratic 1909-1913 Lost primary
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
Ira William "Bill" McCollum, Jr. is a former Florida Attorney General. A Republican, he was Florida's 36th attorney general, taking office in 2007...

 
Republican 1981-1993 Redistricting
1993-2001 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
United States Senate election in Florida, 2000
The 2000 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent U.S. Senator Connie Mack III decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Democrat Bill Nelson won the open seat.-Candidates:...

; later Florida Attorney General
Florida Attorney General
The Florida Attorney General is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state....

 (2007-2011)
Chester B. McMullen
Chester B. McMullen
Chester Bartow McMullen was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida.McMullen was born in Largo, Florida to Eli and Emma Cox McMullen and attended Largo High School. His paternal grandfather, Daniel McMullen Chester Bartow McMullen (December 6, 1902 – November 3, 1953) was an...

 
Democratic 1951-1953 Retired
Carrie P. Meek
Carrie P. Meek
Carrie P. Meek is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida.-Background and early life:Meek, the granddaughter of slaves and daughter of former sharecroppers, was born and raised in segregated Tallahassee, Florida...

 
Democratic 1993-2003 Retired; succeeded by her son, Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Brett Meek is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for from 2003 to 2011. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 Senate election for the seat of Mel Martinez, but he lost in a three way race to Republican Marco Rubio along with Independent Charlie Crist.-Early life,...

 
Democratic 2003-2011 Succeeded his mother, Carrie P. Meek; ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
United States Senate election in Florida, 2010
-Polling:-Results:-Background:Upon Senator Martinez's announcement that he would not run for reelection, early speculation surrounded former Governor Jeb Bush. It was thought that if Bush decided to run, other potential Republican candidates would allow Bush to run uncontested...

Dan Mica  Democratic 1979-1983 Redistricting
1983-1989 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost primary)
United States Senate election in Florida, 1988
The 1988 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican Connie Mack III won the open seat.-Candidates:...

Dan Miller
Dan Miller (U.S. politician)
Daniel Miller is an American Republican politician from the state of Florida. He represented the state and its 13th district in the House of Representatives for ten years...

 
Republican 1993-2003 Retired
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
Jefferson B. "Jeff" Miller is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes all of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, and Washington Counties....

 
Republican 2001-Present Incumbent; Chairman of House Veterans' Affairs Committee
United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
The standing Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the United States House of Representatives oversees agencies, reviews current legislation, and recommends new bills or amendments concerning veterans. Jurisdiction includes retiring and disability pensions, life insurance, education , vocational...

 (2011-Present)
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson is the senior United States Senator from the state of Florida and a member of the Democratic Party. He is a former U.S. Representative and former Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner of Florida...

 
Democratic 1979-1983 Redistricting
1983-1991 Ran for governor (lost primary)
Florida gubernatorial election, 1990
-Overview:Republican incumbent Bob Martinez, who was just a second member of his party elected Governor of Florida after Reconstruction, was deeply unpopular. His job approval rating had sunk to around 24% after, in 1989, he called the Florida Legislature into special session in an effort to pass...

; U.S. Senator (2001-Present)
Silas L. Niblack
Silas L. Niblack
Silas Leslie Niblack was a Democratic US Representative from Florida. He was the cousin of William Ellis Niblack, US Representative from Indiana....

 
Democratic 1873 Contested election, seated; lost re-election
Ruth Bryan Owen
Ruth Bryan Owen
Ruth Bryan Owen was the daughter of William Jennings Bryan and mother of Helen Rudd Brown. A Democrat, in 1929 she became Florida’s first woman representative in the United States Congress, coming from Florida’s 4th district. Representative Owen was also the first woman to earn a spot on the...

 
Democratic 1929-1933 Lost primary; later, first woman Ambassador
United States Ambassador to Denmark
The first representative from the United States to Denmark was appointed in 1827 as a Chargé d'Affaires. There followed a series of chargés and ministers until 1890 when the first full ambassador was appointed...

 (1933-1936)
Claude Pepper
Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. In foreign policy he shifted from pro-Soviet in the 1940s to anti-Communist in the 1950s...

 
Democratic 1963-1967 Previously U.S. Senator (1936-1951); redistricting
1967-1973 Chairman of House Select Committee on Crime
United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security is a subcommittee within the House Judiciary Committee.-Jurisdiction:From the House Rules:...

 (1969-1981); redistricting
1973-1983 Chairman of House Committee on Aging
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Aging
The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Aging was a permanent select committee of the United States House of Representatives between 1974 and 1992....

 (1977-1983); redistricting
1983-1989 Died; Chairman of House Rules Committee
United States House Committee on Rules
The Committee on Rules, or Rules Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. Rather than being responsible for a specific area of policy, as most other committees are, it is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor...

 (1983-1989)
J. Hardin Peterson
J. Hardin Peterson
James Hardin Peterson was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Peterson was born in Batesburg, South Carolina. His family moved to Lakeland, Florida, in 1903, and he attended the public schools there. Peterson graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1914...

 
Democratic 1933-1951 Chairman of Committee on Public Lands (1943-1947) & (1949-1951); retired
Douglas Peterson
Pete Peterson
Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson was a U.S. Air Force pilot who spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese Army after his plane was shot down during the Vietnam War. He returned to Hanoi in 1997 as the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam...

 
Democratic 1991-1997 Former POW in Vietnam
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...

; retired; later, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam
United States Ambassador to Vietnam
The United States Ambassador to Vietnam is the chief American diplomat to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. After the First Indochina War and the defeat of the French dominion over Vietnam, the nation was split into North and South Vietnam at the Geneva Conference of 1954...

 (1997-2001)
Bill Posey
Bill Posey
William "Bill" Posey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He formerly served in the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives....

 
Republican 2009-Present Incumbent
Emory H. Price
Emory H. Price
Emory Hilliard Price was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Bostwick, Florida, Price attended the public schools of Duval County, Florida. He was graduated from Jacksonville Law College in 1936. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Florida...

 
Democratic 1943-1949 Lost primary
William J. Purman
William J. Purman
William James Purman was a Republican US Representative from Florida.Born in Millheim, Centre County, Pennsylvania; attended the common schools and completed his studies at Aaronsburg Academy, Centre County, Pa.; taught school; studied law at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; during the American Civil War...

 
Republican 1873-1875 Resigned
1875-1877 Re-elected; lost re-election
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
Adam H. Putnam is the current Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 
Republican 2001-2011 Retired
Dwight L. Rogers
Dwight L. Rogers
Dwight Laing Rogers was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Reidsville, Georgia, Rogers attended the public schools and Locust Grove Institute at Locust Grove, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1909 and from the law department of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia...

 
Democratic 1945-1954 Died; had been re-elected to another term; succeeded by his son, Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers (politician)
Paul Grant Rogers was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, Rogers served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the member from Florida's 11th congressional district. He was chairman of Research!America from 1996 to 2005.-Early life:Rogers was born in...

 
Democratic 1955-1967 Succeeded his late father, Dwight L. Rogers; redistricting
1967-1973 Redistricting
1973-1979 Retired
Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney (politician)
Thomas J. "Tom" Rooney is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life:...

 
Republican 2009-Present Incumbent
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. She is a member of the Republican Party....

 
Republican 1989-Present Incumbent; Chairwoman of House Foreign Affairs Committee (2011-Present)
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough is an American cable news and talk radio host, lawyer, author, and former politician. He is currently the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, and previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same channel...

 
Republican 1995-2001 Resigned; had been re-elected to another term
William J. Sears
William J. Sears
William Joseph Sears was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Smithville, Georgia, Sears moved with his parents to Ellaville, Georgia, and thence to Kissimmee, Florida, in January 1881....

 
Democratic 1915-1929 Chairman of Committee on Education
United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce
The Committee on Education and the Workforce is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. From 1947 until 1994 and again from 2007 to 2011, during Democratic control of the House, it was known as the Committee on Education and Labor.-History of the Committee:Attempts were...

 (1917-1919); lost primary
1933-1937 Redistricting; lost primary
E. Clay Shaw, Jr.  Republican 1981-1983 Redistricting
1983-1993 Redistricting
1993-2007 Lost general
Robert L. F. Sikes
Robert L. F. Sikes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Isabella, near Sylvester, Georgia, Sikes attended the public schools....

 
Democratic 1941-1944 Resigned to serve in the U.S. Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

1945-1963 Redistricting
1963-1979 Retired
George Smathers
George Smathers
George Armistead Smathers was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate for eighteen years, from 1951 until 1969, as a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:...

 
Democratic 1947-1951 U.S. Senator (1951-1969)
Lawrence J. Smith
Lawrence J. Smith
Lawrence Jack Smith is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida....

 
Democratic 1983-1993 Retired
John H. Smithwick
John H. Smithwick
John Harris Smithwick was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Smithwick was born near Orange, Georgia and attended the public schools. He graduated from Reinhardt Normal College in Waleska, Georgia in 1895 and from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University on Lebanon, Tennessee in 1897...

 
Democratic 1919-1927 Lost primary
Stephen M. Sparkman
Stephen M. Sparkman
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born on a farm in Hernando County, Florida, Sparkman attended the common schools.He taught school 1867-1870.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1895-1917 Chairman of Committee on Rivers and Harbors (1911-1917); retired
Edward J. Stack
Edward J. Stack
Edward John Stack was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, Stack attended the public schools.B.A., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1931....

 
Democratic 1979-1981 Lost primary
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
Clifford Bundy "Cliff" Stearns, Sr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:According to his official biography, Stearns was born in Washington, D.C...

 
Republican 1989-Present Incumbent
Karen Thurman
Karen Thurman
Karen L. Thurman is a former U.S. Representative from Florida. She is a Democrat.She was born on January 12, 1951 in Rapid City, South Dakota, but has spent most of her life in Florida. She received her Associate's Degree from Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville in 1970 and her Bachelor's...

 
Democratic 1993-2003 Redistricting; lost general
Josiah T. Walls
Josiah T. Walls
Josiah Thomas Walls was a United States Congressman who served three separate terms in Congress between 1871 and 1876.- Early life :...

 
Republican 1871-1873 Election contested, unseated
1873-1875 Redistricting; re-elected
1875-1876 Election contested, unseated
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. She is a member of the Democratic Party and the Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. She previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate...

 
Democratic 2005-Present Incumbent
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
David Joseph Weldon, is an American politician and physician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing .-Early life:...

 
Republican 1995-2009 Retired
Allen West  Republican 2011-Present Incumbent
Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler is the president of the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.Wexler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing , from 1997 until his resignation on January 3, 2010.-Early life:Wexler was born in Queens, New York to Sonny and...

 
Democratic 1997-2010 Resigned; became president of S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace
Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation
The S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace is an American non-profit organization that works with leaders and policymakers in the United States and the Middle East to help reach a just and comprehensive peace that will bring an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict...

Joseph M. White
Joseph M. White
Joseph M. White was a Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the Florida Territory.Born in Franklin County, Kentucky; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1821; one of the commissioners under the act of Congress...

 
Delegate Territory
Florida Territory's At-large congressional district
Until statehood on March 3, 1845, Florida Territory was represented by a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives.-References:*...

 
1825-1837 Lost re-election
J. Mark Wilcox
J. Mark Wilcox
James Mark Wilcox was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Willacoochee, Georgia, Wilcox attended the public schools and Emory College, Atlanta, Georgia....

 
Democratic 1933-1939 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Emmett Wilson
Emmett Wilson
Emmett Wilson was a United States Representative from Florida. He was the grandson of Augustus Emmett Maxwell...

 
Democratic 1913-1917 Lost primary; grandson of Augustus Maxwell
Augustus Maxwell
Augustus Emmett Maxwell was a United States Representative from Florida as well as a senator in the Confederate Congress representing Florida.-Early life:...

Tom A. Yon
Tom A. Yon
Thomas Alva Yon was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Yon was born near Blountstown, Florida. At the age of five his family moved to a farm in Jackson County, Florida. Yon attended rural schools and graduated from Lanier Southern Business College in Macon, Georgia, in 1903...

 
Democratic 1927-1933 Lost primary
Bill Young
Bill Young
Charles William "Bill" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. He is a member of the Republican Party, and is currently the longest-serving Republican member of Congress...

 
Republican 1971-1973 Redistricting
1973-1983 Redistricting
1983-1993 Redistricting
1993-Present Incumbent; Chairman of House Appropriations Committee
United States House Committee on Appropriations
The Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States...

 (1999-2005)
David Levy Yulee
David Levy Yulee
David Levy Yulee, born David Levy was an American politician and attorney from Florida, a territorial delegate to Congress, the first Jewish member of the United States Senate, and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War...

 
Delegate Territory
Florida Territory's At-large congressional district
Until statehood on March 3, 1845, Florida Territory was represented by a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives.-References:*...

1841-1845 Statehood; U.S. Senator (1845-1851) & (1855-1861) (secession)
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